Interesting! I think that should be a sub-topic under
"rock: mzungu music?" cause when you start speaking of
race issues you have to address class issues (e.g the
Hurricane Katrina incident in the US).

It's true, Kenyans have that mentality. I think I
mentioned somewhere that I read an article where the
writer had the audacity to say that it's people west
of Uhuru Highway who listen to rock. I was like "What
the...? Dude, your ignorance is showing!" There was
once, many many lifetimes ago, that I worked as a door
to door salesperson. So one Saturday we were posted to
Umoja, which is not exactly Runda:-)But then I
suddenly heard the sweet sounds of U2 blaring out of a
certain house and of course, I just had to go and
knock. Long story short, there was a die-hard rock fan
living in Umoja. I'm not very good at geography but I
think Umoja is no where west of Uhuru Highway:-)

But then again, to be fair, there is a bit of truth in
what he wrote. Think about it. Most rock songs are in
English. Already anyone who didn't go to school or is
English-challenged is disqualified. But then again,
you can argue that rock is mainly about the music not
so much the words. But then again, you can argue that
the beauty of rock 'n' roll is usually its philosophy,
which is found in the lyrics of the songs. But then
again, you can argue that...lol!

Yeah. We should definitely have this discussion at
roffeke. Would be interesting to hear people's
opinions.

I think it's funny that in the US, rock is generally
considered to be lower-class music while here in Kenya
it's considered to be upper-class music. I wonder, why
the difference...?

--- shiku <kayunie@...> wrote:

> Just read the proposal. Nice. was wondering if there
> would be anyroom
> to discuss rock and class, people have this
> mentality that only rich
> folks listen to rock. i tend to disagree. Then again
> i suppose it could
> fall under, "rock mzungu music". lemme know what
> y'all think.
>
>


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