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1999-11-05 23:36(idm) warp 10 +1
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1999-11-07 03:15kurt (idm) warp 10 +1
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1999-11-05 23:36TheevilD@aol.comCan people confirm / disprove my theory. The widely varying opinions on this compilation (
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Can people confirm / disprove my theory. The widely varying opinions on this compilation (I guess) depend on the age of the listener. The people who like it (incl. Rob and Steve) are the ones who remember how futuristic the tracks sounded when they first came out, or around then. They have the mental 'image' of the track as sounding like the future, which shines through even when faced with the fact that stylistically and technologically most of the tracks have dated. Of course, some of them still do sound excellent, and the rest of us can appreciate the others by getting into a 1988 frame of mind, but the divide still exists. Sweeping generalisation. Jorkens --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
1999-11-06 00:55edhall@weirdnoise.comTheevilD@aol.com wrote: > The widely varying opinions on this compilation (I guess) depend
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TheevilD@aol.com wrote:
quoted 2 lines The widely varying opinions on this compilation (I guess) depend on the age> The widely varying opinions on this compilation (I guess) depend on the age > of the listener.
Could be. At 45, I'm pretty close to the oldest here. And I enjoyed it, though it's hardly going on steady rotation.
quoted 5 lines The people who like it (incl. Rob and Steve) are the ones who remember how> The people who like it (incl. Rob and Steve) are the ones who remember how > futuristic the tracks sounded when they first came out, or around then. They > have the mental 'image' of the track as sounding like the future, which > shines through even when faced with the fact that stylistically and > technologically most of the tracks have dated.
Here I must disagree. The tracks sound pretty dated to me--they sound nothing like the "future," wherever that is. But they still show plenty of inventiveness, overall. Perhaps it's that I've lived through enough stylistic permutations to not be obsessed with what's stylistically "current" as I once was. I can enjoy stuff for what it is, and only occasionally wince at the cliches. It's not a matter of revisiting a 1988 frame of mind--at least for me. It's just a matter of setting aside extra-musical concerns and listening. In a sense, the music cannot change, only me. I'm the one who can become "dated," not it. Here's a question for the list: what music being produced today won't sound equally dated ten years from now? -Ed --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
1999-11-07 03:15kurt>The widely varying opinions on this compilation (I guess) depend on the age >of the liste
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quoted 2 lines The widely varying opinions on this compilation (I guess) depend on the age>The widely varying opinions on this compilation (I guess) depend on the age >of the listener.
as one of the Warp10+1 complainers, I'll venture to say that I'm 42. and the tracks I don't like (most of them) wouldn't have appealed to me 11 years ago either. But I think you're right that there must be awareness of the music's original context that is giving some listeners such a hard-on for this stuff. Are there any of you out there who weren't familiar with these tracks when they came out who are getting blown away by them now? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org