On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Elson Trinidad wrote:
> The only thing I see that a lot of modern electronic music lacks is a good
> melody. I know some have the philosophy of "It's not supposed to have
> melody" or "Melody makes it sound pop, and therefore it will suck" but come
> on, how many songs in the electronica realm make you whistle or hum it
> during a random part of your day?
well thats a bit of a generalisation, dont you think??? i dont know
about this 'electonica' thing you mention but if you have ever heard
any real detroit techno like carl craig, neil ollivierra, claude
young, kenny larkin or stacey pullen you will hear amazing original
creative music that of course contains melody. your comments make it sound
like melody is only simple & easy to hum along with. what about jazz &
classical music?
> The closest thing I can think of
> is Everything But The Girl's last album, but Thorn and Watt have been
> writing melodies for years already.
the first ebtg lp 'eden' has some truly wonderful songs. this latest thing
is woeful cack. how about bjork??? interesting innovative production,
great songs...
PEACE!!!!!
philip