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>You and the smart guy in the message below this one are obviously very >angry non-americans. as far as blues and rock goes, you need to maybe take >AMERICAN history and learn that not only was blues and ragtime and rock >WIDELY accepted by american audiences when they were created, they also >started revolutions for the times. I'm not to sure what's got your goat but surely no-one can deny that there is a long history of US musical talents being ignored in their homeland just because they don't fit the narrow criteria of the mass market. Quite a few Jazz musicians such as Bud Powell, Don Cherry moved to Europe because they found that they received greater appreciation than in the US. In the 60's Blues musicians were given a new lease of life by interest in Europe of their music (although it was due to US academics such as Alan Lomax that their music was documented in the first place). The Northern Soul scene in the 70's also brought many forgotten R&B singers out of retirement in the USA to appear in front of ecstatic audiences in the North of England. This has continued until the current day as soul legends such as Sam Dees and Terry Callier owe the resurrection of their careers to their re-discovery by record collectors in Europe and Japan. Surely Techno owes a lot of it longevity to support from overseas markets. Without constant record sells in markets such as Germany and Japan, the incandescance of the detroit music scene in the 1980's may have been a forgotten footnote in dance music history. I don't think such an event as DEMF could have been such a success if it had been held in the early 90's. It's due to the determination and consistant creativity of the musicians in Detroit and support from overseas markets that the music has been able to find a niche for itself in the US. >FYI from california, you are very bold to say that kind of shit on a mailing >list invloving Americans. Not only does your opinion hold no value, it also >lacks intelligence. It is your closed-mindedness that keeps the world from >being a nice place to live. No one cares about how you perceive "american >audiences"- YOU are the epidemy of cheesey and wack I don't know if these opinions are the result of some ill-conceived patriotism but I'm sure everyone will agree that Nationalism is a puerile sentiment and it's presence on any mailing list is to be despised. >and obviously are getting you opinion from the BBC- I'm not too sure why the BBC comes under attack from your bile, but I'm sure they won't be losing any sleep over it. Matt.
