Ray Charles - "Rap is not music"
I agree with Ray Charles.
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@davedead +1 @audiovideonirvana no problem. and no chance of me acting adolescent at all anytime I can weave a "That's what she said" into a conversation... |
Couldn't agree more with Ray! Does Hip Hop fall into the same category? At best, Rap is poetry intoned to a steady, repeating beat and, for the life of me, I can't make out what is being said, most of the time! Not my cup of tea! However, a lot of the younger folk like it. So, to each their own! Whatever floats your boat! There is a great Bruce Willis movie (can't remember which one) where the bad guys finally catch old Bruce string him up by his arms with chains in some sort of dungeon. These bad guys want some sort of information from him but Bruce, ever the hero of course, just won't talk. During this torture scene, one of the bad guys, in desperation, says something like: "What do we need to do to finally make you talk?" Bruce responds with something like: "Play some Rap." That about sums up why I need to hit the mute button on the remote when I hear it on the TV. |
I love some pretty shitty music, full of archaic sexual innuendo, played to a very predictable repetitive musical structure, but I love it anyway. That’s the Blues I’m talking about. My Swing Era parents thought Jimi Hendrix was horrendous. I personally was appalled by AC/DC at first. I cannot deny the craft and skill that some rappers demonstrate, but as an art form of music, no thanks. I like my sexual references kept innuendo, and violence against women implied, not glorified. I also prefer people to play, not sample. Call me old fashioned. Ray Charles…one of our greatest national treasures, but a whole generation or two adores this music, as I did his. But I do associate its rise in popularity with a certain decline in civility, engagement in intelligent discourse, obsession with celebrity, and worship of materialism. So there’s that. |
As often was the case, davedead, Jerry could cut through many topics & give a clear analysis in a very simple form. He was a highly talented musician who could play different styles of music at a high level & I respect his opinion on music. It's clear from his interviews he was highly intelligent & it's unfortunate drugs got the better of him several times throughout his amazing life or, maybe, it was because of the drugs that his talent shone through so brightly? Many great musicians had a similar downfall / strength....... |
