From Michael Upton Sent Thu, Feb 11th 1999, 02:25
From Michael Upton Sent Thu, Feb 11th 1999, 02:25
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: [I wrote] | > When I think of classical, I think of | > academic music, or music written under | > patronage. | You obviously not listened to much classical | music.. that is such a mindless stereotype. I think both the statement I made and the initial one you made require stereotyping. IME, just talking about genre makes that necessary. | > IME most IDM is constructed in a far | > more folk or pop manner (someone with native | > interest in the music buggering about with sounds | > and/or something to say). | > I'm also proud to think of it as more pop than | > classical, because on classical's own terms it | > falls down, as someone pointed out WRT holding | Falls down? How can you take a whole group of music, that was around for more | than 200 years, roll it all into one word (classical), and just say it all | "falls down". That is so ridiculous! True, and, touch wood, that's something more ridiculous than I would actually say. Please re-read what I wrote. The "it" is IDM, not classical. And, yes, indeed, putting Guesaldo alongside Mahler alongside Debussy is as misleading as talking about the range of music on this list as "IDM". Funnily enough, we still do it. You did yourself. I don't think it's exactly a crime. Michael np. Remote Climbs (John McEntire mix) - The Pastels ____________________________________________ "His eyes are TV cameras" http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html