Date: 3:53 am Sun Jun 18, 1995 Number : 141 of 201 From: Fat Tony Base : Music Scene To : Intelligent Hoodlum Subj: Re: hmmm.
IH> Don't start saying things like "Someone who plays and writes their own song IH> around me, for that will surely be your downfall. :). On the real side of IH> things, you've just shown how ignorant you are by saying that. Rappers wri IH> and play their own songs. There are rap groups such as The Goats, The Root IH> and other groups that play on-stage with a live band. If you like somethin IH> else, that's fine with me -- stick with that, just don't start dumping on m IH> music.
Please. Don't knock me. I know exactly what rap music is about and I apreciate what they are about. But you come across people like Lenny Kravitz who writes all the lyrics and all the music for his songs. And I don't mean just the guitars. I mean have you heard "It ain't over till it's over"? Well the song has an orchestra with all the strings and bass instruments and he wrote the music for all of them. Now that's talent. And someone like Neil Young is along the same lines. I mean they know instrumental music. Not many can compare to their knowledge.