Jul 11, 2007 Spoon - Rockefeller Park, New York, NY Jul 16, 2007 The Decemberists, Grizzly Bear - Central Park Summerstage, New York, NY Jul 17, 2007 (WPRB ticket giveaway avaiable) Slin...
Ok, so I kind of like Midlake and Blonde Redhead. To me that is normal rock. Some of these other groups are weird. But again, Indie Rock is a non-popular genre. Hence the need for a small label...
Ok, so these two are OK, but I probably wouldn't waste money buying their albums. I'd probably listen to them once at a concert as an opening act and think they were somewhat entertaining, but tha...
Yeah, but you're just pulling that out of your butt basically. Who is this "average person" and how do you know what they like to listen to?
You just make these generalized statements and have no way of backing it up. You don't like the music being talked about, that's cool. I don't like all of it either. But then you start saying that the "average person" doesn't like it either and that's why it's not played on the radio which there's just no way of proving.
Some of this music was played on stations like 92.3 in NYC (until they got rid of that station, and you can't say that's because no one listened to it. How does that explain 101.1 oldies going off the air then?) and I know it's still played on the Krock out in California (right G?).
I got an email that Krock NYC is back. Have you heard it yet??
No! I never turn on the radio but I'm going to have to when I get in the car in a few minutes!!
dude there's billboards everywhere. krock nyc is back!!
whatever, in my opinion the average person likes crappy music anyway. that's why they just loop the top 20 over and over again at my gym, b/c that's what the average person wants to hear. in fact, that's why the top 20 is so crappy for that matter.
I'm not pulling anything out of my butt. The big labels determine whether the public will like these bands or not. They stand for the public. These bands don't get signed, because they won't sell as many records as say U2, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, etc. That doesn't mean some people won't like some of the stuff these Indie's put out, but its not conventional Rock. I prefer conventional compared to experimental stuff. I kind of liked some of what I listened to, but again it didn't impress me. And I have a feeling that a lot of people would feel the same way, otherwise these bands would have more of a following than what they do and doing more than opening for other bands when they tour. So I'd say I pretty much proved my point.
i have to put my two cents in... average person??
fergelicious was in the top 20 for weeks. That is what the average person in this country likes to listen to. the average person is a complete idiot.
different people like different things. as a musician I appreciate different kinds of music because i realize what skill it takes to play certain things, other things just appeal to me personally.
i don't understand why everyone is trying to convert you though. you have your opinions, i think it's because you state them like they are indisputable fact when they are really just statements that apply to you personally.
average person? using the term is ironic really because you are the one that is the minority here. the average person on this site does not share your opinions on music.
*the more you know*
I haven't stated anything in here as fact other than Indie Music is not as popular as Conventional Rock music. Record sales determines what is most popular, what people want to listen to. What I stated as opinion is the fact that I don't find Indie Rock impressive compared to other things I listen to. Are people idiots for liking Fergesuckilicious or whoever they are, probably. Are they idiots for liking U2? NO!!! And if you think so, you are nuts.
They tried to convert me and failed. I'd be more excited to see Journey in concert than Spoon (Me Out Some Sucko Music). There's no melody are harmony with what some of these guys play. Some do have that, and I did say I kind of liked a couple of them. But to ever say they rank up there with the greats or are as good as anyone on the big labels is ridiculous, because you'd be going to see guys like Spoon as the main act in a concert, not your U2's and other great Rock groups. Music is all about your own taste, but I say there's a reason why groups go independent. It's either that or go play in bars. The fact that 90% of people on Ezabel love this type of music is irrelevant. Most of you grew up together and molded one another. That's why you have similiar tastes. The Hackettstown/Stanhope crew is a good example of that. There's at least 10 of you from that group.
when all of the guys from the bands that you like are dead in a few years you will have nothing to listen to.
Sure I will. I like bands that are relatively new.
I just hafta say.. These bands do in fact, Headline shows.
haha, my comment got modded informative and none of yours did! I RULE BABY!!!
i love u2 also though. so i would go see them.
whats being played on KROQ? i kinda got lost. lol
You're probably thinking they're talking about KROQ in Cali, that's why you're confused.... they're speaking of a station that broadcasts out of New York City, called "KRock" (WXRK) which "went away" for awhile and changed its format to a like a talk radio only format and was called "Free FM." Fortunately, I guess they realised that wasn't as fun as broadcasting music and now they're back as "KRock" playing music again. Sometimes they'll play recordings of pre-Free FM listeners calling in and just totally trashing KRock for ever changing to a Talk Radio station and saying how much it unforgivenly ruined their lives for eternity. This is the KRock in our area, not to be confused with KROQ. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXRK