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― Tim F, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Strangely contrasting reviews from me and Jess today.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
the feud continues!!!!
― later arpeggiator, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
what is it with mid-8.s and functional 2007 pop-dance records?
― Just got offed, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
there were so many, terrible, terrible statements on this thread.
"pop is not just some catchall where we throw everything with lyrics, choruses and headbands"
erm, yes, yes it is. pop = everything catchy
― later arpeggiator, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't think there was a feud; I thought we were vaguelly in agreement.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i think we have hardly whit in common aesthetically nick, so i dunno why it would be so strange
xpost!
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
also i'm almost completely burned out on/lacking the attention span or energy for on any dance music that's NOT 3:30 BLAM-BLAM-BLAM chuck-all-the-hooks in shit, so grain of salt.
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha; I agree on that totally, I just thought, on this thread, that there was vague consensus! By the time I wrote about it, another m onth on from this, I'd probably notched up the negativism a touch, but I'm surprised you came out so in favour.
xpost - Whereas I'm the other way around, and anything that's hyperactive and short screams at me "I'M EVIL".
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Have you heard the second of this year's Two Lone Swordsmen albums?
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i have not
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
You should. Have you heard the first?
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
The only SMD I've heard was a quite abominable remix of Muse's Knights Of Cydonia. I know you'd probably all blame this on the source material, but actually it sounded NOTHING LIKE the original, occasionally reminding us what it was meant to be remixing by stopping entirely and then playing wholesale a complete sample from the Muse version (whinnying horses, voices in harmony chanting "No-one's gonna take me away" etc). The rest of the time we had this boring, tuneless, sonically bereft pulse, which didn't even see fit to change its modulation/volume/pitch/anything which is generally the preserve of good dance music. The result, and I repeat, my sole experience of SMD, was truly some of the most wretched 5 minutes of music I've ever heard.
Oh wait a mo, I've already posted this exact same spiel about a month ago. To hell with it. It bears repeating.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
There's nothing wrong with remixing something and making it sound nothing like the source material, dude. In fact, if it sounds too much like the source I tedn to feel short-changed.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I know there's nothing wrong with a remix being entirely different (in fact, I generally prefer remixes to bear a hefty original stamp), but I was emphasising how this car-wreck wasn't Muse's fault.
Good dance music being that which not only MAKES you want to dance, but that also provides a pleasurable experience, a musical journey through the evening's carousel.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
"Knights of Cydonia" is about the worst-produced song ever. Bar the last track on the Bloc Party record.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ ban these two
― strongohulkington, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
:(
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Knights of Cydonia was Zane Lowe's single of the year, 2006.
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 21 June 2007 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I never liked KOC much anyway. It was an ill-advised choice.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 21 June 2007 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
You ever considered applying for Pitchfork, Louis?
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 21 June 2007 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link