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| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
This always makes me laugh. TA as a community is unquestionably 500% more cynical and hateful than it was in 2004, and yet somehow the music that attracted all the cynicism and hate in 2004 is now the subject of the most nostalgia. And I suppose people were saying exactly the same about 1999 in 2004.
I can understand the nostalgia. For me 2002 was the last genuinely great year for the old guard of dance music, but looking back 2004 was certainly a lot more respectable than the utter dross of 2005-2007, certainly the three worst years for music I had the misfortune of living through. |
True, this pattern of deriding in the present and then romanticizing in retrospect pops up quite a bit around here, but I can say for myself that the material that was coming out between, say, 2003 to 2006 was the standard by which I gauged everything that followed, and even my gateway tunes/period from years prior- it was also the reason I eventually stopped keeping up with the genre.
I realize it's likely impossible to view it all in a vacuum, but the impressions left on me both during and after that period was one of 'this is just intrinsically good dance music.' Shit, even the reviews you guys posted up on TC for the ISOS and Schulz annuals that were coming out around that time were consistently 3.5 to 4.5 stars, and that was taking into account the invariably atrocious disc 2 of these compilations.
Besides, I just use the term 'McProg' and 'McSchulz' endearingly, and to avoid the inevitable conflict that accompanies any use of the term 'Progressive Trance' (though I think it's less and less of an issue the further away we get from 1999).
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Last edited by Paradox Lost on Apr-25-2013 at 22:56
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