5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock

chaz wrote:
Read this.  This is what he's talking about.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/27321/in-on-the-killjoy

couldn't agree more with that article…. i remember reading it when it came out and i still think about it.. heck just came up last week when my friends band was playing a show.

hutch wrote:

chaz wrote:
Read this.  This is what he's talking about.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/27321/in-on-the-killjoy

couldn't agree more with that article…. i remember reading it when it came out and i still think about it.. heck just came up last week when my friends band was playing a show.

A really good friend of mine wrote that.  You would not believe that backlash he experienced from the DC hipster mafia…he was definitely persona non grata around here.  So much drama…turned into a total scandal among my group of friends.  I loved it.

The article did go a little over the top, but it was satire.

A good read though.  And the whole story surrounding it, from how it was conceived to the inevitable fallout is solid gold.

And the artwork was priceless…Ian and Guy dressed up as puritan pilgrims was effing brilliant.

James wrote:
That "My Ding a Ling" song totally rocks.

sure does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCh9OhDiCI&ob=av3e

DC rock is mostly still as up its own ass as that article made it out to be in 2003.

chaz wrote:
When talk of bringing back acdc started, my mind went straight to jet.  Thats what we'd get.

exactly, we've seen what this results in (jet), and it sucks … sorry …

You should be a writer for Rolling Stone.

hutch wrote:

James wrote:
That "My Ding a Ling" song totally rocks.

No one is perfect.. not even Chuck Berry.. but he did pretty much take rock and roll to the next level and if you could credit anyone for its "invention" it would be him. What did John Lennon say? If you could use another word for rock and roll you could call it "Chuck Berry"..(I paraphrase)

James wrote:
You should be a writer for Rolling Stone.

hutch wrote:

James wrote:
That "My Ding a Ling" song totally rocks.

No one is perfect.. not even Chuck Berry.. but he did pretty much take rock and roll to the next level and if you could credit anyone for its "invention" it would be him. What did John Lennon say? If you could use another word for rock and roll you could call it "Chuck Berry"..(I paraphrase)

don't be such a tea partier..


ignorance is nothing to be proud of.

chaz wrote:

hutch wrote:

chaz wrote:
Read this.  This is what he's talking about.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/27321/in-on-the-killjoy

couldn't agree more with that article…. i remember reading it when it came out and i still think about it.. heck just came up last week when my friends band was playing a show.

A really good friend of mine wrote that.  You would not believe that backlash he experienced from the DC hipster mafia…he was definitely persona non grata around here.  So much drama…turned into a total scandal among my group of friends.  I loved it.

The article did go a little over the top, but it was satire.

A good read though.  And the whole story surrounding it, from how it was conceived to the inevitable fallout is solid gold.

And the artwork was priceless…Ian and Guy dressed up as puritan pilgrims was effing brilliant.

I believe it..this town has for a long time had a dischord mafia which extends in all sorts of ways including bookings… they sell 10 records  a year, play to 25 people at free shows at fort reno but it goes on.. .truly sad. i mean what more can you say when Ian M. says that its not about fun..

Yeah Ian, I go to shows to have a bad time.. WTF

and thats one of the main reasons most dc bands move up to new york city to "make it"

hutch wrote:

James wrote:
That "My Ding a Ling" song totally rocks.

No one is perfect.. not even Chuck Berry.. but he did pretty much take rock and roll to the next level and if you could credit anyone for its "invention" it would be him. What did John Lennon say? If you could use another word for rock and roll you could call it "Chuck Berry"..(I paraphrase)

Pssh.. Chuck Berry just ripped off Marty McFly  ..now that guy was ahead of his time.

The Alt Nation channel has heard your cries and added Mumford and Sons to their rotation.

I'm now down to the xmu channel. That's it.

Hey Hutch,

Here's one for you. Rock aint dead yet.

Love,

James

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kConZNlWtsA

James wrote:
That "My Ding a Ling" song totally rocks.

A cover, he did it to fill time at a concert.  Did not realize it was being recorded.

That said, as a 6 year old, that was on heavy rotation.  Still have the album.

Wait this Jet song actually rocks and it was released before the Buzzcocks came together

Jet - Nothing to do with us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BefemkiGSls

I first heard this on the Glitterbest: 20 Pre Punk 'n' Glam Tyerrace Stompers comp and the review on allmusic is priceless… 

There isn't a single redeeming quality to Glitterbest: 20 Pre Punk 'n' Glam Terrace Stompers. Nothing but good old dumb fun.

…

You won't find any of this stuff in the history books and no one would ever call any of these bands innovators or visionaries. So what. Crank it up next time you want to bug your neighbors, blast it out of your car speakers, embrace it as the offspring of the ridiculous novelty singles of the '50s that you always turn up when they get played by accident on oldies radio. Have fun! That is what rock & roll is truly about and Glitterbest is 100 percent rock & roll.

http://allmusic.com/album/glitterbest-20-pre-punk-n-glam-tyerrace-stompers-r679224/review


So once upon a time Indie Rock did in fact rock, because it was probably more about picking up chicks then doing it because it's "cool"

except that the jet on glitterbest isn't the same as what we're talking about…

glitterbest: "Recording Date: 1971 - 1974"

jet, the australian band: formed in 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_%28band%29)

sweetcell wrote:
except that the jet on glitterbest isn't the same as what we're talking about…

glitterbest: "Recording Date: 1971 - 1974"

jet, the australian band: formed in 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_%28band%29)

duh

Man, this cracked me up.

kosmo wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
except that the jet on glitterbest isn't the same as what we're talking about…

glitterbest: "Recording Date: 1971 - 1974"

jet, the australian band: formed in 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_%28band%29)

duh