From the NY Times article:
<<Electro is a return to what clubs were like before house music and Ecstasy
hit the scene, a
rewind to a time when the goal was to stand out from the crowd. Take the scene
anthem "Frank
Sinatra" by Miss Kittin and the Hacker. With its references to champagne,
cocaine and
limousines, and the deadpan hauteur of Miss Kittin's spoken-not-sung vocals,
the song both
celebrates and satirizes the idea of a velvet-rope elite. "I am legendary, you
are not,"
declaims the imperious chorus of "It's Over" by the Hungry Wives.>>
I'm sorry, but that just is NOT electro - that is what electro became in the
eyes of the
uber-hip NY nightclubbing "cognoscente" - it's just a New Wave revival though.
Misusing the
words really pisses me off because it confuses people who don't know. As far
as I'm concerned
New Wave dumped the funk and in favor of the freakiness. I don't remember
electro as ever being
a means to "stand out from the crowd" - more of a way to bond with your crew.
And velvet-rope
elite?! Electro is so far away from that crap - it's a street sound!
MEK
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