Sign O' the Times

It shouldn't surprise me.
Our parents reminded us frequently as we were growing up that someday we would understand - blah, blah, blah.

I was only around 9 years old when I was dancing around the house singing the lyrics to the song 'Like a Virgin'.  I am sure that there were songs with lyrics worse than that but sometimes the words get lost in the 'whole song' so they don't stick out as much.  This however, right in the title.  What's the name of that song?  'Like a Virgin', we would reply. 

(go ahead, sing along....it's hard to resist)

I made it through the wilderness

Somehow I made it through

Didn't know how lost I was

Until I found you

I was beat incomplete

I'd been had, I was sad and blue

But you made me feel

Yeah, you made me feel

Shiny and new

Chorus:

Like a virgin

Touched for the very first time

Like a virgin

When your heart beats

Next to mine

Gonna give you all my love, boy

My fear is fading fast

Been saving it all for you

'Cause only love can last

Now I am the mom.  When I first heard the song 'Teenage Dream' by Katy Perry I was disturbed.  Doesn't she know that little girls and little kids will sing this song and look up to her....etc.  blah-blah-blah  (you can keep your comments to yourself....I realize I sound like an old lady).  I wasn't a fan of this song AT ALL.

Let's go all the way tonight

No regrets, just love

We can dance until we die

You and I

We'll be young forever

You make me

Feel like

I'm living a Teenage Dream

The way you turn me on

I can't sleep

Let's runaway

And don't ever look back

Don't ever look back

My heart stops

When you look at me

Just one touch

Now baby I believe

This is real

So take a chance

And don't ever look back

Don't ever look back

Kristin played a video-for Hannah-on her phone of some random freak singing this song.  From that moment Hannah was hooked on this song.  I tried to shelter her from it.  If it came on the radio I would turn the channel, etc. 

Then on the show Glee, they sang this song.  Hannah remembered it from Kristin's phone and wanted to make sure that I knew that this was 'Kristin's song'.  That is how she started requesting this song...when we were driving to daycare or having random 'family dance party night' in the basement.

I finally broke down and bought the song off of iTunes.  After all, the Glee performance was really good and actually gave me a new outlook on the song....it was pretty catchy.

Well, shortly after the $1.29 purchase Hannah started to learn the words.  Now, she sings along and many nights Brian and I will find her walking around the house playing with Emerson belting out this tune as she changes diapers, etc.

Pretty harmless if you really think about it.  She is singing the words but has no idea what they mean.  Thinking more about it, I am not really concerned about what she is singing, I am just concerned about where she chooses to sing.  That could result in some interesting looks....