Re: (idm) back in my day...

From Giles Ward
Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 00:37

> On Sunday, 28-Jun-98, Giles Ward wrote [about Re: (idm) back in my
day...]:
> >Wow!  How do you manage to get through a day?  There's music with
guitars
> >and vocals all over the shop.  Does it hurt?
> 
> hey I like ABBA, and Metallica is cool, and they have guitars in them
don't
> they :P

Yup

> but to me, you cannot use guitars to make some electronica (forgive me)
in
> the same way you use them to make rock'n'roll or what have you..

Hmm.. I bet you already own some records which you don't know have guitars
on them.
 
> that's just my opinion, and therefore I think it sounds bad when it's
done.

Well.  I probably agree with you if you're referring to the nasty dated
mash you get from the likes of Garbage, but there's no need to write off
the guitar as unsuitable for generating new sound.

> I have nothing against the guitar as an instrument.

I do! I hate the buggers!