From daniel Sent Fri, Jul 3rd 1998, 00:28
From daniel Sent Fri, Jul 3rd 1998, 00:28
>no way man.. all house has the same beats over and over.. they are what >is defined has HOUSE beats.. and this just reinforces what daniel said >about ppl not liking house "Just because it's got a house beat." A lot of >ppl are annoyed by that beat. actually it doesn't reinforce anything. I think the point was lost here. I wish I had used another genre instead of house now. My point was that people refuse to listen to types of music because of the genre it is in. That is, they say that they don't like it without ever hearing it. So what we have is all these people who say genre X sucks but they haven't heard it. It is like those people who say electronic music isn't any good but have never heard it <and when you hear that you get mad>. This goes for any genre. Let's take country music. For the most part I do not enjoy it. However, if I had just generalized that all country music is bad I wouldn't have heard Johnny Cash or Hank Williams. Say what you will but those two are true pioneers in the field of music <please do not start a thread about that!>. So if you close your mind and say genre X isn't any good <without hearing it first!> you will miss out. Next, we have the person who says just because I don't like something doesn't mean I am missing out. I beleive they used the example that they don't like meat. But what they failed to realize is that they had tried meat and came to that conclusion. Many people never try a form of music but yet they still condemn it. If you do not try something you are not in a position to criticize it. Of course there are extremes that are not covered by that <such as social problems> statement. Those are my last and final thoughts on the subject. Many thanks to all those out there who post reviews and discuss all facets of music <you know who you are>. -daniel n.p. EBI - Zen