[ditzyscrap]

I saw this a couple weeks ago and was disturbed...but it's now official, and I'm looking for thoughts from other parents...

So, Barenaked Ladies (not sure if they're big in the US? but they are up here)...they released a kids CD today. At first I was like...um, really? That's weird. Because I'm like...look at their name - is it appropriate for the name of a "band" singing for little kids??

The first song they released was "7.8.9" which was a silly one based on the joke "why is 6 afraid of 7...because 7 ate 9". I listened to a few other song previews last night on iTunes, and I can't say that there was anything that stood out to me that I'd WANT to buy this CD for my kids.

I think what is disturbing me the most is their name...if they wanted to release a CD, why not change their name to something more kid-appropriate? Bands do it often, change their name because the one they have isn't working...and people get it. They could have had 2 totally different genres and names...but NO, gotta stick with the one they've got and try to sell it to a really young generation.

A guy I work with that is the same age as me and has 4 kids says "if that's the worst that my kids are listening to, I'll be happy...if the music isn't bad, then I won't worry about the name"

What do you think...