Your Kids Doing the Soulja Boy Dance

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

Thanks, sorted.



Really? I find that image very amusing!
I guess I look at it as an urban myth rather than anything that would actually HAPPEN.

You don't think Supermanning really happens?? Are you serious? You don't believe in sexual abuse?

 

[Kath2003]

You don't think Supermanning really happens?? Are you serious? You don't believe in sexual abuse?

I don't think every guy out there is supermanning their woman, no. I don't think teens will hear this song and suddenly there'll be a run on sheets. I think it's a big deal made over something which was probably invented by college students as a joke. I'm sure sexual abuse does happen, but I'm not entirely sure that a song with a slightly funky dance is going to make the whole want to go out there and do this...

Look: All I said was that I don't find the language of the song offensive. I don't know the statistics on how often this happens; to me it's a slang word for a joke term, that's all.

 

[Bobbles]

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I remember one of my personal favorite MTV videos of days gone by.... The DiVynals with "I Touch Myself".
That was so hot!

I find it interesting that there are some who never interpreted Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop" all those years ago.

So that begs the question for PD. If someone requests a song that they do not "interpret" as you do, what happens?

 

[Kath2003]

I used to work at a fairly high-class furniture store and they used to play "I Touch Myself" every hour. It was totally random amongst all the other songs on the playlist! One time my boss was passing by me and noted, "I Touch Myself...what's that about eh?". I wasn't about to explain it to him

Also I asked PD a question about his "interpretation" of the music he DJs 5 pages ago so I'd quite like to know the answer...

where do you draw the line? Do you play songs like Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" or is the lyric "Not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot" crossing your line? What about bands like Destiny's Child which promote independence and self-respect for women, yet in Soldier there's a line which says, "I need a soldier that ain't scared to stand up for me, known to carry big things if you know what I mean...". Fall Out Boy's awesome song Dance Dance announced in the middle, "I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me...". There's a lot of regular, mainstream music which I would definitely expect ANY DJ to play, and as a customer I'd find it difficult to know where you draw the line.

I agree that "interpretation" is everything. No one notices songs like Outkast's "Hey Ya" which fly under the 'offensive radar' for years.

 

[transparant]

I used to work at a fairly high-class furniture store and they used to play "I Touch Myself" every hour. It was totally random amongst all the other songs on the playlist! One time my boss was passing by me and noted, "I Touch Myself...what's that about eh?". I wasn't about to explain it to him

Also I asked PD a question about his "interpretation" of the music he DJs 5 pages ago so I'd quite like to know the answer...

I agree that "interpretation" is everything. No one notices songs like Outkast's "Hey Ya" which fly under the 'offensive radar' for years.

Does it really matter? If he knows what lyrics are about - then it's his choice not to play it or expose kid to trash like that. Just the same as it's your choice to listen to it, or to let kids listen to trash.

 

[Kath2003]

Does it really matter? If he knows what lyrics are about - then it's his choice not to play it or expose kid to trash like that. Just the same as it's your choice to listen to it, or to let kids listen to trash.

He's a DJ, presumably one who plays for both adults AND children, who has a policy on what he plays period and an agreement his customers must sign agreeing to his policy. I just wondered the specifics of such a policy - surely it must be a difficult policy to monitor given the ambiguity and nature of music over the past few decades?

 

[transparant]

He's a DJ, presumably one who plays for both adults AND children, who has a policy on what he plays period and an agreement his customers must sign agreeing to his policy. I just wondered the specifics of such a policy - surely it must be a difficult policy to monitor given the ambiguity and nature of music over the past few decades?

Again - I don't see why this concerns you. Its his choice to play/or not play certain music that he feels crosses the line. The same way his clients can choose to hire him or not.

From what I understand - he has no problems getting hired...so I guess many people are okay with his policy.

 

[Kath2003]

Again - I don't see why this concerns you. Its his choice to play/or not play certain music that he feels crosses the line. The same way his clients can choose to hire him or not.

From what I understand - he has no problems getting hired...so I guess many people are okay with his policy.

I would imagine he gets plenty of business. I was simply asking how he selects his policy and what kind of line he has, given the nature of modern music.

Most music today contains some kind of 'inappropriate' reference; the question is how far do people take it?

 

[va32h]

I would imagine he gets plenty of business. I was simply asking how he selects his policy and what kind of line he has, given the nature of modern music.

Most music today contains some kind of 'inappropriate' reference; the question is how far do people take it?

As far as they want to, as long as it isn't interfering with anyone else's enjoyment of the music.

I don't approve of this music for my children - that doesn't affect anyone else's ability to buy it or give it to their children. "Crank Dat" was played at my daughter's 6th grade dance and I wasn't happy about that - I don't expect the school to submit their music list for my approval so I will just have to decide whether or not my daughter will attend future dances. Again, my choices not affecting anyone outside my family.

In the case of Papa Deuce - his choices affect his clients - but they have the choice of being or not being his clients. He isn't stopping anyone else from playing or enjoying the song, he's just not playing it himself.