That's something I notice about the States too - that very strong
sense of place. It's more conspicuous than elsewhere. Here you may
find it in certain communities, a sense of identity (ie Greek
Australian) but nothing like that. It's cool.
On 04/11/2006, at 1:11 AM, Svagr, Jodie wrote:
That's one thing about Detroit culture that doesn't matter if it's
techno or not. If you ever go out in Detroit, almost every person
in the place is wearing something that represents their support and
love for the city. Detroit hats, bags, shirts, and tattoos. It's
part of the culture.
-----Original Message-----
From: fab. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03 November 2006 14:02
To: Robert Taylor; 313
Subject: Re: (313) Put Your Hands Up For Detroit
funny you should ask that
i have alan oldham-detroit is burning and suburban knight-true to
the game
on my current playlist and recently boogied to the vision-detroit:one
circle, all tracks that namecheck.....every time i listen to those
tracks i
find the namechecking amusing and a little cheesy too
detroit techno has namechecked detroit so many times that it now
seems as
its a sort of clichè, like rappers representin' their city of
provenance.
i just feel that's it's not "very techno"....ie. futuristic, anonymous
machine music, but rather a seemingly gratuitous and crass
statement in a
song that would otherwise have a more subtle and implied one, or
none at
all.
ok, flame away.....;)
fab.....
np: b52's - mesopotamia (more namechecking.....)
What are people's views on it namechecking Detroit?
