dex14

She’s not “Latina”.

Decker

She's also WAY better than Selena Gomez.

fujishig

Best Filipino pop star since Lea Salonga?

JeffTheAlpaca

A classic right here

Paff

That was news to me too, I also thought she was Latina. Damn Spaniards and their colonization!

LurkerDan

even if she was latina, this is a really weird thing to say. Would you say "Billy Joel is a better white singer/piano player than Elton John"? "Adele is a better white pop singer than Lady Gaga"?

dex14

I mean... he might... Look who you're asking.

Decker

While I don't necessarily want to group my opinions in the same basket at Jeff's, but under certain circumstances (like the Unpopular Music Opinion Thread), I might.

fujishig

The point is would you use their ethnicity to identify them? (the second point would be would you use the wrong ethnicity to identify them)

"As far as straight white pianists go, Billy Joel beats Elton John by a mile"

Decker

No. That's kind of gross.

dex14

Which one is Filipino?

Decker

As far as straight white pianists go, it's no contest.

fujishig

True, and maybe that's what Jeff was actually trying to say, because it is technically true:

JeffTheAlpaca

I did not know she was mixed.

fujishig

But Latina is not part of that mix...

LurkerDan

doubling down on the weirdness. These are people, not breeds of dogs, FFS.

We're all "mixed". And FWIW, Selena Gomez's mom is of italian descent (per wiki).

stvn1974

I just randomly listened to five Selena Gomez songs on Qobuz, can anyone recommend one that doesn't have her voice autotuned into oblivion?

JeffTheAlpaca

Ok so you accuse me of being a racist and take something I said out of context?

I have more Public Enemy records than you and I was watching Yo MTV Raps in the late 80's and early 90's before rap became mainstream and commercial while you were listening to New Kids on the Block.

LurkerDan

Oh, so you like "black" music so you're not racist? Do you have a black friend too?

FWIW, I never accused you of anything other than being weird. And I didn't take anything you said "out of context", I literally quoted your entire posts in both of my responses to you.

And I was a hippie, I was listening to the Grateful Dead, thank you very much. But FYI, rap was pretty mainstream and commercial before the late 80s and early 90s.

JeffTheAlpaca

I don't like you either