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I'm sitting here listening to Scott Bond Vs Solar Stone - 3rd Earth, Fire and Ice tracks and Hydra - Affinity [Thrillseekers Mix], Cape Town - Touch The Sky - Olvier Lieb - I'm Not Existing, Sander Kleinenberg - My Lexicon, Deepsky - Talk Like A Stranger [Sunday Club Mix] ... Totally blasted away, I'm thinking, what is it about this music that makes it so great!?

When I hear other types of music I feel that it is repulsive and terrible... Especially rock, pop and folk-music.
I mean for real, it makes me ill to listen to that music...

Is it just me?

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Originally posted by diffusion Especially rock.

Ray Stevens- "Ahab the A-rab." Quality song.

I know how you feel, even though I can appreciate music from other genres, I don't LISTEN to it the same way I do electronic music. This is my music, everything else is just .. um, not?

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Originally posted by diffusion Especially rock, pop and folk-music. I mean for real, it makes me ill to listen to that music...

Dont even get me started on pop music...

*counts to ten*

... ahhh, i'm ok now. I've learned to appreciate other peoples music as well, even tho I don't actually like any of it. It's a big shame that some people cant do the same thing with my music. I guess they're just looking at it in the wrong way.

Especially the older generation. My nan thinks that "all of the music today is just boom, boom, boom!". I guess she's kinda right but she's missing out on the rest of what makes good electronic music.

Oh well, to each their own!

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Originally posted by diffusion When I hear other types of music I feel that it is repulsive and terrible... Especially rock, pop and folk-music. I mean for real, it makes me ill to listen to that music... Is it just me?

i agree that nothing beats trance, but if you say that, for instance, the corrs are 'repulsive and terrible' (folk), then my friend, you dont know a thing about music.
you generalize too much. there is good pop, rock, (all the types you hate) out there.
just dont limit yourself by saying that there isnt any good music besides trance (electronic music).

-Glad

Reminder: pop IS electronic music Just because it's not club/rave/ddr music, it doesn't mean it's not based on synths, samplers, drum machines, turntables and all this sort of modern musical paraphernalia (sp?)

Besides, there are loads of non-electronic tunes that are worth listening (specially classical music). Not to mention other electronic genres (downtempo, techno, drum'n'bass, hip hop,...).

pop....i cant stand it...

[QUOTE]When I hear other types of music I feel that it is repulsive and terrible... Especially rock, pop and folk-music. is it just me?[QUOTE]
In this case, yeah, it's just you. Unfortuntatly, you are the extreme other side of the musical fan spectrum...some people are just blinded by pop culture and blindly listen to and follow whatever trend is hot at the moment...then there are those who think any other music besides the music they listen to is inferior and stupid, as in your case.
You say "Especially blah blah blah..."...seems to me you don't know shit about music homie. How can you say rock is repulsive? It's on the cornerstones of modern music, alongside hip hop...some of the greatest musicians in the modern era were rockers...AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, etc...classics that will never EVER be forgotten. Don't even get me started on hip hop...
To me, people who truly listen to music and love it don't have a full knowledge, but a genuine appreciation for what it is, even if it's folk. Broaden your musical tastes, and you'll probably realize two things:
1. How other types of music is
2. How terrible your comment is about other music.
Have a nice day.

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Originally posted by dJohn It's on the cornerstones of modern music, alongside hip hop...some of the greatest musicians in the modern era were rockers...AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, etc...classics that will never EVER be forgotten. Don't even get me started on hip hop...

I couldn't give a fuck about Led Zeppelin or AC/DC...
And Hip-Hop? HAH!

Okay then, Metallica and Clawfinger is about the only other stuff that works for me...

In Norwegian we have a saying; "Dere er noen j�vla slurefitter"
It means that I guess you are right, I am sorry to have said that...

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Originally posted by Streakfury I've learned to appreciate other peoples music as well, even tho I don't actually like any of it. It's a big shame that some people cant do the same thing with my music. I guess they're just looking at it in the wrong way.

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Originally posted by Gladius there is good pop, rock, (all the types you hate) out there. just dont limit yourself by saying that there isnt any good music besides trance (electronic music).

agreed

One reason why many people don't listen to electronica is cuz the majority of the time there are no vocals and I guess ppl can't appreciate music without vocals for some reason which is kinda stupid (you should enjoy music for it's sound, not just for vocals). I enjoy JPop and Rock/Alternative music every once in a while but can't stand hip-hop. Trance blows all other genres of music away. It's amazing how much better trance is than any other type of music, it's depth and ability to extract emotion from the listener can't be matched.

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Originally posted by diffusion In Norwegian we have a saying; "Dere er noen j�vla slurefitter" It means that I guess you are right, I am sorry to have said that...

HAHAHA!! hope i wouldn't show up, eh????

nice one

Ok first things first...

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but can't stand hip-hop

ASOT100, maybe it's because you don't understand it. Hip Hop is about appeciation of what you have around you, and it's a lifestyle and mentality as well as a musical genre that promotes togetherness,indivduality, and any other positive mantra that you may live by. Please, do your self a good favor and listen to some REAL hip hop...try this for a sampler

Jurassic 5 - Jayou
"...I'm out to win ain't no pretendin, fuck the first amendment//
My speech was free, the day that my soul descended//
Earthbound, we might sound various//
Some niggaz can rhyme, but they got no character//
So we preparin you for war, don't give up the fight//
You need to stand up for your rights//..."

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It means that I guess you are right, I am sorry to have said that...

You don't have to be sorry about anything. I was kinda harsh on my words as well, and I should be the one apologizing. (Note to sef: don't drink and post! )

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I couldn't give a fuck about Led Zeppelin or AC/DC...

err...I don't know about this one...

But I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from...here in the U.S, dance music is very very under arrpeciated and even worse not well known as these other pop acts that run the airtimes...slowly, electronica is being heard in more places than you'd expect here in the states...Heaven Scent as BGM for an ad for a comic book series aired on MTV in the United States? Whats' going on?!
There's alot of good music out there, and it's sad to see how such a globally large community like tranceaddict.com houses members who have some of the most shallowest tastes for music I've ever seen...I've talked to people who listen to radio shit that have a better undrstanding of music than most likely more than a good majority of members here on ta.com
Trust me on this one man...broaden your musical tastes. It'll open up lines of communication beyond your boundaries, and eventually lead back to your own musical interst, which is obviously trance. THEN you can bombard that person with your trance knowledge...and I'm sure you have a good one at that.

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Originally posted by dJohn Ok first things first... ASOT100, maybe it's because you don't understand it.

well I don't hear a lot of hip-hop besides whats mainstream, I'm sure there's better hip-hop out there that I haven't heard but i'm not gonna go out of my way to listen to a genre that I have no interest in whatsoever. IMO there are many greater genres/forms of music that are greater than any type of hip-hop you can find that I'd enjoy listening to more. i'm just not a hip-hop kinda guy

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In Norwegian we have a saying; "Dere er noen j�vla slurefitter" It means that I guess you are right, I am sorry to have said that...

Hahaha, thats right

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Originally posted by dJohn Ok first things first... ASOT100, maybe it's because you don't understand it. Hip Hop is about appeciation of what you have around you, and it's a lifestyle and mentality as well as a musical genre that promotes togetherness,indivduality, and any other positive mantra that you may live by. Please, do your self a good favor and listen to some REAL hip hop...try this for a sampler Jurassic 5 - Jayou "...I'm out to win ain't no pretendin, fuck the first amendment// My speech was free, the day that my soul descended// Earthbound, we might sound various// Some niggaz can rhyme, but they got no character// So we preparin you for war, don't give up the fight// You need to stand up for your rights//..." You don't have to be sorry about anything. I was kinda harsh on my words as well, and I should be the one apologizing. (Note to sef: don't drink and post! ) err...I don't know about this one... But I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from...here in the U.S, dance music is very very under arrpeciated and even worse not well known as these other pop acts that run the airtimes...slowly, electronica is being heard in more places than you'd expect here in the states...Heaven Scent as BGM for an ad for a comic book series aired on MTV in the United States? Whats' going on?! There's alot of good music out there, and it's sad to see how such a globally large community like tranceaddict.com houses members who have some of the most shallowest tastes for music I've ever seen...I've talked to people who listen to radio shit that have a better undrstanding of music than most likely more than a good majority of members here on ta.com Trust me on this one man...broaden your musical tastes. It'll open up lines of communication beyond your boundaries, and eventually lead back to your own musical interst, which is obviously trance. THEN you can bombard that person with your trance knowledge...and I'm sure you have a good one at that.

I'm going to have to digress on two points here.
1. Electronica has long been 'background music' for commercials. Moby's Play album set some kind of record cos every single one of the songs was licensed for use in a commercial ( i think it was that album) etc.
2. how come something promote "togetherness" and individuality at the same time, they are mutually exclusive, or at least they are in the sense you said it. Maybe if you said it promotes the unity of people who are individualists, now that would make sense (not that I agree).
3. I agree about broadening your tastes but for christ sake don't listen to shit you don't LIKE (although for fairness there is a lot of material that just doesn't "sink in" the first time you hear it)! That's like eating some really exotic food just cos it's supposed to be good. Hats off to you if you really enjoy music from every genre out there. I take a different approach to the matter, while I might not enjoy listening to most of that old led zepplin or pink floyd (although i can dig a couple of there tracks) I can definetely appreciate and respect the music for what it is.

I think that is the most important part, genre snobs come off extremely jaded and ignorant "everything but X" sucks make you look like not only a. an asshole but more importantly b. ignorant.

That being said I enjoy a semi-wide variety (not many!) of musical genres outside electronica. Tool, Coldplay, Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band (esp. the tiesto remix of "the space between" not to be an OMG WHORE, but OMG!!! I DIE), maybe even occasionally an eminem track .

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