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Sept. 16
Jan is wearing a 20K sold 18k gold Rolex : rock and roll made him tons of money and yet he never produced one note of it : sad because some of the pioneers of it died penny less
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Tricia Geraghty commented September 16
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Tricia Geraghty
Milwaukee
Sept. 16
Deeply racist and sexist. His words about Black and female artists are truly painful in that they reflect a history and system that so undervalues the contributions of women and people of color. But that he then obliviously congratulates himself and his friends for their contributions to social change - now that’s just cringe-worthy. What an embarrassment this guy is!
I am curious though - will these friends comment on their inclusion in a book that’s now been explicit that its premise is that women and Black artists don’t have equal intellectual and musical capacity? Isn’t their participation a sort of endorsement that they also believe they are in fact “the masters”? Bono, Bruce?
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I am curious though - will these friends comment on their inclusion in a book that’s now been explicit that its premise is that women and Black artists don’t have equal intellectual and musical capacity? Isn’t their participation a sort of endorsement that they also believe they are in fact “the masters”? Bono, Bruce?
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Farmbuoy commented September 16
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Farmbuoy
Staunton, Virginia
Sept. 16
Well this interview proves a coupla things. 1) Talent and intellect are not contagious, and 2) The Generation that promoted Peace, Clean Water and Air, Women's Rights and Universal Suffrage, whose mantra was " Don't trust anybody over 30!" also produced it's proportional share of ambitious dunderheads. Rock n Roll wouldn't exist without Robert Johnson, all the Blues Masters, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. Go ahead and count the white guys all you want. And, Please guys, don't throw all of the Baby Boomers out with the bathwater. The Chamber of Commerce types and frat boys always outnumbered the Freaks.
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Lauren commented September 16
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Lauren
St. Petersburg FL
Sept. 16
I bet he’s wishing he could have edited THIS interview.
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