Trendy bands that people have to really grit their teeth and try hard pretending to enjoy

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Klaatu

― Count Elvin Framingham, Friday, 12 November 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Klaatu are great. listen again.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 12 November 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i musta missed the Klaatu revival. sign me up next time.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 12 November 2004 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha what the fuck?!?!?! Klaatu?!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Dinosaur Jr are also trendy

― Count Elvin Framingham, Friday, 12 November 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

modern talking

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

strawbs

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Jerry Lee Lewis ain't shit, bro.

― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

now i'm imagining white-belted williamsburg hipsters having hip conversations about Klaatu and J Mascis! I like that image.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

semisonic

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

J. Geils Band

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Dog's Eye View.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I listened to You're Living All Over Me this morning for the first time in memory; I am obviously an excellent bellwether for all that is trendy. Are we about ready for a Ducks Deluxe revival? Cause that's on right now.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

deadeye dick

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The Soup Dragons.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Pointer Sisters

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve Salas Colorcode

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

bootsauce

(xpost dl take back that pointer sisters diss!)

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

the fugs

― Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Kingston Trio

― W i l l (common_person), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

K-Ci and JoJo

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

come on mark, you know those people don't really like the Pointer Sisters.

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Jordy

― Nostalgia for the Old Cineramadome (Ben Boyer), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Darius Rucker solo album

― Count Elvin Framingham, Friday, 12 November 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

The Nixons

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

haha jordy

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:17 (twenty-one years ago)

3 Doors Down.

The Toadies.

Better Than Ezra.

― cdwill, Friday, 12 November 2004 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Scatman
Mungo Jerry
Barnes & Barnes

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The Shaggs

― darin (darin), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

bootsauce

hahaha mark!!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Wolf Eyes

― kaiser wilhelm, Friday, 12 November 2004 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Live

― briania (briania), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

The Edgar Broughton Band

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

The Flaming Lips, imho

― Jody, Friday, 12 November 2004 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Post-"Bends" Radiohead.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Autechre are hit and miss.

Can't say I grit my teeth for Radiohead, perhaps for 'Amnesiac', but not the rest.

― latetotheparty (latetotheparty), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Fiery Furnaces
Late-period Elliot Smith
The Arcade Fire
Super Furry Animals
U2
Trachtenburg Family Players (they're the WORST)
Old 97s
Wilco

― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.petaenespanol.com/celeb/page/Morrissey.jpg

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh man, The Fugs and The Edgar Broughton Band are truly wonderful. Also, The Flaming Lips, Fiery Furnaces and Super Furry Animals, whilst I understand why many people dislike them, are far too pop to have anyone thinking they should be in this category. What's difficult about them?

I don't really get the whole pretending to like something because it's trendy idea, but I'd say maybe LCD Soundsystem. I enjoyed Losing My Edge, but it's not amazing, and everything else I've heard is crap - hipsters, however, cling onto the idea that it's cool. Maybe.

― emil.y (emil.y), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't heard anything by LSD Soundsystem (Freudian slip; I'm leaving it) except "Losing My Edge" which was kinda funny the first three or four times.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, and The Shaggs are great too, but they certainly couldn't be played at just any time, in any mood.

― emil.y (emil.y), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

MORrissey. Just painful these days.

― latetotheparty (latetotheparty), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is taking a turn back to the serious and I don't much like it.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Nobody really likes The Shaggs. They just think they do.

― darin (darin), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

even I don't like The Shaggs.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is taking a turn back to the serious and I don't much like it.

i was sure that the trendsters would understand, what with their armbands and such.

― Count Elvin Framingham, Friday, 12 November 2004 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

the smith's

― 6335, Friday, 12 November 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

those "live stronger" anti-cancer bands. hate 'em

― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Friday, 12 November 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Brian Wilson

― Soukesian, Friday, 12 November 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Prince

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Friday, 12 November 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

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Pointer Sisters, a band people try to grit their teeth and pretend to like? (A call out to Dominique)

EXPLAIN!

Granted, I don't think they were the most outstanding female R&B group ever, but for The Pointer Sisters (1973), Steppin' (1975), and moments on Energy (1978), they should be highly commended and re-examined.

"How Long (Betcha Gotta Chick On The Side)" is one of the greatest R&B/funk jams ever... period. Serene, dynamic, perfect. (Daddino, I can dropload this bomb to ya for your CDRGO if you want.)

Ignoring the above, "He's So Shy" and "Automatic" are also great singles... (I'm a bit tired of "I'm So Excited" and "Jump" myself, and they've released a lot more to ignore since...granted, once again)

But Pointer Sisters being a band "people try to grit their teeth and pretend to like"? I don't think any record stores carry Pointer Sisters CDs anymore... where's the peer pressure cabal that I've been missing here?

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 13 November 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Re Yellow wristbands:

You just need to get a black wristband and join the Disco Nihilist Tobacco Farmer Relief Fund. With your purchase of a black wristband we will use 100% of the proceeds to buy cigarettes for kids in grades 6-8 to help get them started on a long career of pure pleasure. With Everybody crying about the cancer risks, no one is looking out for all the destitute farmers that have had their lives destroyed by the holier-than-thou anti-smoking crusaders.

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Saturday, 13 November 2004 04:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I popped into Other Music today just to kill a few minutes and they were playing something that LITERALLY made me grit my teeth -- it was honestly painful to listen to. I should've asked who it was that I may have included their illustrious name here.

Failing that, I'm going to cite Scout Niblett.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 13 November 2004 04:51 (twenty-one years ago)

every time Scout Niblett is mentioned an angel loses it's wing. ooops.

― cs appleby (cs appleby), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Ever time Scout Niblett's records are played, a jackalope is bludgeoned by a ball peen hammer wielding hobgobln.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:54 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahahaha

― Hi, I am a genius. a big one. (AaronHz), Saturday, 13 November 2004 06:18 (twenty-one years ago)

that was even funnier when I misread it as:
a jackalope is bludgeoned by a ball peen hammer wielding a hobgoblin.

― Hi, I am a genius. a big one. (AaronHz), Saturday, 13 November 2004 06:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't understand.

the pointer sisters ruled.

― reo, Saturday, 13 November 2004 06:30 (twenty-one years ago)

When were the Pointer Sisters "trendy", though?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 13 November 2004 06:36 (twenty-one years ago)

...was it circa their camoes on the "Love Boat" when Isaac convinced them to give up their jobs as chamber maids and embrace music?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 13 November 2004 06:37 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, come on, the Pointer Sisters have been all the rage recently over at the Pitchfork News room and The Wire board meetings! Shuh!

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 13 November 2004 07:17 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

Gene Loves Jezebel

― Richard Wood Johnson, Thursday, 2 August 2007 16:49 (eighteen years ago)

Pointer Sisters, a band people try to grit their teeth and pretend to like? (A call out to Dominique)

hahaha that was a joke! I thought this was a joke thread

― Dominique, Thursday, 2 August 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

My Chemical Romance of course. I like a lot of their stuff, but I suspect that many people out there who write about music / play music have to do a lot of pretending.

Beyonce. Pointless. Yes, I know, ban humansuit.

― humansuit, Thursday, 2 August 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

I can't stand Gene Loves Jezebel.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 2 August 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

Please, people -- on what distant planet are (or were ever) Gene Loves Jezebel trendy?

― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

Ever time Scout Niblett's records are played, a jackalope is bludgeoned by a ball peen hammer wielding hobgobln.

Wow.

― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

I'm sure many DJs hate Daddy Yankee as well, there's another one.

― humansuit, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:08 (eighteen years ago)

I'm sure many human beings with fully functioning ears hate Daddy Yankee. As well they should.

― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah but speaking to the particular audience that would be expected to pretend that Daddy Yankee is so worthy of being played all the fucking time when in your heart you want to puke. Or in your mouth.

― humansuit, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:11 (eighteen years ago)

reggaeton in general.

― Jordan Sargent, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

I know, man -- my neighborhood is full of these Puerto Rican hipsters acting like they like reggaeton, but if you looked on their iPods it'd be all Billy Bragg and Barry Manilow.

― nabisco, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

fiery furnances

― delta88, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:29 (eighteen years ago)

O please. xpost.

― humansuit, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

that's crazy cause all the white hipsters i know pretend to like billy bragg and barry manilow but if you look on their ipods its all yomo and don omar.

― Jordan Sargent, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

various "extreme" metal groups.

― rockapads, Thursday, 2 August 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

Mentioning SFA, Brian Wilson, Klaatu and Flaming Lips in the same thread as Modern Talking is a crime towards music.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 2 August 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

And you just did it in the same sentence!

― Mark G, Thursday, 2 August 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

Since when are extreme metal groups trendy at all, except for about three months at the end of '06?

― Bill Magill, Thursday, 2 August 2007 20:56 (eighteen years ago)

and now your entire human existence has been invalidated thanks to something you absent-mindedly posted on the internet. i hope you don't ever try to run for office. xpost

― Richard Wood Johnson, Thursday, 2 August 2007 20:58 (eighteen years ago)

Geir also did it in the same line, which I believe is grounds for group spanking in many cultures.

― humansuit, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

What a scary image.

― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 2 August 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

Spank humansuit.

― The Reverend, Thursday, 2 August 2007 22:02 (eighteen years ago)

We'll do a circlespank then but I'm not behind Geir.

― humansuit, Thursday, 2 August 2007 22:04 (eighteen years ago)

Yomo & Don Omar >>>>>>>>>>>> Billy Bragg & Barry Manilow

Puerto Ricans OTM.

― The Reverend, Thursday, 2 August 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

The Fall. The Fall. The Fall.

― j-rock, Friday, 3 August 2007 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

― marmotwolof, Friday, 3 August 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

This is totally putting words in his mouth, but I think when the dude says "extreme metal groups" he means bands like Mastodon, Isis, Pig Destroyer, etc. that somehow managed to break out of the pack and get lots of love from Pitchfork and other hipster venues, thus making them trendy for a time. And I can totally see how those bands might be somewhat hard to listen to for people who aren't normally into metal. But that's just my guess.

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 3 August 2007 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

You hipster false-metal lover. Oh wait.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 August 2007 02:40 (eighteen years ago)

DEATH TO FALSE METAL

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 3 August 2007 02:42 (eighteen years ago)

asia
toto
saga

― gershy, Friday, 3 August 2007 03:48 (eighteen years ago)

Asiatotosaga = Hototosigu

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 August 2007 03:48 (eighteen years ago)

esiguesputnick

― gershy, Friday, 3 August 2007 03:58 (eighteen years ago)

all the visibly wilting boyfriends and girlfriends dragged to a red house painters show i went to once to thread!

"oh yeah that last 15 minute dirge filled with suicidal bleating was awesome, honey!" (AHHHHHHHHHHHH SOMEBODY KILL ME NOW!!!)

― scott seward, Friday, 3 August 2007 04:10 (eighteen years ago)

This thread makes very little sense.

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 3 August 2007 12:41 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

black crowes

― Shushtari (res), Thursday, 9 October 2008 02:41 (seventeen years ago)

that band from that movie.

you know, the sensitive ones.

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"The Swell Season"

― staggerlee, Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:18 (seventeen years ago)

Even though I like one of their songs ("Last Cigarette") my #1 vote still goes to Dramarama.

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 9 October 2008 06:10 (seventeen years ago)

The White Stripes

― KyleKyle, Friday, 10 October 2008 03:45 (seventeen years ago)

ps. i seriously just watched Jordy's Dur Dur D'etre Bebe last fucking night.

― KyleKyle, Friday, 10 October 2008 03:47 (seventeen years ago)

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