quoted 2 lines The simple fact is, house is predictable and boring to>The simple fact is, house is predictable and boring to
>listen to,
only predictable and boring house is predictable and boring
and i may not be bad looking--and all the
quoted 5 lines girls on the dance floor may be fine as fuck (i live>girls on the dance floor may be fine as fuck (i live
>in miami, trust me)..but it's just cheesy, repetitive
>music. Straight up...i can chill to house after ive
>had about 5 beers and i dont care anymore what's on
>and i'm gettin down.
you mean after your inhibitions have been reduced by alcohol? sounds like
you "want" to get down, but something's stopping you.
So basically i think house is
quoted 2 lines just definitely for having fun , and not for>just definitely for having fun , and not for
>'listening' per say.
you know, all my raver/clubber friends think that they know all about idm
too. they think they've got it pegged because they dropped the needle on
EP7 or some Mego rec at the record store a year ago. it's all "squiggly,
chirpy, boring" stuff.
your wholesale dismissal of house as all "cheesy, repetitive" is as
provincial and laughable as their assessment of idm. if you truly think
that then you are simply listening to the wrong house. i know plenty of
house djs that bring a shitload of thoughtfulness and emotion to their
selection and spinning. Coy West and Tektite's Merrick Brown spring
instantly to mind. the same mister Brown, by the way, that has released
tunes by several respected "idm" guys as well as bringing the Stewart
Walker full length to the world. frankly, it's as "intelligent" as anything
else IMO. and a damn sight more delight per pound than a night of
chin-stroking and trainspotting. what's more, i can sit down and listen to
tapes of theirs and rock out at home. whether i'm rocking in a "house" way
or an "idm" way is, truthfully, something that i don't think merits
discussion at all.
some crap miami house dj mixing up dubs of whitney houston songs is NOT
house in a nutshell, as much as you want it to be. feel free to flaunt
your ignorance as much as you like on the list, though, 'cause i'm sure you
can find plenty of people to agree with you.
what the hell kind of crap, misguided aceticism led us to this? when did a
fundamental split between the mind and body become so hip for grown men? i
mean, when i was a jack-boot wearing industrial kid in 1990 i felt that
house was crap, but i was 15. since then i've watched industrial, techno,
and most recently drum and bass lose all it's funk and drown in it's own
sophomoric, i-can-now-grow-a-beard waste. now, in retrospect, it seems as
if idm was tailor made for this end.
sometimes i'm scared to shit of the politics of idm. i thought i left this
shit behind in high school. . .that reminds me, there's a new Geddy Lee
solo CD, so go geddit and show people how progressive your tastes are.
respect to those that haven't lost the plot.
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