Is this song appropriate?: Slap Her Down Again Paw

Subject: RE: Is this tune appropriate?: Slap Her Down Again Paw
From: NicoleC
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 09:27 PM

I guess it also depends on whether or not you feel you can communicate to an audience a sense of being tongue-in-cheek or just lighthearted. One needn't approve of murder to sing a song about it, and so forth.

Subject: RE: Is this tune appropriate?: Slap Her Down Again
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 09:14 PM

What it comes down to is, "Approprite for what? For whom?"
ALWAYS a matter of judgment, and no-one can exercise that for you but you!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Origins: Is this tune appropriate?
From: Joybell
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 05:39 PM

For me it depends on where I'm performing, how I personally feel about a song, and whether I consider it a good song to start with. It's a funny thing but some people are very quick to take offense at the most innocent of songs. Moral outrage is a popular indulgence. I've very rarely had anyone tell me I upset them with a song I've sung. I always give a short introduction before all my songs and it includes noting, if that's appropriate, that the song comes from a time when attitudes were different. It's probably a bit more tricky if you are male and wish to sing a song that supports wife beating. I don't think I'd be brave enough. I sing songs about drunken Victorian fathers but the sympathy is with the victims not the father and that's different. It all depends on your audience and the way you put your songs across.

Subject: RE: Origins: Is this tune appropriate?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 03:50 PM

Don't let the PCers dictate your songs...

Especially not with hits like "Bugger Off", "Fuck Off And Die" and "Cop Killer" out there...

Sing the songs ya wanna sing Stoo...

Subject: Origins: Is this tune appropriate?
From: GUEST,Guest: Stoo
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 03:39 PM

In the 50's, Arthur Godfrey wrote and performed a novelty tune called "Slap Her Down Again Paw". A typical comedy tune about an errant young lady going against the wishes of her family, romantically that is. Does anyone who is familiar with this tune think it inappropriate to perform in these politically correct times? Thanks for any comments.
Stoo