SahelianWarrior
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White Kid Slippers
Sam Lucas was a great composer of "coon songs", a classic music style that was enormously popular worldwide for almost a century. These songs were written/enjoyed by Whites/Blacks alike. Unfortunately, this era has been memory-holed, along with his legacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon_song
This was considered to be fun, comedic music in the 19th century and was not meant to "offend" anybody. I don't think people even got "offended" back then by this type of content tbh. Unfortunately, musicians today are loathe to touch these wonderful songs.
The song stands out for so many reasons. It's even better that it was a collab between a Black composer and White lyricist, which supports my claim that these songs had a *uniting* effect across races, and shouldn't be memory-holed.
I love how this song is all about black people excluding whites and cherishing segregation. It completely upends the narrative of the 1880s, esp since it was composed by a black guy. It's a remarkable piece of history. The song itself about white trash being blocked at the door and every black person scoffing at him for wearing white kid shoes. This is a very "racist" song mocking whites, but that's why it's so funny. It goes against EVERYTHING we've been told about this era.
Sam Lucas was a great composer of "coon songs", a classic music style that was enormously popular worldwide for almost a century. These songs were written/enjoyed by Whites/Blacks alike. Unfortunately, this era has been memory-holed, along with his legacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon_song
This was considered to be fun, comedic music in the 19th century and was not meant to "offend" anybody. I don't think people even got "offended" back then by this type of content tbh. Unfortunately, musicians today are loathe to touch these wonderful songs.
The song stands out for so many reasons. It's even better that it was a collab between a Black composer and White lyricist, which supports my claim that these songs had a *uniting* effect across races, and shouldn't be memory-holed.
I love how this song is all about black people excluding whites and cherishing segregation. It completely upends the narrative of the 1880s, esp since it was composed by a black guy. It's a remarkable piece of history. The song itself about white trash being blocked at the door and every black person scoffing at him for wearing white kid shoes. This is a very "racist" song mocking whites, but that's why it's so funny. It goes against EVERYTHING we've been told about this era.
