WHY GOLD SOUL?
Gold Soul is not the greatest name in the world for a magazine, we realize this. We could've called it Black Music, but there is already one. Anyway, how could we reasonably title a one-shot like this anything so all-encompassing? "Black Music" would certainly include artists such as Bob Marley, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and for that matter, Charlie Parker.
WHY GOLD SOUL?
Gold Soul is not the greatest name in the world for a magazine, we realize this.
We could've called it Black Music, but there is already one. Anyway, how could we reasonably title a one-shot like this anything so all-encompassing? "Black Music" would certainly include artists such as Bob Marley, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and for that matter, Charlie Parker. Maybe even Charley Pride. Bob Marley? How 'bout Peter Tosh? B.B. King? How 'bout Buddy Guy? Chuck Berry? What about Bo Diddley? Charlie Parker? Dizzy Gillespie. And so on.
No one's about to deny that the music covered within is gold, in both senses of the word—old and salesworthy—it all applies here. But soul? Does that word still apply? As has been noted, Billboard stopped calling it "soul" music years ago; now they've got a "black music" chart. Only problem is, on that chart, along with Rick James and Gladys Knight, are David Bowie, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Culture Club and even the Euryfhmics. This is "black music"?