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PrintableIf anyone is wondering, a circle next to an album means it has gone gold (500,000) and a triangle means platinum (1 million). The number next to the triangle is how many times platinum it has sold at that point You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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MickyDolenz said:
The banjo originated in Africa though. The main reason it reached the US is because of the slaves that were brought over. Be that as it may, the banjo just doesn't have a funky image. That's what we're talking about here: image. Rock & roll comes from blues and country, but the blues (and soul and rap) has the image of being cool, while country has the image of being corny. If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am. | |
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But coolness has never really been a factor for popularity in the USA. It's not like Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Johnny Mathis, The Osmonds, Captain & Tennille, Michael Bolton, Bread, Andy Williams, or Barbra Streisand were considered hip. But they were popular during their day. In the middle of Beatlmania, Hello Dolly was a #1 pop hit. Engelbert Humperdinck had hits during the late 1960s psychedelic rock era. The same could be said for some older hit TV shows in the USA like Webster, The Waltons, or Punky Brewster. Lawrence Welk's music show was in production for close to 30 years and it is still rerun on PBS. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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There's a Garth Brooks Christmas special on TV right now. So I guess he's still really popular
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Garth at the January 20, 2021 inauguration
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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alphastreet said: It’s at times like this that I wish Janet was recertified, it’s possible she may have reached diamond overtime [Edited 12/14/20 21:57pm] Janet in ways, I believe, is still being "blackballed" by such Powers That B(s) who insist on the constant ignoring and proper acknowledgement. Furthermore, I don't pay these type of things anymore, because how it is overall based on, and that's a lot of politics, favor and BS. | |
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