Poisonous Dart
Lone Swordsman
I don't agree...
Rock N' Roll is BLACK MUSIC. Whether or not there is a pronounced Black influence or participation in now in 2007 is not the point. Black contributions or influence on the Rock genre NOW (in 2007) are almost negligible (BRC notwithstanding). Regardless of how many Black bands there are (or aren't) ROCK 'N ROLL WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS BLACK MUSIC. Recognize and realize it. No music scholar or music historian in their right mind would argue this fact so why would you?
I'm well aware of skiffle music..I also know that many of the kids that started out in skiffle bands lived in environments in the UK that exactly mirrored the existence in working class industrial towns like Detroit, Chicago, Memphis, and the like. This is why this music (created by mostly Black people) resounded so much with these young men who soon started to make music emulating these records that were imported across the water but by putting their own original/unique stamp on it. No matter how far removed from that fact it doesn't change the truth or the history of the music...Sorry.
Jazz has very few Black participants or contributors now...would you dispute that Jazz isn't Black music? All music is universal and for everyone so calling it what it is....BLACK MUSIC shouldn't strike any fear in you or be off putting in any way. Anyone can love or play or enjoy any genre of music they like or whatever speaks to them personally so don't misunderstand me.
Bottom line: Rock N' Roll is, was, and always will be (say it with me now) BLACK MUSIC.
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i wasnt pretending to be right. i was just trying to make up a reasoning that was just as stupid as yours. This claiming rock as a black thing is just stupid. Yes i know, BB King, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, still the truth is most rock is white, and it was influenced by both black and white music, as most music is. You claim that for instance the beatles were making black music. They started as a skiffle band, how much more white can you get. Most of their music i know strikes me as utterly white (and dull)
This claiming that Rock is BLACK is just not helpful (and untrue)
Rock N' Roll is BLACK MUSIC. Whether or not there is a pronounced Black influence or participation in now in 2007 is not the point. Black contributions or influence on the Rock genre NOW (in 2007) are almost negligible (BRC notwithstanding). Regardless of how many Black bands there are (or aren't) ROCK 'N ROLL WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS BLACK MUSIC. Recognize and realize it. No music scholar or music historian in their right mind would argue this fact so why would you?
I'm well aware of skiffle music..I also know that many of the kids that started out in skiffle bands lived in environments in the UK that exactly mirrored the existence in working class industrial towns like Detroit, Chicago, Memphis, and the like. This is why this music (created by mostly Black people) resounded so much with these young men who soon started to make music emulating these records that were imported across the water but by putting their own original/unique stamp on it. No matter how far removed from that fact it doesn't change the truth or the history of the music...Sorry.
Jazz has very few Black participants or contributors now...would you dispute that Jazz isn't Black music? All music is universal and for everyone so calling it what it is....BLACK MUSIC shouldn't strike any fear in you or be off putting in any way. Anyone can love or play or enjoy any genre of music they like or whatever speaks to them personally so don't misunderstand me.
Bottom line: Rock N' Roll is, was, and always will be (say it with me now) BLACK MUSIC.
Continue.
One.