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Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:56 am
by zRobertez
Bellyheart wrote:Band Bios written by the band
Descriptions ending with "....on acid/mushrooms/crack/drugs" or "...from hell" when asked what they sound like
Lack of self-awareness
Hahaha! Those are hilarious!
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:00 pm
by madmax1012
everything in this video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSZI6UJEUQ[/youtube]
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:37 pm
by RR Bigman
madmax1012 wrote:everything in this video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSZI6UJEUQ[/youtube]
heavy heavy low low called...they want their style back
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:40 pm
by Gearmond
girl + ukulele is one of the most cliche appeals to the indie crowd ever. its completely trite, and its ALWAYS cutesy white washed covers of soul songs, or sugar saturated "MAI DIARY" originals
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:55 pm
by Bellyheart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zJHMad1ZsM[/youtube]
I enjoy this, but do agree with that ukulele
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:34 pm
by Mudfuzz
Gearmond wrote:girl + ukulele is one of the most cliche appeals to the indie crowd ever. its completely trite, and its ALWAYS cutesy white washed covers of soul songs, or sugar saturated "MAI DIARY" originals
That is because most that appeals to the indie crowd is...
anyway... I'm going all Miyazaki on your ass
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx83lxMY8Wo[/youtube]
also
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruYQYwneWyw[/youtube]
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:33 pm
by D.o.S.
No one should ever apologize for digging a good looking lady rocking a uke.
Ain't nothin' contrite about dem DSLs, am I right?!
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:58 pm
by Gearmond
its a novelty that got overblown because Kimya Dawson or whichever "quirky" darling did it, then everyone decided to do it, learn the same four chords, and write songs about the same things and sing the same way. 99% of all girl ukulele acts follow the same exact formula to a sickening degree
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:07 am
by dase
I'm with gearmond although I gotta say it's not a gender specific thing, here anyway. I hate that cutesy K records beat happening/kimya dawson. An argument can be made for it being relevant in the early 80s but these days it just comes across as trite, cynical and annoying.
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:24 am
by amorphous
How about wankers that set up too slow and then tear down like sloths when there are 2 more bands that have to play before 2 am?
seems to be a common trend with some asshat bands.
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:34 am
by gunslinger_burrito
Or BANTER. I forgot about this time I got t open for a cool band that was coming through. They weren't even the headliner (for some stupid reason) but the guys who played after me and before them were waaaaaaasted because it was mardis gras, and talked to the crowd for like 5 minutes between every one of their crappy songs. NOT to mention they were called the "Love Dollz" and were "supposed to be like blow-up dolls that came to life." Come to think of it, I'm kind of wondering how the fuck they even got on the bill that night.....seriously, multiple epic fails.
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:46 am
by RR Bigman
Gearmond wrote:its a novelty that got overblown because Kimya Dawson or whichever "quirky" darling did it, then everyone decided to do it, learn the same four chords, and write songs about the same things and sing the same way. 99% of all girl ukulele acts follow the same exact formula to a sickening degree
Listen to tune-yards; a not so cutesy girl playing the uke over weird drum/voice loops with a voice like an overweight black church lady
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:55 am
by Gearmond
d00d i've been a fan of tUnE-yArDs for about as long as they've been around. she ain't what i'm taking about
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:06 pm
by futuresailors
dase wrote:I'm with gearmond although I gotta say it's not a gender specific thing, here anyway. I hate that cutesy K records beat happening/kimya dawson. An argument can be made for it being relevant in the early 80s but these days it just comes across as trite, cynical and annoying.
Gearmond wrote:its a novelty that got overblown because Kimya Dawson or whichever "quirky" darling did it, then everyone decided to do it, learn the same four chords, and write songs about the same things and sing the same way. 99% of all girl ukulele acts follow the same exact formula to a sickening degree
I'm assuming you're basing that solely off of watching Juno?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsubHmx2Pws[/youtube]
And Calvin doesn't play the uke.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kamgf85aspQ[/youtube]
Re: Band trends that need to go away
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:22 pm
by shitbiscuit
Marilyn Manson needs to go away. This is coming from someone who loved his first few albums.