Topic: House Music's Obsession with Itself
I was chatting to a friend about this over at the Necroparty and have been meaning to ask the robots what they think about it.
I dunno, but I can't think of a sound that is as obsessed with itself as house. In countless house tracks the word "house" is used. It seemed the artists were absolutely fixated with the term. But, I've heard that a lot of house musicians were not happy with the label and saw it as too vague and all encompassing tag for all dance records that came out at the time. Nevertheless, most house artists seem to have clung quite ferociously to the word.
I'm just wondering if you think it is a case of ensuring a new label on a new brand or style of music? Was it the almost egocentric and masculine nature of house music that drove it to this constant self reference? Or was it pressure from labels to brand the new genre with an easy record store category?
I just seems quite strange that a style of music would forever remind the listener of what they were listening to. It seems unimaginable of pop records using the term "pop" over and over again.
Maybe I have too much time on my hands here, just curious.
by singing about it
