school me on the term "rockist"

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I see the terms "rockist" and "jazzist" thrown around here, does that just mean, like "rock-centric taste" and "jazz-centric taste"?

And what if I'm into rap? Please say that doesn't make me "rapist".

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Termist!

― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

the servers will na take it captain

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

ok ok i'm sorry look my mum was ill, i *will* finish the "96 Theses" soon(ish), and then this question need nevah be asked again!!

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

graham's perfectly nice
search function is going to waste

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

very poetic and expressive enjambement there, real actual mr j!!

also: ally&otis and ally&DG and calum&julio and neuromancer&everyone to all threads ever!!

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Rockist is just ILX slang for "cool", it's like "dark", only for the 2k2.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

haha the next bit was "creepity crawly leggy/search! search! search!" but it was derivative i thought

― jones (actual), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

rockist is an attitude rather than relating to rock.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

its a way of living

― vic, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks brothas and sistas, methinks me understanding now.

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

the impression i've gathered after witnessing it's use, but missing it's initial introduction is that a rockist is all about music from a rock point of view.

potential important characteristics...

-LPs are king
-Concerts
-Manly (unless she's playing the bass or she was a member of the Runaways at one point.)
-All hail the scales.

can people scratch some of these off and/or add some more?

― msp, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm a deranged idiot sometimes.

my point on some of these should have been elaborated on...

-LPs are king as opposed to how singles might be more imporant to Danceists...

-Concerts are loud and artist-centric... as opposed to how classic music might be a score for a movie or play or dance music, while somewhat of a DJ hero culture exists, is mostly about getting fucked up and going off.

-All hail the scales. Rockers give a lot of respect to traditional rhythm and blues and known scales and tunings and technical setup, while some other genres might throw that right out of the water...

― msp, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Asking what rockist means is totally rockist.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

intimations of objectivity
one eye on longevity/importance ("you think that will still be
played in 20 years?")
importance of meaning
focus on individual genius rather than incremental scene advances by many different people

the canon

― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Holy Hell, I'm a rockist! Bummah!

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Then embrace it, man!

― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

it means john wayne was a big leggy

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Holy Hell, I'm a rockist! Bummah!

Well, duh!

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Here. Read this and be either enlightened or horrified. I myself admit to rockist tendencies, but this guy is so over the top even I feel creepy thinking about it.

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

What happens if you grew up a total rockist and love bunches of freaky electronic, jazz, hiphop, whatever?

Are you a polyrockist?

― earlnash, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

no, archetypal rockist. the use of the word 'freaky' gave it away i'm afraid;)

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Check out Jaga Jazzist.

― man, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 01:20 (twenty-two years ago)

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