So who ARE that insufferable indie couple in the new Hyundai TV ads?

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new song OMGZ LOLZ BACON SO FUNNEHZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdEhvS9P1DI

minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:20 (thirteen years ago) link

hey, it was posted today & alraedy has 26k views. gross

*gets the power* (deej), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:24 (thirteen years ago) link

New SONG!! Same VIDEO THUMBNAIL, THOUGH!!

sleepingbag, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:24 (thirteen years ago) link

skip to 2:45 on that

*gets the power* (deej), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:26 (thirteen years ago) link

wish there was a separate counter for HATEviews

hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link

That stupid high-low singing style HAS to be over soon. Please.

VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link

fwiw I think that's by far their best song to date

hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:37 (thirteen years ago) link

old school twee christian marketing still rules. beware of the devil!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhUCQCTZnkk

scott seward, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link

official euroboost theme song

PWN: The Paul Winfield Network (get bent), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 06:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Stop bending over keyboards!

Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 06:01 (thirteen years ago) link

I can't believe Hipster Runoff still hasn't written about these guys.

i probably busted a nut when i was tossing her cookie salad (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 06:18 (thirteen years ago) link

fwiw I think that's by far their best song to date

― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Monday, January 17, 2011 7:37 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

gr8080, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 08:06 (thirteen years ago) link

the downside of the anti-rockist embrace of all things pop is that it leaves little room for for such values

I agree with Pete but I don't agree with this. At all.

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link

In fact it's kind of the most stereotypically "rockist" thing one could possibly say!

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link

who would win in a pomplamoose vs. ok go most annoying indie music video poll

dayo, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 11:29 (thirteen years ago) link

mental health professionals everywhere

bernard snowy, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 11:52 (thirteen years ago) link

In fact it's kind of the most stereotypically "rockist" thing one could possibly say!

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand)

I'd like to see this assertion convincingly defended.

we can only flee in abject horror from yesterday's mistakes (staggerlee), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link

Er, not its "rockistness" but that pop in 2011 leaves room for "the intrinsic social value of a loyal (economic/political) opposition"

we can only flee in abject horror from yesterday's mistakes (staggerlee), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link

No really guys, I kind of like that Bacon song. I don't read it as "lol bacon" but rather a deadpan commentary on the sickness of our country, for which our empty culture can offer no better "remedy" than bacon. The video is like a post-Christmas rec room toy binge to the point of hallucination.

hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link

it seems a lot of those euroboost links and her dad's site are no longer accessible....is she doing a palin???

buzza, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link

okay, which one of you is doing denial of service attacks on the knutsens?

PWN: The Paul Winfield Network (get bent), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link

tbh if i met these people and didn't know who they were i'd probably be like 'oh they're innocuous and straight, where's the tequila?'

tbf explicitly gay albums aren't quite as cultural (the table is the table), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:15 (thirteen years ago) link

ach, won't somebody please answer my damn question posed upthread already- are they xtians or not? is that a bile-driven rumor or is it a fact? I wanna know

the tune is space, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:22 (thirteen years ago) link

well she def comes from missionary xtian family, lived in europe as a teen while parents were "planting" churches. no known indication whether she's still down with jesus tho

buzza, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:29 (thirteen years ago) link

if she is then we should be EXTRA CAREFUL

tbf explicitly gay albums aren't quite as cultural (the table is the table), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:32 (thirteen years ago) link

our whinging might bring down the wrath of skydad

tbf explicitly gay albums aren't quite as cultural (the table is the table), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:33 (thirteen years ago) link

thx for answer, dunno why i care either way (atheistpompla-whosis is no more excusable obviously)

the tune is space, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:34 (thirteen years ago) link

troo xians don't shack up fwiw

gr8080, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:34 (thirteen years ago) link

when i was researchin their lives a couple weeks ago i saw some talk about maybe they were married (semi-secretly?) too lazy to follow up

buzza, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:38 (thirteen years ago) link

yr fallin off, bro

gr8080, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:55 (thirteen years ago) link

¯\(°_o)/¯

buzza, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 07:57 (thirteen years ago) link

In fact it's kind of the most stereotypically "rockist" thing one could possibly say!

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:36 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

yeah, i know it sounds that way, but that's not an intrinsically bad thing, right? would love to hear a good counterargument.

normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 08:31 (thirteen years ago) link

You know who else is xian? AL GREEN.

Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link

how many al green gospel albums do you own?

scott seward, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link

One. How many gospel youtube videos have we had to sit through on this thread?

Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link

just pebbles & bamm bamm, i think.

scott seward, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link

lol @ having to sit through them

nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link

pleasant plains is tied to a chair! help!

scott seward, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link

1. "hipster, yuppie and indie-person are all parts of the same interlocking venn diagram"

I suspect that for most people, yr music-store-nerd-type ILXorz are indistinguishable from these groups. Perhaps part of the rage is people who see a bright line between themselves and the Pamplamoosers, whereas most ordinary citizens would not.

I have it on good authority that some of you have beards; some have -gasp- even worn sweaters. Shit, I have a beard, wear sweaters, and can even play the mandolin! I guess I'd be up against the ILM firing-squad wall too.

2. Drummers without chairs: you mean like pretty much every orchestra ever, like Thompson Twins, or like Stray Cats?

3. Sure, I share a generous portion of eyerolling for whatever is the latest variant of Juno / Garden State / Rushmore / Tenenbaums / Little Miss Whatever. The Quirky Indie soundtracks, the Quirky Indie actors, the Quirky indie viral buzz gets all my Quirky Indie friends excited, but once I discern that "people like me" are the target market for something, it's a major turnoff.

But I recognize that the reason corporations want to market stuff to me - and why they use signifiers that they think will resonate with me - isn't because they're EEVil. It's because I've haphazardly stumbled into being a valuable demographic. One can hardly blame them for trying to chase after the contents of my wallet; that's their job. It's a sign at having "won" at "life," whatever that means.

4. "60s twee is so much more enthusiastic than modern twee!" / "there's something inherently bored about modern twee. detached."

And yet there's equally gleeful hate-ons for people who seem too attached / enthusiastic / emoting, cf. Nickelback. Y'all can just not be satisfied.

5. "people with jobs and kids"

Why the AutoScorn for people with jobs and kids? Bowie, Zappa, Lennon, Dylan, Bonham, Marley had kids.

Ye Mad Puffin, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link

you mean like pretty much every orchestra ever, like Thompson Twins, or like Stray Cats?

nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link

Had to watch all these youtubes to cleanse you of your sins.

Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link

Better you than me...thanks!

earnest goes to camp, ironic goes to ilm (pixel farmer), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link

it seems a lot of those euroboost links and her dad's site are no longer accessible....is she doing a palin???

― buzza, Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:14 PM

!!

am0n, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link

Why the AutoScorn for people with jobs and kids? Bowie, Zappa, Lennon, Dylan, Bonham, Marley had kids.

^ so did Pat Boone

The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link

kids and jobs are lame.

scott seward, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link

cosine

I thought I lived in England (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link

so is church planting

am0n, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link

church planting is a cool job

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link

church hoeing is where it's at tho

I thought I lived in England (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link


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