why dont black people really like any music other than black music?

Great thread

good god, i missed this thread at the time.

Me too. The original poster's most important question still unanswered though: why the hell do black people love Jim Reeves at the expense of all other white artists? "O_o"

Who doesn't like Jim Reeves?

Hasn't Jim Reeves always had a huge following in South Africa?

And Herman OTM -- Reeves is smooth.

The original poster's most important question still unanswered though: why the hell do black people love Jim Reeves at the expense of all other white artists? "O_o"

― anatol_merklich, Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:20 PM (

My google search shows-

NPR weekend edition story: April 7, 2007 - American-style country music might not seem like just the thing to catch on in Africa. But listeners in Nairobi, Kenya, are crazy about it. They're particularly fond of Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.

wikapaedia-In the early 1960s, Reeves was more popular than Elvis Presley in South Africa. During this period, he recorded several albums in Afrikaans. In 1963 he starred in a South African film, Kimberley Jim, which was the biggest South African production up to that date.

Very interesting curmudgeon I had no idea abt Reeves' popularity many places!

American-style country music might not seem like just the thing to catch on in Africa.

Um why not really? (I realize this is your google search, not your words.) Why should songs of personal joy, grief and whatever not touch people who hear it, even if they live on another continent? Is this a case of USers being apologetic abt country music, as if it were some plague they've let loose on the world (aided by the Germans or something)?

Sales statistics show that Africans are way more likely to get into "white" European/American music than African Americans.
And judging from what kind of music is popular there, the Japanese probably have the "whitest" musical taste in the world. They never get enough of McCartney-esque melodic pop.

hmmmph

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wikapaedia-In the early 1960s, Reeves was more popular than Elvis Presley in South Africa. During this period, he recorded several albums in Afrikaans. In 1963 he starred in a South African film, Kimberley Jim, which was the biggest South African production up to that date.

You are aware that there is a huge white population in South Africa, and that in the 60s they had most of the money, which enabled them to buy most of the music?

Still, even recently, there have been examples of typical "white" music doing well in South Africa. And one would now expect the black part of the population to participate in the buying too.

I'd like to see Geir's sales statistics.

Actually, in the case of Africa, I don't think that sales would tell much about the taste of the people anyway. In poor countries, most people cannot afford to buy records. But they still like music.

You'll find (generally speaking), they tend to buy records more. And play them more often.

But they still like music.

Wow. I did not know that.

Surely the tastes of Africans and African Americans don't count anyway because they don't like melodic synth prog enough?

what about afrikaans?

Surely the tastes of Africans and African Americans don't count anyway because they don't like melodic synth prog enough?

There are those of them that do, and there are others that sadly don't.

I mean, I am not so interested in putting "race" on music. Generally the world would have been a better place musically if all races and all Nationalities considered melody and harmony the two most important elements in all music.

suggest ban

whatev. the black dudes in my neighborhood are rocking Yessongs like nonstop.

the thread that keeps on giving

Westlife are very popular in East Africa, as I know from experience.

Westlife are very popular everywhere.

yeah...

13 number one hit singles, at present.

The beatles had 17.

It's just a matter of time...

wow...weird..my best friend from HS roomed with a guy from nigeria in college and we hung out a lot...anyway he LOVED jim reeves (his dad was a big fan)..kinda surprised me, wrote it off to a personal/family quirky taste thing, am surprised to hear that reeves is just big in africa in general! that's super awesome and cool.

XP. The moment The Beatles are beaten by Westlife in the case of #1 singles is when people will definitely stop using chart positions to back why The Beatles are great.

Jim Reeves C/D?

why should black people HAVE to listen to non black music? what is this rule that says they have to do this? is there not enough variety in black music already?

Well, given the treatment of Geir on these boards, people clearly have a problem with people who in the main listen to white music.

but there's still this issue of 'black people not liking non black music' to contend with. i dont really have a problem with it, personally, as lots of ethnic groups dont really venture out of their musical comfort zone that much so black people arent that different.

And yet, Geir gets called a racist.

what does a guy saying dumb shit three years ago have to do with geir being a racist

Why are black people always listening to stuff like Talulah Gosh and Henry's Dress? Are the Pastels too "cracker" for their taste?

knew a guy from grenada at uni who said that incubus and linkin park were pretty big back home.

Surely the tastes of Africans and African Americans don't count anyway because they don't like melodic synth prog enough?
There are those of them that do, and there are others that sadly don't

I love this.

There are tons of people here who "in the main listen to white music" and don't catch shit for it because they're not absurd and obnoxious about it

The entire ILM was started as a "LOL, people who listen to white music are stupid and they should listen to black music (and manufactured white kidpop) instead".

good thing you showed up to set it all straight then

Dad's drunk!

xpost

The ILM

OMG, Geir found something new to be wrong about!

Geir is Burzum you guys

I hear there's rumours on the ILMs

Geir with an heroically blatant attempt to get a post made into the ILM board description there

I like the "really" in the thread title.

Sounds like they're not putting in enough effort.