From dis2 Sent Mon, Jun 7th 1999, 18:31
From dis2 Sent Mon, Jun 7th 1999, 18:31
> On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, dj.merck wrote: > > on a angry note....i hate mc's..they are the worst thing to happen to > > jungle/d&b...they drive me crazy... > > Hmmm...you're welcome to your opinion, but in the UK, you can't have a live > set of drum&bass without an MC -- it would be like drinking tea without milk! Yeah, I'll second that - while they may not go quite as well with all the generic 2-step that's out at the moment, they definitely add something to the older stuff. Mind you, I remember going to this night about 3-4 years ago which had some fat bloke sitting on a chair with a mike going 'get up...get up...get up' over and over again. Experiences like that can really put you off. Strangely enough, there's a Roni Size Vs Redman d&b vocal track out at the moment that's actually pretty good. It's also got to be the only d&b tune I've heard for years that clocks in at under 4 minutes. > While there are a few good MCs in the US, for the most part they are kids > imitating what they hear on tapes from the UK. And as Mark Twain said, > "It's better to remain silent and appear a fool than to open your mouth > and remove all doubt." I always thought that was Lisa Simpson. On a completely unrelated note, what with everyone talking about piloerection recently, has anyone noticed the opposite feeling, where a song is so bad it makes you cringe, grit your teeth and feel cold all over? It happened to me recently hearing that fucking Ooh La La song of the Budweiser advert. A Previous culprit (and one that never failed to give me the same response) was Tubthumping by Chumbabwamba. Dan Shoebridge. np: ColdKrushKuts