On Nov 3, 2005, at 7:05 PM, Jason Brunton wrote:
I know what you mean in terms of, there's nothing worse to me that hearing a record (or what I do) described as "emotional" Techno- it's a byword word for "bland and predictable" for me- it's a term used in particular with electronic music- I've never heard of "emotional Rock and Roll or "emotional" Folk music!
I'm not defending the term "emotional" when used to describe techno, but I think it's often used defensively. So many times the genre is described as "soulless machine music". In an effort to counter that, or distinguish certain tracks, people use the term "emotional". Kinda reminds me of the first time I heard of "atmospheric Drum & Bass" to distinguish it from a music that some considered too "cold".
As far as Rock and Folk go, they're both rooted in protest, so emotion is a given (or should be).
-- Ian
