It's always been this way. Some people are moved by novelty far longer than others and can stand to hear new and interesting noises without caring if there was an ounce of emotion in it (moroder step bass anyone?). I have been guilty of this when listening to a new (insert anything sonic here). But at a point (unless you're that one track) you will change your tastes. And the one constant that I find most people wanting from their music regardless of genre is feeling. Whether it's country or techno, people want to relate their experience to something that comes from another angle. It's the same thing that Armando (I think) was saying back in the day about the acid house explosion in England. Something like, "it's cool, but they heard the stuff we did and it's like they took the bleeps and carried on the tweaks, but they left the message. That was really what the music was about though, the message. But now all you hear are the blips and bleeps and there's no message to it, no feeling." Or something like that. (come to think of it, maybe that was larry too, can't remember). I think he's right on. But that's my opinion. I'll try to find that interview. Gonna be hard when I don't remember who I'm looking for. Think I smoked that memory just this morning too. Dangit.
KKS
