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Edith Grove
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How Rock and Roll Became White (severe Stones content)
Oct 6th, 2016 at 2:11pm
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How Rock and Roll Became White



.....and how the Rolling Stones, a band in love with black music, helped lead the way to rock’s segregated future.

By Jack Hamilton


http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2016/10/race_rock_and_the_rolling_s...
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“What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there,” he says. “All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they’re happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can’t tell one note from another.” - Keef
 
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Reply #1 - Oct 6th, 2016 at 6:09pm
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i thought it was pat boone?
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Reply #2 - Oct 6th, 2016 at 7:25pm
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mojoman wrote on Oct 6th, 2016 at 6:09pm:
i thought it was pat boone?




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“What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there,” he says. “All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they’re happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can’t tell one note from another.” - Keef
 
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Reply #3 - Oct 6th, 2016 at 8:39pm
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When rock and roll became Chicano: Ritchie Valens, La Bamba, 1958
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Reply #4 - Oct 7th, 2016 at 8:04am
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Thanks EG, you post good interesting articles.
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The Rolling Stones ain't just a group, their a way of life-Andrew Loog Oldham.
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Reply #5 - Oct 7th, 2016 at 10:18pm
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And the 4headed monster:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/16/beatles-refused-to-play-segregated-audi...
And then a great interview about how some think they "Walmarted it"
making it a little bit more acceptable!   
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Cool "White Kids" loving it and the less cool White kids listening to the cover bands!
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The Core Of The Rolling Stones is Charlie Watts Hi-Hat/The Sunshine Bores The Daylights Out Of Me/And Then We Became Naked/After the Skeet Shoot & Sweet Dreams Mary & #9 11/22/1968 @#500 2/19/2010 @#800 4/09/2011 @#888 10/28/2011 @#1000 2/2/12
 
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