Would it be any louder than any other song on an mp3 player?
If done properly, yes. 
I did, however, make a concession to more conservative parenting - I throttled down the volume so she won’t hurt her ears.
They say the f-word in that song? I’ve heard the “who the hell are you” part. Maybe I got an edited track.
She might also like Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier”. Every kid I know has loved that song… something about the rhythm.
Huh. I just checked, and I guess I never ripped my Bob Marley CDs. I’ll have to find it and digitize it, because you’re right - she likes Bob (and Ziggy).
I’d be more worried about thematic content than expletives used as intensifiers. I mean, would you rather find her listening to “Who Are You”, or Led Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love”?
I would. If she’s going to listen to The Who she should hear the original versions.
The Kiddo is a huge Led Zepplin fan, loves classic rock. We started putting music (unedited) on his MP3 player about the same age as your daughter. I figure if he’s curious about a word or phrase, he’ll ask. He’s 10 now, hasn’t started swearing or saying inappropriate stuff.
It’s just a word. A WORD!
Of course she’s going to hear it, if she hasn’t already. Knowing the appropriateness of when to use cuss words is more important than hearing or occasionally using them.
My kids (9 and 11) will say “fuck” when quoting someone else for example, but they won’t just come out and say it themselves. And even if they did; it’s just a WORD!
So is nigger but I wouldn’t put Golddigger on a 6 year old’s iPod.
Others have suggested that you might put “Squeezebox” on the iPod. I don’t know about that. It’s a slippery slope from there to songs like “Pictures of Lily” and “Dreaming From The Waist” ! 
Might as well buy her makeup, revealing attire and get her a bunch of tattoos and piercings. She’s bound to get into that stuff sooner or later. :rolleyes:
I’d give her awhile before exposing her to that particular Who song*. Let her be a kid and do the flowers-and-puppies thing for awhile before cursing up a storm. Give her Mary Anne With The Shaky Hands instead.
*I have been a major Who fan for a long time, like Who Are You and have been known to use Coarse Language even when not stressed.
We did the same thing with our daughter - exposed her to a lot of music like The Who, The White Stripes, whatever. Some of it has profanity in it.
The message we gave to our daughter is that swearing isn’t evil, it’s lazy. It’s lazy shorthand for people to express themselves without eloquence. Using it in casual conversation is vulgar, because it substitutes for clear thinking and clear expression of ideas. However, profanity can also be used in very creative ways, and in those cases it’s acceptable. So songs are okay, but don’t swear casually - it makes you sound dumb, and might even make you dumber if it makes you mentally lazy.
Sam, my parents took a similar “cursing makes you dumb” approach. In fact, my father took me aside soon after we got HBO and explained that some movies had words in them he didn’t want me to repeat. I believe his exact words were,
If I hear you talking like that in front of your mother, I’ll knock your skull in.
She’s not really a fan of Led Zeppelin. I listen to a lot of their stuff, but it just doesn’t do it for her, I guess.
It’s funny where different people draw lines about what’s ok for their kids. A couple years ago, some relative bought my daughter a bunch of Bratz dolls. My wife threw them out before Boxing Day was over. My daughter plays with makeup (she got a Barbie Dream Makeup set or some such), especially during dress up when she’s having a play date, but we wouldn’t let her go out with that stuff on her. She likes to paint her fingernails once in a while and we let her. I let my wife make the ruling about our daughter getting her ears pierced - she has to wait till she’s 16 (maybe 13). We occasionally let the kids watch PG and PG-13 movies (like Elf and Jim Carey’s Grinch), but neither of the kids have a TV in their bedroom, and probably never will. Likewise for computers. I’m in IT, but our laptops are the only computers in the house. The kids will never have unsupervised access to a computer. Sort of a random mix or conservative and liberal parenting.
But, regarding The Who, too late. I listen to a lot of music, so she’s grown up with it. I will tell you this, though: I don’t play my Amy Winehouse CD around her. That’s going a little too far even for me.
Your 6 year old has an ipod??? Really? I don’t even have an ipod. :mad:
I would jest be glad she appreciates music other than Hannah Montana and stick it on the list. Ours have listened to and said much worse. They are not screwed up for it, they are actually pretty good kids all foul language considered.