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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
I mean no disrespect to the OP but a concert is not the place to make a statement about race. If I go to a snoop dog concert and 90% of the audience is black, why would I comment on that? Fleetwood Mac is a pop rock band from the 1970's that originated in England. Surely you aren't finding fault with the band or London because the racial make up was not represented from London's population.
Its just ridiculous to bring up such a point. What next? African Americans playing in the NBA?  |
Sorry, I don't think its a ridiculous point to bring up at all. Indeed I recall just this discussion on another thread last year. I too find it curious and also wonder why this is the case. It's certainly not about finding fault with the band- its not their fault. There doesn't really seem to be too many specific reasons why they don't appeal to a slightly more ethnically diverse audience.
Now, pardon my ignorance here (I'd have been very young at the time)- I'd suggest in the 1970's there was a significant explosion of 'black' music- funk, soul, reggae, disco and even hip-hop (in the latter stages of the decade). I can therefore see why black people may have steered away from bands like Fleetwood Mac (what has been the ethnic mix at Eagles concerts, etc? btw) and naturally steered towards artists that more closely associated with their culture and heritage. I don't really know why their popularity hasn't filtered down over time to a slightly more diverse audience though. That's not to say there aren't considerable numbers of black Fleetwood Mac fans out there- there just seem to be comparatively low numbers.