I get a lot of flak from pretty much everyone I know that doesn't like dance music for liking dance music. If you don't know what dance music is, bang your hand on your desk over and over and repeat a nonsensical phrase, like "cookies are for babies" over and over, and then sometimes pause and say "wow" in a really drawn out and robotic way, and then continue banging and "cookies are for babies" and you know what dance music is. In its simplest form anyway.
The thing about dance music is that it is for people who don't listen to lyrics or melodies. Its for people who are more rhythmically minded. If you're big into "singer-songwriters" and all that horsecrap then you probably don't like dance music at all. If you listen to music and go "wow, that line was really deep" then you probably won't like dance music at all. If you wish you had a soundtrack for punching somebody in the face or scoring with an entire volleyball team, then you will get pumped for dance music. Here is some good dance music to check out. Think of this as a test of bravery, like in ancient cultures, except this time you're testing yourself for something else, something less valuable to our society. I think we all know what that is: a tendency towards the consumption of club drugs.
Paul Van Dyk - This guy was of the first "global DJs" that made dance music a phenomenon outside of European and British clubs. I am assuming he is from Holland, because they have vans and dykes there. He could also be from Lesbos.
DJ Tiesto - Another big global DJ. This guy is famous for his "In Search of Sunrise" series, which comes from his now-famous sessions at clubs in Ibiza, Spain - the dance music capital of the world! It is also probably the drunken Brit capital of the world, which by osmosis means white-legged Speedo capital.
Vitalic - I just discovered this guy. He made the slow-motion dog video. I'm pretty sure we are brothers separated at birth.
Check out this music and find out if you're a man, or a mouse, or a giant dim-wit with incredible strength played by John Malkovich.
wow, Drew and I are really different, I can't dance for shit unless I've had 6+ drinks and am way into lyrics, but I will say I am getting more into dance music.
ReplyDeleteBoo, emotive singer-songwriters. Hooray, DJs!
ReplyDeleteI saw Nick Warren a few weeks ago, amazing! Deep Dish on Nov. 24, Gabriel and Dresden Dec. 1, Junkie XL Dec. 13, Tiesto Dec. 27. A good month in Denver.