Is Tomorrow's Clapton Playing 'Guitar Hero'? (Page 2 of 2)

I gotcha... that's cool, and very responsible of you.  In sharp contrast, around my house South Park is pretty much family viewing... granted my son is 17, but I gotta admit he's been watching it for years.  I've never been too particular about what he watched on TV... I just don't think it matters that much, and that family values mean more than anything... and besides, whatever I didn't let him watch here, he'd just end up watching at friends' houses anyway.  Yeah, I know I'm kind of a crappy parent... but he turned out just fine, and he actually watches very little TV because he says it's all crap... South Park being an exception! 

--Vik

My daughter got Guitar Hero for Christmas and from what I gather, the kids that really play guitar feel frustrated by the game, since they can play the song better on a real guitar. I don't think they can accept the issue that its a game!  I just read an article about the 2 guys that developed it, they went to MIT together and never thought people would go for the $100 price tag.

About South Park-I use to fret over some of my 2 sons choices in entertainment when they were young teens, to the point I would walk by the tv and say their IQ was lowering every time they watched that crap.   Fast forward, they invited me to watch particular shows I would HAVE TO  find funny, Michael Jackson, Walmart, Sciencetology, Mel Gibson...South Park is funny, the writers are brilliant IMO, but I don't watch it too much .  And my 18 year old got several offers for a 4 year tuition free college education for academics along with $$ for a National Merit Scholarship and a perfect score in Critical Reading in the SATs, so South Park didn't lower his IQ.

What amazes me about South Park is how they get away with what they say!!  The only thing I can figure is they abuse everyone equally, don't single out one race or one religion.  I didn't see this show, but the kids told me about the Katie Couric show.  As I said, I didn't see it, but it seems to me that kinda' pushes the envelope since her husband died of colon cancer in his early 50's and she is just trying to bring awareness to the issue.  They weren't aware of that and I guess that stuff, I'm too sensitive about.

I had a parent 2 years ago question my parenting skills because I was allowing my son to go to a concert on a school night.  He said I put him in a awkward position by allowing my son to go...it was so bizarre.  I stood my ground, bascially he needed to do what was right for him...my son was doing well in school and he gets home at 2:30, he had plenty of time to do homework, etc.  That parent in particular puts way too much pressure on his kid...tells the kid he's not working hard enough with straight A's...Sometimes, I think the kids that are kept too strick get really wild when they go off to college, they don't know how to handle a little freedom.  Just my 2 cents...

Anything that puts emphasis on the guitar or great classic rock is a blessing in the face of MTV and corporate radio. Period.

I guess you just haven't seen as many people as I have start listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top (among others) because of those games. And at least one person I know has started playing the real guitar because of it and has been playing for over a year now.