His take was from a UK perspective and hardcore was a very important phase for the development of 'dance' music in this country, regardless of whether one liked it or not - I did, however, get irked by his continual use of the term 'ardkore', his emphasis on it as a working class genre and his dismissal of the 'IDM' of Squarepusher et al as chinstroking middle class whiteboy music. I think electronic music is more homogenous than that, but I could see how he developed this view and found much of interest in the whole book.
-----Original Message----- From: Simon Vrebos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 September 2005 21:26 To: Robert Taylor; [email protected] Subject: (313) re:RE: (313) Simon Reynolds "Rip It Up And Start Again" >It's his take on post-punk - PIL, Gang Of Four, Devo, Talking Heads etc - much >better than Energy Flash, less pretentious and much more thoughtful. >Mind you, I thought Reynolds was spot on about drugs and hardcore > I wouldn't say 'spot on'. He had a view and that view was open for discussion. In the beginning of the book his remarks on drugs made sense, but were more prominent then needed. But near the end it became too much. All that talk about hardcore and whatever came after... it became boring... and made me stop reading it. There are very good parts in the book and he made sense most of the time, but it's just too long and too much. ##################################################################################### Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. #####################################################################################
