The Beatles sang everything with this peppy happy sheen. I like their songs with more grit.
You should play your MIL some Black Beatles songs. lol
I don't think that's flammable at all. The Beatles aren't some sacrosanct artist that everyone must like. I'm just surprised people can't name one song.
(And I largely agree with you on the grittier stuff. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" is fun and catchy, but "A Day in the Life" and "She's Leaving Home" are better.)
I think sometimes white people really don't understand how you can be black and have a culture that exists almost entirely outside of "mainstream" American culture, but it happens and it isn't really worthy of a side eye.
I would say that for me this is true. I understand there is a culture, but I didn't realize that it's necessarily outside of mainstream culture rather than being additional to it, if that makes sense. So basically, I'm not surprised that you would know way more about reggae, jazz, etc. but I didn't stop to think that if you're spending time on that, you have less time to be listening to wherever you'd be hearing The Beatles or similar.
As a side note, I also feel awkward referencing black culture. I feel somehow racist pointing it out, as though I'm trying to put all black people into a context of the same background and experience. So I probably err on the side of "we're all the same, I'm colorblind!" when that's not totally true.
lasagnasshole Lol, sorry to disappoint. I hope your offer to hang out at your house is still on the table although I clearly don't know shit about The Beatles.
lasagnasshole Lol, sorry to disappoint. I hope your offer to hang out at your house is still on the table although I clearly don't know shit about The Beatles.
I'll mix some cocktails and throw some records on the turntable. You'll probably lose your black card by the time you leave.
Is there an equivalent of the Beatles in America for non Caucasians?
Jackson 5? Menudo?
I don't know. It's hard for me to grasp what The Beatles were like, because I think people are different now. That kind of mass hysteria is only familiar to me because of Michael Jackson and the older I get, the less I can remember about that. Like operagirl waiting hours for Louise's autograph...I don't know that a teenager today would do that.
I don't know, I bet there are some Belieber's out there who would.
I don't know, I bet there are some Belieber's out there who would.
I thought about him and One Direction also (Directioners are nuts!). I tend to think their most aggressive fans are younger, but maybe not.
Well, of course they are younger. Us old people don't have time to waste on being an aggressive groupie! I mean, can you even imagine wasting hours on a Saturday waiting in line for (anything)? No.effing.way. My time is too precious for that kind of crap now.
But when I was a teenager? Please. I camped out to buy tickets to concerts all the damn time. Waiting to get into a venue? Sure, why not get there 4 hours in advance to get the best spot. I didn't have anything better to do, and it was fun back then. Now, it sounds like torture.
Is there an equivalent of the Beatles in America for non Caucasians?
Jackson 5? Menudo?
I don't know. It's hard for me to grasp what The Beatles were like, because I think people are different now. That kind of mass hysteria is only familiar to me because of Michael Jackson and the older I get, the less I can remember about that. Like operagirl waiting hours for Louise's autograph...I don't know that a teenager today would do that.
I was just trying to flip the poll and determine if there was a band that people thought us whities wouldn't know of.
I don't know. It's hard for me to grasp what The Beatles were like, because I think people are different now. That kind of mass hysteria is only familiar to me because of Michael Jackson and the older I get, the less I can remember about that. Like operagirl waiting hours for Louise's autograph...I don't know that a teenager today would do that.
I was just trying to flip the poll and determine if there was a band that people thought us whities wouldn't know of.
The problem here, though, is that it would need to be an artist with a similar level of commercial success to be an apt comparison.
I don't know. It's hard for me to grasp what The Beatles were like, because I think people are different now. That kind of mass hysteria is only familiar to me because of Michael Jackson and the older I get, the less I can remember about that. Like operagirl waiting hours for Louise's autograph...I don't know that a teenager today would do that.
I was just trying to flip the poll and determine if there was a band that people thought us whities wouldn't know of.
I think lasagnasshole's Sam Cooke poll is a fair example of the inverse. He was incredibly talented and had a big effect on American music, but as evidenced by that poll, a majority of this board (which is 90% white, apparently, so we can assume roughly 90% of respondents are white) can't name one of his songs. And I do think there's a big difference between "knowing of" a musician/band and knowing a song. I "know of" all sorts of contemporary popular artists, but can't name a song (Bieber, Lorde, One Direction... I've heard of them all, but AFAIK have not heard their music).
What about Marvin Gaye? He was huge back in the day, but I wonder how many of his songs people could name.
I can name four, and I'm white. I would be surprised if anyone over the age of 25ish couldn't come up with Let's Get It On and/or Sexual Healing. Not as surprised as if someone couldn't come up with a single Beatles song, but surprised nonetheless.
I think Michael Jackson would be a fair comparison to the Beatles in terms of records sold, etc. both MJ and the Beatles started off as teenybopper music and evolved to much more. And even the teenybopper music was excellent and in no way should be uttered in the same breath as Beiber.
And being that I know quite a bit of Michael Jackson/Jackson 5, and definitely know many songs by Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, and Al Green (and own albums by the aforementioned as well) my surprise still stands.
But like @lasagnaasshole, I'm very into music, period.
Rufus wainwright's version >>>>> all the rest, for sure.
And as much as I love the Beatles originals, Joe Cocker owns, and the movie Across the Universe soundtrack is one of my favorites. Bono performing "I am the Walrus" = Winning.
Post by lasagnasshole on Feb 14, 2014 20:01:46 GMT -5
There really is no excuse for white people not knowing Let's Get It On. It was featured prominently in High Fidelity, which is only the whitest movie ever.
There really is no excuse for white people not knowing Let's Get It On. It was featured prominently in High Fidelity, which is only the whitest movie ever.
There really is no excuse for white people not knowing Let's Get It On. It was featured prominently in High Fidelity, which is only the whitest movie ever.
You can rag on me now since I've never seen it.
But Let's Get it On was the theme of college. Lol
OMG. YOU MUST GO WATCH IT NOW.
"Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable, or am I miserable because I listen to pop music."
There really is no excuse for white people not knowing Let's Get It On. It was featured prominently in High Fidelity, which is only the whitest movie ever.
You can rag on me now since I've never seen it.
But Let's Get it On was the theme of college. Lol
And our last song at my wedding was "let's get it on"
I need someone to go do a Jay Leno style "ask some black folks" on the street about the Beatles. I'd be shocked if you could find a decent percentage who could sing two lines of a Beatles song or name all or even half of the Beatles.
So know the Beatles, maybe. Care about the Beatles, not so much.
I couldn't pick an answer. I'm half white (and half asian) and know probably every song by the Beatles. My (white) dad was/is obsessed with the Beatles and sang a lot of their songs to me as lullabies when I was little. Now, I sing them to my daughter
My dad just loves music though...he is also obsessed with George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic (he took me to see them live when I was 14, lol!)...