Re: the lasting charm of house

From: Bethany A. Johnson (bethany@rawkawn.com)
Date: Tue May 16 2000 - 03:28:16 MET DST

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    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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