--- AeOtaku@aol.com wrote:
quoted 6 lines You're using the term soul as a technical term to
> You're using the term soul as a technical term to
> describe music, which I would probably call Motown
> or gospel. I'm using soul to describe pure emotion,
> rhythm and deep, introspective music. You're on
> semantics, I'm on essentials.
>
I still don't see why you can possibly describe the music you like as
being soulful and say, stuff like Autechre's EP7 (which I remember you
saying wasn't your cup of tea) as not having soul (although, possibly,
Autechre are one of the bands least influenced by black music that I
can think of - although they started off as hip-hop headz).
You say you use it to describe music that brings out feelings of pure
emotion within you, but this is surely just the effect of the
composer's tricks in putting together a series of harmonic and
rhythmnic climaxes.
A piece of music doesn't have soul, it's only the listener that
prescribes it that description.
Matt.
PS. You used the word deep - don't start me off on the uses of that
word to describe music...;)
np. LTJ Bukem - cosmic Interlude
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