tetris11@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhat songs does your local Ice Cream Van play?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat songs does your local Ice Cream Van play?lemmy.mltetris11@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
Ours plays the 1979 hit Music Box Dancer which is weird because it’s definitely not public domain. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GoQzA8NTuLA
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoPerhaps I’m naive. I looked up the lyrics and found one spot in them where, yes, for sure, that’s racist. However, it’s akin to Enie meenie miney moe, where a slight change could make the song suitable again.
minus-squarecredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agohttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/11/310708342/recall-that-ice-cream-truck-song-we-have-unpleasant-news-for-you I already posted the relevant bit above. The history of this song in ice cream trucks was absolutely racist.
Perhaps I’m naive. I looked up the lyrics and found one spot in them where, yes, for sure, that’s racist. However, it’s akin to Enie meenie miney moe, where a slight change could make the song suitable again.
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/11/310708342/recall-that-ice-cream-truck-song-we-have-unpleasant-news-for-you
I already posted the relevant bit above. The history of this song in ice cream trucks was absolutely racist.