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Hary J Walsh
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Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:48:54 +0000
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Re: (idm) Orbital recommendations
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quoted 7 lines On 13 Jan 97 at 14:33, Hary J Walsh wrote:> On 13 Jan 97 at 14:33, Hary J Walsh wrote: > > > Aphex Twin even played live on MTV europe.... > > And to think that some members of this list had the nerve to suggest that > Orbital were just a token techno band for the MTV generation and not > worthy of proper IDM consideration.
I've seen this occur before. I was well into grungy guitar music, ever before Grunge really became an accepted label for it. I saw Nirvana support Sonic Youth at a gig of 250 people about 2 months before Bleach came out. They made a good impression on the local music scene, and Bleach was very popular. As soon as smells like teen spirit came along, everyone started talking about how crap nirvana were etc.. all the muzos started to get deeped and deeper into obscurer music. I guess some people need their individuality confirmed in their tastes and expression, which is fair enough. - Hary J Walsh It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. -Seneca