Why Yes, I Like Songs With Swear Words
Posted on March 12, 2010 | Categories: Family | Tags: lol, music
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To mark my regained mobility following my recent knee issues1, I drove my mother around to run errands. I know, I know. Driving doesn’t require mobility in the knees because the driver just sits behind the wheel, but I was able to get out of bed and into the car, which is no small victory. Besides, I like driving every chance I get when I’m home as I don’t have a car at school.
Anyway. I put on one of my CD mixes to listen to when driving as I never listen to the crap that’s on the radio. One of the songs on the CD was The Bird and the Bee’s “Fucking Boyfriend.” It’s not a foul-mouthed song despite the title, but the words “fucking boyfriend” are repeated throughout the chorus. I didn’t bank on my mother noticing what the lyrics to the song were as she usually doesn’t pay enough attention to whatever music plays in the car. Unfortunately, that seems to be no longer the case.
My mom: Is the girl swearing in this song?
Me: Uh… yes. Yes, she is.
My mom: Why do you listen to songs with swear words in them?
Me: Um. Uh. Well. It’s a good song?
My mom: But why does the singer feel the need to swear in the song?
Me: To express herself, I guess.
My mom: Do you feel the need to swear to express yourself?!
Me: …I’d really rather not have this conversation.
I’m pretty sure that my brother plays Blink-182 in the car whenever he drives it. I’m not really familiar with Blink-182′s stuff, but something tells me that their songs have more foul language than songs by The Bird and the Bee…
Are you working up to something? / But you give me almost nothing
Keep me helpless / Up to something on my knees
Would you ever be my / Would you be my fucking boyfriend?
Would you ever be my / Would you be my fucking boyfriend? ♪♫
- My knee is far from perfect, but most of the time I can get it to cooperate so I can move around. Minus the times where I wake up in the night because I jerked my knee and the pain was so great that I woke up screaming, that is. Basically, it’s still pretty touch-and-go right now. [↩]
Krissy ♥
What’s most amusing about this is that it’s The Bird and the Bee. lol. Oh, mom… of all the bands that swear in their songs, happy B&TB should be the least of your worries. :P
(Also, I love that song! :D)
Manda
I know! The Bird and the Bee is not a band I would worry about my child listening to :P Another song I put on the same CD is “Love Letter to Japan,” which she really likes. Maybe if I explained the same band sings “Love Letter to Japan” she would worry less about what music I listen to!
Meg
The Bird and the Bee is LOVE. And I’m sorry to hear about your knee. :( Take care!
Crissy
I’ve never heard The Bird and the Bee, but sounds good :)
My mum doesn’t care too much if I listen to songs that swear, but I make a point of not playing them in the car. I don’t have many favorite songs that do swear, but I don’t purposely choose songs that don’t or anything. Like you said, freedom of expression.
I’m trying to think of songs I like that DO swear. Green Day, MCR…but they’re not my absolute favorites or anything :)
Clem
That is hilarious! My mom wouldn’t care – my brother (age 12) swears at CoD all the time and she doesn’t do anything. I always find certain language a little awkward when my parents are around, though.
Adam
Heh, this could be a conversation between my mother and me! Of course, I’d end up replying “no” to the final question, because she’s a touch conservative, and what she doesn’t know can’t hurt her >:D Not that I’m known to swear all that much IRL, but yeah.
Manda
I only really swear when I get really angry. Still, I keep a lid on it when I’m around my mother. I once swore really badly and she overheard me and I didn’t hear the end of it for weeks!
Britney
I’ve always listened to songs with foul language. My parents never had a problem with it, fortunately.
Melody
Oh, the trouble parents have with swear words! This is actually quite hilarious. :D A friend of mine (upper class English parents) had his South Park sound track smashed. Now I remember you said your brother likes SP. I can only imagine the outrage!
Manda
I don’t think my mother would go as far to smashing a CD that used foul language! She’d get mad, certainly, but I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t destroy it.
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