Sinister: HAPPY HAPPY DAY!, plus Elec. Renaiss.

[the duke of harringay]

>         On the subject of Electronic
> Renaissance, I couldn't give a damn
> abouit why or how it was written. I don't care
> too much about its genre
> (and I would agree that generically it's a bit
> if a mess). What I do
> care about is that it is a big beautiful welter
> of sound which gets me
> just _there_ (y'know?). I love it. It's a
> popsong and a damn good one,
> I'd say.

yeah well, no real arguments there... just that
listening again to TM on the car stereo to-ing and
fro-ing from school four times a day this last
week has made me change opinions on which tracks i
like best at present, and ER is less liked at the
moment... but what goes around, right?

>         Of course. Sir Duke, if you listen to it
> wanting a cutting edge
> phat-assed dance monster, you'll be
> disappointed. But did anyone ever
> make any claims for it being cutting edge?

well see i wasn't arguing from that corner at all,
i was arguing from the corner of IF the reason for
writing ER was indeed as the suggestion had been
(that Stuart wanted to show how simple it was to
write a 'dance' record),then he'd not only kinda
failed, but actually missed the point altogether.
i was trying to show the spurious content of the
IDEA, not commenting the nature of the song
itself...

>         Lastly, I don't love B&S for their
> guitar-led brilliance. I love
> them for their brilliance.
>         It may only be in my head, but there's a
> difference.

totally agreed.... maybe i just didn't write
clearly enough last time, which wouldn't surprise
me this week at all.  it's like Kevin said, 'there
are only two types of music.  the great and the
not great'.  Can't say fairer than that now, can
you?  Strangely natural, naturally strange... it
all fits.

dashing again,

da duke.

PS: new Salaryman remix EP (out on the 1st) is
bloody marvellous....

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