How come it's ok for white people to listen to rap but it's not ok for black people to listen to rock? As a black girl who listens to all kinds of music, including rock, I was considered very "odd" to people when I ttold them I didn't like rap and r & b.

Let the debate begin!

Thats just stereotype.

I'm a sista and I happen to dig rock music.

Shit, rock music is BLACK MUSIC to begin with. Lets not 4get that.

Harlepolis said:

Tina Turner taught Mick Jagger how to dance.

The Beatles wouldn't have existed without Little Richard. Hell, David Bowie started out his career wanting to be Little Richard's sax player.

And Jimi Hendrix....well, Jimi Hendrix. Nuff said.

Music shouldn't be categorized by colors, other than the colors inspired by the music. Some stuff sounds blue, some sounds orange, some sounds like all kinds of colors. Those are the only colors that matter.

God, that was hippie dippie.

thank you very much Harelpolis! and glad to hear there are other like minded people out there. what artists/bands do you like?

I like G n' R (well appetite for destruction anyway)
motley crue
Poison
betty davis
mother's finest
mother love bone

and many, many, many, more!

i also love electro and anything old skool from the 70's and 80's!

dancerella said:

Joyce Kennedy was(and still is) all the rage. If there's anybody who could get REEEEEAAL down & gritty other than Tina Turner & Chaka Khan, that somebody would be Joyce.

Anxiety, lets not forget Ike Turner's Rocket 88 which was the 1st ROCK RECORD, Jackie Wilson and most importantly Chuck Berry.

Good ol' Elvis woulda been a lost sperm if it weren't for those people.
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and even these days...let's not forget folks like me'shell, gail anne dorsey, and skin from skunk anansie (just to name a few cool black rock chicks)....

This album Was THE Shit!!:

and let's not forget about betty davis. the original!

do you consider Kelis rock? because i do! and so is Joi. I can't wait for her new shit! never heard of joyce kennedy before. what's she like?

do people still look at music through color lenses? god...how 90's.

dancerella said:

Damn, you say you love Mother's Finest but you don't know Joyce?

Thats the wailing bitch, honey

oh, is that her? that woman has some serious basket ball lungs. i never knew what her name was but yes, she rocks indeed!

SassyBritches said:

Too true!

dancerella said:

Read my signature, love. ::two fingers::

<----- proud punk-funk sista here.

Anxiety said:

Very well said Anxiety, and on target without getting too deep into the obvious history of music.

Anxiety said:

Agreed... the people that made the music may be black/white but does that mean music for black or white people to listen to?

I don't think so.

You gotta listen to what 'does it' for you... whatever that might be. Forget other peoples opinion.

Like many people on here, I can get something out of most styles of music, whether that's Hip Hop, pop or metal, chances are something will float your boat, regardless of the colour of the writer/musicians!

dancerella said:

Joi is so underrated it's not even funny.

Joi has a cd coming out in january!

Now that I'm older, I easily confess that I like Rock ( some call it white ) music. My very first album that I purchased on my own- 28 years ago when $10 was good money to a kid - was DESTROYER BY Kiss. A black kid who liked Kiss was somewhat strange in my neighborhood, but at that time they were considered cartoonish and commercial, so it was'nt frowned upon. During MPTV's early eighties hey days, before they started playing Black Music, I watched everything that they played. I thought it was cool. In today's climate, it shouldn't matter at all what you choose to listen to or what color you are. Blacks have no more of a claim on Rock & Roll as does any group, when the music is done well, people will listen.
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Believe it or not,some of the close-minded folks who try to make you feel bad actually envy you. I learned that long ago.Be proud of who you are and march on.You aren't a person out of the cookie cutter.Like Jimi said,"I'm the one who has to die when it's time for me to die."

As a white person that grew up listening to mostly funk, I know what you mean from the other side of the fence. I started getting more into rock when rap took completely over.

As far as you listening to rock instead of rap and them not understanding....well, the hell with them. They're the ones with a problem with what you like. Hell, you are just doing what you want to do.

Personally, I don't see why black people would want to listen to rap, let alone white people. The only thing you are guilty of is having better taste.

dancerella said:

Who told you that?

Harlepolis said:

I would give the 1948 recording of "Good Rockin' Tonight" written by Roy Brown that honour

I'm a black guy and I've always listened to rock.I love all types of music,everything from AC/DC to Barry Manilow

DavidEye said:

that certainly is a wide range and I'm a white guy and even though I mainly listen to funk, soul, jazz and hiphop, I do also enjoy some rock & pop in between

everyone should enjoy whatever music they like, it should have nothing to do with race




all stereoptypes and generalizations are crap anyway...






ehmmmm.... except the last one... obviously....

dancerella said:

It's a stereotype...however if you're telling me that you like rock music now, well then, you just don't have good taste!

dancerella said:

Tennessee Slim Is The Bomb!!!

I am a Black woman and get critized all the time because I don't like rap, and I like all other forms of music too. I tell people when are we going to get beyond it being a black or white thing??? Great music is just that no matter who is playing it. I have been to many concerts and have been only one of a few Blacks in attendance. People ask me if the whites are racists towards me when I am there. Tell them not at all, good people come in all shapes,
colors, and forms. Just this weekend I was checking out Lynard Skynard with the Charley Daniels Band. Loved it!!! I love music because there is so much variety and I think it unites people. I hate rap becuase of the negative way it portrays Black people and woman. I would like even if a White person sung it.

rachel3 said:

Meant to say I WOULD NOT LIKE IT even if a White person sung it. Sorry!!!!

i've read all the comments and i'm glad to see everyone pretty much feels the same, that people should listen to whatever they like. music shouldn't be about the color of your skin. it's just music! i don't really get some much critcism for what i listen to so much now, but when i was in high school, everyone gave me so much shit for it. as much as i hate rap/rock i kind of wish it was around back then because at least it would have been a little more acceptible to people. being different is hard and takes balls. as for liking rock music of today. Hell NO! it's all shite! i only like old skool rock from the 70's and 80's!