Re: THE HOT 100 // THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN MUSIC //
Phil Connor wrote: THE HOT 100 // THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN MUSIC // Blacks in music: 100 years of 100 high notes //HISTORY: Looking back on the century's most important African-Americans in the field. BEN WENER; STEVE EDDY;TIMOTHY MANGAN: The Orange County Register * 02/07/99 The Orange County Register Well these exercises serve only to rile of course, but what the hell is Michael Jackson doing perched on top of Robert Johnson and Bird Parker? I suppose it depnds on what "important" means. Anyone else surprised that Charley Pride earns not even an honorable mention? And why is the Orange County paper doing this, of all places in the country?
Re: THE HOT 100 // THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN MUSIC //
Well these exercises serve only to rile of course, but what the hell is Michael Jackson doing perched on top of Robert Johnson and Bird Parker? I suppose it depnds on what "important" means. And why is the Orange County paper doing this, of all places in the country? Stuart Well, to answer the last question first, "Who the hell knows?" They got there first, perhaps? Maybe historical irony is a necessity now and then. Anyway, as far as I could tell, Jackoff was perched on top of RJ and Bird, only--and this is the only acceptable reason--because the list was alphabetical. If I'm wrong, I'm gone, but I think that was the rationale for the listing being printed the way it was. I mean, I love "I Want You Back" as much as the next guy, but Michael Jackson shouldn't be ranked in the Top 100 unless psychologists and plastic surgeons get to vote. Lance . . . (ignoring record sales, moonwalking, and milquetoast "RB"--and loving it)
RE: THE HOT 100 // THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN MUSIC //
Well, I think Lance is right about the alphabeticalness of the list, but anyone who thinks Michael Jackson is not one of the 100 most influential Black musicians of the twentieth century just isn't thinking very hard. If there's room for Ulysses Kay - and I like his music as well as the next person - then there's certainly room for Jackson; to leave him off the list would simply make it laughable. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
