David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists | MTV News

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• fiendishplan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love how he wouldn’t drop it, was polite but firm in his stance and 100% right at the time MTV ignored black music.

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  • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    MTV ignored black music because most radio stations did. MTV was a big risk and the financiers weren’t looking to take risks on pushing a new genre of music that wasn’t mainstream with most audiences at that time.

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    • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a poor excuse that doesn’t justify anything.

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• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No-one needs anyone, they don’t even just pretend

  I’m afraid of Americans 
  I’m afraid of the world 
  I’m afraid I can’t help it 
  I’m afraid I can’t

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• Lemmist@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Isn’t it just a genre-related situation? Blacks don’t make much rock/metal/whatever. And rap/hip-hop have a limited amount of fans.

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  • LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My dude. Please learn a little bit about the history of music. It’s ok to be ignorant of it. You grew up in a country that has appropriated and stolen the art forms of black artist since before jazz music even existed.

    But some of us use this massive source of information called “The Internet” to actually learn. Seriously, there is so much interesting shit out there. You don’t even need to be “woke”. You can literally just be interested in where music genres came from and their influence. If you do even a little bit of listening you’ll learn about how heavily every form of “pop” culture is heavily heavily influenced by black culture and in turn monetized by capitalist for profit.

    Today they “face” of which is exploited black artist. But in the past was often a “white face” that was used to monetize black culture.

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    • Lemmist@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You don’t know where I grew up.

      History means nothing here. Influence means nothing here. “appropriated and stolen the art forms” – this doesn’t even make sense.

      There is a channel that plays a set of genres in some proportions.
      There are bands that play different genres in some proportions.
      Channel select bands according to its set of preferred genres.

      Now do a “Venn diagram” or whatever might help you to think.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “blacks”

    I’m judging you now. It’s been decades since this has been ok to say. C’mon, catch up.

    “Don’t make much rock”

    I think you mean to say they literally invented rock.

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  • Whateley@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bro acting like Jim Hendrix, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard don’t exist.

    As of 2023, Rap/hip-hop is the most popular genre in the US.

    billboard.com/…/top-music-genres-2023-rankings-an…

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• __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Scared to death by Prince?

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  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pearls were clutched

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