Rant number 71
Through advent of it being one of the only radio stations that consistently works on my somewhat temperamental car radio, I listen to a fair amount of BBC - radio 1.
During the times I mostly listen, this mainly consists of cheeky chappy Chris Moyles - and, in the afternoon Scott Mills. Both of which have a lighthearted team around them that creates a gigglesome banter - that makes it more bearable than engine noise (my radio also doesn't like to play CD's when its cold, so I have had to put up with months of this.)
The thing that is guaranteed to make me reach for the dial however, is Dubstep.
They talk about Dubstep endlessly, and pretend that - just like the endless ranks of brainless idiots who listen to it, they love it too. They in fact, talk about it more than they play it - and I really don't know whether that is worse or better.
Dubstep is just a dull recycling of the more drum&bass and heavier rave music that we had fed to us in the 90s - but slowed down, to make it seem 'fresh' and exiting'.
This however, is not its most defining characteristic. No that is very simple to define.
Dubstep, doesn't understand what 'too much' is.
For years, old people have said that young peoples music just sounds like noise - Dubstep, is just noise.
Its like someone has given a class full of children access to a sequencer and no guidance. The results would be awful, there would be no understanding of just what is too much sonic information in one bar of music - i.e. there would be a slowed down drum beat, fifteen synths, a bass riff, another drum loop and a vocal lick.
Sound familiar? You bet your ass it does!
I look forward to the impending death of this 'musical style' (if you can call it a style) and its replacement with (hopefully) something just slightly less irritating!
I also get a sneaky feeling that the radio DJ's will breath a sigh of relief that they don't have to pretend to like it any more!
Rant over.
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