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music radio : WHY DO BLACK PEOPLE HATE ROCK MUSIC?

[+] serious ballot by OasisDesertStar
created Mon May 15, 06

I, for one, love rock 'n' roll music, as well as R&B, classic soul and reggae. I also like a little bit of country, jazz, gospel, Middle Eastern music (the kind that belly dancers move to), Spanish guitar and Indian (sitar) music.

Mine was a very music-minded household; my father (may God rest his soul) enjoyed classical music, Broadway show tunes, and a bit of easy listening music--I mean, he loved almost all kinds of music, from Frank Sinatra to the Grateful Dead; from show tunes like "Oh, Calcutta!" to Neil Diamond. However, he didn't care for the hard rock and heavy metal I loved to listen to sometimes, depending largely on my mood of the moment.

And as for my mother, she was born and raised in the South, so she and her 8 siblings grew up mostly on country musicm with a little bit of gospel thrown in for good measure.

For a long time, I've been dissed and bad-mouthed for my personal choices and tastes by my so-called "own people", though there had been a handful of others of my race who were into rock. On my turf, some of them gushed with praise for groups and artists like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Doors, KISS, Aerosmith...hey, just because WE like rock doesn't make us "Oreos".

So, when I say "my people", I don't mean all blacks necessarily; "my people are those human beings dedicated to wiping out racism in all its ugly forms.

Now, I'm waiting for your responses...why do YOU, any black person, hate what you like to call "white boys' noise"?

Not all of them hate it	26%
Many/Most Blacks like rock	25%
They like music with a primitive jungle beat	22%
I hate it because I just hate all whites.	16%
I just don't like it, it's not my style.	10%
I just don't get it.	0%

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COMMENTS:
Can't answer this, because I'm a Black man who's listening to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" as he types.

by Truthseeker013 on Mon May 15, 06 1:41pm [+]

Can you say "Jimi Hendrix"?

by FiddleFaddleOnLSD on Mon May 15, 06 1:43pm [+]

As for why this phenomenon exists, best thing I can suggest ids that it's a generational/locational thing. Everyone I know in my generation prefers rock. Everyone I know in the following generation prefers hip-hop. It's just what the radio was tossing out at the time. As for locational, I was blessed enough to grow up in earshot of the two greatest MOR (middle-of-the-road)stations in Creation. I got everything from the Ohio Players to Charlie Daniels.

by Truthseeker013 on Mon May 15, 06 1:44pm [+]

Don't be so general.

by xxxxxxxx on Mon May 15, 06 2:07pm [+]

Chuck Berry, Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix

by elvislennon on Mon May 15, 06 2:49pm [+]

Oasis, rock and roll has its roots in Black music, and there is a whole volume of "crossover" music which fuses rock and soul.

As we move forward in time, all those labels and distinctions we make based on race will melt away. With or without racists.

by xxxxxxxx on Mon May 15, 06 3:24pm [+]

Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy was black, too.

by DingleDUNG on Mon May 15, 06 9:42pm [+]

I know its off topic, but Im guessing most people would spend time with a muslim than that twat IslamHater...

... just a thought.

by Steelhamster on Tue May 16, 06 2:43am [+]

I don't think most blacks hate rock, they just don't like it. I believe the fraction of the white population that hates rap is larger than the fraction of blacks who hate rock.

by thc2883 on Tue May 16, 06 3:07am [+]

because they dont wear golds in their mouth and their pants down to there knees and look like a bunch of thugs

by hurricane on Tue May 16, 06 4:40am [+]

Word.

by Gnomehunter1 on Tue May 16, 06 5:05am [+]

I think it has more to do with what you grew up with, rather than color of your skin.

by LCD on Thu May 18, 06 10:46am [+]

I've been in Rock bands with black people.

by RobinGaylord on Thu May 18, 06 3:36pm [+]

Rock began with blacks. Hendrix, Berrie, Little Richard. I think that most black people (and people of other races) don't like the heavy metal stuff. It just doesn't sound like music. You can't dance to it, you can't make love to it, and it jangles your nerves. I think it's the same for a lot of annoying rap music. Some music just doesn't do it for some folks. Personal choice, Friend. People tend to shy away from music that says nothing, and evokes no feeling.

"Janis Joplin Fan".

by Eureka on Sun May 28, 06 6:40pm [+]

Maybe because everytime blacks create some kind of music this time being rock the whites steal it. Rap is next.

by US_MarineCorp69 on Mon Sep 11, 06 2:53pm [+]

I do like rock, or did. we were the people who created it in the first place. I just like rock today, because its very... white? i couldnt think of any other way to put it...

by Guest User from [74.244.56.88] on Sat Oct 21, 06 8:12pm [+]

well, im a 13 year old Black girl and i love rock and metal. Its basically my life. Sure, majority of Blacks dislike rock or anything with fast guitar riffs and drums with screaming blended in with the noise. And there's actually more Blacks who like Rock more than you think. So, you really can't say why black people hate rock music but, why do majority of black people hate it. And most of them dont hate it, its just not their style.

by Guest User from [152.163.101.11] on Sun Oct 22, 06 6:41am [+]

Voted : Not all of them hate it
I am white but i dont see why we some of us hate black people... What harm do they ever do to us? they dont bomb us or anything... they mix with our culture... and most of them are cristian!

by Guest User from [81.98.75.153] on Wed Nov 08, 06 12:10pm [+]

rock is gay

by Guest User from [70.180.87.162] on Sat Feb 17, 07 5:36pm [+]

I love rock music and Im black! I love all music except country. I listen to heavy metal and everything.

by Guest User from [75.62.76.5] on Tue Mar 04, 08 10:29am [+]

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