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Old 02-06-2007, 05:13 PM   #16 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen
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Originally Posted by Moon Pix View Post
We don't we really use R n' B as a term to classify music over here. All of that stuff gets filed under Urban which is a f***ing stupid name because the Velvet Underground were about as urbanised as you can get (they were from New York for christs sake!) yet theyre in the rock/pop section.

You never Dock Boggs and Woody Guthrie filed under the Rural section do you?
Yeah, well good points there. Urban is a difficult term, too. I guess it refers to urban more in the sense of music with "street" culture influences as opposed to suburban.
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