The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for April 07, 2011
April 06, 2011
April 08, 2011
Transcript:
Granddad: Lookin' at all these lil' white girls and boys on the MTV tryin' to look black and talk black and sing black reminds me how much has changed from back in the day... Huey: How? Granddad: Our white wannabes had talent!
Savvo almost 14 years ago
Oh,how true!
pbarnrob almost 14 years ago
Like maybe, Al Jolson? Comments there, too of interest…
crlinder almost 14 years ago
In some cases. For Elvis, surely he’s right, but not for Pat Boone.
lotterywinner almost 14 years ago
No. He means like The Rascals, Elvis, Dave Brubeck, you know, real white folks with talent they borrowed
tedcoop almost 14 years ago
Someone’s misreading this, certainly… but when did Pat Boone ever try to act/sing/look black? Am I missing something, there?
crlinder almost 14 years ago
tedcoop,
Back in the day, Pat Boone often sang songs that were originally recorded by Black artists to make them palatable to White audiences. Check out Boone’s Wikipedia entry. It’s mentioned in the very first paragraph.
Remember, the country was still segregated for the most part back then, and it wasn’t acceptable in many communities for Whites to purchase and listen to Black music.
White audiences bought Pat Boone’s records by the million, but his versions lacked the soul and funkiness of the Black originals by most folks’ reckoning.
Elvis, on the other hand, copied Black styles and sang some songs that were originally Black hits, e.g., “Hound Dog,” but at least he had a sense of soul and rhythm.
artybee almost 14 years ago
Stones, Clapton, Zep, etc., re-introduced American blues to American whites.
steelersneo almost 14 years ago
Pat Boone was a product of the record industry brought about in an effort to combat Chuck Barry and Little Richard. Remember, this was a time when Doris Day was considered Pop.