Khier Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Hmm I thought about this a while back but I just remembered it. Has it occurred to anyone that the rock a bye baby tune is deeply disturbing and ****ed up? I mean the last line says it all, "and down comes baby, cradle and all". Is this really a melody you should be singing to your kids? What if your kid asks "What happens after that?" A fractured skull, a broken spine, permanent brain damage, bleeding to death, or something that could easily involve horribly debilitating injuries or a horribly agonizing death. Who in their right mind would put a baby in a cradle up in a tree, obviously a seriously unstable/homicidal/psychopathic parent. I just thought this was screwed beyond belief, I had to get my thoughts out. If this is too......much for some, I apologize, I'm really tired. *Yawns* *Is lulled to sleep by "rock a bye baby"* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Whenever my mom sings it to my brother,she says but mommy will catch you, cradle and all. I had the same thoughts the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 yeah its pretty wierd, reminds of that bit in goonies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 The baby is obviously a monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Also, the song "Ring a ring of roses" is about the black plague. Many nursery rhymes are quite disturbing. Jack and Jill is about Jack cracking his head open for example. The list goes on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Welshman Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 And don't forget 'Rubba dub dub, Three Men in a tub' I don't even want to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 jeez mother Goose must be one sick person...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 my parents never sang me that garbage...wtf?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Originally posted by $am jeez mother Goose must be one sick person...... Yep. Must be! Man, scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguePhotonic Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 It's probably a super old song...like twinkle twinkle little star...when did that come out 1600?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 you see that is exactly why all you youth of today are so mythunderstood, it is because of the Disneyization of everything. all nice, all good, nothing bad. fairy tales and nursery rhymes all had morals attached to them, cultural taboos and other really important spooky doom stuff. now Old Yellar lives, Rosebud is rescued from the flames and gets repaired and brought to auction on the antique road show and Old Uncle Remus...say what? who is Uncle Remus? it's sad, truely sad, PC "Political Correctness" has transformed the spirituality and soul of the world and everyone and everything is as atonomical as a Ken doll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Welshman Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Nice poem... it wasn't a rhyme so it counts as not evil. Although not all rhymes are evil, just usually boring. I have spoken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegy Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Ahhhhhh, childhood memories. You know, they should've made one about somebody like Jack the Ripper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorganfloss Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 I doubt something like "Hatchet-Man, the Childrens Story" would be a big hit with the kiddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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