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Old 07-22-2008, 03:34 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Ever heard of Elvis Presley?

And why do you think your grandparents might call rock n' roll "devil music"? I'm pretty goddamn sure it's not because you're listening to anything remotely Satanic. It's because the original rock n' rollers were black, not white, and anything that got kids on the dance floor that wasn't cracker music had to be in some way related to the devil. And even some of the earliest white rockers (who took most of their influence from Delta blues) were ignorant racists (like Eric Clapton).

It's sad today to see the gross bifurcation of race when you look at different types of music. It's getting better, but it's definitely still a problem.

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack View Post
Besides if you're going to go there why not bring Bad Brains into this too? They were hardly a group of open-minded and loving individuals.
Bad Brains were homophobic, not racist.
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