At the time of the Boston Massacre we were all Brits. That’s why on April 18 Paul Revere didn’t shout, “The British are coming” but “The Regulars are out,” meaning the Army was coming for the arms stored in Concord. They were moved before Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith and his troops arrived.
We were still British the morning of April 19, but we became Americans before the sun set.
“By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.”
I once dragged through my memory to determine when I heard my first rap-type popular song (that is, spoken to music but not sung). My first thought was “Here Come Da Judge.” Then I thought of a morbid piece from around 1970 called “DOA” by a group called “Bloodrock.” Then I realized that “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha” came out when I was in grade school. At that point, I gave up.
You’re forgettin’ Charlie Ryan’s “Hot Rod Lincoln” which came out in 1955!!!
Or Red Sovine’s “Phantom 309” 1967……Or one of the most famous spoken trucker songs…..C.W. McCall’s “Convoy” 1975!!!
Spoken ‘songs’ like these have been around for a VERY long time! It’s only been in the last 20yrs or so that it’s become so vulgar, violent, misogynistic and racist.
July 6, 2026 at 6:45 pm
Heltau
Blondie, made rap also, just don’t remember the name of the song.
July 6, 2026 at 8:05 pm
Oldarmourer
All of the artists mentioned also sang other songs in a lyrical manner, even CW McCall, and there’s a slight differnce between ‘spoken word’ pieces and ‘rap’ as we know it today, I don’t recall too many artists of yore calling for their listeners to ‘slap bitches and cap snitches’…
July 8, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Mikey72
Blondie rapped on “Rapture.” And Rush rapped on “Roll the Bones.” And I hear a White Boy named Eminem is a pretty good rapper. But I can’t hear worth a damn, so rap and hip hop are completely foreign to me.
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At the time of the Boston Massacre we were all Brits. That’s why on April 18 Paul Revere didn’t shout, “The British are coming” but “The Regulars are out,” meaning the Army was coming for the arms stored in Concord. They were moved before Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith and his troops arrived.
We were still British the morning of April 19, but we became Americans before the sun set.
“By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.”
Rap…created out of wokeness.
So people who can’t sing could get Grammies too.
I once dragged through my memory to determine when I heard my first rap-type popular song (that is, spoken to music but not sung). My first thought was “Here Come Da Judge.” Then I thought of a morbid piece from around 1970 called “DOA” by a group called “Bloodrock.” Then I realized that “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha” came out when I was in grade school. At that point, I gave up.
You’re forgettin’ Charlie Ryan’s “Hot Rod Lincoln” which came out in 1955!!!
Or Red Sovine’s “Phantom 309” 1967……Or one of the most famous spoken trucker songs…..C.W. McCall’s “Convoy” 1975!!!
Spoken ‘songs’ like these have been around for a VERY long time! It’s only been in the last 20yrs or so that it’s become so vulgar, violent, misogynistic and racist.
Blondie, made rap also, just don’t remember the name of the song.
All of the artists mentioned also sang other songs in a lyrical manner, even CW McCall, and there’s a slight differnce between ‘spoken word’ pieces and ‘rap’ as we know it today, I don’t recall too many artists of yore calling for their listeners to ‘slap bitches and cap snitches’…
Blondie rapped on “Rapture.” And Rush rapped on “Roll the Bones.” And I hear a White Boy named Eminem is a pretty good rapper. But I can’t hear worth a damn, so rap and hip hop are completely foreign to me.