From Alex Reynolds Sent Tue, Jul 27th 1999, 17:20
From Alex Reynolds Sent Tue, Jul 27th 1999, 17:20
this is my last word on this crap. it has nothing to do with idm, so feel free to delete it. my apologies to those not interested in this thread. > >Date rape, homophobic crank calls, kidnapping. > > social commentary, my man. ;-) social commentary, my ass. ;P > >cutting throats, > > metaphor, if an mc says 'i'll slit your mother fucking throat worse than > ron goldman' in a battle he's (probably) not gonna chase you off stage with > a butchers knife, he's talking about his 'razor sharp' rhymes. um, i think he was talking about cutting his ex-wife's throat. so unless he was talking about impressing his former SO with his 'razor sharp' rhymes, he's basically saying 'fuck you, bitch, i'm cutting your throat for leaving me' glorification of violence against women or just well-honed lyrical skills? you decide. > what would be the point of that? if aphex twins entire audience was PWT > (which it probably is, btw ;-) ) how should that be used to discredit his > music. i agree with your previous RATM comments, but to say this is a > valid reason not to like the music is just wrong. you're comparing apples and oranges. RATM's "music" is about political content. your average RATM concert attendee is likely to fall in a higher tax bracket than most. it seems to me the "music" is shit if the message is hypocritical. AT isn't trying to get across a political message. or if he is, it is somewhere along the lines of legalizing any and every controlled substance known to man, or at least it should be. <g> people going to an aphex show aren't spewing trotsky one-liners at each other whilst drinking budweisers and smoking marlboros, and wondering whether daddy will lend them the credit card when they go to jamaica next week. if they are, please introduce them to me so I can tag along. -alex