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From:
hess
To:
eye dee emm
Date:
Thu, 17 May 2001 09:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: [idm] autechre live in seattle
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I agree. It was a boring show. Completely devoid of emotion... What happened to song development? Damn, half the time Sean and Rob didn't even know when to move their heads up and down, let alone the crowd. I stayed for the whole set, hoping to hear a song that I could at least move with and not feel like I was in the middle of a train-wreck. It didn't happen. On Thu, 17 May 2001, Joshua Brown wrote: JB>saw them last night and left after 2 "songs". it really sucked... I feel JB>ripped off... anyway, their music is just technical noise with no emotion, JB>tells no story etc... it's not really music... I am sure many of you will JB>celebrate that aspect of it and declare it to be the future of music... JB>perhaps I am just an old fogey that doesn't understand the new kids JB>music.... Ironically, I am glad that music like that exists, and that JB>people go listen to it... it just seems like kind of artsy fartsy JB>experimental crap designed solely to disturb and irritate the listener, and JB>why would anyone really want to listen to that? I have heard the same type JB>of thing before in the past at performance art galleries where they like JB>bang on pots and pans and people with no musical ability are like sawing JB>wood and bashing pieces of metal while naked and covered in body paint JB>etc... that's much more entertaining that watching 2 guys with their heads JB>down barely move on stage.... JB> JB> JB>--------------------------------------------------------------------- JB>To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org JB>For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org JB> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org