News Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts

[MerlinTheGoat]

Davy Crockett is a Disney IP though and the raccoon is pretty iconic

I'll reiterate that I think that song is on its way out of the parks going forward. Yes the show only ever contained the first and third verses, which had nothing that could offend anyone. But it's the association with the other lyrics that would put it under the radar.

In eighteen thirteen the Creeks uprose,
Addin' redskin arrows to the country's woes
Now, Injun fightin' is somethin' he knows,
So he shoulders his rifle an' off he goes
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear

Off through the woods he's a marchin' along,
Makin' up yarns an' a singin' a song
Itchin' fer fightin' an' rightin' a wrong,
He's ringy as a b'ar an' twic't as strong
Davy, Davy Crockett, the buckskin buccaneer

He fought single-handed through the Injun War,
Till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store
An' while he was handlin' this risky chore,
Made hisself a legend for evermore
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier

He give his word an' he give his hand,
That his Injun friends could keep their land
An' the rest of his life he took the stand,
That justice was due every redskin band
Davy, Davy Crockett, holdin' his promise dear

I am not calling for the song to be removed from the show (quite the opposite and most people who know me here will understand i'm not an advocate of this sort of thing), but I would be extremely shocked if the show reopens with any part of it. That sounds like exactly the sort of thing that Disney would fight to purge all traces of.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Literally everything at the Magic Kingdom could be cancelled if the desire was there. Some people have issue with the National anthem and the battle hymn of the republic.

Now that doesn’t mean you are wrong - but looking up obscure verses to Davy Crockett doesn’t seem like an automatic cancel.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Literally everything at the Magic Kingdom could be cancelled if the desire was there. Some people have issue with the National anthem and the battle hymn of the republic.

Now that doesn’t mean you are wrong - but looking up obscure verses to Davy Crockett doesn’t seem like an automatic cancel.

Those two classic American songs you noted don't contain any racially insensitive words and descriptions of violent battles waged against indigenous people as a part of the lyrics. You would have to get into a deeper philosophical discussion to dissect ill intent. The Battle Hymn in fact is an abolitionist song that had a distinctly progressive message for its time.

There are indeed some people who will go out of their way to call everything offensive. And I do find such behavior miserable and obnoxious. But there are some things that are admittedly much more glaring targets than others. Things that don't require deep analysis to see that Disney would try to purge it. The Ballad of Davy Crockett is such an example. Disney has canceled plenty of other things for far less (and are continuing to do so). This renovation with new programming/songs also gave them an opportunity to do it. I repeat, if the song survives then i'll be shocked.

 

[ElijahDAdams]

Any rumors about including some of the modern classics (if I do say so myself) from the Vacation Hoedown?

I could see them maybe including "The Great Outdoors" since it was on the Sing-Along home videos. I would be ecstatic if "Ghost Riders in the Sky" or "Thank God I'm a Country Bear" were featured in any capacity!

 

[bmr1591]

I wish social media had never taken off. It’s made our society so much worse and caused so many to be hyper offended by everything.

 

[Bill Cipher]

Cast Member Previews for the show have been confirmed for July 10th-12th!

 

[C33Mom]

Cast Member Previews for the show have been confirmed for July 10th-12th!

Happy for the CMs and also excited to learn what the songs are next week!

 

[Advisable Joseph]

I wish social media had never taken off. It’s made our society so much worse and caused so many to be hyper offended by everything.

Like this forum?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I wish social media had never taken off. It’s made our society so much worse and caused so many to be hyper offended by everything.

Like this forum?

I guess Brian Was Right...

 

[Centauri Space Station]

I wish social media had never taken off. It’s made our society so much worse and caused so many to be hyper offended by everything.

They removed the pirates chasing the women in the late 90s when the internet was barely out

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

They removed the pirates chasing the women in the late 90s when the internet was barely out

They just changed the order of the chase - which added some comedy I thought.

 

[Consumer]

They just changed the order of the chase - which added some comedy I thought.

If I recall correctly, the original gag was the first few pirates are chasing beautiful women, then the last pirate is being chased by an ugly woman. It's a much more clever gag.

 

[wdwgreek]

I can't believe we are 8 days away from previews and we still don't have a full set list! The suspense is killing me.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I can't believe we are 8 days away from previews and we still don't have a full set list! The suspense is killing me.

Spokesbear for CBJ has this to say...

 

[Captain Barbossa]

To everyone asking about the set list, I’ll go ahead and relea……wait look…

 

[J.E.Smith]

To everyone asking about the set list, I’ll go ahead and relea……wait look…
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(I always thought cutting to the undead monkey jump scaring the audience would be the funniest thing to cut to after that line lol)