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chekov wrote:

Nevalo wrote:hardcore dancing was/is so silly

i don't understand gigs like that, why would you go to a gig to get all aggressive and jump into/bat people and shit

i get pogoing or whatever but why violence

maybe i'm just a pussyole

particle-jim wrote:the only time people get hurt is if they get in the way of someone who's dancing

particle-jim wrote:

chekov wrote:

Nevalo wrote:hardcore dancing was/is so silly

i don't understand gigs like that, why would you go to a gig to get all aggressive and jump into/bat people and shit

i get pogoing or whatever but why violence

maybe i'm just a pussyole

That's a huge misconception right there, hardcore dancing isn't about hitting people or being violent actually (for the most part anyway, there's always the odd dickhead who has no pit etiquette) people tend to dance in their own little space, the only time people get hurt is if they get in the way of someone who's dancing

In fact most metalheads i've spoken to seem to think hardcore dancing is weak specifically because we arent trying to batter eachother haha

garethom wrote:

particle-jim wrote:the only time people get hurt is if they get in the way of someone who's dancing

which is all the time, because of their stupid running and jumping around

Nevalo wrote:what i hated was the poofters who used to do it, hit other people, then bitch & cry when they got hit themselves

particle-jim wrote:

Nevalo wrote:what i hated was the poofters who used to do it, hit other people, then bitch & cry when they got hit themselves

Yeah that really wound me up too, whilst nobody is going out of their way to hit you you can't expect to come out of it totally unscathed either

kingGhost wrote:

garethom wrote:

particle-jim wrote:the only time people get hurt is if they get in the way of someone who's dancing

which is all the time, because of their stupid running and jumping around

i haven't regularly attended hardcore or punk shows since 06, but from my experience there were plenty of instances of intentional violence or running into a group of people on purpose. maybe not to specifically hurt one person, but if someone got hurt - well, that's just what happened. at least that's how it was in my region. normally when i saw people "dancing" in their little spot making sure not to touch anyone, it was at bad metalcore shows where the guys dressed like girls.

kingGhost wrote:as a youth i grew up in the hardcore scene and it was normal and almost expected to smash people on purpose - kind of a "rite of passage" i guess for people trying to make a name for themselves. looking back, it was really dangerous and dumb. i remember it being a lot of fun at times but there were instances of police, ambulances, and people pulling out guns after shows.

imami wrote:im picturing ultimate warrior jumping around at a hardcore gig now

magma wrote:

imami wrote:im picturing ultimate warrior jumping around at a hardcore gig now

As Jim will confirm, that's exactly how intimidating I look on the dancefloor.

magma wrote:

Agent 47 wrote:Not everyone understands House music

Yes they do, that's it's biggest overriding positive feature... that's why it's the most ubiquitous form of electronic music. Nearly every country has a house scene of some form or another... every human being with ears and an auditory cortex can understand a four-to-the-floor kick pattern.

It's just that an awful lot of people go into genres of music with preconceptions that they can't shake off... I grew up as a hiphopper/junglist and during my teenage years of I heard a 4x4 kick drum pattern I'd run a mile... surely there can't be any imagination if they all use the same basic rhythm? Obviously, over the years I've been exposed to so much House that it's been impossible not to like bits and I'm amazed with how much rhythmic scope producers can find within that 4x4 pattern (and with how little scope some producers find in more 'free' genres)... but my instinctive reaction is often still, "Eh, fuck that... BORING DRUMS".

It's my problem, not House music.