Rocker Backs Rap
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He might be an old-time rocker, but we have new-found respect for Pete Townshend, guitarist for the Who.
Townshend stuck up for rap after one of his fans on his website said that rap was dominating the pop charts.
"Rap and hip-hop is the music of the street today. The street is where rock came from. When the white rock players and their fans stopped hanging out on the street, and started hanging out in restaurants, the reality shifted."
"You assume I will agree with you that rock has lost its grip on the masses. Firstly, it never had a grip on the black audience, they've always had their own music styles and special coded language which rap has now formalized. I also reject the use of the word 'stranglehold' - it suggests a noble rock 'n' roll tree is being starved of air and nurture by the weeds of rap. I am a huge fan of rap - even Eminem has a real connection to the work I did when I was young."
You tell 'em Townshend, you tell 'em!
He might be an old-time rocker, but we have new-found respect for Pete Townshend, guitarist for the Who.
Townshend stuck up for rap after one of his fans on his website said that rap was dominating the pop charts.
"Rap and hip-hop is the music of the street today. The street is where rock came from. When the white rock players and their fans stopped hanging out on the street, and started hanging out in restaurants, the reality shifted."
"You assume I will agree with you that rock has lost its grip on the masses. Firstly, it never had a grip on the black audience, they've always had their own music styles and special coded language which rap has now formalized. I also reject the use of the word 'stranglehold' - it suggests a noble rock 'n' roll tree is being starved of air and nurture by the weeds of rap. I am a huge fan of rap - even Eminem has a real connection to the work I did when I was young."
You tell 'em Townshend, you tell 'em!
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