"Indie" has become a vague term. It stands for a type of music, a type of lifestye, and even a whole "look".
The Type Of Music:Independantly recorded, on the mellow side(unknown, independant recorded:hip-hop/hardcore/emo bands are <b>not</b> Indie!)
The Look: The Indie look is all about vintage. That means thrift stores, T-shirts of obscure/old bands,Blazers (you wear it over the T-shirt) ripped/tight jeans, shaggy hair, big sunglasses.(think The Strokes. The Strokes lifestyle before becoming famous was the epitome of Indie, they owned nothing that was made after 1980, they were slumming in new york apartments, and some were heavily into Heroin)
The Lifestyle: Most "Indie" kids are: White. Drive old cars. Live together in rented out, very old homes/or shitty apartments, and are extremely poor and slumming. Many indie kids are heavy into drugs. Indie kids are very exclusive with who they choose to hang out with, and sometimes form "Crews". Indie kids sometimes listen to Gangster Rap, sort of as a joke. (haha)
Some bands that have the "Indie" sound, but are technically not Indie because of their popularity are: The Shins, Rooney, Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, The Strokes. Etc.
Type Of Music: <i>Sean</i>:My bands going on tour soon
<i>groupie</i>:oh really? is anything you play on the radio?
<i>Sean</i>:Hell no..we're Indie fuck corporate radio, we're all about the music, not the popularity or money!
The Look: <i>Sean</i>: Fuck I just got a dope ass tweed Blazer at Savers for 10 bucks! I'm gonna wear it over my Deathcab For Cutie shirt!
<i>groupie</i>You're Soo INdie<33!
The Lifestyle: <i>Sean</i>: My parents are filthy rich.. but I moved out into an old ass apartment with 3 friends, we dont have a computer or TV, we get fucked up all day and work just enough to get by, we play guitar and make out with girls that have shaggy hair. We're soo indie!
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Part of the word INDIGO this represents represents the lifestyle of being completely free and to be in control of your mind and soul in such ways that YOU can control the universe.
βIm a Indigo, representing all of my INDI family and freethinkers.β
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A dumbass girl who thinks she is better than everyone else. She often uses β but Iβm adoptedβ as an excuse. Thinks itβs fun to start shit with people at 11:30 at night and then have to get backup because she canβt handle it. Her friends think they are total badasses. Just in general the dumbest person you will ever meet. If you meet an Indy donβt hesitate to run away or tell her to fuck off.
Indy: Iβm WAY better than everyone in this room
Person: fuck off indy no one even likes you
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A videogame or videogame company that has a small budget and is often obscure. The few companies that actually have the shit to take risks and make a completely different game.
Many Flash/Java games are indie games.
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a group or clique that is in every highschool, they are the definition of pure unadulterated suck age, they listen to different music every day of the week, they are the losers of the school united because they start getting into drugs, there will always be one kid who hangs out with the indie clique until the group thinks hes a psychopath just because he doesnt care about their shitty music, doesnt dress like them, and so they outcast him and the common bond that ties indie kids together is talking about that person behind their back.
Indie is fake, their not about the music their all about the scene, nobody in an indie clique actually understands anything about music theory so their opinions about music are literally null to anyone else.
Indie parties tend to be boring gatherings of about 10 people smoking a bong and passing around a blunt and talking about "philosophy" which if it is heard by anyone not under the influence will sound totally inept and possibly retarded...
indie is shit, indie is garbage, indie is not the new punk movement, indie isnt even a movement, its just bullshit, \
if you get angry at all or lose your cool with indie kids they will slowly but surely outcast you...
indie kids all want to start bands but they all disagree and have so many different and pretentious musical tastes that anything a group of these so called indie kids makes ends up sounding like shit...
even the bands that indie kids listen to which are bands like mogwai, modest mouse and the flaming lips, think indie sucks, because its a fruitless movement a waste of time,
the people that make the music that the indie kids listen to are usually the types of kids that the indie cliques outcasted and forgot about, because they werent chill enough,
that is the fatal flaw of indie,
indie is a trap...
and it will suck you in like a cheap whore. all you have to do is wear shitty clothes and smoke weed...
indie kid- man this new mogwai cd is the shit, look at us were so indie, haha that bitch mark probably wishes he was here, but hes not indie enough, besides i think he has an anger problem or bipolar or something.
mark- damn... my life sucks... all my friends are gone and have outcasted me, i think i'll write a song...
mogwai- god look at all these faggot kids, is this "indie" some new scene or something, fuck it, lets play our tunes and take their money, these bitches aint shit.
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A kid that goes out of their way to make themselves feel superior to others, usually via music no one's ever heard of.
Once they've done that, the victim proceeds to listen to the band, which pisses off the indie and ceases all mention of the band, ever again. Forever.
Indie: *changes the song on their MP3* Oh I love this song! <---- (said very loudly.)
Kid: What song?
Indie: Oh... this song by Boy Kill Boy.
Kid: Who?
Indie: You haven't heard of Boy Kill Boy?!
Kid: Ummm... no? They're good?
Indie: ... you've never heard of Boy Kill Boy?!
Kid: No!
Indie: You'll like them, I'll send you one of their songs tonight over MSN.
(A few days later)
Kid: I bought Boy Kill Boy's album yesterday... I really like them!
Indie: Oh they're so fucking emo, get over it.
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1. a branch of more "underground" music resulting from nirvana bringing alternative into the spotlight.
2. used to describe the style of people who listen to this genre of music
Indie bands range anywhere from the more pop-like Death Cab For Cutie to the melancholy melodies of elliott smith.
"hey look at that indie kid." "how do you know he likes indie?" "look at him, he is wearing ripped up jeans, an old band that no one has heard of tee shirt, and he hasnt brushed his hair for months." "yea, hes indie alright."
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