truth be told, I like parts of with sympathy too, but that doesn't exempt it
from ridicule ;)
<begin rant> anyway, give it 5 years and people will be saying that
"Underneath the Radar" was a great album. By that time stylish djs won't be
far behind in remixing the title track (which is probably due for a remix
anyway given its 'perpetual war' theme). Both 'Freur' and 'With Sympathy'
will, rightly or wrongly, be returned to "uncool" status, and some
pitchfork-analogue will be hyping the most awkward music of a different era.
<end rant>
BTW 'doot-doot' is to 'dubnobass' as 'with sympathy' is to 'twitch' as
'purest feeling' is to 'pretty hate machine' as....
quoted 26 lines From: "chthonic" <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
>From: "chthonic" <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
>Reply-To: <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] freur is to...
>Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:27:47 -0700
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Chris Chatham" <chris_chatham@hotmail.com>
>
> >"Doot-Doot" is to Dubnobass as "With Sympathy" is to "Land of Rape and
> >Honey" or "Twitch" in the Ministry backcatalogue. I just can't take it
> >seriously...
>
>
>i actually like some of the songs themselves on 'with sympathy'. i wish al
>would redo them
>as thrash metal songs. they'd still be better than any new minstry since
>1996.
>
>
>d.
>
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