Cursing On The Microphone

[dan matney]

I work all the time in a bar, but it is a good bar, the songs I have problems with are the pussy cat song and the rodeo song, and guess who always wants to sing it the bar tender, she wants to sing it first I have watched as several people will leave everytime she does it, I talked to her she got mad at me but the bottom line is money for the bar, if you can make them money yours will follow, I will allow some of this, late night when there are just kids there but never do I allow them to just pick up the mic and start there stuff, I have told the bar that they have the right to bar people from the bar, but I always tell them I maintain the right to bar anyone from singing, if they dont respect the crowd or my equipment, they are done.
kowboys

[KaraokeDj38030]

Originally Posted by dan matney

I work all the time in a bar, but it is a good bar, the songs I have problems with are the pussy cat song and the rodeo song,
kowboys

Ok I can understand The Rodeo song being a problem with the F word Being the main word in the song however how is the pussy cat song a problem there is no cussing in this song It is about a Cat. Suggestive yes but only to those who have a dirty mind and no concept of the words in the song so all they hear is the semi dirtiness of the song.
One of my most reqested songs by our promising Redneck Customers and Yes being in The Heart of Tennessee I have rednecks. I love my Rednecks don't get me wrong if a song has a cruse word in it I don't mind however during Privite parties I do Not allow any of these songs and have had children ask can I do this song And when they are denyed!!!!they have asked why I tell them would your mother or father let you say these words normally and would you do it in front of them. They normally say no and choose a different song.

[dan matney]

I dont have kids in the bars that I play at, but their are some pretty good people there, and they are personally offended with this song, maybe they are pinky up people but they bring a lot of money into the bar. I cater to the bar what ever makes them money so if a song is offenive to these people and they tell me if we do this song we will leave guess what, I aint gonna play this song. Everything has money as a bottom line, and me too, not money for me but the bar. If it is going to cause the bar Im in to loose some bucks I get away from it. Im always very opologetic witht he people who want to sing the songs but money is money. bottom line.
Dan

[KaraokeDj38030]

Dan,
I meant no disrespect towards you and I am sorry if you took it as such I was just in shock that people would find that as an offensive song, My apologies. In some venues I understand that it would be tasteless for somebody to sing it, but in other curcimstance I Don't see anything wrong with trying to get a laugh out of the crowd with something off the wall Like the pussycat song. But like I said before I live in Redneckville and they find farting funny if you know what I mean and I have played at places where I wouldn't dare let this or many other songs be played(Country Clubs, VFW'S, Moose Logdes, Eagle's Clubs)

Most of the bars around here would find hip hop offensive if I played it during a break where others would welcome it. In Closing yes it all depends on your venue if you allow certian songs or not.

Bottom line on that is If the bar doesn't make any money because of your chioce of music then you make no money. I have no problem keeping a full venue and the customers coming back for more. It is the customer that makes us not us that make the customer.

[dan matney]

Im so sorry for sounding like you offend me little girl, you did not offend me at all I was just trying to explain how and when I allowed this stuff to go on, to tell you the truth I was not upset for people playing this song at all, but one week I was asked not to allow someone to do this song, I thought about it and the person put it in and I let her sing it and watched as about a dozen or more people left it made me think about it for a week and I decided that it is not worth making one person happy to sing anything they wanted while, making the other people unhappy and the bar loose money. Im trying to correct and rate songs in my book now, what a big job that is I rate them as I get them now but going back is big big work. Then only excption to this is fi you want to come and sing for me, I would let you do what ever you wanted....L

Dan

[muzicman144]

I'm just completely blown away by this discussion. I'm not a prude by no means, been doing this for amost forty years. I have never allowed any off color language, jokes, songs of any kind. Just don't do it. I have never heard anyone question this or complain. What's the problem. Some people just have the urge to put it "in your face". Who really cares if you don't allow someone to "have a little fun", that doesn't care what someone else thinks. I know i'll hear some flack over this, but, think about it, does allowing this make the night anymore special, or contribute to a better night of entertainment !!!!!
I think not.....
muzicman