rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

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.

oh shit

http://nextimpulsesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/racist.png

I get the feeling that if a white kid had told the interviewer his favorite band was One Direction, it wouldn't have been spelled like that.

But maybe the ESPN producer was old and tired, I don't know.

they should provide an infographic comparing japan and pennsylvania in different categories

Maybe it's a One Direction tribute band.

I may never recover from Wandai Wrection

better than Owned Erection i suppose

consult a doctor if it lasts longer than four hours

o lord

that was my forks-style joke I am glad you like it

I was o lording at the op but i liked yours as well

I saw the introductory bit on ESPN and it's surprising how many of them name Yu Darvish as their favorite player. Not a single mention of Ichiro. I tell ya, the kids these days.

Wandai Wrection

omg

When 1D first came together the Twitterati called them WAND ERECTION.

oh

my god