Hipster Bands You Still Like

debaserr · 01-12-2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I remember when I started a Deerhunter thread and it was virtually ignored for about a year until pitchfork started hyping them.

You bunch of f*cking sheep

their first album sucked. microcastle is what made me care about them.

clutnuckle · 01-12-2011, 12:44 PM

Ah, "Hipster". Soon this world will join the ranks of "Overrated" and "Pretentious" on the list of words that are used incorrectly by 'music nerds' in order to assert their self-proclaimed dominance over other 'music nerds'.

I remember when I started to like Animal Collective, and then I went to catalog my ownership of their stuff and I was barraged by all of these "HIPSTER'S NEW CLOTHES LOL OVERRATED PITCHFORK TRIPE" reviews and comments which offer no actual explanation of the music yet create mountains of useless, sterile hype.

I would love to see the world 'hipster' removed from the English language, or at least have its definition justly changed. In the 50's, it had a positive connotation, prior to when everybody started to use it as a slanderous term for these so-called 'pretentious elitists' (most people couldn't even define what that term even meant if you asked them). Of course, nobody bothers to understand the history of a word, and instead they simply apply it to situations they see fit to at will - why do you think "Emo" became such a bad term as of late? When people stop relying on single words in order to categorize others for their 'bad' behavior, then maybe they'll be forced to think for themselves again and the world will know peace.

... Unlikely, but I'm a dreamer in that sense.

Dotoar · 01-12-2011, 02:31 PM

Zer0 · 01-12-2011, 02:48 PM

We could spend forever arguing about what are hipster bands and what aren't hipster bands, what bands are overrated and what bands really deserve a 10.0 review on Pitchfork. It's really all just completely pointless, like this thread.

I like the classic 1940's definition of a hipster - "a person who is well versed in the arts". I think that applies to nearly everyone on this forum.

Dotoar · 01-12-2011, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

We could spend forever arguing about what are hipster bands and what aren't hipster bands, what bands are overrated and what bands really deserve a 10.0 review on Pitchfork. It's really all just completely pointless, like this thread.

It's not pointless, it's crucial. For what reason would one listen to selected music if it wasn't for proving yourself above hipsterism?

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

I like the classic 1940's definition of a hipster - "a person who is well versed in the arts". I think that applies to nearly everyone on this forum.

Did you just call me a hipster? I think you just called me a hipster!

Zer0 · 01-12-2011, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dotoar

It's not pointless, it's crucial. For what reason would one listen to selected music if it wasn't for proving yourself above hipsterism?

How is an argument that constantly goes around in a circle chasing it's tail crucial? What i'm saying is that we could spend forever arguing about hipsters and it won't make a different or change a thing. If a person choses to listen to selected music well then that's their choice, they might really love the music or they might be doing it just for the image. I don't care about that, it doesn't affect me in my day to day business.

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Originally Posted by Dotoar

Did you just call me a hipster? I think you just called me a hipster!

Depends on what your definition of a hipster is

Dotoar · 01-12-2011, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

How is an argument that constantly goes around in a circle chasing it's tail crucial? What i'm saying is that we could spend forever arguing about hipsters and it won't make a different or change a thing. If a person choses to listen to selected music well then that's their choice, they might really love the music or they might be doing it just for the image. I don't care about that, it doesn't affect me in my day to day business.

It makes the difference between night and day. The sole purpose of music is to serve as a vehicle for fighting against the hipsters. We cannot tolerate the hyping of lo-fi bands anymore. We cannot tolerate the doings and dealings of vintage household wares anymore. We cannot tolerate bit-crushed arcade imagery anymore. Tell me, how many striped t-shirts have you seen today? How many shuttershades have slyly scrutinised you in order to feed their daily blog updates? How many badly grown moustaches have infested your retina and how many ironic comments have you encountered?

It's our duty to put an end to the hipster supremacy that upholds this reign of postmaterialistic terror, and fight the rising of studious independence! We must kill our darlings and abandon each and every band even remotely associated with any positive acknowledgement from Pitchfork and its evil brethren, be as it may at the cost of the greatest musical achievements of our time. It's time to make a stand against the virus that has infested the musical paradigm. The flesh has decayed, the ideals are betrayed, the apple has rotted.

The choice is yours - crush an iPhone, slap a hipster and call him names, burn an Arcade Fire record! Stand up for your true integrity and ban your every favourite band before it's too late - tomorrow they already might have been endorsed on Pitchfork!

dankrsta · 01-12-2011, 04:36 PM

^boo boo, is that you?

You should write manifestos. You have some serious skill.

RVCA · 01-12-2011, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by clutnuckle

Ah, "Hipster". Soon this world will join the ranks of "Overrated" and "Pretentious" on the list of words that are used incorrectly by 'music nerds' in order to assert their self-proclaimed dominance over other 'music nerds'.

I remember when I started to like Animal Collective, and then I went to catalog my ownership of their stuff and I was barraged by all of these "HIPSTER'S NEW CLOTHES LOL OVERRATED PITCHFORK TRIPE" reviews and comments which offer no actual explanation of the music yet create mountains of useless, sterile hype.

I would love to see the world 'hipster' removed from the English language, or at least have its definition justly changed. In the 50's, it had a positive connotation, prior to when everybody started to use it as a slanderous term for these so-called 'pretentious elitists' (most people couldn't even define what that term even meant if you asked them). Of course, nobody bothers to understand the history of a word, and instead they simply apply it to situations they see fit to at will - why do you think "Emo" became such a bad term as of late? When people stop relying on single words in order to categorize others for their 'bad' behavior, then maybe they'll be forced to think for themselves again and the world will know peace.

... Unlikely, but I'm a dreamer in that sense.

I agree with you, but it's still fun to play "Look At That ****ing Hipster" while in a public place such as the mall.

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clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	Ah, "Hipster". Soon this world will join the ranks of "Overrated" and "Pretentious" on the list of words that are used incorrectly by 'music nerds' in order to assert their self-proclaimed dominance over other 'music nerds'. I remember when I started to like Animal Collective, and then I went to catalog my ownership of their stuff and I was barraged by all of these "HIPSTER'S NEW CLOTHES LOL OVERRATED PITCHFORK TRIPE" reviews and comments which offer no actual explanation of the music yet create mountains of useless, sterile hype. I would love to see the world 'hipster' removed from the English language, or at least have its definition justly changed. In the 50's, it had a positive connotation, prior to when everybody started to use it as a slanderous term for these so-called 'pretentious elitists' (most people couldn't even define what that term even meant if you asked them). Of course, nobody bothers to understand the history of a word, and instead they simply apply it to situations they see fit to at will - why do you think "Emo" became such a bad term as of late? When people stop relying on single words in order to categorize others for their 'bad' behavior, then maybe they'll be forced to think for themselves again and the world will know peace. ... Unlikely, but I'm a dreamer in that sense. Last edited by clutnuckle; 01-12-2011 at 02:48 PM.

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