Duran2!? Cheesy!?? Heretic!! :^) I'm with Cyclone on this issue. If we werent so busy trying to be cool and rejecting all things "popular" we'd realize the beauty of tracks like "The Chauffer" and "Save a Prayer" and the sheer brilliance of the "Arcadia" album. I never realized there was such a divide on this list between Duran fans and Depeche fans. Next thing you know we'll be feuding over OMD verses...ummmmmmmm... funny... I cant seem to think of any group to compare to OMD at the moment...:^)
sean "I want to go down to Detroit. I want to lie in the shade. I wanna visit the president. And then I wanna get laid." Name that tune! I defy Eminem to deny he's not influenced by those brilliant words! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'J. T.'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: RE: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. > You guys gotta be kidding, Duran Duran is so cheesy! > > Whereas Depeche Mode I like musically--they had a pretty innovative > sound for the time, and also find the things they sing about to be > pretty interesting. Of course one could fault them with providing lots > of ammo for future goth posers, but really is that fair? I feel that > there is a relationship between techno and (esp. early) "goth" and > industrial; I think this is a difference between techno and the deep > house scene, although they do have many things in common. It's just a > little hard for me to see much of a connection between deep > house/neosoul/broken beat stuff and the old goth and industrial stuff, > whereas with techno (and maybe stuff coming out of acid house) I > definitely see a connection. > > We hear too much the "getting old" theory of musical taste, but maybe > whether people came to techno through an enjoyment of some type of > industrial music also has a lot do with the direction of their musical > tastes??? Please discuss. > > Regardless, I like it all. Actually after repeated listens I've started > to dig some stuff I didn't get into at first, most especially Amp > Fiddler's Basementality, and Love and War, neither of which I really dug > on first listen. Now I am almost considering trying to find them and > buying. > > BTW, our own Sean Deason must have liked DM cus he sampled that "I Just > Can't Get Enough" song on the white label Matrix record he made a little > while ago. Although personally I prefer the material that came about a > little later, when they moved from synthpop into a slightly darker vein. > The album with "Lie to Me" and "Blasphemous Rumors" is really great in > my opinion, and the use of electronics and production on the album is > just excellent. > > _Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: J. T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) How about Depeche Mode? was: new order. > > >never liked Depeche Mode as much but *every* electronic musician will > >namecheck them. I preferred Duran Duran. They were really underrated, > >probably as they were too pretty. ;) The Chauffeur was amazing. Their > >remixes (or extended versions) are great. > > hehe. i gotta confess that i was always more into the durans than > depeche > mode too, but that could've been because DM just wasnt on the radio on > much > where i grew up, compared to dd...plus the durans had sexy girls in > their > videos while depeche mode were usually wandering around some london > streets > or something looking upset....haha actually i am a big fan of either one > of > those settings.. > > anyways speaking of good 80's pop/romantic, i still love the fixx's > "reach > the beach". some really nice sounds.... > > jt > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >
