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nickb285:

--- Quote from: sp2 ---I'm more concerned about the ignorance that led us to preemptively invade a sovereign nation, or the ignorance that leads to various forms of discrimination, or the ignorance that allows police to assault law abiding citizens without repercussions or allowing said citizen to even defend themself.  Compared to that shit, whether or not a shitty little hipster wannabe is pretending to be, like, oh man, Arcade Fire's very biggest fan just doesn't fucking bother me.
--- End quote ---


Quite. On the list of things to be pissed about, the fact that your favorite shitty band made it big is pretty low. I mean, I know that it's only cool to like music that nobody else has heard of (or thinks that it sucks), but chill the fuck out. There's poseurs in every subculture. There's wannabe punk rock kids who think that they're hardcore because they listen to an Anti-Flag CD when their mom's not home. Do I think they're stupid? Yes. Do I think that Anti-Flag are now a bunch of sellouts and poseurs and stop listening to their music? No, because that would mean you're a fucking moron.

Letting unpopularity dictate your tastes is just as stupid as letting popularity do the same.

Hatebunny:
Oh, I just remembered my other point...

Indie...It's about artists who produce their music independently...

The funny thing is that many of them are independent because they haven't been noticed yet, and they may in fact want to be noticed very much.
Why would you route against the artist? Don't you love their music? what kind of asshole are you? Indie's like a depressing label for bands that want to make it but can't, and everytime you call yourself an indie kid, it's like you're mocking their efforts, and willing them to fail!
You Are LOSE, Indie!

edit: insert humourous indiana jones quote here.

grrraham:
punks have a better scene and jazz is better music.

indie yuppie rock loses.

Maui:
Wow, i actually agree with sp2...except not about the Coldplay thing. Anywho, thats happened with several bands in the past and people making such a huge deal and being like "OMFG SELL-OUT!!!!" is just stupid. Stupid i tell you. As long as they dont change their views and still play awesome music, what does it matter?

I think Jeph said it best in the Sell out t-shirt thread.

--- Quote ---I think the idea of "selling out" is pretty much worthless in all but the most extreme cases. If you're going to do creative work in a capitalist society, if you want to make a living you're going to have to sell out to some extent.
--- End quote ---

Kai:
I agree with SP2 with everything, especially the COldplay thing. Seriously, who cares if people who previously possibly listened to shit music decided to wise up and listen to something that (In your eyes) is good? Isn't that what everyone wants all along? Sure, they might not know as much as you, captain indie I've-been-listening-to-this-band-since-their-first-record, but nobody knows everything about an artists back catalog or their shows or anything right off the bat! shit, it took me a good month or so to figure out even the most basic stuff about the Residents (Which is quite a task, given the huge back catalog, game projects, and their damned "Theory of Obscurity" business!) But seriously. Chill out and go listen to your Pavement bootlegs or whatever you kids are talking about these days.


Course, I probably feel like this because their is no chance of my favorite artists becoming majorly popular. "No Commercial Potential", anyone?

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