On 06-Feb-97, Jeremy Meyers scribbled something about (idm) Couple of Things:
quoted 10 lines 3) re: the "mainstreaming of IDM"
>3) re: the "mainstreaming of IDM"
>I think we should just wait and see. This genre of music (i feel) takes
>more of a specific type of person to appreciate, so
>"true" IDM may not end up being that popular
>I don't think its really that fair to compare this to the Alternative
>"era". Most alternative music was (IMHO) based on two albums (which in
>turn had their influences, but were big commercially). Pearl Jam's "Ten"
>(still a great album) and Nirvana's "Nevermind". IDM, on the other hand,
>hasn't really had a big commercial hit as of yet, so there isn't really
>much for the average consumer to build off of.
I just read the article in Newsweek.. sucks rocks, they say they are going to
"cut up" the tracks and make radio edits, and they say The Prodigy and Chemical
Bros. have already done this, i've only heard one track from Chem.Bros. so I
can't say nothing, but I can surely say the radio edit of Firestarter sucks
shit. I seriously hope no other of the artists I love so much do this, it would
be horrible :(
At least we can trust that RDJ won't have radio edits, unless someone else
makes them. Unless it's cool, which I doubt. Radio edit usually = a fucked up
version of the track so that the masses want to buy the record when they hear
it on the radio.
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