Originally Posted by music_phantom13 (Post 1018345)

And what's gash? I dunno if that's good or bad I'm horrible with British and Scottish words :(

Originally Posted by Aurora (Post 1018501)

Gash means vagina haha :laughing: but if somethings gash then its horrendously bad.

Originally Posted by tonyttt31 (Post 1019119)

I think some dance music has to be experienced in a club. For example, Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar has a much better effect in a club than if you're just listening to it on your mp3 player and a rock or other music fan might not get anything from the tune until they heard it in a club.

Originally Posted by Vanilla (Post 1021494)

^ I like both. One minute I'll be listening to Deadmau5 and next I'll be blasting the Rolling Stones or Sabbath.

Originally Posted by Moo (Post 1020019)

The hate from hard rock/metal fans on electronic always confuses me because I feel like the tone and feeling is the same between a lot of that and certain subgenres of electronic like dubstep.

Idk, I think both can pump you up in specific and complementing ways.

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali (Post 869269)

I don't think Electronic music is so much an acquired taste as much as it is a genre that most people are completely ignorant about.
Most of these people you speak of, IWP, are people who think of Electronic music (for which they just call "techno") as 4-to-the-floor boom boom boom with high pitched squeal noises and a dude repeating a vocal over and over. They only know what mass media shows them, and it's usually the crappiest, most stereotypical Electronic music there is.
Those people rarely know about the diversity and skill and creativity available below the surface of the garbage they're exposed to. They probably couldn't name more than 4 sub-genres of Electronic. And unfortunately, these people are the ones you'll run into most.

I've been listening to Electronic for over 14 years and the stuff available under this genre is so vast and different and unexpected in all its different forms that I really can't believe that it's all an acquired taste just because it's created electronically.
I think people should do a little more research and spend a little more time and effort getting beyond this readily available crap that's shat out into visibility by default and they'll probably realize that the only thing that was an acquired taste was the garbage they've been force-fed all these years.

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali (Post 869269)

I don't think Electronic music is so much an acquired taste as much as it is a genre that most people are completely ignorant about.
Most of these people you speak of, IWP, are people who think of Electronic music (for which they just call "techno") as 4-to-the-floor boom boom boom with high pitched squeal noises and a dude repeating a vocal over and over. They only know what mass media shows them, and it's usually the crappiest, most stereotypical Electronic music there is.
Those people rarely know about the diversity and skill and creativity available below the surface of the garbage they're exposed to. They probably couldn't name more than 4 sub-genres of Electronic. And unfortunately, these people are the ones you'll run into most.

I've been listening to Electronic for over 14 years and the stuff available under this genre is so vast and different and unexpected in all its different forms that I really can't believe that it's all an acquired taste just because it's created electronically.
I think people should do a little more research and spend a little more time and effort getting beyond this readily available crap that's shat out into visibility by default and they'll probably realize that the only thing that was an acquired taste was the garbage they've been force-fed all these years.

Originally Posted by milano (Post 1028199)

. If however you don't like it because somebody else says it sucks, you're not doing yourself any favors, you're just missing out on a potential genre that you may like.

Originally Posted by pooka (Post 1033745)

i think electronica isnt a musical taste its a drug taste.

Originally Posted by pooka (Post 1033745)

i think electronica isnt a musical taste its a drug taste.

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali (Post 1034260)

That makes absolutely no sense, unless you're prepared to admit that you're making a ridiculous generalization that the only reason people like Electronic music is because they enjoy listening to it on drugs...

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you failed to make clear. At least, I'm hoping that's the case... Otherwise...

Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe (Post 1034261)

I was thinking the same thing. I've heard plenty of close minded statements about Electronic music, but that's just insane. EVERYONE that listens to it on drugs? Man. I really hope she meant differently.

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali (Post 1034263)

Or worse, the only value of Electronic music is exclusively apparent to someone on drugs?

Either way, it's such a hugely ignorant statement, that I'm going to stop using the internet for an entire week, just to let that concept have time to be replaced by something more important, like scratching my balls with a fucking toothbrush.

Originally Posted by Il Duce (Post 1034292)

my take on it is something like Rave is obviously made by people on drugs for people on drugs

Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 1035091)

A bit like saying all hip hop fans are black, no?

Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe (Post 1035082)

YOU said Electronica, Il Duce said Rave, NOT all sub-genres of Electronica.

Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe (Post 1035062)

Yeah Rave is a weird genre like that. Hardstyle has issues with drug use at the parties, but I know a LARGE amount of people hate those who use them and find it disrespectful. Goa and Psy Trance I think are even worse. But with Hardstyle I don't see why you would need drugs? Being at an event with thousands of people, listening to insanely loud and energetic music, and having lasers flying every which way is as crazy as it's gonna get.

Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 1035091)

A bit like saying all hip hop fans are black, no?

Originally Posted by Il Duce (Post 1036013)

i never once got the racial implications, since it's a different cultural context here - i listen for content not because of race

Originally Posted by Vanilla (Post 1019653)

What a load of bollocks.

Originally Posted by ler0y (Post 1061077)

i think a lot of people don't like it is because most of the music doesn't have lyrics. people love to sing, even if its in their head