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[CerealKiller]

Thanks for the comments. luckely I can still do songs with adult content, although the owners wife wanted to get rid of those. I told the owner we are all over 21 here, are you gonna kick paying customers out if they say bad words, well then why not let them sing them. Its a harsh reality but something I guess I can live with. I would still like to talk the owner into some songs like "baby got back" or some old stuff people can dance to.
most of the bad stuff just came on the same disc with other songs.

It was the hardest thing i ever had to do decide what to keep and what not to but he told me to take out alot and maybe some whould come back.

I also told him that it was not the singers causing problems they come to sing and have a good time. he agreed but said it was the people that were attracted by some of these songs that he wanted to get rid of.

we don't choose what people want to sing and sometimes they sing stuff the crowd doesn't like but isn't that part of karaoke the good and the bad.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by CerealKiller

Thanks for the comments. luckely I can still do songs with adult content, although the owners wife wanted to get rid of those. I told the owner we are all over 21 here, are you gonna kick paying customers out if they say bad words, well then why not let them sing them. Its a harsh reality but something I guess I can live with. I would still like to talk the owner into some songs like "baby got back" or some old stuff people can dance to.
most of the bad stuff just came on the same disc with other songs.

It was the hardest thing i ever had to do decide what to keep and what not to but he told me to take out alot and maybe some whould come back.

I also told him that it was not the singers causing problems they come to sing and have a good time. he agreed but said it was the people that were attracted by some of these songs that he wanted to get rid of.

we don't choose what people want to sing and sometimes they sing stuff the crowd doesn't like but isn't that part of karaoke the good and the bad.

Exactly, people come in to drink, swear, and do what they can get away with at a bar, let's face it! Most of them will sing what they want, and I think the bar owner is aware of that, if he is there to make money.

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by bryant

Exactly, people come in to drink, swear, and do what they can get away with at a bar, let's face it! Most of them will sing what they want, and I think the bar owner is aware of that, if he is there to make money.

That all depends on the type of bar I suppose. We get kids trying to get away with cussing over the mic, we give them a warning & they are fine, if they do it again, they are cut off from singing & most likely the bar as well as they are typically too drunk to stop on their own and sometimes even asked to leave. Our bar owner does not like cussing in the bar & WILL tell people to knock it off. I t hasn't hurt the reputation of the bar at all & still have great crowds. She is also the one in the same who asked for all profanity music removed out of the book. It's not been a problem since 95 & we'll tell people other places they can go if they want to cuss over the mics - usually they don't leave & accept & respect the rules.
But as far as them WANTING to come in & do what they like, that's not true, they come in to have a couple drinks, maybe have some dinner, sing a few songs with friends & have a good time. We rarely have any problems anymore since we got rid of the songs people want to scream the fbombs words in.

[CerealKiller]

I appreciate the admim taking time to respond to my side note and I do think you do a great job of keeping these forums clean however I do not feel i used the lords name in vain maybe if i said "by gods grace I hope to be a kj until the day I die." and it's Cereal not serial. the only thing I kill is frosted flakes.

[bobcox- with the Lord]

There Grrrrrrrrreat.
yea i like em to.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Lonman

That all depends on the type of bar I suppose. We get kids trying to get away with cussing over the mic, we give them a warning & they are fine, if they do it again, they are cut off from singing & most likely the bar as well as they are typically too drunk to stop on their own and sometimes even asked to leave. Our bar owner does not like cussing in the bar & WILL tell people to knock it off. I t hasn't hurt the reputation of the bar at all & still have great crowds. She is also the one in the same who asked for all profanity music removed out of the book. It's not been a problem since 95 & we'll tell people other places they can go if they want to cuss over the mics - usually they don't leave & accept & respect the rules.
But as far as them WANTING to come in & do what they like, that's not true, they come in to have a couple drinks, maybe have some dinner, sing a few songs with friends & have a good time. We rarely have any problems anymore since we got rid of the songs people want to scream the fbombs words in.

Ya, I DO agree with you there, Lonnie. What I really meant was people will come in and sing what they want from the book. I also, as most bar owners do, consider direct swearing into the mic to be really tasteless. Most bars in Maine have a sign posted behind the bar, too.
But, I guess there are a lot of songs that have f___ in the words, showing the dashes after the F too. And when they sing it in full, some bars seem to mind, and some don't.

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by bryant

Ya, I DO agree with you there, Lonnie. What I really meant was people will come in and sing what they want from the book.

This is correct as well, but if it isn't there, they won't have that option

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Lonman

This is correct as well, but if it isn't there, they won't have that option

Exactly.

[karaoke koyote]

I think common sense has to rule, but unfortunately common sense is not that common.

At the bar I let just about anything in, although one night I got a surprise on this one rap song... where every other word was an F bomb or a vulgar sexual reference.

Hey, I got 10K plus song in my library, I haven't listened to all of 'em!

Of course... that song or anyone like has never been played again.

Not too long ago, I was doing a gig at a church...an 8 year old's 1st holy communion... now it was liberal as things go... the little girl got up an did a rock'in version of "Redneck Woman"... I didn't know whether to be impressed and taken by the cuteness, or mortified...lol.

The family liked it, so it was cool I guess .

Not too long after that a 13ish year old girl requested to do "baby got back", and I just said no way. I don't know what the family thought, but I know I didn't want to hear this young girl sing, "I'm long, I'm strong ...yadda, yadda"

She was miffed, I could tell, but she didn't pay me. As it was, I got two more gigs outta that one, so I felt I made good choices... but it can be challenging, but hey, thats why we get paid, and what also makes it fun!