XREF alt.music.*: History Of Pop

[Jim Brown]

>Subject: Re: A HISTORY OF POP
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>Simon Clarke wrote:
>>
>> A BRIEF HISTORY OF POP
>>
>> It is generally acknowledged that rock and roll began with the
>> black people of America, stretching back to their African origins.
>> Several accounts of eighteenth century adventurers indicate that
>> 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' was in fact a Zulu tribal anthem.
>> After briefly acknowledging this fact of the origin of pop,
>> most histories thereafter ignore it and get on to Elvis.
>> And so will this one.

[Snip]

>> No
>> Americans did anything of note in the sixties. None.
>>
>> Well, maybe a few. Bob Dylan was a man with things on his mind.
>> He composed songs about Really Serious And Important Things
>> such as . . . ummm . . . well . . . actually, what important
>> things did Dylan say? Jimi Hendrix was another man with things
>> on his mind, but these things were of a chemical variety.

[Snip.]

>> America finally got with the programme with Nirvana and Smashing
>> Pumpkins. Their songs are about how much they hate themselves.

[Snip.]

>> Thus ends this brief history of rock and roll music. What has
>> been given here is an unopinionated, straightforward account
>> of the facts which leaves the reader to draw his or her own
>> general conclusions about this unique art form.

[Please don't attribute this to me ... I'm only sharing it with the readers of
r.m.dylan ... Before you respond at all, though, you should in all fairness
check out the original. --JB]

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