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Fuck it man, this thread seems to be getting a bit silly.
From what I've heard of Merzbow, I think he's a bit shite. It's true that hearing him - or the Aphex Twin's sandpaper set, or 180 bpm gabba, or Tuvalese throat singing, probably wouldn't make my night, and I don't think people are calling for this to happen either.
Basically, as far as I can see, the argument for these DJ sets is that they keep most of the people listening to them moderately happy, most of the time.
It's the lowest common denominator of cool which I think people are railing against - the idea that, by putting together the sort of set which comprises the new rash of 'bar culture' CDs which they have commodified your drinking experience of a Saturday into, you'll cover most bases, inoffensively.
It comes back to Colonel Sanders again - it's fast food music culture. And, just as KFC are rebranding with chicken salads and shakeable flavours to make the fact that you are buying a mass-produced crock of shit, full of salt and badly processed, poorly-cared for chicken, these sets basically hide the lack of thought which has been put into them by the fact they are 'cool.'
Well, fuck that. Just as I don't want to eat KFC all the time*, I don't want to listen to someone who has a pair of CD decks, some 'old school Samples!' albums and a copy of the Shirley Bassey 'Light My Fire cover.'
Fuck that. I want nasi goreng, calzone, colcannon, burritos and sauerkraut. And I want everything from rock and roll to techno, from punk to blues, when I go out.
I don't want to be fed lowest common demoinator crap, just because it will keep most people happy.
(*; actually, I don't want to eat KFC at all, as I'm vegetarian. And they're wankers. But you see what I mean. Oh, and the adverts annoy the fuck out of me, too...) |
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