no matter what side of the line you stand on give these guys some props for being to take a song made with "fake" sound convert into an instrmentle witch was probly memrized without ever being written down and played well enough that the entire crowd -one whining ***** understood and could sing to.
/good job guys

yes, high school pep bands do learn easy shiat on their own. Happens all the time.

/"Livin' In The U.S.A." by Steve Miller
//you move like one finger the whole song, come on

It's entirely appropriate. Everyone in the stands knew the lyrics. I knew right away this was a black school.

Way to keep the stereotypes alive, morans.

Freak a leak? Damn, that song is old. What's next, an article about Salt N Pepa's Push It?

When did they let Alabama back into the Union?

/ducks

"Carrie Watson couldn't believe her ears as she sat on her big fat ass in the stands enjoying a high school football game halftime show."

There... fixed that for ya.

Hey, my marching band plays 'Tear the Roof off the Sucker' in the stands regularly. Should we be advocating property damage?

/Marching Royal Dukes
//JMU says suck these nuts

We had a full marching band arrangement of "Up Against the Wall, Motherfarker" that we'd play whenever the other team got a penalty.
Played it throughout high school, nobody complained- although occasionally we'd get flipped the bird by the other team's cheerleaders. Opposing football player (MBHS) flipped us off once and the ref saw it- gave him a 15 yard penalty.

That was back in the day when CS&N added the Y.

Spenser- "I dont have a problem with the lyrics, but I do have a problem with teens emulating thuggery."

Huh? You don't think songs like this promote thuggery?

I don't care for rap, but from time to time used to listen to some of the older rap. At least the older rap had some social commentary. I found "Fark the Police" offensive, but I also know there are black guys who get harrased by the cops and the song was a statement.

Most of the newer stuff I've heard, admittedly very little, seems to be centered around "Look at me, I'm a big rap star, I have a wild and crazy lifestyle, buy my crap so I can maintain it"

Rule #1: "F*ck 'em if they can't take a joke."

Doubly so for this pathetic mediocretin who went out of her way to be offended.

Marched HS and College.

Would never want to play "rap" as music. Contradiction in terms, as rap doesn't have...a few of those defining characteristics of music...eh. I've got a music major friend who'll rant for me, I just play.(And Ray Charles said something about this too didn't he? Can't remember.)

Rock and Roll is still the best!

PS: Did study older rap. Agreed, that the social commentary was good. Too bad it went sour.

Texas Di: OH NOES! THE MUSIC MAKES YOU BAD! IMPLANTS DIRTY THOUGHTS!

LoL!
Hormones implant dirty thoughts.
Sorry puritan parents, your teenagers are horny. It's just the truth.

cuzsis: Did study older rap. Agreed, that the social commentary was good. Too bad it went sour.

There is still some good stuff around. Most of it doesn't appeal to me sound-wise, but not every rap songs lyrics are so crappily composed or inane. Francis Sage is a good example. Or maybe Jurassic 5, or Ozomatli (although Ozo combines rock and latin and stuff too; not strictly rap, but they kickass).

it is late in the thread but I just want to say that brap's comment is ONE of his best.


/ALL HAIL brap

I'm smarter than anyone else in this room because I'm Sage Francis.

Hooray Rhymesayers Entertainment

At my high school, we had a song called Ten Tons. For my first three years, the director knew the lyrics and had no problems with it. Then we got a new director who banned it. It came back recently at alumni night.

Ten tons of titty in a loose brassiere
ejaculation in your ear
the bastard children of a moose and deer
these things remind me of you

ahhhh. My alma mater. What happened to my school? Recently the principle was caught smoking crack purchased from students, this whiney biatch of a mother is biatching about this, and the football team on a 100 year suck fest? This woman is a moron and her kid is SO SO SO gonna have it rough at school now. she should think of her kid's safety for disrupting the somewhat hefty band battles that occur at the local schools, her kid is gonna be the laughing stock of the school for a while now.

Wait never mind, that wasn't here that was in montgomery, I'm in huntsville. My highschool was Robert E. Lee High though... goooooo generals.

Byatch alert is high!!!

NightOwl2255: I don't need this shiat
You stupid sadistic abusive farking whore
How would you like to see how it feels mommy
Here it comes, get ready to die

I know a guy that had this played at his wedding. His now ex-wife was not amused.


People don't pay attention to lyrics anymore.

I had a hell of a good laugh while listening to WSM (Nashville) one day. A fellow redneck called in a special request for his 10th wedding anniversary.

He wanted to hear Ray Price singing "For the Good Times"

Words and music by kris kristofferson

Dont look so sad;
I know its over;
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning.
Lets just be glad we had some time to spend together
Theres no need to watch the bridges that were bur.....ning.

Chorus:
Lay your head upon my pillow,
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine.
Hear the whisper of the raindrops
Blowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time
For the good times.

Ill get along; youll find another;
And Ill be here if you should find you ever need me.
Dont say a word about tomorrow or forever.
Therell be time enough for sadness when you leave me.

Chorus:

What a dumbass.