sweetcell
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5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 03:04 PM UTC
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Yada
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 03:08 PM UTC
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sweetcell wrote:
http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/172103-5-reasons-why-indie-rock-doesnt-rock
discuss, emphasis on "diss".
Quite possibly the most annoying website pop ups EVER.
StoneTheCrow
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 03:10 PM UTC
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All I know is that I recently got satellite radio and it really is a rarity to hear one of their alt stations play something that "rocks". Not counting the silly Lithium channel.
bunnyman
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 03:14 PM UTC
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When I put my iPod on shuffle, I find it really refreshing when anything with a heavy beat or guitar riff comes on. I think that's why so few of these newer bands catch my ear. I think once people start covering Black Sabbath and the Ramones again then music will get some edge back. But there really isn't much that engages me. I like some indie rock…but most of it bores me to tears.
hutch
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 05:56 PM UTC
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if some new band could somehow channel ACDC i think they'd be huge…
but no one seems interested in doing that.. its been that way for about 15 years now at least….sad.
James Ford
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 06:06 PM UTC
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You're right. There are shitloads of Beavis and Buttheads whose music needs are totally being ignored.
hutch wrote:
if some new band could somehow channel ACDC i think they'd be huge…
but no one seems interested in doing that.. its been that way for about 15 years now at least….sad.
chaz
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 06:07 PM UTC
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Most of the music this guy is dissing does nothing for me. I don't really keep up with this type of stuff.
But.
People that write this kind of snotty, snide, sniveling shit sound just as bad to me as the people they are railing against. I want that 2 minutes of my life back. My 9 year old daughter could have written that drivel.
Thousand Made-Up Loves
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 06:16 PM UTC
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hutch wrote:
if some new band could somehow channel ACDC i think they'd be huge…
Yeah. That's exactly what we need, we already aren't bombarded by it in every commercial, at every high school, college or professional sporting event and on the streets of every fucking suburb and exurb in the United States.
Exactly what the world needs: MORE AC?DC.
Thousand Made-Up Loves
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 06:29 PM UTC
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No, that is my point. We don't need a new band doing the same shit.
azaghal1981
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 06:41 PM UTC
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chaz wrote:
Most of the music this guy is dissing does nothing for me. I don't really keep up with this type of stuff.
But.
People that write this kind of snotty, snide, sniveling shit sound just as bad to me as the people they are railing against. I want that 2 minutes of my life back. My 9 year old daughter could have written that drivel.
This.
P.S. Where did Comets on Fire go?
hutch
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 06:55 PM UTC
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i mean sayin we don't need bands like acdc is akin to sayin we don't need rock and roll..
screw the solos..screw the fun and party..screw songs about booze and girls
what are you left with?
very boring music no one wants to listen to thats what..
James Ford
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 06:56 PM UTC
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ACDC has had maybe a half dozen good songs out of…how may songs have they recorded?
sweetcell
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 07:02 PM UTC
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James wrote:
how may songs have they recorded?
one.
ggw
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 07:03 PM UTC
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Comets on fire broke up, didn't they. It's too bad. Their last show at the Black Cat was great. They played every song like it was THE song. The world needs more Comets on Fire.
sweetcell
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Re: 5 Reasons Why Indie Rock Doesn't Rock
August 10, 2011 at 07:04 PM UTC
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are they, like, an AC/DC cover band?