Worst products of 2007 (so far)

I have seen 2 terrible commercials for 2 rotten products. I'm sure by now you've seen a commercial for the Kidz Bop CD's (now in their 11th iteration), which take popular music from the radio and make it "kid friendly" by having children sing them and changing some lyrics.

These discs usually sell pretty well, and it is only natural that there would be copy cats (such as last year's reggaeton disc for kids), but this year so far the franchise has spawned two evil offspring, which will likely replicate like a wet Mogwai.

First we have a country kids disc. I don't remember the exact title, as my brain mercifully blocked out parts of the commercial. but some things get burned into your memory. Like seeig a bunch of kids in bright colors line dancing to kids singing "Boot Scootin' Boogie." I'm no country fan, and seeing kids subjected to it is horrible. The birght point in the commercial is seeing this mass of little white kids, and one solitary asian boy. He sticks out like a sore thumb.

The next evil is Kidz (why the Z?!) Rap Radio. Now this one takes popular rap songs, and drastically changes the lyrics to songs and has ostensibly famous child rappers (I didn't know any existed, but they do, according to the commercial and a small article I saw in a music magazine) sing the songs. I'd like to hear this disc, just to hear the rewrites of the songs. In the commercial (which has a nicely multi-ethnic gang of kids doing retarded dances in the background) we hear smal snippets of rewritten songs, the most memorable (t0 me) being the rewrite of "Laffy Taffy." If you haveb't heard the song... I envy you actually, as it sucks. But the lyrics to the chorus go "shake that laffy taffy, that laffy taffy" (Deep and thought provoking, right?) and since we can't have kids singing about shaking bottoms, the lyrics get an obvious change "We like lafy taffy, that laffy taffy."

I looked for a torrent but didn't see one. If I can get my hands on this disc I'll give it a thorough review. I don't see it selling well. Most kids who seem to listen to rap have parents who don't care about that little PA sticker on their new E-40 cd.