On this day/OSMONDS?
David Dasinger
bodkota at cyberramp.net
Tue Feb 4 16:13:17 CST 1997
THAT was the point. Like so many before them,
the Osmonds were the more palatable white version
of thier black counterparts. (remember Elvis, Pat Boone, Vanilla Ice?)
Can't have little white girls getting moist over
them negroes, now can we?
DD
>
> >1971: The OSMONDS received their first gold record for "One Bad
> >Apple"
> >
>
> If this is the song I am trying to remember (*One bad apple don't spoil
the whole bunch,
> gu-urrl*), isn't it the JACKSONS? If it is, isn't that a really
hysterically funny error? Or is
> it maybe, kinda like a historical conspiracy? White bread imperialism in
musical
> evolution.
>
> Could it be a different song (doesn't seem possible)?
>
> If I'm wrong, sorry for wasting your time; I'll read more history.
>
> john m
>
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