Well his remixes of the covers were definetly great. I feel that his sister's vocals and his production put the original Greatest Dancer by I believe Sister Sledge to shame. Rob did a great job with both his dj set and his live set...it just seems sometimes people are trying to critique the music the deeply that they stop enjoying it. Innovation or not he was playing at a club where he is paid to play music to allow people to have a good time and dance and to what I witnessed he did all that very well. Rob was not playing in front of a panel that would be picking apart his music and making connections such as how covers are related to rock sets or if doing covers is innovative or not. The point is Rob did what he was there to do and he did it extremely well. Now for discussion sake on this list I can see where this topic would come up but to be disapointed in his set for the reasons you have stated seems kind of rediculous...just enjoy the music while ur hearing it and disect it if you want later.
-Stacey In a message dated 12/11/2000 7:28:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > I'm not sure how I feel about Rob hood's live set. I'm a longtime fan of his > > music, but that set left me with mixed feelings. In some ways, it was > interesting to hear his take on some classic tracks. In another, I really > wonder what the "state of the art" is when techno producers start doing sets > > of mostly "covers." > I thought covers were relegated to the classic rock set. What's next - a > "retro" nostalgia phase of techno? > A lot of people I know were really dissapointed. Which is certainly not to > say you should have been, too. > But it's a little distrubing when an aesthetic that prides itself on > "innovation" starts reproducing earlier works verbatim, without really > trying to make them into something new. > ___________________________
