Anti-hipster music?
August 12, 2009 7:32 AM Subscribe
Can anyone name good or funny songs that hate on hipsters or hipsterdom? Looking to use it in a movie edit.
Mentions of Williamsburg, PBR, or indie rock bands a definite plus.
Mentions of Williamsburg, PBR, or indie rock bands a definite plus.
Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols
posted by corey flood at 7:45 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by corey flood at 7:45 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
BLAST! Disregard the previous, I mentioned the wrong song. (woe is still awesome though)
I meant Admit It!! by Say Anything
posted by xdeliriumx at 7:54 AM on August 12, 2009 [2 favorites]
I meant Admit It!! by Say Anything
posted by xdeliriumx at 7:54 AM on August 12, 2009 [2 favorites]
JEFFREY LEWIS - 'WILLIAMSBURG WILL OLDHAM HORROR'
Wow I never made it to the end of that song before. It gets pretty weird nsfw at the back end.
posted by sully75 at 7:55 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Wow I never made it to the end of that song before. It gets pretty weird nsfw at the back end.
posted by sully75 at 7:55 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
I found all these songs through Hype Machine which means you can stroll over there and find all these tracks all free and streaming styles. Also, marvel at the irony of songs making fun of hipsters being on hypem.
Little Foot Long Foot - King Hipster ("you'd think that you were homeless if your girlfriend didn't insist that you bathe")
Grip Plyaz - Fuck Dat Hipster Shit (pretty generic hip-pop track but they do repeat the title of the song ad nauseum. "You think I skateboard, you think I'm in school, if you believe that, then you're a damn fool...I don't ride bikes, I'm too damn cool, and I ain't new to this, homes, I'm from the old school")
posted by Juliet Banana at 8:07 AM on August 12, 2009
Little Foot Long Foot - King Hipster ("you'd think that you were homeless if your girlfriend didn't insist that you bathe")
Grip Plyaz - Fuck Dat Hipster Shit (pretty generic hip-pop track but they do repeat the title of the song ad nauseum. "You think I skateboard, you think I'm in school, if you believe that, then you're a damn fool...I don't ride bikes, I'm too damn cool, and I ain't new to this, homes, I'm from the old school")
posted by Juliet Banana at 8:07 AM on August 12, 2009
Oddly, the first two to come to mind are by what would be considered hipster bands, and well known ones at that (products of NYC hipsterdom): LCD soundsystem Losing My Edge, and Art Star by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
You could go for something like "Part Time Punks" by the Television Personalities, which is pretty funny (although dated and directed at "poser" punks instead of hipsters). This one is fun!
Really though, any music specifically talking about indie, Williamsburg, or "hipsterdom" will necessarily be from the hipster canon. The irony will be on so many levels you will get bored thinking about it.
posted by molecicco at 8:08 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
You could go for something like "Part Time Punks" by the Television Personalities, which is pretty funny (although dated and directed at "poser" punks instead of hipsters). This one is fun!
Really though, any music specifically talking about indie, Williamsburg, or "hipsterdom" will necessarily be from the hipster canon. The irony will be on so many levels you will get bored thinking about it.
posted by molecicco at 8:08 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Common People by Pulp (kinda)
posted by TheOtherGuy at 8:09 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by TheOtherGuy at 8:09 AM on August 12, 2009
corey flood wins. Here are the lyrics: "Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols
posted by joelhunt at 8:09 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by joelhunt at 8:09 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Common People is a good call. So is the Dead Milkmen (that'll get you some cred).
posted by molecicco at 8:13 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by molecicco at 8:13 AM on August 12, 2009
Seconding Dandy Warhols. And here's link to the video if, like me, anyone else needs to hear it once reminded of its existence. Such an earworm.
It doesn't sound like it's right for your purposes, but to me, "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" by LCD Soundsystem is the ultimate anti-hipster song. I think it might be a highly personal reading of it, though.
posted by EvaDestruction at 8:17 AM on August 12, 2009
It doesn't sound like it's right for your purposes, but to me, "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" by LCD Soundsystem is the ultimate anti-hipster song. I think it might be a highly personal reading of it, though.
posted by EvaDestruction at 8:17 AM on August 12, 2009
So the Bob Hillman song "Everyone's an artist in New York" is one of the most biting attacks on Brooklyn hipsterdom I know. It's pretty amazing.
posted by allen.spaulding at 8:18 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by allen.spaulding at 8:18 AM on August 12, 2009
Er, I think the title is Everyone's An Actor in New York. My bad.
posted by allen.spaulding at 8:19 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by allen.spaulding at 8:19 AM on August 12, 2009
Came in here to suggest Bohemian Like You, but it's already been done several times over. So, yeah, that one.
And molecicco, no one writes songs making fun of hipsters as often as hipsters themselves, because no one thinks about hipsters as often as hipsters think about themselves.
posted by oinopaponton at 8:34 AM on August 12, 2009
And molecicco, no one writes songs making fun of hipsters as often as hipsters themselves, because no one thinks about hipsters as often as hipsters think about themselves.
posted by oinopaponton at 8:34 AM on August 12, 2009
Maybe not exactly what you're looking for but:
Molly Lewis: "MyHope"
MC Frontalot: "Indier than thou" and "I hate your blog"
posted by beautifulstuff at 8:37 AM on August 12, 2009
Molly Lewis: "MyHope"
MC Frontalot: "Indier than thou" and "I hate your blog"
posted by beautifulstuff at 8:37 AM on August 12, 2009
The Cribs - Hey Scenesters or Mirror Kissers
posted by elsietheeel at 8:37 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by elsietheeel at 8:37 AM on August 12, 2009
it's a bit old, but Trash by Robyn Hitchcock is pretty apt.
posted by scruss at 8:37 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by scruss at 8:37 AM on August 12, 2009
I was going to suggest The Cribs - Hey Scenesters, but Mirror Kissers is probably better.
posted by yeti at 8:44 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by yeti at 8:44 AM on August 12, 2009
Sensitive Artist - King Missle
posted by thadman at 8:49 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by thadman at 8:49 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
If you really want to go old skool, the names have changed, but the sentiment's the same: Steely Dan's Showbiz Kids.
posted by immlass at 8:59 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by immlass at 8:59 AM on August 12, 2009
Battle of Who Could Care Less by Ben Folds Five is also kind of old school but fills the bill, I think.
posted by pasici at 9:04 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by pasici at 9:04 AM on August 12, 2009
I second the MC Lars - Hipster Girl recommendation!
posted by ninjakins at 9:06 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by ninjakins at 9:06 AM on August 12, 2009
Another suggestion from Ben Folds Five would be Underground.
posted by fings at 9:08 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by fings at 9:08 AM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Similar concept, different genre: Instant Club Hit (aka She'll Dance to Anything) by the Dead Milkmen.
posted by 8dot3 at 9:08 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by 8dot3 at 9:08 AM on August 12, 2009
A little dated, but still just about right: I'm Hip, Dave Frishberg. The cool kids today all listen to 60's comedian-musicians on vinyl; my Rusty Warren collection has the guys from the bicycle shop coming over every night after Chelsey Lately.
posted by AzraelBrown at 9:12 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by AzraelBrown at 9:12 AM on August 12, 2009
This isn't quitewhat you're looking for, I don't think, but I'm going to share regardless:
"Performance" by MCSpandX, which contains the lines "all these hipsters think they're so tricky / with their messenger bag on the back of their fixie" and "you think it makes you look like a courier / it really just makes you look girlier".
posted by alynnk at 9:17 AM on August 12, 2009
"Performance" by MCSpandX, which contains the lines "all these hipsters think they're so tricky / with their messenger bag on the back of their fixie" and "you think it makes you look like a courier / it really just makes you look girlier".
posted by alynnk at 9:17 AM on August 12, 2009
Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
Talk about old school.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 9:42 AM on August 12, 2009
Talk about old school.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 9:42 AM on August 12, 2009
Art School by Clique Claque is a catchy parody of the Rhode Island School of Design.
posted by lunit at 9:42 AM on August 12, 2009
posted by lunit at 9:42 AM on August 12, 2009
Alright..I clicked in to suggest You'll Dance To Anything, but when it was already mentioned I thought, hey, Bohemian Like You... but somebody said that, too.
So. I'm going to go with Dismemberment Plan, "Doing The Standing Still".
Oh whoa-oh, in Fargo, six or seven kids
Watched the Plan in a strip-mall
I thought they were bored out of their skulls
But it turns out they were having a ball, uh-huh
Oh whoa-oh, well I finally knew
They were doing a brand-new step everybody isn't moving to
And they're doing the standing still
posted by redsparkler at 10:56 AM on August 12, 2009
So. I'm going to go with Dismemberment Plan, "Doing The Standing Still".
Oh whoa-oh, in Fargo, six or seven kids
Watched the Plan in a strip-mall
I thought they were bored out of their skulls
But it turns out they were having a ball, uh-huh
Oh whoa-oh, well I finally knew
They were doing a brand-new step everybody isn't moving to
And they're doing the standing still
posted by redsparkler at 10:56 AM on August 12, 2009
The Butterfly Collector by the Jam (and covered by Garbage) is a scathing take on scenesters/groupies (it was allegedly written about Sue Catwoman specifically).
posted by scody at 12:37 PM on August 12, 2009
posted by scody at 12:37 PM on August 12, 2009
Once upon a time i did a song called "White Stripes Record" (mp3) (lyrics). It mentions williamsburg, several bands, but somehow does not reference PBR. It is very close to what you describe, though.
posted by snofoam at 1:46 PM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by snofoam at 1:46 PM on August 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
2ding: Bohemian Like You, Doing the Standing Still (except now scenesters flail around like they're on acid and bash into bystanders instead of of standing still), and Common People.
Busdriver also has many songs that are pretty scathing towards hipsters and elites of all sorts.
I may be back, because having been a college radio DJ, I feel like I must know of some more songs that are anti-hipster. But of course, it may just be that I should write a song that is anti-scenester due to putting up with them for so long. ;-)
posted by ishotjr at 5:00 PM on August 12, 2009
Busdriver also has many songs that are pretty scathing towards hipsters and elites of all sorts.
I may be back, because having been a college radio DJ, I feel like I must know of some more songs that are anti-hipster. But of course, it may just be that I should write a song that is anti-scenester due to putting up with them for so long. ;-)
posted by ishotjr at 5:00 PM on August 12, 2009
It's about 80s/90s alt-rock rather than today's crop, but Sebadoh's 'Gimme Indie Rock' does pretty much what you're looking for.
posted by anagrama at 7:28 AM on August 13, 2009
posted by anagrama at 7:28 AM on August 13, 2009
Also going to say King Hipster by Little Foot Long Foot - great tune!
posted by swrittenb at 7:51 PM on August 13, 2009
posted by swrittenb at 7:51 PM on August 13, 2009
Artsy by Living Legends might be exactly what you are looking for.
posted by cjemmott at 1:23 PM on August 14, 2009
posted by cjemmott at 1:23 PM on August 14, 2009
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posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 7:34 AM on August 12, 2009 [4 favorites]