# What in the hell is the deal with "Kids Bop?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-kids-bop/264205 "2004-09-13T02:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-kids-bop/264205/21 "2004-09-14T02:47:33Z")
> [@archmichael](#): > > Bad Girls by Donna Summer I believe that a singing Angelica (of the Rugrats) doll was released several years ago, and sang that song. “Bad girls, talkin’ bout those-” Back when I was a tiny lad, I liked the music of Barry Louis Polisar(probably misspelled). I wish I still had my tapes, as for the past several years I have been hankering to listen to I Eat Kids. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-kids-bop/264205/22 "2004-09-14T07:05:31Z")
> [@citrus x paradisi](#): > > Frankly, as far as I’m concerned, the only album children under 10 should be allowed to listen to is Raffi’s opus, ‘Bananaphone.’ > > Also, it’d be mandatory. > > _Cellular, modular, interactiv-odular…_🆒 [Resistance is futile.](http://webpages.charter.net/redemption/banana/) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-kids-bop/264205/23 "2004-09-21T20:23:42Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Incontrovertable sign of the Apocalypse #459: > > Haley Joel Osment belting out Britney Spears’ _Toxic_. Well, you don’t have to worry about that, because he’s [sixteen](http://www.comeawayohumanchild.net/haleyjoelosment/Haleyportrait2004.htm) now, and his voice has changed. Jeez, people. I would start a Pit thread, but today is not the day, since I’m upset about this hostage situation and don’t think it would be appropriate. But I’m sick of the way people expect Haley to be eternally nine, with the high, squeaky voice, and “Oh, isn’t he cute! He uses big words, like he really knows what they mean!” According to what I’ve been reading lately, he’s cultivating good taste in music and movies, and he’s intellectual almost to the point of being a Doper. He was never just a “kid actor”; he’s always been an **actor**. And, I’m confident, will continue to be. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-kids-bop/264205/24 "2004-09-21T20:32:31Z")
I said it two years ago, and still believe it, [Kidz Bop Must Be Stopped](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=111822) ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-kids-bop/264205/25 "2004-09-21T21:47:09Z")
> [@Jeff Lodoen](#): > > I’m not sure if your knowingly joking, but Toxic is on Kidz Bop 6! Also “dance remixes” from #1 and #4! > > #3 has a POD cover. I’m quite unhip, but from what I know, that should break the goofy meter, right? > > I’ll quote an Amazon reviewer: > > “There are many songs on the radio today that I don’t allow my eight-year-old daughter to listen to, basically because of the language and some of the songs content. But with the Kidz Bop CDs she can keep up with today’s popular songs and I don’t have to worry about the language or content. I am not sure why so many people wrote such horrible reviews of the CD but they clearly don’t get the point of the album and the fact that it is made for kids who are too young to hear the actual songs but still want to keep up with todays hits.” > > Yeah 8 year olds gotta keep up! Boy, if you’ve ever heard the lyrics wrong because the singing was too fast, or wasn’t clear (_while I kiss this guy …_ What?), just think of the egg on one’s face after growing up listening to Kidz Bop and then hearing the “real” version for the first time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-kids-bop/264205.md?page=1)