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KvP:
Right, so I think we need some disambiguation up in here. What I think of when I think of "twee" has very little to do with Bunnygrunt or the 80's british rock scene, or anything that might remotely be considered "rockin'". Twee in my estimation amounts to this - it's music in a folk / folk-pop vein that venerates and describes the (often highly idealized) experience of childhood. For example, a song about how exchanging friendship bracelets with someone is the height of love and passion would be quite twee. One popular band that writes a lot of songs in the twee vein is The Moldy Peaches. Another prime example would be this song asking what happens to pets when they die. There seem to be a lot of so-called twee acts that don't fit in to this mold.
For someone like me, who likes music to have some modicum of "sex" in it, whether through lyrics or a beat or a guitar lick, and likes irony and mystery, twee is hard to enjoy, because it is purposefully devoid of the very notion of sex, and it is earnest and obvious without fail. It tends to be super fucking boring. Keep that shit in youth group.
The p4k article's alright, though.
KvP:
You can definitely tell by the way he moves.
michaelicious:
--- Quote from: KvP on 29 Nov 2009, 13:43 ---this song asking what happens to pets when they die.
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That is a children's song from a record of children's songs called Charlotte or Otis: Duets for Children, Their Parents, and Other People Too.
öde:
Twee as heck
pilsner:
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 29 Nov 2009, 12:34 ---I think he took it to mean bands which he considers to sound twee, rather than bands that are commonly called Twee meaning the pre-established, loosely formed subgenre. I assume this because none of those bands really fall into the latter category.
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If there is a conception of twee that excludes Jens Lekman... its wrong.
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