Today’s song is actually song number 5 on the CD, but I’m giving Keith a break because “Welcome Home” was actually track #4. Keith, you have the weekend to get me your home work on that one.
In case you’ve missed the previous posts:
The following is written by my wife. She is not actually sending this “letter” to Burger King, but she wanted to write something to post to my blog that described her frustrating experience today. I happen to agree with her 100%.
Dear Burger King:
In my time as a parent, I have seen many promotions tied in with kids’ meals at various fast food restaurants that I was not fond of: SpongeBob, Shrek and Phineas and Ferb, just to name a few. Although I am not a fan of those particular characters and my children do not watch them, at least they are characters/movies/shows that are designed for kids. Your latest kids’ meal tie-in, however, is absolutely absurd: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse…really?!? In what world did a PG-13 movie about vampires and werewolves translate into toys (excuse me, keepsakes and accessories) for kids’ meals?
We got two kids’ meals today for my 7 and 3 year old daughters. One meal had the charm bracelet (a “keepsake for girls”) in it and the other had the UV-reveal wristband (an ”accessory for guys”) in it. I decided to question my 7 year old on her knowledge of vampires and werewolves. I thought of a Backyardigans episode that had both a werewolf and a vampire in it and thought she might know them in that context. She couldn’t remember seeing that episode, so I asked her if she knew what a vampire was. “Yes, it’s sort of like a bat.” I asked her how she knew that. Her answer was, “Max (from Max and Ruby) has a vampire toy.” I asked her if she knew what a werewolf was, and she replied, “No. I know what a wolf is, but not a werewolf.”
I believe that kids’ meals are designed for kids 12 and under. (I find this to be supported by your Club BK, which only allows free BK birthday meals to kids under 13.) So, as a PG-13 movie, the movie is not made for the 12 and under age group. On the official movie site http://www.eclipsethemovie.com/#/Synopsis the synopsis says, “…as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge.” Hmm, yes, that sounds like a wonderful bedtime story. Don’t mistake me as a Twilight hater; I am actually a fan of both the books and the movies. But when I order a KIDS meal, I expect that the accompanying tie-in would at least be age appropriate. There is too much pressure for kids to grow up too soon. There is no reason for your restaurant to add to that pressure.
In conclusion, I would request that you keep your toys for kids’ meals just that- -toys, for kids. My daughter was actually looking forward to seeing which Marmaduke dog she got in her meal today. What a letdown for her to find out that what was in her meal was irrelevant to her.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Mom of Two
The past couple days and extending over the next couple weeks, I have a series of posts where I’m looking back at songs that were recorded by One Voice Acappella, a group that I was in about 10 years ago.
Here’s the first post about Your Love Oh Lord.
Here’s yesterday’s post about It’s All From You.
Today’s song, song number 3 on the CD, is called Free. Again, Keith Nunn penned the lyrics to this one. His brother, Kevin sang the solo on this one. Here are Keith’s thoughts on “Free”
Yesterday I started a series of posts where I’m looking back at songs that were recorded by One Voice Acappella, a group that I was in about 10 years ago.
Here’s the post about Your Love Oh Lord.
Today’s song, song number 2 on the CD, is called It’s All From You. One of the guys in the group, Keith Nunn, wrote it and sung the solo on it. I asked him to try to remember the inspiration that led to the lyrics and ultimately the song.
It is difficult to believe that about 10 years ago I was singing with a group of guys that I grew up with at Norcross High School (well, there was that one home schooled kid) in a christian a cappella group.
We sang in hundreds of churches (I think that is accurate, my brain is going bad as I get old) and even produced a CD called Instrument of Praise. Our very last concert we had the opportunity to ‘open’ for the christian group ‘Acappella’ and that was a blast.
It is actually quite funny if you do a google search or youtube search for one voice acappella. You’ll find many groups that have the same name, but we were the originals… well at least we owned the URL for a while.
Years later, we’ve grown up and moved apart from each other. I’m the last person that is still in the city of Norcross. Let’s see:
Andy Johnson – Dallas, Texas
Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to load up our CD onto this amazing thing called the world wide web. Perhaps give some of you a listen to the good ‘ole days a decade ago. Some of the songs were covers of popular songs. Others were written by members in our group. Perhaps I can interview Keith and Brandon to see if they remember what they were going through that inspired the original songs.
First up is a little diddy made popular by the group Third Day titled “Your Love Oh Lord”. It has the silky smooth sounds of Nathan Lee. By the way, I was a bass.
Doh… my legal representation, Andy Johnson, has informed me that I shouldn’t post the songs that we ‘covered’ on the CD. Even though we paid all royalties and fees at the time, I am going to take it off the site. If you want a copy of the CD, let me know and I’ll make sure you get a chance to hear it. I may see if I can cut the MP3 down to a ‘snippet’ and post that instead.
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