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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