I don't get angry when you say that classical music isn't everyone's bag. I get fed up when you don't realize that black culture, music, "entertainment" and "morals" are driving down those respective areas of American society. I get fed up when you can't understand this, and you say things like "classical music isn't everyone's bag". That's not the point, I'm not talking about musical taste. I find it hard for you to believe that I actually think that people don't like classical music BECAUSE of hip-hop. Like hip-hop singlehandedly destroyed many people's chances of ever liking classical music and it was the ONLY cause of this. This is such a simpleminded view and I can't even believe that anyone could think that someone else holds it. It's like I need to spell everything out for you because you can't even understand basic concepts. The point is that while hip-hop of course isn't the only cause of lowered standards when it comes to American musical tastes, it's a BIG cause. Let's forget about classical music, I never even said that people liked classical music BEFORE hip-hop ever came to existence, the situation then was just as bad as it is now. Young people in the 60s and 70s DID listen to fantastic music, such as the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Emerson Lake and Palmer, the Doors, and other classic rock groups. This music was some of the most popular music of the time, and it was GREAT. That's because we didn't have people's standards driven down by rap crap. The black music that was made at the time was GREAT, so it didn't lower people's standards. But unforunately, soul and R&B aren't a predominant part of young black culture anymore. When hip-hop started becoming popular, standards were driven down very low, and hip-hop is one of the most popular forms of music now in the U.S. and standards have hit rock bottom. Hip-hop DID have a hand in driving ignorant people's standards down, because now they think that HIP-HOP IS THE ONLY MUSIC THERE IS. I hear people say stupid things like "I need to be able to dance to it" or "It needs to have a good beat" or "it needs to have 'dope' lyrics" or "it's gotta have a lot of bass". These are new lowered standards that HIP-HOP helped to put in place. If you try to play a piece of jazz or classical music to the average young person of yesteryear, chances are they would at least be able to appreciate it. If you played some decent music to the typical person of today, they wouldn't be able to listen to it and they wouldn't even think of it as music because it doesn't have some jungle beat with thumping bass and some savage screaming in the background.
This is an example of how our threads get hijacked.
We have to constantly explain conceptual ideas to Erica because even 'brighter-than-the-average-jig' ones like her cannot grasp anything abstract.
It's evolution. There's nothing abstract about swinging in the jungle or surviving the graslands of africa. No requirement to understand the abstract, I suppose.
First of all, by naming the thread AFTER ME, you invited me in to discuss "what I'm up to". I'm not against conceptual ideas but you're against anything that is not what YOU believe in. And that's the truth. You talk about how dumb evil blacks are, then you bash any good ideas a black person has to help out the community. I'm not going to sit here and echo everything you've said to agree with you. I've even told you you were right many times and the only thing you seem to do is bash me for being positive.
And another thing...no one is talking about swinging in a jungle, newman. This thread is basically about music appreciation and why there are people who don't like the same music you and your friends here like. I'd like to know this... is it a requirement for someone to be your friend that they have to be in love with classical music?
And I remember distinctly some people saying that they hate blacks who can't think for themselves. If blacks who don't like classical music all of a sudden changed their way of thinking about the music, would you accept them then? Probably not. Because in your eyes, a negro with culture is just an oreo, or someone trying to be white. You can't please everybody, I guess.
