Re: the name game

elson trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Thu, 05 Jun 1997 17:19:41 -0700


At 09.29 AM 6/6/1997 +1000, you wrote:
>At 13:08 5/06/97 PDT, you wrote:
>>

>>Dear List:
>>Im ticked off at the guy who got angry at the person who
>>used the word "down-tempo. " Add that to the fact that many of
>>these same people hate the word trip-hop


>I agree totally with Mark! I know a lot of people don't like labels, but
>I'll continue to use 'em, as it makes my life easier when trying to find
>more of the same.

I don't know whether I'm The Guy Who Got Angry (tm) or T-Bird , The
Original Guy Who Got Angry (tm) is.

If I am, let me make this clear - I don't mind labels, I don't mind "acid
jazz" nor do I mind "trip-hop"; In fact I sometimes get bugged when others
use alternate, and mildly misleading substitute terms, especially when
promoting clubs, because some people for some reason might not get it or
might get confused.

But as far as "Downtempo", I don't consider it a label as much as it is an
umbrella description, of which I
don't seem to cool with. I sometimes see it - when the BPMs drop down, so
do the butts --- down to the chairs.

Also, I was partly joking, refering to T-Bird's Original Angry Guy Comment
(tm).

Elson

(c) 1997 The Guy Who Got Angry. All Rights Reserved.

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