“Voor Elvis is was er niets.” “Een aantrekkelijk idee.” Voor wie? Witte suprematisten? Muziekliefhebbers weten allang dat (grotendeels) zwarte Mississippi delta blues de bron is van ‘rock’n’roll’. Elvis coverde bijvoorbeeld Arthur Big Boy Crudup, die beïnvloed werd door Charley Patton & tijdgenoten…
You misunderstood what John Lennon said. Very few white people knew about black music and its history in the 50s. Yes, they know it now. But not then. And especially not in England. Nothing to do with white supremacists at all.
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Can you read Dutch? I did not misunderstand a thing. Why are you ‘responding’ to my post? Take it up with the newspaper @nrc.nl if you don’t like what they’re writing, instead of trying to Elvisplain me.