minus-squareEvilTankieSupreme@lemmy.ziptoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why was Rock 'n' Roll seen as the grooviest shit in the 50s when it's just averagely groovy (ie. unremarkable) today?linkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-24 days agoEveryone is wrong here. “Groovy” was a term that black people used to describe their music, so when white people claimed Rock And Roll they decided to steal the verbiage too, even if it didn’t really fit. White mediocrity put on a pedestal. A tale as old as time. linkfedilink
minus-squareEvilTankieSupreme@lemmy.ziptoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution?linkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·4 days agoYou never were. linkfedilink
minus-squareEvilTankieSupreme@lemmy.ziptoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution?linkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-24 days agoEuropeans when Americans do that thing Europe did for hundreds of years… You can both get fucked lol. linkfedilink
Everyone is wrong here.
“Groovy” was a term that black people used to describe their music, so when white people claimed Rock And Roll they decided to steal the verbiage too, even if it didn’t really fit.
White mediocrity put on a pedestal. A tale as old as time.