I am legit not kidding lol. Every single sweet 16 has had this song played since fall, and it has been each and every time the biggest song of the night. I mean, just watch my recaps from the past sweet 16's I've done... you'll see the kids going crazy.Hopefully you are kidding. And I get asked why I don’t really want to DJ for young audiences anymore. Most likely just the artist name & title combo would be enough trigger a do not play it. Even a edited version wouldn’t make sense. I have to make sure in doesn’t find its way into my karaoke tracks. If I played it my 30+ year tenure at my main college locations would be over so quickly.
Still one of the worst written and worst sung songs in all of human history ... it makes Rebecca Black seem like a Diva in comparison.Guys there are clean versions of the song. Parents are totally cool with it at private events. If I didn’t play it I’d get kids complaining to their parents about not being able to play the biggest song in the teen scene. And then I’d be losing business. I guess the northeast is more lenient when it comes to stuff like this. Just like some of you have the clients you do because you choose not to play it... I have the clients I do have because I am able to play these songs through the clean versions. If I said no to every single girl who had this song as the top request, how would that go over. By the way I’ve been in this situation with countless songs... and it’s always the same story. Girl wants songs that are dirty, parents say clean versions please. Once in a while there’s no clean version, and I have to mention that to the parent... it’s then 50/50 between them saying don’t play it or them saying who cares, play it, the kids all know the words anyways.
Schools around here only say play clean versions... there’s no further filtering beyond that
Lol I NEVER said I liked it!! But just like chris said... if i don't play it... the other 4 or 5 girls at the party that would consider having me dj, will not be inclined to when the bday girl says to her friends "dj taso said he won't play mo bamba". It actually happened to me once many years ago from a misunderstanding. I had a client call me and wanted to book me for her daughter's sweet 16, but the daughter heard from her friend that booked me, that "dj taso doesn't play songs with curses, even if there's clean versions". Now the girl and her mom that called me didn't believe that to be true since they know what I play, but wanted to double check, since half the girls playlist would be songs that are technically explicit. Now I knew which girl they were referring to, and what had happened was me telling the mom that one of the songs her daughter requested had no clean version, and the mom said don't play it. I saw the family at another event a few weeks later, and politely asked the girl if she had told her friend that I don't play songs even if there's a clean version... she said that's what her mom told her. So now I make sure that whenever there is a song that is questionable, I have the discussion with BOTH the daughter and the parents. These kids tak amongst themselves, and they're the one's picking their dj, not the parents. The parents just pay the bills. The parent's hear the songs their kids listen to in the car and have no issues with it. Schools have more liability when it comes to this stuff, especially in more rural/conservative areas. Up here schools are way more lenient with this, and have the mentality of, their gonna listen to and play these songs regardless, so lets at least give them a safe environment to do so in.Still one of the worst written and worst sung songs in all of human history ... it makes Rebecca Black seem like a Diva in comparison.
I understand ... you're selling your soul ..Lol I NEVER said I liked it!! But just like chris said... if i don't play it... the other 4 or 5 girls at the party that would consider having me dj, will not be inclined to when the bday girl says to her friends "dj taso said he won't play mo bamba". It actually happened to me once many years ago from a misunderstanding. I had a client call me and wanted to book me for her daughter's sweet 16, but the daughter heard from her friend that booked me, that "dj taso doesn't play songs with curses, even if there's clean versions". Now the girl and her mom that called me didn't believe that to be true since they know what I play, but wanted to double check, since half the girls playlist would be songs that are technically explicit. Now I knew which girl they were referring to, and what had happened was me telling the mom that one of the songs her daughter requested had no clean version, and the mom said don't play it. I saw the family at another event a few weeks later, and politely asked the girl if she had told her friend that I don't play songs even if there's a clean version... she said that's what her mom told her. So now I make sure that whenever there is a song that is questionable, I have the discussion with BOTH the daughter and the parents. These kids tak amongst themselves, and they're the one's picking their dj, not the parents. The parents just pay the bills. The parent's hear the songs their kids listen to in the car and have no issues with it. Schools have more liability when it comes to this stuff, especially in more rural/conservative areas. Up here schools are way more lenient with this, and have the mentality of, their gonna listen to and play these songs regardless, so lets at least give them a safe environment to do so in.
I understand ... you're selling your soul ..