Hello, N Leggatt wrote:
smiths albums so back off. the lack of black folks on the music list is startling; good point. can't say i care for the music most american blacks are making today.
I think you've hit the nail on the head, just about. There just aren't many people in bands from the UK who are of African descent. At least not in all the ones I happen to like. And seeing as how a majority of the bands I like are from the UK... well there you have it. I think that would explain it for a number of people, at least. It's also funny how no one ever mentions any other ethnic groups when they say that there's a lack of non-caucasians in people's fave lists.
but fats waller and louis armstrong and their ilk - and the unique jimi hendrix - were geniuses. 99.9% of rap, however, bugs the hell out of me. i bet most b/s fans feel the same way, our favorite band being sprightly and twee and soft-spoken.
Hm...well no, I'd have to say that I like quite a lot of rap, just nothing that has come out in the past few years, whereas I think 99.9% of Jimi Hendrix' songs...oh hell, 100%, bug the hell out of me. You could also easily say the say the same thing about that, seeing as how soloing for an entire song isn't exactly twee either. People who like B&S seem to actually like a rather wide variety of bands, judging from the people I've talked to. It's just some odd reason that the people who responded to the band lists thing liked, for the most part, a lot of the same bands. And while we're on the subject, I noted that there was no bossanova on anyone's lists. How can it be so! I have an LP sent to me by a lovely Brazilian in which Joao Gilberto and some other Brazillians play some nice songs, and the guitar parts in "Ease Your Feet into the Sea" remind me of the entire LP. Of course, I highly doubt that B&S got a Brazillian LP and ripped off some things from it. Those who receive my tape tree tape should find on it a song from that LP, as well as other bossanova hits, as well as your everyday anorak-wearing bands. And no, Brad, no Smiths ;) /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick - bp224995@oak.cats.ohiou.edu - ICQ#5056758 \ / Sandcastle Records - (same e-mail for now) | | Sandcastle Homepage - | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/4972/ | | "Everyone has their own cup of tea. | | Some just happen to like a lot of sugar in it!" | | - Me! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+