Whoops, I was playing some Dire Straits… And playing "Money for Nothing"….. And then the line came on about "the Little Faggot"… Um, Should I let my kids listen this? And when they ask, How do I explain "faggot" and how these sorts of taunts are not ok…? Sigh, Parenting sucks sometimes…
The Further Adventures of Spacemom
Who said life was rocket science?
Ah – the advantage of not having English as your native language. I still need to pay attention to actually follow the lyrics of most songs – especially with mega-mumblers like Mark Knopfler. So I can just enjoy the music and not worry about things like this.
And by the way, this is one of my favorite albums. The CD version is even better than the vinyl one, it has a couple of songs remixed.
Oh my, how do we explain vinyl LPs to our children?
Well…I suppose you can tell them that faggot is slang for cigarette in the UK…or a bunch of sticks for starting a fire (or is it a bunch of matches?)
Don’t feel too badly. I overheard Lana the other day singing “…and I was on a lotta shit too” – from a Regina Spector song…fortunately no one can understand her but us!!!
Oooo, one of the best albums ever. And I wouldn’t have even thought about that lyric until one of the girls pinned me on it. Ugh. Going to have to change some things…
Try Making Movies? I don’t think there is any questionable lyrical content on that one. Pretty good record to boot.