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Renard

Guest
What has 'contemporary rnb' i.e. the bland genre of music championed by the music industry got to do with Rhythm & Blues? I never did get it :wacko:
 
Couldn't be any further from the original in my opinion and the modern day artists couldn't lace the boots of the genuine article :sad:
 

Tim Bennet.

Entirely Average Member
Location
S of Kendal
If you ever get to see 'The Hamsters', they have a routine where theymake it very clear, for the benefit of any younger people in the audience, that what they play is RnB and the accurate name for modern contemporary stuff is in fact; 'a load of f**king b*LLocks'.
 

Mr Pig

New Member
mad al said:
Couldn't be any further from the original in my opinion and the modern day artists couldn't lace the boots of the genuine article

Totally agree, it's an insult to them. Black artists made pretty much the best music in the world but today's black artists have no idea. How did that happen?
 

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
Wheeledweenie said:
Are you guys serious?!

Modern RnB means Rhythm and Bass.
ahem! Young person alert!

Now young lady, there are gentlemen smoking their pipes in this thread. Isn't there something else you should be doing?


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ttcycle

Cycling Excusiast
dellzeqq said:
ahem! Young person alert!

Now young lady, there are gentlemen smoking their pipes in this thread. Isn't there something else you should be doing?


GoThroughYourWardrobe.jpg
:ohmy::biggrin:
 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
Yes, R'n'B means a load of old geezers playing 12 bar, with white hair, denim waistcoats, deck shoes and white socks. :ohmy:
The clpatrap that gets called RnB these days is apparently "urban contemporary" (aka pile 'o' shite) :biggrin:
 

darkstar

New Member
Jeez i've had this argument with my dad a few times before! When you lot think about modern R n B (Bass) which artists do you think of? I can guarantee their all mainstream crap. Delve deeper and you'll find some great talent, especially in the UK.
As for calling rap, 'crap'.......... (you're rapping youself :o)
But seriously, there's so much history involved, it's ignorant to call it crap, fine if it's personal preference but everyone should respect talent and culture when they see it!
 

Wheeledweenie

Über Member
I shall return to my knitting in due course but may I just point out that although I alerted you to the modern definition of RnB at no point did I say it wasn't rubbish, because it is.
 

Flying_Monkey

Recyclist
Location
Odawa
I'm afraid to puncture the balloon of most the ageing white men on the thread, but the (mostly black) musicians who do RnB have more right to the term and what it means than you. Music evolves and changes. Is there anyone here who thinks Ornette Coleman isn't jazz because it isn't trad New Orleans style, or that large orchestras are just wrong?

And there's a thin line between knowing what you like and simple prejudice. I'm not sure how far some of you are over that line, but some of the generic comments about rap and RnB certainly smell a bit funny.

There are, as the great Count Basie once said, two kinds of music: good music and bad music.

Why do people even start threads like this?
 
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