At 03:32 PM 6/29/00 -0500, Matthew Guest wrote:
quoted 7 lines This takes the cake for Most Recently Really Silly Thing Said On IDM-L.> >This takes the cake for Most Recently Really Silly Thing Said On IDM-L.
>
>I didn't think the reply was "silly". I think it was a good reminder to look
>back and give another listen to older stuff that helped shape and influence
>what we have now. I also agree that that stuff stands on it's own. Just
>because it's not IDM, doesn't mean it's stupid to look at it with wonder for
>the artistry that's in there.
Michael Jackson was popular for a reason. He knew how to write
very good pop music, and then millions of people threw money at him. But
that first post was completely silly. In what way is Michael Jackson at all
IDM?
Relatedly, why do so many people constantly remind the IDM list at
large to listen to music besides IDM? I don't know a single person into the
big, ameoba-like, nebulous genre known as IDM who doesn't have pretty
diverse tastes in music. Just because people try to keep the list
conversation vaguely topical doesn't mean that the bright and glorious past
of unrelated music is somehow being dissed. It's one of those things I
wonder about the list, every once in a while
At 03:37 PM 6/29/00 -0500, Josh Davison wrote:
quoted 1 line but Thriller is fucking awesome.>but Thriller is fucking awesome.
What about Bad? The title track was catchy. I guess the rest of it
was pretty dumb, in hindsight.
Related to that, I agree with a previous poster about the whole
nouveau-80s thing. Irony is gay.
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