Talk:Black Merda

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Black Merda is of historical importance in the field of Black Psychedelic Rock

this article has been rewritten in an attempt comply with Wikipedia's standards and now contains a bibliography that details Black Merda's historical musical importance.

Black Merda had two albums released on the Chess and Janus Record labels" Their Self-titled "Black Merda" 1970 and "Long Burn The Fire" 1972 so this article shouldn't be deleted because it meets that notabilty rule.

This article also meets the complies with the rule below:

"topic has notability if it is known outside of a narrow interest group or constituency, or should be because of its particular importance or impact"

In addition to checking the bibliography of this article please Google "Black Merda" and you will find many websites featuring Black Merda's music and commenting on their historical musical importance.

And per the bibliography in this article, you will find that they are indeed considered to be legendary, pioneers of Black Rock. Vveasey 16:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)Buddha

[edit] POV

If you don't say so yourself. I see you were in the band.

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Vytal 15:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes that's true but the only thing that really matter's is if what I'm saying is true or not and you can check that out by googling the name Black Merda as well as checking the secondary sources in the references for the article. A discography has been added Vveasey 15:58, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Curiosity

Merda means "shit" in portuguese.

In Italian too. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.37.120.114 (talk) 12:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC).

I find it amusing that people focus on what "Merda" means in other languages. I thought it was funny when I first found out it meant shit in these other languages as well.

But..the "Merda" in Black Merda didn't originate in Italian, Portuguese or any other language except American English. It's just the slang spelling of the word "Murder" and is pronouced "Murder" and means to kill. Black Merda means "the killing of black people" and originated during the civil right movement of the late 1960s to bring attention to the many African Americans who were being killed as result of racial violence at that time. Vveasey 16:10, 25 October 2007 (UTC)