http://www.spin.com/2008/10/black-rock-oral-history/
you see in this thing that the likes of Angelo Moore and 24/7 Spyz speak about being affected by the resistance of black folk to their shit more than white folks and their annoyance with the dominance of EWF and Kool & the gang R&B band paradigm. But for all I know, David Browne included certain quotes to make whichever point he wanted and maybe didn't use what he didn't want to—at this time, he was contributing a bunch of putrid rockist dogma to Spin.
― veronica moser, Saturday, 6 February 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Whoah v interesting thx for that. Raised my eyebrows at this:
When black people hear music that’s past a certain tempo, they have to think too much to dance to it, so they don’t try.
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 7 February 2016 02:20 (eight years ago) link
Yeah that was a wtf. Interesting piece, though. Thread got me to pull out Vivid, which was welcome.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Sunday, 7 February 2016 03:45 (eight years ago) link
For the record i have almost zero genuine affection for any of the bands in the original post (tho i was casually interested at the time). Its the sociocultural phenomenon thats most interesting to me.
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 7 February 2016 04:28 (eight years ago) link
Interview with Jeff Brodnax,who replaced P Fluid on vocals for the Spyz in the early 90s.
http://www.afropunk.com/m/blogpost?id=2059274%3ABlogPost%3A534344
― how's life, Monday, 8 February 2016 11:52 (eight years ago) link
Went googling up whatever happened to P. Fluid (Peter Forrest). Most recent thing I can find about him is this number from 2008 with Corey Glover and Angelo Moore. Its...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qce_uYEVdCQ
― how's life, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link