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iwarrior
Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 3526 Location: Pittsburgh,PA
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject: Carlos Santana Slams Ozzy |
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From Blabbermouth.net
[b]Guitarist CARLOS SANTANA Slams OZZY, Calls Him One Of 'Corny-Ass White People' - June 20, 2004
Pioneering Latin-rock guitarist Carlos Santana has slammed Ozzy Osbourne as one of "corny-ass white people" while reprimanding the American media for failing to give due credit to jazz artist Elvin Jones who died recently.
Jones' death passed unnoticed without even a mention in the papers, something which Santana believes is due to the racist attitude of the press.
"I'm really embarrassed for this nation, and for MTV and VH1 and Rolling Stone, because it was a very racist thing not to acknowledge this most important musician when he passed," Santana was quoted as saying in The San Diego Union-Tribune.
"For them to play up Ozzy Osbourne and other corny-ass white people, but not Elvin, is demeaning and I'm really embarrassed to live in this country," he added.
"If I would've been running MTV, I would've stopped all the corny stuff they show and shown one of Elvin's (drum) solos. Because he represents the highest level of creativity, like Duke Ellington," Santana continued.
"America is such an ignorant country. I understand that I'm hard on America, but if you look at all the (alarming) things on CNN, (you'll see) we need to grow up quickly. We need to crystallize our existence because we place economic values over spiritual ones.
"I'm hurt. And if I was a little hard or cruel with MTV and VH1, they deserve it. They need to stop showing what they are showing, and show real musicians. Why do they keep showing such stupidity? MTV needs to reassess its priorities."
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Stupid comments...
1) If MTV and VH-1 are racist,then why does black music make up such a big part of their programming?
2) I guess Carlos doesn't realize that MTV and VH-1 both have demographics that are YOUNG. Young people of all races by and large are not interested in jazz.
3)Whether you like Ozzy or not,he is an icon and was a part of a band that created a whole new genre of music.
Methinks Santana is bitter since he's not selling as well as he used to and because the kids don't care about him. |
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TageRyche
Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 542
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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America is an ignorant country?
Funny how he didn't say that while he was selling millions of albums with that song "Smooth." |
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Tyrannorabbit
Joined: 04 Oct 2000 Posts: 3985 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="TageRyche"]America is an ignorant country?
Funny how he didn't say that while he was selling millions of albums with that song "Smooth."[/quote]
...though it would only have solidified his case |
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General Zod
Joined: 24 Jan 2001 Posts: 2519 Location: Krypton
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:26 am Post subject: |
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I generally don't concern myself with the opinions of the rich and famous. Though, I have to admit, it's fun to watch senior citizens fight.
GZ |
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WastedRockRanger
Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 81
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:10 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure glad we made him rich and famous enough to have the money and public recognition to make HIS racist and anti-american statements about us. I hear the racial card pulled so much now days that I'm wondering who the real racists are. I respect Santana as a guitarist but not as a human being. I wonder what happens to make people progressively more ignorant. Maybe they just get a bigger set of balls and looser lips. |
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PHDPLUS
Joined: 11 Oct 2000 Posts: 305
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Santana is a no-talent lowlife who drives a lowrider. Put an acoustic guitar in his hands and let the laughter begin. Santana needs to go out on tour with Uli Roth and Steve Howe (Yes) for the Faces That Sunk a Thousand Ships Tour or the Thousand Miles of Bad Road Tour. Old Geezers never die, they just SUCK. |
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live4metal
Joined: 12 Jul 2001 Posts: 1057 Location: El Segundo,CA.
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Carlos is an out of touch hippie spick from an age long gone by.
As a guitarist he's second rate.His own protoge Neil Schon surpassed him years ago and the only way he could muster a hit after 100 years in the business was by riding the coat tails of the goofy a$$ white singer from Matchbox 20.
And what MTV is he watching?It's totally over saturated with black and hispanic artists.What an a$$ clown.
He needs to take his jalapeno chiile pepper eatin' a$$ back to whatever $hit hole he came from.And there he can listen to all the heathen monkeys beat their drums and appreiciate their talents from a mud hut. |
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iwarrior
Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 3526 Location: Pittsburgh,PA
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="live4metal"]Carlos is an out of touch hippie spick from an age long gone by.
As a guitarist he's second rate.His own protoge Neil Schon surpassed him years ago and the only way he could muster a hit after 100 years in the business was by riding the coat tails of the goofy a$$ white singer from Matchbox 20.
And what MTV is he watching?It's totally over saturated with black and hispanic artists.What an a$$ clown.
He needs to take his jalapeno chiile pepper eatin' a$$ back to whatever $hit hole he came from.And there he can listen to all the heathen monkeys beat their drums and appreiciate their talents from a mud hut. [/quote]
You're making pretty racist statements yourself there dude. That's not cool either.
Also,keep in mind that a good number of Latino performers have contributed to the metal genre. Metal also gets a lot of support in Mexico,South America,and Spain among other places. |
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live4metal
Joined: 12 Jul 2001 Posts: 1057 Location: El Segundo,CA.
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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When U hang yourself out there like Carlos did,you gotta expect some back lash.
And my comments are aimed at him and no one else. I'm no racist.But I'm also not a politically correct pussy who's afraid to talk some smack.
And some rich musician who owes his success to America talking $hit about American's and white people really burns me up. |
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