MUSIC
I belive that electronic music is the common musical denominator among today's youth around the world. Maybe a little visionary but I belive strongly in the culture-spanning appeal of electronic music. I think it is a force that can bring together people and cultures that otherwise think they have little in common. Actually right now I am listening to a DJ from the UK (John Digweed) play for a packed club in Beirut. I truly belive music can be the great common thread among our disparate cultures.
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last night I went to an awesome hip-hop night in Cairo. Was amazing the see the masses of young Egyptians bouncing with the best of them.
The whole crowd was singing the "Jumpin' music, swift DJ...Smoke machines and laser rays" chorus from "Weekend" by black eyed peas. And thats not like 2004 "Lets Get it Started" black eyed peas, I'm talking sweet old school Black Eyed Peas.
The crowd also knew to shout back "Yes you can" when the MC asked "Can I Kick It?" - impressive. Hip-Hop is definately the music of our generation.
And my Econ professor used to tell me that Math is the universal language... I always knew he was full of crap!
hmmm ... maybe I am getting too old for this, but I don't think that hiphop or any electronic music is the music of our generation.
if you travel around the world and see what music people recognise instantly and can really relate to (i mean as in telling stories about hearing that song for the first time, stories what they did with that song playing in the background, etc.) ... then it always comes down to good old rock/pop. U2, R.E.M., Sting and so on ...
Thomas, I have no doubt you are more widely travelled than I, however I would suppose that the good old rock/pop you referred to would be greatly biased towards western countries. Is it not? In your experience, do asian, middle eastern, and/or other non-english speaking or non-western cultures hold this music in the same regard as western cultures?
they do. U2 and Sting are big in Asia, Indians freak out over Bryan Adams (don't know why ... was shocked when I saw it the first time). Similar things happen in Eastern Europe. I agree that music preferences might be more "regional" in Latin America (because of the language ... but then again it's mostly rock. but haven't been there, so no guarantee) and Africa (okaaayyy, here one might be right with the HipHop theory ;))
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