Motown Classics
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George Garcia24 said:Because of you, I ended up getting a three-day ban from the forum! You went out of your way to twist my words and accuse me of being some kind of bigot who hates our neighbors to the east.
Look, I have never hated Mexicans—not back in '91 when newspapers were listing addresses in Washington, D.C. for targeted attacks (like in Time Magazine), and certainly not now.
It’s just a historical fact that back in the late sixties in Yugoslavia, there was this one specific music magazine dedicated to pop and rock called Jukebox, and it was published in Belgrade. Now I actually feel bad for mentioning that city—I didn't have any hateful intentions at all, despite how you and the moderator have painted me. Jukebox wasn't coming out of Ljubljana, Skopje, or Podgorica; it was based in Belgrade, and honestly, I was just happy we had something to read at all! Better one good mag than nothing.
Now, Austin Myers96, you are an incredibly sharp guy—really, truly intelligent—but like many people who are a bit too clever for their own good, you've got a bit of a mischievous streak. Your music knowledge is top-tier, but man, your memory is awfully selective!
You know perfectly well that every single issue of Jukebox featured articles on Atlantic/Stax, yet they almost never covered Motown artists. And on those rare occasions they did review a Motown record, someone always had to chime in saying they all sounded exactly the same.
Maybe you were one of those people—who knows?
Listen, George Garcia24, if you scroll back through this thread just a little bit, you'll see that the moderator already gave you a heads-up in post #10 to watch your tone.
And that happened before I even jumped into this conversation.
So, if you're looking for the reason behind your ban, you might want to look elsewhere rather than blaming my "perfidious" accusations of bigotry.
I get that it can be a little tricky to catch irony when people talk like this, but my comment about Jukebox favoring Stax over Motown was meant to be ironic—purely ironic!
Most people hang out in forums like this just to relax and swap quick bits of info.
Not everyone feels the need to lecture the entire world because they don't think a certain record label from Detroit is the greatest thing to ever happen to music history.
Music, just like any other art form, is totally subjective. All the top charts, radio stations, and every possible "Jukebox" in the world won't force me to like something if it just doesn't click with me.
Personally, I love listening to both Motown and Stax equally.
Is that even possible?
Am I losing my mind?
BTW, I never actually read Jukebox myself—my older brother used to devour it back in the eighties. During those years, I was still busy listening to nothing but Alan Slaughter.