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    fud-slush — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 09:16 AM)

    Should music be classified by the skin colour of its performers or writers? Substitute black for white & it immediately seems like a racist question.

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      PresMuffley — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 11:01 AM)

      Of course music shouldn't be classified by race, but I felt that the point of this thread was that there aren't nearly as many well-known Black British artists in comparison to Whites.

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        fud-slush — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:22 AM)

        Do you think that fact has discriminatory origins?

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          PresMuffley — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 06:47 AM)

          To a degree, possibly, but I'd wager the more important factor is that the black population in the UK is relatively small.

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            fud-slush — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 02:37 AM)

            then that there aren't so many black singers / bands is understandable & logical.
            It might have something to do with there being so few black bands, too. Loads of solo singers, rappers, souly groups etc, but I can't think of one regular-set-up band (ie guitars, drums, vocals) with all black musicians, & the UK loves its bands.

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              sostie — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 03:08 AM)

              but I can't think of one regular-set-up band (ie guitars, drums, vocals) with all black musicians
              The UK has produced quite a few reggae bands.
              I have a sneaking suspicion that there are probably more successful multi-racial bands in the UK than there are in for unstance the US - the Specials, The Beat, The Selecter, Simple Minds, The Libertines, UB40 spring to mind

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                fud-slush — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 07:30 AM)

                Fair point re reggae bands & those you cited

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                  MisterNick — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 11:12 AM)

                  Sade Adu
                  Phil Lynott
                  Jazzy B
                  Daddy G (Massive Attack)
                  Astro (UB40)

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                    staggerstags — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 12:16 PM)

                    Neneh Cherry, who has a couple of mentions here, was born in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and Sierra Leonean father.
                    Until a few years ago I always thought she was American (!)

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                      bravomailer — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 12:43 PM)

                      Cilla

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                        Henry_Framus_Valentine — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 12:55 PM)

                        Cilla Black
                        EDIT: Bravo, you skunk. You beat me by a mere 11 minutes.
                        Liberty E Pluribus Unum In God We Trust

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                          bravomailer — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 01:06 PM)

                          I was astonished no one beat
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                          to it. So obvious.
                          Does Brinsley Schwarz count?

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                            Henry_Framus_Valentine — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 01:46 PM)

                            Does Brinsley Schwarz count?
                            Ja!
                            Liberty E Pluribus Unum In God We Trust

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                              Bubblegum_Perfume — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:25 AM)

                              I was expecting Black Sabbath
                              Silent like a foreign movie

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                                dougbrigg — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:29 AM)

                                Linton Kwesi Johnson
                                Aswad
                                Steel Pulse
                                FKA Twigs

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                                  DebLovesBeccy — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 02:53 AM)

                                  That's a hard one 'cause there are a few but I am not sure if they are British or European. Two that come to mind are Seal and my favourite, Skin (Skunk Anansie).


                                  Make Same Sex Marriages Legal In Australia 'cause we deserve to have the same rights as everybody else and shouldn't be controlled by backwards people with outdated views

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                                    Doctor_Blade — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 04:08 AM)

                                    Sade
                                    Corrine Bailey Rae
                                    Seal
                                    Doc Brown
                                    0sibisa
                                    Labi Siffre
                                    Keisha Buchanan
                                    Imagination
                                    Shola Ama
                                    Shirley Bassey
                                    GOOD SKY YOU'VE GOT HERE McCINTYRE..WELL DONE!!!

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                                      Pep_88 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 11:31 AM)

                                      The guy who played drums in The Cure once.

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