You decide: Is this song too inappropriate to play at college areas?
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Black betty had a child (bam-A-lam)
The damn thing gone wild (bam-A-lam)
She said it weren't in er mind (bam-A-lam)
The damn thing gone blind (bam-A-lam)
Said whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
She really gets me high (bam-A-lam)
You know that's no lie (bam-A-lam)
She's so rock steady (bam-A-lam)
And she's always ready (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
She's from birmingham (bam-A-lam)
Way down in alabam' (bam-A-la)
Well she's shakin' that thing (bam-A-lam)
Boy she makes me think (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
For a little while UNH would play an instrumental version of the song, but it was later scratched completely. Now we get Dave Matthews' "Two Step." I mean what type of hockey team (or any sports team for that matter) uses Dave Matthews as entrance song?
Black Betty has been recorded by dozens of artist dating back to the 1930s. Some students have called that UNH losing Black Betty has cursed our hockey team. Combined that with the possible new curse of the Maine Lobster and I'm not too sure about our teams future. The song was banned in 2006 and UNH has not reached the Frozen Four since 2003. But for now, I stand by my claim: Black Betty is not racist.
Stay classy, not UMassy.
PS: Check out this new music blog started by a few blog readers. They read my blog so I figured I'd link them up.
Black Betty has been recorded by dozens of artist dating back to the 1930s. Some students have called that UNH losing Black Betty has cursed our hockey team. Combined that with the possible new curse of the Maine Lobster and I'm not too sure about our teams future. The song was banned in 2006 and UNH has not reached the Frozen Four since 2003. But for now, I stand by my claim: Black Betty is not racist.
Stay classy, not UMassy.
PS: Check out this new music blog started by a few blog readers. They read my blog so I figured I'd link them up.
Agreed! Black Betty is a way better "pump up" song.
ReplyDeleteI started attending UNH in 2006 and Black Betty was an awesome intro song for the hockey games. I was wicked surprised when I heard it got banned.
ReplyDeleteTwo Step is weak.
nope, not racist. i do enjoy the clapping along with two step though, adds another element to the song/pump-upness that i think works. black betty is a better starting song all by itself though. on a similar note i will be offering another round of tosh.0 inspired "is it racist?" in my next post because i have a good one for ya'll!
ReplyDeleteBlack betty is a BA song for an Intro.
ReplyDeleteTwo Step by DMB is not bad though, I just hate that they follow it up with the stupid life-is-life song