So after looking around a bit I generally learned that 90% of the threads in the forum dealt with generic rock and rap which left me feeling like I didn't have much taste in music. so does anyone else here spend there time listening to Alternative or Indie Rock or Pop?
alternative is actually my favorite type of music. coldplay, all time low, oasis, there all some of my favorites. john mayer is deffinatly up there also
has anyone heard of the mars volta? you may have heard the name thomas pridgen who is currently number 3 on the greatest drummers of all time list. but ya there a good band with many of albums
It's pretty much all I listen too now; I can't stand the banal, inspipid, generic pop and rap that's popular at the moment. I love most alternative bands from Joy Division to Nirvana from Oasis to Blur. I love the sound though I hate the assumptions people make about me for listening to it; just cos I like The Smiths doesn't mean I'm either depressing or a cunt hipster. And I wouldn't say Wonderwall is alternative anymore it's been gobbled up by the mainstream you gotta dig deeper than that lol
this is just speaking from the people I know but they just come across as being very fake and conscious of what people think of them; in this instance they don't listen to indie music because they like it but because they think they should like it Other people elsewhere may be different but like I say the ones I know are not very nice people to hang out with :/
Let's see Champagne Supernova -Oasis
Fair enough lol I love it live it steps up a gear compared to the studio version Though nothing beats Live Forever for me
this is just speaking from the people I know but they just come across as being very fake and conscious of what people think of them; in this instance they don't listen to indie music because they like it but because they think they should like it Other people elsewhere may be different but like I say the ones I know are not very nice people to hang out with :/
True point; I'm not a hipster but I mean nothing wrong with toms shoes =P
I've never been a huge fan of the Killers I'll be honest I think I've been too far too many school disco's with bad Dj's who put them on to try and tempt the indie kids onto the dance floor only for everyone but the indie kids to dance XD they appeal to a wide base of people and (probably unfairly) are a little too close to pop for my tastes.
I am the Resurrection by the Stone Roses is one of my favourite songs the guy who wrote it describes it as "a murderous attack on one individual" and the lyrics are so easy to spit out:
Don't waste your words I don't need anything from you I don't care where you've been Or what you plan to do
Cut loose 'cause you're no use I couldn't stand another second In your company
It's 5 minutes of cutting, bile and is completely glorious in it's execution.
I would have to say that The Smiths are one of my favourite "Alternative" bands. Morrisey is one of my all-time favourite singers, his voice is so distinctive, I f***ing want that voice! Johnny Marr is definitely one of the best guitarists of the last 30 years, and hell, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce are a damn good rhythm section, if I do say so myself!
Also a great "Alternative" band to give a spin are the Pixies, who created one of the greatest albums ever with 1989's Doolittle. Black Francis is a musical innovator truly unlike any other, with the rest of the band (Kim Deal on bass, Joey Santiago on lead guitar, and Dave Lovering on drums) are just great!
Those are just a couple of my favourites. I know The Smiths were previously mentioned, but I thought I'd give a little more on them. I was actually quite surprised that the Pixies hadn't been mentioned yet, as well.
