Don on the sociocultural foundations of twangophobia
> Which is the way it's *always* been here in the States, particularly when
> you're dealing with people who come from a socioeconomic background
> different from the traditional country music audience (or for that matter,
> from the modern country music audience). It's class snobbery, pure and
> simple.
A general cultural prejudice, not class only. But yep, in a nutshell.
This is why Elvis is such a bombshell. No matter what the protectors of
official and established cultural forms said, the people still said YES!
Pop culture is beautiful,
--junior
