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There's a time and the place for MCs. If anyone saw Goldie vs MC Rage @ TT2002 they'll know what I mean. The music is way too hard and fast (like 160-180 bpm from memory) to dance to or anything, but there is a fair bit of talent in doing what they're doing. MC Rage also came back on during Danny Howell's set which I thought was pretty cool. 
Also check out DJ Marky's EM (hardish jungle/dnb music) from last May. It was recorded live and I'm not sure who the MC is, but he gives the music so much energy that it wouldn't normally have just by shouting the right things at the right time. So yeah, MCs are good if they're used properly, but having said that....
| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
There's one set in particular that is an absolute classic for this: Sander Kleinenberg Live @ Impulz 01/04/2001.
He plays Highland - No Way Out, the vocals have just started, in the middle of a really beautiful part of a beautiful track, when this Dutch (I presume she's Dutch) woman, with an annoying, gruff voice shouts out for no reason:
"Sander KlenenBEEEEEERRRRRRGGGGG!"
Which, yes is quite annoying, yet bareable I guess. But she just does not fucking shut up. And I mean it's almost comical really, I fail to see how anyone could be anything other than pissed off by it. Here's how it goes:
Middle of beatiful vocals:
"Sander KlenenBEEEEEERRRRRRGGGGG!"
About 30-40 seconds later:
"Sander Kleinenberg......"
Then, slightly louder:
"Sander Kleinenbeeerrrrerg!
Beginning of build-up/lull (shouted):
"Listen to the sounds! The sounds of Sander KleinenBEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRERRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG! (the "berg" lasts for about 10 seconds, with the high volume maintained throughout)
Still in the build-up/lull (shouted):
"SANDER KLEINENBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!" (the "berg", while as loud - i.e. shouted - as the previous one this time lasts for about 15-20 seconds)
The lull finished during the last cry of "Sander Kleinenberg" and we are now on a beatiful climactic part of the track where the vocals and the music are hand in hand:
"SANDER KLEINENBEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG!" (a shorter one this time, maybe 7-8 seconds)
Then:
"Listen to the sounds, listen the sounds, I said listen to the sounds, I said listen to the sounds of Sander KleinenBBEEEEEEEERRRRRGGGGG!"
Then:
"Listen to the sounds of DJ Sander Kleinenberg. I said listen to the sounds, sounds, sounds, sounds, sounds. (*brief pause.*) Listen to the sound."
Then (sang):
"Listen to the soouuuunds: the soooouuunnnddss of Kleinenbeeeerrrgg! Yeaya, heya, yeaya.....!"
Then: (after allowing people to listen to the music for fully ten seconds)
"I said listen to the sound, sound, sound. Sound, sound, sound. This is DJ Sander Kleinenbeeeerrrrrrggg!"
Then:
Come on! Wave your hands in the sky! Let me see that you like this DJ!"
Then:
Come on! Take to the groove and listen to the sound, sound, sound...... of DJ Sander KleinenBEEEERRRRRGGGGG!"
So, the long and short of it is, that that goes on for about 4 minutes - throughout an entire track basically. Even if all that dialogue was spread over a 6 hours set you'd be pretty pissed off, but incessant for nearly 5 minutes? A bit over the top methinks.
I suggest that you download this set - it only lasts for an hour - just to see what I mean. It's hard to express the shitheadedness of the MC in plain ASCII text.  |
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