Posted on 04/08/2022 4:36:42 AM PDT by Bikkuri
I was getting more depressed as I was going through the 70s/80s music.. then I came across this..
The same people do not realize the Mills Brothers were black. Also, a LOT of other Americans didn’t know it either.
Same here. I literally feel like I am living in a foreign country.
IMO a lot of what we see in these black “reaction” videos is play acting meant to entertain white folks.
They never got a good look.
Back in those days, homes were lit by glow worms.
Glimmer glimmer.
Incidentally, I also thought at first that they were black. The song found a home on Boss Radio 93 KHJ, where it got lots of airplay in the closing weeks of 1966.
This was great. Thanks.
Imagine my surprise to find that Gretchen Van Fleet had a male lead singer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co
“They are simply not integrated into the greater society.”
I used to do safety orientations for subcontractors. One day I had two people, a young white guy and a young black guy. When I called people up to get their badges I used whatever name they put on their paperwork. The white guys name was James. When he was walking back to his chair the black guy said, “why he call you James?”. The white guy said, “what?”. The black guy said, “he called you James, I thought your name was Jimmy”. The black guy had no idea that the nickname for James is Jimmy. How could he possibly not know that? Because he is from an entirely different culture.
“I could have sworn that they were Filipino.”
Filipinos are damned good imitators. I saw a woman in Olongapo who sounded exactly like Barbara Streisand. It was pretty impressive.
“And why isn’t it “White”?”
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It should be ‘People of White’. 😂😂
It seems there were a lot of sad and depressing songs in the mid-1970's--like "Wildfire," "Seasons in the Sun," and "Emma." These seemed appropriate for the era of Cold War defeats, stagflation and malaise that preceded the Reagan presidency and Morning in America.
I LOVE watching all kinds of reaction videos on YouTube. Music, movies, comedy sketches, you name it, there’s a reaction video for it. It’s great watching someone discover a song or movie that I’ve always loved. It’s like getting to enjoy it again for the first time! We have so much more in common than we think.
ROFL!!!
Maybe, I’m sure there are those of every era but I never found disco hokey or cheesey much less depressing so probably in the minority here. :)
...reversing decades of public school indoctrination...
The first black guy is surrounded by racist Washington Redskins gear.
The irony, of course, is that, other than Barry, the Bee Gees did not stay alive (hah, hah, hah, hah)!
True story. The Bee Gees’ first disco hit (one of the first by anyone) was a song called “Jive Talkin’”. To get to the Ocean Boulevard recording studio in South Florida, the Gibbs had to drive over a long wooden bridge.
One day, Barry is listening to the rhythm of the tires bouncing along the wooden planks and decided he could use it in a song. What came out was the beginnings of a song he called “Drive Talking” which didn’t really have any meaning. But he played it for one of the studio engineers who suggested he should change the name to “Jive Talking”.
“Jive??”, asked Barry. “What’s ‘Jive’”?
Someone had to explain to these Aussies what the word “jive” meant. So then the lyrics were re-written and the Bee Gees had their first #1 hit since “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”.
Actually, you can understand the confusion by Black people, particularly after they were told that the band were all brothers.
Bee Gees were white?
Well, for years I thought the Righteous Brothers were black until I saw an album cover. Go figure!
If I didn’t know it was the Bee Gees singing this, I would not have assumed they were black. Is it the falsetto that throws people off? They sound like white guys singing falsetto. It’s in the timbre of their voices. Ethnicity and cultural background often make a difference in accent and the sound of the voice. Besides, the style of the music doesn’t sound black. Compare the Bee Gees and Earth, Wind, and Fire to see what I mean.
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