the "dink" noise you hear at 0:19 is the sound of the vinyl being dropped clumsily into the sleeve, the perfact way to cause a seam split - the most ugly record sleeve tear that any vaguely fussy record nerd totally hates. seam splits are so ugly!
People who get mad about hipsters have serious self-esteem issues. Seriously, who cares what they think of your taste in music, or what you think of theirs? Like what you like!
labeling people is demeaning and doesn't do anything but promote controversy. but if you self label yourself a hipster it would seem to me that you need comfort in numbers. if nobody liked animal collective, could you, would you? Neutral milk hotel is horrid , I mean the guy can't even record a guitar without it clipping. dude it was intentional. yep alright. but if it does touch at some personal level, good for you. i mean it. good for you. but let it be real. otherwise you only fool yourself.
@dpspac333 as I approach very close to 30, I know I am not immune from the aging process. The difference is, I do not trash everything the new "hipster" kids are into because I was them once.
Ok, so, here's my opinion on "hipsters". Get mad if you want, I don't really care. Hipster isn't a real thing. It's something you call someone who likes music you don't like. It's someone who dresses in a way that annoys you. It's someone who enjoys movies you haven't seen or don't like. It is a general insult, and has no actual manifestation. How do I know this? Because no one's definition of hipster is the same. It's like the word "jerk" or "douche." No actual meaning. So, quit fuckingbitching
There is other music beside Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. But the instant you know remotely anything about music scratching below the surface you're an elitist? I own a record store, and I can't stand 90% of the crap people buy, but it's their preference so whatever. I'm not going to look down on them for what they like. People like what they like. This is a movie. AKA fiction. I and my other friends who run record stores around my state are incredibly helpful & nice. I'm a snob, but in private.
@TheParanoidAndroid1 No, it makes someone a hipster when they are a snob about it, or are in fact not scholarly at all but just close minded and pretentious.
@Feuyaer it is the frustration of the hipster of so many people's inability to see things clearly...that what a hipster describes and lives is that of irony that many so called hipsters do not themselves understand. the mainstream notion that people are snobs because they hate those who don't get it is the very thing that has kept understanding from its own victory. hipsters want you to know why they love or hate something. don't hate a hipster...love them for what you have yet to learn
You posers go brush up on your Spacemen 3/Spectrum/Spiritualized then we can talk. Animal Collective, give me F'in break. Oh, and Brian Jonestown Massacre, you fools.
See, this is was gets me: the description says "...apparently they existed back then too." Yes, they existed, in fact, the "hipster" thing is just the record store loving/Indie Rock thing rehashed, only back then IT MEANT MORE THAN JUST WEARING A UNIFORM. Now, anyone can wear the uniform and they are hip; back then, the uniform came second, and what really mattered was you knew where/how to collect the relevant culture. Today, its all posers. I've been a hipster since 1983!
my record shop there never going to get anything for me.Just got Nine inch nails album thats really hard to get .I love this because its true.Belle and Sebastion o yes).
Dude there's snobbery like this in every decade and in every culture. In every culture, subculture, and counterculture, there are people who are chill and then there are condescending dicks. Accept it and don't get butt hurt about it.
@earsuboat The Hipsters will start listening to Arcade Fire solely for the purpose of not being labeled a hipster. Confused? Let me explain. Usually hipsters would make fun of the NOW mainstream Arcade Fire, but REAL Hipsters don't want to to be labled as Hipsters because "Hipsterism" has become TOO popular and mainstream. Because Arcade Fire is now part of the mainstream, to avoid being labeled a Hipster they will listen to Arcade Fire. Oh the IRONY(The Irony that they often worked towards).
The whole idea of hating on people because they think they're better than others is just self defeating. You think that you're better than them because they think they're better than everyone else. Should the cycle continue? Maybe someone else should make up a name for you guys and make fun of you because you think you're better. I'm just saying, it seems cheap to build a straw man to tear down. And don't stereotype people either, it shows you have little understanding of human complexity.
@samsyt "The whole idea of hating on people because they think they're better than others is just self defeating."
It's not the "thinking" they are better. It's the treating other people like they are better that gives hipsters the snotty/snooty/snobby/elitist stereotype. I can't tell you how many times I've been out to a bar or party and tried to engage some hipsters in conversation and got the lukewarm "who are you and why are you talking to us" vibe.
a true hipster only listens to music of their own creation, then plays it for unsuspecting visitors and claims it to be some obscure artist that very few people have ever heard of.
Animal Collective are a credible band on all accounts. "Vampy weeks pashy pits and MGMT" are all lousy to decent, and will fade away in the shadows of AC. It's not hip to listen to Animal Collective for me, it's invigorating. It makes me feels excited about art, humanity, technology, fresh air, camping, and lots of stuff. Other hipster bands are just party noise.
THEY ARE ABUSING THAT COPY OF 'SAFE AS MILK'. JUST IMAGINE THE PAPER SCUFFS BEING DUG INTO THAT DISC AS HE SLIDES IT IN AND OUT, AND THE CREASES BEING PUT INTO THAT JACKET AS HE HOLDS IT ONE-HANDED FROM THE CORNER
I think the term hipster is too broad, I am by definition a hipster in some respects but I would never label myself as such and hate it when others do because of the stereotypes associated with the current hipster trend. You can listen to vinyl records, be an art major and go to coffee shops without being a hipster you know.
@Bestial1985 lol I'm just saying that with such a carefully planned out explanation of why you're NOT a hipster, full of excuses and what-not is ppprreeettttyyyy hipster
This whole Hipster title is too loosely defined. I've heard 100's of different definitions. All I have to ask is "What is a Hipster?" and i'll get 100 different responses. No one knows-They don't really exhist, then. You just have a strong dislike for SOME kind of person. People just wanna corrall everything they don't like about 20 somthings and throw a label on them for convenience. If you exibit any one of those disliked features, you're then label'd as a hipster. lol So Elementary.
Blah, your description is horrible. I mean I love this movie, but your description of hipsters is so stereotypical. And animal collective? C'mon man, they're an alt. entry level band, everybody knows them, same with vampy weeks pashy pits and MGMT.
@Smeonesmall That's because being a hipster IS a stereotype. A stereotype of a horrible type of person that shouldn't be allowed to exist ;) And the bands you listed are simply garbage bands derivative of the shit music hipsters love to say they're fans of....shitty indie music that tries way too hard to be quirky and deep.
@Feuyaer fuck yeah...I don't make it my job to hate on "hipsters" but I know they are out there...ironically enough, I heard animal collective at coachella and asked myself "who the fuck would call this music and listen to it" I soon enough found out..
@Feuyaer you're right. I'm a hipster...albeit not a terribly hardcore one. I'm the fat type who's too lazy to wear all the required garb. But I can still vouch for the people and say you're right. BTW, anyone who argues against you is a hipster...they'll never admit to it.
You're generalizing indie music so much it makes me sick. The characters in High Fidelity are not hipsters; they are audiophiles, there is a big difference. Audiophiles are concerned solely with listening to music and the state of the music world, Hipsters make an attempt at that but also tie in fashion and counter-culture. Nowhere Does John Cusack or Jack Black's character put on a pair of tight jeans or do anything of the things hipsters are supposed to do, you're an idiot.
You sound like a grammar nazi, and your shit attitude and generalization of people you don't even know leads me to believe that you're an asshole. Bye
@Feuyaer What the hell is this shit? How old are you? And why do I have to keep hearing this fucking boring, irritating word "hipster"? SHUT UP. It does not mean anything, either to people who think it's a good thing or to people who think it's a bad thing. Some people, and I think I would include you in this category since you're referring to High Fidelity characters as "hipsters", use it to denigrate anyone with more taste and intelligence than they have or can understand.
@MyPoorHands it doesn't describe taste or intelligence. It refers to either degree of those with a tinge of snobbishness and the belief that they are smarter or more cultured when they are not.
@Smeonesmall No no no no, hipsters are the Coffee House snobs who went to art school. They listen to LCD Soundsystem, Cults, Animal Collective etc. That's hipster. What you are thinking of is High School posers.
@Smeonesmall Only an elitist-hipster-clown would say, "C'mon man, they're an alt. entry level band, everybody knows them." That is what one calls a "one-up," which is what hipsters are constantly attempting to do, one-uping people with sarcastic remarks and smug know-it-all attitudes. Why? Because they are insecure, and this behavior shows it on their sleeve.
@CoolerKing37 It's got John Cusak - it's a hollywood movie. Though, so was Juno, and hipsters love that movie because they think it exemplifies how "quirky" and "unique" they are when really they're all the same.
Agreed. Though it is really strange that the uploader passionately hates hipsters even though they favorited videos with M83, Iron and Wine, The Shins, Cold War Kids, Death Cab for Cutie and a bunch of other indie bands. It could be that whole "homosexual is homophobic because they themselves are gay and don't want to admit it" syndrome.
@Forks22 have your own experience then, or maybe don't get stoned if you want to constructively judge a band. I've seen AC shows that were a bit tame but I always like them because I am excited about the music they make. At a show in 2006 they were insane and played loud, exciting stuff, for a small crowd, and that was awesome.
the "dink" noise you hear at 0:19 is the sound of the vinyl being dropped clumsily into the sleeve, the perfact way to cause a seam split - the most ugly record sleeve tear that any vaguely fussy record nerd totally hates. seam splits are so ugly!
sincerely , a record nerd
drugrocker 4 days ago 2
People who get mad about hipsters have serious self-esteem issues. Seriously, who cares what they think of your taste in music, or what you think of theirs? Like what you like!
ELGELGELG 1 week ago 3
@ELGELGELG
You sir/maam, are truly scholarly and I don't mean that as a jest.
RaphaelDeLaGhetto87 3 days ago
labeling people is demeaning and doesn't do anything but promote controversy. but if you self label yourself a hipster it would seem to me that you need comfort in numbers. if nobody liked animal collective, could you, would you? Neutral milk hotel is horrid , I mean the guy can't even record a guitar without it clipping. dude it was intentional. yep alright. but if it does touch at some personal level, good for you. i mean it. good for you. but let it be real. otherwise you only fool yourself.
amremorse 1 week ago
@ThennyDlux cool story
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@dpspac333 as I approach very close to 30, I know I am not immune from the aging process. The difference is, I do not trash everything the new "hipster" kids are into because I was them once.
Kravis63 1 week ago
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Kravis63 1 week ago
apparently i was a hipster before it was cool
ThennyDlux 2 weeks ago
Ok, so, here's my opinion on "hipsters". Get mad if you want, I don't really care. Hipster isn't a real thing. It's something you call someone who likes music you don't like. It's someone who dresses in a way that annoys you. It's someone who enjoys movies you haven't seen or don't like. It is a general insult, and has no actual manifestation. How do I know this? Because no one's definition of hipster is the same. It's like the word "jerk" or "douche." No actual meaning. So, quit fuckingbitching
DrPhineasFreeman 2 weeks ago 3
There is other music beside Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. But the instant you know remotely anything about music scratching below the surface you're an elitist? I own a record store, and I can't stand 90% of the crap people buy, but it's their preference so whatever. I'm not going to look down on them for what they like. People like what they like. This is a movie. AKA fiction. I and my other friends who run record stores around my state are incredibly helpful & nice. I'm a snob, but in private.
rewind316 2 weeks ago
Seriously, being a music lover and a kind of scholar of it (which many of us are) because we feel passionate about it does not make us hipsters.
TheParanoidAndroid1 2 weeks ago 4
@TheParanoidAndroid1 No, it makes someone a hipster when they are a snob about it, or are in fact not scholarly at all but just close minded and pretentious.
Feuyaer 2 weeks ago
@Feuyaer it is the frustration of the hipster of so many people's inability to see things clearly...that what a hipster describes and lives is that of irony that many so called hipsters do not themselves understand. the mainstream notion that people are snobs because they hate those who don't get it is the very thing that has kept understanding from its own victory. hipsters want you to know why they love or hate something. don't hate a hipster...love them for what you have yet to learn
mickguire 1 week ago
You posers go brush up on your Spacemen 3/Spectrum/Spiritualized then we can talk. Animal Collective, give me F'in break. Oh, and Brian Jonestown Massacre, you fools.
dpspac333 2 weeks ago
See, this is was gets me: the description says "...apparently they existed back then too." Yes, they existed, in fact, the "hipster" thing is just the record store loving/Indie Rock thing rehashed, only back then IT MEANT MORE THAN JUST WEARING A UNIFORM. Now, anyone can wear the uniform and they are hip; back then, the uniform came second, and what really mattered was you knew where/how to collect the relevant culture. Today, its all posers. I've been a hipster since 1983!
dpspac333 2 weeks ago
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Kravis63 2 weeks ago
my record shop there never going to get anything for me.Just got Nine inch nails album thats really hard to get .I love this because its true.Belle and Sebastion o yes).
joebstarsurfer 3 weeks ago
Whatever. I was a hipster before it was cool.
ecatt333 1 month ago
Dude there's snobbery like this in every decade and in every culture. In every culture, subculture, and counterculture, there are people who are chill and then there are condescending dicks. Accept it and don't get butt hurt about it.
idontknough 1 month ago
uh oh, hipster hating has become fashionable.. better start hating hipster haters.
earsuboat 1 month ago 3
@earsuboat The Hipsters will start listening to Arcade Fire solely for the purpose of not being labeled a hipster. Confused? Let me explain. Usually hipsters would make fun of the NOW mainstream Arcade Fire, but REAL Hipsters don't want to to be labled as Hipsters because "Hipsterism" has become TOO popular and mainstream. Because Arcade Fire is now part of the mainstream, to avoid being labeled a Hipster they will listen to Arcade Fire. Oh the IRONY(The Irony that they often worked towards).
MA3POLO 1 month ago
The whole idea of hating on people because they think they're better than others is just self defeating. You think that you're better than them because they think they're better than everyone else. Should the cycle continue? Maybe someone else should make up a name for you guys and make fun of you because you think you're better. I'm just saying, it seems cheap to build a straw man to tear down. And don't stereotype people either, it shows you have little understanding of human complexity.
samsyt 1 month ago 2
@samsyt "The whole idea of hating on people because they think they're better than others is just self defeating."
It's not the "thinking" they are better. It's the treating other people like they are better that gives hipsters the snotty/snooty/snobby/elitist stereotype. I can't tell you how many times I've been out to a bar or party and tried to engage some hipsters in conversation and got the lukewarm "who are you and why are you talking to us" vibe.
What's cool/"deck" about that?
qmulus1 1 month ago 2
a true hipster only listens to music of their own creation, then plays it for unsuspecting visitors and claims it to be some obscure artist that very few people have ever heard of.
y2kbuyusay 1 month ago
Animal Collective are a credible band on all accounts. "Vampy weeks pashy pits and MGMT" are all lousy to decent, and will fade away in the shadows of AC. It's not hip to listen to Animal Collective for me, it's invigorating. It makes me feels excited about art, humanity, technology, fresh air, camping, and lots of stuff. Other hipster bands are just party noise.
aarossell 1 month ago
Whoever posted this description needs to go back to commiting hate crimes and playing football. Sorry we all can't be philistine queens.
Forgetfulknotts 1 month ago
Hey! If we know our music more than others, we have a right to judge!
finalfantasy696969 1 month ago
What do you approve of, great Grand-master Original? What am I allowed to listen to?
Oblivion435 1 month ago
THEY ARE ABUSING THAT COPY OF 'SAFE AS MILK'. JUST IMAGINE THE PAPER SCUFFS BEING DUG INTO THAT DISC AS HE SLIDES IT IN AND OUT, AND THE CREASES BEING PUT INTO THAT JACKET AS HE HOLDS IT ONE-HANDED FROM THE CORNER
newfuckingwave 1 month ago
I think the term hipster is too broad, I am by definition a hipster in some respects but I would never label myself as such and hate it when others do because of the stereotypes associated with the current hipster trend. You can listen to vinyl records, be an art major and go to coffee shops without being a hipster you know.
Bestial1985 1 month ago
@Bestial1985 You totally just proved that you're a hipster
datbishdatuknow 1 month ago
@datbishdatuknow So you're saying you can't listen to vinyl records and be an art major without being a hipster? is that what you're saying huh?
Bestial1985 1 month ago
@Bestial1985 lol I'm just saying that with such a carefully planned out explanation of why you're NOT a hipster, full of excuses and what-not is ppprreeettttyyyy hipster
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This whole Hipster title is too loosely defined. I've heard 100's of different definitions. All I have to ask is "What is a Hipster?" and i'll get 100 different responses. No one knows-They don't really exhist, then. You just have a strong dislike for SOME kind of person. People just wanna corrall everything they don't like about 20 somthings and throw a label on them for convenience. If you exibit any one of those disliked features, you're then label'd as a hipster. lol So Elementary.
ilovesilvia69 1 month ago
Blah, your description is horrible. I mean I love this movie, but your description of hipsters is so stereotypical. And animal collective? C'mon man, they're an alt. entry level band, everybody knows them, same with vampy weeks pashy pits and MGMT.
Smeonesmall 2 months ago 24
@Smeonesmall That's because being a hipster IS a stereotype. A stereotype of a horrible type of person that shouldn't be allowed to exist ;) And the bands you listed are simply garbage bands derivative of the shit music hipsters love to say they're fans of....shitty indie music that tries way too hard to be quirky and deep.
Feuyaer 2 months ago
@Feuyaer fuck yeah...I don't make it my job to hate on "hipsters" but I know they are out there...ironically enough, I heard animal collective at coachella and asked myself "who the fuck would call this music and listen to it" I soon enough found out..
carnagegerman 2 months ago
@Feuyaer you're right. I'm a hipster...albeit not a terribly hardcore one. I'm the fat type who's too lazy to wear all the required garb. But I can still vouch for the people and say you're right. BTW, anyone who argues against you is a hipster...they'll never admit to it.
fatsmcphallus 1 month ago
@Feuyaer name a band you like
VulpinFoxyFinnland 1 month ago
@Feuyaer
You're generalizing indie music so much it makes me sick. The characters in High Fidelity are not hipsters; they are audiophiles, there is a big difference. Audiophiles are concerned solely with listening to music and the state of the music world, Hipsters make an attempt at that but also tie in fashion and counter-culture. Nowhere Does John Cusack or Jack Black's character put on a pair of tight jeans or do anything of the things hipsters are supposed to do, you're an idiot.
NChin241 1 month ago 2
@NChin241 You sound like a hipster, and your grammar leads me to believe that you're an idiot. Bye.
Feuyaer 1 month ago
@Feuyaer
You sound like a grammar nazi, and your shit attitude and generalization of people you don't even know leads me to believe that you're an asshole. Bye
NChin241 1 month ago
@Feuyaer What the hell is this shit? How old are you? And why do I have to keep hearing this fucking boring, irritating word "hipster"? SHUT UP. It does not mean anything, either to people who think it's a good thing or to people who think it's a bad thing. Some people, and I think I would include you in this category since you're referring to High Fidelity characters as "hipsters", use it to denigrate anyone with more taste and intelligence than they have or can understand.
MyPoorHands 2 weeks ago
@MyPoorHands it doesn't describe taste or intelligence. It refers to either degree of those with a tinge of snobbishness and the belief that they are smarter or more cultured when they are not.
Feuyaer 2 weeks ago
@Smeonesmall Hipster
flourviolence91 1 month ago
@Smeonesmall "vampy weeks pashy pits" i giggled
TheAnonynja 1 month ago
@Smeonesmall No no no no, hipsters are the Coffee House snobs who went to art school. They listen to LCD Soundsystem, Cults, Animal Collective etc. That's hipster. What you are thinking of is High School posers.
Bigbobo33 1 month ago
@Bigbobo33 Hipsters don't exist
Smeonesmall 1 month ago
@Smeonesmall YEA! his argument is invalid because those bands are all too mainstream!
mrdeadhead 1 month ago
@Smeonesmall Only an elitist-hipster-clown would say, "C'mon man, they're an alt. entry level band, everybody knows them." That is what one calls a "one-up," which is what hipsters are constantly attempting to do, one-uping people with sarcastic remarks and smug know-it-all attitudes. Why? Because they are insecure, and this behavior shows it on their sleeve.
quikdon 1 month ago
@quikdon I didn't realize you wrote the handbook, you seem to know more than I do
Smeonesmall 1 month ago
@Smeonesmall No offense intended and hopefully none taken, I just wanted to explain the mentality of the common hipster, not saying you are one mate
quikdon 1 month ago
@Smeonesmall hurr theyre not obscurrreee enufff
b1bIs1337 2 weeks ago
Isn't High Fidelity a hipster movie?
CoolerKing37 2 months ago
@CoolerKing37 It's got John Cusak - it's a hollywood movie. Though, so was Juno, and hipsters love that movie because they think it exemplifies how "quirky" and "unique" they are when really they're all the same.
Feuyaer 2 months ago
@CoolerKing37 does it have john cusak the male hipster hero in it.
occupynow 3 weeks ago
@ReechReynolds
They are all entry-level as fuck. I don't think you understand.
PostNeoGrayCore 2 months ago
but, you know, um, black. LOL
Bestial1985 2 months ago
The end part is probably my life.
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Hispters enjoy being hated on by people with average to below-average IQ. It fortifies their constitution.
ekiger 4 months ago
Hispters enjoy being hated on by people with average to below-average IQ. It fortifies their constitution.
ekiger 4 months ago 14
@ekiger
Agreed. Though it is really strange that the uploader passionately hates hipsters even though they favorited videos with M83, Iron and Wine, The Shins, Cold War Kids, Death Cab for Cutie and a bunch of other indie bands. It could be that whole "homosexual is homophobic because they themselves are gay and don't want to admit it" syndrome.
ReechReynolds 2 months ago
@ekiger "no" "which is everybody" "yes"
newfuckingwave 1 month ago
@ekiger Well that still sure as hell leaves a lot of people with higher IQs to hate on the Hipsters!
KemAkhet 1 month ago
On a side note, Captain Beefheart's "Safe As Milk" Is an amazing album. And Animal Collective are totally boss.
Lizzzeg 6 months ago 35
@Lizzzeg i saw animal collective stoned off my ass and was bored. so. the idea of them being 'boss' seems like a load of shit.
Forks22 1 month ago
@Forks22 Oh silly me, how could I forget that no band is good unless you like it!
Lizzzeg 1 month ago
@Lizzzeg It happens to lots of people, I wouldn't worry about it.
Forks22 1 month ago
@Forks22 have your own experience then, or maybe don't get stoned if you want to constructively judge a band. I've seen AC shows that were a bit tame but I always like them because I am excited about the music they make. At a show in 2006 they were insane and played loud, exciting stuff, for a small crowd, and that was awesome.
aarossell 1 month ago