Obnoxious DJ Kept Playing Inappropriate Music Over A Middle School Band, So A Parent Made Sure He Got The Boot

Matthew Gilligan

19 mins ago

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A DJ at a middle school football game?

I thought people went to those games to listen to the band!

But maybe I’m the crazy one…

Check out what happened in this story from Reddit and see what you think.

Hey Mr. DJ, don’t put a record on, we want to listen to our babies.

“Yesterday afternoon, my youngest kid was playing in the middle school pep band for her first home football game.

Having been a band kid myself, raising more than one band kid of my own, I know the etiquette of when the band is supposed to play (your team’s kickoff, first down, touchdown, timeout basically. This hasn’t changed in decades.)

That doesn’t sound good…

New in yesterday’s game, there was a DJ at the stadium. He was playing over the band, and some frankly inappropriate songs.

Lots of hick-hop/drinking references, Soulja Boy’s “The Best,” etc.

Like, I’m not prudish, but seriously? This is not a college crowd.

I’ve DJd too, in settings from a middle school dance for the local religious school to a college football stadium to clubs/obviously adult crowds.

You need to know the audience.

The visiting team didn’t bring their band, so there were plenty of opportunities for the disc jockey to play music to fill gaps.

The bleachers where I was seated? Almost exclusively band moms and dads.

We were all more than a little peeved that we couldn’t hear our kids because dude kept hitting “play.”

They were over it.

Finally, just before halftime, I got a case of “**** this [literal] noise.”

I promise that I wasn’t a Karen, but I went to the DJ booth and just asked “hey, could you just not play over the band?”

I got some attitude about how the athletic director had hired him, and take it up with his boss.

Okay.

Except that I took it a step above his boss.

He asked for it!

The AD’s boss (the principal) and his boss (the superintendent of the county schools) were right there.

I’ve known both forever.

“Hey Ted, hey John, how are y’all? How’s your Mama? Incidentally, could we discuss the DJ playing over the band, and the questionable choice of music?”

I asked the DJ to merely be considerate of the kids and their work.

But if you invite me to take it upstairs, I’m gonna take it all the way upstairs.

See ya, dude!

The next home game (according to John and Ted) will not include that guy.

I will happily volunteer to bring my own equipment and play hype music for the next game, if that’s needed.

I know it’s utter cliche, but seriously, just cue up “Turn Down for What” and “We Will Rock You” and “All I Do Is Win.”

Maybe get folks doing the Wobble on the sidelines.

And don’t play over the band.”

And here’s what folks had to say on Reddit.

This person chimed in.