Can't say I'm a massive fan of dance, really. It's the antithesis of music in many ways, as far as I'm concerned.
That having been said, I suppose I'm warming to "totally electronic" music. Ben's stuff (found here: http://music.qolc.net/cgi-bin/songs) can be absolutely brilliant - I like it for much the same reasons I like classical music.
I think that this is probably a culture thing, actually. Music tends to be heavily linked to culture. I grew up having no real preference, and was thrown into the rock culture as a teenager. I went to gigs, drank lots, and sat around comparing bands to other bands with my mates. It seemed a world away from the dance culture, which was more drug-related and less interesting.
Yet the first two CD albums I ever bought predated my rock interests. One was dance, one was rap. I veered away from rap because, well, rap isn't my culture. Most chart rap seemed to describe a completely different world which had no bearing on me whatsoever. Chart rap is something I find very difficult to listen to, because it's just not at all linked to my hopes, fears, aspirations and dreams. Whereas my Dream Warriors album is rap, yet keeps my attention by having absolutely no mentions of guns, drugs, and all the usual shite that's in rap.
That's probably it, now I think about it. It's not a musical genre that I dislike - it's the culture that it reflects. Give me Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden doing rap, or Joe Satriani doing dance beats with a guitar over it, and I'm happy. Give me eclectic dance or rap, and I'm happy. Give me the mainstream of that culture, and I just can't relate...
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Date: 2004-11-25 05:18 am (UTC)That having been said, I suppose I'm warming to "totally electronic" music. Ben's stuff (found here: http://music.qolc.net/cgi-bin/songs) can be absolutely brilliant - I like it for much the same reasons I like classical music.
I think that this is probably a culture thing, actually. Music tends to be heavily linked to culture. I grew up having no real preference, and was thrown into the rock culture as a teenager. I went to gigs, drank lots, and sat around comparing bands to other bands with my mates. It seemed a world away from the dance culture, which was more drug-related and less interesting.
Yet the first two CD albums I ever bought predated my rock interests. One was dance, one was rap. I veered away from rap because, well, rap isn't my culture. Most chart rap seemed to describe a completely different world which had no bearing on me whatsoever. Chart rap is something I find very difficult to listen to, because it's just not at all linked to my hopes, fears, aspirations and dreams. Whereas my Dream Warriors album is rap, yet keeps my attention by having absolutely no mentions of guns, drugs, and all the usual shite that's in rap.
That's probably it, now I think about it. It's not a musical genre that I dislike - it's the culture that it reflects. Give me Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden doing rap, or Joe Satriani doing dance beats with a guitar over it, and I'm happy. Give me eclectic dance or rap, and I'm happy. Give me the mainstream of that culture, and I just can't relate...