History YMMV / SoulTrain

* WTHCastingAgency: Some of the white rock acts that made it onto the show made sense because of their R&B, soul or funk influences, particularly with some of the British new wave bands that were able to get on... But then there was the inexplicable 1985 appearance of [[Music/{{Eagles}} Don Henley]], who performed the decidedly non-soulful "The Boys of Summer".

** The cute black guy with the Pig Tails.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOE1ovgIBr8&ytbChannel=phttech Shann]]

** Also some hated the 90's, but not because they ''were'' the 90's, but because it never fully ''embraced'' the 90's to their satisfaction. The 90's era never really fully embraced HipHop (neither did the 80's for that matter). The hip-hop representation was there though. Your milage just may vary about if it was represented eough. However, the Dance show did ''much'' better with other urban genres like New Jack Swing and Hip-Hop/Soul. Either way, younger audiences found MTV and especially ''Yo! MTV Raps'' (or, for some viewers, Creator/MuchMusic and ''[=RapCity=]'') to be far more relevant to their hip-hop interests, and the new viewers that the show needed simply didn't arrive. Didn't help that Don Cornelius more or less admitted that he didn't "''get''" hip-hop.

** Also some hated the 90's, but not because they ''were'' the 90's, but because it never fully ''embraced'' the 90's. The 90's era never really fully embraced HipHop (neither did the 80's for that matter). It did marginally better with other urban genres like New Jack Swing. But over all the 90's was not a huge pop culture reference pool like the eighties, and seventies eras were; younger audiences found MTV and especially ''Yo! MTV Raps'' (or, for some viewers, Creator/MuchMusic and ''[=RapCity=]'') to be far more relevant to their interests, and the new viewers that the show needed simply didn't arrive.

** White singers were tolerated, but only a few of them (including Music/EltonJohn, Michael [=Mc=]Donald, Music/DavidBowie [[note]] hilariously, the first white man on the show and while transitioning to his aristocratic, "emotionless ''[[NaziNobleman Aryan]]'' [[{{Ubermensch}} superman]]" "Thin White Duke" phase [[/note]], Hall & Oates, Music/PetShopBoys and Teena Marie) were deemed worthy.
* WTHCastingAgency: Some of the white rock acts that made it onto the show made sense because of their R&B, soul or funk influences, particularly with some of the British new wave bands that were able to get on...but then there was the inexplicable 1985 appearance of [[Music/{{Eagles}} Don Henley]], who performed the decidedly non-soulful "The Boys of Summer".

** Also some hated the 90's, but not because they ''were'' the 90's, but because it never fully ''embraced'' the 90's. The 90's era never really fully embraced HipHop (neither did the 80's for that matter). It did marginally better with other urban genres like New Jack Swing. But over all the 90's was not a huge pop culture reference pool like the eighties, and seventies eras were; younger audiences found MTV and especially ''Yo! MTV Raps'' to be far more relevant to their interests, and the new viewers that the show needed simply didn't arrive.

** Also some hated the 90's, but not because they ''were'' the 90's, but because it never fully ''embraced'' the 90's. The 90's era never really fully embraced HipHop (neither did the 80's for that matter). It did marginally better with other urban genres like New Jack Swing. But over all the 90's was not a huge pop culture reference pool like the eighties, and seventies eras were. Essentially alienating the black MTV generation. Because of this people think this is what led to the show's down fall.