i'd have to agree with anthony. in fact, i always thought that the whole
point of house was that anybody could dance to it. which is a good unifying
thing, don't get me wrong. simple, basic dance music.
whereas jungle, hiphop (breakin), capoeira (ok, that's extreme), salsa,
samba, you name it, have elaborate reportoires of maneouvers and highly
evolved subcultures. you don't get on the floor unless you know how to
represent. so maybe elson is just too busy wreckin shop a la rock steady to
care :)
adario
-----Original Message-----
From: B. Graff [mailto:b.graff@mailcity.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 3:23 AM
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: the lasting charm of boom boom boom boom
Elson Trinidad wrote:
> I find house hard to dance to.
Interesting! I know everyone has their own groove, but I have a hard time
dancing to anything other than house, funk or uptempo soul/acid jazz. I've
given up on trying to dance to hip hop because the beats lend themselves
more to stop-and-go motions than to a continous flow and drum 'n bass is
entirely too fast and abrasive for me to deal with on the floor. I have yet
to see someone bust some soulful moves to drum and bass. All I see is
jumping up and down or rhythmless jerks, neither of which I consider
dancing.
Anthony
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