I agree 100% with this: A lot of these edits and re-works take out the "bad" parts of the
originals, so there are no emotional dynamics left. People just loop the "best" part of the records...it's kind of whitewashing the whole thing, or making it safe for instant gratification culture. Head straight to the musical orgasm, and then repeat the orgasm over and over and over again until it is rendered meaningless and monotonous. I prefer to keep the foreplay in, the teasing in...even the awkwardness in! It's part of the whole experience. Otherwise the record or DJ set has no dynamics or contrast. ----- and this: Look at the stuff that's really popular: it's music that uses the idea of disco, the fashion or imagined nostalgia of disco, the WORD "disco," rather than disco itself. I could name 10 bands that have the word "disco" in their name and they all sound nothing like disco...the worst offenders are nearly rock, completely hyper-hetero, monotonous music, and the worst part is GIRLS seem to LOVE IT! I always thought women were smarter than men, but girls coming up to me requesting this stuff is making me second-guess that assessment. ----- except I'd say that there's lots of guys who love that trendy crap just as much without edits house just wouldn't have been the same, but the ease of technology has made it far to accessible for any old dude with a laptop and not much talent to make an edit MEK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/10/2008 11:16:17 AM: > I just saw Dj Harvey do his Sarcastic Disco thing in this great venue in > downtown L.A. rite around the corner from S.Central. Everytime I went up > to see what he was playing it would say "BLAH BLAH BLAH RE-EDITS". Should > I be Happy A great Dj like himself is actually playing records? I tend to > think the whole Re-edit craze takes away from the highs and lows the > original track has to offer. I don't mind it as a tool here in there but > Morgan Geist seems upset by it here. What'ch'all think? > http://andybetablog.blogspot.com/2008/01/morgan-geist-interview.html > > Sorry if this has been a topic before. I just recently got back in the game:) > L.L. Cool A. > >
