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- From: glad@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Clayton Glad)
- Subject: Re: Top 10 bands of all time
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.174507.474@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
- Organization: Stanford University CSLI
- References: <BxqL8F.47E@acsu.buffalo.edu> <Bxrnv2.Dvx@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <4185@unisql.UUCP> <cubsfan.721884499@camelot>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:45:07 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:
-
- >Where, in fact, are any black artists at all, on this list of Top 10
- >Bands of genres created and influenced, for the most part, by black
- >musicians?
-
- cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Silverman) writes:
-
- >The reason I chose no Black bands in my list is because the list is
- >*my* personal opinion, and I haven't heard very much Black music,
- >therefore (even if it may be better than some of my bands) I didn't
- >choose any.
-
- You've heard *plenty* of black music, pal. You've just heard it
- performed by white artists.
-
- And if the list is *your* personal opinion, and you cop to such absurdly
- narrow musical experience, why the hell is your list under a "best of
- all time" heading? Why not "Mikey's 10 fave bands"? Maybe because then
- nobody would bother reading it?
-
- >I doubt you have heard Rush, becaus if you did, you would know that for the
- >*rock* genre, they are as good as it gets.
-
- Actually, Ray has not heard any rock music at all. He doesn't much
- care for it. Just his personal opinion.
-
- -- Clay
- "If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or
- school metaphysics, for instance, let us ask; does
- it contain any abstract reasoning concerning
- quantity or number? No. Does it contain any
- experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact
- and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames,
- for it can contain nothing but sophistry and
- confusion."
- -- Niel Peart
-