if no one can explain what they actually like about it then that's fair, man should enjoy anything they want.
I like Flying Lotus because it is hip hop that makes me excited at a time when no hip hop makes me excited anymore.
if no one can explain what they actually like about it then that's fair, man should enjoy anything they want.
people were calling it wonky before that article- i wrote a v similar one around the same time using the world and had started it before reading martin's. wouldn't be surprised if he first coined it - but it was probably tested out on dsf or here prior to that piece...Yeah Blackdown came up with it first: http://pitchfork.com/features/grime-dubstep/6840-grime-dubstep/
Although he seems to have retracted it and calling it w*nky now too
people were calling it wonky before that article- i wrote a v similar one around the same time using the world and had started it before reading martin's. wouldn't be surprised if he first coined it - but it was probably tested out on dsf or here prior to that piece...
yeah but he wasn't on radio then, i don't think.I remember him saying it on his radio show all the time very repeatedly as if to reinforce that it was something. That was some time ago as well.
yeah but he wasn't on radio then, i don't think.
i can't believe there's so much uproar about a word. Who cares? It's not like "funky" is a great name. i've grown to like it but it's a pain in the arse trying to describe it to someone unfamiliar with the scene ("it's kinda house, it's called funky... no no, it's not funky house... well, some of it is a bit like funky house... no, it is good, honestly"). Anyway, why don't we try to come up with a better name than "wonky"... How about "teedly deedly derp te dum"?
something with a -step suffix plz!i don't know, i get the feeling there wouldn't be half as many feathers ruffled about it being presented as a genre if the name was like, a *really COOL word*
i don't know, i get the feeling there wouldn't be half as many feathers ruffled about it being presented as a genre if the name was like, a *really COOL word*
Glad they found an alternative! How do they pronounce it though?Although he seems to have retracted it and calling it w*nky now too
people were calling it wonky before that article-
So in the US you can't use "wonky" in sentences like:I guess "grime" had the same problem but at least that word kind of described, in a stereotyped way, some element of the music itself. whereas wonky just seems like a word that was randomly picked out of thin air.
sorry tom you're wrong. i'm the first person to attribute sources to other people where they're due but in this case, for better or for indeed, as it now seems to be, worse, i came up the word in pitchfork all by my self to describe theme running through disparate genres.
Anyway, why don't we try to come up with a better name than "wonky"
So in the US you can't use "wonky" in sentences like:
The front wheel on your bike is a bit wonky, no wonder it's hard to ride in a straight line.
i.e. something like skewed / twisted / off-beam / etc?
fair play - i swear i'd heard ppl (probably you) say it before that article, but it's only me who seems to think that.sorry tom you're wrong. i'm the first person to attribute sources to other people where they're due but in this case, for better or for indeed, as it now seems to be, worse, i came up the word in pitchfork all by my self to describe theme running through disparate genres.
plus it's not even just a shit genre name - the word wonky has connotations (aside from the daft drug ones) that people might not like attached to their music - nerdish & dry, like a "policy wonk" yunno. or maybe that's not the case in the UK?