RE: FW: RUN-DMC?

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

Oh, Owen, the anti-Semitic lyrics have been verified.   They are not just 
speech tones.

Sorry, it's been too long to remember what they were.


Reyzl  

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From:  Owen Davidson[SMTP:owend (at) tp(dot)net]
Sent:  Monday, July 12, 1999 3:56 PM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Re: FW: RUN-DMC?


I also understand that one of the guys in 3rd Bass is Jewish.  They included 
some
bizarre mock-Jewish shtick on their "Cactus" album ("Oy, Dante, what are we 
doing
in the desert?..."), which sounded offensive and possibly anti-Semitic to me.
The perception of anti-Semitism, in the case of rap, may be an assumption 
carried
by the hard ghetto-speak tone, rather than the actual content.  In other words, 
a
form of prejudice.  I guess, as with everything, it's very important to listen
for meaning.


Owen




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