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The recent popularity of good bands.
sp2:
--- Quote from: SpacemanSpiff ---SP2 does have a point.
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Of course I have a point. I always have a point. People may just not agree with me.
There are two things bad about the indie scene. Thing 1 is the excessive Pitchfork worship and parroting that I've bitched about elsewhere. Thing 2 is the excessive hipsterism that is pretty much inescapable. The whole indie scene is about being pretentious about your musical tastes. I mean, shit, I rant on mainstream bands for being terrible, but I also rant on esoteric bands for being just as shitty. Shit comes in all flavors, remember that. The only reason there are more good bands on independant labels than major labels is because....holy shit surprise....there are more bands on independant labels. Plus, what the fuck is a major label vs an independant label? Is Sub Pop an independant or a major? What about the label Trent Reznor runs to produce NIN? Is Sleater-Kinney indie while Nine Inch Nails is mainstream? I mean, shit, I'd argue that anything you can find in any Best Buy or Borders or Barnes & Noble across the country is probably not independent. It could be argued (and argued convincingly) that any album that is not self-produced by the band is a sellout.
There is good music out there and shitty music out there. That is the only distinguishing factor that should matter. There is good music on major labels. There is good music on independant labels. There is shitty music on major labels. There is shitty music on independant labels. what other people listen to should not make you dislike a band you like (even if it's a shitty band like Interpol*).
*Due to popular demand, I'm making the "Interpol sucks" thing a running gag. Get over it.
sp2:
--- Quote from: AnonymousPosterChild ---I have never lied about my taste in music.
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Blame the scene where it is imperitive to be the first one who heard of a band in order to maintain some degree of coolness. What you're seeing is mainstream posers who are copycatting hipster posers. The only difference between hipsters and mainstream posers is that hipsters have been lying about that sort of shit for a much longer time.
SkinniDip:
I honestly think that if you have the brains to like a band because you like the band then that's all that matters. Not how long you've listened to them, just wether you let yourself make the decision on if they're shit or not.
El Opium:
Either suck it up or start listening to music that hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of ever being popular.
sp2:
I don't know, man, the popularity of Sigur Ros and Interpol would suggest that approach is flawed.
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