I hope I didn't come off the wrong way here. I wasn't trying to compare rap to pop in any way and I wasn't trying to claim that pop is devoid of sex or profanity. . .
I brought up alternative as an example, but that same comment could be applied to any type of music.
See, I used to dislike rap but it had little to do with the content. . .
And the reason I used to hate pop was because I thought it was so shallow. . .
I don't mind having sex and violence depicted in music. My personal collection can attest to that. What I do have a problem with is some of the stuff that gets so much air time in a free media supposedly regulated by the FCC. I don't believe in censorship but I also think that the broadcasters need to be more responsible. The FCC has really cracked down on network television ever since the Janet fiasco, but how can they justify that when songs on the radio are so explicit? When my cute little kindergarten girls loudly sing lines like, "Please, mister, please, let me suck yer ****!" from Eminem's "My Band" because it's a catchy tune they heard on the radio? I said in another thread that children don't need to be completely sheltered, but this is the kind of thing I draw the line at. I tell ya, it's messed up.
"Genie in a Bottle" seems rather tame by today's standards, and hey, at least it was a song about abstinence. That and "Baby One More Time" are something I can handle with the kids. At least they're not talking about doing it on the bathroom floor or biting a pillow or throwing their panties like some of the more recent music I hear, whether it's pop or rap or alternative. . .
By the way, we end up listening to a lot of Disney music and kidz bop when I work with the kids.
people may hate them, but they're getting rich! 
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