ahfoo's Journal: LeadBelly -vs- IceCube

Listening to the oldies just makes it so clear how nothing has changed. I'm listening to LeadBelly's Whoa, Back Buck and I'm thinking IceCube could cover this with a couple minor replacements --ie, bitch for girl and some breaks instead of the blues chords-- and it would be a hit. Or, you can just listen to leadbelly.
        Then there's Jimmie Rodgers' Standin' on the Corner. This is a straight up pimpin' tune and I mean literally. NWA did lyrics that meant almost exactly the same thing, but with a few more "nigga" and "muthafuckas" tossed in. But it's the same idea. A pimp daddy getting hassled by the man talks some shit to the cops, gets busted and his old lady shoots him out of the jailhouse. This is a classic theme but when you take Elvis as the beginning of rock, it looks like NWA was really doing something shocking. With the aid of P2P, you can see for yourself that the twenties and the thirties were amazingly similar to the times we live in now.
      I just found out about "OTR" as a search term for Old Time Radio. Should be fascinating indeed.