bags
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Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 05:03 PM UTC
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http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/indierock/indierock.html An example: this explanation of the 80s in the History of Indie Rock.
The '80s
"Sometime in the late '80s, the moniker of underground tunes changed from "punk" to "college music." This was not because only people in college listened to it, but also because the only people who played it were deejays at college radio stations. Anybody with a radio was free to listen, but not very many people did . . . until people realized that despite the weird names of some of these bands, they weren't scary like punks. In fact, a lot of college music was just pop music. R.E.M., U2, Camper Van Beethoven - they were college bands and they were harmless.
As many of those bands became popular, the powers-that-be at the college radio stations became a little bitter that "their bands" were taken away and given to the masses. They reacted by going a little harder and a little darker (a la Nirvana). That's when college music started to become known as "alternative." Again, the general idea was that it was an alternative to say, Tiffany or Bon Jovi or what you might hear on the radio (notice the pattern?)."
bags
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 05:11 PM UTC
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This is so fun!
"Whatever you do, don't read Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone is for housewives and teenage girls. In Rolling Stone you can read about Puff Daddy and Lillith Fair. That's the kind of fodder that feeds indie rock disdain. Spin - it's for poseurs. You might be best off flipping through a copy of Alternative Press. But don't buy it off the newsstand. Paying retail is not at all indie rock. "
markie
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 05:18 PM UTC
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another lesson in hipster cred….. Dont be the first person to reply to your own post…….
Oh wait hipsters are too busy perfecting their bed hair to bother with the internet…..
Nice article though.
thirsty moore
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 05:26 PM UTC
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One of the better descriptions I've read of that trend…
"For example, most of the early Seattle grunge bands were playing under the Sub Pop label long before David Geffen showed up in the Pacific Northwest with a checkbook and started playing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with a bunch of depressed kids in flannel shirts."
thirsty moore
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 05:28 PM UTC
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Even better! This is hilarious, thanks Bags.
So start somewhere safe: Sonic Youth. You cannot go wrong if you like Sonic Youth. Everybody in indie rock likes Sonic Youth, and those who don't are afraid to admit it. So you can talk all night long about what a genius frontman-guitarist Thurston Moore is, and nobody will ever think you are an idiot or don't know what you are talking about.
bags
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 05:29 PM UTC
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Originally posted by The Pariah:
another lesson in hipster cred….. Dont be the first person to reply to your own post…….
I can't help myself! I do it a lot, you've probably noticed. Post two or three in a row. Because when I read something, I have to comment on it immediately – then I read further down in the thread, and have to comment on something else.
Just imagine what a conversation with me is like.
Thank goodness I've never claimed to be a hipster! ;)
bags
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 07:57 PM UTC
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 08:00 PM UTC
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Liberte
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 08:26 PM UTC
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Is there an award given for most entertaining thread?
mankie
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 08:52 PM UTC
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I clicked on the link and got bombarded with spam so got the hell off.
Does that mean I'm not even worthy of doing the quizz or whatever it was?
Samantha
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 09:02 PM UTC
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Originally posted by mankie:
I clicked on the link and got bombarded with spam so got the hell off.
Does that mean I'm not even worthy of doing the quizz or whatever it was?
are pop-ups hip?
bags
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Re: Be a (Fake) Indie Rock Expert!
October 02, 2003 at 09:44 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Liberte:
Is there an award given for most entertaining thread?
Woo hoo – would you nominate this thread?
What I would find interesing is the award for thread that went through the most subject changes. It's amazing how you can start with the new BRMC album than have two pages on spiders indiginous to D.C. and Baltimore! ;)