2662355, this reminds me of Lennon's disappointment when he met the Supremes Posted by Bombastic, Wed Feb-15-12 03:13 AM
>It was disappointment in Black professionalism. > >Look at it this way: the Rock generation was largely a bunch >of white kids who wanted to rebel against their bland, >suburban background by adopted (what they viewed as) the wild, >sexual, outlaw mannerisms of negroes. > >But most negro groups of the era were dressing like teams of >waitstaff and dancing in carefully controlled, choreographed >moves. > >When the Grammys were considered some square, industry circle >jerk bullshit, no self-respecting Rock act would ever attend >the ceremony (do you realize there was not a Rock category at >the Grammys until 1979!) but all the R&B/soul artists were >there cheesing it up, thankful to be invited. > >They were disappointed that the Black artists were not more >rebellious, why they seemed to want to be part of the system. > >What they didn't understand was that Black people were >*already* excluded from the system from birth... and so yes, >they were trying to be upwardly mobile, to "make it." > > I can't find the story in a Google search right now but I know I have it in some music anthology I have somewhere. I'll dig for it sometime.
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