The Roots working with the man who called Ray Charles a blind, ignorant n*gger

[THE 101]

The Roots and Elvis Costello are making some sort of record together | Music | Newswire | The A.V. Club

 

[jwinfield]

In very tangentially related news, Questlove has also been producing D’Angelo’s long-awaited Voodoo follow-up, which he says is “99-percent done” and should be released by RCA Records sometime this year.

:favre:

 

[BlackDiBiase]

Elvis Costello said that ?

Can you post the exact quote or context of what and why he said it.

Alison is a classic record, smh.

 

[We Major]

The Roots are also working on their own new record, & Then You Shoot Your Cousin,

 

[Why-Fi]

Elvis Costello said that ?

Can you post the exact quote or context of what and why he said it.

Alison is a classic record, smh.

he was drunk and wanted to end a conversation with some guy he didnt like, by being as rude as possible. its in his wiki

 

[THE 101]

Costello's standing in the U.S. was bruised for a time when in March 1979, during a drunken argument with Stephen Stills and Bonnie Bramlett in a Columbus, Ohio Holiday Inn bar, the singer referred to James Brown as a "jive-ass ******", then upped the ante by pronouncing Ray Charles a "blind, ignorant, ******".[21][22] Costello apologised at a New York City press conference a few days later, claiming that he had been drunk and had been attempting to be obnoxious in order to bring the conversation to a swift conclusion, not anticipating that Bramlett would bring his comments to the press

 

[atlbound]

...let the fukkery commence

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Money talks...

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

The Roots are also working on their own new record, & Then You Shoot Your Cousin,

shoot your cousin?

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[Nefflum nigga]

I wonder if the roots even know this hoe ass cracker said that

 

[YouMadd?]

he was drunk and wanted to end a conversation with some guy he didnt like, by being as rude as possible. its in his wiki

Truth usually comes out when people get drunk....

 

[jwinfield]

I wonder if the roots even know this hoe ass cracker said that

They more than likely do.

In his liner notes for the expanded version of Get Happy!!, Costello writes that some time after the incident he had declined an offer to meet Charles out of guilt and embarrassment, though Charles himself had forgiven Costello saying "Drunken talk isn't meant to be printed in the paper."

 

[IronFist]

Truth usually comes out when people get drunk....

"a drunk mind is a sober mind"

im a black thought fan but this right here has me shaking my head

 

[prophecypro]

Out of all the ways to end a conversation. ..

If he wanted to be rude and abrupt as possible, couldnt he have just told the person to fukk off?

 

[Tom]

Remember when the Roots were sambos in that Spike Lee movie?


and this is a surprise to you?