I don't post in this thread often, but I enjoy the spirited back-and-forth of the participants. I do have a comment or two though, pertaining to my love of music and the current social climate. Perhaps not the most important thing right now, considering other issues, but important to me nonetheless.
Given recent events, what with the changing of band names, deletion of various content and the like due to racial insensitivity, my question is where exactly is the line?
Is it now really inconceivable that the Taupin/John classic "Island Girl" will be a casualty of the movement due to it's subject matter? Tell me you can't see it happening. I can, and it sucks, because the entire song is about how beautiful and desirous this woman is.
What about Harry Nilsson's classic "Coconut"? Nilsson's emulation of a Jamaican doctor in the song can be considered to be the equivalent of blackface in audio form, no? He could be posthumously villified.
By now you think I'm nuts, and you're probably right, but I just wonder where the line is. How much longer will I, as a white dude, be able to boogie to my favorite Earth, Wind & Fire tune before getting dirty looks?
There has to be a line at some point.
Thanks for reading my rant. Please don't throw things at me.
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