lololol paul oakenfold ( sold out wanker )

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Go oakey!!

its about £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
 
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I've not seen his new vid or even heard his new song. In his defense though, I will say that Paul Oakenfold, possibly more than anyone else that springs to mind, was instrumental in shaping the dance scene as we know it. So any talk of him selling out or being a nobend is a bit churlish.
 
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I'm sorry, but the guy is a complete twat. Music is about pushing the boundaries forward, making your own unique sound and sticking to your ideals. If you can make a profit or even a killing sticking to this formula, then good. Unfortunately some artists/djs get some recognition on the big stage and then think that they deserve more money & put that before musical integrity, instead of moving to the side to allow fresher talent to come though.
Oakenfold is a dinosaur (along with many others) How or what has he done since the Goa mix, that has done this? And was that such a great mix anyway? Jump on a bandwagon (fluoro-trance), exhaust it of all creativity & then jump off it again.
He seems to be one of those people who likes to talk the talk (but he barely can) & grab the money. I get the feeling he has always like this though.
This sort of shit wouldn't happen in an ideal world, because the fans wouldn't allow it, but in the real world, instead of those fans demanding that they hear new people/sounds, many begin to hero-worship.
 
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johns_ar said:
he plays shite now IMO but the shite he plays still packs em in wherever he goes....
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Blue, Girls Allowed etc etc pack em in wherever they go, that doesn't mean to say they have any artistic integrity.
 
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johns_ar said:
he plays shite now IMO but the shite he plays still packs em in wherever he goes....]
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Agreed - but he's not the only one - Sasha, Seaman, Digweed et al ain't done nowt fresh for the best part of a decade - they all play the same bland shite.

The whole scene's gone stale, that's why so many folk come on to this site because they want to talk and listen to the tunes that were kicking about 10-12 years ago which (In my opinion) were much better and fresher sounding.
 
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Mike said:
Blue, Girls Allowed etc etc pack em in wherever they go, that doesn't mean to say they have any artistic integrity.
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whats wrong with blue?

Here's Johnny said:
Agreed - but he's not the only one - Sasha, Seaman, Digweed et al ain't done nowt fresh for the best part of a decade - they all play the same bland shite.

The whole scene's gone stale, that's why so many folk come on to this site because they want to talk and listen to the tunes that were kicking about 10-12 years ago which (In my opinion) were much better and fresher sounding.
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Nah digweed still rocks mate.....

sasha, seaman are playing boring vocaless crap - the whole sasha prog etc scene is wanky really

Funkys mint, as good as o/s
 
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I like the stuff Deepdish, sasha, danny howells, john digweed et al play these days........Ok, progressive house has been progressing too slowly over the last five years, but its all about a different mind set these days (for me, anyway).

The tunes coming out are not as 'blunt' and forthright at years go by - but they are increasingly technical in thier composition when you sort the cheese from the wheat. The power of the even simplest changes as the track progresses isnt something to be underestimated if you really like any sort of prog house. The stuff is I hear and buy is more spacious these days and include elements of breaks, max graham is one such contender.

I dunno what this paul okenfold new stuff is cos ive not heard it - is it boyband fodder meets dance music? Cos thats just gonna kill the entire scene cold dead if it is.

I have to agree with mike, just becuase a stadium is packed out these days doesnt mean the artists are good musicians or have integrity. The fact is the majority of 'normal' everyday joe public jst suck up to whatever is deemed popular at the time.......whereas Im hopefull the majority on here are true dancemusic fans and know the difference between commercial money grabbing mass marketted drivel for the general public and tunes/scenes which are keeping things going in the background.

I dont agree with milking it for every penny, but thats just me. Obviously some people require to make a living out of it and cant be blamed for that, but the likes of Mr Okenfold has made his millions and perhaps he should just fek off now before he degrades things even more (if the boyband dance thing is correct). Let others have a piece of the pie if moneys the sole object of making the music.


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ill try find the vid for it andy but i was in pub the other day and saw it on at the pub - was laffin my head of tis paul there pretendin to scratch behind decks all cream like then some dud goes walkin through club all spiked geeky hair do and pauls doin his smilin thing and scratchin his slipmatts looking all glam lol - looked completely staged and all sparkly and all lads models walkin into club looked tacky if anythin may ave been kiss lol or the box thats how bad it is


ill try find a link though - mind u you are the link finder ill set it for ya task of the day

good luck m8

alan



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That's that "Starry Surprise" or something I think. Don't know it well but I'm pretty sure that's what it is. The spikey haired geezer is out of some yank rock / dance band.... Crazytown I think. All this talk of Oakenfold selling out, you'll have him remixing Justin Timberbloke next.. It's almost as bad as Sasha remixing Pet Shop Boys or Londonbeat or even M-People...:p
 
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Do you have to be a member or something, I get "Sorry, the file you have requested could not be found
or has been intentionally disabled by the content owner." for all the vids..
 
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jesus...bit fuckin behind the times arent we?

The tune came out about 12 months ago and personally I thought it was pretty good for a chart type tune. At the end of the day most videos for tunes are wank and I guess oakey had very little input in what the vid director/producer wanted to do in it.

maybe he just got bored of making/playing shitty (my opinion) goa trance bollox and fancied a change. Dont see why people should be slated for having a change of tack or moving into a different market. Some people want artists to stay doing the same type of music forever and become critical if they dont carry on developing new sounds/styles.

Simple solution is to let musicians etc do wtf they want and if you dont like it, dont buy it. If you think that you can do better and push music in the direction you want to see it...go and do it rather than expecting somebody to do it for you.
 


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