Interesting and optomistic post, Stacey... I wish I had been there to see Rob Hood, since he put on such a fantastic show at I/o many many months back. I don't see how anyone could have such a disdain for a techno artist doing "covers". Sounds like a homage to the things that make Mr. Hood tick, and I bet it was incredible fun to put that set together. Anyone who likens it to classic rock doing covers and furrowing their brows at it might take things to seriously. It's not like Green Velvet and Farben are both putting out 12"'s of the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up"... I think it's pretty clever of someone in dance music to do this.
As for the dissection of music, this list is often the "later" that you speak of. Since criticism tends to weigh on the side of negative in our culture, it might seem like when someone has a lot to say about a performance, it implies that they disliked it. I'm not sure that's necessarily true. We're all just trying to chat it up. I like this discussion a lot more than drug problems and architecture. Thinking the opposite way, The Dylan Group is an instrumental rock group that covered Aphex Twin's classic "We are the musicmakers" with bass guitar/vibraphone/drums. Very cool... n8 On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 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. > just enjoy > the music while ur hearing it and disect it if you want later. > > -Stacey
