dance music isnt music

finnerz1

dance music in my opinion is the most brutal thing ever. it shouldn even be called music. music is supposed played by an instrument.. not just loud thumps and the likes from a computer. i cant understand y one wud listen to it. and then to make it worse you see all the boy racers goin around playin dance tunes so there speakers will sound louder....ridiculous

BaZmO*

I agree. Terrible stuff all together.

MagicMarker

OP, your logic is flawed, I play my instrument all the time, doesn't make music though.

Killgore Trout

finnerz1 wrote: »

dance music in my opinion is the most brutal thing ever. it shouldn even be called music. music is supposed played by an instrument.. not just loud thumps and the likes from a computer. i cant understand y one wud listen to it. and then to make it worse you see all the boy racers goin around playin dance tunes so there speakers will sound louder....ridiculous

tman

finnerz1 wrote: »

and then to make it worse you see all the boy racers goin around playin dance tunes so there speakers will sound louder....ridiculous

They all secretly love classical music, but listen to dance music due to peer pressure... Quite sad really.
I totally agree with you... I could make better sounding "music" than most dance music by just banging some pots and pans in my kitchen

I think the mods should just lock this forum... Its full of druggies and scum:mad:

jtsuited

Offaly eh?

BaZmO*

jtsuited wrote: »

Offaly eh?

Starfox

Dance music is the devil!

Jev/N

Darts isn't a real sport.....

old gregg

dance music turned me into a deviant

MikeHoncho

Wiki says:

Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture.

I would say you are probably pretty young and the only "Dance" music you have been exposed to is the likes of Cascada, Ferry Corsten and Scooter. Your right all that stuff is **** but unfortunatly it is all still music. Try scratching the service a little before dumping all dance music into the same bundle though. Check out the track below. You cant say that it doesnt take as much if not more talent to compose something like this as it takes Kings Of Leon or Snow Patrol to write their cookie cutter 3 chord rock songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnHNwQ_Y3KI

Jev/N

Jev/N wrote: »

Darts isn't a real sport.....

I also noticed a post about Christy Moore. I hope he doesn't think that an 'artist' whose claim to fame lies in his sweating and reeling off lyrics about the craic in Ireland like Lisdoonvarna and Euro 88 is a musician!

unreggd

I'm more pissed off about the fact its called DANCE music


ye cant dance to dance music!

Shudda called it Madouveh Music

unreggd

Bloody hell, you tell us what should and should not be called dance music and you have gone to see the following!

unreggd wrote: »

Alexandra Burke
Other X Factor heads
Avril Lavigne
Pussycat Dolls
Gwen Stefani
Beyonce
Maroon 5
Snow Patrol
Mika
Aslan
Kanye West

You paid to see Mika? I think that disentitles you from having any opinion on any music anywhere!

TanG411

Jev/N wrote: »

Darts isn't a real sport.....

I beg to differ :pac:

Jay D

Hahaha, oh waith this ISN'T April fool's yet you still have a thick culchie saying silly things

Let's not turn this into an urban/rural thing.

I have 101 jackeen skanger junkie jokes.

VinylJunkie

finnerz1 wrote: »

id like to be pro dart player

Shut it Phil,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzvezSmW6Ng

of and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx2z4GGH6k

BaZmO*

Deleted User wrote: »

I have 101 jackeen skanger junkie jokes.

Most boggers do. :pac:

domcq

finnerz1 wrote: »

dance music in my opinion is the most brutal thing ever. it shouldn even be called music. music is supposed played by an instrument.. not just loud thumps and the likes from a computer. i cant understand y one wud listen to it. and then to make it worse you see all the boy racers goin around playin dance tunes so there speakers will sound louder....ridiculous

Well you're not going to win any prizes for spelling or punctuation. Perhaps you're time would be better spent in the class room than on here bashing legitimate forms of music.

BaZmO*

BaZmO* wrote: »

Most boggers do. :pac:

Life on the farm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRXkyX1QRB8

Dragan

tman wrote: »

They all secretly love classical music, but listen to dance music due to peer pressure... Quite sad really.
I totally agree with you... I could make better sounding "music" than most dance music by just banging some pots and pans in my kitchen

I think the mods should just lock this forum... Its full of druggies and scum:mad:

I love classical music, and electronica, metal, even some opera appeals to me. I like mellow guitar driven ballads and i like AC/DC.

Are you saying there is something wrong with liking classical music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhP6F-vxeZI

Starfox

I wonder what it is about 'dance music' that makes him so upset, at the end of the day there is phycology behind it when every time he hears some it makes him angry or scared

brianc27

infairness to the lad, judging by his post hes no older then 17/18 and the only sort of electronic music he has heard is that out of a boy racers car. everybody knows the ****e those boys racers play is akin to some other musical ****e like the cheeky girls or sclub7 or some bollox like that, so you cant really blame the lad for thinking this way due to his limited knowledge on the subject.

Yo Mamma

Blatant Troll !!

A Primal Nut

finnerz1 wrote: »

dance music in my opinion is the most brutal thing ever. it shouldn even be called music. music is supposed played by an instrument.. not just loud thumps and the likes from a computer. i cant understand y one wud listen to it. and then to make it worse you see all the boy racers goin around playin dance tunes so there speakers will sound louder....ridiculous

Dance "Music" isn't music? So why did you call it Dance Music? The clue is in the name.

Anything with a beat is music...and a computer is an instrument!!

Btw i hate dance music too.

BaZmO*

Yo Mamma wrote: »

Blatant Troll !!

Which didn't work.
Everybody has been like, "yeah whatever, he's probably just young"

silvine

Dance is as much music as rock r n b, jazz etc.

Admittedly it can be a little harder to get into than other types, especially considering there's no real visible face to most dance tracks and DJs are always changing their name, working on other people's tracks etc.

There's lots of different types of dance too. For example a trance fan might hate garage etc but to the uneducated ear they're both just repetitive drum noises.

If you ignore the Cascadas and the awful remixes of rock tunes there's loads of cool stuff out there. And there's nothing like standing in the middle of a club surrounded by like minded people going nuts to a proper tune.

Pick up a Hed Kandi or a Euphoria best of and you'll find some proper tunes. There's also a thread in the dance forum with links to the best tracks of this year. Take a look and listen.

Failing that check out Faithless.

silvine

silvine wrote: »

Failing that check out Faithless.

I know we might not agree with him, but no need to inflict that sort of punishment!

tman

Dragan wrote: »

Are you saying there is something wrong with liking classical music?

Yep... Sure all it is is a bunch of old codgers plucking a few strings and blowing a flute... You can hardly classify that as "music" now can you?
I could make better "music" by bumming a cat!

VinylJunkie

I think you still have a bit to learn aswel my friend, I'm aware everyones tastes are different but,

silvine wrote: »

Pick up a Hed Kandi or a Euphoria best of and you'll find some proper tunes. There's also a thread in the dance forum with links to the best tracks of this year. Take a look and listen.

Failing that check out Faithless.

jtsuited

the very sad thing about ireland is that once you get get further west than the m50, there is a famine of cultural capital and if it's not trance/hard house, they ain't heard of it.

lol at OP. Just lol.

I know it's a tad unfair to make this into a jackeen/culchie thing but the cultural ignorance found outside the pale (excluding cork, limerick, waterford and maybe galway) is really remarkable in this day and age.

WTF is with midlands people being hilariously ignorant (massive generalisation but you get the point)?

finnerz1

Jev/N wrote: »

Darts isn't a real sport.....

whendid i say it was

BaZmO*

finnerz1 wrote: »

whendid i say it was

Aww bless

jtsuited

jtsuited wrote: »

the cultural ignorance found outside the pale (excluding cork, limerick, waterford and maybe galway) is really remarkable in this day and age.

Maybe in the clubs.

But will be at a party or two over the weekend and it will no doubt be psytrance or dnb. And that's in the arse end of nowhere in South Kerry.

If culture means having a moustache and wearing a Celtic FC or light blue Arnotts gaa jersey, I agree that Dublin is the place to go.

brianc27

silvine wrote: »

Pick up a Hed Kandi or a Euphoria best of and you'll find some proper tunes. There's also a thread in the dance forum with links to the best tracks of this year. Take a look and listen.

Failing that check out Faithless.

jesus christ, listening to that sh*te will just add fuel to the fire

old gregg

Deleted User wrote: »

If culture means having a moustache and wearing a Celtic FC or light blue Arnotts gaa jersey, I agree that Dublin is the place to go.

... love the suggestion of a moustache here ... all the clean shaven Dublin lads are suddenly deeply concerned at their coolness and street cred

VinylJunkie

finnerz1 wrote: »

whendid i say it was

Excellent

jtsuited

Deleted User wrote: »

Maybe in the clubs.

But will be at a party or two over the weekend and it will no doubt be psytrance or dnb. And that's in the arse end of nowhere in South Kerry.

gonna ruffle a few feathers here but dnb and psytrance are pretty lowest common denominator imo. I know they're not that as bad (nor as popular) as hard house or trance (and indeed there is good in both genres) but they're not particularly sophisticated genres (yes i know it's snobby and pretentious to say but it's true imo).

joker77

jtsuited wrote: »

gonna ruffle a few feathers here but dnb and psytrance are pretty lowest common denominator imo. I know they're not that as bad (nor as popular) as hard house or trance (and indeed there is good in both genres) but they're not particularly sophisticated genres (yes i know it's snobby and pretentious to say but it's true imo).

Wowzer, broad brush strokes is it?

I'm very much into tech-house / deep house / techno / minimal, but I'm exposed to a lot of dnb as my girlfriend's brother makes the stuff, he's had stuff released on Reinforced and Metalheadz to name a couple of labels. To say that dnb isn't as sophisticated and is lowest common denominator music, well simply put I'd just have to disagree. It's not really my scene, but there's an awful lot of very good quality music made there - if you're not into it then fine, but give it a bit of respect!

Psytrance isn't my scene, but I wouldn't put it in the same bracket as hard house or trance, not at all.

jtsuited

jtsuited wrote: »

they're not particularly sophisticated genres (yes i know it's snobby and pretentious to say but it's true imo).

It's not so much snobby as nonsensical. It's like saying fire engines are more sophisticated than clouds.

I agree the people will not be that sophisticated, if that's what you're saying. Lots of torn clothes and dreadlocks and an absence of aftershave. But it'll be fun.

Boxfresh

silvine wrote: »

Pick up a Hed Kandi or a Euphoria best of and you'll find some proper tunes.

Are you serious?

EvolutionNights

jtsuited wrote: »

but they're not particularly sophisticated genres (yes i know it's snobby and pretentious to say but it's true imo).

I wouldn't say that your quote was snobby or pretentious, just wrong.
I've been listening, playing and involved in the psytrance scene for the last 6 or 7 years and it is a very sophisticated music. You have maybe just heard the tip of the iceberg with regards to tunes. Go to any of the larger parties/festivals in Europe and you'll hear a very diverse sound to what you may already know.

Anyway, back on topic. I reckon this is what the OPs vision of dance music is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWDsPJrUvns&feature=player_embedded

Has anyone mentioned Put a Donk On It yet?

Tuuuuuuuuuune!

silvine

Jesus Christ I only recommended the Euphoria albums because some of them are mix compilation of some of the biggest tunes, of the last ten years, eg Cafe Del Mar. I know it's very commercial, and some of the David Pearce stuff is muck, but it serves as a good introduction to house/trance. And the Euphoria Ireland release was excellent.

I'd also recommend Fatboy Slim's Live At Brighton Beach, Digitalism, Tiga, and DJ Shadow's Entroducing.

I stand by the Hed Kandi and Faithless recommendations. The former are normally decent mixes and the latter are a cracking act.

I notice no one here has recommended a good introductory dance offering.

jonny68

The best one i ever heard was from those geeks Baddiel and Skinner describing Rave as being "music that sounds like a car alarm going off" :eek::D:D my old dear (i gave her an awful time over the years playing Rave and coming in on Monday afternoon madouttait:D) used to say it was boom boom music made by the devil :eek::D:D:D

DarkJager

finnerz1 wrote: »

dance music in my opinion is the most brutal thing ever. it shouldn even be called music. music is supposed played by an instrument.. not just loud thumps and the likes from a computer. i cant understand y one wud listen to it. and then to make it worse you see all the boy racers goin around playin dance tunes so there speakers will sound louder....ridiculous

Oh get over yourself. Music is different things to different people. Your view is simply that of an angsty 16 year old MCR fan.

acman

Wow, did this guy ruffle some feathers!

As fun as it is to defend the subject from the ignorance of the OP, I reckon this guy/gal made a random post in a random forum just to take the p/ss...and is getting away with it LOL!

This does however, make me ask that if you were to give one excellent, solid example of what good "dance" music is, what would it be? Not so easy to answer if you ask me...

That said, im off to post something ridiculous in the Darts forum

domcq

silvine wrote: »

Jesus Christ I only recommended the Euphoria albums because some of them are mix compilation of some of the biggest tunes, of the last ten years, eg Cafe Del Mar. I know it's very commercial, and some of the David Pearce stuff is muck, but it serves as a good introduction to house/trance. And the Euphoria Ireland release was excellent.

I'd also recommend Fatboy Slim's Live At Brighton Beach, Digitalism, Tiga, and DJ Shadow's Entroducing.

I stand by the Hed Kandi and Faithless recommendations. The former are normally decent mixes and the latter are a cracking act.

I notice no one here has recommended a good introductory dance offering.

Love Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Boutique too. Underworld's "Everything live" is great too.

Introductory Dance music: Underworld, Daft Punk, Prodigy, Groove Armada etc.

VinylJunkie

Dance is a catchment phrase used to describe a whole range of different sounds. Dance is a word I don't like using as to me describes Basshunter or Scooter. Therefore to understand Dance you need to delve into the genre's, there is a genre for anybody's taste from Tech House to Drum&Bass.

I love Minimal, within Minimal there is a whole range of sounds and I particularly like rolling baselines with some dark vocals. Gaiser to me is a god I love his tunes, I understand people will disagree(Jonny68:D) but each to there own, so in future before you make a rash comment you should understand the topic.

Darlughda

Boys quit yer quibblin!

If its got rhythm and your feet are moving whats the problem?