Reply to: I bloody hate dance music

[d000hg]

"Na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na!"

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[doodab]

Complexity has very little to do with it IMO. Some of the most moving music is the simplest, even a single human voice can bring tears to the eye, and some dance music is far more complex both rhythmically and harmonically than e.g. 12 bar blues or even a lot of orchestral music.

It's really a matter of taste. Some people have it and some people don't

[Sysman]

I'm sure our parents/grandparents (depending on age) said the same about rock & roll... that's equally simplistic after all. Nowhere is it written that music has to be complex to be captivating.

Nah, it's not that. A good melody can be simple.

We at least had some intelligent lyrics at one time.

"Na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na!" (damn can't find the original on Youtube)

[d000hg]

It's bloody brain dead crap for someone who appreciates proper music.

I'm sure our parents/grandparents (depending on age) said the same about rock & roll... that's equally simplistic after all. Nowhere is it written that music has to be complex to be captivating.

[Sysman]

Most of this stuff can only be appreciated on a certain level if you have taken E in a dance music setting. This is because IMHO a lot of the music is designed to build up and enhance an ecstasy high. If you have never taken E then you wouldn't having a feeling for why the track is building and repeating, and you wouldn't hear old tracks with hairs standing up on your neck - of course you can intellectually understand what's happening but you don't feel the record. Having said that, I agree with you, a lot of it is just trype.

Yep. I suffered this tripe last year when a new bar opened down my street and were playing it way too loud. It was basically the same simple tune with a load of background discordant boom, but there were quiet bits building up to another crescendo. I think they had a repertoire of about 3 tunes, each lasting a couple of hours.

Never taken E, but apparently DJs discovered in the late 80s / early 90s that this kind of music got an audience of E takers going, and the rest of us got stuck with the racket.

It's bloody brain dead crap for someone who appreciates proper music.

[Supply and Command]

You know it, boom boom boom zzzz boom boom boom electronic crap without any musical value

That's because you haven't heard the good stuff:

Ram Trilogy - Titan
Ram Trilogy - Titan RAMM28 - YouTube

Andy C + DJ Hype - Let Loose
Andy C & Dj Hype : let loose - YouTube

Dizzee Rascal - Hype Talk
Dizzee Rascal - Hype Talk - YouTube

[Sysman]

Agreed. But what an arse and I haven't even watched the vid yet

Time to switch off my own music and wander over to youtube then

[MarillionFan]

What's not to love?

[d000hg]

You know it, boom boom boom zzzz boom boom boom electronic crap without any musical value. Don't tell me it's because I'm old because it's been around for 20 odd years since before I got old and I bloody hated it back then.

How are you on DubStep?

I like some dance records that are basically singles and last 3-4min... the stuff they play in clubs IS just unending dross.

[gingerjedi]

I would never say I hate a particular genre (appart from what is laughably known as R&B these days), check out UNKLE if you want to hear electronica at its best, not strictly dance music I know.

[Freamon]

Here you go MTT, something for you to enjoy:

[Mich the Tester]

It's that 80s Euro-pop rubbish that I can't stand.

Crap sounds, fit bird who has now achieved MILF perfection;

Gallery | Sabrina Salerno

I would.

[Alf W]

It's that 80s Euro-pop rubbish that I can't stand.

[Jeff Maginty]

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[xoggoth]

I quite like the boom boom stuff. It isn't supposed to be listened too, it's for hurling yourself about to. Great
exercise. Cleared the floor at my son's wedding last year, embarassing the family is one of life's pleasures.