(May 15, 2019 at 11:23 pm)Amarok Wrote:So, 'they' sent in Elvis to save the day? The man they wouldn't televise from the waist down because his movements were too provocative.(May 15, 2019 at 11:12 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Who is 'they'?1. As I explained a segment of white(often conservative ) America viewed him as subversive
Black groups were hugely popular with white youth.
Why was Hendrix a supposed threat?
The counterculture embraced Jimi. Have you ever watched Woodstock?
2. Again though none of them were Hendrix or as radical as Hendrix
3. Because his lyrics and sound freaked them out the same other styles freaked people out like Kiss did during their time or Marilyn Manson not to long ago .
4 . Yes I know the counter culture did that my point he was perceived as a threat to status que as were a lot of things during the 60s
Doesn't make a lot of sense.
'They' should have called on Pat Boone.