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Dev · Joined: 18 Apr 2006

Here's Henry Rollins on why he hates techno. Funny stuff (if you agree with him).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyRDDOpKaLM
For those unfamiliar with Henry, he was an ass-kicking vocalist with the punk band Black Flag and later, Rollins Band.

Watch the reaction from the audience. Smile

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

The state of music today.

Dev · Joined: 18 Apr 2006

and here's Henry on the state of movies today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCohYN89Fs

djsmnc · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

It's interesting to hear from someone who never really grew up

Fat_Elvis · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Location: In the ghetto

I like techno and I still found this funny. I hope someone samples it and puts it in a song. Smile

Still it the usual rockist sh*te, the music has no 'balls', is not manly enough. And it seems a bit rich for a former punk musician to claim techno has no musical merit, considering the lack of musicianship in a lot of punk. Plus techno, in part, came out of punk - see Throbbing Gristle, Caberet Voltaire, 80s new wave and industrial etc. The same DIY punk aesthetic applied to electronics.

morrisonhotel · Joined: 18 Jul 2009 Location: Gyeonggi-do

David Lee Roth · Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Location: Towering, waiting to pounce!

Gotta agree with him for the most part. I'd rather listen to another Neil Young wanna-be strumming his version of Hey Ya than some DJ posing as a musician. I have yet to see a really good DJ; someone that actually makes music as opposed to ripping tunes off of other people and laying down some ridiculous and repetitive backbeat.

If I had to see one DJ that would completely change my view, who would that one soul be?

Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida · Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Location: Not Korea

Never cared for Henry Rollins whether he was shouting or speaking.

conrad2 · Joined: 05 Nov 2009

"Techno" music is fine in a club at 3 am drunk or on drugs. Thats it.
Music should conjure up emotions, have some meaning, take you back to a happy time in your life, "The sound track of your life" if you will.
Imagine you are an old man sitting with your wife on your porch, watching your grandkids play. "Remember Dear, the night we met, the song they were playing?" "OONSA OONSA OONSA< BOM BOM BOM."
Wasnt it John Lennon who said "Just give BOM BOM BOM BOM a chance."

re:cursive · Joined: 04 Jan 2006

djsmnc · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

Sergio Stefanuto · Joined: 14 May 2009 Location: UK

In literally all genres of music, most of the music in that genre is rubbish, but maybe 5% or 10% of it is golden - jazz, classical, techno, metal, hiphop, everything. I'm far from an expert, but some techno is astonishing and some of the best music I've ever heard.

And yeah - Black Flag and Rollins' Band do nothing for me at all. And Rollins wasn't funny or interesting or profound at all in that vid.

Dev · Joined: 18 Apr 2006

For me, I don't like techno because the human component isn't obvious. There are no organic (natural) instruments like guitars to pluck and drums to hit.

Even electronic bands like Depeche Mode at least have a living breathing singer.

So the end effect from techno is quite cold. If someone told me that a computer were randomly putting sounds together without a human working the controls, I would believe it.

For me, techno (like Hollywood sci-fi movies) is mostly about technology and less about art. Okay, if you like that kind of thing.

Dave Mohammad · Joined: 04 Nov 2009

Depeche, New Order, Pet Shop Boys. All of those managed to straddle dance and rock/pop.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003