RUDE BOYS AND GIRLS THIS WAY PLEASE
> For the most part, it does not appeal to me.
Thanks for bringing this up as I never thought I'd get the chance to namecheck the following on a Morrissey message board.
The type of black music I'm into most is Jamacan Ska and the whole Blue Beat scene, anyone who owns the Specials debut should get into all of the following Prince Buster, Laurel Aitken, The Maytals, Derrick Morgan, Errol Dixon, The Blues Busters, Blues Busters All Stars, The Deltas, and The Personalities.
Then you've got your more roots reggae stuff like Lee Perry, Pablo Moses, Johnny Clarke, Linval Thompson, Horace Andy, and Burning Spear.
Then there are other forms of black music which I'm not into as much but still have a lot of respect for such as the Gospel, blues and soul boys like Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Memphis Slim, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Womack and Al Green.
And also lets not forget the guys who inspired rock n roll like Little Richard
and Chuck Berry.
I also think Hip Hop and Rap music, although I don't really like it, is very relevant socially and Politically in the States, more so in the 80s and early 90s than nowadays where its taken on a whole new meaning.
At the moment I would like to get into more world music, the sort of stuff thats been been going on in places like Trinadad. Heaven knows there is nothing going on in the white guitar scene at the moment, might as well broaden my horizons a bit more.
Now where does Nina Simone fit into all of this ?