Quote Originally Posted by splanky View Post
I've been watching that video at least once every 3 months over the past 4 or 5 years and I bought the original release when it came out-damn-can it be 26 years ago?!!- oh
I am getting old... It was indeed part of a larger anti-apartheid mission both right on point and right on time. And yes, Millie Jackson and Tina Turner [[ among others) had
played Sun City both later regretting it, Tina in fact admitting how naive she'd been about the whole situation there. All I remember about Roberta Flack is hearing she'd turned them down ...Doesn't matter, nobody said artists playing there were racists just
naive as Tina stated in the least or irresponsible at worst. They were right. Curtis Mayfield played Sun City and Jerry Butler gave him hell about it and though Curtis will remain one of my favorites this time he was wrong. As far as racism in the south in this country is concerned and American music history, it's not the same thing.And it wasn't
only in the south restrictions were applied from the journey post slavery, through reconstruction, Jim Crow up til this day...
That's exactly what I would say too, if I got bad publicity for it. Poor little naive Tina. I hope all the money she got helped heal her hurt feelings?
As for Curtis Mayfield that is absolutely incredible. I would have remortgaged my house and bet that Curtis wouldn't have played in Sun City.