Comments on: You just hate me ‘cos I’m black (again) http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/03/28/you-just-hate-me-cos-im-black-again/ candour is good Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrea http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/03/28/you-just-hate-me-cos-im-black-again/comment-page-1/#comment-164855 Andrea Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:36:53 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/03/28/you-just-hate-me-cos-im-black-again/#comment-164855 Aha, I knew at least you would be offended by this. I don't have a message, and I'm not crusading for anything. I'm just, as I like to think, pointing out the bloody obvious. Do you not think that if someone who is complaining that record companies aren't giving them a fair shake, taking into context the resources available for self-promotion in order to create demand that record companies WILL pay attention to if it's gonna make them money, perhaps either isn't trying hard enough or aren't, simply, good enough? Or are companies with a clear profit motive - whether you agree with that or not - meant to go for acts that they aren't sure will make money? Aha, I knew at least you would be offended by this.

I don't have a message, and I'm not crusading for anything. I'm just, as I like to think, pointing out the bloody obvious.

Do you not think that if someone who is complaining that record companies aren't giving them a fair shake, taking into context the resources available for self-promotion in order to create demand that record companies WILL pay attention to if it's gonna make them money, perhaps either isn't trying hard enough or aren't, simply, good enough?

Or are companies with a clear profit motive – whether you agree with that or not – meant to go for acts that they aren't sure will make money?

]]> By: denisesee http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/03/28/you-just-hate-me-cos-im-black-again/comment-page-1/#comment-164750 denisesee Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:16:19 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/03/28/you-just-hate-me-cos-im-black-again/#comment-164750 don't you think, given the historical context of pop music where the white artists profit from lifting black styles (elvis copying from little richard, the rolling stones basically lifting from the blues) that it's a little more complicated than just black people complaining? don't you think, given the historical context of pop music where the white artists profit from lifting black styles (elvis copying from little richard, the rolling stones basically lifting from the blues) that it's a little more complicated than just black people complaining?

]]> By: denisesee http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/03/28/you-just-hate-me-cos-im-black-again/comment-page-1/#comment-164749 denisesee Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:12:02 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2008/03/28/you-just-hate-me-cos-im-black-again/#comment-164749 while you are certainly making a point, the tagline seems to trivialize, and detracts from your message. don't you think? while you are certainly making a point, the tagline seems to trivialize, and detracts from your message. don't you think?

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