hmmm...I'll pipe in, in defense of the los angeles area. at least at the few
idm-ish shows that I've attended, I was pleasantly surprised at how many
people were dancing.
both times that I've seen phoenecia (in LA), I didn't get the feeling that
very many people thought they were too cool to boogie. but hey, if you can
sit still through one of phoenecia's live sets, then I'd think you were
putting effort into *not* getting your groove on!
but I remember reading reviews of the same or similar bills hitting other
cities in other states, and being surprised that nobody danced.
em.
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quoted 5 lines From: christopher <gravavarez@yahoo.com>
>From: christopher <gravavarez@yahoo.com>
>To: hardbarker@hotmail.com, idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] re: Confusion on the grandest scale
>Date: Wed, Jun 21, 2000, 5:38 AM
>quoted 29 lines you says,
> you says,
>> no dancing, no scene in UK. US has got it tho eh?
>
> no, it's the same way over here. no one really dances. over here it may be
> because of lacking comprehension more than elitism though. at recent
> muziq/hrvatski/eoss show no one would dance until vatski whipped out the
> disco-like track at the end (remix of amen brother?) and when muziq turned
> into full on hardcore bmbmbmbmbm for over half an hour. in both they could
> understand the bmbmbmbm. the breakbeats are too confusing - "what beat is
> coming next? not sure, better not move or i'll mess it up." probably similar
> for nonbreakbeaty music. if it's got a groove, like these guys or skam, i
> don't see what the problem is.
>
> of course people could just be really enjoying listening to it rather than
> getting all into it physically. nothing wrong with that eh? i imagine it'd
> get a bit boring sitting motionless and attentive for hours though.
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