Why does black people never want to rock?

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Let me say that first and foremost, the most offensive part of this thread is the atrocious grammar in the subject line. I mean, my god!

― David Allen (David Allen), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link

GO BACK TO THE JUNGLE

― NUMBER 1 TERRY RILEY FAN (ex machina), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link

ENJOY YOUR FUN AND GAMES

― Nate in ST.P (natedetritus), Saturday, 1 May 2004 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Visit any old Funkadelics, pre-One Nation. Maggot Brain, America Eats It's Young, Cosmic Slop, Let's Take It To The Stage. Earlier Prince, Pre-Purple Rain. Ever hear of Mandrill? Can I say enough about the Bad Brains, No Bad Brains, DC Hard Core,no Fugazi, Black Flag, Cro-Mags, Pantera the lists go. Hey what about Lenny Kravits, eric Gails, John Butcher Axis, Living Color, 247 Spies, Stress, Skunk Anizi

― vernon, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

http://www.kwark.org/gfx/2000/12/momus.schuif.jpg
MOMUS LOVES LIVING COLOR

― 0r4l R0b3rt5 (ex machina), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link

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― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link

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― 0r4l R0b3rt5 (ex machina), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link

STIFFED! this band fucking rock and they are part black! santi white is my future wife (except she isnt).

― dickvandyke (dickvandyke), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link

HA HA HXC KIDS U R ALL PIXEL8TED

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:56 (nineteen years ago) link

As I put in another thread: Art Terry on Resonance FM

― Thea (Thea), Thursday, 17 June 2004 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Why does Momus never want to Rawk?

― briania (briania), Thursday, 17 June 2004 18:58 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...

I'm a Pakistani-American who loves Pavement, i p0wn this thread.

― DAziz, Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link

But why does Pavement never want to rock???

― chuck, Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link

hahahahaha 5/5

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:13 (nineteen years ago) link

I could also question whether a Pakistani-American is "black," but I'll leave that to the Brits.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:16 (nineteen years ago) link

Have Pavement ever rocked?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link

No, but they have pavemented, which is close.

― chuck, Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:21 (nineteen years ago) link

I believe that D Aziz could be considered part of the black diaspora.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link

sedimentary vs. igneous

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Short Pakistani kid in glasses is de rigeur at all indie gigs, though.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Have Pavement ever rocked?

"Unfair" works as both an answer and as an example.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link

The biggest fan I ever met of the Wedding Present -- arguably the whitest, most funk-free rock band (and an INDIE rock band, no less) in the world -- was a big black gentleman named Sean, which craps all over this theory.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Why do second and third generation Italians never want to rock, anyway?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Perhaps we're all too busy fixing your car.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link

i rock hard, dawg

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Do jews rock?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Lenny Kravitz doesn't, but that's because he's black.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Do jews rock?

http://www.kissalive.com/kiss/photos/76/76k13.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link

sammy davis rocked pretty hard

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't "get" Kiss. I'm British.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Sammy D Jr died a member of the church of Satan!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Rob Sheffield used to wonder why does Irish people never want to rock as much as Italians in Boston:

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0111/sheffield.php

― chuck, Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link

dom: hence why he rocked so hard.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link

klezmer rocks.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't "get" Kiss. I'm British.

You don't have to get them. You must only admit that they -- like'me or hate'em -- do indeed rock.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link

like'me or hate'em

That should've been like'EM, not like'me, but ya don't have to do that either.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 September 2004 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Sorry, wasn't trying to imply I was black, I had forgotten the title of the thread and was merely referring to the following:

I don't think less of them for not liking it, I'm just curious as to why I never see any black people at concerts or hear of any black indie fans. True, I don't see many Pakistan inides either. It would be fun seeing a Pakistan Pavement fan though! And most genres have crossovers of their fan base demographic. Many white people listen to rap etc.
-- Indieholic Anonymous (@ .co...), July 25th, 2002.

― DAziz, Friday, 17 September 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't "get" Kiss. I'm British.
Great. Now I'm having a flashback to the C*lum thread about "Why Don't Brits Get Kiss" or whatever.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 17 September 2004 22:51 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.pegasusconsultants.com/images/Shaking_Hands.jpg

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 18 September 2004 00:18 (nineteen years ago) link

D. Aziz, I knew what you were referring to, and I hadn't even read the thread in a while.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 18 September 2004 00:24 (nineteen years ago) link

I once knew a Jew who rocked. Seriously.

― Nowell, Saturday, 18 September 2004 02:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Black people who rock! (or once rocked - listed in no particular order)

1. D.H. Peligro (Dead Kennedys drummer)
2. Skeeter Thompson (Scream bassist)
3. Sly Stone
4. Gary Powell (the Libertines drummer)
5. Bad Brains
6. Poly Styrene* (X-Ray Spex)
7. Chuck Berry
8. Little Richard
9. Mick Collins
10. Jimi Hendrix
11. Pat Smear** (the Germs, Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
12. Vaginal Creme Davis
13. Carl Crack (Atari Teenage Riot)
14. Ivan Julian (guitarist for Richard Hell & the Voidoids)
15. Jean Beauvoir (Plasmatics bassist; Ramones songwriter)
16. Slash*** (Guns 'n Roses)
17. Tom Morello**** (Rage Against the Machine, and, uh, Audioslave)
18. Santi White (Stiffed)
19. Phil Lynott***** (Thin Lizzy)
20. Michael Cornelius (JFA bassist)
21. Bubba Dupree (Void guitarist)
22. Ike Turner
23. Robert Johnson

* = English/Somalian
** = White, black and Cherokee
*** = mulatto
**** = mulatto
***** = black/irish

― Nowell, Saturday, 18 September 2004 02:24 (nineteen years ago) link

There was a black girl standing next to me at the Guided By Voices show I went to in 1996.
She got really excited when she noticed Spiral Stairs standing at the side of the stage, like jumping up and down and covering her mouth with her hands excited.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Saturday, 18 September 2004 02:32 (nineteen years ago) link

See, there's fans of different music of all races. They're just rare.

― Nowell, Saturday, 18 September 2004 02:34 (nineteen years ago) link

In my creative writing class, there was one black girl in the entire class -- black person for that matter.

When it came time for us to discuss Hip Hop in class, the prof brought in some producer from the detroit rap scene called MC Surreal. She was the only one in the class who didn't like rap, with the except of MC Paul Barman who she enjoyed.

― David Allen (David Allen), Saturday, 18 September 2004 06:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Does the white person in Curt1sss' picture work for ABC Sports?

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 18 September 2004 06:46 (nineteen years ago) link

this thread brings out the asshat in us all!

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Saturday, 18 September 2004 16:50 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Kanye West's iTunes Celebrity Playlist!

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
12:51 - The Strokes
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
The Scientist - Coldplay
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Spaceship - Kanye West, GLC & Consequence
Lucifer - Jay-Z
Sleep to Dream - Fiona Apple
Cause I Love You - Lenny Williams
Mystery of Iniquity - Lauryn Hill
Distant Lover - Marvin Gaye
Am I High - N.E.R.D.
Used to Love U - John Legend
This Love - Maroon 5
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
No Such Thing - John Mayer
Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Reason - Hoobastank
Selfish - Slum Village, Kanye West & John Legend
99 Problems - Jay-Z
Electric Relaxation - A Tribe Called Quest
How Many MC's... - Black Moon
The Rain - Missy Elliott

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Choice comments:

"12:51" (Track 2): "Ah man, I love this song so much that I almost f**ked up the mix down on my album because you can barely hear their lyrics. I went in the mix on my album trying to make the guitar louder, trying to make it sound like The Strokes, and Common was like, 'Come on, man, that don't sound like hip-hop. Come on, man, turn them drums up.'"

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 19:14 (nineteen years ago) link

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