On Fri, 06 Oct 2000 12:32:36 GMT Matthew Burrows <matthew_burrows@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 2 lines or could it multiply that power as more people hear it, and dicover they>or could it multiply that power as more people hear it, and dicover they
>like it?
amen to that.
quoted 3 lines sounding a bit trotskyite, mate: maybe 'they' never find what they really>sounding a bit trotskyite, mate: maybe 'they' never find what they really
>want as all they hear is pop tat....could kid A be a door into happiness for
>all as the shining light of IDM is revealed?
that would be more than happiness for me. finally sharing good music with people who haven't heard it before.
quoted 5 lines personally, i think a big part of the problem is 'i'm cool' agenda---i have>personally, i think a big part of the problem is 'i'm cool' agenda---i have
>a record no-one else has, let alone heard (but its on a cool label)therefore
>i am better. selling millions of records is no sign of quality, but neither
>is selling 100 copies of a ltd edition boards of canada double 7" (this does
>exist)....
RIGHT ON RIGHT ON RIGHT ON. Nothing pisses me off more than "Oh, well, i've heard of this and you haven't, therefore I'm cool and you're not. Oh wait, you mean a few people know about this band? Yeah.. they suck." ...
Atomly put it best when we were talking about it yesterday on #//
We were talking about people who hoard music and feel that if only they know about it, then they're all elite and cool... so we were comparing it to the warez scene, in saying that the elite kids who transfer the 0 day warez are the ones who run around thinking they're all special because their warez are 0 day.
He said, and I quote, "Records are not 0 day warez".
That made my day. I just had to put it as the topic on the channel.
I hate elitists. Bleh. Good music should be listened to by everyone. It's not who makes the music or how underground they are. It's about how good the music sounds and how the music makes you feel. If the music is good and it happens to move 50,000 people, then great. If i made a song and it moved even 50 people, i'd be happy. The more the merrier. It's not about the money, but the music itself.
Radiohead is playing with fire - they could possibly alienate alot of their fans, but i'm sure that they'll be bringing in a new fan base, too.
I love Kid A. I love OK Computer. I love the bends.
Go radiohead.
Michelle
np: alec empire - bang your head
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