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>Fine statement. I´m a bit sorry for the DJ generation.

Lets say a couple gets married now, and they play some Sasha remixs. Later 
when they're having their 25th anniversary are they going to have the band 
play "their song" ...? I'm really trying to understand this.

My theory is this. If you listen to a great song, often there is a great 
beat. But in this ever more superficial world, now they dispense with the 
melody, the lyrics,  etc and just stick with a beat and simple riff. If you 
think about it, this is part of a long trend. A symphony - lets say Brahms - 
each part is about 10 minutes long - and all built upon one theme and a 
counter theme and variations. It takes patience to listen and understand the 
musical idea. Then  big band jazz made this quicker and more accessible. Then 
rock and roll was a further simplification. But the beatles used to use 
augmented and diminished chords occassionally. Then heavy metal got simpler- 
"power chords = 1 +5".  And there was stagnation for a while. Grunge came 
along and at least has some fresh dark harmony, but it was too dark overall. 

So the stage is set for mindless techno/dance music. Its upbeat. Its social 
and fun. The musical ideas are usually a bar or two. In fact, there are often 
quarter note repeating elements - which have a hypnotic affect. But it seems 
to be the junk food of music - candy bars - plenty of sugar and artificial 
flavors - but no vitamins. 

But thats fine. I like listening to it - to a certain extent. Actually its a 
different experience. A lot of my favorite music (and I have been busy 
putting it all onto my IPOD!)  has some sort of emotional ebb and flow - 
while the dance music's main claim is very little of that. 

howvever how much more can this process go? It can't get much simpler...other 
than just sugar cubes.