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Indie Elitism
Thrillho:
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--- Quote from: Spinless ---It's an ego thing, like all those guys who can play guitar who think it makes them cool.
Then they try to show off and people laugh at them because they're crap.
"Yeah! I can totally pay the trooper! You know, Maiden? ROCK!"
*Downs an alcopop, nearly throws it all back up*
"EUGH! I mean...YEAH! Gimme nuther."
"Hey, why don't you play 'the trooper for us?"
"Uhhh...sure..."
*Butchers one or two notes that happen to be somewhere in the main riff for 'the trooper'*
"That was crap."
"Yeah...I can play it perfectly when there's nobody else around. You can sorta hear it, it's because of the amp. Yeah, the amp..."
Now, this may or may not be based on a guy I knew who thought he was a great guitarist but in actual fact, was crap.
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Oh man, do I have stories about people like this.
And yeah, as Beat mouse said, they could be sitting in a coffeehouse discussing the parallels between Hitler's Germany and America today and be all like, "OH MAN WE'RE BEING OPPRESSED".
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See, there are plenty of people who talk about how crap Britain is, and actually have no idea how lucky we fucking are.
Go live in Serbia, mate. Then cry to me about the NHS. At least it fucking exists. Go to the US and pay for your healthcare.
valley_parade:
--- Quote from: yaslmiri ---you can find that in punk too. they're pretty heavy in the "that sucks cus they sold out" thing. i guess the competition is just another way of feeling involved and enjoying the scene. though, it does take away from the music.
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Which is why most "punks" abandoned Green Day. In their defence, Warning WAS crap.
Bunnyman:
Nothing like a little Nazi Allegory to spice up a political argument. Never been done before, right? Right?
Look, indignant liberals, understand this: While no society is perfect, the USA (and other proper republics) are great because their ingrown ability to self-refine. Understand that your protest is towards polishing a rough edge in the system, not overthrowing it because it's a Fascist Police State. Also recognize that, while it is true that you have a right to assembly, the Police must walk a fine line between civil liberties and public order (the latter being their bloody job, for Christ's sake). If it really were as bad as you say, your livelihood, self-expression, and eventually your physical well-being would be stripped away systematically. If poverty hasn't done it already. But I digress.
Back on topic...
Elitism is okay as long as it is done for enrichment, and as long as it is at least somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Nee Ishkur.
Kai:
Yeah, I love it when the silly kiddies exaggerate how their civli liberties are being taken away. It's like, shut the fuck up and go out and actually look at the world and realize how goddamn better off you are than a good portion of the planet.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Valley_Parade ---
--- Quote from: yaslmiri ---you can find that in punk too. they're pretty heavy in the "that sucks cus they sold out" thing. i guess the competition is just another way of feeling involved and enjoying the scene. though, it does take away from the music.
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Which is why most "punks" abandoned Green Day. In their defence, Warning WAS crap.
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Punk is a joke. Selling records = evil according to punk these days, which is total bollocks.
What role models do you have from punk? Pistols? They were put together like a cheap boy band. Clash? How punk was London Calling, really? Ramones? Er, Phil Spector?
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