Video: Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

I always thought of adolescence as a time to reject my parents' tastes. So why are my kids into music I listened to at their age? Why are my kids so into Survivor and MC Hammer? Aren't kids supposed to listen to new, crappy music instead of their parents' crappy music? Every time I turn around, my 11-year-old has his iPod plugged into the speakers and is blasting either "U Can't Touch This", to which he and his seven-year-old brother furiously dance the Running Man to, or else they're warbling along to "Eye of the Tiger", their voices climbing [...]

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