I got to chatting with one of my old school hotties from back in the day tonight on ICQ. She was sharing some of the videos that her son had uploaded to YouTube. The conversation quickly turned to just how cool our kids are, and how they’ve turned into these amazing souls, that we marvel at ALL.THE.TIME. We shared a little mommy moment, then got on the subject of the music our kids listen to.

It got me to thinking that much of the music that I love today is the same music I heard as a kid in the backseat of my parent’s car, and our children are no different. Her boys grew up listening to U2, and they love it to this day. Mine grew up with Pink Floyd, and they love it just as much. Music is such an influential thing in so many ways, even when it comes to parenting. If all the things I have done as a parent goes unnoticed, I hope that my love of music has shaped them in some way, just like my parent’s did to me.

To make a long story short…she mentioned a song she liked by one of my favorite bands, and I asked her if she had heard a particular version of it. She hadn’t, so I wanted to share it with her, and you. It’s Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) and Johnny Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls) singing Pink Floyd’s, Wish You Were Here for the America - Tribute To Heroes concert.

It’s such an amazing version of a classic song, and when I think about the meaning behind it at the time of 911, it still makes me shed a tear, just like it did the first time I heard it.

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I’ve always hid the fact that I like country music, because I have never once met anyone in real life that likes it, so I just keep that info inside my head, and on my MP3 player. You know…that need to fit in is strong. HAHAHA!

I don’t like the twangy crap at all, but the hot bitches of country music have always been some of the greatest singers I like. Shania Twain, Faith Hill, and now Carrie Underwood. Totally sexy, hot dressing, great lyricist bitches (even if they don’t write them…HA).

Where is my 4X4 pickup, I’m coming home!

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I’m pretty much convinced that buying my Sirius radio when they first came out wasn’t the best move. I should know better than to buy a new tech gadget when it first comes out. I’m on my third factory warranty replacement unit in just under 2 years. Actually I think I’m just not meant to have Sirius in the first place. Just last week Michael was putting his bike in my trunk, when something caught on the antenna and snapped the wire. I’ve paid for a two year subscription that I have used for about 6 months total. Sigh…

I originally got Sirius because I feel the censorship on the radio, and music in general, is total bull crap. I do know that censorship has crossed over to some of the Sirius stations, but those stations are not set on my favorites. I refuse to listen to them, even though I know I can get my Daughtery fill on them.

The reason I am writing this is because I haven’t had my Sirius so I’ve been listening to a local station here in Las Vegas during my commute. The most absolute worst example of censorship is played on this station at least 3 times a day, and it’s the Fall Out Boys - This Ain’t A Scene It’s An Arms Race. Okay, they bleep out the word god damn. I can live with that, and that is understandable. But instead of Arms Race, they say HORSE RACE! What the hell is that???? You can’t say Arms Race on the radio? It’s on every freaking news station on the planet, but you can’t say it on the radio?

It just eats at me, and I’ve now boycotted 94.1 - The Mix. I mean really. If your program director has to censor out the main point of the song, it’s probably time to just not freaking play it anymore!

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Some of my older readers may remember when Pink Floyd released We Don’t Need No Education in 1979. It quickly became the teen angst anthem. Remember the verses, “no dark sarcasm in the classroom” or “we don’t need no thought control?”

We brought our boom boxes on the school bus, and jammed this song before we sat through Mr. Meeker’s Government class. Oh what a moron he was. I fantasized about choking him on a daily basis. He hated women, and as a women, I hated him.

Hey Mr. Meeker! Remember when you got off work and you couldn’t leave because your tires were flat? Yes, that was me. And I laughed my ass off about it for days you sucker! The only thing that would have made it better at the time was YouTube.com.

JR told me about the new song he liked tonight. It sparked my blog entry so I thought I would share it. The new teenager angst???

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I’ve always loved Pink. After all she married a local boy, and they both live here now. I had heard a rumor that Carey Hart gave out cool toys at Halloween, so a few years back we tested this out, and it’s true! He gives out Hot Wheels with a big candy bar! HA! Even to moms…LOL! I’m one of those star struck people and I couldn’t breath when he answered the door. I was in desperate need of a pulse oximeter right about that time. I love this song by Pink they have been playing on the radio lately, and it always puts me in a good mood during my commute.

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