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Kidz Bop 5

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...Even though parents do need better ways of making sure the music their kids listen to is clean, I honestly think Kidz Bop is not the way to do it. Not only are record executives getting rich off these blatant knock-offs of pop songs, they are caring less and less about the cleanliness of Top 40 radio, causing parents to buy even more of these compilations. Has it really gotten to the point where parents have to buy a compilation album of children singing edited versions of songs just to make sure there's nothing dirty on the album?? Hey, I have a crazy idea. TURN OFF THE RADIO!! Honestly, for parents, Kidz Bop is the EASY WAY OUT. Put a little work into finding clean music that is also quality music. There's a lot out there. Despite the Britneys and 50 Cents out there, there is clean music that is popular. All you have to do is look for it.

Why does the music industry continue to inflict upon the general public this horrible series of children singing off-key versions of already terrible pop songs? As much as I immensely dislike the "Now!" series at least the songs are sung by the original artists. I guess that isn't enough therefore someone thought it would be a great idea to get a bunch of tone-deaf children to massacre a bunch of pop songs for the sake of the bottom line.

The idea of kids singing popular songs is bizarre to me, I'll admit, but I won't let my confusion get in the way of my revulsion. Aside from the sheer audacity of trying to get kids to sound authentically like Jay-Z or whoever else, is it appropriate?

And how about "Hey Ya!," yes it's the best jam of last year but it is after all the bounciest song ever written about dumping a girl because you were only in it for the sex to begin with. When Andre says "Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance," he meant the people responsible for this CD. Getting rid of the word "come" does not give the track merit as kids' music, any more than bragging about being "Ice Cold" is appropriate just because it comes out of a kid's mouth.

I'm not going to go into the taste issue, that seems obvious to me, and it's been pretty well stated in other reviews. Just think about it before buying it for your kids. Pop music is made for teenagers, not toddlers, and while the words generally go right past younger kids, is most pop's message what you want to be sending to them?

The whole idea of this thing is ridiculous! Kids can't make a PROFESSIANAL singer's song better, they can only make it worse! A lot worse! They totally RUINED some of my favorite songs (i.e Invisible, Hey Ya!, Me against the Music, ect.) Don't be stupid and buy the album. It will make you want to do bad, BAD things it made me want to.

DO NOT buy this! You would be so much better off buying the "Now that's what I call music" series, sung by professinals. Kidz Bop attempta to sing "hip" and "popular" songs, most likely chossen by adults in their mid life crisis. The poor children sound like they're in Preschool and are the rejects from American Idol. Don't buy this. It's a huge waste of money. The songs featured on this editon of Kidz Bop are:

Disc One:
1. Crazy In Love
2. Hey Ya
3. Are You Happy Now?
4. Invisible
5. It's My Life
6. Here Without You
7. Girls & Boys
8. So Yesterday
9. Calling All Angels
10. Bigger Than My Body
11. Forever And For Always
12. Someday
13. Have A Little Faith In Me
14. Bright Lights
15. Cinderella
Disc: 2
1. There's Gotta Be (More To Life)
2. Señorita
3. Why Don't You & I
4. Never Leave You (Uh Oh)
5. Perfect
6. Headstrong
7. Me Against The Music
8. Unwell
9. Breathe
10. Take Me Away
11. Low
12. Rain On Me
13. Trouble
14. So Far Away
15. Dig It

I hate Kidz Bop so much, it's not even funny. Parents may think that these CDs are good listening for their little five-year-olds, so that they can enjoy the music and be able to hear the lyrics more clearly, but, really, these Kidz Bop people are so stupid, they actually thought that the song "Game of Love" was about cooking. The songs are too inappropriate for kids to sing along too, including the content of the lyrics. Some of them are okay, like FeFe Dobson's "Take Me Away"," or Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday," but do you really think it's appropriate for a kid to be singing along to "Low" by Kelly Clarkson or No Doubt's "It's My Life?" Uh, no, because the lyrics to those songs are about stuff that kids aren't supposed to be hearing, let alone singing about! Don't even get me started on the quality of the songs. They are not the original versions; the original beats and tempos of these songs have been removed and replaced with a boring version. The singers couldn't sing for beans- plus, it's mostly adults singing the main verses, and the kids squeal along with the chorus. The singers, besides the music, is already enough to give you a headache just after one song. And even if little kids did enjoy the original songs from the original artists, why would they want the songs to be modified, too? We don't need these CDs, kids can just go out and buy something like Now That's What I Call Music or Totally Hits, for crying out loud! They're basically the same thing, just with the same artists and same music. Overall, Kidz Bop is a waste of your time and money. It deserves to be burned. Go listen to some worthwile music instead!

I just wanna say, If i ever was offered to sing on that, I would refuse because it would be the best thing to happen to them and I'm not being nice to them. not even if I was paid enough money to buy 3 mansions. SO THERE KIDZ BOP ( or YOU SUCK)

These kids can not sing! It's a pathetic moneymaking ploy! Listening to them actually HURTS.

Kids- Here's a tip:

LET THE PROFESSIONALS DO THE SINGING, AND YOU DO THE BUYING, OKAY?

This is simply inappropriate material for kids to hear. The people who thought of this should have been thrown out of the Record companies office. It is NOT appropiate for kids to be singing about lovin' their baby, and hot bodies. I can just imagine who's idea this was. As for 'subliminal messages' ...go see a doctor, you idiot.

If they think they can edit songs to make them more appropriate...well I think they are pretty dumb.

In fact, this CD teaches kids bad spelling techniques as "Kidz Bop" is spelled with a Z at the end of "Kid" instead of the proper spelling of "KidS"