I think they invented 'French Filter House With Enough Pop Catchiness Added So As To Actually Sell Beyond The Dance Music Ghetto Without Entirely Sucking.'
But it's still not Electro. What I really wonder is if you can sharpen razor blades by aligning them to magnetic north under their pyramid. On Dec 3, 2007 6:00 PM, Rob G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think its reasonable to say that Daft Punk went in an electro > direction after their first album. if ONLY because they then had some > vocoders, arpeggiators and a few non 4/4 rhythms. does that make it > 'electro'? or maybe they just invented "electro-house"? > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rob G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Three-One-Three <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Monday, December 3, 2007 1:43:52 PM > Subject: Re: (313) Electro vs Electro > > > > I think the best response to a typical discussion such as this is to > try to confuse the arguments as much as possible. > > > > 1. Kraftwerk claimed to be pop and cited how much they were Motown > influenced. > > 2. Kraftwerk had 4-4 beats. > > 3. Is Prince pop or electro? Roger & Zapp? Dr. Dre sampling Roger & > Zapp? ... what about Snoop here? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSS_DY_z-Dc > > is that electro? Pop? R&B? Rap? > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: KiDD*e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: Three-One-Three <313@hyperreal.org> > > Sent: Monday, December 3, 2007 9:25:58 AM > > Subject: Re: (313) Electro vs Electro > > > > LOL! Maybe I need to start carrying around a vocoder. > > > > MEK > > > > "KiDD*e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/03/2007 11:14:23 AM: > > > > > I've given up to get all worked up everytime i hear this term > wrongfully > > > used. > > > If someone says to me that its gonna be an "electro" party, i always > ask > > > whether it's "ÉlectrO" (with a flat french teen rocker accent), or > > > "EE-LeK-TrOw" (with a robot distorted voice). If he doesn't get it, i > say > > > goodbye. > > > - K* > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Cc: "313 Mailing List" <313@hyperreal.org>; "Benoît Pueyo" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 5:57 PM > > > Subject: RE: (313) Electro vs Electro > > > > > > > > > > Nail meet Hammer - bang! Exactly Ken. Imo the word and meaning of > > > Electro > > > > has been hijacked and the plane is in danger of being blown up. > > > > "Electro" has been slapped on as a prefix because it became the hot > > word - > > > > it sold magazines like Mixmag and URB, it sold fashion accessories > at > > Hot > > > > Topic, and it sold records at HMV/Best Buy. Why? Because few > people > > > > buying it were old enough to know it the first time. They'd heard > the > > > word > > > > but didn't hear the sound. > > > > > > > > MEK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you > with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
