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What do you think are the greatest indie tracks ever made? there are so many but a few of my faves would be
Starsailor - Alcoholic Editors - Munich Editors - An End Has A Start Athlete - Wires Coldplay - Clocks Interpol - Hands Away and loads more that i can't think of right now. |
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Its gotta be Mr Brightside.
Nothing else even comes close. |
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I don't know how I'd even begin to answer that... too many options.
Maybe "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"? |
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I don't know how I'd even begin to answer that... too many options.
Maybe "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"? ![]() I could start listing some but I'd end up hundreds... |
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My first thought was possibly a Smiths track as well, but then I figured it was far too hard to decide.
![]() I could start listing some but I'd end up hundreds...
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Its gotta be Mr Brightside.
Nothing else even comes close. |
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Its gotta be Mr Brightside.
Nothing else even comes close. If we're talking modern indie.. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps Interpol - NYC Animal Collective - My Girls Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People The Strokes - Reptilia Muse - Plug In Baby Bloc Party - So Here We Are Interpol - Obstacle 1 Bloc Party - Banquet Interpol - Evil Metronomy - Heartbreaker Elbow - Fugitive Motel Hercules And Love Affair - Blind PJ Harvey - Good Fortune and pretty much anything else by Interpol or Bloc Party |
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all these songs are far more superior IMO
If we're talking modern indie.. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps Interpol - NYC Animal Collective - My Girls Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People The Strokes - Reptilia Muse - Plug In Baby Bloc Party - So Here We Are Interpol - Obstacle 1 Bloc Party - Banquet Interpol - Evil Metronomy - Heartbreaker Elbow - Fugitive Motel Hercules And Love Affair - Blind PJ Harvey - Good Fortune and pretty much anything else by Interpol or Bloc Party I wouldn't class most of those as Indie. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - alt rock Interpol - NYC - Alt Rock Animal Collective - My Girls - pop rock Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream - pop rock Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People - pop rock The Strokes - Reptilia - pop rock Muse - Plug In Baby - rock/alt rock Bloc Party - So Here We Are - pop rock Interpol - Obstacle 1 - Alt Rock Bloc Party - Banquet - pop rock Interpol - Evil - Alt Rock Metronomy - Heartbreaker Elbow - Fugitive Motel - alt rock Hercules And Love Affair - Blind - electro pop PJ Harvey - Good Fortune - she's a singer songwriter that has done different genres |
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The definition of Indie has changed awfully.
I wouldn't class most of those as Indie. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - alt rock Interpol - NYC - Alt Rock Animal Collective - My Girls - pop rock Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream - pop rock Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People - pop rock The Strokes - Reptilia - pop rock Muse - Plug In Baby - rock/alt rock Bloc Party - So Here We Are - pop rock Interpol - Obstacle 1 - Alt Rock Bloc Party - Banquet - pop rock Interpol - Evil - Alt Rock Metronomy - Heartbreaker Elbow - Fugitive Motel - alt rock Hercules And Love Affair - Blind - electro pop PJ Harvey - Good Fortune - she's a singer songwriter that has done different genres |
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They're all lumped into the "indie" scene, though. Lets not get picky with sub genres and sub-sub-sub genres and the likes
![]() Personally, some of my favourites are: - Yeah Yeah Yeah - Y Control - Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now - Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone - Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure - CSS - Alala - Gossip - Listen Up - Kasabian - Club Foot - Kings Of Leon - Fans - MGMT - Kids If you wanted, you could include people like Bjork, Sigur Rós, Bat For Lashes, Peaches etc... in there (some of my faves) but I'll stick to a more "now" definition of indie
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yea neither would I really but it was in regards to the OP's definition...
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I get ya. Things have changed somewhat.
Fortunately, no-one who's commented on this thread so far though. |
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You want to be careful on this forum when questioning the meaning/definition of indie. Some people get nasty.
Fortunately, no-one who's commented on this thread so far though. ![]() ![]()
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The definition of Indie has changed awfully.
I wouldn't class most of those as Indie. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - alt rock Interpol - NYC - Alt Rock Animal Collective - My Girls - pop rock Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream - pop rock Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People - pop rock The Strokes - Reptilia - pop rock Muse - Plug In Baby - rock/alt rock Bloc Party - So Here We Are - pop rock Interpol - Obstacle 1 - Alt Rock Bloc Party - Banquet - pop rock Interpol - Evil - Alt Rock Metronomy - Heartbreaker Elbow - Fugitive Motel - alt rock Hercules And Love Affair - Blind - electro pop PJ Harvey - Good Fortune - she's a singer songwriter that has done different genres Also, The Strokes, Bloc Party, Animal Collective and Empire of the Sun sound nothing alike and are clearly very different styles, yet you class them all as "pop rock"? |
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The definition of Indie has changed awfully.
I wouldn't class most of those as Indie. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - alt rock Interpol - NYC - Alt Rock Animal Collective - My Girls - pop rock Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream - pop rock Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People - pop rock The Strokes - Reptilia - pop rock Muse - Plug In Baby - rock/alt rock Bloc Party - So Here We Are - pop rock Interpol - Obstacle 1 - Alt Rock Bloc Party - Banquet - pop rock Interpol - Evil - Alt Rock Metronomy - Heartbreaker Elbow - Fugitive Motel - alt rock Hercules And Love Affair - Blind - electro pop PJ Harvey - Good Fortune - she's a singer songwriter that has done different genres |
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Your definitions of indie are interesting, considering Bloc Party are on an indie label while Stone Roses signed with Geffen Records.
Also, The Strokes, Bloc Party, Animal Collective and Empire of the Sun sound nothing alike and are clearly very different styles, yet you class them all as "pop rock"? The Stone Roses were indie - the beginning of Indie. Without The Stone Roses, there would be no Indie. Here - chew on that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvert...rds_%281980%29 They're pop rock. Sorry but it's not Indie. Just a bunch of guys writing songs about nothing in particular. |
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Hmmm I think you need to brush up on your understanding of Indie. It isn't a genre. It is the label they are signed too, that is technically indie and I know for a fact Bloc Party are an indie band because they are signed to an independent label, wichita. Oh, and calling Banquet and So Here We Are pop rock is almost insulting.
Indie was based upon a sound that was coming from bands signed to independent record labels in the late 80s - later this "sound" the "sound" being important was attached to bands. Yeah? Cool. Bands with independent labels are not all indie - indie and independent are two different things now. Really - read up on your music history. |
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I hate how this argument always comes up.
It's pretty obvious that, today, on a whole, indie is used to describe a certain category of music, just like "hip hop" or "dance" is. It also refers to independent labels, but less so in every day speech. |
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I hate how this argument always comes up.
It's pretty obvious that, today, on a whole, indie is used to describe a certain category of music, just like "hip hop" or "dance" is. It also refers to independent labels, but less so in every day speech. Why weren't they prog rock? Their debut was ground breaking with great lyrics but to cut a long story short - let's blame the media for giving them that label and forcing all these kids to wear their skinny jeans around their bums, where beanies so they look like they have tefal heads and eat nothing to the point of malnutrition. |
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LOL
The Stone Roses were indie - the beginning of Indie. Without The Stone Roses, there would be no Indie. Here - chew on that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvert...rds_%281980%29 They're pop rock. Sorry but it's not Indie. Just a bunch of guys writing songs about nothing in particular. As you want to reference Wikipedia though: Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_music In popular music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie", is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing. Independent labels have been known to strive for minimal influence on the artist they represent, avoiding the artist-cultivating behavior of many major labels. Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Roses The band released their debut album, The Stone Roses, in 1989. The album was a breakthrough success for the band. At this time the Stone Roses decided to capitalize on their success by signing to a major label; however, their current record label Silvertone would not let them out of their contract, which led to a long legal battle that culminated with the band signing with Geffen Records in 1991, and then finally releasing their second album Second Coming in 1994. Quote:
Just a bunch of guys writing songs about nothing in particular.
Meaning you either don't understand their lyrics or you've never actually listened to them.If we were talking about some generic, bland, stereotypical, floppy haired "indie" band of today, you might have a point. Bloc Party are anything but. |
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I've not actually claimed The Stone Roses weren't indie, i was just pointing out something in your definition.
As you want to reference Wikipedia though: Meaning you either don't understand their lyrics or you've never actually listened to them. If we were talking about some generic, bland, stereotypical, floppy haired "indie" band of today, you might have a point. Bloc Party are anything but. They are a bunch of guys writing songs about nothing in particular. It is a gross misfortune of our times that record companies can force young impressionable minds to listen to music that doesn't shape and let them grow. If people today had great albums like I had, we wouldn't have the troubles we have, like people failing to grasp the nature of indie music. |
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Oasis- Live Forever (hey, they were indie when they released that
)The Cribs- Another Number, We Were Aborted, Our Bovine Public Ride- Vapour Trail Primal Scream- Movin' On Up, Come Together, Cant Go Back The Jesus and Mary Chain- Just Like Honey Reverend and the Makers- Heavyweight Champion of the World Babyshambles- Albion, Kilamangiro, Beg, Steal or Borrow The Libertines- Music When the Lights Go Out, Vertigo, Death on the Stairs (I could go on but I'll stop at risk of sounding like a broken record! )The Smiths- Panic Stone Roses- She Bangs the Drums, Made of Stone Im noticing a trend with my favourite indie bands...all bar one are/were signed to either Wichita, Creation or Rough Trade...Creation was a hell of a Label! ![]() Dont know if thats the definition of indie everyone was looking for but Ive stuck with bands on indie label...Id love to include Kasabian because I think their style is quite "indie" but they're a mainstream label band through and through! |
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My Bloody Valentine - Soon
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