and feign indignation when they are accused of jumping on the brother ray bandwagon??!!

those who are indeed bandwagoning need slapped.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Why?
Were you born humming to Ray's tunes or something?

There is always a reason to start listening to something new and being hot is as valid as any other...I think

PANDURITO said:

I think she means those who are just pretending to know and love his music cause he's being talked about so much these days.

Well I grew up hearing my grandmother singing "Hit the Road Jack" In her kitchen. So Ray has always been around for me.

As long as they buy and listen to the music...it's alright with me.

not me...i've been a fan since i saw him in the blues brothers as a little kid...the street where his music store was supposed to be set on, was made to look like the real 47th street in chicago where i grew up

been around ray's Music since his days at Atlantic,My Mother used to play "The Genius of Ray Charles" daily


i had asked what these cats know about "Boogie Butt" that was on Ray's Label called TRC ( Tangerine Record Company) and Not a soul stood up...

PurpleKnight said:

exactly. there are always those who gather around any celebrity and act as if they loved 'em even when they were alive, when in fact they coulda cared less.

jonylawson said:

Why wouls someone pretend?!?! Maybe they have just discovered his music because of the exposure?

Nate said:

Plenty of ppl pretend just to fit in. Happens everywhere.

PurpleKnight said:

Like????

Nate said:

What, you want me to name names or something? I'm just saying, conformity happens in society, so that's why you get ppl hopping on the latest bandwagons.

PurpleKnight said:

Name names? Hell, why not. We can ask them why. Or are you simply accusing with no factual basis?

jonylawson said:

Nate said:

Have you ever been to high school? There's your factual basis.

PurpleKnight said:

I went to school. Never saw anyone lovin Ray. No one jumping on the bandwaggon there.

Are you talking about the same peole who jumped on the Santana bandwaggon in 1999?

Nate said:

Oh puh-lease.

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

Eh?!?! People get into stuff, when they hear it. If they hear it 10 years down the line. Are they a fraud?

Nate said:

I'm talking about bandwagons in general, and the general tendency for some ppl to conform to whatever's popular amongst a large crowd.

Asking for proof that a thing like that happens is just silly.
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PurpleKnight said:

Then you are not talking about the "Ray" factor, but simply that people follow popular trends. Always have, always will.

Thats not a Ray thing.

i'm pretty sure that a good number of young folx are just now discovering brotha ray's music and were even more buoyed by his life story...there's nothing wrong w/ that...they probably just saw him as a "little ole blind man" who did pepsi commercials...now they know so much more.

i was lucky that my parents are from the real "old school" (my dad was 50 when i was born) and exposed me to a lot of great music, including ray charles.
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Nate said:

No, but obviously it also applies to Ray.

Nate said:

No, I just think that Ray had been in the public eye enough for practically everyone to know who he was and to have dug him when he was here. People forever buy folks stuff when they pass away. Kinda morbid, actually.

Good Call!!! I'm glad Ray is getting love anway though

I'm pretending to dig Air Supply at the moment, but I don't think it's really working out.

I believe you