The word "hipster"[views:15736][posts:122]____________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 5:32pm - Randy_Marsh ""] halpster |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 5:33pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] you just have to pick out the iPod chips, all the chemicals in the PC board will kill your begonias. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 5:36pm - eyeroller ""] Sacreligion said:Only the imitation Bob Seger from East West is real. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS CAAALLL I just howled laughing at that, thx. I heard the guy that sings "Real men of Genius" in those radio ads is Jeff Scott Soto. |
| _____________________________ [Jun 8,2011 5:55pm - Slag ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 5:58pm - Nic Cage is PISSED ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 6:01pm - Sacreligion ""] I'm listening to Bjork. This thread is invalid. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 6:21pm - ouchdrummer ""] arilliusbm said:Only being accused of being a horrible troll when working outside with no reception or time to do such shenanigans is real. Thanks for the thoughts <3 I didn't really think it was you. Argument was just too silly. Arguing that you NEED to care about what's hip... in order to be a real metalhead? ughh. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 6:39pm - arilliusbm ""] I think there's good points on both sides of the aisle. There's no question that metal is full of shallow-minded socialites who latch onto current trends for non-musical reasons. There's no denying that. As musicians, we would want the kind of fan that enjoys the music and art we create. Real fans are ones who connect with the music and understand what the artist is portraying. On the otherhand, I also believe the subcultural values of metal should be preserved, before we lose grasp of what metal represents. Subcultural values you say? Indeed. "Hipsters" are those who have no real subculture to latch on, and are nomadic in the sense of moving around music scenes. With metal, I feel, this is different. Metal today is bot what it was in the past. You will always have your traditionalist fans, and your liberal fanbase. Metal has changed, its fanbase has changed. We live in a world where art is constantly evolving, whether it be by rehashing old sounds to make them new again while blending your own style into it(OFFICIALLY GHOST), or by cross-genre mixing. Crossover is to shoegaze blackmetal as technical deathmetal is to prog metal. Everythings been done now, and the majority of the fanbase has no real identity because of metal being so widespread bs available now. Listen to what you want to listen to, don't do it for social reasons, and try to delve into the classics. Appreciate the art for what it was, what it still is, and what it will be. Filter out the bad bands. Filter out the false fans. Death to hipsters, restore metal. Move backwards to move forward. Tl;dr |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 7:03pm - arilliusbm ""] ^^i really need to stop posting while driving |
| _____________________________ [Jun 8,2011 7:12pm - Lamp ""] arilliusbm said:Filter out the bad bands. Filter out the false fans. Death to hipsters, restore metal. Move backwards to move forward. While I agree with most of your post in principle, this is kind of a never ending cycle, don't you think? |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 7:24pm - arilliusbm ""] Glad you caught that. I arrived at my driveway and just wanted to finish up with a cliche. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 8,2011 9:28pm - Splatter ""] dressing like you like metal and going to metal shows and buying metal merch and talking about metal and hating on metal bands you dont like just might = hipster. or you might just like metal and stuff and shit. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 9,2011 12:22am - nekronaut ""] http://www.lemmingtrail.com/threads/265907/attn-hipsters/ |
| ______________________________ [Jun 9,2011 12:25am - Lamp ""] I consider myself to be a person with a pretty high tolerance for shitty message boards... but Lemmingtrail fucking blows. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 9,2011 12:54am - nekronaut ""] Lamp said:I consider myself to be a person with a pretty high tolerance for shitty message boards... but Lemmingtrail fucking blows. :point: |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 9,2011 12:55am - nekronaut ""] This thread just made me want to see what was going on there today. Funny how there was a "attn hipsters" thread on THE hipster board. |
| _____________________________ [Jun 9,2011 7:27am - Yeti ""] i'm Mr. Burns, blah blah blah, do this do that, blah blah blah. |
| ____________________________ [Jun 9,2011 8:28am - pam ""] Slag said:[img] I lol'd. As for this thread: NO CARE. |
| ________________________________________ [Jun 9,2011 9:01am - arkquimanthorn ""] Yeti said:i'm Mr. Burns, blah blah blah, do this do that, blah blah blah. would you like to see my stereophonic images of the Crimean War? |
| ________________________________________ [Jun 9,2011 9:02am - arkquimanthorn ""] Sacreligion said:I'm listening to Bjork. This thread is invalid. :bow: |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2011 9:41am - xmikex ""] Slag said:[img] Holy shit, which one is wearing corpse paint? Nick Cage looks like shit. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 9,2011 9:46am - CurlyRed ""] Slag said:[img] this is fantastic lol |
| ________________________________ [Jun 9,2011 10:39am - Mark_R ""] According to Wikipedia, the "Real Men of Genius" bud light commercial singer is Dave Bickler, singer of Survivor (Eye of the Tiger). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bickler |