Heh... I totally agree with you. I know I started off listening to the foofoo stuff when I started partying. Shoot, I still throw in the stuff every once in a while. Yeah, there's a lot of really cheesy stuff floating around out there, but that will ALWAYS happen whenever a genre of music gets somewhat popular and more people (that shouldn't be) begin to produce it. There's definitely some cheesy HH/NRG/D&B/Breaks/House/Techno/______/_______/_____/______(fill in the blanks) out there too! If you don't like a song, if you don't like a genre, don't listen to it. There's no need to get militant about it. I think, especially in this scene, there's always gonna be a backlash goin' against whatever becomes popular. Somehow, I think that this often stems from people wanting to be "different," to be "underground," to be "cool." Hopefully, this won't turn into people thinkin' that they're somehow better than the person dancing next to them... or in the next room.
To all the DJs: if you like it, spin it! Rock on! To everyone else... if you hear a song at a party, someone (even if it's just the DJ) likes it... so don't bag it. If you REALLY don't like what's being played, buy some records, learn how to spin, and get out there and play, cuz that's the only way anything's gonna change. I dunno... just some thoughts goin through my head... Of course, bein' the hypocrite that I am... I can't say all that without acknowledging that I DO make fun of the Nordic Trak at almost every party I go to...(I found out that some LA kids call it the Candy Bounce... heh heh) Heh, if anyone sees me doing it again... by all means, give me a swift kick in the ass (except the people I regularly party with, cuz damns, you do it too!) That is all... bChoi! 03d02t02b > -----Original Message----- > From: .oOo.bluehalo.oOo. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [D] raise tha roof for tha foo!! > > > man-o-man, > > it seems like every mailing list i am on now is all talking > about this scenes dead, that scene is better. blah blah. > and what i really wanna know why everybody gotta rag on tha > f00-foo?? :) > > How about a show of hands: > > How many of you jumped up out of your crib (back when we were > all 9 1/2 yrs old and already hard c0re ravers - when the > scene was "real" and > stuff...) and busted out the OD-404 rekkids and started > mixing in the newest BK/Nick Sentience track on top of some > crazy ass White Label that everyone loves and nobody has? > (or vinyl of whatever sub-sub-sub-genre blows your hair > back). i'll make a stab that most of you (even the 'leet > hoodie wearin kidz) started off listening to some foo-foo > too, or some cheezy-housey, or some meenie-industrially, and > if not (for you older > peeps) you prolly got some tapes/lps/cds hidden under your > bed that your friends would laugh at you for if they found out. > > Well. You know what i say to that? take out those old ass > worn down pieces of your Own Personal Musical > Transition/Childhood and remix that mofo on top of the newest > vinyl you just bought! cuz i'll be damned if i stop > listening to my old skool and foo just cause someone else > doesn't like it. long live foo!! *puts pvd rekkid on and > turns it up* > > personally, i'm so glad Denise gets grouped with the foo. > she's been the highlight of the night for many of the raves > i've been to, and some of her best shows i've seen were at > raves. not everyone has time to find where all the quality > underground stuff is (specially if you gotta work and go to > school full time) not to mention that nine times out of ten, > you find someone who's been going to raves a few times (not a > first or second timer > - that's too early) never even heard nrg/hh before (or dnb or > happy hardcore or whatever else for that matter), you take > them to the other room to hear Denise or Kemical Kidd or one > of a dozen other of our dope locals, and the first thing out > of their mouth is "goddamn! this song is tha bomb!". and > then they dance their asses off for the next 3 1/2 hours. > what other way will these poor kids graduate from the foo to > something else if Ambassador Denise is not there to guide > them to NRG/HH Heaven? the *only* thing that comes close to > the cheezy peanut-buttery filled happiness i get dancing to > some dope ass music thrown down by one of my favorite local > djs is helping someone else to find that happiness, too. > that's why it's all big smiles and cheers and hugs at these > pawties - finding new music and new friends while yer at it! > > i love undergrounds - so casual, so tiny, and people are just > there to fucking *dance*. But - if all us bitter, jaded, > elitists stop raving and only go to the undergrounds, who's > gonna show the kids what good music is if we aren't there > takin em out of the 50,000-capacity main room where you can't > dance anyways (full of dj-groupies, trainspotters, glowstick > battlers, bboys, and e-puddles - all of which, i have to say, > are beautiful in their own way and i have been/am still most > of them at some > point) and showin them where the *real* music is?? it takes > at least 5 raves before you even realize there are other > rooms! hell, i'd *still* be in that main room at Homebase, > or 2nd and Crackson if it wasn't for dj's like D and people > kind enough to show me where she was playin!! > > .oOo. > > ps. i have to say that i will *defiantely* be in the main > room when Gianni is playing, tho. i saw PvD at 1015 a while > back (i know - everyone hates it cause it's so packed) and > his set was really really good, and i swear that Gianni and > Taj both just blew me away! i'd never seen either of them > before, and i was amazed. i've seen Gianni a few times after > that, and each time he just plays the best tracks!! > > > > > > > "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of it's > victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live > under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busy-bodies. > The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity > may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for > our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with > the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis. > > >
