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| -Great Cultural Revolution |
| No More Jingle Bells |
| 2022-01-03 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Tappon and other staff confirmed to the news outlet that they came to the decision after reading a 2017 scholarly article on the song's origins, written by Boston University Core Curriculum Director Kyna Hamil. Hamill explains the history of the song and the life of its composer, James L. Pierpont. She included documents showing that the song's first public performance may have been in 1857 by white actors in blackface at a Boston minstrel show. Very debateable. But many in the community took issue with the song being banned and argued that it's a harmless and traditional part of celebrating the winter holidays, prompting Brighton Central School District Superintendent Kevin McGowan to publish a letter on the district's website explaining the decision. '... it may seem silly to some, it is but the fact that 'Jingle Bells' was first performed in minstrel shows where white actors performed in blackface does actually matter when it comes to questions of what we use as material in school,' he wrote. So now we have to ban songs that at some point in the past may have been performed by a mistral group. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #7 Same goes for midgets. It's not so much the bite, but where. |
| Posted by: Hupusomble Cholunter9946 2022-01-03 19:14 |
| #6 A miniature horse bit me once. NEVER allow a miniature horse to bite you. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2022-01-03 18:38 |
| #5 I recently read that those light-hearted sleigh upsets often ended with mangled horses and passengers, and often enough either or both dead. The point was that modern cars are much safer than anything horse, not to mention earlier cars that lack modern materials and safety features. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-01-03 15:20 |
| #4 It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir for Thanksgiving, or as a drinking song. Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bob tail ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight! Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way. Oh! what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way; Oh! what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Although less well-known than the opening, the remaining verses depict high-speed youthful fun. In the second verse, the narrator takes a ride with a girl and loses control of the sleigh: A day or two ago I thought I'd take a ride And soon, Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my side, The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot He got into a drifted bank And then we got upsot.[a] |: chorus :| In the next verse (which is often skipped), he falls out of the sleigh and a rival laughs at him: A day or two ago, The story I must tell I went out on the snow, And on my back I fell; A gent was riding by In a one-horse open sleigh, He laughed as there I sprawling lie, But quickly drove away. Ah! |: chorus :| In the last verse, after relating his experience, he gives advice to a friend to pick up some girls, find a faster horse, and take off at full speed: Now the ground is white Go it while you're young, Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song; Just get a bobtailed bay Two forty as his speed[b] Hitch him to an open sleigh And crack! you'll take the lead. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-01-03 12:41 |
| #3 Oh, and while we are at it... The father in the Trapp, Georg von Trapp, was originally a NAZI supporter. Should this ban all the "Sound of Music" type "BubbleGum" music as NAZI music? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-01-03 12:19 |
| #2 Most jazz roots and some blues roots are in the mainly black musicians who were in whorehouses to provide musical entertainment with some "performances". Should this ban most jazz and blues? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-01-03 12:15 |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-03 09:46 |