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jude111
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 11:34 | ||
From what I can tell, "hipsters" is a term that's popped up on the Internet, and particularly Youtube, when net users view other people having fun at concerts and clubs. It's the only place I've seen this word bandied about, on the comments section of Youtube videos. As in, "Oh, look at all those hipsters standing around looking silly at that Four Tet concert."
Those who use this term may be strongly related to HL Mencken's definition of a puritan: The sneaking suspicion that someone, somewhere, may be having fun. Another way of putting it: hipsters is what suburbanites call urban dwellers. The irony is that this new use of a rather outdated term could only be used by what could be termed "hipsters." In this context, saying I hate hipsters is tantamount to saying I hate myself.
Edited by jude111 - March 05 2013 at 11:40 |
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jude111
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 11:42 | ||
Judging by these photos, 'hipsters' are what Americans call that small minority of Americans with style and fashion sense. As in, "Oh, look at that dude wearing a scarf, he must be gay or European. What a hipster." ["Gay or European": haha - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pCybcpkm5c]
Edited by jude111 - March 05 2013 at 13:00 |
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darkshade
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 12:11 | ||
Just like indie, or emo. Since when are the Ozrics hipster anyway? |
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ole-the-first
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 12:21 | ||
Gojira? Hipster? Since when?
Anyway, it's Anathema for me out of this list. Edited by ole-the-first - March 05 2013 at 15:39 |
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 13:14 | ||
I, too, am uncertain as to what constitutes a "hipster." According to the web page you linked us to, it seems "hipster" is a fashion statement? Is that right? So, do the bands you listed in your poll dress like this? And, if so, why does this matter? They look comfortable in their post-Flashdance, neo-philosopher, pseudo back-to-nature geek apparel. How does this impact their musical choices, much less a band's musical stylings?
I'm really still not getting this "hipster" thing. Guess I'll continue to do my research. Is the "hipster" of today like the Glammers or Preppies or Greasers or Beatniks of their eras? One of my daughters (age 19) uses this term a lot but I thought she was referring to a type of person who tries to act like something because they think it's the in trend but they're really not the "hippies' they think/wannabe. Is that close to your definition of "hipster"?? |
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darkshade
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 13:18 | ||
I thought a "hipster" listened to certain music because it was ironic to do so.
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darkshade
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 13:22 | ||
Sometimes I like music for it's crappiness, but it's a very, very small percentage of my music listening, most crap I find to be...... crap. Does this exclude me from being a hipster? Are you saying the bands in the poll list are crappy? Edited by darkshade - March 05 2013 at 13:22 |
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Hercules
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 7024 |
Posted: March 05 2013 at 15:19 | ||
I don't know (or really care) what is cool, but I DO like Ozric Tentacles.
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questionsneverknown
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 15:58 | ||
The surest way to identify a hipster is by how often he or she says they hate hipsters.
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Failcore
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 20:05 | ||
Wow there's a whole lot of butthurt here, haha.
Really surprised Ozrics are blowing away everyone else. Edited by Failcore - March 05 2013 at 20:06 |
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Failcore
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 20:11 | ||
Why thank you, that's why I chose it! Nice to see someone really gets me! |
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MattGuitat
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 22:19 | ||
Pink Floyd because of the cool cover with the triangle and colors. So non-mainstream, might buy the T-shirt, who needs to buy the album?
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 23:06 | ||
lol, if you recognise more than one of these bands, there is a fair chance you're a hipster. If you own anything from these artists, you might want to take off your fedora and pat yourself on the head. You have good taste.
So what? Pelican for me.
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The Mystical
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Posted: March 06 2013 at 03:22 | ||
When you think about it, all prog is hipster to some degree. I vote Ozrics.
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Stool Man
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Posted: March 06 2013 at 04:23 | ||
All prog is trousers?
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: March 06 2013 at 08:49 | ||
Ok, so Ozric Tentacles have made the same album 24 times in a row now, and that somehow makes them a hipster band?
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jude111
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Posted: March 06 2013 at 08:55 | ||
You ever read any Kerouac? The term hipster's been around a long while. I remember in the 90s, on Seinfeld, Elaine called Kramer a "hipster doofus." It isn't a new term: From Wikipedia: "Hipster or hepcat, as used in the 1940s, referred to aficionados of jazz, in particular bebop, which became popular in the early 1940s. The hipster adopted the lifestyle of the jazz musician, including some or all of the following: dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(1940s_subculture) Edited by jude111 - March 06 2013 at 08:58 |
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Earendil
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Posted: March 06 2013 at 11:29 | ||
Almost every hipster I know only listens to Explosions in the Sky from this list, and I'd never actually consider them a hipster band. Isn't "hipster music" indie and folk rock?
Edited by Earendil - March 06 2013 at 11:30 |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 06 2013 at 11:36 | ||
First time I heard the expression applied to music fans, it was about those people who take pride in listening to the most out there, unnatural and unlistenable - all the stuff most others love to hate. The classic example is Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica, which many people call anti music and furthermore deem fans of said record liars, because there is in fact nothing to like about it, it's not even music! People who like Trout Mask Replica were the original hipsters in the way I understand the word in regards to music. The same applies to Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music or the second side of Ummagumma actually.
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jude111
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 20 2009 Location: Not Here Status: Offline Points: 1741 |
Posted: March 06 2013 at 11:49 | ||
The term hipster originates from the post-WW2 bebop era of Charlie Parker and Beat Literature. From Wikipedia: "Hipster or hepcat, as used in the 1940s, referred to aficionados of jazz, in particular bebop, which became popular in the early 1940s. The hipster adopted the lifestyle of the jazz musician, including some or all of the following: dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(1940s_subculture)
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