comparison of white and black music

for a while now i've been meaning to make a comparison between 'black' and 'white' music -- which is to say, african/western and white/european-like/western.... of course nowadays there are plenty of 'black' and 'white' artists of said description coming from england and probably even mainland europe in terms of dance music.......

for the time being i am choosing two songs which both share the same title 'kryptonite' and both happen to be american, which is fitting, as america had africans amongst their population in large numbers possibly long before europe did, in a sense, although in america, even until the 1960s or beyond, the blacks were generally held as outcasts and isolated.......... this rejection often lead to pain and suffering which resulted in great music.... one of the testimonies to this, is the fact that in soviet times, some russian visitors to the west, would have x-ray films literally scratched, like one of the discs on my wheels which was being scratched and rubbed by the worn-out brake pad, the x-ray films would be scratched to play music later --- this music was always jazz music from african americans and just carrying the music could lead to a terrible punishment from Stalin and co..... of course, no-one would ever think to check a scratched x-ray film for music on it! but if you don't believe me, just ask vladimir putin!


'kryptonite' - white version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPU8OAjjS4k


'kryptonite' - black version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2wsx1onlOE

both of these songs are pretty 'great' --- listening to the white version -- it's typical rock singing, black singers would never sing like this -- the nearest we got to it really was jimi hendrix and maybe lenny kravitz who both did a little rock singing but it doesn't seem to come naturally to africans in general -- probably it runs against their dna -- does that sound racist?..... here in this white version, these white guys with dna from europe are basically singing some crap which sounds good and basically matches the music which is like some kind of 4/4 timing --- the drum beats are predictable in rock music and are either synocopated beats or else basic 4/4 drumming beats -- very simple and predictable... i could be wrong -- i'm not an expert............ the chords the guitars are playing, i wouldn't know what notes they are unless i could figure them out using a different system to the one normally used by musicians to figure notes out....... this is an interesting topic and one i'm willing to return to (deducing the value of the seven different 'notes' - not just in the musical scale, but in life and colors too)


turning to the black version, in this case, it's the winner, although the white version of kryptonite is really a pretty solid good rock song, the black version, you notice, doesn't need a drum kit... in general, black music (afro-american/afro-in general) doesn't use drum kits much when they can just use a drum machine........ now instead of melody being provided by an electric guitar, a computer loop of some cool sounding piano sounds are used instead, this song is a real winner, again, by utilizing simple but elegant piano/synthezier riffs, and also, in this song, some kind of squeezebox sounding riff......... very simple, but definitely melodic and this genre is a lot more open to creativity than rock music....... it's surprising jimi hendrix was even so interested in playing electric guitar at all........ the singers do not bother screaming/yelling/singing and instead just talk/chant/sing