Didn't we chew over this weeks ago when the Guardian article was published?
Rob, UR are serious. They have a coherent artistic and political ideology, and they live in a city where sh*t is very serious. They also make really transcendently good dance music, and you don't have to follow their politics to enjoy it. David Guetta's ideology doesn't get much past cocaine and blow jobs from underage girls. He's a modern day Liberace, except that he can't even play a musical instrument. On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:58 PM, David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/david-guetta-mocks-underground-resistance/ > > 'For [David] Guetta, dance music’s newfound popularity can only be a > good thing. He won’t convince everyone, but few in the industry would > deny his phenomenal success in the US has given the industry as a > whole a healthy financial boost. “Listen, some people take themselves > very, very seriously,” Guetta says. “I’m not a politician, you know > what I mean? You remember in the old days you had people like > Underground Resistance?” [a late 80s militant dance collective from > Detroit]. He pauses and smiles. “I never took myself so seriously.”' > > WOW. > > ~David
