So guys (alternative, hip-hop, punk, rock, REM)

Surell · 02-10-2009, 11:02 PM

I don't get it. What's Alternative.

dac · 02-10-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Surell

I don't get it. What's Alternative.

Coldplay.

Meph1986 · 02-11-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Surell

I don't get it. What's Alternative.

Not any more.

elvi · 02-11-2009, 07:34 AM

i would say alternative is the opposite of mainstream. although now alternative is becoming a more and more popular term it's starting to not make sense.

lucifer_sam · 02-11-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by elvi

i would say alternative is mainstream. although alternative is more popular it not make sense.

Fixed.

Rainard Jalen · 02-11-2009, 02:49 PM

alternative is what it says: alternative, which is to say, another option to listen to instead of the mainstream.

of course, the term has now been abused so that mainstream music is labelled "alternative". that's just marketing bullsh1t. what the term is really supposed to refer to is that which follows from its linguistic meaning.

Surell · 02-11-2009, 08:13 PM

Well, I mean, you get bands like Dinosaur Jr. and REM put together in Alternative, and then maybe TV On the Radio, who don't really have similar sounds. Is it just a catch all term that means something different?

PS: Loving those first two answers.

**Janszoon** · 02-11-2009, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Surell

Well, I mean, you get bands like Dinosaur Jr. and REM put together in Alternative, and then maybe TV On the Radio, who don't really have similar sounds. Is it just a catch all term that means something different?

PS: Loving those first two answers.

It's a catch-all term that mean basically nothing.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-11-2009, 08:18 PM

A pointless term that's about 20 years past it's sell by date that never really meant anything in the first place.

Malicious Wakizashi · 02-11-2009, 10:01 PM

merriam-webster:

3: different from the usual or conventional: as a: existing or functioning outside the established cultural, social, or economic system <an alternative newspaper> <alternative lifestyles> b: of, relating to, or being rock music that is regarded as an alternative to conventional rock and is typically influenced by punk rock, hard rock, hip-hop, or folk music c: of or relating to alternative medicine <alternative therapies>

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elvi Groupie Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 16	i would say alternative is the opposite of mainstream. although now alternative is becoming a more and more popular term it's starting to not make sense.

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Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	alternative is what it says: alternative, which is to say, another option to listen to instead of the mainstream. of course, the term has now been abused so that mainstream music is labelled "alternative". that's just marketing bullsh1t. what the term is really supposed to refer to is that which follows from its linguistic meaning.