Re: the lasting charm of house

From: R. Scott (framboise@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue May 16 2000 - 06:10:02 MET DST

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    I don't doubt it. I just wanted to add my 2 cents and play devil's advocate
    a bit. I don't pretend to be "up" on a lot of dance/electronic beat music. I
    really try to find something in every genre of music but the House I've
    heard just leaves me cold. That's all.

    peace,
    R. Scott
    framboise@mindspring.com

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Leslie Shill" <icehouse@redshift.com>
    To: "Bethany A. Johnson" <bethany@rawkawn.com>
    Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:01 PM
    Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house

    > Sure, there is some house that sucks, but there is also a lot that is
    > worthwhile. It's like any musical form, some is awful but some is da bomb!
    > We've all heard the limp-wristed house popularised over the years by
    > advertisements and the like but, without house, where would a lot of
    today's
    > electronica be? To me, full-on trance is the lowest common denominator in
    > electronic dance music but some of it is good and some folks swear by it,
    > it's a matter of taste I suppose. I'm glad that R.Scott got stuff off of
    his
    > chest and feels better for it but, listen, oh R. Scott, there's some
    mighty
    > fine house out there and there is a lot with jazzy influences that is
    > wonderful. Yeah, it does require a little work to find but so does
    anything
    > worthwhile.
    >
    > leslie/The Power of Sound
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: Bethany A. Johnson <bethany@rawkawn.com>
    > To: R. Scott <deebull@mindspring.com>
    > Cc: A/J List <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:28 PM
    > Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house
    >
    >
    > > Well, if you're going to make such a sweeping statement maybe you should
    > > expound a bit. Does all house suck? Why does house suck? What about
    > > jazzy house? Does that suck too?
    > >
    > > just curious,
    > > B.
    > >
    > > "R. Scott" wrote:
    > > >
    > > > I for one think House music sucks!!!
    > > >
    > > > There I said it...
    > > >
    > > > peace,
    > > > R. Scott
    > > > framboise@mindspring.com
    > > >
    > > > ----- Original Message -----
    > > > From: "Marco Baroni" <baroni@humnet.ucla.edu>
    > > > To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    > > > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 3:06 PM
    > > > Subject: the lasting charm of house
    > > >
    > > > > In the rare moments in which I am not enjoying Mellow Mellow, I have
    > been
    > > > > listening to some old house music -- Mr. Fingers, Inner City, Joe
    > Smooth.
    > > > I
    > > > > was surprised by how well early house music stood the test of time.
    > > > Better,
    > > > > I would say, than later, more ambitious kinds of electronic/dance
    > music
    > > > > (techno, drum'n'bass, downtempo...) Does anybody else agree with
    this
    > > > > intuition? If you do, do you have a theory about it? Is it because
    > house
    > > > > music (via the disco connection?) is closer to the eternal soul/funk
    > > > roots?
    > > > > Or is it something about the four-on-the-floor beat? Or is it just
    an
    > > > > impression due to the fact that house is trendy again thanks to
    labels
    > > > like
    > > > > Nuphonic?
    > > > >
    > > > > Regards,
    > > > >
    > > > > Marco
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Bethany A. Johnson
    > > http://www.rawkawn.com/bethany/
    > >
    >



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