Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Robin Thicke has a song out called Blurred Lines and it's so catchy, the tune just makes you want to dance. When you hear it you're automatically sucked into it. So then after you listen to it a few times and actually pay attention to the lyrics some how the catchy tune just doesn't seem to matter. I've heard the song hundreds of times, I do after all live in a house full of young adults and their music fills my home quite often. I'm guilty of dancing and singing along to this song. I even said out loud "this song is just so wrong, but the tune is so catchy." Now however, it just makes me angry.

These "blurred lines" Robin sings about are about whether or not a woman wants sex or not. IMO, these are not lines that are blurred. Anything other than a "YES", means "NO". What's blurry about that? As the mother of a daughter who has been raped, I don't find this as a topic to be taken lightly. Pairing up these so-called "blurred lines" with a catchy tune doesn't make it any more okay.

I'm sure I'm not the popular opinion, as I'm sure his sales indicates, however, I've decided today, this is not a song allowed in my home anymore. Sorry kids!