Don’t Fear The Boogers

Posted by Mari on January 2nd, 2011

You know how it goes. You’re a mom; you like your punk music. You listen to it frequently in the car. So one day, your sweet little angel-faced cherub of a boy is walking around the house with a bit of a bounce in his step and he’s singing: “Beat on the brat! Beat on the brat! Beat on the brat with a baseball bat!” and while you join in on the “Oh yeah! Oh yeah, oh-oh!” part, you realize that it might be time to be a wee bit more careful with your selections and you remove the Ramones CD from the disc changer in the car with a bit of a sigh.

But, if you are reading this (and clearly you are), you know as well as I do that good music and kid-friendly music are not mutually exclusive. And if you like your music a little rowdy and punky, you should definitely pick the Boogers (you know I had to go to there).

This band carries the endorsement of the Ramones’ tour manager (Monte A. Melnick, who said “If the Ramones had ever decided to make a children’s album this is what it would have sounded like.”) and, much to my delight, includes a kid-friendly remake of “Beat on the Brat” with lyrics that I can listen to with my kids without worry.

The band is made up of Crusty, Greenie and Sticky Booger, and don’t let the creepy names fool you; while they will make your kids laugh, these guys are serious musicians. Let’s Go features 13 tunes, including the aforementioned remake, now called “My Baseball Bat,” and “Otto’s Orange Day,” which was inspired by the book of the same name. Bonus points for the band that my son just happeend to be reading that book when I popped this disc in the changer. He was smitten.

And truth be told, I’m loving it, too. The songs run through my head along with the songs from my own music library, and they don’t make me cringe. Yes, at my house? We love our Boogers.

Tags: Let's Go!, Questionable lyrics, The Boogers, The Ramones