I think what people are missing is the actual intent of the use of the song. I am a 34 year old mother of a daughter who already wanted to be an engineer. When I saw this ad, I was amazed...and so was my 8 yr old! It was not--I repeat WAS NOT--the song that made me purchase the product. I do not know the song. I have not even googled the song since the last of the 7 bizillion times she made me play the video. When I did hear some of the words to the original song, I was offended as a "girl!" I can and cannot see why the company chose to use that song in particular. I was tripping out by the fact that I felt they were going to have people searching and giving new life to a song with sexist and chavaunnistic lyrics. Then, I thought, "What better song to 'fix?'" If the lyrics are actually what the members of the Beastie Boys felt--and obviosuly still must feel--about the roles, places, and purposes of "girls," then I can see why they're crying in the corner like a bunch of b*#@*es! (You thought I was going to say, "Girls," huh?)
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