Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2087320)

there might be some people who like it more than they like some of the old songs. Do the older Villagers have some special rights that the newer Villagers don't have when it comes to determining what music will be played, and whose tastes will be catered to?
I was swimming at Miona the other night and the speakers were blasting Barry Manilow. I hate Barry Manilow. But it was one song.
I managed to get over it.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2087323)

Another completely negative and offensive comments about Black culture? Rap has been the predominant popular musical genre for more years than rock and roll topped the charts. You don't have to like rap or opera but you can be certain there are lots of people who enjoy it and have taken the little bit of time and effort to understand it and appreciate it as the dominant musical art form in America now.

And no, most of us would not throw up at it.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2087333)

WTF, RAP is a dominant musical art form? That is quite possibly the most stupid thing I have ever herd. In fact, it’s just as stupid as RAP itself.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2087343)

Rap is not our cup of tea. Classic Rock is what we like to listen to but do listen to Broadway show tunes as well as classical music when we can find it.

Originally Posted by GpaVader (Post 2087199)

The Blonde song I was referring to was called Rapture and was released in 1980. I've heard worse...

Originally Posted by Calisport (Post 2087362)

That was actually a good song and one of the first "rap" type songs.
I'm thinking Hip Hop was what was heard which usually includes some rapping.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2087154)

The Villages radio station used to be something we totally enjoyed. We would look forward to coming to our Villages home and be able to hear the great music we grew up listening to. Much of the music was stuff we couldn’t find on other stations. Over the years the music selection has steadily gone downhill, as more crap like Michael Jackson and Disco became part of the playlist. Despite that, we have remained loyal and continued to listen to the station. Today at approximately 1:44 PM that all changed. Something happened that I never expected from the Villages radio station, they played RAP. For us, that’s a game changer, it brought back bad memories of the Super Bowl halftime show. We refuse to listen to a station that broadcasts noise pollution instead of music. By by WVLG!

Originally Posted by Fredman (Post 2087422)

Sorry you rap fans but, I don’t consider rap to be music.