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90sRetroFan

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Pop culture studies
« on: February 14, 2021, 01:00:30 am »
In the pre-9/11 days, pop culture was taken much more seriously. The following archive is a good example:

http://www.grudge-match.com/History/annex.shtml

If you are confused, read this first:

http://www.grudge-match.com/Extras/whatis.html

This is what in the 90s we believed the internet was supposed to be for. (Then 9/11 happened and changed everything.....) I wonder if it is possible to revive this kind of hobbyism?
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Re: Pop culture studies
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2023, 12:36:57 pm »
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I wonder if it is possible to revive this kind of hobbyism?

There seems to be an online counterculture/subculture where this is happening, described by names like "retro web", "small web", "indie web", and other names.

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Re: Pop culture studies
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2023, 05:51:26 pm »

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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2024, 01:04:44 pm »
Beyonce vs Country Music: Texas Hold 'Em
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Why is Beyoncé's new country song, "Texas Hold 'Em," no't getting played on the radio? Chris Armstrong, a bluegrass expert, talks about the African heritage of bluegrass music. He  performs with the "Sons of Bluegrass" band, and also wrote and performed the Moonpie jingle!    • The MoonPie Jingle 


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People did “covers” all the time on “Black peoples songs “ and get a “hit “. No royalty or credit to the original owner.
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Yeah.. add a county twang and it’s no longer  black.  Dolly Parton was one of the few reverse situations where a county song was covered by a pop star, but Dolly most certainly got paid
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Led Zeppelin is the biggest offender.  Straight up ripped off old blues musicians...
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Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds. Blues was so big in England that black blues artists ate good by touring in Britain.
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Charley Pride was definitely a Black country music star. He was around for a long time.❤
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I was just recently listening to the song, O'Death, which was featured as part of the soundtrack of the movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and it has always been obvious to me that the song sounded like a Black spiritual or folk song in the way it was sang. Well, once I looked it up, though it's described as an Appalachian folk song, a printed version of it was cited in 1913, in the Journal of American Folklore as being sung by "Eastern North Carolina Negroes" circa 1908.  Newsflash, Black people resided in Appalachia also.

As I commented to another one your videos, all Black people want is for everyone to be honest, tell the truth, and give credit where it's due.  Syncretism happens over time and it's expected, however, everything African Americans have originated and contributed which has been appropriated in some form or fashion becomes effected by a revisionism of history that always attempt to erase us.   Anyway, great video with a very knowledgeable guest.