Band plays Tune & Parents are Outraged ..smh

Known to rock the crowd at local high school football games the Indian Creek Band has a great reputation for entertaining but part of their half-time show has just been sidelined by the superintendent after complaints of some provocative tunes. "Certain songs from what I heard they were playing, yeah, I wouldn't let my daughter listen to them on the radio so I sure as heck wouldn't want her to go to a game and listen to them," said parent Brandi Mossor. Two songs have parents outraged. One is by Britney Spears and has some scandalous lyrics. Junior drummer Rome Edgar defends the creek's choice to play it. "You know that Brittney spears song. You know what that stands for. Did you not think you were gonna get in trouble?" asked reporter Jackie Caine. "Well our main point is it's a popular song but you don't hear the lyrics at all. We don't sing any of the lyrics. We didn't think it would be a big deal because its just music," defended drummer Rom Edgar. The other song the band shouts out in the routine. "Sush girl, shut your lips, do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips. You could take that suggestively but we didn't mean for it to be taken that way," recited Edgar. The songs are banned from the routine but some of the players aren't going quietly. In fact they plan to protest at the next school board meeting. Parent brandi mossor thinks it's a bad situation that should have been prevented by the band director. "All the music they have to change it around and it takes so long, yeah I think it's sad. They have nothing to play cause half their songs are the inappropriate music. Yeah I think it's terrible," said Mossor. Superintendent Jene Watkins says he won't seek any punishment against the band director he feels it was just a bad choice.
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  • lol the brittney spears song mustve been "If U seek Amy"
  • just imagine if the government told a college bands they couldnt play a song...

    JSU wouldn't be playing Birthday sex..lol
  • wow.......

    if this applied to HBCU bands, half our books might be destroyed lol
    all the rap tunes anyway
  • this is too funny this can escalate into a 1st amendment battle quickly if someone wants to take it there...
    I think all elvis tunes are offensive...
    the beatles songs are suggestive...
  • TBoneSuave said:
    wow.......
    if this applied to HBCU bands, half our books might be destroyed lolall the rap tunes anyway

    hahahahaha. truth.

    they would have flipped their wig if they heard when TxSU played this. rofl

    Band plays Tune & Parents are Outraged ..smh
    Known to rock the crowd at local high school football games the Indian Creek Band has a great reputation for entertaining but part of their half-time…
  • Better not play "Poker Face" over there...
  • LMAOOOOO aye txsu bumped this

    Disco sTu said:
    TBoneSuave said:
    wow.......
    if this applied to HBCU bands, half our books might be destroyed lol all the rap tunes anyway

    hahahahaha. truth.

    they would have flipped their wig if they heard when TxSU played this. rofl

    Band plays Tune & Parents are Outraged ..smh
    Known to rock the crowd at local high school football games the Indian Creek Band has a great reputation for entertaining but part of their half-time…
  • Since when do bands play the "lyrics" of a song? I didn't know that brass and woodwind and percussion instruments were capable of such feats.

    This is one of those times when parents need to get a grip and chill out. That band SHOULD protest...cause this makes NO sense. This Brandi lady needs to sit down with that mess.

    Just SAD
  • ~Remembers the year PV's band got suspended from playing at the basketball games that season because we played "Move B****" by Ludacris, and the President's daughter was in the crowd singing the lyrics~

    Nope...It CAN get to that point on the university level as well....

    TBoneSuave said:
    wow.......

    if this applied to HBCU bands, half our books might be destroyed lol
    all the rap tunes anyway
    Band plays Tune & Parents are Outraged ..smh
    Known to rock the crowd at local high school football games the Indian Creek Band has a great reputation for entertaining but part of their half-time…
  • How about the gov't tells these performers not to produce these songs first. Let's see how THAT goes. If they can't do that, then they surely can't tell a band to not play them...

    Book said:
    just imagine if the government told a college bands they couldnt play a song...

    JSU wouldn't be playing Birthday sex..lol
    Band plays Tune & Parents are Outraged ..smh
    Known to rock the crowd at local high school football games the Indian Creek Band has a great reputation for entertaining but part of their half-time…
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