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Originally Posted by bentlebee
When we grew up we didn't have many TV channels and mostly listened to songs on the radio and judged music by music and not because of who the people were.
Motown was fantastic and great! Nobody around us ever mentioned the color of artist but what they were wearing and if others wanted to buy their songs or tape them from the radio.
Movies were great and award shows were fabulous and about honoring great actors and movies.
It seems this is all gone.
Very sad for the ones in Hollywood and the music world who believe in great music for all people regardless their background and want to stay away from politics.
Many times, I wish we could go back to these times!
The disc jockeys would state the label of the record. That told you if the artist was black or white, for the most part. No one had to say it.
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Originally Posted by PedroMartinez
Not only that, but in the 80's and 90's, there wasn't this racial division like there is today in most of America.
The Democrat party needed racial division to get out the black vote.
You must not be old enough to remember Strom Thurmond, & many, many others. You also seem oblivious to Nixon's southern strategy. It still effects us today.
When we grew up we didn't have many TV channels and mostly listened to songs on the radio and judged music by music and not because of who the people were.
Motown was fantastic and great! Nobody around us ever mentioned the color of artist but what they were wearing and if others wanted to buy their songs or tape them from the radio.
Movies were great and award shows were fabulous and about honoring great actors and movies.
It seems this is all gone.
Very sad for the ones in Hollywood and the music world who believe in great music for all people regardless their background and want to stay away from politics.
Many times, I wish we could go back to these times!
Amen. Entertainment was a diversion then, not a ruse to spout political protests from.
Your nostaligic look ot the past is less about the times in the past being less political and more about being a kid and not knowing about all that stuff.
And in what world did you grow up that you didn't even know what a singer looks like? I was in Grade One whne I first remember 'music' -- The Beatles -- and I have always known what they look like.
Y'all sound like my mom when she talks about the past -- so much she doesn't really remember. loll
We knew what they looked like but where we lived i never heard anyone commenting on what race, religion, etc. they had. Just the music! All humans.
Some had negative comments on their hair being too long and that kind of stuff.
^^^^^ yes, and also political debates. When did you ever see candidates treat each other as poorly as they do now. You never saw anything like that before. They may not have been fond of each other, but they didn’t make a show of it and certainly didn’t throw around the insults they do now, even talking about private parts, etc.
Actually, nobody did (at least it was very rare) because kids were taught good manners. Sadly, that seems to have totally gone out of style
The disc jockeys would state the label of the record. That told you if the artist was black or white, for the most part. No one had to say it.
That also had a lot to do with radio stations and their employees getting kick backs from record producers. It was the Payola scandal.
All towns had black and white radio stations. Every body knew which was which I know for sure because neighbors complained to my mom because I listened to the rhythm and blues stations. Chuck Berry was an early cross over because he wrote music that Dick Clark and white kids liked.
Oh politics and entertainment of all forms have always been politicized and intertwined, believe that, for decades and decades before your grandpappy was even born.
Only difference these days is social media and internet where any narcissist blowhard can spout off at the mouth about their political views, 24/7.
Actually, nobody did (at least it was very rare) because kids were taught good manners. Sadly, that seems to have totally gone out of style
I agree with you. We were taught to never talk back to a grown up, and to use good language. It may have gone out of style, but there are still some of us who teach our children to be well mannered. I get compliments on how polite my children are all the time, and nothing makes me more proud!
Amen. Entertainment was a diversion then, not a ruse to spout political protests from.
Double that Amen
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