It was funny , I was watching some 'top 100 floor fillers' pap on VH1 over xmas (through incredible lack of decent television' and Waterloo was no.1 - they were chatting to one of the dudes (benny?) who was amused that they'd had such a monster success out of what he considered now looking back on things to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not his words exactly but pretty much the point he made)
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 5:02 PM > To: Brendan Nelson > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org; techno > Subject: RE: (313) ron hardy track id > > > > Hey! ABBA is pretty f*cking cool. Their music has got some > great pop arrangements and I wouldn't even consider them to > be disco in the first place! Would you call Madonna a house > musician? She's had house remixes of her tracks and she's had > some loose ties with the NY disco scene during the 80s but > she's no house singer. Just because ABBA got played on the > mainstream dancefloors, VH-1 lumps them into their disco TV > special (hypothetically), they wore bell-bottom jump suits > (what musician didn't back then?), and they sang under a > disco ball DOES NOT make them disco! Hell, Pink Floyd sings > under a giant disco ball now. > > OK so Madonna may not be the best comparison... > > MEK > > > > > > > "Brendan Nelson" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > "techno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <313@hyperreal.org> > > ine.co.uk> cc: > > > Subject: RE: > (313) ron hardy track id > > 01/10/03 07:57 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: techno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Sent: 10 January 2003 13:13 > | > | I hear the same stuff about techno except people think back to 2 > | Unlimited, and Moby. > > Exactly - in fact, Moby is still often referred to as a > "techno artist" by a lot of journalists. Popular perceptions > of what "techno music" actually is are probably further off > the mark than perceptions of "disco", in fact - when your > average person thinks of disco, they think of "bad" disco > (ABBA & co), while an average person thinking of techno > doesn't even think of "bad" techno. Instead, they think of > euro-pop, trance, Moby, and stuff like that - stuff that > doesn't fit the definition of "techno" even in the broadest > sense of the word. > > Brendan > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice.
