Why Dance-Punk Is Lame
So the new music revelation with the kids today is the dance punk. It seems to be strikingly popular and can be great sometimes. Usually if its not called dance punk.
first of all, punks don't dance, they slam. Dancing is for housewives and little girls.
now I'm not against all dance punk and nu-rock and neu alt or whatever the latest genre is called. (even as a music snob I have trouble keeping up. I guess because I listen to music and not genres) I like a lot of these bands. I can dig one or two futureheads songs, hot hot heat had some songs on make up the breakdown, and there a few good things on the bloc party CD. What I simply can not tolerate is a band like the bravery. I even gave them a chance and tried really hard to like them but honest mistake is just too much. That song nearly makes me wrecth every time I hear it.
looking at lists on Amazon I came across my own lists and while reviewing them I noticed that on the side bar there were numerous other lists. Supposedly similar lists. The problem is that their not similar. While my lists have things like the mountain goats and bowie and the zombies and the make-up, these lists are jam packed with controller controller and the bravery and the killers and metric and other garbage I would be embarrassed to have in my collection. The thing is these lists al have a few similar tastes such as AC Newman, the unicorns, arcade fire, bright eyes, etc.
I shoudlnt be mad. its not like the kids liking my music is a big sellout thing, but I think the elitist indie community should all get together and burn down the studio where the make the OC.
yeah that's right, I found my scapegoat.
check out an OC soundtrack. Will you find hip hop or avril or evanesence or the garbage the OC fans usually listen to? Nope, you'll find a mix tape that contains songs someone like me would put on a mix tape. AC Newman, bright eyes, the shins, etc.
being that "indie" used to mean independent, I always thought it was a safe hideout. its like when alterative used to mean the alernative to the shit on the radio. then the goo goo dolls were "alt-rock" and life as we knew it came crashing down.
luckily there always good coming out of it. If the killers crowd gets some AC Newman in their system, maybe we have a new generation of fanboys on the way. Maybe they will eventually sway into the mountain goats and delve into local shows and support Canadian true independents like black mountain and whatnot. Until then most of us elitists, too cool to dance, will hideout in the psych-folk deferment cranking devendra banhart and little wings and Joanna newsom as high as it will go. Which really isn't very loud at all.
first of all, punks don't dance, they slam. Dancing is for housewives and little girls.
now I'm not against all dance punk and nu-rock and neu alt or whatever the latest genre is called. (even as a music snob I have trouble keeping up. I guess because I listen to music and not genres) I like a lot of these bands. I can dig one or two futureheads songs, hot hot heat had some songs on make up the breakdown, and there a few good things on the bloc party CD. What I simply can not tolerate is a band like the bravery. I even gave them a chance and tried really hard to like them but honest mistake is just too much. That song nearly makes me wrecth every time I hear it.
looking at lists on Amazon I came across my own lists and while reviewing them I noticed that on the side bar there were numerous other lists. Supposedly similar lists. The problem is that their not similar. While my lists have things like the mountain goats and bowie and the zombies and the make-up, these lists are jam packed with controller controller and the bravery and the killers and metric and other garbage I would be embarrassed to have in my collection. The thing is these lists al have a few similar tastes such as AC Newman, the unicorns, arcade fire, bright eyes, etc.
I shoudlnt be mad. its not like the kids liking my music is a big sellout thing, but I think the elitist indie community should all get together and burn down the studio where the make the OC.
yeah that's right, I found my scapegoat.
check out an OC soundtrack. Will you find hip hop or avril or evanesence or the garbage the OC fans usually listen to? Nope, you'll find a mix tape that contains songs someone like me would put on a mix tape. AC Newman, bright eyes, the shins, etc.
being that "indie" used to mean independent, I always thought it was a safe hideout. its like when alterative used to mean the alernative to the shit on the radio. then the goo goo dolls were "alt-rock" and life as we knew it came crashing down.
luckily there always good coming out of it. If the killers crowd gets some AC Newman in their system, maybe we have a new generation of fanboys on the way. Maybe they will eventually sway into the mountain goats and delve into local shows and support Canadian true independents like black mountain and whatnot. Until then most of us elitists, too cool to dance, will hideout in the psych-folk deferment cranking devendra banhart and little wings and Joanna newsom as high as it will go. Which really isn't very loud at all.
posted by Jonathan at 1:33 PM
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