Sunday, October 19, 2025

Oranges and Lemons

I mentioned before that my children (and bsking) went to a Baptist high school that had strict guidelines about popular music. Three girls were not allowed to sing "Kokomo" at an assembly because of the mention of "chemistry." The JV basketball team that got horribly stomped every game was not allowed to take "I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again" in warmups because of a King James Version word no longer allowed. The kids got around it. One of the seniors cheered the annual film about the satanic influence of rock "because I get to hear all my favorite bands."

Meanwhile, my children were listening to British folk music on the way to school, with its beheadings, rapes, maimings, fratricide, and the like. 

You can't be too careful.


 

1 comment:

Earl Wajenberg said...

The singing metal in "Oranges and Lemons" made me think of this:

"I'm a Train"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChgvPTVpbzs&list=RDChgvPTVpbzs&start_radio=1