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Originally Posted by ejp52
Anyone else realize Rap rhymes with crap?  |
Yes, and there are many who would say 'rap' and 'music' should not be used together!
While it might be a little bit of a knee jerk to categorize 'ALL' of "it' the same, rap has devolved to a large extent just like C&W has according to a recent post in this thread.
We still get a kick out of 'rappers delight' that was a big novelty in its day as it is today.
Our listening tastes are primarily anything 'good' no matter the genre,
primarily symphonic having played in high school concert bands and doo wop (which had its own R and X content)
Several years in SE Ohio/Appalachia helped with an appreciation for country and Bluegrass, (with bluegrass being unusually strong in DC)
Our son and his sax play moved jazz into the library, and the youngest kid collected early disco from 10 years before her birth, but scorned anything 80's!
We did not like much of the 'metal' in the 60's and 70's but in review we find it way way better than so much of today's.
Age and personal values aside, anyone with a truly objective outlook would probably agree that today's 'rap' and other things heard are relying much
on their iconoclastic lyrics to sell and get airplay.
Yes, we had our protest songs in the day, but the emphasis on sales was less of the drive, and more on the 'change the planet' for the better.
Except for some discreet lyrics (we aren't sure, we've never examined the 10 pages) and some lightly dressed backup singers, this act might have made it onto Ed Sullivan or Lawrence Welk.
As we listen, it's hard not to imagine our aging peers tapping their slippers and bobbing in their neck braces along with us.
That said, we're going to take another listen as we climb down from the soapbox
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