> Well obviously we're dealing with two polar opposite opinions on >Jamiroquai
> here - one is the jaded
> acid-jazzster who loves the genre but is fearful its idiosyncracies >will
> result in its demise, the other has a "teeny bopper" fascination with >the
> band and is blindly unabashed in her infatuation with Mr. Kay.
Thanx, im flattered ;) Im pretty new to Acid Jazz myself but youre
exactly right about my fear.
It seems every genre of music ive been in to have been commercialiced in
one way or the other. When i was really young i was heavily into punk
and hardcore (mostly the washington straight-edge bands like Youth Of
Today, Minor Threat, Embrace and Palehead),how do you think I feel now
when i see Green Day and Offspring? ;) Allso, in the mid-80's i became
THE biggest Red Hot Chilli Peppers fan EVER...and everyone know they
sold out.
Then theres Hip Hop...ive been into Hip Hop ever since i first saw
Beatstreet in 1985 and everyone knows what today's state of Hip Hop is
(ofcourse the underground scene is alive and well, but people that rely
on MTV *might* just get the wrong picture).
So...After a 5 year or so long love affair with Acid Jazz i gotta say
that the thought of what might happend really DO scare me... Id hate to
see the genre, or the type of music, being raped by major labels and the
media.
..glad i got that off my chest :)
dj herb