hmmmm... this is coming form someone who does not live in America and probably has never been to America. I hear house and trance being played on hispanic/ latino, pop, and alternative radio mix programs all the time and pretty much dominates the club scene which attacks all types of people. You can debate whether quality house music or Detroit techno is being played in the clubs on a National scale but that's due to the lack of exposure.
on 5/5/03 2:27 PM, Cyclone Wehner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That is the general theory and it stands up - for now. > > But I don't know. They said hip-hop would never catch on. Grandmaster Flash > was playing hip-hop style nine years before The Message. They used to fret > that no one got it. Nine years! > Hip-hop has changed the way people listen to music. It has much more complex > lyrics. Not just something you can sing along to. More than a hook. > It created its audience. Plus people who don't primarily speak English get > into it. You hear the stories, Jay-Z goes to France and the kids know his > lyrics but often don't even speak English. > So it could be that techno could create its own audience on a mass scale. > I believe that house has been held back in the US because of latent > homophobia. The disco backlash created enduring problems. From what I can > discern, house music crosses over in countries where there is less anxiety > about sexuality.
