So, I've been sitting here for the last couple of days completely unable to choose a song for the current Season because I keep second-guessing myself. My last entry was a corny old Jimmie Rodgers song about Hawaiian girls, and I was (politely and respectfully) chided by people that I love and respect that the song isn't sufficiently PC. It made them wince. I thought that the song was a cute old throwback, but it got me thinking. A lot. I've heard others criticize Hawaiian hapa-haole songs because they're too "wiki-wiki" and un-PC.
But, I think that it's not just hapa-haole songs. So many blues, rock, country, and rap songs are misogynistic. Lots. About two minutes of thought brought these:
Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None), Aqualung, Because I Got High, Blood Brothers, Brown Sugar, Brown Sugar, Delilah, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Early Morning Blues, Fat Bottomed Girls, Fine China, Fire, Get Your Shine On, Getting Better, Go Away Little Girl, George Formby’s “Mr. Wu” songs, If You Wanna Be Happy, In the Summertime, Island Girl, Johnny Get Angry, Kissin' Cousins, Kung Foo Fighting, Many Eminem songs, Maybe I Know, My Boomerang Won’t Come Back, My Ding-A-Ling, My Funny Valentine, My Sharona, Okie From Muskogee, One in a Million, Play That Funky Music, Run for Your Life, Running Bear, Sing Song Swing, Stand By Your Man, Sweet Little Sixteen, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, The Ice Cream Truck Song, Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright), Turning Japanese, Under My Thumb, Who Let The Dogs Out, You're Sixteen, Who Put The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder, Young Girl.
As a matter of fact, if I try hard, I could find something offensive about a majority of songs. And novels. And comic books. And movies. So what do I do? Right now, I have a lot of trepidation about bringing anything at all here. I'm sure I'm over-thinking, but maybe we need a "PC Censor" or something to pre-approve all songs before they're submitted. I don't want to offend anyone.
Discussion welcome.