I remember a Cosby Show episode from years ago in which Dr. Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and his son Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) were watching MTV together. The good doctor pronounced the music videos he'd seen were nothing short than the realization of someone's nightmare.
This week, my wife was shuttling our kids around and as she typically does, was listening to music on the radio. Marilyn Manson's Beautiful People began to play. My daughter, who just turned 5 this week, really likes music with a harder edge. She picked up the song pretty quick and began to sing out loud to my wife. But she didn’t quite understand the lyrics. The squeaky voice from the back of the minivan chanted her version, "the beautiful meatball, the beautiful meatball ...” It seems she’s not the only one to misinterpret the lyrics.
Yes, Bill, Kids Say the Darndest Things. And you were also spot on about the nightmare comment. I found the video for this song.
Take a look, and at two minutes and fifty seconds in, is he screaming about people, or meatballs?
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