DJ'ing a middle school dance is tough!

[mirthmaiden]

I provide the music for my kids' dance at the middle school. It is my responsibility to preview all the songs and make sure they are appropriate. At the dance Friday (and a dance earlier this year) I played "Soulja Boy" because the kids are crazy for it. I had listened to it and, while it wasn't exactly what I would call clean, it didn't seem to be as bad as a lot of the other songs they were requesting. So, I played it and I notice as the boys were dancing they were making this really vulgar suggestive hand gesture. Then, the principal comes over and asks me if I know the lyrics to the song. The lightbulb went on and I was mortally embarassed at having not caught it. I see myself as someone fairly "up" on all the slang because I work around kids, but I just can't keep up with everything, especially when it's in a rap/hip hop song where you can't understand what's being said. But if I'm too picky, there won't be much left to play that meets the standard and that the kids like.

WTH is happening to this world when this is the kind of garbage the kids are listening to? They ALL knew the words to that song. How depressing

 

[Louise-Montreal]

Fill me in- I teach middle school and I thought it was fairly harmless, too.

 

[Louise-Montreal]

Thanks, mirthmaiden. I consider myself hip and happening, but I guess I am not My students do not consider me hip and happening either!

 

[Cindy B]

Soulja boy is not clean by any standards... I'm a middle school mom and know that. There is Soulja girl as well, and thats just as well, interesting.

Most kids like Soulja boy because of the dance that goes with it-- not really the lyrics.

My son doesn't like hip/hop -urban style so thats ok for me. He's more into Greenday, Linkin Park, etc., so thats ok for me.

If you really think about what was the raunchy song when you were middle school age? My songs were Sugar Walls-Sheena Easton and Physical by Olivia Newton John, of course later it was all about Purple Rain- Prince.

Middle school dances are tricky. You can't do Hannah Montana, and can't do hard core stuff.

 

[disneyjunkie]

I provide the music for my kids' dance at the middle school. It is my responsibility to preview all the songs and make sure they are appropriate. At the dance Friday (and a dance earlier this year) I played "Soulja Boy" because the kids are crazy for it. I had listened to it and, while it wasn't exactly what I would call clean, it didn't seem to be as bad as a lot of the other songs they were requesting. So, I played it and I notice as the boys were dancing they were making this really vulgar suggestive hand gesture. Then, the principal comes over and asks me if I know the lyrics to the song. The lightbulb went on and I was mortally embarassed at having not caught it. I see myself as someone fairly "up" on all the slang because I work around kids, but I just can't keep up with everything, especially when it's in a rap/hip hop song where you can't understand what's being said. But if I'm too picky, there won't be much left to play that meets the standard and that the kids like.

WTH is happening to this world when this is the kind of garbage the kids are listening to? They ALL knew the words to that song. How depressing

I don't think the kids have a clue what the lyrics are. They just like the dance.

The dance itself isn't vulgar at all. As a matter of fact, I think it's cute.

I wonder why the kids needed to add vulgar hand gestures.

 

[Pop Daddy]

lol, you should have stayed home and watched tv

 

[mirthmaiden]

I don't think the kids have a clue what the lyrics are. They just like the dance.

The dance itself isn't vulgar at all. As a matter of fact, I think it's cute.

I wonder why the kids needed to add vulgar hand gestures.

Oh, these kids know the lyrics. I watched a group of boys singing "supersoak that ho" while grabbing their crotches and pretending to spray. If that doesn't qualify as vulgar, I don't know what does.

 

[mirthmaiden]

lol, you should have stayed home and watched tv

Believe me... I would much rather have done just about anything than sit for 3 hours listening to "hey....ho....hey....ho"

 

[disneyjunkie]

Oh, these kids know the lyrics. I watched a group of boys singing "supersoak that ho" while grabbing their crotches and pretending to spray. If that doesn't qualify as vulgar, I don't know what does.

I just pulled up the lyrics and the steps to the dance. Yeah, the lyrics are bad (I had only heard the edited verison).

If I were the principal, I would have had those boys leave the dance.