Indie leanings

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:40 pm

FT Wrote:

Stop Breathin' Wrote:

I think Monster is an overcriticized record.

Me, too. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" and "Star 69" are two of my all-time favorite R.E.M. tunes. Did any of you see Letterman way back when Monster came out, and Dan Rather actually sang "WTF, K?" backed by R.E.M.? CLASSIC!!! It was especially hilarious, because Letterman had been using that Rather incident as a punchline for years before R.E.M. wrote a song about it.

np: Shel Silverstein - "Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"

"Crush With Eyeliner"

FT · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:21 pm

tommy two thumbs Wrote:

FT Wrote:

Stop Breathin' Wrote:

I think Monster is an overcriticized record.

Me, too. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" and "Star 69" are two of my all-time favorite R.E.M. tunes. Did any of you see Letterman way back when Monster came out, and Dan Rather actually sang "WTF, K?" backed by R.E.M.? CLASSIC!!! It was especially hilarious, because Letterman had been using that Rather incident as a punchline for years before R.E.M. wrote a song about it.

np: Shel Silverstein - "Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"

"Crush With Eyeliner"

Also open qual. Plus, ain't it about Courtney Love?

np: Centro-Matic - "Would Go Over"

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:14 pm

I have no idea, but good song.

tt · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:19 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I'm a slave to a good hook.

WORD!

mutty · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:43 pm

DumpJack Wrote:

Aside from whatever I admit to buying or listening to on the board, I've got exactly zero people around me in my daily life who know anything about music. And even the caustic remarks I've gotten around here don't bug me, but they do make me want to argue a bit.

Me too.

no guru · **Posted:** Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:07 pm

FT Wrote:

tommy two thumbs Wrote:

"Crush With Eyeliner"

Also open qual. Plus, ain't it about Courtney Love?

I read it was inspired by Stipe's youthful fixation on The New York Dolls and then dedicated to his friendship with River Phoenix.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:38 am

Senator NMI LooGAR Wrote:

My fiance is constantly amazed whenever I admit to liking anything approaching mainstream.

Like the Stones and Dylan?

seamonster · **Posted:** Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:40 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

Does your independent leanings toward music sometimes precede you to the point that if you show interest or buy a mainstream record people tease you, or are flabbergasted at your decision?

I have found that people assume that I am being a snob when I lack general knowledge of contemporary pop culture.

Friend: Dude, that latest single from the Black Eyed Peas is so--

Me: I haven't heard it.

Friend: Sure you have--you probably hear it three times a day.

Me: I guarantee you I have not heard it.

Friend: You know it...it's the one with the video that--

Me: I have never seen it.

Friend: You HAVE seen it. Don't try to be all-

Me: Have you seen the latest Dora the Explorer DVD? Can you sing the theme to Bob the Builder? Do you know the character's names in Madagascar? I have, I can, and I do.

I'm not indie-hip. I'm sheltered parent.

Hegel · **Posted:** Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:19 pm

Who is T.I.?

I'll tell you.

T.I. is connected nationwide, but in the Souff he's a King.

I like Loog's description about seeking entertainment based on likes and dislikes vs. being force fed commercialism. I think that is the best description.

I haven't bought an ultra mainstream album in a while, but it doesn't bother me when I do. If I like it, I like it.

People, though, just don't seem to know why they like what they like--they just do, whereas we all seem to.

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