I think that the dislike of techno or any other form of dance music is an inability to find the musicality in the artform.

I have always liked all forms of dance music since before I first realised there was such a thing. I have been a bit startled at times by the vehemence of some people’s dislike of it.

Most people who dont like it say ‘thats not real music’ and dont take the time to appreciate the mental freedom of not having your thoughts channeled by the presence of lyrics written by someone else. They have often asked me how I could move from listening to classical and baroque music or goth and rock to listening to ‘that stuff’. ‘dont you get bored?’ was another common question.

I find unless I can get them to sit and listen to a really good mix of dance music which I find exciting to listen to this situation doesnt change. And some mixes can be really tedious to listen to unless you are really into the specific style they are in. [Some styles may require chemical help to be appreciated – without said chemicals they can sound like nasty noise to the newcomer :groucho:]Maybe this is part of the problem. Going to a large free party and hearing the music on a big rig also permanently alters how you hear the music as does taking most any kind of drugs and listening to it.

Some people just plain dont like the repetitive beats but are happy to listen to some popstar with little talent warbling off key and unable to sing a tune….Not my cup of tea but hey if they want to thats their choice:wink:

I got to agree with your friends and the previous poster i don’t like techno in the slightest. One of the main reason i don’t go to many free parties nowadays is the techno i hate it ! I went to one a while ago in a huge warehouse in andover there was a few rigs but by 5 in the morning they were all playing techno arrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhh :you_crazy

I also think the definition of techno varies from place to place [certainly at least between england and scotland there is a huge variation] and this means that what I am calling techno and what others are calling techno are not the same….I tend to refer to pretty much everything I like as either techno or house music [originally its all house music :groucho: innit]. Sounds like what you are refeering to as techno is stuff I dont like either…..

What is your definition of techno? If it doesnt include Hardfloor, Harthouse, Prodigy, Tesox, Morganistic, React, Missile, etc we are having a communication problem arising from the regional definition of the music styles…

Its always been dificult to define the type of a tune even amongst friends, its gonna be more difficult here!

But as for diff people liking diff types of music I agree its horses for courses.

My dad used to say that appreciation of jazz is something that comes with age. I like some of it, but the progressive stuff is still way beyond my ken, tho I do see it as ‘i havent learnt to appreciate it’ rather than ‘its a bunch of crap’

I think the ear is like the tastebud and can be educated but only if it wants to be