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Willie Nelson's Lost Highway
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on November 10, 2009, 03:23:50 pm ---My experience suggests hip-hop has little or nothing to do with it, because the people involved have no contact with, nor interest in, hip-hop.
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Interesting thing about how cultural elements seep in...you don't have to be part of the culture--or even interested in it--to assimilate the elements. Suburban kids are wearing hip-hop-inspired fashions even though they might not listen to hip-hop music. There are tons of young people out there who have never broken the law, yet they sport prison-style tattoos. The "fist-bump" is another example of an element that has seeped out of hip-hop. There's no telling which element will become popular, and which ones won't.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Kelda on November 10, 2009, 03:32:43 pm ---As a fellow musician, I certainly dont see it as being a cartoonist intrumentation.
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Maybe I've been listening to too much Rossini.
:)
Clyde-B:
--- Quote from: milomorris on November 10, 2009, 04:09:59 pm ---Interesting thing about how cultural elements seep in...you don't have to be part of the culture--or even interested in it--to assimilate the elements. Suburban kids are wearing hip-hop-inspired fashions even though they might not listen to hip-hop music. There are tons of young people out there who have never broken the law, yet they sport prison-style tattoos. The "fist-bump" is another example of an element that has seeped out of hip-hop. There's no telling which element will become popular, and which ones won't.
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The people I'm talking about aren't any where near that age group.
I think you are giving hip-hop as exaggerated an influence as some people give gay culture.
bailey1205:
Oh, I think old Willie is just looking for some media attention.
He doesn't play the big concert venues anymore.
He doesn't draw them in like he did in his early days.
Clyde-B:
--- Quote from: bailey1205 on November 10, 2009, 04:22:15 pm ---Oh, I think old Willie is just looking for some media attention.
He doesn't play the big concert venues anymore.
He doesn't draw them in like he did in his early days.
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I was wondering if this particular song was a financial move to placate former fans he might have alienated with BBM. I don't know his demographics with regard to homophobic vs homosexual and which group generates him the most revenue, but I'd guess it ain't us.
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