First look: National Museum of African
American Music is opening in Nashville
Nashville Tennessean,
by
Dave Paulson
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
1/15/2021 1:40:23 PM
There’s a central room in the new National Museum of African American Music–one that connects to all other corners of the 56,000-square-foot space. It’s called the “Rivers of Rhythm” corridor, and once you step inside, you’re awash in the sounds that have defined America for 400 years. On one end, you hear voices harmonizing over centuries-old spirituals, blending into the earliest recordings of Delta blues. At the same time, the opening saxophone flourishes of John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” beckon from the other side of the hall, while Ice Cube tears into the first bars of “Straight Outta Compton.”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 1/15/2021 1:44:08 PM (No. 662003)
I don't go to racist venues. I will never visit this or the one in DC.
Black racists are just as evil as white racists.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 1/15/2021 1:47:14 PM (No. 662012)
YYYYYAAAAAWWWWWNNNN...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ribicon 1/15/2021 1:47:54 PM (No. 662013)
They whine about not winning in the Oscars, the Grammys, beauty contests, etc, but they also have special awards for bLACK people only. They complain about being underrepresented in history and art museums, but they also have their own museums for bLACK people only. There's a bLACK History Month, a Congressional bLACK Caucus, and many other things set aside for them alone, but they accuse others of "white fragility" and "white privilege."
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/15/2021 2:14:53 PM (No. 662049)
Television commercials are telling me I am no longer a customer for luxury cars, big homes, cereals, other products, so I guess it will be easy to give a pass to this. Amazing how enough protesting, marching, rioting, looting, arson, mayhem, assaulting, murdering and threatening can expand 13% into a favored majority.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/15/2021 2:22:08 PM (No. 662056)
Might be ok. went to Nashville a few years back. Dropped 5 bucks in a street player's hat Found out where the good stuff was, no "museums" in the mix.
Don't bother with the Country Music Hall of Fame. 80 bucks
Get on the free green bus and hit the Musician's Hall of Fame 10 bucks.
They have Nashville, Memphis (Sun). Mussel Shores (I'm spelling it right), Motor City, AND LA (the wrecking crew with Leon Russel).
They had one of Elvise's pianos with a piece of paper on it that said "Do not play this piano." Sure.
I got through a couple of minutes until somebody came around. He was cool enough to say "Sorry mate, don't play the piano but you sound pretty good." It was in tune.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 1/15/2021 2:41:31 PM (No. 662079)
#5, Muscle Shoals
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 1/15/2021 2:45:16 PM (No. 662086)
Apologies for 2d post.
Mega apologies to #5.
Quite right! (Spelling)
I’ve lived in NOAL almost my whole life and never recognized the errant spelling.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/15/2021 3:16:07 PM (No. 662129)
The only African American music worth listening to was produced in Chicago and New Orleans, a long time ago.
4 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 1/15/2021 4:16:01 PM (No. 662188)
You had me right up to Ice Cube. Black Hoodlum C-RAP is NOT music.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/15/2021 6:09:48 PM (No. 662286)
Sure thing #6 but Muscles don't come in Shoals. Mussels do.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/15/2021 6:15:57 PM (No. 662295)
Tough most people don't realize it a great deal of Motown music was recorded in M Shoals (Aretha for instance) and a couple of Rolling Stones albums. This was compliments of the house band, The Swampers. They wrote a song or two. Look it up millenius. Then chase down some Mozart.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
SALady 1/16/2021 12:27:30 AM (No. 662549)
I think I'm going to pass. Absolutely no interest.
Besides, I've been too busy saving my pennies to go to the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY. Now that is great Americana music!!!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
SALady 1/16/2021 12:30:43 AM (No. 662551)
I was just reading that description, and if they had just stopped with John Coltrane, I might actually enjoy it.
But I have the very real suspicion that everything up to John Coltrane makes up 2% of this museum, and the rest is rap and hip hop. If I want to know how to "beat my ho's", shoot cops, and hate whitey, I don't need to go to a museum and pay to learn that!!!
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Is a side entrance available for WHITE people?