art and life
The other day my husband turned on one of those VH1 countdown shows called "100 Most Awesomely Bad Love Songs". Some of the songs they spent over an hour making fun of were:
"I Wanna Go Back" by Eddie Money
"You've Got Me Over Him" by the Jets
"I Would Do anything for Love" by Meatloaf
Just to name a few. The sad thing was that we thought just about every song they listed and tore apart was really good. Some were a little corny, but so what? We were shocked that by today's standards, they were considered dumb. I gawked at the teeny-bopper celebs spouting their opinions and thought: They just don't get it. How can they not like these songs? And then it dawned on me.
OMG. The seventies and eighties have become the good ol' days for me.
Not only were the songs more romantic, movies likeDirty Dancing, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, still give me butterflies in my stomach. Now there's Mean Girls and hacker movies so vile I have to change the channel on the commercials so my boys don't have nightmares.
Even TV Shows were more wholesome. Where are the Little House on the Prairies? The Cosby Shows? Family Ties? The Muppet Shows, for heaven's sake? I can't think of one show on TV these days that shows a stable, happy family. Especially a family with a strong father figure in it. They are a thing of the past.
And lately I can hardly find a G rated movie to take my kids to. For some reason it seems most screen-writers lack the talent and imagination to make kids' movies entertaining and funny without resorting to crudeness and bathroom humor.
So there's the age old question: Does life imitate art or art imitate life?
Either way, I'm concerned. Because apparently we are becoming a more hardened, rude, shallow society. And I know that Meatloaf would agree.
"I Wanna Go Back" by Eddie Money
"You've Got Me Over Him" by the Jets
"I Would Do anything for Love" by Meatloaf
Just to name a few. The sad thing was that we thought just about every song they listed and tore apart was really good. Some were a little corny, but so what? We were shocked that by today's standards, they were considered dumb. I gawked at the teeny-bopper celebs spouting their opinions and thought: They just don't get it. How can they not like these songs? And then it dawned on me.
OMG. The seventies and eighties have become the good ol' days for me.
Not only were the songs more romantic, movies likeDirty Dancing, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, still give me butterflies in my stomach. Now there's Mean Girls and hacker movies so vile I have to change the channel on the commercials so my boys don't have nightmares.
Even TV Shows were more wholesome. Where are the Little House on the Prairies? The Cosby Shows? Family Ties? The Muppet Shows, for heaven's sake? I can't think of one show on TV these days that shows a stable, happy family. Especially a family with a strong father figure in it. They are a thing of the past.
And lately I can hardly find a G rated movie to take my kids to. For some reason it seems most screen-writers lack the talent and imagination to make kids' movies entertaining and funny without resorting to crudeness and bathroom humor.
So there's the age old question: Does life imitate art or art imitate life?
Either way, I'm concerned. Because apparently we are becoming a more hardened, rude, shallow society. And I know that Meatloaf would agree.
posted by Nicole | 11:45 AM
5 Comments:
This is all such reality to me right now.
I was you..oh not long ago.
But eventuually you do start allowing some pg movies or accepting the fact that the curse words in the hallway of my 6th grader can be worse than an episode of the Sopranos.
As much as we protect them (and believe me, we had the padded walls) Preparing them for life is my most challenging feat thus far.
Times have changed...even from my GREAT 80's music & movies. The kids do seem to be immune to chainsaw killings, sexual inuendo, and sadly enough it is becoming the normal in the arts.
I can only pray that my children continue to view it as art and NEVER make it their life.
This is all such reality to me right now.
I was you..oh not long ago.
But eventuually you do start allowing some pg movies or accepting the fact that the curse words in the hallway of my 6th grader can be worse than an episode of the Sopranos.
As much as we protect them (and believe me, we had the padded walls) Preparing them for life is my most challenging feat thus far.
Times have changed...even from my GREAT 80's music & movies. The kids do seem to be immune to chainsaw killings, sexual inuendo, and sadly enough it is becoming the normal in the arts.
I can only pray that my children continue to view it as art and NEVER make it their life.
This is all such reality to me right now.
I was you..oh not long ago.
But eventuually you do start allowing some pg movies or accepting the fact that the curse words in the hallway of my 6th grader can be worse than an episode of the Sopranos.
As much as we protect them (and believe me, we had the padded walls) Preparing them for life is my most challenging feat thus far.
Times have changed...even from my GREAT 80's music & movies. The kids do seem to be immune to chainsaw killings, sexual inuendo, and sadly enough it is becoming the normal in the arts.
I can only pray that my children continue to view it as art and NEVER make it their life.
This is all such reality to me right now.
I was you..oh not long ago.
But eventuually you do start allowing some pg movies or accepting the fact that the curse words in the hallway of my 6th grader can be worse than an episode of the Sopranos.
As much as we protect them (and believe me, we had the padded walls) Preparing them for life is my most challenging feat thus far.
Times have changed...even from my GREAT 80's music & movies. The kids do seem to be immune to chainsaw killings, sexual inuendo, and sadly enough it is becoming the normal in the arts.
I can only pray that my children continue to view it as art and NEVER make it their life.
oh my God, We watched the same thing, All I could think of was how nostalgic all those songs made me feel (and how old)
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