re: techno- couldn't you really credit the roots (the start of the chain reaction) to germany and well we won't point any fingers for Giorgio Moroder and what his productions lead to (viva Italia).
? diana --- "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/13/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Individuality is not as big a deal in other > countries/cultures that have > > created great music equal to that of America's. > > name these great musics and compare them to this > list: > > hiphop, soul, blues, funk, disco, house, > techno, electro, rock and roll, punk, jazz > > and im sure there's more. but im not discounting any > other countries' > musical outputs. i am saying that there are good > reasons the US has > created so much good music, and one of those reasons > is the fact that > individuality is so cherished here. > > > And often you find a lack of privilege and > entitlement amongst those > > cultures. > > dood, im a socialist. i believe in doing things for > the people. but > one of the primary flaws of the socialism that this > planet has seen is > its lack of regard for individuality. should > everyone dress the same? > listen to the same music? do the same exact things? > no, they should be > able to do as they please. if that comes out in > people choosing cars > then so be it. > > the argument also oversimplified the reason cars are > so popular here. > we live in a much more spread out landmass than all > of europe. its > definitely MORE convenient to have people moving > about in a small > space in as efficient manner as possible. here, with > so many possible > destinations spread out over such a huge area, its > not the same. > > tom > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/
