I think we need to define what is a trend, what is a novelty? Baroque was a 'trend' once... For culture to evolve, you have cycles, and trends, then if it endures it maybe becomes a classic, as techno, or maybe a bad memory (like most 70s architecture!) and that too can change with the values of each generation...
> 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
