Stellastarr*

I really like it. I am a sucker for the 80s though.

What exactly did I say that made it sound like a bad thing?

Originally posted by Random Citizen:
You make it sound like such a bad thing. To some extent, they have to come from that kind of background in order to afford instruments, the ability to not work a regular full-time job and tour outside of their immediate area.

Originally posted by ballsock:
I never claimed that where an artist comes from indicates credibility.

I'm just saying that nearly all indie artists appear to have come from silver spoon backgrounds.

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
What exactly did I say that made it sound like a bad thing?

Just the general ignorance of the statement.

What was ignorant about it? It HAS been my observation when reading articles about various indie rock bands, that the members do tend to come from more privileged family backgrounds…typically more so than artists in other genres such as metal, country, hip hop, etc.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
What exactly did I say that made it sound like a bad thing?

Just the general ignorance of the statement.

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
What was ignorant about it? It HAS been my observation when reading articles about various indie rock bands, that the members do tend to come from more privileged family backgrounds…typically more so than artists in other genres such as metal, country, hip hop, etc.

Perhaps you have to be more intelligent to be a succesful "indie" star? I dont buy the correlation you are suggesting. If I did I would suggest that brighter well educated people were obviously drawn to indie to the detriment of country, rap, etc.

Since when does going to a prep school equate with being more intelligent?

Originally posted by mark e smith:

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
What was ignorant about it? It HAS been my observation when reading articles about various indie rock bands, that the members do tend to come from more privileged family backgrounds…typically more so than artists in other genres such as metal, country, hip hop, etc.

Perhaps you have to be more intelligent to be a succesful "indie" star? I dont buy the correlation you are suggesting. If I did I would suggest that brighter well educated people were obviously drawn to indie to the detriment of country, rap, etc.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
I would suggest that brighter well educated people were obviously drawn to indie

Well that's true. :D

So the stellastarr website streams songs….

"Jenny" – wow, is that XTC with a bit of screaming thrown in? Yes, it *is*. And a wee bit of distorted guitar….

[Speaking of, I have more XTC at home that's not in iTunes yet; I will work on that…]

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
What was ignorant about it? It HAS been my observation when reading articles about various indie rock bands, that the members do tend to come from more privileged family backgrounds…typically more so than artists in other genres such as metal, country, hip hop, etc.

blah blah blah generalization, blah blah blah ambiguous overstatement; blah blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda.


How 'bout some specifics? Stellastarr*, The Strokes………who else?

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
Since when does going to a prep school equate with being more intelligent?

You are more likely to be well educated and therefore intelligent if your parents are wealthy. But you know that, right? The same way you are more likely to live longer and not be given a death sentence if you are wealthy.

Who went to a prep school?

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Who went to a prep school?

:D

And we all know I'm far more intelligent than that farmer's boy.

Now I hear Adam Ant….and a little Buggles….

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Who went to a prep school?

:D

And we all know I'm far more intelligent than that farmer's boy.

I meant band members……. But with your superior education and intellect, you knew that, right?

Originally posted by Bags:
Now I hear Adam Ant….and a little Buggles….

If I were you I would stop listeming to hits of the 80s and listen to the Stellastarr* album instead…. :roll:

Originally posted by mark e smith:

Originally posted by Bags:
Now I hear Adam Ant….and a little Buggles….

If I were you I would stop listeming to hits of the 80s and listen to the Stellastarr* album instead….

Rolling Eyes Dude, I am. You don't hear those bands in their songs? In "Jenny," "In the Walls" and "My Coco" – it's all there….

And, as always, the NYC show is sold out.

Mar 31, New York, Irving Plaza, SOLD OUT

The Walkmen (3 stars)
Bows and Arrows
The Walkmen (with three members of former Dreamworks' flame-out Jonathan Fire*Eater) like to take epic moments and spiral them into even more epic moments. Their new record, Bows and Arrow, is atmospheric, almost orchestral art rock made by prep-school grads who wear sweater vests. But these are prep-school grads who are closer to 28 than 18, and who seem willing to take off those sweater vests and clock you in the mouth if you stare at them cross-eyed.

Originally posted by mark e smith:

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
Since when does going to a prep school equate with being more intelligent?

You are more likely to be well educated and therefore intelligent if your parents are wealthy. But you know that, right? The same way you are more likely to live longer and not be given a death sentence if you are wealthy.

Who went to a prep school?

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
Jonathan Fire*Eater

all you have proven is that people who went to prep schools or art schools like to use an * in their name

I wasn't attempting to prove anything. I was only giving an example of an indie band who I've read about recently who went to a prep school.

Though I have read on occasion of indie bands who started at prep schools or chi-chi art schools, I can't remember a one who got their start at a humble public institution of learning.

But there's too much other good music to fucus all of my music loving energies on indie rock, so maybe there are some out there…

Originally posted by god's ballshine:
I wasn't attempting to prove anything. I was only giving an example of an indie band who I've read about recently who went to a prep school.

Though I have read on occasion of indie bands who started at prep schools or chi-chi art schools, I can't remember a one who got their start at a humble public institution of learning.

But there's too much other good music to fucus all of my music loving energies on indie rock, so maybe there are some out there…

i was joking, perhaps I should use more of these

:) :D

Yes, I sort of figured that after I typed and sent that post…

I guess it takes awhile for slow public school types like me to figure things like that out. :) :D

Regardless of where the players in Stellastar* went to school, I'd have to give them a thumbs down. If vocals are going to be bad, there's got to be something redeeming…in this case, there's not.