Cultural appropriation and covers

[Deaklet]

Wow.

 

I thought this forum was different than TalkBass, but boy was I wrong.

[wateroftyne]

My feeling is that we’re all thinking about this too much. Art is organic. It shares its DNA with other art, and evolves.

 

just be respectful of the art and its sources.

[Agent 00Soul]

3 hours ago, Deaklet said:

Wow.

 

I thought this forum was different than TalkBass, but boy was I wrong.

You mean with the political stuff?  Basschat has pretty strict moderation that shuts down most partisan things. People get around it by discussing more general philosophical topics, although they do too get shut down from time to time. I’m 57 and it  can definitely seem like a time machine to the early days of the internet around here. 

[Dan Dare]

4 hours ago, Deaklet said:

Wow.

 

I thought this forum was different than TalkBass, but boy was I wrong.

 

It isn't as extreme, but point taken. Virtue signalling (the desire to demonstrate to the world that one has the "right" views and mindset) is everywhere.

[Beer of the Bass]

On 20/09/2025 at 12:34, Agent 00Soul said:

Are there any people under 40 on this thread?  I would love to hear their point of view.

 

I'm not sure there are many under 40 using single interest hobby forums at all, I'm 44 and still somehow among the younger users of most sites like this. 

But given the song referenced by the OP, maybe we should be asking if anyone in the thread lived under the 70s Nigerian military government, or a comparable situation (same answer, I suspect). 

Edited 3 hours ago by Beer of the Bass

[Burns-bass]

2 minutes ago, Beer of the Bass said:

 

I'm not sure there are many under 40 using single interest hobby forums at all, I'm 44 and still somehow among the younger users of most sites like this. 

Same.

[DF Shortscale]

I don't know if age has that much to do with it. Younger millennials and gen z don't tend to use forums at all, outside of maybe Reddit (which doesn't really qualify as much of a forum any more), but from what I know about under 40's (I spend most of my working life amongst them), their opinions would probably be surprisingly similar to the variety of opinions expressed here. Some would say it's not ok, some would say it's ok if it's handled carefully, others wouldn't care. The only real difference would be that not many under 40s musicians would be outraged that they were being asked a question like this, and pretty much none of them use Facebook / tabloid terms like 'virtue signalling' or 'woke'. But their opinions would be equally varied.