I wrote:
quoted 2 lines ... So does James Brown, even though his own stuff is deadly boring.
> ... So does James Brown, even though his own stuff is deadly boring.
> *ducks*
And jeff <jpklein@flash.net> replied:
quoted 1 line ... that's just wrong. And (imo), so is Wells on this point.
> ... that's just wrong. And (imo), so is Wells on this point.
Nah, you're wrong! And I'm right! Bwahahahaha...
Actually, I'm perfectly happy for people to like James Brown, gospel music, Bob
Marley, most opera, house (four-on-the-floor) whatever else, and call it good
music. I just don't like them mostly.
Yeah ok some bits of James Brown are obviously fantastic. I just find he goes on
too much, too long, too repetitively, and it becomes abrasive. [NO discussions
of repetitiveness in music will be entered into - one thread we don't need to
philosophise about AGAIN. *grin*] I don't find I want to listen to any James
Brown song in its entirety.
I'd rather listen to DJ Food or whomever sampling JB. I like the sound of
samples manipulated in interesting ways, I like the different sounds that get
layered on top of the rhythm samples, I like the bigger and rounder bass sound
in some of that instrumental hip hop and in drum'n'bass...
No ducking this time.
Peter.
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"Of course, dance music can be a music where you lie on your back and
your brain cells dance" -Michael Karoli of Can, quoted in Wire mag.
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