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From:
Jordan Hare
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Date:
Wed, 03 Jan 2001 15:30:23 -0500
Subject:
Re: [idm] 'press play on tape'.
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Jon wrote:
quoted 3 lines WHATEVER. These guys are fucking awesome! What sort of bullshit is> > WHATEVER. These guys are fucking awesome! What sort of bullshit is > that, "ideo game music covers. sheesh. can't get much worse than that."
it means that this list is just as geeky as its critics claim. you can't get much more geeky than being into bands that cover video game themes.
quoted 6 lines I really enjoyed hearing this stuff, as all of the themes conjur> I really enjoyed hearing this stuff, as all of the themes conjur > memories of some of my favorite games, albeit most of them played in > their post commodore 8bit versions. Another group anyone who likes this > should check out are "the minibosses" they do crazy dual metal guitar > shit and remix nintendo themes, what's awesome tho is they do all of the > little note glides and changes just like the 8bit versions...
maybe it's me, but i wouldn't really consider this band (as you describe it) to be "intelligent", "dance"-able, or "music"-al. it's just mass geek synergy at its worst. the second band sounds just as lame as the first. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org