The Potty Mouth Playlist
So I'm giving Kid Lulu a bath, once again putting off the horrors of hair-washing and instead playing with her Dora the Explorer cups. Oh, it's a real Norman Rockwell moment, innocence abloom. We're having a cup-filling race, and as I begin to pull ahead, my 3-year-old looks at my Dora cups and shakes her head.
"This is fresh water," she says, pointing to her cups. "And that," she says, pointing to my cups, "is bullsh-- water."
Whoa! I'm both shocked and impressed by her profane creativity. "What did you just say?!"
Her eyes get wide: "DON'T TELL MOM!"
Earlier in the week, Lu asked to borrow my iPod. I said I left it at work. "Oh, focker!" she replied heartily. Close, very close. I tried to chalk it up to her love of Ben Stiller movies. Still, after saying "focker," she immediately followed with "DON'T TELL MOM!"
Usually, I'd blame a parenting snafu like this on the Forever Fiancee. But alas, I'll have to pin this one on my dad. You see, I have a terrible tongue, a blue streak I learned from my father. So through sheer genetics, Kid Lulu has apparently obtained a vocabulary worthy of Red Foxx. I'm sure that goes over swell at her Christian school.
Anyway, in honor of the sheer genius of "bullsh-- water," here's today's Potty Mouth Playlist:
10.) Slip of the Lip -- Ratt
9.) Words -- Doves
8.) Bluer Than Blue -- Nanci Griffith
7.) Tongue -- Damien Rice
6.) No More Words -- Berlin
5.) The Girl Can't Help It -- Little Richard
4.) You Talk Too Much -- Run-DMC
3.) Heard 'Em Say -- Kanye West
2.) Shout It Out Loud -- KISS
1.) F--- Tha Police -- N.W.A.
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
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Why don't you just pump in 2 Live Crew's - As Nasty as They want to Be in the ol' iPod. I know it was a real crowd pleaser when I lived at home.
Posted by: sparky | October 29, 2007 at 12:22 PM
Ode To Tipper Gore - Warrent
Freedom Of Speech - Above The Law
Speak to Me - Pink Floyd
Keep talking - Pink Floyd
Words - The Monkees
Talkin' S*** - Tuggz
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
Potty Mouth - Bottom Feeders
Shut Up - The Rave-Ups
Posted by: | October 29, 2007 at 02:19 PM
Sorry, That last one was me.
Posted by: Bassnote | October 29, 2007 at 02:20 PM
Star, Star by The Rolling Stones
Posted by: MickandKeith | October 29, 2007 at 03:10 PM
Half of Prince's "Dirty Mind"
Posted by: | October 29, 2007 at 07:23 PM
Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!) - Elton John
Posted by: DG | October 29, 2007 at 07:52 PM
You missed Bum For Egypt by Dash Rip Rock. A classic that the record company couldn't put the actual name of the song on the cd cover.
Posted by: Brett | October 30, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Bite Your Tongue - Duncan Sheik
Posted by: Bassnote | October 30, 2007 at 11:55 AM
Even in a Christian home, the defining moment of every childhood is the first public profanity....and the parents' response. All four of my children tried, "What the hell is that?" S**t soon followed.
Posted by: Greg Jones | October 31, 2007 at 06:29 AM
Ok, I feel compelled to share a potty mouth moment. My son (who is now 13) declared at the age of 5 that there was a word that needed to come out of his mouth because he was just so mad. "It starts with bull, mom."
I let him say it and we moved on. It's really hard when your laughter is welling up and you're trying to look appauled.
Posted by: Marissa | October 31, 2007 at 07:37 AM