Punk Snobbery
 

I went to an indie club the other day, was the only punk rocker in there, was mostly students and trendy types. Didnt feel that welcome at first, but started dancing with everyone to babyshambles, rakes and that. The DJ put the Ramones and the The Stooges on, and I really got into it, some indies got really pissed off at my dancing, and I couldnt have been hurting them cos im tiny and they were massive. I always thought indie types were alright, butsome toher indie guys stood up for me and that and nothing came of it.

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Highschool is over, labels are overated.

Stick with your own kind, outsider.

beat them up.

They have indie clubs? Thats kinda gross.

Um.



Alright.

I get glared at at the local coffee shop if I go there too late at night, because all the cool indie, emo, and crustpunk kids take over. I do not comply.

Back in the day (8th grade) I used to go this local coffee shop that had a lot of local punk/ska bands play there. Even though I wasn't all decked out like a punk (I wasn't at all, infact), people still welcomed me and would strike up conversation with me. I felt very at home there.

[QUOTE=asdf]crustpunk[/QUOTE]

I laughed at that word.

But seriously, every genre of music has its elitist as[size=2]s[/size]holes.

Death to Punks.

[QUOTE=Sam]They have indie clubs? Thats kinda gross.[/QUOTE]

yeah, they're massively homosexual

[QUOTE=Wanker]But seriously, every genre of music has its elitist as[size=2]s[/size]holes.[/QUOTE]
You speak the truth.

lawl u r a st00pid punx git da fux out

I do not dance, nor do I leave home on my own free will.

So I wouldn't know.

for some reason the word "Snobbery" reminds me of the word "Shrubbery"

I originally read the thread title as "Punk Shrubbery" and I was like "cool".

There are elitists where ever you go, and where ever you go, you ignore them.

[QUOTE=Zesty Mordant]for some reason the word "Snobbery" reminds me of the word "Shrubbery"

I originally read the thread title as "Punk Shrubbery" and I was like "cool".[/QUOTE]

DIY.

..You did put on some deodorant, did you? Dem clubbers got some good noses.

I never realized that indie kidz danced. I thought it was more of a head nod/mope.

You were doing the Robot weren't you?
That's why they didn't like you. I guess people just don't understand that Indie kids love the Robot. I mean, I can't blame you. Ramone + The Robot = Good Times.
F*ck what they think, you do the Robot to your hearts content. I won't judge you.....much.

[QUOTE=GimmeSlack12]You were doing the Robot weren't you?
That's why they didn't like you. I guess people just don't understand that Indie kids love the Robot. I mean, I can't blame you. Ramone + The Robot = Good Times.
F*ck what they think, you do the Robot to your hearts content. I won't judge you.....much.[/QUOTE]

You're really weird, but not very funny.

I know it's already been said but it can't be said enough. Labels are stupid.
For example, just because I like Pearl Jam a lot doesn't mean I only like bands MTV force fed the nation in the early 90s. I am sure that because I am open about my Pearl Jam fanboyism, many people assume that I am ignorant of less popular acts, which is false.

I'm suprised 'indie kid' is even a label. Do they really exist? There are none in my town.

Most "indie kids" I know are self-proclaimed as such. For example, my roommate's friend wears nothing but David Byrne t-shirts. I asked him why and he told me it was because he is "indie".

I hate punk snobbery. It's almost an oxymoron (if you know yer punk).

I've always had some strand of musical snobbery in me, but it's dying down. Indie clubs are places that should not be entered. Them and hardcore-oriented clubs are big no no's.

To be honest, I think the DJ has a few questions to answer. If the people in there get all arsey around punks, then why is the DJ playing music like the Ramones?

[QUOTE=Zesty Mordant]I originally read the thread title as "Punk Shrubbery" and I was like "cool".[/QUOTE]

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That is a [i]seriously[/i] punk rock shrub.

[QUOTE=Tangy zizzle]Them and hardcore-oriented clubs are big no no's.[/QUOTE]

shut up...

Nah, I'm not gonna. I hate hardcore clubs and any pinko plebe who follows that s[I]h[/I]it.

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:lol:
Awesome.

The sad fact is that all sub genres of what we collectively call 'alternative' tend to be very, very close minded about other sub genres. And woe to the 'alternative' artist who might accidentally hit some commercial success- the result is not unlike watching a nature documentary in which a mother eats her own young. Not a pretty sight. What makes this even more difficult is when different sub genres embrace the same artist as 'one of them'- Sounds like that's what you stumbled into- Punks like the Ramones because they basically invented the form (contrary to what Sex Pistols fans might say); alt. fans like them because they stuck to their collective guns stylistically and never enjoyed commercial success like Blondie, Talking Heads, or some of their other peers. This closed-mindedness in an art form that professes to embrace individual expression and free expression is ironic in the extreme. The only silver lining I can offer you is from my own experience- the true fans of punk in my day (early 80's) tended to embrace all of the above mentioned sub genres- the "posers"- people who were along for the ride because it was cool and trendy- also tended to be the most closed-minded, and tended to be the ones who did the things that happened to you. They eventually go away and join the next allegedly cool trend (line dancing, in the case of the early 80's posers). I couldn't think of a better fate for them.:naughty:

I dress like a chav and therefore undercut all genre boundries :thumb:

[QUOTE=Jonesy]I dress like a chav and therefore undercut all genre boundries :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Sounds good to me!