I never said I thought it was pretentious. I don't agree with that at all.
It's just something that has often come up in conversation with others. I
said I was "kind of uncomfortable with the title", as I am with many
subgenre labels. Sometimes they don't seem to fit the music. Call it what
you will, I love IDM regardless.
quoted 66 lines Quoting Nathan Judd <nathan_judd@hotmail.com>:
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>Quoting Nathan Judd <nathan_judd@hotmail.com>:
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> > the only thing worse than pretentious people are those who are afraid of
> > being labeled as pretentious.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Barbara Frey" <ultramod@hotmail.com>
> > To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 6:35 PM
> > Subject: RE: [idm] Referring to IDM as IDM
> >
> >
> > > Some people get offended by the name IDM. They think calling it
> > > intelligent dance music is pretentious. I'm kind of uncomfortable with
>the
> > > title myself.
> > >
> > >>From: Robert Freeman <mammal11@yahoo.com>
> > >>To: idm@hyperreal.org
> > >>Subject: [idm] Referring to IDM as IDM
> > >>Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:29:44 -0800 (PST)
> > >>
> > >>Whenever I say the "IDM", no one knows what I'm
> > >>talking about, and the Geeks(you know who you are)
> > >>just snicker and laugh, and call me old man.
> > >>
> > >>R.
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