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Well let's see here, Wolf Parade released one of the best albums of last year, while The Arcade Fire released one of the most overrated of the year before... Hmmm...

And I don't like every song on Wolf Parade's album either, but Funeral's weak middle section brings down an already only-slightly-better-than-average album.

adidasss

you're beyond elitist

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You know what my problem with you is adidasss? Everytime you disagree with me it suddenly becomes "You're an elitist, everything you say is bull. I'm right, you're just a prick." Is everyone you disagree with suddenly an elitist, or is it just me?

And can you maybe try and argue that statement?

adidasss

fine, if you're gonna force me to rationalise every goddamn statement i make, i just have a feeling that you judge bands based on their popularity, if an indie band is really good and therefore becomes a bit more popular than your average indie crap, i feel like you'll like them less because they're no longer obscure, and listening to obscure unnknown artists gets you off....that's all.....and i suppose i have a problem with people who don't listen to a single mainstream band, it seems a bit off that from all the good , more popular bands none of them suite your music taste....i don't give that much shit to other people because they do like other mainstream bands....you seem to be the only one talking shit about every goddamn mainstream indie band....

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Blah blah blah blah blah blah.

Jesus, just because I dislike a "mainstream" indie band I'm suddenly an elitist? Yeah, even though I disliked them from when all the indie blogs started raving about them I must dislike them because they're popular.

All I've ever seen you do on here is insult some of the best indie bands (not to mention indie itself, because apparently not being a slave to a major label = bad, and anyone who likes a lot of "obscure" Indie bands is an elitist who hates all music that isn't by some unknown band from bumfuckville, Ohio), and rave about the most overrated, or "popular", ones.

It's kind of funny that you hate Indie elitists who "hate" mainstream music when you seem to hate Indie just as much.

adidasss

you haven't exactly rebutted anything i said. yes, you're an elitist BECAUSE you dislike EVERY mainstream band, i think that's the definition of elitism in music. i don't dislike indie, because as you and i know, indie isn't really a genre and i listen to a lot of indie bands, who actually get a bit of press....eeekk!! you seem to have a one track mind when it comes to music, any exposure=bad music. and this is also something i don't get about you, which in turn frustrates me, it's that you for instance, like moving units and les savy fav and yet dislike franz ferdinand even though anyone can tell that both of the aforementioned bands are watered down versions or the ugly brother of franz. or you like EITS and think it's orgasmic, yet Sigur Ros is boring even though objectively, it's bigger and more monumental. Wolf parade has one of the best albums of last year, yet arcade fire, a kindred band, is not even close.....your inconsistency is what bothers me, and the only thing i can conclude is going on , is that you're deliberately going against the grain, so if a lot of people like a certain band=bad bad bad....that's just how i feel about your music taste, because even the biggest indie kids on this block like some mainstream from time to time....

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Wow.

I don't dislike every mainstream band, which you'd probably realize if you stopped reading my posts and morphing them into whatever you want them to say. I've said in the past that I do like a lot of "mainstream" bands, but you only ever want to listen to what you want to hear, which is that I'm an elitist and I hate everything.

Oh, and you said this about indie music...

And then this...

*which is funny, because Franz aren't Indie.

And then this...

Anyone seeing a pattern? By the way, he said all of that in ONE thread, about Belle & Sebastian, who last I checked were pretty famous and still one of my favorite bands (along with Spoon, the kings of borderline-mainstream Indie Rock).

First off, I do like Franz Ferdinand. Second, Les Savy Fav are so much better than Franz I can't even fucking believe you just made that comparison. Jesus Christ. Les Savy Fav are a Post-Hardcore/Emo Art Punk band, and Franz are a Gang of Four ripoff.

Sigur Ros are not "bigger" or "more monumental" then EitS. As usual, you really have no idea what you're talking about. Sigur Ros use the same boring song structure and same simple chord changes in all of their songs. Sigur Ros' music always gives the appearance of being some great, epic song before you listen to it a few more times and realize it's just smoke and mirrors.Their music gets boring and blends together after a few brief listens, and while you complain about EitS taking too long to "build up," Sigur Ros never do. They're a lesser version of far better Post-Rock bands (including EitS). Explosions in the Sky, on the other hand, are absolutely amazing, and since we're busy making assumptions about each other, I bet if I didn't like EitS as much as I do you wouldn't dislike them as much as you do.

Kindred? Give me a break. I like The Arcade Fire. I do. I never said I didn't. But everything they've done is obscenely overrated, and not even by people who enjoy "mainstream". They're overrated by everybody, ESPECIALLY people who listen to Indie.

Yeah yeah, just because I don't share opinions with everyone who reads Pitchfork and hates commercial music and all that bull, I MUST be "deliberately going against the grain." Please, just because I can form my own opinions and they don't always agree with whatever my fellow "Indie kids" think, doesn't mean I'm doing it "on purpose."

adidasss

well, that's just the impression i got, when you start talking about mainstream music, i'll notice it more....and name some mainstream bands that you really really like....go on, then i'll back off forever...
franz aren't indie? i beg to differ, domino is still an independant label as far as i know...


your point? i still stand by everything i said....there are a few indie ( and by indie,i mean "hard core" indie ) bands i like, but on a whole....

how can you say you like a band and then say something else is so much better, i like my bands equaly, if i just "like" them, i'll say they're allright, but i wont be buying their album.....is that the kind of like you're talking about?


ok, everything you say about EITS and sigur ros is your opinion, so i wont delve into it further, but seriously, i don't dislike EITS because you like them, if you think about it, i check out anything you recommend and then base my judgement on them, i went to check out EITS because you said they were realy good, and i didn't like them, i checked out wolf parade, and can't get enough of them, that should be proof enough that i don't discriminate. my problem isn't with the bands you like, you like a lot of good bands i'm sure, i just get a little crazy when you criticise bands you don't like....



fine......

on a seperate note, this thread was meant for you, but i'm guessing you didn't read it....( shows that i respect you if you didn't notice )

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Urban Hat€monger ?

Thats only in Europe , as far as i`m aware they`re on Sony for the rest of the world.

Not that it should make any difference to the quality of the music

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The Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, Eels, Radiohead, plenty of Britpop, etc. Or are those bands still too "Indie" for you?

What Urban said, they're distributed by Sony here.

My point was that you said you liked Indie, when it's pretty clear to me that you don't like Indie bands unless they're semi-famous.

I've never met anyone who liked every band they listened to "equally." I don't see how it's strange to like some bands more than others.

Fair enough, it just seems to me that you take every chance you can to criticize bands I like, but you get so offended when I do the same to you.