People are dreadfully snobbish about it - I can see exactly why people like it and fair play to them. Just as long as they don't move in next to me. ;)
Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -----Original Message----- From: Anton Banks (www.antonbanks.com) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 July 2008 15:34 To: list 313 Subject: RE: (313) the circle of trends Mixmag put it best. They called Happy Hardcore the "evolution free musical version of the Galapagos Islands". -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 3:46 AM To: kent williams Cc: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) the circle of trends > Here's hoping that there's no big resurgence of Happy Hardcore, which > by the generational clock, is due for a revival.... I'm afraid that in certain countries it never went away Kent (hangs head in shame) Jason PS Excellent post by the way 2008/7/2 kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is an interesting topic. Interesting enought that I feel > compelled to pull some completely ungrounded theorizing out of my > tuchis. > > I think what drives these cycles at it's root is that people are like > ducks -- they form their deepest emotional attachment to the music > they hear when they're young. This applies to people who actually > make music every bit as much as it does to punters. So when it comes > their turn to provide the soundtrack for the zeitgeist, they turn > naturally to the music of their youth. They update it with influences > of everything that has happened in the meantime, changes in music > technology, etc. And this trolling through the wonder years is also > reactionary -- they use elements of what they liked about music past > to counter what they dislike about music present. > > So if House music is the current vogue, it's soul and gospel roots are > an antidote to the blandness of minimal techno, combined with > nostalgia for the raw sounds of early House music. This will be > replaced in due time with something else again. And not so much > amongst us out in flyover country, but in New York, London, Berlin, > Paris, Barcelona, there's the element of fashion involved. Once > something becomes too popular amongs the hoi polloi, the in crowd > needs to find something different. > > ##################################################################################### Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. VAT no: GB 626475817 #####################################################################################
