Megan plays her favorite songs through my car speakers using my phone (compliments of YouTube and Bluetooth). I'm curious what music is appealing to her, and often I like it too. So Meg was DJ'ing and put on something by 'The Chainsmokers.' Okay, I didn't love the band name (for a 4th grade fan) but the song was called 'Roses.' Fine. Then came the lyrics 'Smoke a little weed on the couch in the back room' and I had to overthink it. It's what parents do. Nevermind liberal views, legalization, medicine, hypocrisy, hazards versus alcohol, so on and so forth. I was annoyed because it seemed like stooping to me, like pandering, preying on an undiscerning demographic. Kids everywhere love this song. I'm sure of it. Mention 'weed' to middle-schoolers and they giggle. So it was decision-time in my Honda with Meg-Pie. I don't love people who abuse free speech, but I don't love book-burning, Footloose towns, or making mountains out of molehills either. And I noticed 'Roses' didn't carry on about 'sex this and sex that.' (That's probably on the next track.) So I didn't lecture my ten-year-old about drugs. Right then, bemoaning and banning 'Roses' would've only brought it more attention. Bang. (That was the gavel.) Case closed. What's next?
For the record, Megan finds new, favorite songs all the time. Her latest is interesting. It's more of a jingle perfectly titled 'It's Raining Tacos.' If you find the simple and literal refreshing (which I do on occasion, versus the incessant complexity I feel battered by elsewhere in life, all my own fault by the way) this song is for you! It goes like this: "It's raining tacos, out on the street. Tacos, all you can eat. Lettuce and shells, cheese and meat. It's raining tacos!" Awesome. I prefer these lyrics to the ones about 'weed.' Although I can't help but think there's a correlation. I mean, what unhigh, sober person writes a song about raining tacos? Since I'm no expert on drug use, that question is rhetorical.
"There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. Never apologize for your enthusiasm." — Ryan Adams
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