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Reply #30 posted 10/11/04 4:12pm

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Dewrede said:

Why is it racist ?
Does it say unworthy or degraded music ?
I think some of you drive this pc thing too far
I can understand why the term can be confusing tho
But to call it racist is just nonsense


I just think it's a mixture of R & B and hip hop of
which the majority of the performers happen to be black


We agree on somethin.
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Reply #31 posted 10/11/04 4:15pm

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Reply #32 posted 10/11/04 4:18pm

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Thunderbird said:

NWF said:



nod Yes, I have. And there are some artists that I think fall into that category that others don't, like Wham! or INXS.

That's "blue-eyed soul," sort of a reference to "not being black but playing black music." Or urban. You know.


nod I once heard the group Hall and Oates being referred to as "blue-eyed soul", which very well could be true. My mom used to think that Hall and Oates was a black duo, because they did have some very soulful songs out, "Sarah Smile" being just one of them.
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Reply #33 posted 10/12/04 7:56am

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NWF said:

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Michael Hutchence wanted to be James Brown and you know it!!! razz


I'm not denying that. Hell, who didn't want to be James Brown?

But I'm saying, they are a New Wave band. Listen to their first few albums they released in their native Australia and then tell me they're not New Wave.

I hear ya. I'm just playing. wink
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Reply #34 posted 10/12/04 8:51am

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I'm not denying that. Hell, who didn't want to be James Brown?

But I'm saying, they are a New Wave band. Listen to their first few albums they released in their native Australia and then tell me they're not New Wave.

I hear ya. I'm just playing. wink


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Reply #35 posted 10/12/04 11:41am

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dancerella said:

when describing music? what is it supposed to mean?


I guess it's better than saying "N!@@a S#!t" shrug
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