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robzep (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You defeat your own claim...
"Most popular has not been "birthed out of the pain of black people"-- utter nonsense. Heavy metal, hard rock, rock n roll, rockabilly, bluegrass, swing..."
Um, yeah. That's the point exactly. All of those share one thing in common - roots in gospel and blues.
LynchburgSourMash (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
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goddollars (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Incidentally, this song was written by two jewish guys from tin pan alley (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller). I do think this is the superior version.
Regarding the Elvis/Black issue. Elvis did revere Black culture. He often hung out at Black barbershops and was a rabid fan of R&B. His first sessions came out of his deliberate attempts to copy the Black R&B sound. He was a legend, but it'd be foolish not to see how important R&B was before that and how traditional blues made it all happen.
thepintopony (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
well it's odd to think that i as a white person would be racist toward whites... i'm not contending any sort of superiority. elvis didn't "steal," but he did "borrow" quite heavily -- from blacks (little richard, big mama, etc.) and whites (carl perkins). he gave the songs a new sound and style, (in my opinion, elvis' style was untouchable) but the foundations were not his. to give proper credit is not to be racist. and most of the early r&b WAS expression of the pain of those who sung it.
mydyingbride907 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That easy for you to say
mydyingbride907 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
SHove your racist bigotry-- Elvis didn't steal anything from anyone. There was no one like Elvis before-- and there will never be such a towering figure.
Most popular has not been "birthed out of the pain of black people"-- utter nonsense. Heavy metal, hard rock, rock n roll, rockabilly, bluegrass, swing...
Stop the racist attitude toward white people-- get a life
thepintopony (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
ha etahasgard1986 fighting about the roots of r&r is pretty funny. before there was rock and roll, whites liked "pop" and blacks did "rhythm and blues". Just look at the charts from the early 1950s. best-selling "pop" tune of 1950 was "Goodnight, Irene." ew. there was definitely a racial divide that wasn't blurred arguably until the Crows' "Gee" was the first black-sung song to top the pop charts, THEN the r&b charts. rock and roll really was the product of the evolution of black r&b
kwilli33 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Unfortunately the most popular music has been birthed out of the pain of Black ppl. Everyone who has sense knows Elvis stole most of its music from Blacks. As much as it (MUSIC) unites; it is b/c of the the great DIVIDE (racial). Im not naive nor hateful just REAL. And Rap music used to say something b4 Corp. Amer. Got its greedy hands on it. Rap used to range from positive (rvltnry) to gangsta; we used to be able to choose but we have to follow their damn dance instructions like mentalslavs
megasteelers (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Can someone tell me how music went from being this great to what we have today in Rap?
annaohsodeadly (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
amen on that |
