I didn't like what Hendrix was doing, and neither did I like James Brown's Funk, nor early Funkadelic, despite liking Jimmy Hendrix's early '60s guitar playing, and James Brown's '50s and early '60s cuts, and The Parliament's pre-Parliament and Funkadelic cuts. It was the change in their music I didn't like, not the colour of their skin, nor the lyrics of their songs,
I don't think it's generational with me. It's the pure sound of the music. I've always hated loud noise, scratchy noises [[such as reverb), and always hated screaming. I've always been drawn to sweet sounds, and soft or medium sounds, as opposed to scratchy and loud. I probably never would have liked Funk, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal no matter when I would have been born. I never listened to the pop radio stations, and had very little exposure to most of the "Caucasian" artists. But I was not prejudiced. I did like some pop music after hearing it.
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