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Perth MusicRock Music Vs Club Music
OK so I need someone to explain to me how and why clubs are playing remixes of Rock music. Not pubs, but clubs. I went out on the weekend to a club and it had a coverband section and a club music section. Now I don’t know when these two genres became so entwined that they could mix and match but I don’t like it.
It just sounds wrong when an extended Tricky remix of a 50 Cent song blends into a version of Bernard Fannnings ‘Wish You Well‘ that even Bernard himself would be ashamed to put his name to. I seriously doubt that Evermore wanted a room full of 19 year old girls booty shaking to ‘It’s Too Late‘ when they wrote that song. And don’t get me started on a Doof Doof version of a Wolfmother song.
Every 2 or 3 years there’s a new club version of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit‘ which would make Kurt Cobain turn in his grave. I understand it’s a good song but to go completely against the nature of the genre is like prostituting music. It’s the same with Emo music which has come about by blending pop and punk music. Punk music started to be almost the opposite of pop music so the blend just doesn’t make sense.
Anyway it just got on my nerves.
August 21st, 2006 at 10:16 am
This is a tricky situation. It works both ways. For instance, when Travis did his version of “Baby One More Time” it really went down well from my point of view. If the song is good, with the right kind of hooks… you can reincarnate it into almost any genre no matter what beat drives it.
August 21st, 2006 at 10:24 am
This is why I never go to clubs, why go to a place that spins remixes of a song when you can just pay $20 and see the real band in the flesh. I don’t think you could even pay me to go to a club