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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:10 PM Original message |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. It was ninjas. nt |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Jackie Robinson |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. . . . . . or Jimi Hendricks? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ali |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. I'm going to give it to Ali as well |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. You can't give it to Ali without giving it to Sam Cooke |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Guess I'll have to look into that |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Good point. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Chuck Yaeger was the first. |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. As much as i want to say Marley... it was neither. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. How do we separate music from sport? |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
70. How can we lump music and sport together? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. It was Nat King Cole. He had his own TV show, fer cripesakes! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Profound |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. or, as Bob Dylan said recently: |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I would have said Little Richard, but I"d never argue with Dylan! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. Love Chuck |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
61. Chuck, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Fats Domino, etc. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. You do a disservice to so many pioneers before them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Not at all. Those wonderful entertainers made a difference |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I met Sidney in a supermarket in Nassau |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. Don't forget... |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
49. Michael would probably be the first to tell you you're correct |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
62. Johnny Mathis recorded the best make out music ever. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I loved him. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here in the states, Michael did it mainstream. No doubt. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. But Marley was rocking in California in the early 70s n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Sure but you try having two kids between 1974 and 77 in a working class family. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. LOL |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. It's cool because those kids gave me back amazing music. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. I saw Marley live in concert FOUR TIMES in Minnesota. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Where's Sam Cooke on that list |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. I beg your indulgence! I'm fucking OLD, I can't remember ALL the names! |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think that there was someone for every decade |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't think you can pin it down so easily |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Michael or Donny? |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. A picture of the two of them from 1974 |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. 12 year old white girls |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Which generation? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Good question |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Thanks. As you know, M$Greedia is but a fart in time. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You know M$Greedia is clueless re fundamental cultural |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Purposefully clueless. Yes. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. True but you'd think a few journalists knew something about cultural |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I wish. I truly do. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. Duke Ellington, Al Hibbler (did a recording of Unchained Melody |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Satchmo----no contest. |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
72. Bingo! |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. Frederick Douglass. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. Don't forget the women! It was Josephine Baker! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yep the African American stars were very influential |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. Reagan won the White House by using racism as a platform plank. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. Excellent post |
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mth44sc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. Stevie Wonder |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. My mom fell in love with Stevie Wonder |
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mth44sc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. I loved Stevie |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. I love Stevie too |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. Disco sucks |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. You're about 30 years too late honey. Thanks for playin' |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. It looks that way |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
39. Jackie Robinson. Chubby Checker. Ella. Aretha. Count Basie. Smokey Robinson. The Supremes. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
41. Louis Armstrong |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'd say they broke different barriers |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Depends on where you were |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. I dunno about this question. My father came from a very white ethnic |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Yep but it is the barriers that your dad broke that |
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Boddingham (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
54. George Washington Carver |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
63. Lena Horne |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Class act. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
68. Neither. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Yes the Beatles influenced cultural developments profoundly |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
69. It was Jackie Robinson & Sidney Poitier |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
71. Paul Robeson broke both the color and ideological barriers. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. My dad went to his grave believing that |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:57 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Thank you! |
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