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Chasplaya
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Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:56 am

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Animal Collective, Tv on the Radio, Beach House, The Beatles, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Battles, Yeasayer, LCD Soundsystem, Incubus, Dirty Projectors, Fleet Foxes, Silver Jews, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Octopus Project, Wilco, The Pixies, Grizzly Bear, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Dodos, Phish, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, Yo La Tengo, The Hold Steady, Pink Floyd, Rilo Kiley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Modest Mouse, Mates of State, Cream, Tool, Joy Division, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Man Man, Jaga Jazzist, Pavement, Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket, and The Who...

to name a few.
I have only ever heard of half of these guys am I missing something or what!!


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Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:30 am

Chasplaya wrote:
spraynard wrote:
Animal Collective, Tv on the Radio, Beach House, The Beatles, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Battles, Yeasayer, LCD Soundsystem, Incubus, Dirty Projectors, Fleet Foxes, Silver Jews, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Octopus Project, Wilco, The Pixies, Grizzly Bear, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Dodos, Phish, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, Yo La Tengo, The Hold Steady, Pink Floyd, Rilo Kiley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Modest Mouse, Mates of State, Cream, Tool, Joy Division, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Man Man, Jaga Jazzist, Pavement, Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket, and The Who...

to name a few.
I have only ever heard of half of these guys am I missing something or what!!
No offense intended to the OP but my guess is "or what". There's a lot of alt/indie stuff there that doesn't do it for me. 'Course I have been accused of being a music snob and BTW, it's darned hard to type with your nose in the air. B)


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Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:53 am

cabro wrote:
Chasplaya wrote:
spraynard wrote:
Animal Collective, Tv on the Radio, Beach House, The Beatles, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Battles, Yeasayer, LCD Soundsystem, Incubus, Dirty Projectors, Fleet Foxes, Silver Jews, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Octopus Project, Wilco, The Pixies, Grizzly Bear, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Dodos, Phish, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, Yo La Tengo, The Hold Steady, Pink Floyd, Rilo Kiley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Modest Mouse, Mates of State, Cream, Tool, Joy Division, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Man Man, Jaga Jazzist, Pavement, Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket, and The Who...

to name a few.
I have only ever heard of half of these guys am I missing something or what!!
No offense intended to the OP but my guess is "or what". There's a lot of alt/indie stuff there that doesn't do it for me. 'Course I have been accused of being a music snob and BTW, it's darned hard to type with your nose in the air. B)
You must be a music snob who doesn't like good music... hmmmm interesting.


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Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:17 pm

OK guys... be careful here, please.

Neil


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Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:13 pm

Nothing wrong with being new on the scene. Even Clapton was an unknown in the beginning.

The biggest problem with all these alt/indie groups is that they are still making music on the bleeding edge of weirdness and that makes it hard to use them for lessons. Along with that, they are not generally well known enough to be acceptable to a large audience which is what Neil needs for the site. In time, I'm sure a few of them will rise above the noise, as always, and stand out and become known. Until then.....


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Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:19 pm

Until then............... Image


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Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:36 pm

haoli25 wrote:
Until then...............
Bill- you have such a way with words!! :lol:


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Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:03 am

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Nothing wrong with being new on the scene. Even Clapton was an unknown in the beginning.

The biggest problem with all these alt/indie groups is that they are still making music on the bleeding edge of weirdness...


What can i say... we live in a postmodern world


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Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:15 am

I was messing around on my guitar and a couple of teen/twenty somethings heard me and said how solid it was. I said thanks and silently thought they were crazy because I was not playing anything other than random scale notes on two strings. It wasn't music.

Now, I'm not saying that all the younger generation has no concept of what music is, but it did not help their case much. Most of the alt/indie stuff I've ever heard sounded like a cat being dragged through a dog kennel. On occasion I've heard some actual music and even more rare something I really like.

Branching out is not the problem. Wildly differing understandings of music is.


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Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:53 pm

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I was messing around on my guitar and a couple of teen/twenty somethings heard me and said how solid it was. I said thanks and silently thought they were crazy because I was not playing anything other than random scale notes on two strings. It wasn't music.

Now, I'm not saying that all the younger generation has no concept of what music is, but it did not help their case much. Most of the alt/indie stuff I've ever heard sounded like a cat being dragged through a dog kennel. On occasion I've heard some actual music and even more rare something I really like.

Branching out is not the problem. Wildly differing understandings of music is.

hmmm... It's true people have different tastes and what not, but you're just labeling any music you haven't heard of as "alt/indie," which is just wrong. Out of all the bands I listed probably only about 5 of them would even be considered indie music(also i don't think you should just classify something as "alt/indie" because those labels most of the time don't go hand in hand). A lot of the bands I listed started playing before I was even born(1989), so they can't just be music for a younger generation.

Maybe instead of just automatically assuming it's something that you wouldn't be interested in because you haven't heard it on the radio, maybe you should ask me about a band you haven't heard of or go on youtube and check out some of the songs because I guarantee everyone of those few bands I named is AMAZING.


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