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Cherie 11-03-2017 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 9246928)
You cant really control what fans sing or chant though.
:clap1:

Cherie 11-03-2017 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by arista (Post 9246806)
Blame NWA
1988
they started it all.

"feck the police" track, sold very well
even with white folk
Even selling today, no less


They were educated
not from slums
ref : Paxman Live interview
Newsnight 1988

Youtube video
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Livia 12-03-2017 11:19 AM
Can someone please tell the "black academics" that I don't mind that the song about Moses and the Jews in Egypt (Let My People Go) was adopted as a negro spiritual. We don't mind sharing.

Alf 12-03-2017 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Brother Leon (Post 9246792)
Well, if they were singing songs with strong connotations to slavery then I'm sure we would...
Most songs have a connection to something, most have meaning and history, just like most words.

As long as that song isn't actually committing slavery, then what's the problem?


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