Dance-bands - keep or bin?

[grobelaar]

I was having another sort out through my somewhat unused CD collection, the last time I had a clear-out I got rid of all the unbelievable bad pop/rock/easy listening music that I had bought over the years before becoming a wholesale born-again techno convert, but in the last purging my housemates convinced to keep my all my 'dance-band' albums like Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Leftfield etc etc - the thing is I never listen to them, and no matter how much everyone says how significant it all was/is it just doesn't pique my interest as much as a good bit of techno - so the question is, should they stay, or should they go?

I'd like to know what is everyone's opinion of this area of music is: Will I regret getting rid of them at a later date, or should I just ditch them? Is it all just commecial dogshit that I liked at the time because I didn't know anything else, or am I just being narrowminded. Is it Indie-pop producers do dance to Indie-pop formulae? I can't make my mind up whether I like this or not, having spent the day listening to it, I'm inclined to think I like some of the ideas, just it seems to get a bit formulaic, all the tracks seem to be clones of each other, just with different vocals and a different hook... A lot of the tracks strike me as being particularly unmemorable and quite anonymous too

The case for the prosection rests... anyone have any defence, I think Leftfield - Leftism might get to stay, but currently the rest of it is being consigned to deathrow...

Surely music has different meanings for everyone. If these CDs bring you memories or take you somewhere - then keep 'em. If you cringe at what you might deem as a naive buy (before you got into what you are now) then you may as well get shot of them.

[invisibleplanet]

i'd be hard pressed to rid myself of dubnobasswidmyheadman or leftism ..

yeah leftism is the only one worth shit i reckon.

were you never into ultramarine? they were quite good.

[wheezer]

yes, ultramarine - every man and woman is a star is a very lush piece of vinyl bitch one!

as for underworld - my mom has all their old 80ies albums, and they suck. imho nothing ever changed in that respect concerning underworld, they are one of the most overhyped groups of electronic music, methinks.

chemical brothers is even worse simply because they are somehow associated with liam gallagher.

leftfield I never really listened to much, aside from the phat planet loop and the aaliyah bootleg...

[invisibleplanet]

well...i hear what u r all saying.

I don't listen to mainstream pop music, however, i consider these bands to be the 'pop' of the electronic music scene, and it's about as close to 'pop poop' as I have come - like 'em as they do what pop music does....fix a time in my mind ..upon hearing the tune I am transported back there..

I left a box of old sounds, fliers etc... in a dark corner of my parents basement-

Stumbled upon it one day- Had a good laugh and a partial tear... It all made me freak out at a time- Also shows how far I've come...

Found an old Cocteau Twins album, in a Pirate Radio case- That alone was worth the revisit... You don't need to keep everything with you though- There are many ways of running into an old moment.

[amble]

i'd suggest keeping all that cds. i always do, even the really really bad stuff. i keep them in a box under my bed and take them to the light once every few years. it's always a good laugh! you just mustn't get embarrased (although that's not always easy) in front of your friends. it's a good sign of growing that you can look at this shit now and cry with laughter. no need to give it away unless you get something better back.

and yes ultramarine were cool. i was always looking for this one record, in the vid there's this small elephant playing trumpet on his nose - don't remember the name though.

[invisibleplanet]

the cocteau twins - what an amazing sound they had!

[wheezer]

yes, even crap music can mean something to you, in which case it'd be ill-advised to throw the media in question away - from a purely musical standpoint though, underworld just sucks ;-)

[c s]

Originally posted by invisibleplanet
the cocteau twins - what an amazing sound they had!

4AD had some great bands which were definitely not dance trash.

of course i keep the trash - anyone remember 2unlimited?

[pille'ocheoni]

theres a group i just discovered at the record store called postal service......one of the guys is dntel and its fucking great!....best pop ive ever heard

[wheezer]

speaking of trash & 2unlimited, not a single person has posted a comment to my last mix, badtaste :sniff:

http://www.no-future.com/vbulletin/s...&threadid=2103

[wheezer]

Originally posted by pille'ocheoni
best pop ive ever heard

hihi, every time I've heard somebody say that it turned out not be pop in my ears

[invisibleplanet]

nope, but i remember fondly from the eighties (as I am an 'old' lady)..

bauhaus
the durutti column
dali's car
cocteau twins
dead can dance
the the

to name but a few

[wheezer]

the names you list there should def. not be muttered in the same breath as "2unlimited", ip =)

What shit taste you had/have.

[pille'ocheoni]

well its pop, with electronica. sk-1 beats, and smooth amostphereics, wezzer vocals, maybe elctronic punk?>or not>anyways it cool stuff

[wheezer]

@pille gotta have a listen then...

[pille'ocheoni]

you should at the store we just got the full length...........i think it came out three days ago.....i love this band.........they rock!......and its dntel, and hes awsome too!.......their on sub-pop records

[jess-ssej]

I keep everything. Good, bad and ugly. I still have La Bouche and Keoki records from when I was 15. The best of the worst -by far- is a promo copy of 'the macarena' that I got when I worked at a record shop. Followed closely by a 12" single from Traci Lords (the b-side is remixed by none other than mr. oakenfold) LOL

Someday when I'm 50 I'm going to have a good laugh listening to that shite.

[wheezer]

Originally posted by pille'ocheoni
you should at the store we just got the full length...........i think it came out three days ago.....i love this band.........they rock!......and its dntel, and hes awsome too!.......their on sub-pop records

thnx I think I'll soulseek it first and then possibly see if I can piss off a local dealer enough to actually import a copy for me

[invisibleplanet]

Originally posted by wheezer
the names you list there should def. not be muttered in the same breath as "2unlimited", ip =)

what is 2unlimited ??? i never heard of before!

²phil i'll take that as a compliment, considering u were probably listening to the 'wheels on the bus' at the time

i actually love 80s pop music - not in an ironic way, i really like lionel richie, michael jackson, duran duran, blondie, etc etc. i've even been a dj at weddings a couple of times, it was great fun.

[wheezer]

@ip

http://2unlimited.sitecity.ru/

[karitek]

i am a strong believer in not getting rid of music. every time that i have sold records or cds, a year or two later there was something in there that i wish i had kept.

@amble - i am a fan of the 'secret music stash' as well, got mine in a box under my shelving unit.

[pille'ocheoni]

i had a dreanm last night my records caught on fire and all of my computer blew up.........i ran to india and wandered mindlessly. it was a sad relavation

[deccard]

u don´t know 2unlimited?
hits like: no no, no no no, no no no, theeeeeeeeeere´s no limit.

hm i don´t got all the old stuff i had. those ol metal tapes i shared with friends etc all gone.
if i need to i could download some ol anthrax shit.
but vinyl is different. it weighs more and stix to you like shit.
everytime you move to a new home u wish u are a mp3 dj.

[deccard]

hm i liked the first underworld album.
skyscraper was a nice fluffy track.

@ Invisible - You named off some of my old favourites! Did you ever heard Lisa Gerrard's solo stuff (actually done with Peter Bourke- but not under the Dead Can Dance name).

--I remember the first time I heard the words "Pump up the Volume- Dance!" on the radio... I hit snooze... but I listened for a bit- liked what I heard... and then... missed my first class.

Ah... snooze button junkie.