Topic: Twee music un-appreciation thread. (Read 28712 times)

Caspian · « **on:** 06 Jun 2007, 22:44 »

My brother recently got a new Page France album, and is now thrashing the crap out of it. Needless to say, I hate Page France- the excess of oestrogen, the whiny voice, the lack of anything remotely interesting.

But my hatred doesn't stop there- Sufjan Stevens, I'm From Barcelona (damn I hate this band so much), Kings of Convienience, The Boy Least Likely Too. These bands may seem fairly different, but they've got a few things in common, they:

are mellow and/or very tame
have extremely annoying, patronising hooks..Or have no hooks
are completely afraid to rock out
have no desire to experiment, or do anything very unique
are very pretensious
make you grow a vagina (if you already have one, you will grow another one. It's true!)

This thread is for people who are sick of lame, limp indie pop. Share your rant!

pilsner · « **Reply #1 on:** 06 Jun 2007, 22:47 »

Haha.

Hehehe.

Hahahahahahahaha.

Oh gosh, I needed that.

Thank-you kind sir.

CmonMiracle · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 00:47 »

I protest this thread!

Caspian · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 05:10 »

It's really starting to seem like I'm the only person on this board who doesn't like twee music. Surely there are some other ones out there?

fish across face · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 05:12 »

I only like one of the artists you mentioned, and then I find his tweeness a detraction, but if you're going to complain about lack of inventiveness or experimentation I hate music that rocks out a lot more.

Scytale · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 05:13 »

I have no idea what anyone of those bands sound like but I suppose I can hate them on principle.

Caspian · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 05:16 »

Quote from: fish across face on 07 Jun 2007, 05:12

I only like one of the artists you mentioned, and then I find his tweeness a detraction, but if you're going to complain about lack of inventiveness or experimentation I hate music that rocks out a lot more.

Really? I'd rather generic rocky music then generic mellow music. At least generic rock music has something to tap your toe to.

Quote

I have no idea what anyone of those bands sound like but I suppose I can hate them on principle.

Consider yourself extremely lucky that you haven't heard any of these bands. They all lick wang.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 05:26 »

Sometimes, twee is awesome.

Valrus · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 06:03 »

"are very pretensious [sic]"
"are very pretensious [sic]"
"are very pretensious [sic]"
"are very pretensious [sic]"
"are very pretensious [sic]"

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 07:19 »

I love it how one of the criticisms I hear about twee is that it's music for pussies or wimps. How perfectly logical.

HAY GUYZ I HATE METAL AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT IT TURNS YOU INTO A DAYLIGHT HATING MEATHEAD

Dimmukane · « **Reply #10 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 07:47 »

Quote from: Caspian on 06 Jun 2007, 22:44

Sufjan Stevens

Quote from: Caspian on 06 Jun 2007, 22:44

~~make you grow a vagina~~

You have to have balls to wear fairy wings on stage and hope no one throws anything at you.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #11 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 08:14 »

I love Sufjan Stevens. I haven't grown a vagina yet.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #12 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 08:19 »

This seems like a good place to say that I think Tigermilk is one of the best albums of the 90s.

I don't like Sufjan Stevens one bit, but fail to see how he is "twee".

Oh, and: THE VASELINES. Come on. You can't hate them. It's not allowed.

valley_parade · « **Reply #13 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 08:44 »

How can you not love im from barcelona?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #14 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 08:46 »

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 07 Jun 2007, 07:19

HAY GUYZ I HATE METAL AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT IT TURNS YOU INTO A DAYLIGHT HATING MEATHEAD

Be that as it may, listening to Belle and Sebastien will make your dick fall off. Sorry.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #15 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 08:51 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 07 Jun 2007, 08:46

listening to Belle and Sebastien will make your dick fall off. Sorry.

My ex-girlfriends would like a word with you.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #16 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 09:11 »

I hear they can do wonders with a needle and thread nowadays. Fingers, dicks...senses of humour, those they're still working on.

Ben yayayayayayayay · « **Reply #17 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 09:20 »

I hope Sufjan gets to Hawaii or Alaska sometime, those should be really interesting.

Anyway, continue your rant...

Ernest · « **Reply #18 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 09:34 »

The Vaselines is a really stupid name for a band. But yeah, they are good.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #19 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 10:05 »

I guess Ramona Cordova might be a little bit twee, but aside from that I'm with you guys ... down with twee. (Ramona Cordova is magical, though.)

ALoveSupreme · « **Reply #20 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 10:13 »

Quote from: CmonMiracle on 07 Jun 2007, 00:47

I protest this thread!

Seconded. Not necessarily on the basis that any of these bands are great (I enjoy Page France), but I think you could put together a much better argument as to why the above bands are not good. I remain unconvinced.

Stefan Autsa · « **Reply #21 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 10:56 »

Maybe you're secretly gay?

I like a few of the artists mentioned, and I'm happy with them. You don't, and that's happy for you. You can rock out in your room, and I can put a cock in my womb. Anyway, I'm logging off now to go practice my pouting.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #22 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 11:48 »

HEY I ONLY LISTEN TO METAL AND NOW MY COCK IS LIKE 15 INCHES LONG

I KILLED A SEAL WITH IT THE OTHER DAY

KharBevNor · « **Reply #23 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 11:52 »

If I didn't listen to Strawberry Switchblade, Zombina and the Skeletones and The Smiths I would basically be completely unable to wear trousers.

Scytale · « **Reply #24 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 11:55 »

Quote from: Ã¶de on 07 Jun 2007, 11:48

HEY I ONLY LISTEN TO METAL AND NOW MY COCK IS LIKE 15 INCHES LONG

I KILLED A SEAL WITH IT THE OTHER DAY

Was it an Endangered Species of Seal, if not you need to turn in your metal credentials...

Ã¶de · « **Reply #25 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 12:16 »

I think you lost your- oh shit where'd it go

?
There it is, the bugger.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #26 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 13:53 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 07 Jun 2007, 05:26

Sometimes, twee is awesome.

Why have I never heard of these people before? I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself.

You know, I like twee quite a lot really. But I still think Sufjan Stevens is actually a manly eugenicist dedicated to annihilating the reproductive organs of those unworthy of spawning. And can we really blame him for that?

Lummer · « **Reply #27 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 14:24 »

Quote from: Ã¶de on 07 Jun 2007, 11:48

HEY I ONLY LISTEN TO METAL AND NOW MY COCK IS LIKE 15 INCHES LONG

I KILLED A SEAL WITH IT THE OTHER DAY

DAVE, TREY, ERIK AND PETE SEZ FUCK YEEEEEEAAAH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1TmPo35yM

KharBevNor · « **Reply #28 on:** 07 Jun 2007, 14:45 »

Quote from: a pack of wolves on 07 Jun 2007, 13:53

Quote from: KharBevNor on 07 Jun 2007, 05:26
Sometimes, twee is awesome.

Why have I never heard of these people before? I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself.

There's no reason you should have, really. They only produced one album and a few singles, and were pretty obscure in the UK, and even more so in the US (Though the Japanese fucking loved them apparently). I only know about them because Rose McDowell, the black haired one, was married to Drew McDowell of Psychic TV (and later Coil), and went on to work with people like Current 93, Death in June, Nature and Organisation and Nurse With Wound and indeed worked with Coil and Psychic TV herself. She was also in a strange 60's psychedelic pop band called Spell with none other than Boyd Rice himself. I discovered them primarily because Current 93 have covered 'Since Yesterday' twice (one rather creepy version with Dave Tibet on vocals and a spoken word intro by Boyd Rice, and one with McDowell herself on vocals and a much slower, guitar based arrangement which I do not hesitate to call 'sparkling'.)

Speaking of Current 93, I've always considered them to have an element of twee in their mix. All those songs about cats and horses, the artwork, the nursery rhymes...though thats got to be tempered by the fact that the kittens are frozen in the Somme, the horses are being used as a twin allegory for heroin and Jesus, the children in the artwork are crying and the nursery rhymes are being hissed over sound samples from Auschwitz and someone screaming 'JESUS WEPT!'.

hihowareyou · « **Reply #29 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 04:04 »

Joy has no place in music. When music is happy the listener and composer are thusly to be presumed gay.

jk

srsly tho wtf @ this thread. Why would you harbor such hatred towards bands that aren't overly dramatic and maybe just have some fun every once in a while?

Ernest · « **Reply #30 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 08:01 »

Your sn is a reference.

Will · « **Reply #31 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 15:58 »

If listening to twee makes you grow a vagina, than the only logical conclusion is that I should begin listening to twee in the interest of having a more interesting weekend.

IronOxide · « **Reply #32 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 18:57 »

OH SHEET GUYZ, E.SPACEMAN SHOWED ME A HEAVENLY ALBUM AND NOW I HAS A VAGOO.

WUT I DOOZ NOW?

valley_parade · « **Reply #33 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 19:46 »

Masturbate furiously?

SeanBateman · « **Reply #34 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 19:56 »

Man this is a dumbass thread. Like, really dumb.

The sexism, the homphobia, the apalling ignorance, the lack of taste.

truly I can not believe that this exists.

Shame.

Shame.

Shame.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #35 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 20:00 »

Oh, grow a cock.

SeanBateman · « **Reply #36 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 20:11 »

Sorry you cant see it currently, it's buried balls deep in your mum;s ass.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #37 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 23:20 »

Quote from: Dirk Hopeless on 08 Jun 2007, 19:56

Man this is a dumbass thread. Like, really dumb.

The sexism, the homphobia, the apalling ignorance, the lack of taste.

truly I can not believe that this exists.

Shame.

Shame.

Shame.

Some days this shit writes itself.

Johnny C · « **Reply #38 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 23:47 »

Quote from: Caspian on 06 Jun 2007, 22:44

grow a vagina

Quote from: KharBevNor on 08 Jun 2007, 20:00

grow a cock

THEY ARE GENITALS NOT MOUSTACHES

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #39 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 23:53 »

Quote from: Dimmukane on 07 Jun 2007, 07:47

Quote from: Caspian on 06 Jun 2007, 22:44
Sufjan Stevens

Quote from: Caspian on 06 Jun 2007, 22:44
~~make you grow a vagina~~

You have to have balls to wear fairy wings on stage and hope no one throws anything at you.

Of course! Because all indie rock kids are homophobes, you know.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #40 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 23:58 »

I'm going to say that I certainly don't understand the appeal of twee, but hating on entire genres, especially with the whole homophobia thing, is stupid and ignorant. I don't understand why people listen to rap music either, but I'm not going to be one of those assholes who are still trying to argue that rap 'isn't music'. In fact, maybe I'd be able to find some rap music (or twee music, or any of the genres I've ignored) I'd actually like if I tried, but the thing is that I would rather spend my time searching out more bands in genres I already know I like rather than plunge into something entirely new.

But yeah. I don't like twee, but people who do can keep having fun with it I guess?

Johnny C · « **Reply #41 on:** 08 Jun 2007, 23:59 »

Wait guys. I just had an idea.

Can we grow genital moustaches?

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #42 on:** 09 Jun 2007, 00:10 »

But Storm, don't you know that listening to rap music turns you into a hooligan?

Caspian · « **Reply #43 on:** 09 Jun 2007, 00:13 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 08 Jun 2007, 23:58

I'm going to say that I certainly don't understand the appeal of twee, but hating on entire genres, especially with the whole homophobia thing, is stupid and ignorant. I don't understand why people listen to rap music either, but I'm not going to be one of those assholes who are still trying to argue that rap 'isn't music'. In fact, maybe I'd be able to find some rap music (or twee music, or any of the genres I've ignored) I'd actually like if I tried, but the thing is that I would rather spend my time searching out more bands in genres I already know I like rather than plunge into something entirely new.

But yeah. I don't like twee, but people who do can keep having fun with it I guess?

How on earth did any homophobia get dragged into this? I didn't say anywhere in my post that Twee Music is gay.

Caspian · « **Reply #44 on:** 09 Jun 2007, 00:16 »

Quote from: Dirk Hopeless on 08 Jun 2007, 20:11

Sorry you cant see it currently, it's buried balls deep in your mum;s ass.

Man, that is a dumbass post. Like, really dumb.

The sexism, the lack of insensitivity, the lack of grammar.

Shame.

Shame.

Shame.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #45 on:** 09 Jun 2007, 00:21 »

I already did that.

It's worth pointing out that this thread isn't really talking about twee half the time, in the sense of The Field Mice and Heavenly and Talulah Gosh and whatnot. The real hardcore (cuddlecore?) stuff. The stuff where the bands give the audience presents and wear pyjamas. Fey bible-bashers like Sufjan (or even Dave Tibet, who could probably be classified quite reasonably as such) have no real relation to that stuff. Twee as an actual phenomenon can be ridiculed for quite a number of reasons that do not involve its supposed emasculating nature, for example the fact that a lot of the time it is utterly, utterly vacuous.

Also, if you mix twee and rap, do you get like, twap? Or ree?

Caspian · « **Reply #46 on:** 09 Jun 2007, 00:26 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 09 Jun 2007, 00:21

I already did that.

It's worth pointing out that this thread isn't really talking about twee half the time, in the sense of The Field Mice and Heavenly and Talulah Gosh and whatnot. The real hardcore (cuddlecore?) stuff. The stuff where the bands give the audience presents and wear pyjamas. Fey bible-bashers like Sufjan (or even Dave Tibet, who could probably be classified quite reasonably as such) have no real relation to that stuff. Twee as an actual phenomenon can be ridiculed for quite a number of reasons that do not involve its supposed emasculating nature, for example the fact that a lot of the time it is utterly, utterly vacuous.

Also, if you mix twee and rap, do you get like, twap? Or ree?

I'm not quite sure, but I know i'd download it out of curiousity. tweep? And what it even be possible? I can't see how you could rap over twee. You could possibly twee over rap though. (Not quite sure what that means but I like the sound of it.)

KharBevNor · « **Reply #47 on:** 09 Jun 2007, 00:32 »

That's more what I was imagining. Also beats made up of samples of childrens show themes and toys.

Caspian · « **Reply #48 on:** 09 Jun 2007, 00:36 »

I imagine it's already been done before. It could be interesting, but most likely be really annoying.

B!shop · « **Reply #49 on:** 09 Jun 2007, 01:04 »

Twee ist Kraig apparently.

Also - Cuddlecore. Discuss.

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Author Topic: Twee music un-appreciation thread. (Read 28712 times)

CmonMiracle

Scytale

ScrambledGregs

Stefan Autsa

Scytale

hihowareyou

SeanBateman

SeanBateman

B!shop