From Kelley Hackett Sent Mon, Jun 28th 1999, 13:13
From Kelley Hackett Sent Mon, Jun 28th 1999, 13:13
Interesting Point Gil! Its funny that U ask this, becuz my friend just asked me that yesturday-----. Lyrics, as others and yourself have implied, can either help or hurt a song.......heres the thing........... We were driving along listening to this tape that I just made for him(then playing was Primative Painter's "Invisible Landscapes"....) We were both quiet when I blurted out, all one can think of is positive thoughts with music of this nature-------he agrees and asked do I still listen to Rapp--------my look said it all but.........I responded, its too much negativity lyrics in most rapp.... The point, lyrics many times can be distracting, because one must focus and decipher the meaning---and this takes attention---but typically with Ambient or IDM, and Techno-----(INSTRUMENTAL) the mind can drift down which ever river it chooses, and its energy, in this case attention, does not have to be cannalized.....I am not the best with words but----it can have a positive and negative effect on an individul, and the same for the song, per se.............. Mr. Fingers, Intro...........has lyrics---but they're, for the most part, positive! np: Bola---"Wholbo" Hk! > -----Original Message----- > From: Gil Yaker [SMTP:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx] > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 3:05 PM > To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: (idm) listening to music... > > Just curious here... > > For those of you who listen almost exclusively to techno / idm / > etc... do you > find you have a hard time listening to more conventional pop music and > that > techno that strays from a purist model (like all the progressive crap) > is > difficult to listen to? > > I ask this b/c I find myself in an odd situation sometimes. Like the > other > night, went out to an Elvis Costello concert, and it was great - pure > pop > music, but the approach to listening to it is SO different from > listening to > IDM it's shocking. > > With IDM (and techno, generic) I find myself listen for changes, for > motion in > the song, for progression and for contrast. But if you apply these > criterium(?) > to pop music, you get screwed and the music often seems empty. > > I get dinged by my friends when there's a pop song on the radio that I > like. > Usually because of the full distored guitar sounds, the mix, or > whatever. I > tell them i like a song and they say, yeah but the lyrics suck..."oh, > i never > really bothered to pay attention to what they were saying, i'm just > listening > to how it sounds..." > > comments? > > -Gil > np: derrick may/innovator > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com