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The Pros and Cons of IDM
 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 05:26 [#00514682]
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As opposed to listening to other forms of music. What do
you think? Example:

Pro: I can listen to IDM whatever sort of mood I'm in. I
can't do this with rock music.

Con: I can't find the fuggin CDs anywhere.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-01-15 05:29 [#00514683]
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pros: I can dance, study, read or anything I want with it
(this is apart from my mood)

con: nobody wants to do those things with me


 

offline Bob Mcbob on 2003-01-15 05:30 [#00514684]
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pro- it makes you stand out

con- it makes you stand out


 

offline neetta from Finland on 2003-01-15 05:34 [#00514685]
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pro - its the only genre i consider being 'me'

con - nobody wants to be my friend


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-01-15 05:38 [#00514687]
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pros: i like&can dance to it (insanly ofcoz)

con: few others can/are willing to dance to it


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2003-01-15 05:41 [#00514690]
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pro: nice soundfx you won't find in most other genres

con: often really dull melodies and too much repetition in a
bad way


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 05:42 [#00514692]
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Pro - It's the music I've always wanted to listen to and now
I'm nuts deep into it.

Con - Fanboiz and some of the artists have retarded
attitudes that do nothing but fuck me off.


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 05:42 [#00514693]
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pro:It makes me different,its what I wan't to hear.Its music
to MY ears.

con:it makes me different,theres no-one to enjoy it with.And
its expencive.


 

offline slint on 2003-01-15 05:43 [#00514694]
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pro:i can listen to it always.it's suited for each
situation.
con:a lot of people when think about electronica think about
dance and commercial stuff like eiffel 67 and consider who
listen to electronica like some that has a bad taste in
music.


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 05:45 [#00514696]
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I'm an Eiffel 65 fan but it's imposible to get their CDs
here.


 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-01-15 05:47 [#00514698]
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Pro: it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling and makes me feel
really good about myself (seriously!) :D well so does psy
and to a greater extent happy hardcore but idm is heavenly
in its own way (yes i prefer the slower melodic stuff like
boc, early AE etc.)

cons: There are too few to share the joy with *imagines a
club playing idm all day/night*

Cons:not many people


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-01-15 05:48 [#00514699]
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Pro: Mr T

Con: Chopper Reed


 

offline slint on 2003-01-15 05:48 [#00514700]
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ehehehh here in italy is full of their stuff.
i can post something to you.
i'm blue larariraralalalalarirarara.....
i have to eat
see ya


 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-01-15 05:48 [#00514701]
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damnit... :P whres the f'n edit post button????///


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-01-15 05:49 [#00514702]
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oh,... IDM,.. well then,...

Pro: (Usually) In depth and interesting

Con: Produces elitist IDM heads


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 05:50 [#00514703]
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pro:BoC

con:ae


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-01-15 05:51 [#00514704]
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obviously you can only be an eiffel fan if the cd's are not
around ;)


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-01-15 05:51 [#00514705]
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pro: like the music

con: you are a nerd when you listen to computer generated
noise

am i the only one who knows people personally who are into
idm?


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 05:53 [#00514707]
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No, I know several people who do.


 

offline Bob Mcbob on 2003-01-15 05:53 [#00514709]
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pro- its music to suit all moods

con- sometimes when u want to see what an artist is like you
have to buy their stuff over the net coz its not in shops,
then pay the extra cost of delivery and wait ages, then it
reaches you...and you hate it.

And next year you hear someone elses copy and you like it
and wish you hadent thrown it awya and you must start from
scratch coz no one will lend you theirs coz its so rare.


 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-01-15 05:54 [#00514710]
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no i know a fair few who are really into it but they are a
bit too wierd for my liking...too much wacky tabbaccy


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 05:54 [#00514711]
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Hmm. I don't like Blue but I need the 2nd and 3rd album plus
the solo thing they have out soon. If you could help me that
would be great. I don't think they are out yet.

I'll give you a mail sometime if you are willing to help.
Thanx.


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 06:00 [#00514722]
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Ugh?

I have a shitload of singles and the first album on original
but thanks to the fucking music ind the 2nd album never came
out in the UK so I had to download it. I'd rather have an
original. I presume the same will happen with the 3rd and
4th CDs too.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-01-15 06:01 [#00514726]
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is blue idm???

if thats true ill never listen to idm ever again


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 06:06 [#00514737]
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I think they mean another Blue,surely not the Uk Pop
group?!?


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 06:06 [#00514738]
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*grins* It's Europop.

Everytime I bring up Eiffel 65 people bring up Blue. They do
other stuff now and if you dig they don't release albums
with Blue on 15 times. }:> They have moved on, Blue was on
the first album and we are up to number 3 now. :>


 

offline NeoExmnist from United States on 2003-01-15 06:07 [#00514742]
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i don't have any friends who listen to idm. they only have
what i burn them.


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 06:08 [#00514744]
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Blue, UK pop group? No, I'd rather die thanks.

I was on about Blue da ba dee. The worst Eiffel 65 single.
And the video? *shudders* But 'The Edge'? I like more than.

I want to stop talking about them now.


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-01-15 06:10 [#00514749]
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I know several people that listen to IDM


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-01-15 06:10 [#00514750]
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i get a rash on my legs everytime i hear that song...

makes me want to kick things reaaaaaaly hard


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-01-15 06:13 [#00514754]
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me too...

someone made me listen to logan rock witch, and i did a
search on aphex twin... dlded some tracks, stumbled upon
aphextwin.nu, and now im in too deep ;)

i 'converted' 2 friends into IDM, but they're more into punk


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 06:13 [#00514755]
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I'm green da ba dee da ba daa.

Pro - You can confuse people who are used to 4/4 stuff by
playing Aphex Twin or the like.


 

offline b0nk from 1969 in the sunshine (United States) on 2003-01-15 06:14 [#00514757]
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pro: its finaly music i truely feel good about and love and
can listen to it no matter when and never get bored of it

cons: idm artists especially afx rarely play in the US and i
wanna see them so badly!@$#%^


 

offline FlyAgaric from the discovery (Africa) on 2003-01-15 06:55 [#00514787]
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pro: yummy as hell

con: i find it quite time consuming (ahh...it's not that bad
of a con, it's time consumed well)

We got electro parties poppin up left and right down here in
SA (cape town anyway). Our parties rule, outdoor psy, goa
parties, wooo :-0


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-15 06:59 [#00514789]
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pro:per lofi

con:field


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-01-15 07:13 [#00514800]
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pro: great music

con: cant listen to it when someone's around


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 07:15 [#00514806]
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Pro: No cheesy lyrics or singers to put you off.

Con: Can't really sing along with any of it (although I like
to make up my own vocals on some tracks)


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2003-01-15 07:18 [#00514809]
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Also theres no Air guitar solos to fake with a tennis raquet
with IDM :-/


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 07:19 [#00514810]
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And you can kill yourself air drumming to Aphex :D


 

offline slint on 2003-01-15 07:21 [#00514813]
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hey spike i know that eiffel now are doing a trange
collaboration between italian pop music and tecno....they
use different part of lyrics of italian songs of people
like vasco rossi and lucio battisti...
and it all suck


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 07:28 [#00514821]
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Old news to me dude. And I like 80's Stars. It don't mean I
expect you to like them. }:>

People tend to listen to music they like it. If someone
doesn't like something then they don't listen to it unless
forced to do so. This means dude, Just because you don't
like it doesn't mean others won't.


 

offline Glitch from New Zealand on 2003-01-15 07:36 [#00514829]
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pros: it can be interesting.. .

cons: it can be wank.. . it can cost you friends.. . you can
become obsessive and buy too many cds and not get into them
all properally. ..


 

offline thethirdball from Polly Pisspot (Canada) on 2003-01-15 08:28 [#00514863]
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pros: Fucking to IDM is good.
cons: No one to currently fuck with.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-01-15 08:42 [#00514882]
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A lot of Aphex Twin is in 4/4...


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 08:46 [#00514888]
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lol thirdball


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-01-15 08:47 [#00514889]
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pro: there's a song for every mood.
con: try to dance at a squarepusher concert


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2003-01-15 09:21 [#00514919]
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Pro: It makes me feel unique, which I am. Also there are
very very few cliches.

Con: None.


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-15 09:30 [#00514928]
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*sighs* Is all of it? No. there you go.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-01-15 10:10 [#00514991]
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No singing or lyrics...

It's VERY hard for me to find voices I like, it's really
irritating and I wish I wasn't so discriminating when it
comes to singers... if a great band has an average singer,
then no matter how great the music is, the singer will turn
me off. Don't have to worry about this with IDM.

Same goes for lyrics, though maybe not as bad.


 

offline ChildrenTalking from United States on 2003-01-15 11:07 [#00515041]
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pro: it fucks with your head

con: nobody understand you... =\

all i listen to now is IDM...sometimes rock... its like my
taste in music evolved, and nobodys made that next
step...i'm tired of the same simple shit everyday


 


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