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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] question/observation

From: Mark Pring <markpringnz@...>
Date: 2007-11-13

R+B: Dave Bartholomew, Chuck Berry, almost anything
released on the Chess label in the 50's.

Beyonce? Arrghhh!

> Was the R&B misleading labeling question regarding
> the heavily produced,
> rap-influenced Beyonce-type radio stuff that is out
> now? I've never been an
> R&B person, but I've been wondering how the music
> that I hear referred to as
> that style currently is actually going over with
> fans of the traditional
> styleset, because this new stuff sure doesn't have
> much similarity to the
> old.
>
> Which only makes my question more relevant, are
> people today just too lazy
> to come up with names? Sure, language evolves and
> labels are elastic, but
> this practice is as misleading as calling cats dogs.
>
>



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