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me. · 02.12.2008, 04:45 PM

What are they like?,any good?,anyone seen them?....

SYRFox · 02.12.2008, 04:46 PM

My uncle loves them. I know you do care.

gmku · 02.12.2008, 04:55 PM

I saw them on Letterman and thought they sounded like an updated Police.

GrungeMonkey · 02.12.2008, 05:30 PM

i saw a video on tv and thought it sounded like just more generic indie NME crap. I don't really know what the big deal with them is.

batreleaser · 02.13.2008, 12:26 AM

theyre an indie band that gets played on mtv, meaning fake indie, meaning they suck.

and dont give me those "you hate all music thats popular" because thats bullshit. i love tons of mainstream hip hop, especially lil wayne, and i think timbaland is brilliant and a sound whiz, and i like what hes dine with justin timberlake a ton and i like beyonces singles. but, indie rock that is made to be popular defeats the purpose of indie rock and that makes it shitty.

Norma J · 02.13.2008, 12:59 AM

^You defining a genre as 'indie rock' defeats the purpose.

Norma J · 02.13.2008, 03:57 AM

Which was my point. My comment was directed towards his ideology rather than any form of music.

gmku · 02.13.2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

i havetn heard this band...

however, i know there are interviews with thurston from the latter part of the 80's to where he describes SY as an indie band.

indie can be interpreted in ten million different ways.

Indie meant something much different in the late 80s.

gmku · 02.13.2008, 09:06 AM

Yeah, well, I was there!

batreleaser · 02.13.2008, 09:50 AM

oh idealogy, eh? did you pull the dictionary out for that one? anyways, indie rock unforunatly does stand for a genre of music as opposed to when it used to just mean 'iddependent', bands that are described as indie now rip of the smiths or gang of 4, have those annoying chirpy guitars, and arent independent, like bloc party and stuff like that. sad times we live in.

gmku · 02.13.2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

something to be proud of.

when did you first see SY? just curious....

See them? Not until 1990. But I'd started listening to them in the late 80s.

PAULYBEE2656 · 02.13.2008, 09:54 AM

yeah, they exist but not in an exciting way for me at least. not shite but not on my to buy list.

Norma J · 02.14.2008, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by batreleaser

oh idealogy, eh? did you pull the dictionary out for that one? anyways, indie rock unforunatly does stand for a genre of music as opposed to when it used to just mean 'iddependent', bands that are described as indie now rip of the smiths or gang of 4, have those annoying chirpy guitars, and arent independent, like bloc party and stuff like that. sad times we live in.

It appears you worry about things that are irrelevant.

Absinthe Goblin · 02.14.2008, 10:21 AM

3 impromptu videos
http://www.blogotheque.net/article.php3?id_article=3840

HaydenAsche · 02.14.2008, 10:44 AM

shit.

Absinthe Goblin · 02.14.2008, 10:47 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XC2mqcMMGQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlgNFwoApec&feature=user

me. · 02.14.2008, 03:48 PM

Thanks for the links,they're kinda of ok,i guess,i've not heard of any of the African pop they say thier influenced by,(?).Think i'm resisiting the urge to rush out and buy tho..

pbradley · 02.15.2008, 10:30 AM

They sound like 60's pop to me. Then again a lot of indie pop sounds like 60's pop to me.

fluxequalsrad · 02.15.2008, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by batreleaser

theyre an indie band that gets played on mtv, meaning fake indie, meaning they suck.

and dont give me those "you hate all music thats popular" because thats bullshit.

still sounds really arrogant/purist.

atari 2600 · 03.09.2008, 01:17 PM

They are no great shakes, but also not bad; All in all, I liked their performance on SNL.

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GrungeMonkey 100% Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Huddersfield, England Posts: 670	i saw a video on tv and thought it sounded like just more generic indie NME crap. I don't really know what the big deal with them is.
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	theyre an indie band that gets played on mtv, meaning fake indie, meaning they suck. and dont give me those "you hate all music thats popular" because thats bullshit. i love tons of mainstream hip hop, especially lil wayne, and i think timbaland is brilliant and a sound whiz, and i like what hes dine with justin timberlake a ton and i like beyonces singles. but, indie rock that is made to be popular defeats the purpose of indie rock and that makes it shitty.
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Which was my point. My comment was directed towards his ideology rather than any form of music. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	oh idealogy, eh? did you pull the dictionary out for that one? anyways, indie rock unforunatly does stand for a genre of music as opposed to when it used to just mean 'iddependent', bands that are described as indie now rip of the smiths or gang of 4, have those annoying chirpy guitars, and arent independent, like bloc party and stuff like that. sad times we live in.
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	yeah, they exist but not in an exciting way for me at least. not shite but not on my to buy list. __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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Absinthe Goblin little trouble girl Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 46	3 impromptu videos http://www.blogotheque.net/article.php3?id_article=3840
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Absinthe Goblin little trouble girl Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 46	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XC2mqcMMGQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlgNFwoApec&feature=user
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me. stalker Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 400	Thanks for the links,they're kinda of ok,i guess,i've not heard of any of the African pop they say thier influenced by,(?).Think i'm resisiting the urge to rush out and buy tho..
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	They sound like 60's pop to me. Then again a lot of indie pop sounds like 60's pop to me.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,211	They are no great shakes, but also not bad; All in all, I liked their performance on SNL.
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