Indie Novelty Rock

"Calvin Johnson has ruined rock for an entire generation" by Alan Licht.

also

"Alan Licht has ruined rock for an entire generation" by Free Kitten.

"Just Gimme Indie Rock" by Sebadoh. (i'm ashamed)

and of course

"Winnipeg '64" by thee evaporators. although this song managed to transcend novelty hit status to reach what many consider "THE BEST SONG OF ALL TIME". a canadian history lesson, a study of neil young, and closing words that flip off acdc: "i cut down a palm tree and it landed on its baacccckkkkkk." (ref: "74 jailbreak")

Also that song about John Kettley is a weather man

That Irish band from cork - Sultans of Ping - Where's me jumper? or something daft like that?

Does the name have to be in the title, or can it be in the lyrics? Then all kinds of thing could be allowed. 'That phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust', 'Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"', 'Well! You could have belonged to Steve Earle', 'Listening to Arthur Lee records', etc.

But even those are not 'indie' references - is that a disqualifcation?

Transvision Vamp: 'Andy Warhol Is Dead' and 'Hanging Out With Halo Jones'. But I suppose they don't count cos they're not pop refs proper?

This is a fascinating topic but I am not 100% on the 'ground' 'rules'. As you can see. I think I have managed to score precisely nul points.

"A spooky tone on a fender bass they played less notes and left more space stayed kinda still, looked kinda shy kinda far away, kinda dignified how in the world were they making that sound? Velvet Underground."

I forgot it was Teen Anthem's who also did "Welsh Bands Suck" - which was on the A-side of 'I Hate Oasis'. Hence two of the smiles I got from said single probably came from the B-Side. I believe Teen Anthems also did "Paul Weller Is The Anti-Christ" - a sentiment difficult to disagree with even if the proof is more than shaky.

I've always considered the House Of Loves "The Beatles And The Stones" as a novelty record. Especially with the unsubstantiated rumours of them sucking the marrow out of bones. Possibly one of Ned's bad movies in that. ("Scream as the mop-topped chartbusters drain the very life force from teenage fans!")

Further cross-breeding between songs already mentioned - that thing Peel used to play years ago called "You Suck" which went through almost the entire VU: "You suck / Lou Reed sucks / Sterling Morrison sucks / John Cale sucks / And he's Welsh!". No idea who it was by, though. Bleedin' indie music.

See also: The Runny Noses' "I Stood Behind, And Slightly To The Left Of, Matt Haynes In A Lift" and A Teddy With One Arm's "My Cousin Uses The Same Sub-Post Office As Paul Haig (Or Used To, Before He Moved. Haig That Is - My Cousin's Still There)".

tullycraft have a song called "pop songs you new boyfriend´s too stupid to know about" helen love have a lots of those songs...

flipper´s guitar have lots of references to eighties scottish pop like aztec camera, orange juice and more...

...and tony boy (monty) have written a song called "i like flipper´s guitar"

...don´t remember more...

goodbye our pastels badges is a great song...

*Much* *Much* worse than "My Boyfriend's Learning Karate" by The Headcoatees.

"I finally met Michael Stipe, he touched me on my arm ... Sophia Coppola looked at me, I didn't know what the hell to do .. [the chorus went] Michael Stiiipe, eye to eye .. Michael Stiipe, and I die tonight" or something like that

And he name-drops a bunch of other stars and paparazzi. The whole point, I guess, is to satirize a fallen star of indie iconography. But the song just wasn't that interesting, and came across as a petty swipe to me, not much different from the Stone Temple Pilots/Smashing Pumpkins lines in Pavement's "Range Life." The whole idea was undermined anyways by P's star-status -- besides being formed by Butthole Surfer Haynes, they had Johnny Depp on bass & guitar. Talk about the pot not seeing its reflection in the kettle ..

but maybe they got a karmic shock in return. They were playing the song live at the Viper Room, and River Phoenix was in attendance -- he'd never heard the song before, and it name-drops him as well. He died on the sidewalk outside, while they were playing ..

chris.

"Everywhere I Go I Hear the Go-gos" by Phranc. But that's probably too old to be considered proper Indie.

All time greatest indie novelty, though, is the Freshies' "I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk," closely followed by their own "I Can't Get 'Bouncing Babies' By The Teardrop Explodes."

indie schmindie getting arsey about schmindie that wants to be rock.

http://stage.vitaminic.com/the_hector_collectors

and the website is- hector collectors.co.uk

Mugnnnnnnnn!

"They don't play ZAPPA... they don't play BEEFHEART... they don't play CAAAN... they don't play THE RESIDENTS..."

(And no you can't. They had a bass player.)

"She Thinks She's Edith Head"

I thought it was Claudia Brücken.

Mentions Johnny Cigaretts and Steven Wells... fuck, what was this?

darren out of hefner's new band the french have a song called 'the wu-tang clan' it is the twee-est thing ever!!!

not really about the flaming lips, though they are namechecked. also, not very good.

also:

tv personalities - where's bill grundy now?
sonic youth - under the influence of the jesus and mary chain

and there's a spanish band called the tea servants that had a minor local hit with a song called 'i wanna be jay jay johansson'.

oh yes, i remember that. i think that might have been the reason i purchsed the album...

'stephen pastel...raymond mcginley...'

and some others..

also, the tv personalities did one called 'i know where syd barrett lives' but i don't suppose that counts as an indie-reference. although - fey vocals; guitar-crunchy weirdness (that's a Technical Term); burned out after two albums - syd might have been indie before his time.

the aislers set - been hiding ('please help me, dan treacy')

i believe someone also did a song called 'i know where dan treacy lives'. not sure who, though.

As yet unmentioned: The Flaming Lips' "Thank You Jack White For the Fiber-Optic Jesus". I'm waiting for Wayne and Jack and Beck to form some kind of inane Indie/College Rock Traveling Wilburys.

anyone have any idea of what i'm talking about?

DO they have to be about other minor indie celebs? What about novelty tracks that are just silly things, like that "Detachable Penis" song, etc?