White People Didn't Steal Rock.

[Piff Perkins]

I don't like the term "steal" unless it's actually a blatant rip off (like certain Led Zeppelin songs which straight up jack riffs). Black people don't "own" rock, anyone can make it. And if you go back, bands like the Stones and Beatles treated the black originators like gods. They were in awe of Chuck Berry and those dudes, and helped revive their careers by introducing that music to a wider demographic.

Blues and "rock" lost popularity in the US as pop and r&b took over until the British Invasion. That's why Jimi had to go to London, where he was treated like a god.

 

[Poitier]

I don't like the term "steal" unless it's actually a blatant rip off (like certain Led Zeppelin songs which straight up jack riffs). Black people don't "own" rock, anyone can make it.

Cacs have been using this excuse to co-opt other people's culture since Hellenistic times

 

[IllmaticDelta]

I don't like the term "steal" unless it's actually a blatant rip off (like certain Led Zeppelin songs which straight up jack riffs). Black people don't "own" rock, anyone can make it. And if you go back, bands like the Stones and Beatles treated the black originators like gods. They were in awe of Chuck Berry and those dudes, and helped revive their careers by introducing that music to a wider demographic.

White Brits/UK people always acknowledged their black idols but these black blues musicians didn't get any love from masses of white americas. Only the hippest white americans/southern white americans were up on the Blues.

Blues and "rock" lost popularity in the US as pop and r&b took over until the British Invasion. That's why Jimi had to go to London, where he was treated like a god.

Jimi had to leave the USA because he knew he could never make a career out of Rock music there. In America "Rock" meant white music and no blacks allowed for the most part. Even now when black people do rock type music they don't get any real attention.

 

[Jhoon]

Rock can't be compared to Hiphop. Black people abandoned Rock music.

And we will abandon rap music too when those vampires become too much. Everything we do, they take it and make it soulless, and we move unto another genre until the squids discover. There's nothing as odd as white people doing blues or the genres spawned from it.

Hearing Eminem rap about his struggles or his perceived angst in some of the funniest stuff.

 

[Jhoon]

just a weird video

I always thought it was a contrived video.

 

[bigrodthe1]

I never knew that's where came from...it's even funnier viewing it now

 

[Piff Perkins]

White Brits/UK people always acknowledged their black idols but these black blues musicians didn't get any love from masses of white americas. Only the hippest white americans/southern white americans were up on the Blues.



Jimi had to leave the USA because he knew he could never make a career out of Rock music there. In America "Rock" meant white music and no blacks allowed for the most part. Even now when black people do rock type music they don't get any real attention.

Jimi was ahead of his time also. He came back with a new look and took shyt over, I respect that.

The south still loves blues/rock, and there aren't color lines. Them white dudes love that shyt no matter who is playing. Old legends from the 50s/60s still tour down there and make good money.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

blacks stole rock and roll from gospel, and it was beef back then, just read about sam cooke's early hits

british stole blues/rock and roll from the u.s.

and then the u.s. stole metal from the british

and then hip hop stole from everybody

good artists copy, great artists steal

Vastly generalised history that marginalizes the architects... How could blacks steal from themselves?

 

[the cac mamba]

I never knew that's where came from...it's even funnier viewing it now

he doesnt even look like a real person

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Jimi was ahead of his time also.

Jimi was ahead of the Brits for sure but alot the stuff he was doing outside of feedback he learned while on the southern chitlin curcuit playing with Blues, R&B and Soul guys. A big reason why he was ahead of the Brits on the guitar was because he had that R&B style they didn't know about like you hear from the likes of Cornell Dupree

The south still loves blues/rock, and there aren't color lines. Them white dudes love that shyt no matter who is playing. Old legends from the 50s/60s still tour down there and make good money.

I agree because the Blues DNA is all over the music they like the most (Rock and Country & Western)

 

[BrothaZay]

Future thread subject about HipHop
The reality is that if/when HipHop further branches into another form, that is heavily supported by non-blacks, then the same rational OP is pushing will be applied

Whites can never do hip hop like they did Rock

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

What the fukk is rockability.....never mind......shut the fukk up

 

[Gentle Jones]

Vastly generalised history that marginalizes the architects... How could blacks steal from themselves?

some church folks were highly opposed to commercial versions of gospel music. one time sam cooked tried to do a gospel comeback show and he was boo'd off the stage, he left the stage crying

with music, everyone steals from everyone. its always been that way. the traditions of american pop music go back further than our written and recorded history.

i do know this:

all american pop music pretty much came from african americans, even country music:

 

[IllmaticDelta]

even country music:

Country music came from white people from the South but yes, it's heavily rooted in the Blues from it's start. It's basically "white blues" with a twang. For example


1923 Blues



1936 Country & Western

 

[Gentle Jones]

i am referring specifically to fiddle and banjo music (a style which i am a big fan of)