WinterBorn
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- #41
You're talking about the imbecile young generation of today. Guess what. They don't HAVE any music. American music was back in the 60's and 70's with Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Neil Young, C, S, & N, Fleetwood Mack, Led Zepplin, the Doors, the Eagles, America, all the Bluegrass bands, etc.They didn't copy Blacks, they didn't do silly dancing (except Mick Jagger maybe).I doubt that you know them well enough, to have a very informed opinion.
As for what type of "music", shall we say >
None of which impresses me one iota.
Then don't listen to it. No problem.
But plenty of people do enjoy it. Your taste in music is not the sole determination of what is music.
Meanwhile everyone from Elvis to Eminem copy what black people are doing. Or Chuck Berry.
Look at us silly honkeys when we were trying to break dance. We try to wear ghetto clothes and try to talk street. Black people should see we soooo want to be cool like they are.
I can't think of anything more pathetic than White people lowering themselves to imitate the trash culture of Blacks. Music, clothes, talk, or whatever. What's the matter with White kids today ? Have you no brains ? You ought to be imitating the classic rock people I just mentioned.
PS - Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix were imitators of White music.
I thought you said you knew those musicians? Several of the ones you named have said that they were heavily influenced by R&B music of the time. I guess playing a solid body electric and an acoustic guitar didn't teach you much about where the music came from, did it?
When Chuck Berry (whom I admire immensely) first started out, he played to all-Black audiences, who thought of him as a bit of a clown, because of his White style music (Rockabilly). Eventually, they accepted him, because White or not, his songs and guitar playing were impressive. Later he became a big star.
What about Little Richard? Was he playing "white music" too? Because both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones have stated he was a huge influence on their music.