Goldbrick
532 posts
Jul 15, 2014
5:19 AM
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/15/you-can-t-steal-a-culture-in-defense-of-cultural-appropriation.html
I guess some folks worry about this. If it feels right do it- I say
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Frank
4818 posts
Jul 15, 2014
5:52 AM
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Reminds me of these guys... this song just gets funkier as it goes on :)
The Wild Magnolias They Call Us Wild LP [1975]
Last Edited by Frank on Jul 15, 2014 5:55 AM
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JustFuya
325 posts
Jul 15, 2014
7:30 AM
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#2 all-time best selling single by a female group in the UK. Appropriation?
Last Edited by JustFuya on Jul 15, 2014 9:33 AM
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kudzurunner
4783 posts
Jul 15, 2014
9:37 AM
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The word appropriate is a Rorschach test. How to you hear it? It's actually two words, and they have somewhat opposite meanings. Which word, and meaning, do YOU hear?
People who always do the appropriate thing may be good artists, but they're rarely great artists. Great artists need to break rules sometimes--and one does that by doing the inappropriate thing, including appropriating stuff from all cultural directions.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Jul 15, 2014 9:37 AM
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DukeBerryman
401 posts
Jul 15, 2014
9:47 AM
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Is it possible for men to appropriate women's culture? Bluegrass guitar was developed by the women in the Carter family, but now mostly dudes play it.
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JInx
820 posts
Jul 15, 2014
3:17 PM
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"Women's culture" that's just silly.
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Ted Burke
72 posts
Jul 15, 2014
5:18 PM
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The bald fact is that everyone borrows from everyone else ; we, as members of particular ethnic and cultural, may segregate ourselves from each other geographically and economically, but the music that we feel is our cultural right passes through the barriers and is heard by anyone who desires to hear it. What is heard when one grows up becomes loved (or detested, sometimes) and influences us, and for musicians, music one comes to love and is influenced gets used. Paul Butterfield played blues harmonica, Ray Charles performed country music, Wynton Marsalis is a classical musician specializing in Hayden, Elvis was inspired by Big Bill Broonzy and Arthur Crudup, and Arthur Lee, the African American leader of the classic band Love, was inspired by Mick Jagger and the Byrds. The borrowing, too often termed "appropiation" , is unavoidable in a culture such as ours, it is unavoidable and it is needed by all of us. It keeps things new, it revitalizes the music we listen to, it makes this other wise miserable existence tolerable. The real discussion starts when we stopped being knee jerk moralists and discuss instead how well musicians use the motifs they have borrowed from other cultures.
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BronzeWailer
1344 posts
Jul 15, 2014
5:52 PM
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From the Rutles documentary. Skip ahead to around 4:45 where there's a bit about their influences. :)
BronzeWailer's YouTube
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Frank
4828 posts
Jul 15, 2014
6:46 PM
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Here is a culture to explore and learn some tricks :)
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Goldbrick
534 posts
Jul 16, 2014
10:33 AM
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another "appropriation"
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