Do you watch Nashville?
It's amazing how they think that that music is universal.
It's amazing how they think that that music is universal.
Even if all it's really done is prove social Darwinism as assholes develop verbal camouflage to hide their offensiveness.
I always wondered why A.A. Milne wrote about Winnie the Shit.Please, I thought the word was spelt Pooh until 3 months ago.
I had a friend, who was finally told on his 21st birthday that who had always been told was his older sister, had always in truth been his biological mother.
Family.
Always good for a laugh.
J, you are smarter than this. What you said here is basically a bunch of privilege-denying, culture-erasing bullshit.
I knew that was coming. I just knew it, but no, this isn't about privilege, this is about music, and before the argument begins, I'm heading it off by saying I'm not going to argue with you about it. Music is music. It's not black, or white, and anyone can make it, anyone can share it, and they can express it however they like.
Sure. But music isn't made in a void. Music is made within a cultural context. And music is for an audience. Written with an audience in mind. Either for a broad appeal--like Swift's work, or for a more select audience, like Tom Waits or Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Certainly artists can grab work from other cultures and make them their own, hopefully in new and exciting ways. But, to pull without understanding the cultural context... that's either pretty naive or self-centered.
To say it is universal, is both correct and incorrect at the same time.
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