Originally Posted by
soulster
Well, here in the U.S. in the 70s and 80s, you had the pop/rock [[predominantly White) market, and then everything else. R&B is often totally ignored here, even to this day. When the average music fan talks about the music they like, they will say anything from ska, jazz, rock, metal, blues, country, even rap, but will hardly, if ever, mention R&B, funk, or...gasp!...disco! It's like the stuff never existed, especially when talking about the 70s. It's frustrating! In that reality, Solar's music may as well have been invisible. Unless one is into 80s R&B specifically, hits by Shalamar, Klymaxx, or The Whispers, just isn't remembered. Is that how it is in the U.K.? I know the Brits, Germans, and Japanese like and respect the music more than it's natives do.
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