I don’t believe you when you say you just listened to a genre of music in your small hick town and you just ignored R&B, Rap, Hip Hop, House, and anything that’s Afro adjacent including Jazz. I don’t. I don’t believe you when you say this when we’re talking about Stevie Wonder. I don’t believe anything on what you say when you say that tired ol excuse.
I lived in fucking Spring, Texas. Do you know how much country I had fucking HEAR in ear shot? I didn’t write it off as just Country Music, I took note of it. Blake Shelton. Kenney Cheesney. Toby Keith. Tim Mcgraw. FUCKING RASCAL FLATTS.
You probably didn’t listen to it because it’s not your scene and you just didn’t care until it was time to care about black music when it became impossible to ignore. That’s fine. I am okay with the idea that you, a white person who has pronouns that are (it/its) in michigan of all places you had to make your own space.
That’s legit fine. The white guy who works at my job who works in a cubicle doesn’t fuck with rap because he’s from Ohio who wears cowboy boots, belt buckles that has rodeo on it. That’s fine.
I am okay with that. It doesn’t shock me in the slightest. It doesn’t offend me, it offends me that you as my friend, someone who I play DND is going to lie to me about who you are as if I couldn’t handle it due to my own sensibilities.
I can’t even figure out what was on your chest.
it offends me that you as my friend, someone who I play DND is going to lie to me about who you are as if I couldn’t handle it due to my own sensibilities.
yeah its still not enough. they are lying to you about music they enjoy?
that tired ol excuse.
I lived in fucking Spring, Texas
“I did so you must have” is a little fallacious, as logic goes.
I know, but come on man. This person had no idea who the fuck was Stevie Wonder. Seriously? Really? And you got internet access? You’re not that sheltered.
Let me just say one name: Igor Stravinsky.
He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.
And I don’t recall knowing of him. Is that the point of your comment?
EDIT: and what was it, obligatory XKCD one of today’s lucky 10,000
I did a research paper for music class in middle school on Stavinsky. Holy call back. Im def going to spend my afternoon down this rabbit hole now, thanks
Not in Texas, but I did largely ignore country. Sure I did find out that I liked anything that could be called ‘folk music’ (or some derivative) instead, but I don’t think I was ever able to explain that to my grandmother beyond ‘Johnny Cash is fine’. Worse with whatever people were playing in their car, 99% of the time ‘off’ was likely the only alternative. I think this is a genre definition problem with country.
Also there’s tendency to listen to singles/hits and not look much beyond that, disinterest in instrumental music and love songs.
Closest thing I like to rap is Aesop Rock (and even then I like the stuff that breathes a little and isn’t too repetitive). Though I have also looked into a few iconic songs and sample usage, but that hasn’t really done much to my music library. Similar things with Gorillaz and their collabs (though I also stopped at Plastic Beach).
Gorillaz come out with some new stuff, The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad god. It’s pretty good, came out a few months ago. I hadnt listened to them since plastic beach either
