"Nobody Listens To Techno"

That's what Eminem said... Results were predictable:

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Tiesto's not techno. :|

the cat got skinned again!

Usually he doesn't do Techno, but that song is. There's quite a few techno songs which remixed Eminem's barb, in fact.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

-Longs for the days when "techno" meant good old fashioned Detroit techno-

edited 17th Jun '12 7:00:49 AM by Exelixi

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-

People can't grok irony.

They realize that whole line was a joke, right?

the cat got skinned again!

I don't know whether they thought it was a joke or not, but it's still a pretty good lyrics to add to a techno song

I'm mean, you're dancing to a techno song while it repeats over and over that "nobody listens to techno". That's pretty funny in itself, ain't it.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

What about Cologne Techno?

Techno is one of the very few genres where hipster dogma should be taken as gospel: Old is cool, underground is cool, mainstream dies in flames.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

As long as it goes UNTS UNTS...

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Early-Installment Weirdness, anyone?

@Hex: Until recently, techno in pop culture meant any electronic dance music that wasn't synth pop.

Wasn't techno specifically that kind of Electronic music that has a binary tempo and feels like a constant hammer drilling your head, and meant to evoke the noise of industrial mega-factory neighborhoods, that technological heartbeat of the man-made, man-devouring giant of progress? Like Rei's neighborhood?*

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Sounds more like you're describing some form of Industrial to me.

You mean Industrial isn't a subset of Techno?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Err, no? AFAIK, Industrial rose out of post-punk.

Do you think the same rule applies to house music? Because I recall The KLF were quite popular The KLF played the top 40 like a fiddle, until they rode off into the sunset, laughing madly, leaving only a dead sheep behind them.

I thought KLF were a type of LFO?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Actually, Industrial predates Post-Punk, though the crest of the first wave of the former coincided (and mingled) with the rise of the latter. To clarify, with beginnings and endings:

• Industrial: Cabaret Voltaire form in 1973, NON begins performing in 1974, COUM Transmissions becomes Throbbing Gristle in 1975; Psychic TV and Cabaret Voltaire "go pop" circa 1984.
• Post-Punk: The Sex Pistols dissolve and Subway Sect release "Nobody's Scared" in 1978; Wire reform and Frankie Goes To Hollywood release "Relax" in 1984.

Bookends...

edited 19th Jun '12 7:20:26 AM by JHM

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

This is techno.

Juan Motherfucking Atkins FTW.