"you're a thief of music......."

[BentoSan]

Ghehehehe.... Once again... here's goldie for ya.

But to get back on topic, he's talking about the heartless/emotionless music, not all electronic music.

I can feel your love for progressive trance beaming out of you

This guy made me laugh, i'm not the least bit offended, everything he says isn't true but hey its comedy.

[tekki]

I can imagine his anger though.

Some acts are just too simple... If we only had an 'erase' functiona for these kinda acts.... Just erase them from existing.

[aiden]

According to him, live music is the only kind of music to be played anywhere?

it's so hard to play powerchords...

Could someone please point me to the heartless/emotionless section on beatport?

[tekki]

@aiden
if you look closely.........

[Mike Damien]

Punk rock Henry Rollins says nothing new.
Basically it's the same thing a million other ppl say that do not understand electronic music, it's tools, or it's ppl.
I too used to be hardcore mohawk punk rocker back in the day, I just evolved.
Henry is still living in '82.

[DvlsAdvct]

Well, keep in mind he's not just mocking electronic music. The whole last half of that rant is about modern rock.

I think the issue, in the end, is that a lot of DJs take themselves very seriously, and aren't actually doing anything that requires a whole lot of talent. I mean, I love DJing, but I recognize that I'm just going into a booth and playing other people's music.

Yeah there's a lotta work, and there are many DJs who have more talent than a lot of musicians, but at the same time, do a lot of those DJs justify their ego's?

:-)

[midifidler]

I definitely agree with you there Dvls,

Music controls peoples emotions to some extent, and as a DJ you get that control without necessarily having the same level of aptitude as a traditional act.

But through the popularization of dance music DJs have reached that same level of reverence. And sadly I think that is what drives a reasonable percentage of DJ's.

All of us have met the kinda DJ who after you congratulate them on the performance stands smugly with the slightest eye contact as acknowledgment.

[obsidiance]

I'm on the left politically, know Rollins pretty well and agree with much of his views. I just find it hard to judge "commercial shitty non from the heart kinda music" --- some like it and some don't. It's all very subjective. When it comes to non quantitative genres like music and art, it's best to keep a super open mind because what you consider fantastic could be "shitty" to someone else.

I think when he says "commercial shitty non from the heart kinda music" he means music that is generally made just to make $$$. Music that is made for the wrong reasons.

[miyuru]

I think he's honestly exaggerating for the laughs Hell, I thought it was funny too.

I'm sure if I sat him down and explained why I like DJ'ing he'd understand.

IMO a DJ is someone who appreciates music but is not a musician. However, that line is being blurred in many cases these days, which is great!

[obsidiance]

all in all, henry rollins is a very funny dude