quoted 2 lines From: drift wood
> From: drift wood
> Subject: Re: (idm) What is Soul? (was: review: round one ...)quoted 3 lines I know Ben E King satisfactorily answered this question over 30 years
> I know Ben E King satisfactorily answered this question over 30 years
> ago, but I don't think the description 'soulful' has any place in
> discussions of Electronic music.
Unfortunately you're right insofar as most electronic music is not "soulful"
(IMHO), but that's not the fault of the electronic instruments. Also, some
of the best soulful music has been and still is produced on electronic
instruments, but they call call that stuff "funk" and "hip hop".
quoted 4 lines Probably the only reason for its use is to make one feel that
> Probably the only reason for its use is to make one feel that
> one piece
> of music is superior to another. And I've been as guilty as
> anyone else of using it.
This also is sad but true. This is not to say that "Soul" is a meaningless
word or a definition-proof concept. It's rather like the famous definition
of pornography: "I know it when I see it".
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