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Hot Topic, leave my goodz stuffz alonez
I was in Hot Topic with my girlfriend last week. Amongst the shirts reading "I <3 I <3 T-shirts" and "I do all my own stunts" and all of the other "cool saying t-shirts" I saw an actual GOOD shirt. It simply said "The Smiths."
Hey Hot Topic, you have Bullet For My Valentine and Fall Out Boy, don't you EVER f*ckin touch our real music. |
Yea they really hit trends at the height of there popularity.
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I think you're missing my point. Hot Topic needs to stick to their sh*tty nu-metal abstractions. I don't want a poser-goth-scene-kid wearing a "The Smiths" t-shirt. Thats a slap in the face to Morrissey.
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You know what's worse then that? Ghetto kids wearing a Smiths t-shirt because everyone else does. So that's more of a kick in the face to Morrissey.
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Are you really 21? This is an argument I would expect from someone still in high school who still gives a sh!t about image, or maybe an UP THA PUNX kind of character that looks down upon corporate agendas and doesn't bathe.
I suggest maybe directing all that misguided hate towards poverty or global warming - then come back to us and make a good thread about planting trees. |
Chain store in selling something popular shocker !!!!!!!!
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Who cares? If I saw a t-shirt at Hot Topic and liked it, I would buy it without fear of looking like a poser for buying something there. Yes, most of the people who shop there are angst-ridden kids trying to get attention from their parents by buying a bloody-skull t-shirt or some dumb **** like that, but really it's just a store like any other dumb nationwide retail store selling popular crap that people like. And if a "poser-goth-scene-kid" wants to wear a damn Smiths T-shirt, more power to him/her. Do you really think Morrisey cares? Probably not.
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@nonsubmissivewife: 100% right. |
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What I was trying to get at (in my not-so-sober mindstate), was that why would Hot Topic even carry a t-shirt featuring The Smiths? Its doesnt seem to fit their xxh4rdc0rexx style. I don't want sh*t heads wearing shirts of good bands that I like and risk being associated with said sh*t heads. |
What is Hot Topic? http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...bigsadeyes.gif :laughing: :|
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They are not losers. They are just individuals.
HAHA no... What makes me sad is the people who truly dress like that because it IS who they are. They get labeled wrongly. @Tommorow: I use the phrase "****ed up" because in my opinion you should care that people perceive you as a good person, and you should perceive yourself as a good and honest person. Im not talking cool, trendy, funny, or any of that. Just from a moral standpoint. My mistake though, i didnt make myself clear. |
It's not that surprising is it? Fall Out Boy are for angsty losers and The Smiths are for angsty losers.
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Haha i love your avatar. If one day you ever would like to change it and donate it to another member (preferably me) that would be great.
I think its Big Willie Style time now. Im about due. |
Luke, are you serious or joking?
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Serious man, the difference is that The Smiths were good.
Rezz: Haha i found it pretty hard to let go of my Meg White one, i doubt this is going anywhere for a while! |
Cmon Marr has always been cool
http://www.gibson.com/Files/AllAcces...JohnnyMarr.jpg |
Of course! (until the whole Cribs thing)
I'm not entirely sure what your point is though. Fact: That pic was taken in Norwich! |
My point is Marr isn't loser and he never was.
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There are fewer cooler cats, that's for sure.
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Mos def, I think he teaches a guitar masters guitar class in college nowadays.
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They sell some band merch for a few bands that I listen to, but they're still a sh!t store.
They're such a joke that I refuse to shop there, and not for any "punk rock" or "anti corporate" reasons either. I just hate the store, and I hate the fashion associated with it. We don't have them here in Canada, from what I've seen, though. I'll shop at D-TOX for my band tees. |
Who is the owner of Hot Topic? Or are they there own entity.
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Johnny Marr teaches a masters guitar class somewhere, I forgot where though.
NVM it was this "During this period, Marr was asked to deliver a series of workshops and masterclasses to students at the University of Salford in the BA (Hons) Popular Music and Recording programme." |
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Hot Topic is owned by Hollister who is owned by Abercrombie & Fitch. Gap is owned by Gap Incorporated.
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:laughing: the irony, I can't wait to tell the mallcore kids.
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So you would rather The Smiths not advertize? What about the kids that wear those shirts and other people who wanna learn about them and find that they really like and connect with the band? It's just a shirt in a store, not that big of a deal. The Smiths had to give permission to Hot Topic to sell the **** in the first place, so they wanted it there. So if they don't care, why do others?
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Seeing as the Smiths broke up over 20 years ago I don't think advertising is really a priority.
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If being in Hot Topic is such a cultural faux pas then how come so many people know whats being sold in it?
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Me: hey that's a cool Smith's shirt, where did you get it? Poser: Hot Topic Me: ohhhhh...........so what's your favorite song? Poser: Ohhh ummm I like them all. |
Liking every Smiths song is an acceptable answer.
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As a Smiths fan I've just let it go and been quiet about liking them to avoid being associated with that goth crowd. Once Pete Wentz is writing books and naming them after Smiths songs you may as well give up being protective about them.
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They'll take an Atreyu shirt any day.
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You people are overreacting about this WAY too much. You'll find Beatles t-shirts everywhere. Is that reason enough to pigeonhole them in the nearest counterculture movement you run across? No, methinks.
The point is that if a Smiths t-shirt is found inside a mall shop (even one so debased as Hot Topic), it just means that they've embraced merchandising their image to willing consumers. Whoop-dee-fucking-doo. You people need to grow a sense of cynicism, otherwise you're gonna find yourself outraged at more shit than need be. |
Once again they broke up twenty years ago. Saying they've sold out is ridiculous.
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I didn't say they sold out. It's kind of hard to sell out when your genre is best described as "jangle pop". I'm just saying that people need to loosen up a bit and stop acting like Morrissey sold his soul to the devil.
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