# That song will NOT be playing in this school. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400 "2008-01-29T02:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/41 "2008-01-30T01:04:55Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] I smell a Mythbusters episode! [/QUOTE] Great. I nearly peed myself. I think **Otto** has a point. Why would someone write a song about this? And why would a song about sexual assault be so popular, and (relatively) uncontroversial? I had never heard of the song until I opened this thread (I would like my innocence back, please). Also…ew. ---
**Author:** ![bubble\_pop\_electric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/42 "2008-01-30T01:42:36Z")
Why are people requesting songs before the dance anyway? ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/43 "2008-01-30T01:47:21Z")
It was an effort to “reach out” to the students and find out what they’d like to hear at their dance. ---
**Author:** ![bubble\_pop\_electric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/44 "2008-01-30T02:05:38Z")
Playing devil’s advocate here., but [the artist says it’s not true.](http://meah.squarespace.com/buzz/2007/12/16/soulja-boy-clears-up-superman-dat-hoe-rumors.html) At least, I think that’s what he says…the kid seems to only have a passing acquaintance with the English language. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/45 "2008-01-30T02:15:26Z")
> [@Soulja Boy](#): > > The way they wrote words…it was professionally typed. Goddamn fucking steno pool, tryin’ to stop a brotha’s shine. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/46 "2008-01-30T02:22:23Z")
Slightly similar situation: on the playground the other day, I saw some kids from another class singing a song that went something like this: _Ms. Sally, Ms. Sally, Show us how you gigolo! [Ms. Sally responds] Hands up high, Feet down low, That’s the way I gigolo! [Ms. Sally dances]_ I was kind of appalled, especially when I saw a teacher’s assistant joining in and helping the second graders with the dance, lifting their hands up high. Then the kids approached me and sang the song to me. I put on my Clueless White Man persona, but it wasn’t enough to deter them, so I ended up doing the dance, solely to avoid having to explain to them why I didn’t want to. Cowardly, I know. But what the hell is up with “that’s the way we gigolo”? Am I misunderstanding the lyrics? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/47 "2008-01-30T02:24:23Z")
So the word “ho” as a reference to women isn’t sufficiently offensive? “Superman” may be ambiguous, but I don’t think “ho” is unclear. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/48 "2008-01-30T02:41:44Z")
[QUOTE=Brainiac4] So the word “ho” as a reference to women isn’t sufficiently offensive? “Superman” may be ambiguous, but I don’t think “ho” is unclear. [/QUOTE] I think that referring to women as ho(e)s is sufficient to put any song on the “Do not play” list at an elementary school. Also on the DNP list for middle and high schools. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/49 "2008-01-30T02:49:15Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] If you need a good song to play for kids Nas’ [I Can](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQMfGm8H9Lc&feature=related) is a little preachy, but it’s an excellent song and there’s nothing wrong with that beat either. [/QUOTE] Yeah. That is the one I had in mind. It is preachy, and not up to par with his better stuff, but kids love it, and it is a great song for kids. “Hey, Young World” by Slick Rick is freakin’ terrific! Lyrically amazing, good message,…perfect! Haven’t heard that one in 10 years though. [QUOTE=Otto] I’m struggling to decide who is more pathetic: the person who thinks up the idea of cumming on someone’s back and sticking a blanket to it; the person who lets it be done to them; the person who comes up with a name for it; or the person who writes a song about it. [/QUOTE] Don’t forget the people that learn a dance about it and also the people that misinterpret it. It is about ejaculating on a woman. It is not about sticking blankets to her back. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/50 "2008-01-30T02:53:57Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Slightly similar situation: on the playground the other day, I saw some kids from another class singing a song that went something like this: _Ms. Sally, Ms. Sally, Show us how you gigolo! [Ms. Sally responds] Hands up high, Feet down low, That’s the way I gigolo! [Ms. Sally dances]_ I was kind of appalled, especially when I saw a teacher’s assistant joining in and helping the second graders with the dance, lifting their hands up high. Then the kids approached me and sang the song to me. I put on my Clueless White Man persona, but it wasn’t enough to deter them, so I ended up doing the dance, solely to avoid having to explain to them why I didn’t want to. Cowardly, I know. But what the hell is up with “that’s the way we gigolo”? Am I misunderstanding the lyrics? Daniel [/QUOTE] [This page of street cheers](http://www.cocojams.com/street_cheers_example%200104.htm) includes versions with the variant spellings “Jig Aloo,” “gigaloo,” “giggalo,” and “jigalow,” for what it’s worth. Apparently it goes back to the '80s in one form or another. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/51 "2008-01-30T02:57:50Z")
Yeah, I remember the gigalo thing from when I was a kid. I am 26 for what it’s worth. Never thought about that one…hmm. That’s an interesting point you unknowingly proved there. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/52 "2008-01-30T06:37:13Z")
OK fine… but… how did the issue even come up? Did parents or kids come up to you before hand and specifically ask you if they could play that song? Or was it a request of the DJ during the dance? Were you the DJ? Or did you give the DJ a “blacklist”? ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/53 "2008-01-30T07:39:36Z")
Wait, parents actually give a toss what songs get played at a school dance? Talk about micro-management of a kid’s life. On edit: I can understand being upset about a certain song but to have a vested interest otherwise is strange to me. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/54 "2008-01-30T07:40:23Z")
[QUOTE=enthusiastic\_ennui] Yeah, but to be fair, Daytripper’s most suggestive lyrics was, “She’s a big teaser, she took me half the way there.” Not really on the same level as “I’m jocking on yo bitch ass/ And if we get the fightin/ Then i’m cocking on your bitch.” [/QUOTE] I always thought they were saying “She’s a prick teaser/she took me half the way there…” Speaking of dirty songs, what about **Please, Please Me**? I mean, that’s a pretty blatant _plea_ for a blow job, right? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/55 "2008-01-30T08:40:45Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] I smell a Mythbusters episode! [/QUOTE] That’s not what I smell _at all_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/56 "2008-01-30T08:55:50Z")
I can understand and sympathize with not playing this song at a dance for elementary school kids. But that kind of popular song isn’t new nor did it start with hip hop. [Pearl Necklace](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Pearl-Necklace-lyrics-ZZ-Top/0D782C5C9A3CCB76482568B60038DFC4) anyone? And no, I wouldn’t play that one for elementary kids either. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/57 "2008-01-30T09:14:43Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] I can understand and sympathize with not playing this song at a dance for elementary school kids. But that kind of popular song isn’t new nor did it start with hip hop. [Pearl Necklace](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Pearl-Necklace-lyrics-ZZ-Top/0D782C5C9A3CCB76482568B60038DFC4) anyone? And no, I wouldn’t play that one for elementary kids either. 😉 [/QUOTE] Ha ha, that’s a great song. Ah, nostalgia. I remember my mom flipping when she finally decided to listen to the _Purple Rain_ album _she_ bought me. _Darling Nicky_ was not exactly what she had in mind for her 15-year-old daughter. Damn good thing I never let her listen to my _Lords of Acid_ CD. 'Course by then I was out of the house and free to be obscene. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/58 "2008-01-30T09:38:05Z")
I just Googled that song. The OP is right. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/59 "2008-01-30T10:28:14Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] That’s not what I smell _at all_. ☹ [/QUOTE] [KILGORE]Smells like… _victory_.[/KILGORE] ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400/60 "2008-01-30T14:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=Brown Eyed Girl] Ha ha, that’s a great song. Ah, nostalgia. I remember my mom flipping when she finally decided to listen to the _Purple Rain_ album _she_ bought me. _Darling Nicky_ was not exactly what she had in mind for her 15-year-old daughter. Damn good thing I never let her listen to my _Lords of Acid_ CD. 'Course by then I was out of the house and free to be obscene. [/QUOTE] Ah, Lords of Acid… that reminds me of a story. About 10 years ago or so, my husband and I had a niece who was on the dance squad at her high school. Her mother, my husband’s sister, heard him playing this super upbeat, bouncy song and asked for a copy so the girls could use it for a dance routine, because they were looking for new music. It was Lords of Acid’s “Lover.” Sample lyrics include, “Be my mean sex machine / Come and take my body / And cover me with cream.” I don’t think so. He had to explain to her that the lyrics were oh-so-wildly inappropriate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-will-not-be-playing-in-this-school/435400.md?page=4)