Well, if you want to fall victim to that shit then go ahead
I'm just sick of hearing the same old regurgitated shit being passed off as music. The 'dance charts' especially. The whole concept of top 40 doesn't work for the trance scene.
I think there's been a bit of discussion about this before, like in the j00f thread so I'll shutup now
Jul-20-2007 05:07
distant
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The only track I'm glad was somewhat of a mainstream hit is The Knife - Silent Shout. It's wonderfully dark and melancholic, but not try-hard.
Jul-20-2007 05:43
Domesticated
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2007
Location:
Re: Tracks that should've been a mainstream hit
quote:
Originally posted by DJ Indus Creed
Once in a while, we come across EDM tracks that also seem quite good even from the mainstream audience perspective (assuming in most countries mainstream audience = non-edm audience). I know quite a few tracks that my friends who don't really like anything in general from the House/Trance/Breakbeats/Techno genre appreciate and actually buy and keep them in their "favourite" collection.
Some examples:
Motorcycle - As the rush comes
Nalin & Kane - Beachball
Armin Van Buuren - Burned with Desire
IIO - Rapture
Deep Dish - Flashdance
Interstate - I found you
All those tracks were massive, with varying degrees of success.
Flashdance was on The Ministry Of Sound Annual 2005 and, over here, got played at least three times a night in every commercial club for like six months.
Originally posted by DJ Indus Creed
Some examples:
Motorcycle - As the rush comes
Nalin & Kane - Beachball
Armin Van Buuren - Burned with Desire
IIO - Rapture
Deep Dish - Flashdance
Interstate - I found you
Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes: #11, UK Singles Chart
Nalin & Kane - Beachball: #17, UK Singles Chart
IIO - Rapture: #2, UK Singles Chart
Deep Dish - Flashdance: #3, UK Singles Chart
Re: Re: Tracks that should've been a mainstream hit
quote:
Originally posted by Beat Blog
All those tracks were massive, with varying degrees of success.
Flashdance was on The Ministry Of Sound Annual 2005 and, over here, got played at least three times a night in every commercial club for like six months.
I think he was using those tracks as examples that HAVE made it mainstream. The topic seems to be about other tracks that had all the hallmarks of such tracks, but didn't quite cross over (for whatever reason).
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Jul-20-2007 15:46
all-nite-freak
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Moved from death Row to TA Paris Hillton Prison
tracks that are supposed to be mainstream hits are mainstream hits...if you know the way the mainstream music industry works, you would realize how stupid your question is.
why not just say tracks you like?
MD amazes me with logic sometimes.
Jul-20-2007 15:52
sleepydragon
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: doncaster, england
quite alot of trance got into the charts in the 90's in england like out of the blue, cafe del mar, carte blanche
Originally posted by sleepydragon
not strictly true.
chemical brothers? chicane?
Every rule has an exception.
Jul-20-2007 23:02
RedSquare
tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Capital City
Re: Tracks that should've been a mainstream hit
quote:
Originally posted by DJ Indus Creed
Some examples:
Motorcycle - As the rush comes
Nalin & Kane - Beachball
Armin Van Buuren - Burned with Desire
IIO - Rapture
Deep Dish - Flashdance
Interstate - I found you
As Rush Comes is okay but it doesn't have a great hook and doesn't sound like a hit-single.
Cruisin' (N&K vs Denis The Menace iirc) comes on in clubs all the time. Not trance/dance/house clubs but regular clubs where pop/hip-hop/RnB music is also played. I thought it charted well, too.
AvB is awful and all of his tracks are pure cheese.
Not heard Rapture
I hear Deep Dish - Flashdance all the time. It's on TV a lot... it's not a track I enjoy though; I find it monotonous.
I Found You... I usually dislike vocals. These vocals are not appealing.
