“Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy”
“Put my glasses on, I’m out the door - I’m gonna hit this city”
“Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack”
“Cause when I leave for the night, I ain’t coming back”
I know this song. I’ve heard it before but I’ve never seen the video. How old this girl is, I wonder. She looks amazingly young to be having a Jack Daniels for breakfast. (I don’t think there is a proper age for that, but anyway). My mind starts thinking about what are the teenagers today watching on the TV. Would I want my daughter of let’s say 10 or 11 idolise a girl like that (if I had one) and dress / behave like that? The whole song is about booze, partying until morning and being a rebel, just for the sake of it.“Put my glasses on, I’m out the door - I’m gonna hit this city”
“Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack”
“Cause when I leave for the night, I ain’t coming back”
And then it really hit me: “What’s wrong with me and I’ve started thinking like my grandmother?”
Since when did I reach the age to wonder about what the next generation is watching on the telly? That didn’t seem to bother me before! Should I now become a conservative? Should I start a facebook group to help protect the young age of taking the wrong path in life?
After a few minutes of panicking the song ended. The next one was from Pussycat Dolls called ‘Don’t cha’. That song relaxed me… It was about a girl telling a guy to cheat on his girlfriend with her, because she’s better…
Ah, romance…
What a nice song… It really calmed me… There was hope for the new generation after all…
By the way, the mentioned song was from Kesha and is called: Tick Tock
(I’ve tried to embed it but youtube doesn’t allow me too)
LOL I know exactly what you mean. I remember hearing a song and thinking "does his MOTHER nkow what he's singing about???". Loving Tik Tok btw ;-)
ReplyDeleteIf that's what it takes to be old, I was getting old around the age of 16. I've 'de-matured' a lot since then.
ReplyDelete@Mike I do like the song too. I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just talking about some of its messages... :-)
ReplyDelete@A_Gay_Mormon_Boy So, you're like the Benjamin Button? I haven't seen it though... Are you in your teens now?
LOL! Great post! I hated when I first realized I sounded like a parent!! And I'm not one... I'm supposed to be the cool uncle. Oh well...
ReplyDeletei hear you Nik!!! it seems i'm turning into my mother! eeek! have a great weekend mate :)
ReplyDelete@Jim the cool uncle is a great thing to be. I'll tell my brother to have soome kids...
ReplyDelete@wozzel you too. Enjoy your weekend
It actually gets worse when you have kids. Especially when you hear your child singing those songs.
ReplyDeleteI can't count the number of times I've said something to my daughter, only to realize that I sound just like my parents.
I'm right there with you Nik. I am finding that more and more, I am looking at things and pulling faces, or making remarks that my grandmother would make. I think it is just part of realising that we aint teenagers and we can't get away with half the stuff we used to anymore.
ReplyDelete@NewLeaf I don't know how easy it is to teach children nowadays to have integrity and a personality not to be that affected by TV and the celebrity lifestyle...
ReplyDelete@RyanO No, we aren't teenagers anymore. It was nice back then, but in a way, it's so much nicer now...