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Country Music Lowers Your Kid’s IQ
A Prestigous Weekly Journal ^ | 9/21/01 | DENNISD'ANTONIO

Posted on 09/21/2001 9:46:20 AM PDT by dead

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Young children exposed to country music score lower on IQ tests than kids raised on rock 'n' roll, declares controversial music professor Dr. Roger Solett - and he bases his startling claim on the results of a study of 1,000 kids!

"Country music makes kids stupid," he said. "It's the mind- warping lyrics." And he cited a few examples drawn from what he called "some of the most popular country songs of the past two decades." On the list:

"I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me Than a Frontal Lobotomy."

"Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissin' You Goodbye."

"If You Wanna Keep Your Beer Cold, Put It Next to My Ex-wife's Heart."

Dr. Solett is the former director of the prestigious Chopin Symphony and a professor of music. He said he and his research team gave IQ tests to 500 6-year-olds whose parents played country music in the house or car daily.

"They're Billy Ray Cyrus, Faith Hill, Clint Black, Randy Travis, Garth Brooks fans - and their children scored, on average, 10 points lower on standard IQ tests than 500 6-year-olds whose parents are rock 'n' roll junkies," said Dr. Solett.

"Now what's the difference between rock and country? It's just wild people banging on drums and strumming guitars in both cases. Lots of howling. Lots of noise. The only difference between rock and country is that country is stupid - the lyrics, I mean.

" 'I wanna whip your cow . . . I fell on a pile of you and got love all over me . . . Drop-kick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life' . . . I mean, c'mon, this kinda stuff'll warp your mind."

But Dr. Solett's controversial study, and particularly his views, are not shared by many, if any, of his peers. And a member of his own research team, who asked to remain anonymous, told Weekly World News, "He hates hick music with a passion."


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To: Denver Ditdat
Another Sting classic,

Every little thing she does is magic, magic magic , magic, ooooooh oh, ooooooooh oh, e o oh oh oh ohhhhh...
e o oh, e o oh, e o oh, e o oh, e o oh, e o oh, e o oh,

161 posted on 12/09/2007 7:18:04 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: ravingnutter

Remember the kline from “FLO” on the show Alice. “Kiss mah grits!!!”


162 posted on 12/09/2007 7:26:03 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: dead
"He hates hick music with a passion."

The study is probably riddled with flaws.

163 posted on 12/09/2007 7:30:17 AM PST by HIDEK6
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To: perfect stranger

Nice thread resurrection, I didn’t notice it at first. Posted originally on 9/21/2001 and then on post 149, it was resurrected 3 years later (9/4/2004). Then you resurrected it 3 years later (12/8/2007). Will the trend continue?


164 posted on 12/09/2007 7:42:40 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: perfect stranger

Dear Lord! This thread is six years old!


165 posted on 12/09/2007 7:42:59 AM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: dead
Hey Stupid, before you started listening to country music, were you able to distinguish between the person who wrote the article and the person who merely posted it?

lol...you frightened the poor kid away forever. (It was his first and last post on FR).

166 posted on 12/09/2007 7:48:31 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: dead
Brad Paisley - "I'd like to kiss you way back in the sticks I'd like to walk you through a field of wildflowers ...And I'd like to check you for ticks. ..."

I can see how this guy may be down on "new" country...not so much San Antonio Rose.

167 posted on 12/09/2007 7:48:57 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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country and rap.

Together a honeymoon of ^&^%$$ proportions.

Anyone listening to either regularly deserves a lobotomy, or has already had one.

168 posted on 12/09/2007 7:59:04 AM PST by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: All

I Hate Every Bone In Your Body Except Mine.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ahahahahahahhah ahahahah a ..just spit my coffee all ove rmy desk .. AHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA


169 posted on 12/09/2007 8:07:11 AM PST by sonic109
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To: dead
Young children exposed to country music score lower on IQ tests than kids raised on rock 'n' roll

Ah...I see. I will enjoy the professor's explanation as to how the "Black Eyed Peas" song "My Humps" has helped elevate the intelligence quota of our youth. Let's see if we can pick out some intellectual "gems" from the lyrics, shall we?

BLACK EYED PEAS LYRICS (click to view video)

"My Humps"

What you gon' do with all that junk?
All that junk inside your trunk?
I'ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,
My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps (Check it out)

I drive these brothers crazy,
I do it on the daily,
They treat me really nicely,
They buy me all these ices.
Dolce & Gabbana,
Fendi and NaDonna
Karan, they be sharin'
All their money got me wearin' fly
Brother I ain't askin,
They say they love my @ss ‘n,
Seven Jeans, True Religion's,
I say no, but they keep givin'
So I keep on takin'
And no I ain't taken
We can keep on datin'
I keep on demonstrating.

My love (love), my love, my love, my love (love)
You love my lady lumps (love),
My hump, my hump, my hump (love),
My humps they got you,

She's got me spending.
(Oh) Spendin' all your money on me and spending time on me.
She's got me spendin'.
(Oh) Spendin' all your money on me, up on me, on me

What you gon' do with all that junk?
All that junk inside that trunk?
I'ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
What you gon' do with all that @ss?
All that @ss inside them jeans?
I'm a make, make, make, make you scream
Make you scream, make you scream.
Cos of my hump (ha), my hump, my hump, my hump (what).
My hump, my hump, my hump (ha), my lovely lady lumps (Check it out)

I met a girl down at the disco.
She said hey, hey, hey yea let's go.
I could be your baby, you can be my honey
Let's spend time not money.
I mix your milk wit my cocoa puff,
Milky, milky cocoa,
Mix your milk with my cocoa puff, milky, milky riiiiiiight.

They say I'm really sexy,
The boys they wanna sex me.
They always standing next to me,
Always dancing next to me,
Tryin' a feel my hump, hump.
Lookin' at my lump, lump.
You can look but you can't touch it,
If you touch it I'ma start some drama,
You don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
So don't pull on my hand boy,
You ain't my man, boy,
I'm just tryn'a dance boy,
And move my hump.

My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump.
My lovely lady lumps (lumps)
My lovely lady lumps (lumps)
My lovely lady lumps (lumps)
In the back and in the front (lumps)
My lovin' got you,

She's got me spendin'.
(Oh) Spendin' all your money on me and spending time on me.
She's got me spendin'.
(Oh) Spendin' all your money on me, up on me, on me.

What you gon' do with all that junk?
All that junk inside that trunk?
I'ma get, get, get, get you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
What you gon' do with all that @ss?
All that @ss inside them jeans?
I'ma make, make, make, make you scream
Make you scream, make you scream.
What you gon' do with all that junk?
All that junk inside that trunk?
I'ma get, get, get, get you drunk,
Get you love drunk off this hump.
What you gon' do wit all that breast?
All that breast inside that shirt?
I'ma make, make, make, make you work
Make you work, work, make you work.

(A-ha, a-ha, a-ha, a-ha) [x4]

She's got me spendin'.
(Oh) Spendin' all your money on me and spendin' time on me
She's got me spendin'.
(Oh) Spendin' all your money on me, up on me, on me.


170 posted on 12/09/2007 8:08:39 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Nachum

How about “I’m too sexy” or “RELAX”. Brilliance, I tell you! Most definitely works of genius. /sarc


171 posted on 12/09/2007 8:20:15 AM PST by I'm ALL Right! (THOMPSON '08)
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