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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:05:34 PDT
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- From: David Malbuff <SPGDAM@UCCVMA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: More catagorization horror stories
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 11:18:42 CST
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- > The real tragedy is that the white audience required watered down
- > versions of black music. They just couldn't handle the raw sounds
- > that we think are so hot today. But isn't that always the way?
- > Isn't rock 'n' roll just watered down blues mixed with a little
- > gospel?
-
- Hell, no, it isn't. Maybe you're thinking of Pat Boone whitebread cover
- versions of Little Richard tunes. Chuck Berry, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl
- Perkins, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, the Coasters, and on and on...
- watered down? No way.
-
- I would also like to take this opportunity to personally congratulate
- Tim Johnson for his clear, articulate defense of the English language in
- the face of those (primarily in academia) who would submerge its meanings
- in the sewers of relativism.
-
- And I'd like to remind Scott that it's pointless to blame "capitalism" for
- killing the good bookstore; people, fortunately or unfortunately, buy what
- they want. If they want to be ignorant and buy junk, that's what they'll do.
- No law can change that, and there SHOULDN'T be one attempting to try.
-
- David
-
- "Awful serious this morning, huh?"
-