“I was just at Bar Mitzva and a song came on I felt I was at a disco.”
I was listening to JM in the AM wednesday morning and a song comes on that was using a tune from the movie shrek (the tune was popularized by the movie, but was out even longer).
“How permissive is it to take questionable/treif songs and make it kosher?”
This is not a psak halacha, just my opinion. If your going to listen to the billy joel tune “because its a catchy tune” (just like you read the magazine for the articles) buy the CD and