Comments on: Do The Indie Kid

Do The Indie Kid

jontyjago — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:40:36 -0800

Hands Behind Your Back. Do the Indie Kid (SLYT).

By: Keith Talent

Keith Talent — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:46:42 -0800

What am I missing?

By: resurrexit

resurrexit — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:48:26 -0800

I wish there were something as a Back Page Post.

By: sonic meat machine

sonic meat machine — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:01:10 -0800

There are back page posts. You need Antarctic Adventure and Comic Bakery to warp there, though.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:04:24 -0800

fRIDAY mADNESS!

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:07:13 -0800

This is terrible.

By: weston

weston — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:09:03 -0800

I thought it was fun.

By: penduluum

penduluum — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:12:14 -0800

The Dismemberment Plan wrote a (I submit) much better song dealing with same issue. Do the Standing Still, from The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified. Here is a pretty bad youtube video of them performing it. I remember hearing a live performance of them right after Emergency & I came out. They were basically performing at a strip mall -- you could hear 8 or 10 people milling around and barely applauding. It made me unspeakably happy that they did this song.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:12:46 -0800

I prefer the TimeWarp.... just saying...

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:18:26 -0800

*Stands in the back of this thread, nods head appreciatively to the beat*

By: Hat Maui

Hat Maui — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:23:43 -0800

the mediocre-est of the web.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:26:16 -0800

Hey, hey, 16K! What does that get you today?

By: Evstar

Evstar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:27:46 -0800

This is fantastically bad.

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:31:37 -0800

Hmmm...

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:31:38 -0800

Oh yeah, here's a link. A guy's shirt in the video reminded me of this.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:43:08 -0800

Jeez. If your gonna poke fun of the "kids" at least don't act like your own efforts are too deadly dull for even YOU to appreciate. And of course the easy "indie kid" comeback will be a song titled: "Lose some weight there grandpa before you have a stroke."

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:43:47 -0800

STEVE!

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:51:29 -0800

My goodness. That was poor without being funny or interesting. Like bronchitis.

By: 23skidoo

23skidoo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:55:56 -0800

It's a funny (although not very original) idea to mock the nondancingness of kids at rock shows, but the song isn't all that great and the video isn't either.

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:06:38 -0800

I thought it was sweet. I guess my taste is lousy :(

By: Stonestock Relentless

Stonestock Relentless — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:17:36 -0800

If you are considering watching that whole video, I'll warn you know they don't light themselves on fire at the end.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:27:36 -0800

I love this song, and this video. The guy's blog is hilarious, too. But if you think the song and the video suck you probably won't find the blog amusing in the least. I fink its GRATE.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:43:27 -0800

Who are these people and why should I care whether they suck?

By: wemayfreeze

wemayfreeze — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:50:16 -0800

I liked the song! Video meh. Really, I came in here to pimp the Plan, but penduluum beat me to it. I would pay untellable sums to see them again again please again. WHAT AM I DOING!?!12lkwejf

By: Senator

Senator — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:50:31 -0800

They have funny accents. KILL THEM!

By: 517

517 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:51:44 -0800

No, the clock, the clock, focus on the clock.

By: Admiral Haddock

Admiral Haddock — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:51:47 -0800

I liked it.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:57:49 -0800

I'll give them some credit for completely nailing that late-80's Flying Nun Kiwipop sound, but the lyrics are... Are they supposed to be funny? They seem like they want to be. They're mostly just dull, though.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:03:49 -0800

FWIW there was a song called "Do The Standing Still" back in the late 70s I believe, by Table. See also "Zombie Dance" by The Cramps. People have been shuffling around at shows for a long time.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:04:43 -0800

Or standing still, I should say.

By: Dee Xtrovert

Dee Xtrovert — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:05:33 -0800

Stinkycheese, I was just about to mention The Table's classic "Do The Standing Still," on a Virgin Records 7". Much better than this.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:12:32 -0800

It's a good 'un.

By: schoolgirl report

schoolgirl report — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:14:06 -0800

I loved it, but I was an early 90's indie kid myself so I'm a dog for that Pavlovian brand of pop.

By: soma lkzx

soma lkzx — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:23:55 -0800

If anyone else was curious, The Table's "Do The Standing Still" can be found here. I'm happy to report to pendulum and wemayfreeze that dplan is still king of this particular hill. (and any hills involving Boston, gyroscopes, DC, wintertime, memory, bombs, feelings, bras, boxing, I-95, etc)

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:23:56 -0800

Hey, Hey, 16K is better.

By: whir

whir — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:24:16 -0800

Frankly, if an indie kid ever moves his or her hips, he or she is not indie enough. Death to false indie!

By: penduluum

penduluum — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:44:07 -0800

Frankly, if an indie kid ever moves his or her hips, he or she is not indie enough. Death to false indie! I once danced so hard at a Radiohead show that my glasses flew off my face and broke. My skinny-jeans-and-Sauconys-wearing friends seemed so mortified that they almost couldn't bring themselves to talk to me. Also: I'm so glad I'm not the only person here who would give up limbs to see the dplan back together.

By: Exchequer

Exchequer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:09:40 -0800

lame to the max

By: humannaire

humannaire — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:21:32 -0800

Ordinary is the new meh.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:23:36 -0800

Christ-like mince.

By: twistedonion

twistedonion — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:32:14 -0800

Good fun. I miss being an indie kid. Not looking forward to my gran trying to dance to the pixies at my wedding either. I can relate.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:59:15 -0800

Not looking forward to my gran trying to dance to the pixies at my wedding either. Honestly, that should be one of your two or three biggest reasons to even bother having a ceremony and reception and everything.

By: gen

gen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:18:40 -0800

[this post sucks] and the song does too

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:25:55 -0800

Thank you for explaining, 23skidoo. I was really lost. Note: Not a snark, being honest.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:35:38 -0800

I liked the Pretty Flowers version better.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:47:44 -0800

I don't usually like middle-aged people's rock music, but this was fine. It might be because I'm a sucker for any dance song though.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:23:40 -0800

I liked the Pretty Flowers version better. RUSTY BOTTOM ORGASMS.

By: indienial

indienial — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:31:23 -0800

This reminds me of why I'm indienial and not just indie. I move my hips too much.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:25:29 -0800

Crank dat.

By: twistedonion

twistedonion — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:10:54 -0800

Honestly, that should be one of your two or three biggest reasons to even bother having a ceremony and reception and everything. heh, true enough!