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immoderate

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4. Don't worry too much!

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 09:10 PM

Jan 2013

Kids translate the meaning of songs (and jokes) they don't understand into terms they know. Every kid has heard the expression "go all the way" in some context, and they'll relate in some way.

If they actually know what it means, then we're too late, aren't we?

--imm

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OFFS. Katy Perry opens iInaugural Kids' Concert w/ highly inappropriate song. [View all] nolabear Jan 2013 OP

Pffffft. alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #1

She can't help it! NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #2

That's a fun song. Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #11

Oh the humanity! brucefan Jan 2013 #3

Don't worry too much! immoderate Jan 2013 #4

i just don't get the whole katy perry thing arely staircase Jan 2013 #5

for real frylock Jan 2013 #16

boob implants, minty green hair ... closeupready Jan 2013 #19

Her boobs are real. nt Mosby Jan 2013 #23

As real as mine, yep. nt closeupready Jan 2013 #24

Right-wingers are STILL pissed that the Obama family was in the same room as Psy PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #6

Wait wait wait. What's wrong with going all the way, all the way to the end of a race? NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #7

+1,000 malaise Jan 2013 #9

Teenage Dream was the first song. All the kids know it already. It was a huge hit. Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #10

Yep. People have a problem with it now, or so it appears. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #21

But can she do it in a mall, like the JC Penny assault rifle guy?!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #8

Glad she didn't sing "Louie Louie." Hoyt Jan 2013 #12

Lol! I'm not saying its evil, it's just a bad start to a kid concert. nolabear Jan 2013 #13

I noticed it too. You're not crazy. I think you should be able to make a little statement that Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #22

you don't think the kids have heard this song 562556 times before? cash__whatiwant Jan 2013 #14

Sigh. I wish Jerry Garcia was still alive. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #15

Lol. The kids have been singing that song for years. morningfog Jan 2013 #17

she is textbook airhead. you expect different? closeupready Jan 2013 #18

I dont understand what wrong with Katy Perry she is pretty intense. Separation Jan 2013 #20