Pilchard Advanced Member Posts:699  
| 4/27/2006 7:18 PM |
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.../rant on..../
i f**king hate the word "hype". i would like to think i have enough cop-on not to be swayed by something just because everyone is belting on about it or there are ads everywhere and reviews everywhere too.
if i hear a tune and i like it, i'll go investigate to hear more. if someone writes about something and i read it and like the sound of it. i'll also go investigate. If this is "hype", then ALL music is hyped and ALL writers/DJs/music fans are involved in hype
i so f**king hate that word - its such a lazy cop-out of an expression
.../rant off..../
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thethirdplace New Member Posts:72
| 4/27/2006 9:10 PM |
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Originally posted by raoul
I thought the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album was alright but not half as good as it was hyped up to be...
AB-SA-F***IN-LOOTLY! Truly awful record. I finally bought it yesterday. |
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Una Veteran Member Posts:1721
| 4/27/2006 9:55 PM |
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they were rubbish live
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 4/28/2006 12:02 AM |
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Originally posted by kramer
it looks like the one hit wonder effect has crossed over from pop to indie rock......
Personally, I reckon indie IS the new pop music, just on a smaller scale. To me, the whole dynamic of the way the commercial indie scene is kind of like a microcosm of the way the pop charts were in the early-mid 80s. That might sound kind of laughable but many indie bands now display a level of professionalism, polish and ambition that exceeds many an 80s pop act (compare many of the current indie breed and an act like bananarama seem delightfully amateur and naive by comparison).
Basically, what I'm trying to say is that like the 80s pop scene, the modern indie scene has a vibrancy to it, it's youthful, it's full of good yet often disposable music, there's a heavy emphasis on style, some acts are genuinely great and some are just derivative charlatans riding the coat tails of others.
Using phrases like "disposable" and "emphasis on style" might sound negative but this isn't a criticism of the current indie scene, just a reflction of how things are, it has good and bad aspects. If there is a criticism I have of indie, it's pehaps that it fails to recognise that it's already conquered the mainstream and can no longer play the underdog card.
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ctrlaltdelete Basic Member Posts:268
| 4/28/2006 12:22 AM |
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I don't really see how people here can consider themselves outside the sphere of influence of the music media/industry, able to form completely uncoloured opinions on bands that they do or don't like.
The reality is that these days, to a large extent, the channels through which we get our music - from blogs to daytime radio - have as much influence as that music itself. "The medium is the message" rings just as through for music today, as it does for information.
there's so much music out there today, that the simplistic 'if i like it, i just listen to it' policy, just rings hollow to me.
/end of poncy hectoring
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Rev JulesVeteran Member Posts:1041
| 4/28/2006 12:34 AM |
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Franz Ferdinand, Artic Monkeys, Pete Doherty, Snow Patrol, Editors, Director, The Strokes, Kings of Leon, basically all that trendy, tuneless, NME, indie sh*te  |
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sleepyglasseyeNew Member Posts:14
| 4/28/2006 1:19 AM |
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NME, the music mans beano. I believe there's a bag of sweets free with the next issue...
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| 4/28/2006 9:56 AM |
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all these new bands coming out or being hyped...seem to be all style and no content..more worried about there name..and logo..for the uniforms they wear on stage and advertising!...but lack the music to back it up... Binokular was right making the 80's connection...and now bands these days seem more worried about how they look rather than how good there music is!!....its gonna be fun hearing all these bands "difficult" second album...ha
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bonzoBasic Member Posts:364
| 4/28/2006 10:09 AM |
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The Chalets - whats the point?
Graham Coxon - rejoin blur.
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cometBasic Member Posts:485
| 4/28/2006 10:38 AM |
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Originally posted by bonzo
The Chalets - whats the point?
I think everyone knows the point, 2 good looking girls!
I think a band shouldn't suffer unfair criticism either though just because they have been "hyped up" by the media, its not like its their fault. Instead of listening to the music for its own value inevitably people end up saying something "they aren't as good as the hype" but what does that mean?? Maybe its time to give the hyped bands a break, a Men in Black type memory eraser thing would be handy here to erase the media blurb so we could listen to the music without the burden of expectation. |
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themireNew Member Posts:44
| 4/28/2006 10:48 AM |
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I think a lot of people on here decide they don't like bands solely BECAUSE they are hyped.
Which means that you are buying into it after all, though you mightn't like to think it.
E.G. Artic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand are hugely hyped ==> They must be crap
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Rev JulesVeteran Member Posts:1041
| 4/28/2006 10:58 AM |
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Originally posted by themire
I think a lot of people on here decide they don't like bands solely BECAUSE they are hyped.
Which means that you are buying into it after all, though you mightn't like to think it.
E.G. Artic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand are hugely hyped ==> They must be crap
Actually no, they are crap = they are crap |
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themireNew Member Posts:44
| 4/28/2006 11:07 AM |
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Personally, I wouldn't say I'm into either Arctic Monkeys or Franz Ferdinand myself but I can see why people like them, and I do like some massively overhyped bands such as The Strokes and Coldplay.
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themireNew Member Posts:44
| 4/28/2006 11:17 AM |
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If I could extend the "Things you Just Don't Get.." question to TV programmes then that would be LOST.
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 4/28/2006 12:15 PM |
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It's ArCtic Monkeys!!!!! With a C!!!! Not only at the end, but between the r and the t! Jeeez.
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| 4/28/2006 12:28 PM |
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is it a case of, that there's so many new bands being hyped every week...that we have no major bands!!..like when we had the stone roses...or the blur/oasis thing..we just have lots of bands with barely an album under there belt..!!..hence maybe the reason we have the who, headlining oxyegen this year...is it that bad that a band from the 60's with only 2 memebers left is headlining!!..i like the who but..is there not anyone else that can do it...maybe thats the reason why we have so many bands reforming to tour again cause there's too many bands coming out..hailed as the next big thing...just take a look at the line up of bands for festivals across europe this summer...alot of old...with some very very new bands, with their 45 min sets
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thethirdplaceNew Member Posts:72
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 4/28/2006 2:30 PM |
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Originally posted by themire
I think a lot of people on here decide they don't like bands solely BECAUSE they are hyped.
Which means that you are buying into it after all, though you mightn't like to think it.
E.G. Artic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand are hugely hyped ==> They must be crap
What about all the love that Arcade Fire have been getting here? |
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GarretBasic Member Posts:244
| 4/28/2006 10:40 PM |
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Little Man Tate
Planet Sound and Rolling Stone both said that they're gonna be even bigger than the Arctics.
They're decent yeah, but no better than a maximo park or bloc party. SOme of the songs on their myspace have been sh!te. Singles are stronger in fairness though
oh and they're from sheffield
I do often buy albums without hearing anything by them, only good words from journalists i trust. Last year i bought The National, Sufjan Stevens, d'Arcade Fire, Dan Sartain and Wolf Parade before I heard anything by them and was quite pleased by them all. Without the hype coming from certain places I'd have never bought some of those albums. You just need to know who you can trust and who you cant.
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