My apologies to anyone offended by the Canada-centredness of this
message. I figure that 3 or 4 messages talking about R U Experienced is
just a drop in the bucket compared to the dozens and dozens that we saw
about AMP... :-)
quoted 2 lines As has been mentioned, the start of MM's r u recieving was absolute bollocks> As has been mentioned, the start of MM's r u recieving was absolute bollocks
> with Kim Clarke Chapness and voice distortion.
So was the end... "Good music, like the truth, is out there..." Gag.
quoted 2 lines The show rolled along as such...> The show rolled along as such...
> FSOL - commentary regarding technology and music etc. (shut up!)
They also showed the vid for Cascade. Good.
quoted 1 line Sven Vath - ??? (too many dolphins)> Sven Vath - ??? (too many dolphins)
Yeah, lame stuff. The only Vath stuff I've ever grooved on have been the
remixes by other folks. Bad.
quoted 1 line Orbital (loads of slow breakbeats)> Orbital (loads of slow breakbeats)
The Box. Very nice video, I'd never seen it before. Good.
quoted 1 line Underworld - Channel Six (I wonder why this doesn't get more airplay in Toronto)> Underworld - Channel Six (I wonder why this doesn't get more airplay in Toronto)
The title is actually Dirty Epic. I would've rather seen Cowgirl which
I've heard is a better video, but it was still OK.
quoted 1 line LFO - Tricky Disco> LFO - Tricky Disco
Not bad, but a little dated. I would've prefered something from Advance.
So-so.
quoted 1 line Speedy J - something from g-spot> Speedy J - something from g-spot
Not a bad track, but cliched video. So-so.
quoted 1 line ??> ??
I think this was when they showed the Chem Bros/Oasis thing. First time
I'd heard it (I was purposely avoiding the single), and it wasn't as bad as
I'd feared it would be. Nice video, too, with some evil looking touches.
Good.
quoted 1 line Underworld (again?!)> Underworld (again?!)
They were supposed to have an online chat with Darren Emerson during the
show which is why they showed so much Underworld. This was something off
of "Second Toughest", I think. It was OK.
quoted 1 line Moby talks shite> Moby talks shite
Yeah. I was really worried that they'd show a Moby video after this...
thank god (no pun intended) they didn't.
quoted 1 line ???> ???
Something called UK Bassheads, I think. Rave-style crap.
quoted 1 line Prodigy - Firestarter> Prodigy - Firestarter
Eh. Could've done without this.
quoted 1 line Plastikman> Plastikman
Obviously, Much was trying to pad the show with some CanCon. Awful track
and awful video. Bleah.
quoted 1 line Autechre - ??? (something from Incunabula)> Autechre - ??? (something from Incunabula)
Basscadet. Pretty generic computer animation stuff. Would've rather seen
the Second Bad Vibel vid that everyone has been raving about.
quoted 1 line Size 9 - ??? (techno fodder)> Size 9 - ??? (techno fodder)
The track was crap, but I liked the video. Nicely filmed paranoia thing.
quoted 1 line Jaydee - PlastikDreams> Jaydee - PlastikDreams
I have no *idea* whay they played this. Total shite. It was so bad I
stopped taping the show, rewound to the beginning of this video, and
started again when it finished.
quoted 1 line CJ Bolland (whatever happened to this guy?)> CJ Bolland (whatever happened to this guy?)
He's got a new album coming out, this track is from it. Not my cup o'
tea, but the video was nice.
quoted 1 line Orbital> Orbital
"Halcyon". Very... um, interesting.
quoted 1 line Underworld - Born Slippy> Underworld - Born Slippy
I was Underworlded out by this point.
quoted 1 line Overall it was a good show.> Overall it was a good show.
I disagree. They got it about half right. Drop the rave style stuff, add
some Aphex and such, drop the repetition (i.e. no more than one vid per
artist unless it's a special feature) and get rid of the KCC intro/outro
and it could be a solid show.
Than again, considering that it appears to have been a one-time thing, I
guess the point is pretty much moot.
Greg