>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.