unimportant correction to unimportant trivia

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Oops!  It was a Schenley, not a Seagrams, liquor bottle that inspired the 
Elegants to (misspelledly) name themselves!  Sorry!--I hope no one's spelled 
anyone to a heavy trivia bet based on this.--Anonymous


>From: "Robert Cohen" <rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com>
>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--just a little lite humor
>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 10:59:22 PDT
>
>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
>>
>>
>>
>>----------
>>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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