Talk:Indie (culture)

message: Uh, none of the bands mentioned in the article are, in fact, indie bands. (The Strokes? The Libertines? The Kinks? Pixies? LOL no) They're all with major labels. Hell, indie is not even a genre. So please, if you're going to write about it, make sure you know what you're writing about.
:Indie is a genre now. When you can describe what an indie band "should sound like", and record companies label music as indie, then indie is a genre. The movement that was once about rejection of genres has become one itself. Heavy Metal Cellisttalkcontribs
:: Agreed. "Indie" is no longer used to simply mean "signed to an independent label". If that was the case, this article would not exist. As it is, The Strokes, The Libertines, The Kinks and many other major-label artists are indeed considered "indie," insofar as indie is now a genre and a subculture. FiendishThingie (talk) 16:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whoever wrote this article is an idiot 

message: I can't tell that this entire article isn't original research.  Do we have any reliable sources describing the "Indie culture" that we could cite?  That list of external links at the bottom does basically nothing towards verifiability - see reliable sources again.  Surely someone's documented "Indie" from a sociological perspective and published their work.  If not, we don't get to do so here first. -GTBacchus(talk) 19:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there a single verifiable fact in this article? 

message: It should probably be mentioned on this article that the term and the culture itself of INDIE has become mainstream, and is rampant in mainstream/media vocabularly for "cool" or "different". Indie as far as I know from a popular culture sense is the equivalent to what Punk is today. Piecraft 01:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oh the IRONY! 

message: I agree with the editor who put a merge message on the Indie kids article. Most of the content in that article was not up to Wikipedia standard, for facts and writing style. After deleting all the substandard content, the article became just a stub. It should be merged into Indie (culture).Spylab 14:58, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging Indie Kids here

message: I noticed the lack of reference to written materials of the indie scene.  Such as independently owned and operated bookstores, independent newspapers, etc.  You know, real culture. 66.57.225.77 06:54, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Books?

message: it's really hilarious, but quite clear that this article http://www.houseofemo.com/fashion-guide/emo-fashion-whores-check-out-these-bitchin-shoes.html certainly supports no claim about the individuality about indie -- it is either a piece of irony or demonstrates the massive conformity of this culture (no, i'm not going to do the necessary investigation to find out which) so either way it is quite clear that it should not be used in this manner —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.241.172.163 (talk) 15:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  this is ludicrous 

message: To whom ever has wrote this article.
You need to be put in your place on this topic.
Indie music is the sole purpose of being "indiependent" or "underground" so to speak.
Bands in the early 80's and 90's started out the indie music scene such i.e built to spill
For a real short lesson in Indie Music.
For the comment below me, you are correct, indie is not a genre.
Its a label for indipendent record compaines that sign on bands starting from nothing and making their way through creativity, skill, smarts, good music in a higher sense. 
Bands such as The Kooks/Artic Monkeys/The Shins are not "indie" at all.
Because on I-tunes or MTV whatever stupid mainstream shit you look up to find new and good bands on, say their "indie" THEY ARE NOT.
You don't desereve to know anything more about this subject becuase you have already shown you are a complete idiot who knows nothing about this subject. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Follie (talk • contribs) 18:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indie music discpription is not in face a discprition of the Indie Music Scene/cultrue at all! 

message: Apart from looking like it was written by some 'hipster' the article is 100% original research, unimportant and polemical, and should give way to the indie (music) genre.86.133.101.176 (talk) 20:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. This article doesn't come close to describing a so-called indie culture, or proving that a specific culture with that name even exists.The only section that has a little bit of substance is the music section, which has its own article anyway.Spylab (talk) 14:05, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I third that. It's complete nonsense. Can't see it surviving AfD.--Michig (talk) 14:13, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

text: I agree.  That makes sense to me. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 23:36, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 01:24, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Article should be deleted