basically, music you knew you should have gotten into, but never did. Artists you feel like you may have missed out on...not in a sense that you tried 'em and didn't like 'em, but more or less bands you just totally missed the boat on. for me... I never got into Fugazi, but I love Bad Brains. Also never got into Sonic Youth. I also feel like I really missed out on Pavement and Peter Broderick.
Good thread LL, but I'm going to need you to more clearly define your parameters... Now when you use the phrase "never got into" what exactly do you mean by that? For instance, do you mean "never liked them enough to really get into them" or "got into them too late and now if I like them it won't be cool". I mean in a way it almost sounds like there is some linear constraint on time that means if you didn't get into them now, you never can. A little clarity would be helpful before I can start to answer your initial question, which is a very good one.
you're on the right track moe, hipster hitler does not have any precedent in this thread. I'll use Sonic Youth as an example......I've seen their name everywhere, I've heard their name a thousand times, I never got into them.....not because of my self-indulged elitist status......but because, I never took the time to objectively give them a try. and I honestly feel like I missed out on something good, maybe... going to listen to Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Pavement, and Peter Broderick....openly tonight. no hipster kitty.
Question: is there any appeal to hipster/indie music other than simply being different and non-mainstream? Is it lyrically so much more profound that few understand, only the sect that just "gets it"? Serious question. Maybe I just don't "get it", though I have not invested any time other than some casual listening to really process the words and sounds.
Well it has been an interesting journey for me and music. I went through typical phases. Nu-metal, Raggae, Hip-Hop in the adolescent years. Then "Good" Hip Hop, No Hip Hop at all, Metal, Death Metal, Freak Folk, etc. I have only recently been getting into "indie" music (that word is so ubiquitous these days it really has no intrinsic meaning) right now I have an amazing catalog of albums and bands still waiting to be discovered. It is honestly one of the great joys of my otherwise dull life (which you might not expect given my elite status as an internet superstar); to be able to continually analyze new sounds and go back into the prior decades of music history and develop a lavish, eclectic musical identity. As I mentioned, I started out in my younger years by developing an ear for good lyrics by listening to large amounts of hip-hop. It didn't take me very long to discard the trashy, over-produced garbage lyrics "bubblegum" rap of the 2000s and isolate the brilliance of Tupac, Outkast, Mos Def, Raekwon, GZA and the rest of Wu Tang, Nas, The Chronic, Kanye's first album, even Eminem (to some degree) etc. But there really is just nothing left for Hip Hop to do. You can enjoy the classics and a few good spots here and there, but I feel it is one of the most repetitive genres out there and will continue to be (maybe even moreso than Country). I know you aren't really into folk very much, but I found for instance as a great lover of literature and poetry I was immediately drawn to the utterly depressing, yet lyrical brilliance (in terms of boldness, perspective, magical realism, etc) of the likes of Mangum, Yorke, Black Francis, Waits, Malkmus, Oberst (with his awful emo voice) just to name a few. I find their words have a profound effect on me. There are still plenty of bands that I have not "gotten into" yet, but are in my mental queue. I haven't explored Shoegaze much, Dubstep, who knows what that is about. I've always enjoyed industrial here or there in small doses, but who knows what all else is out there. I dig a lot of post rock ****. I am sorry to say I haven't really yet explored even the most obvious bands like Nine Inch Nails. But to me, I do not feel like I need to give any amounts of **** what other people try to label as "cool" or "eclectic". Just because some tool with girl jeans and aviators is playing a ****ing ukulele and singing in a girl's voice about unicorns and manic depression doesn't make him good at what he's doing. That is where instruments come in. True "musical" genius. Real ****. Sigur Ros. Mogwai. Explosions in the Sky. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh....... <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FU2LriOTZKg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FU2LriOTZKg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
ive had jambase/rhapsody since 2002 so at this point i honestly cant think of anything that i want to hear that i havent yet. its definitely allowed me to immerse myself in lots of different genres and artists that i wouldnt otherwise have had any incentive to check out. ive got a much broader musical taste after over 8 years w/ it. landlord, if you like bad brains than fugazi would be right up your alley - truly one of the greatest live bands ive ever seen. steady diet of nothing would be my first pick to check out. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/riQqKp-UUwc?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/riQqKp-UUwc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
no, but there is a comical value placed on certain people who trend on musical elitism. which, myself, moes and brightside take pleasure in exploiting.....even though(I think) we partake in the same hubris. lyrically...I can't speak for most indie music because the specific genre I listen to is mostly instrumental, a good punchline here would be.....'I listen to music that is too good for lyrics....vocals takes away from the true beauty'...aka...I'm a music f*g/snob etc... the bottom line is......you should listen to every genre of music and find what works for you. then thumb your nose at everyone else who doesn't listen to the same stuff. and jomama. cause Tortoise is proggy/jazz. not post-rock.
having already been a cure fan, up until a year ago or so i couldn't listen to disintegration. probably because it coincided with the popification of the cure. however, upon giving it a solid listen without bias, damn....
Mostly stipendlax. I always guard him loosely on the basketball court because secretly I am worshipping him.
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I discover a ton of music through Satellite Radio, and I didn't really get into "indie" music until I got Sirius about 3 years ago. The SIRIUSXMU station specifically has turned me on to countless artists that I would have never heard on the awful FM radio stations we have available in Houston. I also spend a lot of time on the Coachella.com forums, and have been turned on to a lot of stuff both through those forums and by attending the festival for the last couple years. My contribution to this thread would be the Pixies. Sad to say, I didn't give a damn about the Pixies until I heard Thom Yorke say several years ago what a huge influence they were on him. I've been slowly trying to play catch up, but I wish I'd given them a chance earlier on, and I'm nowhere near as familiar with their catalog as I'd like to be.
I'm a musician-in-training, and I didn't listen to music until I was 13, and even then I listened to pretty much exclusively church music, showtunes, and Movie soundtracks. My parents weren't overprotective or anything, I just had no curiosity towards music. When I was 15, I started really getting into it, and picked up any instrument I could find, taught myself how to play, and played along with whatever was on the radio. I just started listening to blues and jazz a little less than two years ago, and absolutely fell in love with the sound. The problem is, I just can't wrap my head around how it works. It came so naturally with pop, country, and church music, partly because its so much simpler to learn, but more so because that's what I grew up on. I've been making steady progress these past few months, but its frustrating to realize that had I started listening to this genre at a younger age, this process would be going so much faster. /cool story
Hey that's why I didn't capitalize the "the." It's kind of like Arcade Fire. I used to get annoyed when people would say "The Arcade Fire" and then I heard Win refer to them as that once in an interview somewhere and it made my head explode.
bossanova was my least favorite pixies album when i was younger, but the last few years it is the one i listen to most. and yes harassment, get doolittle right now!
