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L'Estrange
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> In a 1986 Interview...
> Moz: "Reggae, for example, is to me the most racist music
> in the entire world. It's an absolute total glorification of
> black supremacy... There is a line when defense of one's race
> becomes an attack on another race and, because of black history
> and oppression, we realise quite clearly that there has to be a
> very strong defence. But I think it becomes very extreme
> sometimes."
> "But, ultimately, I don't have very cast iron opinions on
> black music other than black modern music which I detest. I
> detest Stevie Wonder. I think Diana Ross is awful. I hate all
> those records in the Top 40 - Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston. I
> think they're vile in the extreme. In essence this music doesn't
> say anything whatsoever."
> Interviewer: But it does, it does. What it says can't
> necessarily be verbalised easily. It doesn't seek to change the
> world like rock music by speaking grand truths about politics,
> sex and the human condition. It works at a much more subtle
> level - at the level of the body and the shared abandon of the
> dancefloor. It won't change the world, but it's been said it may
> well change the way you walk through the world.
> Moz: "I don't think there's any time anymore to be subtle
> about anything, you have to get straight to the point. Obviously
> to get on Top Of The Pops these days, one has to be, by law,
> black. I think something political has occurred among Michael
> Hurl and his friends
I've visited the states a number of times in the past and i do envy the choice that you have in
radio stations. Whilst in New York i heard "Christine" by The House of Love, "Desiire" by Talk Talk
"What she Said" from Rank.....then i returned home to the trite that is offered by UK stations.
At the time i thought it was poor(1988) but now...Where do i begin, in Manchester where i live we have the national stations(radio 1,2etc & Virgin)
None of these give time to indie music, with the exception of radio 1 - a couple of late night shows.
Local stations offer less challenging records (there is also only 9 records in the building!), there are
dedicated stations that play black music. I can understand where Morrissey is coming from when he cites this as racist.
Radio 1 plays music from across the board, but the powerful black lobby means that as well as the dedicated dance/club
shows the other Dj's play dance tracks also. To say you dislike black music is paramount to rascism in todays Britain - Morrissey will know this only too well.
I'm angry that here in Manchester home of The Smiths , Joy Division,James,New Order,Stone Roses etc that there is NO platform for this music. I'm pissed that
The all new Hard Rock Cafe that opened in Manchester 2 months ago has crowd drawing exhibits from Tina Turner & Jacko but no mention of Manchesters legacy.
It's perverse!
All this because when i turned my radio on last night in the car all i could get was channels playing "Brupp! Brump! Brupp! Brump!" and i didn't have a tape in the car
to play. .
> Moz: "Reggae, for example, is to me the most racist music
> in the entire world. It's an absolute total glorification of
> black supremacy... There is a line when defense of one's race
> becomes an attack on another race and, because of black history
> and oppression, we realise quite clearly that there has to be a
> very strong defence. But I think it becomes very extreme
> sometimes."
> "But, ultimately, I don't have very cast iron opinions on
> black music other than black modern music which I detest. I
> detest Stevie Wonder. I think Diana Ross is awful. I hate all
> those records in the Top 40 - Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston. I
> think they're vile in the extreme. In essence this music doesn't
> say anything whatsoever."
> Interviewer: But it does, it does. What it says can't
> necessarily be verbalised easily. It doesn't seek to change the
> world like rock music by speaking grand truths about politics,
> sex and the human condition. It works at a much more subtle
> level - at the level of the body and the shared abandon of the
> dancefloor. It won't change the world, but it's been said it may
> well change the way you walk through the world.
> Moz: "I don't think there's any time anymore to be subtle
> about anything, you have to get straight to the point. Obviously
> to get on Top Of The Pops these days, one has to be, by law,
> black. I think something political has occurred among Michael
> Hurl and his friends
I've visited the states a number of times in the past and i do envy the choice that you have in
radio stations. Whilst in New York i heard "Christine" by The House of Love, "Desiire" by Talk Talk
"What she Said" from Rank.....then i returned home to the trite that is offered by UK stations.
At the time i thought it was poor(1988) but now...Where do i begin, in Manchester where i live we have the national stations(radio 1,2etc & Virgin)
None of these give time to indie music, with the exception of radio 1 - a couple of late night shows.
Local stations offer less challenging records (there is also only 9 records in the building!), there are
dedicated stations that play black music. I can understand where Morrissey is coming from when he cites this as racist.
Radio 1 plays music from across the board, but the powerful black lobby means that as well as the dedicated dance/club
shows the other Dj's play dance tracks also. To say you dislike black music is paramount to rascism in todays Britain - Morrissey will know this only too well.
I'm angry that here in Manchester home of The Smiths , Joy Division,James,New Order,Stone Roses etc that there is NO platform for this music. I'm pissed that
The all new Hard Rock Cafe that opened in Manchester 2 months ago has crowd drawing exhibits from Tina Turner & Jacko but no mention of Manchesters legacy.
It's perverse!
All this because when i turned my radio on last night in the car all i could get was channels playing "Brupp! Brump! Brupp! Brump!" and i didn't have a tape in the car
to play. .