> From: Jarmo Lundgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:15:27 +0300
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [commie] Re: Genres
>
>> silloin kun mtv tuli. ei vaiskaan, kyll� t�m� alkoi jo aiemmin -
>> 70-80-lukujen vaihteessa luther vandrossin, barry whiten ym. siirappisetien
>> my�t�. herrat rynniv�t usan soul - nimell� r&b - listoille. ja viimeist��n
>> vinkuhirmu w. houston l�m�isi naulat arkkuun. varsinainen oikea
>> rhythm`n`blueshan haipui pois jo 60-luvun puoliv�liss� sulautuen souliin.
>
> Yeah, but the cross-fade from rhythm&blues to soul was a long one,
> lasting several years. I myself use the term "rhythm&blues" to
> describe all kinds of rhythmic afro-american music. It describes so
> well all the stuff: soul, hiphop, funk, rap... (oh, and of course
> rhythm&blues... ;) They all use the rhythm as the very important
> ingredient. And they all are just grandchildren of blues.
and jazz, maybe?..
>
> So, in my brain, soul and hiphop are just sub-genres of
> rhythm&blues... I don't know, how orthodoxic categorization this is,
> but it helps _my_ thinking, so I don't care, whether it's the wrong
> way or the right way... ;)
well, that�s kinda reasonable thinking i suppose. too bad the mtv has fucked
up the term rhythm�n�blues giving it a meaning af being shite whinwstuff
like whitney. i hate that shit even more than eurodance or nowadays� trance.
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