Margaret and I managed to tick off someone singing "Da Co-Dependant Polka" at Kentucky Music Weekend. Someone came up and asked if she could talk to us about that song. She pretty much read us the riot act about it being woman unfriendly. I answered that the song was written by a woman (Susan Urban) and was based on true occurrances. But she wasn't buying it. I noted that the next ten people we talked to on the way up to get an ice cream cone (we were the act before the break) were very complimentary, several mentioning the same song. You always remember the negative comments.

Speaking of Barrett's Privateers, I've heard of school performers being summarily fired for singing it at programs. When Stan performed it at a concert in the Chicago area in 1982, I believe, someone took him to task at the post concert party. Their beef was they were born again christians and found the "god damn them all" line offensive. Stan thanked them for speaking their piece and said (paraphrasing here, so will not use quotes) that the notion of all the universe paying homage to some grand puba of the universe was offensive to him.