Posted on 03/29/2007 2:58:24 PM PDT by Yardstick
Great evaluation of the left. However, being victims of our
liberal school system, it's unfortunate moonbats are unable
to think, reason or comprehend anything beyond "It's Bushes
fault". Otherwise, this piece might be a useful tool for national
healing.
Wonderful post.
Beautiful beyond words.
The documentary mentioned "Say Amen, Somebody" was just released on DVD, available through Amazon.com.
[...You see, to the arrogant left, they are always "enlightened,"
even if it means dying of a drug overdose, or promoting promiscuity,
or celebrating the disintegration of the family, or appeasing evil,
or promoting a degenerate soundtrack to cultural genocide...]
[...the Jacksons and Sharptons of the world are the real
Uncle Toms, doing their little minstrel shakedown dance
for the entertainment of white liberals -- to assuage their guilt...]
Bump.
I'll look it up. Thanks.
This is a wonderful essay. Thanks for the ping, Jo.
Miss Marple, You have frequently commented on this matter and may be interested.
HOW did I miss this???
“SAY, AMEN, SOMEBODY” is one of the most joyful movies I've ever seen. It is also one of the best musicals and one of the most interesting documentaries. And it's a terrific good time. The movie is about gospel music, and it's filled with gospel music. It's sung by some of the pioneers of modern gospel, who are now in their seventies and eighties, and it's sung by some of the rising younger stars, and it's sung by choirs of kids. It's sung in churches and around the dining room table; with orchestras and a capella; by an old man named Thomas A. Dorsey in front of thousands of people; and by Dorsey standing all by himself in his own backyard. The music in “Say Amen, Somebody”is as exciting and uplifting as any music I've ever heard on film.
http://www.ebertfest.com/four/say_amen_rev.htm
OK, first off this is a guy who obviously never listened to Michael Jackson before he turned white and went totally crazy. Thriller and Bad were two of the best pop albums ever made, and I'd rank "Smooth Criminal" as one of the top 5 pop songs ever written.
I get it that the author isn't a Hip Hop fan, but has he even listened to some of the classical music that RZA has written? Or heard the echo of Nikki Giovanni and Langston Hughes in the albums of Public Enemy?
I believe the author accurately assessed the
"DEvolution" of Michael Jackson's ... character.
Bookmark Bump!
This is the most brilliant insight I've heard in awhile. The author is exactly right.
I would point out that the same cultural devolvement can be seen in other groups. For example, the Appalachian whites who migrated north and who once had a high sense of morality and took pride in their work and in their music now have too many unwed mothers, meth-dealing young men, and far too many on the welfare rolls, something unthinkable to their grandparents.
fyi
I went to his blogsite. He is an amzing writer.
It goes on my Purchase list now.
BTW, your tag line is one of my most-posted scripture verses on FR.
Yes I am speaking in terms of large generalizations, which one must do in order to speak at all. I am well aware of the exceptions, but the volume of extraordinary black music between 1925 and 1975 is almost supernatural in its depth and scope.
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