Is the Indie "craze" crap?

[Thadius]

Discuss!

 

[eksdee]

worst bastardization of a genre since punk.

 

[CorNokZ]

What's an indie? :x

 

[Raven]

it isn't indie it is pop...so it isn't really an indie craze

 

[Huntingtons]

think he speakeths of indians!

although libertines isnt pop

 

[Raven]

yes it is, its just crap churned out to make money.

 

[Huntingtons]

yes it is, its just crap churned out to make money.

well i beg to differ, libertines isnt just a band created by a record company to make some cash (besides they have split so -.-)

 

[CorNokZ]

I don't know Libertines and I don't know any Indians!

Am I a bad person?

 

[Vladamir]

My friend is indy.

She is sexy as fuck.

Therefore indy can only be good

 

[Marc]

Crap like you wouldnt believe.

Oasis will always be the quintesential "indie" band. Head and shoulders above all these random spotty schoolkid bands

 

[Thadius]

Crap like you wouldnt believe.

Oasis will always be the quintesential "indie" band. Head and shoulders above all these random spotty schoolkid bands

Hmm, its funny as "indie" is meant to be independant music, ie bands that are on independant labels.

Cue 10,000 bands that are signed to major labels.

As for Oasis, they ARE the ultimate band.

Just think, whats gonna make a comeback next? Nu metal?

 

[Azurus]

Oasis are anything but an 'indie' band. They are a 3 chord wonder band with lyrics that mean absolutely nothing. I always find the people who love them are the more casual music fans who don't look for anything more than a catchy tune in their music. If you want to look for a quintisential indie band, look no further than the pixies, they pretty much started the genre off.

 

[Thadius]

Oasis are anything but an 'indie' band. They are a 3 chord wonder band with lyrics that mean absolutely nothing. I always find the people who love them are the more casual music fans who don't look for anything more than a catchy tune in their music. If you want to look for a quintisential indie band, look no further than the pixies, they pretty much started the genre off.

Hmm, music should be about catchy tunes, not about how you want to slit your wrists because someone ate your last Ginsters pie

 

[Dudley52]

Just think, whats gonna make a comeback next? Nu metal?

We hope Punk

 

[Marc]

Oasis are anything but an 'indie' band. They are a 3 chord wonder band with lyrics that mean absolutely nothing. I always find the people who love them are the more casual music fans who don't look for anything more than a catchy tune in their music. If you want to look for a quintisential indie band, look no further than the pixies, they pretty much started the genre off.

When Oasis first came out, they were classed as an "indie" band.

HTH

Oh and they were bigger than Jesus. Not bad for a 3 chord wonder band

 

[Thadius]

When Oasis first came out, they were classed as an "indie" band.

HTH

Oh and they were bigger than Jesus. Not bad for a 3 chord wonder band

Nirvana were 3 chord wonders too...

 

[Overdriven]

I like Snow Patrol

 

[ilaya]

if Jo Whiley is doing a voice over for an album on telly ads.. its utter shit..
if they dubbed the new <insert name here> by NME.. its utter shit
if they nominated for a brit award.. its utter shit

need i say more?

 

[Mojo]

I thought that silly cow on big brother just mixed her words when she said "There is this new music called Indie"

Indie has been arround for years and years, so how could it be a craze now? just because the youngsters just found out about it?

 

[Thadius]

I thought that silly cow on big brother just mixed her words when she said "There is this new music called Indie"

Indie has been arround for years and years, so how could it be a craze now? just because the youngsters just found out about it?

Yes, thats how pop culture works.

Look at nu-metal

 

[Mojo]

Nirvana were 3 chord wonders too...

Can't find a song by Nirvana or Oasis with just 3 chords. Yes you can play some of them using 3 chords but that's not how they were written and played by the bands.

Next time u see someone at a party playing a 3 chord version of a song and telling people how easy it is and how much "they" sucks, tell em to FO and to learn the propper version and stop cutting corners, then lecture them on how being a lazy fuck won't get them anywhere in life.

 

[Sharma]

See my rant!

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/off-topic21/218261-save-rave-t-shirts-like-latest-nme-trends.html

I will admit, I do like some of the new indie bands around atm, some of the music IS good. Just a shame about the wankers who think they're better than you because they got "The look".

 

[Sharma]

Oasis are anything but an 'indie' band. They are a 3 chord wonder band with lyrics that mean absolutely nothing. I always find the people who love them are the more casual music fans who don't look for anything more than a catchy tune in their music. If you want to look for a quintisential indie band, look no further than the pixies, they pretty much started the genre off.

lol, I could have swore the pixies were more grunge tbh.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Odd really. Back in the day, all indie meant was small record labels struggling to get bands out there and willing to buck the mainstream trends so you got a lot of stuff that wouldn't otherwise have made it onto a label. It wasn't necessarily a style of music.

I've got various indie music in my collection amongst a bunch of other stuff (not a wild amount of mainstream though I'll admit). A lot of the bands that are/were indie bear no relation to each other or adhere to any particular style of music.

They just showed some talent, got on a small label and got their music out there.

So 'Indie' has a look now?

Riiiiight.

 

[Azurus]

lol, I could have swore the pixies were more grunge tbh.

Alot of there stuff is very similar to modern indie, especially the likes of the Libertines just much, much better

 

[Chronictank]

Nirvana were 3 chord wonders too...

nirvana are stupidly overated, they were never THAT good..

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

You don't need to be THAT good. Just better than the shite around you

 

[Chronictank]

You don't need to be THAT good. Just better than the shite around you

or get high and shoot yourself in the face

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

I'll always remember Denis Leary on Jim Morrisson:

"I was drunk, I was a bum, I was drunk, I was famous, I was drunk, I was dead."

 

[Mojo]

nirvana are stupidly overated, they were never THAT good..

When are people going to learn that personal opinions are pointless in discussions on musical taste.

For everyone who says they are overrated someone will say they are underrated

For everyone who says they are not THAT good someone else will say they were the BEST.