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by Yvette Carnell
Up at the Awl, they’ve posted a nice little list, and it’s not the type of list you’re accustomed to reading on your ordinary run of the mill site.
Not 10 ways to lose weight without dieting. Not 10 ways to catch a man. And no, certainly not 10 songs to listen to while you work out. The list they’ve compiled is The Definitive List of White Music Stolen by Black People.
If by “stole” they mean “made better”, I get it. Having said that, I will also say that I wasn’t aware of how many so-so to pretty good songs by white artists were covered by black artists.
Did you know that The Pointer Sisters covered Bruce Springsteen’s “Fire”? Or that Al Green covered The Doors “Light My Fire”? Or that Stevie Wonder covered The Beatles “We Can Work It Out”? Me neither!
Anyway, it’s a descent list which you can check out here.
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Zax Buzz
May 2, 2012 at 6:51 am
Whites stole a whole civilization. Z.
Altha Cutright
May 2, 2012 at 12:12 am
Wow that list wasn’t very long now name the Black Music that was stolen by White people.
Joe Owens
May 1, 2012 at 11:38 pm
This is the list, and the best they could do??!! It’s L-A-M-E!!! BTW, it’s called “Covering” when you sing a song that went nowhere for another artist and turn it into a SMASH HIT!
Adrienne BlackBettyboop
May 1, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Are some of the people on here believe that White musicians didn’t steal Black music?
Robert E. Saunders
May 1, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Probably the most influential “white” song was Dylan’s Blowing in the Wind. Inspired Sam Cooke’s A Change is Going to Come & Stevie had a big hit with it. Unusual because Motown usually shyed away from protest songs. Huey Newton & Hendrix were big fans of Dylan. Many black artists covered his songs.
Laurie Colson
May 1, 2012 at 10:54 pm
hm like Houndog, written by those two nice Jewish fellas in LA, Recorded by Big Mama Thornton, and covered by Elvis? Amerikan f*****g Music!
Pd Brown
May 1, 2012 at 10:35 pm
It should be included in our reperations package!
Helen Roye
May 1, 2012 at 10:13 pm
ps…i watched a documentary..long time ago…about when Afro Caribbean s came to the uk in the 50 s and 60 s..it was so funny as the documentary was all about the influence we had on their music…dance etc….basically their music was so boring be4 we landed…and lets not talk about the dancing….loooooooool..
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Maya Wright
May 1, 2012 at 10:10 pm
I never realized “cover” was synonymous with stolen…
Helen Roye
May 1, 2012 at 10:01 pm
bet the list is longer the other way round…:-0x
Kim Godfrey
May 1, 2012 at 10:01 pm
That should be a helluva short list…as in 0!!!!
Unchained Melody Bennett
May 1, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Stolen?