Oh Baby We Gotta Go

Louie Louie, however, will not be going to the Floral parade as per the *cough* Draconian order sent down from Benton Harbor (Mich) School District Superintendent Chalmers Paula Dawning. Rather than pointing to the lyrics of the Richard Berry song (or the lyrics as deciphered by the FBI from 1963-1965), the students are arguing that it is now too late for them to learn another, incredibly easy to play, song.

The troubling part is that in my searching around for lyrics I found out about a royalties dispute regarding this song. Those taking the Intro to IP final in about an hour will thoroughly enjoy some of the issues raised in class...no doubt.

Even more troubling is how a "cultural" battle that most look back as ridiculous is now being waged again by (for now) an ignorant superintended who apparently has no clue about (a) previous American pop culture (b) the pervasiveness of crappy, if not disturbing, music within said culture and (c) the pervasiveness of crappy and ACTUALLY offensive music in today's pop culture. I wouldn't be surprised if the likes of Bill O'Reilley stand up for her. Kids need to be protected from the filth that American and Western in general (to get the criminal and terrorist kabal known as the Rolling Stones included into the discussion) pop cultures produce.

For those of you who like to shake your hips during recess, Elvis, I'm looking in your direction, the superintendent is expect to come out with sentencing guidelines for you all. To which I strongly urge the students to reply with:

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall