christopherotto (cotto1@gl.umbc.edu)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:43:01 -0800
i think all this shows is that there is alot of intertextuality in music. i
mean i am sure people still believe in the whole one person's expression
deal but i find seeing each person's work as being a new persepctive as
being more useful. i mean i could say mos def is stealing communication
theories and putting a pop spin on them but i don't , as i think he is
putting his perspective on other's concepts which isn't much different than
what the rolling stones did.
christopherotto
----- Original Message -----
From: RCListen2000 <rcooper3@excite.com>
To: Manire, Aaron D <amanire@indiana.edu>; 'Steve Catanzaro'
<stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 2:09 PM
Subject: The townspeople kick the giant's #$% back up the hill.
> You made this deft observation all on your own. Yea he uses the chili
> peppers hook so what! And yea he says certain white people aint got no
> soul, but the important part of the song is.....THEY AINT COME UP WITH
THAT
> S**T ON THEY OWN! Which is what the whole song is truly about, the people
> he dissed in that song are white people (for the most part) that get tons
of
> credit for their so-called credit to music without giving the credit to
the
> people WHO HELPED THEM CREATE IT!!!! People like Elvis, The Rolling
Stones,
> and numerous others. He also names white people WHO DO GIVE CREDIT (Limp
> Biskit, Korn) but he personally (and he says that!) does not like he
instead
> prefers Fishbone and Bad Brains. There's your dichomatic bulls**t,
> explained.
>
> "Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one." -some really
> wiseperson
> peace
> Ralph
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