> Agreed, a fascinating read. I think that Ward has
> really nailed it. The decisions/challenges people made
> to pursue their art, live their lives, change their
> lives... I wonder that how many outside of the US
> realise just how big a deal this is/was? I think
> this is a must read for music fans.
What I thought was the coolest thing was how a lot of the social content
that he refers to seems to have originally been subconcious on the part of
the songwriters...but it made sense. How they weren't so much writing
about certain issues, but how those issues contributed to the stmosphere
under which the songs were written. He talked about "The Roach" by Gene &
Wendell being a reflection of ghetto life, and that's something that had
never occurred to me before. But yeah, ghettos have lots of cockroaches.
And when you see one, you kill it. Why not make a dance out of it?
jason.
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