http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jrBHZduLn_pKPfr3aKfYD862XdDwD9CAQNVG1

I want to say that it is equally as ignorant of you to not look at both sides of the coin. First, I agree that parents should be doing their job to guide and love their children into being healthy and competent. However, the argument here is not whether or not parents are doing their job. It is not if Music is Fun or cool to listen to or not. It is whether MUSIC is doing THEIR job of marketing their music appropriately. Some of the ideas, imagery, and verbage WOULD NOT be for small children and clearly a marketing ploy to be ‘edgey’ on the part of Record Companies. It is to get the kids to want to buy it because it’s ‘cool’. If you cannot see through this, or refuse to accept it, then you are just as ignorant for not realizing it. As a grownup, your job is not to be cool with your kids. At the very least, these artists offer an opportunity to have dialogue with your kids that talk about the messages hidden in the music and videos. By the way, I am a musician as well as a mother of two small girls. I have been a professional performer and I’m considered by many to have musical talent. To suggest that someone is ‘ignorant and talentless’ because they want a higher standard of art in the world is ridiculous and again, ignorant on your part. I appreciate that you enjoy Lady Gaga’s music, however your defense is pointless other than that ‘everyone should just relax’. On the other hand, your argument is that parents should be doing their job because they clearly aren’t. It is because of people like you that don’t contemplate life and serious issues as to why the world is so mixed up. I’m willing to guess that you also spend many hours wondering why ‘we can’t just all get along’ but then go on blogs to make your points about how the world is so ‘constipated’. Thank you, Pat for putting up your VERY relevant ‘point of view.’ It is because of people like Pat that intelligent conversations other than ‘OMG, this artist is sooooo hot,’ can happen. There’s a time and a place for that kind of dialogue and this blog was an opportunity to discuss something deeper, the bigger picture for those parents that think about these things. So again, Thank you, Pat for having the forsight to post it.

However, our children are not always with us, and it’s in these circumstances that they might be more susceptible to trash like Lady Gaga. And I don’t agree with you that they are “pointless lyrics”, they are setting a bad example of what is acceptable behaviour to young girls, using a medium/system that is very powerful and difficult for parents to compete with (no matter how “kid friendly” they are).

(by the way if you’re going to make such inflammatory remarks at least have the guts to use your real name)