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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
I'm not saying that I enjoy much Rap music. But I think it has its place. I take spinning classes and some forms of rap really get you moving. I imagine the same is true of other exercise classes.
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Russ, I can't let you hang in here all alone, going in like a kamakazi pilot. My three children grew up in the rap generation, so I am used to it from hearing it for years, and I enjoy some, even though not all, of it. I'll even confess to having participating in a group 'Gangsta' rap' performance at my daughter's bat mitzvah years ago. I was a music major in college, and I love all types of music; just, like everyone else, I like some much better than others. Some rap is enjoyable and fun to listen to, if you open up to it, and the rhythm of it is great and very energizing for exercise and (some of it) for dancing. 'It's hot'! And no, I definitely don't think Villagers are too old to dance to rap music!
As mentioned in a post above, when rock and roll - which our generation loves - started, it was thought of as 'just noise' by some of the older generation of that time. How could they have thought that?
Just like with any other type of music (or other areas of interest) there will always be people who do/don't like different forms of it. But I don't think that rap is only for 'young' (in chronological age) people. (Here in The Villages, we are all young, at heart). And I like hearing some music around here that keeps us in touch with all of the contemporary forms of music, including rap. And when our younger family members, etc, are here it's nice that at least some of the music they hear is what they relate to.
I also love the charm of hearing the old standards, and everything in between, here in The Villages.
The diversity of what is offered here, in music and everything else, is what makes the Villages so unique. As more young people move to The Villages, I think there will be a natural movement to more contemporary music forms in what is popular.
And like it or not, rap is here to stay, from what I can see!