rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

I'm visiting my rural, red rednecky hometown and heard a station promo thing on one of the classic rock stations that said "four out of five rappers agrees that our music is better than theirs" with a long Flavor Flav "yeaaaahhhhh boy" sample at the end, instantly thought about this thread.

our classic rock station plays these horrible racist promos that are like "would you rather listen to... THIS?" *plays clip of Inner Circle "Bad Boys"* "...or THIS?" *plays clip of Steve Miller Band* "We thought so too!"

What a weird choice -- I don't think I'd even bat an eye if a classic rock station played "bad boys"

Trying to think of any radio format that would play "Bad Boys" as part of a regular non-ironic rotation.

haha otm, "Bad Boys" could easily be a Steve Miller song

and yes they actually used Inner Circle as an example. occasionally they'll use an actual modern radio rap track but for the most part it's just "Who Let The Dogs Out?" type shit. it is ALWAYS music by black artists, though.

Occurred to me the other day what an odd ironic signifier "Electric Avenue" has become, given it's about the Brixton riots.

The other day at the playground this kind of weird, chubby burnout-looking dad was at the playground with his toddler daughter and her friend, and he was singing with them while he pushed them in the stroller, and one of the songs they did was Fly Like an Eagle. It was pretty cuet.

yeah, these belong in the "yup definitely racist" ongoing thread

It is weird that I've heard classic rock stations play the same promos against country music, but they always use some generic, exaggerated twangy song about a dead dog - not any real artists, not even someone like Ray Stevens. And yet I've also heard these rap and "pop" ads with actual [black] artists used too.

Though now that I've given it a second's more of thought, perhaps that's a good thing that classic rock stations aren't creating their own rap parodies for these breaks.

"would you rather listen to... THIS?" *plays clip of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"*...or THIS?" *plays clip of Steve Miller Band* "We thought so too!"

what if you like everything but country and rap?

Don't you mean "country and (c)rap?"

ironically those classic rock stations are probably owned by the same conglomerates that own the hip-hop stations

waht if u only like country and rap

come live in atlanta

Wonder what artist/song combo I would use if had to make a race-baiting 'we all hate rrrrraaap, right?' trailer.

Would you rather listen to this: *plays clip of "Fack"* or THIS: *plays clip of "Cult of Personality"*
We thought so, too!

tbf one of the promos did feature Jimi Hendrix for the classic rock clip

Schoolboy error, bet that intern was moved on quick.

C'mon, Hendrix is the offical "proves we're not racist" artist for classic rock stations.

See also: Beastie Boys on alt-rock stations.

Eric Burdon & War

Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover of "Superstitious"

Dobie Gray - see, now there's a black artist we play.

Thin Lizzy? No, we're talking about black musicians, not Irish.

Do what now?

Beastie Boys on alt-rock stations makes them seem more racist, not less

RIP Jurassic 5

Love would count too except none of the listeners know that Arthur Lee was black.

I've said it elsewhere, possibly already in this thread, but it used to drive me nuts that the classic rock station I worked at would play the Blues Brothers' "Soul Man", but not the Sam & Dave version.

You could argue that hey, it's a classic rock station, in which case I'd ask then why the fuck are we playing the Blues Brothers?

xp: I have never heard of a classic rock radio station that plays Love.

Maybe they're the "proves we're not racist" artist for indie record stores...

what does J5 have to do with all this

that was the last "hip-hop" I remember getting played on alt-rock radio

i had no idea they were even played on the radio

At least one of the classic rock stations in LA plays Love. (100.3, "The Source")

Not heavy rotation, but still.

ILXors lining up to name all the black rock musicians they know definitely proves that classic rock radio stations are racist

Electric Light Orchestra's "Roll Over Beethovern"

That one guy from the Doobie Brothers.

The Beatles with Billy Preston

Rolling Stones "Harlem Shuffle"

bill clinton on arsenio

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/102806/country-or-rap.gif

no frisson left here for liking big & rich: this is ilx country

Playing the Blues Brothers "Soul Man" instead of Sam & Dave is one of my greatest peeves! It's such an inferior version! And it's totally racist!

Haha, swear to god I used to backsell it as "And we started things off with The Blues Brothers and their inferior version of 'Soul Man". Coming up, Steve Miller, Heart and Billy Squier..."

http://i.imgur.com/mvoYVEOl.jpg

hoo boy. stylin' and profilin' indeed!

okay, that got a very guilty lol out of me. Poor Clyde.