Kids Bop makes me sad inside. The fact that are 11 such albums makes me not want to be alive. Read the list of songs sometime. Notice that a lot of these songs little kids really, really shouldn't be singing along with. Which implies that these kid friendly versions have been changed from their original versions. So... parents can't take the initiative to monitor what their kids are listening to or be strong enough to say "no you can't listen to this until you are older" to their spoiled little brats, so they have to rely on a company to ruin the integrity of a song (and this is working under the generous assumption that it isn't over-commercialized corporate BS, but good music with artistic vision) so their kids can listen to all the cool music that's on MTV (which should really be the subject of a post for another time).
In short, little kids are not the original targets for these songs, and they really don't need to be singing with Boulevard of Broken Dreams, so stop making other people hear butchered music to shut your kids up. Either make them listen to kids songs or the original version of these songs. I was allowed to listen to classic rock when I was 8, and the only side effect is that I grew up with a burning desire to play the bass.
You don't need to sanitize things for your kids.
While you have some good points, I have to tell you that I'm glad these are around, because I benefit from them. I work at a school, and run our vacation camps (Winter Break, Ski Week in Feb. and Spring Break). Although our students, at home or in the car get to listen to the un-edited versions, I would be in severe trouble if I let them listen to a song with a curse in it (there's really only one radio station I feel somewhat safe letting them listen to). So, I can pop in one of these cds, and feel perfectly safe that I am not going to lose my job over it. I guess it depends on your situation. If you aren't in a similar position to me, then I can see why you can't stand them! :)
Jessie
you do raise a good point, but that's not really the situation I was addressing. I was aiming it more towards parents who rather than taking an interest in what their children listen to and critically considering whether or not they should allow their child to listen to that music, opt for watered down sing-along versions of the music. In your situation you are doing the responsible thing by opting for that cd, in the one I had in mine parents are using it as a substitute for what I feel would be responsibility.
Thanks for the comment though! I really appreciate that people are reading.