Depeche Mode, voice cloans etc

[Joel Young]

On Apr 2, 2004, at 4:20 PM, Rickness wrote:

> The lecture on synthpop was interesting.  It reenforced the concept 
> that it
> coms down to musical wanking. Honestly it reminds me of the different
> christian splinter groups that arose in the 17 to 2x centuries.

I'd disagree there. Sure, it can be hard to follow, and divisive among 
those who have strong preferences for one or the other, but all the 
subgenres provide useful terminology, especially for those people who 
like to sample everything out there and compare it critically. I guess 
that's wanking, but if so, then I'll happily wank off for the whole 
world to see. :)

In the other extreme, you can reduce all the genre definitions to pop 
(including all the goth, industrial, indie, hip hop, and what have 
you), classical, and folk/international -- or hell, just call it all 
"music". It all comes down to a matter of how much terminology you 
want/need.


Joel Young
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