Guyster said:

And what I hate is the way some HH people say "funky" house is crap, when half the tunes they're wiggling away to are sampled from house records!

 

Also, some people seem to think there are only 3 styles of dance music (hard / funky / uplifting) which is bollocks. It's just that most commercial establishments (clubs, record labels etc) have very polarised musical styles (e.g. hard OR funky) which is how they make the most money.

 

People who purport to love hard house but reckon that funky house is [censored]: do you think there is no element of funk in hard house? Of course there is! Otherwise it really would all be [censored]!!

 

The whole joy of dance music, for me, is that there is a whole spectrum of music between these main pigeonholes. In particular I enthuse over the deeper/funkier/housier end of trance, the driving/dark/techy end of funky house and breakbeat, the gritty/dark/slower sounds of hard house, the pacier/more intense shades of progressive...

liquideyes said:

Guyster said:

And what I hate is the way some HH people say "funky" house is crap, when half the tunes they're wiggling away to are sampled from house records!

 

Also, some people seem to think there are only 3 styles of dance music (hard / funky / uplifting) which is bollocks. It's just that most commercial establishments (clubs, record labels etc) have very polarised musical styles (e.g. hard OR funky) which is how they make the most money.

 

People who purport to love hard house but reckon that funky house is [censored]: do you think there is no element of funk in hard house? Of course there is! Otherwise it really would all be [censored]!!

 

The whole joy of dance music, for me, is that there is a whole spectrum of music between these main pigeonholes. In particular I enthuse over the deeper/funkier/housier end of trance, the driving/dark/techy end of funky house and breakbeat, the gritty/dark/slower sounds of hard house, the pacier/more intense shades of progressive...

 

to that man

 

You must like most of the stuff I do. Which is nice. If your CD was anything to go by

Yeah, but funky house is bollocks...

 

Seriously though, people may like HH and not like Funky House and vice versa... They may use a lot of the same tunes, but one has a lot quicker beat than the other, which may make it sound better/worse to the person in questions ear...

Well if I put my cynical hat on, I would say that 90% of hard house producers just crank up the BPM to compensate for the fact that otherwise their tracks have no energy/movement/roll to them. This is why I still think some hard house is good, the stuff that has some "natural" drive to it, plenty of momentum in the bassline, cool percussion etc. (And some [censored] original samples instead of cheesy hoovers!)

 

Rick, I agree about the tempo difference - personally I don't like house music to be much faster than 140bpm. But it seems a bit narrow-minded to ONLY like stuff that's "banging" and fast. My whole point is that there is a whole wealth of music in between hard and funky; you talk as if there are only two styles of dance music!!

Guyster said:

And what I hate is the way some HH people say "funky" house is crap, when half the tunes they're wiggling away to are sampled from house records!

 

I luuuuuuuuuuuuurve Funky House!!!

Mr_Moo said:

Guyster said:

And what I hate is the way some HH people say "funky" house is crap, when half the tunes they're wiggling away to are sampled from house records!

 

I luuuuuuuuuuuuurve Funky House!!!

 

 

You coming on Sunday you shower of shite?

Fraid not mate. Im in Hull with Tidy_Tart!!!

 

Where & Whats on on sunday m8?

(only read first post)

 

ey?! what the FOOK is "normal music"

 

liquideyes said:

Well if I put my cynical hat on, I would say that 90% of hard house producers just crank up the BPM to compensate for the fact that otherwise their tracks have no energy/movement/roll to them. This is why I still think some hard house is good, the stuff that has some "natural" drive to it, plenty of momentum in the bassline, cool percussion etc. (And some [censored] original samples instead of cheesy hoovers!)

 

Rick, I agree about the tempo difference - personally I don't like house music to be much faster than 140bpm. But it seems a bit narrow-minded to ONLY like stuff that's "banging" and fast. My whole point is that there is a whole wealth of music in between hard and funky; you talk as if there are only two styles of dance music!!

But that's not the case, there's three..

 

I just like my music fast and hard when i'm out clubbing... If you saw my full music collection, methinks you'd be well shocked...

rickd said:

liquideyes said:

I just like my music fast and hard when i'm out clubbing... If you saw my full music collection, methinks you'd be well shocked...

 

 

i bet youre a secret smiths fan aint ya!!

rickd said:

But that's not the case, there's three..

 

I just like my music fast and hard when i'm out clubbing... If you saw my full music collection, methinks you'd be well shocked...

 

If you saw mine, you'd piss yourself laughing

We do anyway m8