Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night”

12 Replies to “Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night””

1. Just wondering the last time a 3 yo said hey Im going to u tube and check out Kate Perrys new video. Highly doubt it, this is for adults, as Im sure you know as UTUBE displays this. Lets worry more about not letting our children sit and watch multiple hours of TV and video games,

2. Wow… you’re kidding, right? Please tell me that you didn’t just say that this video is primarily watched by adults. I misread you… right?

   As for 3 year olds? Yes, I hope you’re correct. I hope mom and dad have a little more sense. But 8-18-year olds??? That’s a different story. Unfortunately, they are watching this stuff WAAAAAAAY more than parents realize. (I talk with tweens and teens about this all the time- most American teens today live on iTunes and YouTube).

   I’ll agree with you that mom and dad should step in and not only become aware of what their kids are watching, but also set guidelines. I talk a little about this in the new clips on our YouTube page http://www.YouTube.com/TheSource4YM

3. Agreed, however the whole Katy Perry slam started with her Seseme Street video. I wonder if you honestly even knew who she was prior, for I didn’t. Yes our children can’t be watched at all times, but as parents its up to us to raise children to be just that children, even if it means being over their shoulders. I have parented 2 teens and tracked every step via cell phone and Internet spys. But yes I do believe these videos are viewed by adults, they becom offened, make a big deal about it and Johnny and Jill say hey did you hear about that new video, Yeah man lets download it in studyhall. Feeding the fire. Are you saying this is directed to teens, maybe college students. Also,can you not relate at some point of your life to any of the scenes in the video, if you say no, who’s joking who? I’m suprised by lack of comments, must be too afraid to admit they’ve been in or seen the things in her video, BTW did you even watch it or just read the lyrics? Peace.

4. I am youth pastor and I can tell you that if I were to show this video my kids would all say that they have seen it. They may agree it is racy and gross. They would agree that it is sexual. But, the point is they have seen it!!! I love to show lyrics of music and talk about it with my kids..The world is being real with them and I feel as a shepherd of the flock i am in trusted with I should step it up even more… To talk about the lyrics and consequences of The church has to take a stand. I have told them that Katy Perry was in the christian artist world and they did not accept her. So guess what the world did. She was rejected, so the world grabbed her. She could have been the next Natalie Grant.. I agree we as biological parents we should monitor what our kids watch. I love using it as a learning tool. Life and death is in the power tongue. What you sow is what we reap!!

5. I know two things about this. My 10 year old hasn’t seen it because we restrict his internet usage to certain sites, and check the history on his computer. I also know most of the teens in my youth group have seen it, and their parents do not restrict or check up on their internet usage.

   NCgirl–I refuse to watch the video knowing what it is about. I am not joking when I say my life never reflected any of the things in its description, and I do not believe I missed out on anything of value by avoiding them.

6. Allison… I too like to read lyrics to young people- the lyrics of songs like this that they hear at school, on the radio, at WalMart, etc. Then we talk about the lyrics and discuss if they are true and what effect they have if we make them part of our regular music diet. You can bet that you’ll be seeing a MUSIC DISCUSSION from this song on http://www.TheSource4YM.com soon.

7. @Leftbyrace: Thankyou for responding and proving my whole point. You have the right to “choose” what your children watch and consume as well of yourself. How can you comment and take a stand against a certain person when you havent even watched the video. I’m sorry but thats like saying, Well I dont eat apples bc my parents say it’s evil. I was in aggrement with the above posts, but he never anwseredif he saw the video. Just bc your life didnt resemble any of the things-the video or lyrics, doesnt mean it never happens, it makes me wonder how you know what to teach your own children about what is and isnt important and appropriate. How would you explain to your children what sex is? Just by the bird and the bees convo, God forbid she ask any questions, your life never “reflected” such things, better wake up and get real before its too late. Peace

8. ncgirl… the reason I didn’t respond was because the gross amount of MISinformation in your comments. I figured that it was just better to let it lie.

   But it seems that you are needing a response. So a few things:
   – first, you might want to be careful and not assume the worst of my readers, saying things like “must be too afraid to admit they’ve been in or seen the things in her video.” That’s a lot to assume.
   – second, Katy Perry was popular literally years before the Sesame Street incident. Every teen in the nation knew her from her song “Kissed a Girl” years ago. Her career exploded from there. I’ve blogged and written articles about her countless times (mostly before the Sesame Street clip). You can search her name in this blog AND go to our YOUTH CULTURE WINDOW page on our websites and you’ll see several articles.
   – third, you’re now saying, “How can you comment and take a stand against a certain person when you havent even watched the video.” Wow. Relax a little bit. I can’t speak for everyong, but I certainly watched the video before I blogged about it. And as I’ve said countless times before, I think parents and youth workers can benefit from being aware that songs like this are out there- we can refer to them and use the lyrics as a springboard for discussion (like Paul did with the idols and pagan poet lyrics in Acts 17)

   I hope that addresses your concerns.

9. You still havent addressed the main objective. When and where do our children as they age get info? we must take resonsibilty and not send naive young adults into this crazy world. May God bless u and ur family and youth

10. NCGirl – what do you mean, how do Christian adults teach their kids about sex? We tell them the straight facts . . . sex is an expression of love meant only for a married man and woman, and it’s also meant for procreation. We also tell them that premarital sex is a fact of life, but just because it’s so common doesn’t make it right. If they have questions about anything else concerning sex, we’d answer them with the truth. Just because someone didn’t have one-night stands in high school doesn’t mean that they know nothing about it or are blind to the reality.

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12. My son is in college and has told me that kids are not drinking just to get drunk, they are drinking to black out. Maybe they don’t feel as accountable if they don’t know what happened. I am very aware of what’s going on in the world and have great conversations with my son. He is in a fraternity, has never been drunk, and is an athlete. He sets his own course in life and has never fallen in with peer pressure. Unfortunately, I don’t see that with most kids. And this song is very catchy, sung by junior high girls who may or may not know what a menage a trois is. But the whole idea of drinking to black out — and as the song says, again next Friday night — is a frightening aspect as we seem to be raising a generation of alcoholics. And that’s, apparently, cool.

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