Kid friendly lyrics

emeraldkity

Well... my older daughter works in an elementary school and the kids have requested a Pearl Jam mix tape.
Her supervisor has approved it, but reminded her it has to be "kid" friendly, by which I take to mean violent imagery & the seven words George Carlin reminds us we can't say on TV are out.

Including one of my favorites, like when PJ is playing Madison Square Garden and Eddie starts commenting on the signs held up by fans, including
Play Leash, you pussies ,

Anyway- off the top of my head, I can't think of a lot that don't include four letter words, especially since I mostly listen to live versions & I am currently preoccupied by cramming for finals- so I would love suggestions to pass along to her.

Im assuming covers are OK too.
( I've actually remembered some- but I thought this would be a fun thread)
Thanks

Ledbetterus

There are many However, aside from 4-letter words, would "mature content" also be bad? Like the meanings behind lyrics (some literal some not so literal), like for example 'Daughter'.

If covers are welcome why not their most popular (at least for most people who don't bleed PJ), 'Last Kiss'. Although someone dies in that song..

This is harder than I thought! Lol.

Betterman seems good. Black? Alive? Just trying to think of their more popular "catchy" songs.

Anyway, if/when you come up with something, post it here. It would probably be a good starter mix for anyone.

WindNoSail

emeraldkity wrote:

Well... my older daughter works in an elementary school and the kids have requested a Pearl Jam mix tape.
Her supervisor has approved it, but reminded her it has to be "kid" friendly, by which I take to mean violent imagery & the seven words George Carlin reminds us we can't say on TV are out.

Including one of my favorites, like when PJ is playing Madison Square Garden and Eddie starts commenting on the signs held up by fans, including
Play Leash, you pussies ,

Anyway- off the top of my head, I can't think of a lot that don't include four letter words, especially since I mostly listen to live versions & I am currently preoccupied by cramming for finals- so I would love suggestions to pass along to her.

Im assuming covers are OK too.
( I've actually remembered some- but I thought this would be a fun thread)
Thanks

Jeremy, nevermind
Save you, nope
Once, oops
Corduroy, guess not
Off he goes, damn
Satan's bed

ok seriously
State of Love and Trust
Man of the Hour (Benroya Hall)
Hard to Imagine
Fatal
Yellow Led
Betterman
Nothingman
Hail Hail
Life Wasted (its on Guitar Hero ya kno)
Evenflow
Black
Smile
Immortality
MFC
Dissident
RVM, no one hears the f word
Daughter
Small Town
Soon Forget maybe

hewhohatesfish

hide your love away..... has to be in there easy enough to sing too!

its OK ...nice sentiment


around the bend
better man
off he goes
i am mine
world wide suicide.....!

best of luck....... nice idea

knitted

that letter in deep3 makes me think big wave should be in there somewhere. are there bad words in it?..uhhmmm...i'm trying to sing it thru in my head right now...no, no bad words - just long ones!

GetALife

...in this case: don't forget "Education"!

cropdustress

This is an awesome idea.

I made a double mix cd for my toddler group, but it's more
when they go to sleep: slower songs. I also payed attention to
the lyrics, but I think some of those songs aren't 100% *kids* friendly.
Anyways, we rarely listen to it when they're running around all day, but also, none of them understand English anyways Some don't even speak Croatian yet.

I was gonna write the song's I've put on those cds, here goes:
(All these are studio except the obvious ones, like some Christmas singles and
covers)

Oceans, Release, Nothingman, Sometimes, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, Present Tense, Around the Bend, Light Years (think I got the demo version here), Thin Air, Soon Forget, Parting Ways, Given To Fly, Wishlist, Low Light, All Those Yesterdays, Thunderclap and Foldback (instrumentals from Touring Band), Can't Keep, Thumbing My Way, You Are, All Or None, Parachutes, Wasted Reprise, Army Reserve, Come Back, Inside Job, Whale Song, Undone, Fatal, Hard To Imagine, Footsteps, Drifting, Last Kiss, Bee Girl, Throw Your Arms Around Me (live), Last Soldier (live), Let Me Sleep, Angel, I Believe in Miracles.

I think thats more then I got for my kids, and as you can see, the list is pretty mellow.
I'd double check on the lyrics and the meanings, or possible meanings

Let us know which songs she picked, I'm curious

GetALife

When the tape will be heard in group in class, studio versions might be appropriate...but I'd like to think of a fictional show for my list (that doubles some of the here already mentioned songs, I know)...some have comments which live version might be okay (or better!), too...

Arc
Long Road
Spin the black circle (Adelaide II 06)
Animal
In my tree
I am mine
Corduroy (any version with "PEACE!")
Garden
Small Town
Wishlist (San Antonio 03)
Life Wasted
LBC (Oklahoma City 03)
Smile
Light years
RVM (Grand Rapids 06)
Black (Berlin 06, unplugged)
Big Wave
Crazy Mary (studio!)
Low light (Santa Barbara 06)
Betterman
Alive
Soon Forget
All those yesterdays/Hidden track
Bee Girl

onebadbootleg

I can't remember the live song but it said something like "You are an idiot, go fuck yourself"