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Their music is great and successfully spans the language barrier. Music has a way of doing that.
"Black Music" is an interesting concept. I'm not certain what comprises 'black music". Although I always thought The Righteous Brothers were black until I saw them on television. And, of course, Elvis incorporated a lot of black music influence into his songs.
"Black Music" is an interesting concept. I'm not certain what comprises 'black music". Although I always thought The Righteous Brothers were black until I saw them on television. And, of course, Elvis incorporated a lot of black music influence into his songs.
I find Black Music an interesting and also inaccurate term (it seems Nigerians, Jamaicans, Melanesians and Afro-Cubans are not Black then). If you go to a rock and jazz concert the crowds may range from ethnically diverse to overwhelming Euro. Yet rock and jazz were born of, if not heavily influenced by Afro-Americans.
I prefer to see American music as just that: American music, with the Afro-American component being a major ingredient of this excellent dish.
I find Black Music an interesting and also inaccurate term (it seems Nigerians, Jamaicans, Melanesians and Afro-Cubans are not Black then). If you go to a rock and jazz concert the crowds may range from ethnically diverse to overwhelming Euro. Yet rock and jazz were born of, if not heavily influenced by Afro-Americans.
I prefer to see American music as just that: American music, with the Afro-American component being a major ingredient of this excellent dish.
You do know that June is Black Music month?
We're talking about Blues, R&B, Soul, Funk.......it's black music.....
Now of course evrybody plays it now. But ask Elvis where he got his groove?
Why is it so uncomfortable for people to admit the differences?
This was posted by Thomas R. on the music board....
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Thomas R.
At one time the R&B charts were referred to as "race records" and for a time in the '80s "Hot Black Singles", which sounds like an African-American themed dating or sex site.
So looking what I think is a selection of hits from those two eras Herb Alpert (who's actually Jewish it seems), Anita Baker, Bell Biv DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Natalie Cole, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, John Lee Hooker, Whitney Houston, the Isley Brothers, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Rick James, Louis Jordan, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, George Michael (who I'm pretty sure is white and gay), Billy Ocean, The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Prince, Quincy Jones, Diana Ross, Sade, Luther Vandross, Dina Washington, and Stevie Wonder are "black/race" music. I believe all but two of those actually are black. Take that with a big grain of salt.
Still the original post showed what look like an attempt at Black Gospel Music. That actually is or can be a case where "black music" is maybe an uncontroversial term. There are some denominations of Christianity are predominately African-American or were founded by African Americans.The music of the following churches might fit that.
We're talking about Blues, R&B, Soul, Funk.......it's black music.....
Now of course evrybody plays it now. But ask Elvis where he got his groove?
Why is it so uncomfortable for people to admit the differences?
It seems you're referring to African American origin/influenced music as black music. Afro-Americans are not the only dark skinned peoples in the world (though definitely the most famous of them however).
I'm from a very diverse place and some of my West Indian, Ethiopian, Afro-Latin friends are quick to correct when people use umbrella terms to label people.
It seems you're referring to African American origin/influenced music as black music. Afro-Americans are not the onlydark skinned peoples in the world (though definitely the most famous of them however).
I'm from a very diverse place and some of my West Indian, Ethiopian, Afro-Latin friends are quick to correct when people use umbrella terms to label people.
I know black Americans aren't the only dark-skinned people in the world.....I'm black myself! I know my own history.
But I also know enough about the fact that Blues, Soul, Jazz andFUNK are AMERICAN art forms.....these didn't come out of the Caribbean or Africa.....They came out of Mississippi and Georgia and 'Bama. surely from the ancestors of Africa..... but origins are right here.
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They do a great job!!
