From Paul McFadyen Sent Tue, Nov 25th 1997, 17:24
From Paul McFadyen Sent Tue, Nov 25th 1997, 17:24
>Just to clarify, I never said it wasn't dance music. >What I said was that "dance music" wasn't a useful phrase in defining IDM, >because a lot of it _isn't_ dance music. It wasn't meant to be an >exclusive statement. There's IDM that isn't dance music, IDM that is dance >music, and, much to the chagrin and disgust of most list members, dance >music that is IDM. Ok - I agree totally. >And that's the whole problem, that one can _expect_ to be flamed to hell >and back for suggesting certain records are IDM, killing any intelligent >conversation on the topic. Yeah, but I s'pose it'll liven things up once in a while. >My hope is that some of the kids who see Keith-The-Clown on MTV will get >into the music itself, and branch into more of the truly incredible, less >known stuff out there. I will never villify an act for making excellent >music known - after all, if nobody knows about it, what good is it? Yup - this, too, is a good point. Hopefully someone will get into the Prodigy, then read the interviews and stuff and start looking into the music more. I just get annoyed when I see stupid metal kids with Prodigy t-shirts on. See Ya Paul