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no, but its canonization as an indie classic is certainly Pitchfork's lamentable responsibility. if you haven't noticed yet, their influence is enormous and widespread on the indie community in general. and their seal of approval is equivalent to a mark of success for a band. it's a broken system but that's how it's been since the early 00s.
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It saddens me that Neutral Milk Hotel and In The Aeroplane Over The Sea will now always be associated with Pitchfork and hipsterdom. To many times have I been called a hipster for saying it's my favorite my favorite album of all time. I was freaking twelve when I first heard it, I didn't even use the computer unless it for typing English assignments. I find it fascinating that even though even though it came in 90's, they managed to sell it anew to entire new audience. People give Pitchfork and blogs in general to much power, both the people who love them and hate them. It's to much hyping and then nothing but backlash and "UGHGHGH Why do you people like this band? Stupid hipsters!" Sorry, I felt like ranting.
Anyways, as for the original post, even though it's making fun of some of my favorite bands (well, NMH, Animal Collective and Radiohead, not so much MGMT) I thought it was pretty funny. |
How would one band pretend it's underground?
That's not the band's fault because it's the fans and reviewers that initiate the elitist shit. I agree, it's dumb that indie produced a sound rather than just not being signed, but that doesn't mean that the music itself should be judged. I can understand it being an indiefail but still after all this time, no one has ever given a valid explanation of what "hipster" really means. This is a funny thread, but somewhere in the joke, you pushed it too far. |
I don't know why some people are getting so upset over this. I have music by all the bands being parodied here. Some I like more than others but I don't openly hate any of them.
I think this thread just goes to show exactly whats wrong with music these days. Too many acts being hailed as something they're not, blowing any sort of good qualities these bands have out of proportion to the point where you wonder if they're even talking around the same record. It's always 'now! now! now!' , everything has to be mindblowingly brilliant about a first album, And if it's not most of the time they're written off after just 2 or 3 albums. Gone are the days when a band could learn their trade in relative obscurity honing their craft in both songwriting and playing. I mean aside from a one off novelty hit single nobody gave a **** about Thin Lizzy until their 6th album. And the same was true of a lot of bands like them at that time. I don't blame the bands for any of all this, I blame the music press for having to sensationalise everything. I mean Oracular Spectacular was voted by the NME as the album of 2008 and given 8/10. Lets think about that, 8/10. That means the NME think that album deserves a place among the top 20% of every album ever made ever. Which of course is ridiculous for a blatantly average electronica album. That's why there's so much crappy music around, people are satisfied to overhype albums that are nothing more than average. Bands don't even have to make an effort anymore to be praised to high heaven, just look at In Rainbows for proof of that. |
Two of the 4 parodied bands have actually traversed a fairly long road before coming to a point where their albums were called masterpieces. Of course, I don't see how that's relevant seeing as how there were and are bands which are able to produce a spectacular debut.
Also, this In Rainbows goading it becoming really tiresome. There's a very substantial mass of critics and regular people who praise that album, so unless you can find some sort of mathematical proof your opinion is more correct than others' you need to shut the fuck up and move on already. |
By the same token those people who praise it would need to find some evidence that their opinion is more valid than the naysayers. You can't have a strict set of standards which only apply to the group you disagree with.
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That album actually sounds pretty interesting...although to fully mimic an indie release you would need the standard 11-12 tracks... Although this seems to me like someone's jealous that the mainstream underground public doesn't recognize the relevance of 1970's prog...just a thought... |
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Also why are people reading too much into this? I saw that picture and was like "dude I have to review this album for the lulz". |
Is anyone actually from the Lake District?
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People rip the piss out of 'clicky' scenes all the time. I love Metal and the amount of times that the scene gets ripped is unbelievable but you gotta have a laugh about it now and again. Just because someone is ripping into it does that automatically mean that it's lessened your liking for the bands? It shouldn't matter one bit. If you like the bands then that's it. Get some thick skin people and if you wanna get your own back rip the crap out of metal bands. I am sure Comus would see the funny side too.
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Indie fans aren't that douchey...;)
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dac seriously just leave it alone.
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I'm not a huge fan of any of those bands and i still don't think its very funny or clever really and if it had been about bands/scenes i like i wouldn't take it 'personally'. I see what Dac means about the tone, he clearly thinks he's being alot cleverer than he actually is.
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well see NOW things are getting personal
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Like what has been said before, 'twas a joke nothing more. I don't know why people have to get bent out of shape all of the time when it comes to poking fun at other bands. Personally I didn't find it very funny, regardless of who posted it.
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...good point.
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If I had not known Comus to be such a douche before, it would have been so much funnier. HOWEVER, I can still show this to people and laugh my ass off.
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I'm glad I have the desired effect on people.
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What that they think you're an utter ****? Judging by some of your other posts i'd imagine that that effect would be a regular thing for you.
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The next one means you're gone for good. |
Fair enough but others HAVE made similar comments in this thread, just because i have been banned once or twice before doesn't mean that my remarks should be flagged up more than others.
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yeah they sure have...
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How did I miss this? I dont know whats funnier Comus' fake album or that fact that some of you were actually offended by it. I think it's brilliant, the first thing Comus has done that I actually liked.
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