Is there anyone here who hates indie music?

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Brett K

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Really, I would just like to meet one person.

Everyone I know fucking loves this horribly shitty genre. If I have to hear one more person talk about what a "great" band Modest Mouse or the White Stripes are I'm going to kill myself.
 
Indie isn't a genre

Independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie", is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing.

There is a lot of different genres within indie labels.

Why get so stressed out about music others like and that you don't like. Do your frienRAB force you to listen to it? Just find the music you like and let your ears be happy.
 
Indie music is artistically talented musicians who create music that is from the heart and soul, the music is pure in the sense that it has not been tainted by corporate influence or direction.
 
Ok.

Two questions, then:

1. What "genre" are Modest Mouse and the White Stripes? When I think of indie music I think of banRAB that sound like them. I think that colloquially, "indie" serves as the term that describes that genre and most people will know what you're talking about. That being said, for the sake of correctness I would like to know what the genre is actually called.

2. Is there anyone here who hates those banRAB? I just need one person to restore my faith that not everyone likes that genre (whatever it is called) of music.
 
you hate a classification of music with extremely varied styles huh? cool.

ie modest mouse and white stripes are incredibly different styles of music.

it sounRAB like you just hate rock music, if you want to be that general
 
you shouldn't argue with edward. he's seasoned and respected. you'll end up leaving OT forever because of him.







































he also loves sparkley boy dicks.
 
"Rock" is a huge genre. I'm looking for a bit more specifics that "MM and the White Stripes are rock."

Billy Joel is also rock. So is KISS. Yet those banRAB sound nothing alike.

There's a similar thread running through the music styles of MM, the White Stripes, and most of the other "the" banRAB. I'm trying to isolate and figure out what it is/what it's called so I know what I'm talking about next time this conversation comes up since apparently hipsters get all pissy when you refer to a genre as "indie" (despite the fact that everyone knows exactly when you mean when you say "indie music"):

There are independent metal banRAB, independent rap artists, and independent country musicians, yet "indie music" doesn't refer to metal, rap, or country. It refers to that pseudo-70s sound and simplistic songs and horrible vocals (in my opinion, I've never heard an "indie band" whose singer was good), and hell, they even all have a similar image of frappucino glasses, button up shirts, sometimes cardigans, and tight jeans. It screams "look at me, I'm the unassuming quiet kid from school." (note to the hipsters who are offended: I'm not saying music can't have an image: most music does have an image. I'm quantifying the "indie" image as I see it).

I feel like even when they get on major record labels (and thus technically lose their "indie" classification since they're by definition no longer independent), they keep that recorded-at-home-on-cheap-equipment sound (hence the "pseudo-70s" classification above). But it doesn't matter, because even if they were recorded with hi-fidelity sound their music would still suck because musically, 99% of it sucks. (my opinion, of course)

It drives me nuts that other people don't understand this, but music is and will always be subjective so you cannot "convince" anyone that a band is "good" or "bad" anymore than you can convince someone that a painting is good or bad. All the objective arguments like recording quality, technical ability, and talent are quantifiable, but just because a band is talented or untalented doesn't mean people will like them or not like them.

I, for one, will be glad when this fad is over.
 
If you google most of the supposed indie artists you'll find that they will be linked to one of the big record companies therefore making them un-independent at every step.

edward_cullen is right, in a perfect world indie music would be exactly what he said... only not so gayly put.
 
i don't understand how you don't like modest mouse. i mean, really?

and i can't say that i've noticed "indie" is a fad right now, either.
 
but maybe i can sympathize with you in this way. everyone likes the red hot chili peppers, and i don't understand why. they have perhaps mastered the art of being bland and boring. they are the wonder bread and spam of music. how are they so popular?
 
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