Abril 21, 2016

You'll be surprised how deep this thing goes.

"How hipster is your musical taste?"

Via Via Metafilter.

22 komento:

Dr Weevil ayon kay ...

Several subgenres I've never heard of, but no bluegrass? That's a relatively basic genre. Fail.

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

The music of the spheres. Just add Bob Dylan's voice.

Grant ayon kay ...

I've had some "Tibetan throat singing" albums (level infinity) since the early 80's, back when NPR discovered Tuva. How hipster is that?

Joel ayon kay ...

no category for opera...

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan ayon kay ...

I am surprised that ambient can get you to level 5. I like ambient, but it is not that different to elevator music.

Nyamujal ayon kay ...

Exactly, how does liking Ambient put you on level 5?
I'd put downtempo, ambient dub, and acid jazz a level below Noise. Free jazz should be a level below noise too.

Nyamujal ayon kay ...

"Semen-operated keyboard (orgasmaclavler)"
Ha!

Paddy O ayon kay ...

treated static. Is that like SimplyNoise? Because I listen to that a lot.

Sebastian ayon kay ...

True, hearing and liking the sound of God now puts you way beyond outcast.

Friendo ayon kay ...

Yes

Char Char Binks, Esq. ayon kay ...

@Dr. Weevil

Maybe they subsumed bluegrass under country and/or folk.

Jaq ayon kay ...

Country has killed Bluegrass, thanks God for the vintage stuff on Spotify.

buwaya ayon kay ...

Mine is 19th century.

Patrick ayon kay ...

I'd be down for some fractal chord mapping.

Danno ayon kay ...

Seeing all of the whining above, it is obvious you guys are not hipsters.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent ayon kay ...

Only at level 2. "Tragically unhip", what's that from?

FullMoon ayon kay ...

Great Headline,-Laslo bait.

Unknown ayon kay ...

@tim in vermont

My wife and her friends refer to Mumford and Sons as bluegrass, which makes me see red.

If the "banjo" part in your song is indistinguishable from what might be done by a sequenced synthesizer, then you're just cosplaying.

Jaq ayon kay ...

There should be an Althouse does a dick joke tag.

Char Char Binks, Esq. ayon kay ...

Listening to Mumford and Sons makes me feel like I'm a moonshiner eluding the sheriff in a mid-tempo car chase.

Sigivald ayon kay ...

Level 6. Who doesn't like dark ambient? (I am completely serious.)

Below that (past field recordings and musique concrete) it's just invented.

More importantly, actual hipsters mostly seem to like more or less ordinary music ... from underground performers.

The stereotypical hipster pretense is to have known about them before they were popular, not to like things that are simply unpopular.

William ayon kay ...

I know and have listened to all the categories in Level 1. Then I'm let. What is dubstep and EDM?.........They say the first sign of getting old is when the cops start looking young. I'd put a disconnect with popular music up there as well.......I think you could probably cultivate an interest in Mozart with more ease and greater profit than an interest in dubstep, but then you wouldn't be hip.

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