I didn't write this, it's a friend of mine, thought i'd send it up on the subject...in response to the lack of funk and soul in techno post from mike...
josh23 --- whitsitt goodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Strangely enough, I mostly agree with him. Put up a > typical techno record > against a Meters record. Yep. > > it's not that techno doesn't have soul or funk, but > that comparitively, it > doesn't measure up. moody is right. techno isn't > the most expressive genre > (no vocals is definately a key to that). it's more > atmospheres, textures. > > yet, I feel very strongly when I dance to techno. > that's where it excells > over other genres, and why I love it. cause I'm > funky, and I've got soul > (and I'm super bad, but that's another topic). > techno doesn't tell me what > to feel. it doesn't tell me what to think. it > creates an ambiguous, yet > emotionally charged atomosphere, that I can use to > feel whatever is > appropriate for myself at the moment. techno has > made me weep. techno has > made me so angry I slammed my fist into the wall. > Because it isn't as > expressive, I can be expressive. It leaves room for > my feelings, my funk, > my soul. It isn't unemotional, it's just > emotionally ambiguous. You know > that classic Detroit sense of melancholy? You could > be in the depths of > despair, or feeling great, and either would fit. > > And that is something it has in common with the most > classic funk. That > really is the "funkiness" of it. That "you've got > to feel whatever you're > feeling" even when alot of what you feel isn't so > pleasant. So much > so-called funky house is just bouncy. It gets the > form without the essence. > Real funk encompasses the dark, dirty, nasty side > of life. Listen to > George Clinton's monologues on any Funkadelic > record. Funk isn't a bassline > and drum pattern. It's an approach to life that > says all of it is good. > The lowdown, backwoods, dirty county side of life is > good. Yo mammas nappy > head is good. Cornflakes and hamhocks. Joints > rolled in toilet paper. Put > that essence in an urban, computerized setting, and > you get techno. Use > what you've got to get what you want. The fact that > so many people have > used machines to compose music with feeling is a > testament to the funkiness > of techno. It's like working with a handicap and > winning. > > I've heard it said that techno is Kraftwerk and > George Clinton stuck in an > elevator with a sequencer. That European gloss and > coldness is a big part > of it, but so is the deep funk of black American > music. Not everyone making > techno does both. Alot of people just make drum > tracks. But the truest > techno is deeply soulful and funky, and in a much > deeper way than the > obvious funk of house or R&B. More importantly, and > this is what really > makes techno unique in popular music, it isn't about > the performer, it's > about the experience of the listener. > > love, > whitsitt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
