Well I have and, at any rate, it's not an original observation - I am reiterating what many others say. Do you hear house on urban radio?
---------- >From: spw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: (313) heads-only techno? nah >Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 6:45 AM > > hmmmm... this is coming form someone who does not live in America and > probably has never been to America. > I hear house and trance being played on hispanic/ latino, pop, and > alternative > radio mix programs all the time and pretty much dominates the club scene > which attacks all types of people. > You can debate whether quality house music or Detroit techno is being > played in the clubs on a National scale but that's due to the lack of > exposure. > > on 5/5/03 2:27 PM, Cyclone Wehner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> That is the general theory and it stands up - for now. >> >> But I don't know. They said hip-hop would never catch on. Grandmaster Flash >> was playing hip-hop style nine years before The Message. They used to fret >> that no one got it. Nine years! >> Hip-hop has changed the way people listen to music. It has much more complex >> lyrics. Not just something you can sing along to. More than a hook. >> It created its audience. Plus people who don't primarily speak English get >> into it. You hear the stories, Jay-Z goes to France and the kids know his >> lyrics but often don't even speak English. >> So it could be that techno could create its own audience on a mass scale. >> I believe that house has been held back in the US because of latent >> homophobia. The disco backlash created enduring problems. From what I can >> discern, house music crosses over in countries where there is less anxiety >> about sexuality. >
