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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

yah they played it at SVR also. One thing that really suprised me was that Green Day's "Holiday" was on the list (our DJ played "American Idiot") It seems to me that FIRST should stay away from songs as politically charged as those, not to mention they don't really fit in at a robotics competition. They should just sub in DSK's "Robot Case"

Slightly deviating from the purpose of the thread... I highly disagree. Not to mention the "free speech" issues, every song is "charged" with something. Most songs are love songs, some are political. Just because you don't happen to agree doesn't make it "inappropriate." And to present an interesting point: I believe that robotics IS political. Dean's homework is to call up all of your statesmen and get FIRST teams in every political district. If you want to go a step further, Engineering is Liberal. We try to change the world, making it better. Who wants to be a "conservative engineer?" "Oh, the design is fine as it is. It doesn't need any improvement." Next thing you'll say is that they should ban Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" because THAT's a protest song too...

Anyways,

Originally Posted by the_short1

hmm.. i thought they had to be pretty strick with the songs because they needed a liscence to play at a venue like that?? .. remember: day 1 theirs no DJ.. just random CD's

Day one there might not be a DJ because they're paid by the hour, and music on Practice Day has never been considered that important.

Content has nothing to do with the license to DJ. Content is strictly the control of the person who hires the DJ.

But there are easier ways to restrict content than a list of 300 or so songs. Instructing the DJ to follow "FCC guidelines" or explain the meaning of "Gracious Professionalism." would be a better improvement, because the DJ is now free to play whatever he has that may be appropriate, but hasn't been heard of by FIRST yet. The DJ SHOULD know the content of all of the music he owns; it shouldn't be a surprise to him if there's inappropriate content that he obviously shouldn't play.