RE: FW: RUN-DMC--just a little lite humor

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

I hope Reyzl and others will not mind my footnoting her quite serious and 
frightening postings w/ a mild pleasantry.  To wit, By enlarging on the 
Seagrams association with E. Bronfman in the syntactical place she did, 
Reyzl, strictly speaking (it was obvious what she meant) gave the impression 
that Seagrams is associated w/ misogynistic, sex-filled lyrics--an 
intriguing idea.  But what it brought to mind was that there was a Staten 
Island doo-wop group called the Elegants who got their name (and misspelled 
it) off a Seagrams bottle.  Their biggest song (#1 nationally) was "(Where 
Are You) Little Star"--now that's as far from misogynistic (and, I guess, 
lewdly) sex-filled lyrics as you can get. Ah, innocence!


>From: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl (at) flash(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: FW: RUN-DMC?
>Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:56:23 -0400
>
>Jonathon,
>
>In spite of the fact that the Jewish Week put a positive spin on all of
>this, it truly, truly was a scary article from all points of view.   This
>Lyor Cohen created the whole hip-hop and rap market which white suburban
>kids now live on.  Even kids at my daughter's Orthodox yeshiva listen to
>this crap every day -something I am flabbergasted at, but can do little
>about.  Jews really do control this industry (nothing to be ashamed of),
>but I truly believe that we have to make sure that they act responsibly to
>morality, good values, especially to kids.  I don't think that we should
>hesitate to appeal to their Judaism on the critically important issue of
>self-censorship.  I know little about their exploitation of artists and can
>not comment on that, but I wish they would help the Jewish market.
>   Bronfman Jr. is also head of Hollywood film studio in case you didn't
>know.  We are talking major political and economic power.
>
>You also have to understand that Samuel Bronfman senior, the head of the
>World Jewish Congress and a grand Jewish philanthropist, does his
>philanthropy on the basis of the exploitation of a whole industry and
>market.  His son does the dirty work while the father whitewashes it with
>some good deeds.  God, I sound like a socialist here which I am not.  But I
>am pretty disgusted with some of the Jewish philanthropists whose money
>come from tobacco (the Tisches own Lorrilard), liquor and misogynistic,
>sex-filled lyrics (the Bronfmans own Seagram plus...).   Well, now I sound
>like a conservative, family-values-right-winger which I am also not.
>    Well, I guess I am somewhere in between on this.
>
>
>Reyzl
>
>
>
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>From:  Jonathan Schorsch[SMTP:jonjack (at) uclink4(dot)berkeley(dot)edu]
>Sent:  Friday, July 09, 1999 1:35 AM
>To:  World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject:  Re: FW: RUN-DMC?
>
>Reyzl (if I may):
>
>Wow.  Your reportage of the Jewish Week piece on Lyor Cohen was riveting.
>The news about Bronfman's control of the U.S. music industry I found
>particularly depressing, given my views of the current politics of industry
>(self-)censorship and exploitation of artists.  I can't wait to see the
>original article.  Many thanks.
>
>Jonathan Schorsch
>
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