On 09-Mar-97 Matthew D. Smith wrote:
quoted 2 lines I mean cases like U2, Tori Amos (Professional Widow - makes me wanna puke!!>I mean cases like U2, Tori Amos (Professional Widow - makes me wanna puke!!
>& I don't care who remixed/produced the dancey version).
i do. who did that remix anyway? i love it.
quoted 3 lines The problem is when POP wankers & the MAN hijack kif producers they tend to>The problem is when POP wankers & the MAN hijack kif producers they tend to
>lose their street appeal. I mean can I trust Howie B again after doing work on
>POP. Likewise what about Eno?????
you sir, are a fool. howie b sucked long before he went into the studio with
U2. conversely, eno is still awesome, and his work with U2 was pretty damn
good. i have no particular love for orbital, but how many people on this list
decided to boycott them after they remixed madonna? not too many i bet, given
by the amount of mindless drooling appreciation that "in sides" (a huge
steaming turd of an album) got.
meat beat manifesto have remixed some pretty dodgy people (the shamen?) but
they always manage to turn crap into gold.
to sum it up, in the words of rakim "it ain't where you're from, it's where
you're at!"
quoted 5 lines U2 is one thing, but what about bands like Underworld. I still have a bit of a>U2 is one thing, but what about bands like Underworld. I still have a bit of a
>hard time liking them because they will always be a POP band (does anyone
>remember "Underneath the Radar") in my eyes, it smelt to me the first time I
>heard dubnobasswithmyheadman that Underworld had hijacked a genre started by
>people like Orbital and made a POP album out of it.
so what? it was a damned fine album. they took the best of both worlds (dance
& pop) and created a very heady brew.
quoted 1 line Even the Shamen made POP music in the 80's.>Even the Shamen made POP music in the 80's.
and most of it was much better than their largely pathetic dance stuff. i
would listen to "in gorbachev we trust" again. i will not listen to "boss
drum" again.
quoted 3 lines but there is one thing we all know IDM is not: rock!>>but there is one thing we all know IDM is not: rock!
>
>And must be our resounding athem.... IDM is not ROCK!!!!
i think our motto should be "it ain't where you're from, it's where you're at."
on now: tranquility bass - let the freak flag fly (rock, salsa, samples, folk
music, drum loops, guitar, synths, god knows what else... a strange psychedelic
stew of influences.)
Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com
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