I think historically there's been a hierarchy of musical popularity, and it all has to do with how "human" the music is as far as mass appeal. I would put things like experimental, industrial and techno at one end of the spectrum, and pop music at the other. On the one end you've got something that is, by design, more mechanical and detached... marked by what the vast majority of the population would consider "noise," while pop music oozes this saccharine dribble, so sycophantic to the masses that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. House is somewhere in-between.
Having said that, I must confess that I'm a huge house fan. I like a lot of different types of music though, and there are things that I like about every type of music that I listen to that draw me to that type of music (Tracey Thorn's voice is enough to make me melt, sight-unseen for instance). I mean, we all know what it takes to write a song that will be popular with the public at large... it takes true genius to create something that will be popular with your own crowd (or, most importantly, yourself). And as far as electronic music artists "ripping off" other people, everything has been done before. Some people think DJ Shadow's "Endtroducing" is just pure plagiarism, while those who are a little more open-minded may consider it art. Cheers, -m -----Original Message----- From: robin pinning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 10:53 AM To: Giles Dickerson Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [313] Marketinbg techno + house to the masses >> Yes and No. The Chemical brothers and Fatboy Slim tend to choose a >single or a couple very catchy vocal edits and repeat them over and over. >We know they're samples but I think the general audience probably thinks >it might be the artist or a singer. yeah fair point, that had occured to me when i compiled me last response, and actually the above is reinforced by the fact the FBS uses a fat guy in all the marketing shots (someone has nowt to do with the music...actually some might argue FBS has little to do with the music as all he does is rip off (sample) other peoples stuff...but that's a whole other argument and is perhaps a little below the belt :) ) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
