Sunday, July 20, 2008

Vintage Video: Wildstyle - Grandmaster Flash

I hate to mention Joe Strummer twice in one day, but I wanted to post about Grandmaster Flash, and tell the following story. When Flash opened for the Clash in the early 80's he was roundly booed by the predominantly punk (and therefore white) crowd. When Strummer and the Clash finally hit the stage, he remonstrated and scolded the crowd for booing such an important artist. I can't imagine a group today bringing someone from a totally different genre to open for them, let alone dissing their own fans for slagging them off, it just wouldn't happen these days.

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