ROCK MUSIC HAS BLACK ROOTS: FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH...AND IT'S ASS.

With my trusty MP 3 video downloader I downloaded a video of the classic Eric Burton and the Animals's song, We gotta get out of this place. It was part of a segment of a documentry on the British Invasion of the early 60.'s when British bands like the Beatles and Rolling Stones first hit US shores.

What's intresting about this Animals clip is it is introduced by Casy Casem_ the other Dick Clark_ and in his intro he gives the black influence on rock it's props, mentioning three black artist in particular, Little Richard, Bo Diddly and Chuck Berry and going on to credit the black scene at the time in generalhttp://WWW.youtube.com/watch?v=-DIESvQrhQ0

This then is hearing it from the horse's own mouth. But at lest one of the horse's ass acknowledges the same point as well, the infamous (and stupid) Varg Vikernes, one of the early stars in the second wave of Black Metal in Norway in the early 90's.

It's an interesting chapter in the history of rock n roll, this second wave actually invented the Black Metal sound and took it to the extreme. It was acknowledged, up front and in your face, that the "Black" in Black Metal meant the Satantic. Idiots have been saying for years how rock was the devil's music, it was only a matter of time before someone took them seriously.

Early Black Metal reads like the history of Rap music with the killings and the attitude but the Black Metaltist were engaged in a game of evil for evil's sake. At the height of the madness, two murders had been committed, one shotgun suicide _ with the rumor of a fellow bandman's finding the corspe first and taking pictures and a few pieces of the brain and bone fragments before calling the police_ and over a dozen church burnings. And not just any churches but historical one's which where made completely of wood.

Our "hero" Varg was senteced to 21 years in prison for the death of a fellow band member_ stabbed the guy in the head with a pocket knife. In Varg's own words, " He died from one stab to the head...through his skull. I actually had to knock the knife out." Long story short, this piece of work went to prison and continued to think_ if you can call it that_ and grow. He's no longer a Satanist but like many of the early Black Metal scene, has moved on to a Pagan Norwegian, Viking image. With a lot of them, this includes embracing white supremacy bull shit. Varg no longer listens to rock and roll, it's not right for white people, says he because of it's Afro American roots.

As far as Varg acknowlging the black roots of rock, It can truely be said, that even a broken clock is right two times a day.

So there you have it from both ends of the horse.

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Comment by Spookycreep on February 9, 2012 at 7:32am: Thanks for the reply. My MP3 Rocket still isn't working right. I may get rid of it and find another one.

Comment by Compound Egret on February 8, 2012 at 11:31pm: Save all your videos in a file outside of the program in question. Check the format. If they are in .flv or .mp4, format they should work. The one I used was freeware. Check sourceforge.net or cnet.com. They probably have a free one that will work for you.

Comment by Spookycreep on February 5, 2012 at 3:05am:    Thanks for the information, I will check it out.

I have MP 3 rocket. I had it for about a year, entirely for free but then I started getting email from them saying I must upgrade_ which meant paying for it_ or they'd cut my shit off. Which, they eventually did. I have it back on now, I paid 20 dollars_ the cheapest you can go_ for a year. The MP 3 sales people really try to push the more expensive deals on you though.

     However, I have been having problems with my so-called upgrade. I'm still looking into it but sometimes it down loads the video and at other times not. I've even gotten a couple of more emails from MP 3 Rocket trying to get me to spend more money. If I shelled out the 30 to 50 something dollars they wanted, maybe I wouldn't be having trouble now.

   Which one do you use? Also, if you uninstall a program like this, do you think you would loose all the videos you down loaded with it too?

Comment by Compound Egret on February 5, 2012 at 2:26am: Also, what MP3 download program are you using to save vids? I had one that worked, but now not so much.

Comment by Compound Egret on February 5, 2012 at 2:25am: There are similarities, but there are some real stylistic differences.

Thrash metal classic material...

http://youtu.be/ClBkyLehIBU

http://youtu.be/Od1m2KZuFuM

http://youtu.be/dCYJXNLxSsA

Comment by Spookycreep on February 5, 2012 at 2:09am: I'll take your word on it. There are so many different names for stlyes of music that sound the same. It's like goth bands_ most of which who will say they aren't goth even though the fans accept them as such. What the hell is Thrash Metal? That one too, has been assoicated with Black Metal.

Comment by Compound Egret on February 5, 2012 at 12:57am: Not trying to shake my finger at you, but death metal is different branch on the same tree. Check out Possessed on Youtube and compare with any of the bands listed below.

Comment by Spookycreep on February 3, 2012 at 8:10am: You are right, they were the first generation but wasn't it known, more as Death Metal than Black at that time? At any rate, the second wave is what brought Black Metal to the world's attention_ that portion of the world that pays attention to things like this. I once talked to some high school aged students from Sweden, they had never even heard of Black Metal.

I'm not really a big fan of this music, but there are bands that I like. More than anything, however, I am just fascinated with the storyof how this stlye of rock came to be. It's karma if you ask me, a fine example of reaping what was sown. Columbine played out in the arts.

Comment by Compound Egret on February 2, 2012 at 10:06pm: Good post, but I think earlier bands "invented" BM

Celtic Frost

Mercyful fate

Venom

Bathory

Comment by Spookycreep on February 2, 2012 at 5:37am: Okay, I managed to post the video on my page Eric Burton and the Animals, British Invasion. Go there, you'll find it.