you said:
quoted 3 lines i can see several reasons:>i can see several reasons:
>1) the fetishization of novelty and innovation that comes with capitalism
>2) plain old insecurity - genres imply a set of rules, and a tradition,
that the journalist by nature
quoted 1 line (having to be semi-versed in scores of genres and topics) will probably not>(having to be semi-versed in scores of genres and topics) will probably not
know. therefore, rather >than learning about the history & intricacies of
drum'n'bass, say, or house music, it's easier to slag >it as uncreative.
i say:
oh yeah, it's always easier to slag things. i think it's quite fun,
actually, especially when you slag things that people like. it's especially
evident on this list, since i, personally, think "idm" is a more "personal"
music, than, say, something else. look how many people jumped to kid606's
defense when he was slagged, and to lex's defense when he was slagged.
of course, the challenge is expressing it as a well-thought out opinion,
even if it isn't.
like, let's say our poster originally slagged house because he felt a large
majority of it sampled rather basic music, and didn't express creativity.
the poster could then move on to say how he almost requires music to be
diverse, especially if it samples heavily of other styles, and how
unimaginative sampling leaves him/her cold. any reader of said post would
realize that it was a personal opinion, not formulated to attack others who
might be fans of house, but to express his concern with his experience with
it.
believe me, if there was less slagging, there would be uhh.. well a lot of
people with a lot of music they might not like. i personally don't like
house, because the majority of it is rather bland. however, stuff like LFO,
which is undoubtedly house, is "ok", despite it's age, because it sort of
isn't "house". it just gets lumped in there because it's close.
really, that's kind of the problem wif "idm". it doesn't really fit into a
genre. it's just sort of a musical, non-categorical description. as was
said before, and which i refuted, "idm" really isn't a genre. it has a lot
of different genres under it's description, but it's a bit more personal
than just a bin at tower records.
cheers,
-derek
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