"Unhappy Hipsters" Blog

[Touchofevil]

I HATE politics when it invades my entertainment. But I just had to shut it off for that album. It's too good, musically.That goes for musicians, actors, whoever. As someone said so well long ago, just ST*U and sing! lol

I started selective hearing as a teenager when it was concerned with lyrical content otherwise there was many a band whose music I would not have listened to.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Wow! We're not even half their number and here we have over 60,000 threads with over a million posts.

Nobody ever goes there anymore, it's too popular.

 

[Flicka]

I HATE politics when it invades my entertainment. But I just had to shut it off for that album. It's too good, musically.That goes for musicians, actors, whoever. As someone said so well long ago, just ST*U and sing! lol

But if you took politics out of punk, then what would you have? Oh, that's right. The Stooges!

(and just for the record, I love Fun House with a vengeance)

 

[MissMittens]

OK, so what's your weapon of choice? Guitar, rapier or a walk-off à la Zoolander? I'm up for it.

Would have to be one of my guitars. And a full 2x 4x12 stack of Celestion vintage 30's with a 220W head sitting on top..... oh yeah

 

[sheeplady]

Well what do ya know!
http://www.hipsterfashion.net/forum/

I love how most of the threads start with "Is this hipster?"

The posts aren't even concerned with "does this look good on me?" or "can I pull it off?" but more about "does this fit some aesthetic that I'm looking to achieve without even knowing what that aesthetic is."

 

[ButteMT61]

I don't know what it is about them but I never liked Green Day. Never could put my finger on it.. Agreed. The Blue Album was released the year my son was born. What a record! It's a shame they lost it after Maladriot.

Well, my "my son was born" album is Nirvana's Nevermind. I used to hold him and dance to that album every day. I think it accounts for his great taste in music today! Also, the cover was shot here in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl aquatic center. Funny how a "record" can do that to you!

 

[ButteMT61]

But if you took politics out of punk, then what would you have? Oh, that's right. The Stooges! (and just for the record, I love Fun House with a vengeance)

OK, opening a NEW can of worms here...Of course you are 100% right. I guess what I despise is the modern iteration of politics mixed with music. For whatever reason, it's intolerable for me. In the 60s' and 70's, it seemed protest music was well penned with amazing lyrics that didn't offend as much as tell a story, sans vulgarity. Now, the likes of Sting and Bono (not even touching the Hollywood crowd) make me want to hurl. It's "preachy" as opposed to edgy and enlightening for me. Hence, I had to shelve my Police and U2 for some time. Politics and political messages in music have their place for sure. It's just who and how for me Next...

 

[Feraud]

Nevermind is a good album to raise a child to!

 

[Feraud]

I love how most of the threads start with "Is this hipster?"

The posts aren't even concerned with "does this look good on me?" or "can I pull it off?" but more about "does this fit some aesthetic that I'm looking to achieve without even knowing what that aesthetic is."

Even Hipsters don't know what defines Hipster. Talk about clueless..

 

[ButteMT61]

Nevermind is a good album to raise a child to!

And here we go!

 

[ButteMT61]

Even Hipsters don't know what defines Hipster. Talk about clueless..

That's the point of the thread, or one of... lol

 

[LizzieMaine]

As far as political music goes, if I'd had kids they'd have heard "Which Side Are You On?" as their cradle melody.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Variety is the spice of life. There is so much good music out there and it is so much easier to find nowadays.

Exactly. There are very few genres of music I can't get into. I admit I'm mostly a popular music junkie. This includes all popular music from Will F. Denney, Billy Murray, and Al Bowlly to Lady Gaga. And just about everything in between. Genres mean nothing to me anymore. Although I will say I do not like most rap. Some old school is good, though. Public Enemy is about as "hard" as I get when it comes to rap lol My favourite decade for music is the 1980s. I love all genres, especially new wave, synthpop, and alternative. Also love 80s Top 40 bubblegum pop and make no apologies for it

 

[Miss Sis]

Exactly. There are very few genres of music I can't get into. I admit I'm mostly a popular music junkie. This includes all popular music from Will F. Denney, Billy Murray, and Al Bowlly to Lady Gaga. And just about everything in between. Genres mean nothing to me anymore. Although I will say I do not like most rap. Some old school is good, though. Public Enemy is about as "hard" as I get when it comes to rap lol My favourite decade for music is the 1980s. I love all genres, especially new wave, synthpop, and alternative. Also love 80s Top 40 bubblegum pop and make no apologies for it

Amy Jeanne, you are a lady after my own heart! I'm not much into a lot of music that's very recent, but I love lots of music, including the incredibly cheesy, from many different eras (but especially the 1980s when I was a child). People seem to think that I must *only* like certain music such as 1930s or 40s, but my taste is far, far broader than that. If I like it, I like it and to hell with what anyone else thinks!

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Amy Jeanne, you are a lady after my own heart! I'm not much into a lot of music that's very recent, but I love lots of music, including the incredibly cheesy, from many different eras (but especially the 1980s when I was a child). People seem to think that I must *only* like certain music such as 1930s or 40s, but my taste is far, far broader than that. If I like it, I like it and to hell with what anyone else thinks!

YES!!
People say the same about me. "Oh, I thought you only liked Bing Crosby!" NOPE. Secret: I'm not even a big Bing fan. More into Al Bowlly (whom they've never heard of <-----keeping on the hipster topic lol)

 

[Flicka]

I listen to everything from medieval polyphonies to Dillinger Escape Plan. I never cared about genres. To me there are only two genres that matter; Good Music and Bad Music. Unfortunately, the latter is much more common than the former. And lyrics are massively important to me. The best music is when great lyrics team up with great music.

But then, I also collect bad lyrics. My Number One is probably NINs Gave Up: "covered in hope and vaseline/still cannot fix this broken machine." I mean, I have no idea what that even means. Why would it be easier to fix a machine all covered in vaseline? I would assume it only makes your fingers slippery, and I don't think you'd sweat very well with petroleum jelly all over you, so you'd be really hot as well.

There's a Swedish song that's really bad too. The chorus goes "I know what her name is, but I call her Tess." Eh, why? If that's not her name, isn't it kind of patronising to go around deciding you're going to call her something completely made up? And if it is her name, the lyrics still don't make sense.

And then there's the misheard lyrics. I sincerely though Metallica sang "hold my breath as I wish for tea." And while I get that it's really annoying not to be able to get up and grab a cuppa, it just did not have quite the desperation it does when you realise that "tea" should actually be "death". But then, Metallica didn't make any really good records after Master of Puppets anyway, so it doesn't much matter.

 

[Undertow]

Flicka, I think you and I have very similar taste in music.

...now if I could just convince you of some local boys you might like (Meshuggah) or some neighbors in Norway (Arcturus)...

...and the list goes on...

 

[Flicka]

Flicka, I think you and I have very similar taste in music.

...now if I could just convince you of some local boys you might like (Meshuggah) or some neighbors in Norway (Arcturus)...

...and the list goes on...

I've seen Meshuggah live a coupla times, but never really listened to them.

I also once got proposed to in a bar by a young gentleman who interrupted his declaration of love in order to stand up and roar "MESHUGGAH!" when they came on over the sound system. That was right after he told me that his ex was a bikini model and that he used to play guitar so much that he forgot to attend to certain very personal needs. And he stole my beer and still couldn't believe I didn't want to give him my phone number. Need I say he created a certain bias?

 

[Amy Jeanne]

I'll be the first to admit I have terrible taste in music. lol I even like that NIN song you quoted!! My husband is constantly asking why and how he ever married me (jokingly, of course...haha). Just....my taste is so bad I can't even take it seriously myself.

Unironically, of course.

 

[scottyrocks]

Even Hipsters don't know what defines Hipster. Talk about clueless..

Which brings us back to the point, outlined here earlier, that the true core of any movement or lifestyle lats only so long before it is corrupted by mainstreamers wanting to be a part of it. That's life. Basically, if it looks, smells, sounds, and acts like a hipster (or insert your subculture of choice) then it is what a good portion of the general populace will believe to be what it appears to be. And that is what that portion of the general populace will react to when it encounters such. For the most part, only the originals, or 'genuines' can tell the differences between themselves and the wannabes. Actually, the smarter wannabes can also usually tell the difference and adjust themselves accordingly for acceptance when they happen to cross paths. A least in some subcultures.

My subculture happens to be motorcycling, so that is from where I speak. I am aware that my experience most likely does not relate to hipsterism directly, but because they are both subcultures, I am sure there are parallels.