OT: An A Legend Is Gone

Atrocities · #1 December 25th, 2006, 08:51 PM

He will be missed.

Rest in peace and thank you for all the wonderful years.

Renegade 13 · #2 December 25th, 2006, 11:33 PM

My opinion on this is...

...eh.

His music wasn't to my taste at all. It's too bad he died, but no more so than anyone dying in my opinion.

President_Elect_Shang · #3 December 26th, 2006, 01:43 AM

Almost all the great artists are gone. He and Roy Orbison were two of my all time favorites. Rod Stewart�

Atrocities · #4 December 26th, 2006, 03:12 AM

Its not to taste in music as to why I feel a true legend has passed Ren, its the fact the he made the music he made that makes him a legend.

I may not like RAP, but those artists who make RAP special are just as important to the history of RAP and music in general as Elvis Presley or Tex Williams were to their respected chosen musical asperation.

MrToxin · #5 December 26th, 2006, 03:23 AM

"His rapid- footed dancing inspired Mick Jagger"

'nuff said.

Randallw · #6 December 26th, 2006, 03:57 AM

<removed>

Never mind. I can't be bothered getting into a debate about the merits, or lack thereof, of rap music.

President_Elect_Shang · #7 December 26th, 2006, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Randallw said:
...the merits, or lack thereof, of rap music.

Don�t get me started on that genre. It�s hard enough to remind myself that it is music.

Atrocities · #8 December 26th, 2006, 08:25 PM

I only know of a few people who really enjoy and like RAP. I like some of it, but that percentage would be around 2% of the total overall RAP avaible.

I too do not want to comment about RAP listeners as RAP in general is made for a specific class of people who for the most part generally don't like people like me. Oh well.

HoneyBadger · #9 December 28th, 2006, 06:27 AM

Rap, whether you happen to like it or not, is a field of music from which a great deal of innovation comes. Personally, I don't listen to it for pleasure very often, but I do keep an eye on the directions it goes in and I pay attention to the best artists. As someone or other probably said, art doesn't have to be nice. It's got value because it's art. Not that I'm saying all rap is art, just like I wouldn't consider all country-western music to be art, or whichever genre you happen to like best. I do strongly believe, however, that if enough music of a given type is being made-whatever the process-some of it's going to be very good. It seems to be human nature. Good music is as close as anything to being universal.
James Brown seems to have been a deeply flawed person-just like the rest of us-and he also made the world richer and better. I personally like his music (probably, I admit, because he is an innovator and a legend as much as for the music's merits) and I can't fault anyone for giving of themselves to the world, which if you're an artist, you'll understand that he did.

Renegade 13 · #10 December 28th, 2006, 07:12 PM

I must say that I disagree. The majority of rap music that I have listened to, and that I have seen the music videos for (which I admit, is very few, but still more than I would have liked), is definitely not art.

Anything that predominantly talks about "nig****, *****es and hoes", and which, in their videos, shows nothing but scantily clad women dancing provocatively can't be art, in my definition of the word.