At 9:12 AM 10/8/96, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:
quoted 23 lines Regarding "intelligence":>Regarding "intelligence":
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>Perhaps the "intelligent" label (as in "idm", for that matter) simply
>designates music which appeals to the mind and the body, as opposed to much
>club-oriented music, which drives the body, but unfortunately offers little
>to inspire the mind. (Of course, all music generally aims to inspire the
>emotions, but we won't even get into that here). In that case, perhaps
>"intellectual" would be a better term. But that word frightens the
>children.
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>Of course, there are those brave DJs who will play "intelligent" dance
>music, and there are those adventurous audiences who will thrill and chill
>to the elevation. Thank God for all that, and the "intelligent"
>music-creators, our sine qua non, not to mention post hoc ergo propter hoc
>(hats off to Carl S).
>
>Then again, perhaps the "intelligent" label was intended as a replacement
>for the worn-out "avant-garde" and "alternative" labels, though it seems to
>be suffering the same fate of over- and mis-use which eventually made those
>titles meaningless and irrelevant.
>
>Zenon M. Feszczak
>Ambientologist
"Intelligent" is another word for what I call "chin-scratching" music. You
listen to Chemical Brothers, or Sven Vath, and you just check out. Pure
body music. You listen to DJ Spooky (my current fave) or Aphex Twin, and
you're much more likely to stand there, stroke your goatee (since you
probably have one,) and go: "Hmmmm! Very interesting! That puts things in a
whole new perspective!" Brain music, in other words.
There's a time and place for both, but I'll admit it: I'm too much of an
intellectual snob to exclusively experience (I didn't say listen to) body
music. I need to have my brain stroked on a frequent basis. If after a good
session of brain music, the more physical stuff pales in comparison, then
so be it.
-Phil
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