On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Mark Kolmar wrote:
quoted 17 lines Recently "Firestarter" by Prodigy has been featured on the "Top 5 at 5"> Recently "Firestarter" by Prodigy has been featured on the "Top 5 at 5"
> countdown on local (Chicago) station Q101 (WKQX).
>
> Most recent IDM-related track to do the same is "Born Slippy" by
> Underworld (track 2/vocal version, with early fade).
>
> This is more noteworthy than similar airplay in, say, NYC, because Chicago
> radio is well-known for clinging to previous trends.
>
> In light of certain programming decisions at MTV, a short article in the
> new Rolling Stone, and so on:
>
> Is the US market about to find an alternative to Alterative?
>
> Well (whether or not it would translate well into my living room), I'd
> much rather hear Prodigy than 1000 more Seattle-lite bands.
>
Do we really need this thread again? No offense specifically meant to you,
Mark, but how come every time some idm act gets coverage in the
"mainstream" media, this list goes ballistic?? How many times do we need
to listen to
those same tired underground vs. mainstream arguments;
pretentious assholes claiming idm is too "intelligent" to
ever be popular in America;
people clogging the list with "PRODIGY SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!";
people clogging the list with "MTV SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"??
Because if we continue this way, we will have already lost. Most people on
this list would agree that both the prodigy and MTV do "suck." Considering
that, we do talk about them (or merely scream about them) a lot.
The big record companies and MTV will play their games with dance music
just like they did with grunge.
We can either let this list turn into just another tool for the music
industry to manipulate or we can discuss and help each other find the
good, the really good, and the absolutely fucking fantastic music that
they don't want us to hear.
Apologies to Mark Kolmar for turning this reply into a manifesto.
/arjun
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