quoted 4 lines Aside from that, and I know you didn't say
>Aside from that, and I know you didn't say
>this, there are many other things to discuss about "IDM" besides
>predicting who the next artist to be consumed, trainspotted and trashed is
>going to be.
Which was what I thought I -and others- were doing. Some good fun was had
on here in recent posts, If my first post were ignored then that would have
been that...
quoted 4 lines "IDM is a list focusing on the discussion of the "Intelligent Dance
>"IDM is a list focusing on the discussion of the "Intelligent Dance
>Music" subset of electronic music." Feel free to explain to us how
>Foreigner, Air Supply and Neil Diamond have *anything* to do with this. (I
>thought the attempt with Def Leppard was pretty good, though :)
I thought that was good as well. Can't speak for the relevance of Air
Supply and Neil Diamond as I've only posted about Foreigner (again others
brought those artists up). But what I will say is this: Foreigner, like a
number of bands who have fallen out of social favor, are an interesting
example of a time when rock music was subtly fused with electronic elements
and sold to the public as something entirely else. These electronic
elements in the music did indeed have an impact on how many of view popular
music, which in turn helps us to evaluate the music at the fringes, like
IDM. Also it's of note how certain bands help us to remember a certain time
through emotive sensibilities and I think it's more than clear that a number
of people on this list hold these musical concepts and sensibilities dear.
Now, Just about everyone hates the term IDM. We've all discussed how much
we hate it. It's a dead issue that comes screaming from the grave every few
months or so only to be beaten back to the cold, dead earth. My point with
posting to the "IDM' list is this: there's plenty of great "Intelligent"
music out there, old and new. Sometimes things are at a lull in any
community- especially this one, so why not take a slow moment and take
advantage of this to discuss something that could be fun and (dare I say it)
even informative to members of the list?
Lastly, who's to say what is and isn't "Intelligent"? If we were discussing
academic theories and concepts, it'd be one thing, but a lot of this music
grew out of the Rave scene, and indeed is treated like non-dancing-rave
music, so let's get off the high horse, OK? I know a lot of musicians in
the scene, and they almost all hate this list for it's narrow-minded views.
Let's broaden our view a bit...
quoted 1 line "We rely on common courtesy to keep the list content under control...
>"We rely on common courtesy to keep the list content under control...
I only posted this thread yesterday- a relatively short period of time.
It's not like I'm screaming BoC are gay...
So I thried to prove myself. How'd I do?
Donna S
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