more proof: indie is the new mainstream

[Arthwys]

MSN's take on what incoming college freshmen should familiarize themselves with...
 
 http://music.msn.com/music/photos/rock-and-rap-101/?GT1=28102&silentchk=1&

[sonickteam2]

run dmc?  really?

[walkonby]

can indie just go away like rap and grunge for fuck sake, already?
 
 i'm sorry, not go away.  i spoke too soon.  i like a lot of "indie" acts.  can people just listen to music and be happy without labels?  and cds will so come back into style.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  can people just listen to music and be happy without labels?

Hahahahahahahahahahaha
 
 ah.
 
 
 No.

[ebeniezer]

what in the name of col. custer's scalp is "indie" anyway? can't anything not signed to a major label be called independent? Can't "indie" bands liek The Format be signed to big labels?
 
 I also happen to hate labels as well.

[ChampionshipVinyl]

Why does that list make me feel old?

[azaghal1981]

No Wolf Eyes or Sunn O)))?

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

I think the Internet is the great equalizer, bringing formerly "indie" and "alternative" music to everyone.
 
 I know when I was in high school, I turned to punk in part to get away from all the douchebags who were into mainstream rock.   In those days [old man voice], anything non-mainstream required actual work to find, and the people willing to make the effort were few.   But now douchebags have equal access.
 
 Back then, as now, the only real answer is to forget about pre-packaged culture and make your own music...

[eltee]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  I think the Internet is the great equalizer, bringing formerly "indie" and "alternative" music to everyone.
 
 I know when I was in high school, I turned to punk in part to get away from all the douchebags who were into mainstream rock.   In those days [old man voice], anything non-mainstream required actual work to find, and the people willing to make the effort were few.   But now douchebags have equal access.
 
 

Do we blame internet, labels or radio such as sell out HFS?     (old person voice) I could hardly get a signal to HFS except on my brother's car stereo. I coveted every ounce.  

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

[Grandpa Simpsons Voice] Yeah, HFS used to be worth actual work to pull in the signal!  When I was a boy we'd string wire out into the yard just to listen to it!   And by the time most people realized they had sold out, they had actually sold themselves out three or four times over!

[SPARX]

It was a major hookup for us in the hills of WVA back in the day  when they were 102.3. As was 88.5 WAMU. They ruled the first real alternative airwaves I ever heard. Those WVA mountaintops came in mighty handy for a variety of reason,that one was major for some great reception.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Let's not forget WMUC... U-Maryland's station... although I'm pretty sure there's no way you could get that out in West Va...

[azaghal1981]

You can barely get it outside the CP city limits.

[eltee]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  But now douchebags have equal access.
 
 Back then, as now, the only real answer is to forget about pre-packaged culture

Do you blame the OC?
 
 A quote in an article that discussed bands who move into mainstream (in Filter) has stuck with me: "The jocks already stole U2, who else do they want?" ;P

[Arthwys]

Growing up near the PA line the radio station all us kiddies got our new music from was 98YCR out of York.  I spent most of my middle school years waiting for the top 5 at 8 to come around, my finger waiting patiently on the record button of my boombox, waiting for a song I liked so I could get it on my mix tape.