Music for 10 year olds

Lemme see... my son is 8 and thinks I'm soooo uncool because I don't have ALL the current tunes on my iPod LOL

LMFAO - sexy and I know it (unbelievable what sells)

Foster the People: Pumped up Kicks

Good life - One republic

Anything by David Guetta, Rihanna, or Bruno Mars

There's some other song he was singing to the other day - don't know title or artist but the gist of it was lots of "de de de de or be be be be" LOL

Just back from Best Buy,found her some music.  I was really excited about the Rush Time Machine set and the Dark Side of the Moon package......oops showing my age.

thanks for the suggestions

Joe 

Funny how my 8 and 11 year olds are into Michael Jackson - not my fav but I have respect for his talent.  We have an ongoing argument about whether Thriller or Off the Wallis is the better album - ya know where my old school preferences reside.

I have hard a tough time coming to terms with current music, but we have found some common ground.  For what its worth, the kids also like Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You/We are the Champions,  You're My Best Friend, etc.  

Rihanna's latest album, Talk That Talk, has a good bit of raunch on it. I can't imagine it would be suitable for a 10-year old. (Which isn't to say that a 10-year old wouldn't like it, just that it's probably not so much with the age-appropriateness.)

Oh yeah, got that right. I refuse to allow my son to download or buy the Rihanna/eminem S&M/abusive duet song. Actually, anything by eminem will likely be banned from being played in my house except for the cleaned up version of Lose Yourself.

She only likes a few Maiden songs.....Dad has a larg collection of it

She is more Dio fan, really likes him in rainbow

Iron Maiden is actually good for kids...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK__uM_ArlE

For those worried about age-appropriateness, you do know that "Pumped Up Kicks" is about a kid fantasizing about carrying out a mass shooting, right?

Granted, the band say it's a song that's supposed to raise awareness and spark conversation between parents and kids about teenage gun violence.

However, absent that conversation, it's a catchy tune about a kid dreaming of committing mass murder.  That's way worse than any sex talk.

Anyhow, I find "The Asteroids Galaxy Tour" pretty catchy, and nothing in their lyrics has jumped out at me as something I'd keep away from the kids.  Doesn't mean it's not there.

yeah, at first it bothered me but its played on the radio loads so I did explain it to my kiddo. My husband and I were just talking about how when we were kids back in the 60-70s the songs we'd sing had lyrics like "we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun'; crocodile rock, chicaboom chicaboom..." etc... and granted, some of those songs then dealt with subjects really beyond our comprehension then again the lyrics were not so graphic nor offensive. Ah...the dark ages

I'm a child of the '80s and '90s, so I was doomed at birth.