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Great album, but it’s not Purple Rain or Thriller, because I don’t really want to spend the rest of the month explaining the n word, among others, to my kids. A
by flatline 8y ago
Great album, but it’s not Purple Rain or Thriller, because I don’t really want to spend the rest of the month explaining the n word, among others, to my kids. Ah, well. It’s a problem comparing music across genres, as they said.
- evan_ 8y agoThere’s an edited version on Spotify.
- peteretep 8y ago> I don’t really want to spend the rest of the month explaining the n word, among others, to my kids Who are you hoping will explain it to them, or are you intending for them to never hear it?
- anonytrary 8y agoWe formally learned about slavery in elementary school. The teacher wrote "nigger" on the board and said we couldn't speak the word. Eventually, your kids will learn the word, but it won't be from you. It'll be from their asshole friend that dares them to say it to someone. Smart kids can handle more than we give them credit for.
- flatline 8y agoIf you’re going to drop it on a kid carte blanche, you have some responsibility to put it in context. And it’s really not about the language, so much as it is the theme of the music. The South may have something to say, but you have to have some years or seriously hard living behind you to hear it. A five year old can handle Purple Rain and take quite a bit from it without any assistance, even if they will have to be older to “get” the song/album more fully. There is a lot of music that’s really just targeted to adults and simply does not have the broad accessibility as the two albums the author referenced. I feel like Aquemini is one of these.
- daseiner1 8y ago> a five year old can handle Purple Rain helluva thing to say about an album that includes “Darling Nikki”
- anonytrary 8y ago> you have some responsibility to put it in context True, ELI5 takes effort. It's worth it.