I don't normally think of the terms "yuppie" and "suburban soccer family" as meshing together particularly well, subby. In fact, I think you're constructing yourself a cute little boogeyman that in your mind represents the mirror opposite of the volcanically independent, non-family-oriented, social maverick that you are. You are as a god trapped among mortals, forced to suffer their petty and pandering foolishness while you stride vainly through eternity in a desperate but always so futile attempt to discover your true home, your true heart. Did you know Cartaphilus? You and he must share one soul. Lost. Lost among the world.

I came in this thread to deliver tired, warmed-over snark and was immediately outshone by Pocket Ninja

so... here's my joke...

aww fark it

I was once a yuppie, but I am now a soccer parent and I have coldplay on my ipod, so subby is, in fact, correct

Pocket Ninja seems to have outed himself as a yuppie soccer mom/dad.

Actually, I think yuppies tend to be single. Think Patrick Bateman in American Psycho without all the killing.

Pocket Ninja: I don't normally think of the terms "yuppie" and "suburban soccer family" as meshing together particularly well, subby. In fact, I think you're constructing yourself a cute little boogeyman that in your mind represents the mirror opposite of the volcanically independent, non-family-oriented, social maverick that you are. You are as a god trapped among mortals, forced to suffer their petty and pandering foolishness while you stride vainly through eternity in a desperate but always so futile attempt to discover your true home, your true heart. Did you know Cartaphilus? You and he must share one soul. Lost. Lost among the world.

*yawn*

Thanks for getting that out of the way early.

Gotta run out and get the latest from U-RadiOasishead.

not a yuppie. kids don't play soccer. Do have an ipod and it does have the free tracks on it. Don't drive a suburban either (like my LR however)

Pocket Ninja: I don't normally think of the terms "yuppie" and "suburban soccer family" as meshing together particularly well, subby. In fact, I think you're constructing yourself a cute little boogeyman that in your mind represents the mirror opposite of the volcanically independent, non-family-oriented, social maverick that you are. You are as a god trapped among mortals, forced to suffer their petty and pandering foolishness while you stride vainly through eternity in a desperate but always so futile attempt to discover your true home, your true heart. Did you know Cartaphilus? You and he must share one soul. Lost. Lost among the world

Would have been eaiser just to tell everyone that you love Coldplay.

They're not terrible. Not great, but not terrible.

Hurrah! More muzak for the dentist's offices of future generations!

...and that's how you know they're gay!

Donald_McRonald: They're not terrible. Not great, but not terrible.

Don't understand the hate. They're not the be-all, end-all of music, but they write some damn good songs.

Is subby so desperate to stand out in life that he is resorting to belittling somebody's taste in music?

Get a life and some headphones!

dothemath: Pocket Ninja: I don't normally think of the terms "yuppie" and "suburban soccer family" as meshing together particularly well, subby. In fact, I think you're constructing yourself a cute little boogeyman that in your mind represents the mirror opposite of the volcanically independent, non-family-oriented, social maverick that you are. You are as a god trapped among mortals, forced to suffer their petty and pandering foolishness while you stride vainly through eternity in a desperate but always so futile attempt to discover your true home, your true heart. Did you know Cartaphilus? You and he must share one soul. Lost. Lost among the world.

*yawn*

Thanks for getting that out of the way early.

Gotta run out and get the latest from U-RadiOasishead.

This.

Good ol' subby. He's poor and can't get laid, but at least he doesn't have bad taste in music!

/not a Coldplay fan
//but the suburban yuppie wife is
///no soccer players yet . . . one due next month

Violet Hill, and that song in the TV commercial, are awful, awful songs.

Do love much of their catalogue, though, it's just been a downhill slide.

ClicheGuevara07: Don't understand the hate.

I never used to, quite liked Yellow. But then I saw the advert for the new album/iTunes we're having over here, and the song (I guess it's the single?) is one of the most contrived pieces of crappy songwriting I've ever heard, combined with video-posing that would make Bono ashamed. I rarely react so violently to that sort of thing, it's only pop music after all, but the hubristic bombast of it just drove me crazy. What a preening little c*nt Martin is.

I liked Parachutes. A Rush of Blood to the Head was average. X&Y was unlistenable. I will not downloading whatever this new album is.

I liked Coldplay before they decided to try and become the next U2.

DIAF Mr. Martin, and take your pseudo intellect with you.

Pocket Ninja: I don't normally think of the terms "yuppie" and "suburban soccer family" as meshing together particularly well, subby. In fact, I think you're constructing yourself a cute little boogeyman that in your mind represents the mirror opposite of the volcanically independent, non-family-oriented, social maverick that you are. You are as a god trapped among mortals, forced to suffer their petty and pandering foolishness while you stride vainly through eternity in a desperate but always so futile attempt to discover your true home, your true heart. Did you know Cartaphilus? You and he must share one soul. Lost. Lost among the world.

I used to be a volcanically independent social maverick, and loved to express my loathing for pop music that other people liked and I didn't. It helped me define myself to the world, and to myself as well. Yeah...I was just like that.

Then I turned 17.

Ya'll are crazy. It's a really farking good album. They keep getting better and better.

Listen to me, for what i'm telling you is strictly correct.

26 y.o. SWM that likes Coldplay. AND I'm straight. Pretty sure anyway...

I'm not a big fan.

I don't like how the vocals and music all kind of blend together into a single droning.

The new single is interesting, but once again, I feel the strings are too loud and the singing is too low and it beings to blend together.

I saw them live in MTV-HD or whatever, and they put on a decent show. I like when the singer of a band is dripping in sweat and seemingly putting their all into a song.

The record is pretty good; I like when bands stop caring about whether or not they end up on the radio.
/yeah yeah, iPod commercial

pocketninja is teh ghey like coldplay.

every damn time their friggin iTunes commercial comes on I think, "goddamnit I'm tired of U2." Every time.
congrats guys, your fevered egos and corporate cack chugging will reap you endless amounts of money and women...and a one way trip straight to hell.

hell awaits....

Thyomorb: //but the suburban yuppie wife is

your Young Urban Professional wife lives in the suburbs?

I would rather listen to coldplay for the rest of my life than to have listen to one more rap song ever

I think the young urban professionals eventually move to the suburbs around their mid-thirties. But saying 'yuppie suburban soccer family' is like saying 'cold hot cereal'.

You know, I think I'd really like Coldplay if they had a female vocalist. And wrote better lyrics. And less of the swirly-reverby sound effects.

WTF is a coldplay?

/I'm serial!

I am one of the 10 known netizens who like, nay, love Coldplay.

/going to see the Whigs next week
//irrelevant

I kinda like Coldplay. The few tracks I've heard have all been pretty good. They seem to be one of the better bands out there at the moment.

Doesn't live in the 'burbs. No kids. Not a yuppie. Dislikes sports.

I also listen to Miles Davis, Pere Ubu, X, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ween, Television, Richard Thompson, Tal Farlow, The Pop Group, Fear, Minutemen, Webb Wilder, Phil Woods, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Oscar Peterson, Fire Town, John Scofield, Sparta, Gang Of Four, Bud Powell, Gogol Bordello, Hounddog Taylor, Captain Beefheart, and literally several hundred other artists.

Stereotype that.

GibbyTheMole: Doesn't live in the 'burbs. No kids. Not a yuppie. Dislikes sports.

I also listen to Miles Davis, Pere Ubu, X, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ween, Television, Richard Thompson, Tal Farlow, The Pop Group, Fear, Minutemen, Webb Wilder, Phil Woods, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Oscar Peterson, Fire Town, John Scofield, Sparta, Gang Of Four, Bud Powell, Gogol Bordello, Hounddog Taylor, Captain Beefheart, and literally several hundred other artists.

Stereotype that.

You are the kind of person that likes to get a queef in the mouth

/does that stereotype work?

Thyomorb: Good ol' subby. He's poor and can't get laid, but at least he doesn't have bad taste in music!

/not a Coldplay fan
//but the suburban yuppie wife is
///no soccer players yet . . . one due next month

I love it when Farkers assume that the headline is a reflection on the subby's opinions. From the FArQ:

Make the tagline funny.
Make sure the submission is at least somewhat humorous.

/not subby.

I listened to it a few days ago. I liked it a lot better than X&Y. Coldplay isn't a great band but they have pretty good stuff out there.

/not white
//not suburban
///single
////slashies FTW

Mr_Fabulous: Pocket Ninja: I don't normally think of the terms "yuppie" and "suburban soccer family" as meshing together particularly well, subby. In fact, I think you're constructing yourself a cute little boogeyman that in your mind represents the mirror opposite of the volcanically independent, non-family-oriented, social maverick that you are. You are as a god trapped among mortals, forced to suffer their petty and pandering foolishness while you stride vainly through eternity in a desperate but always so futile attempt to discover your true home, your true heart. Did you know Cartaphilus? You and he must share one soul. Lost. Lost among the world.

I used to be a volcanically independent social maverick, and loved to express my loathing for pop music that other people liked and I didn't. It helped me define myself to the world, and to myself as well. Yeah...I was just like that.

Then I turned 17.

p the boiler: GibbyTheMole: Doesn't live in the 'burbs. No kids. Not a yuppie. Dislikes sports.

I also listen to Miles Davis, Pere Ubu, X, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ween, Television, Richard Thompson, Tal Farlow, The Pop Group, Fear, Minutemen, Webb Wilder, Phil Woods, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Oscar Peterson, Fire Town, John Scofield, Sparta, Gang Of Four, Bud Powell, Gogol Bordello, Hounddog Taylor, Captain Beefheart, and literally several hundred other artists.

Stereotype that.

Pretentious douchebag?

GibbyTheMole: I kinda like Coldplay. The few tracks I've heard have all been pretty good. They seem to be one of the better bands out there at the moment.

Doesn't live in the 'burbs. No kids. Not a yuppie. Dislikes sports.

I also listen to Miles Davis, Pere Ubu, X, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ween, Television, Richard Thompson, Tal Farlow, The Pop Group, Fear, Minutemen, Webb Wilder, Phil Woods, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Oscar Peterson, Fire Town, John Scofield, Sparta, Gang Of Four, Bud Powell, Gogol Bordello, Hounddog Taylor, Captain Beefheart, and literally several hundred other artists.

Stereotype that.

Mr. "Eclectic Music Snob Jerkface" ?

p the boiler: Thyomorb: //but the suburban yuppie wife is

your Young Urban Professional wife lives in the suburbs?

It can also mean young upwardly mobile professional

spacechicken170am: It can also mean young upwardly mobile professional


YUMPIE?

hachijuhachi: 26 y.o. SWM that likes Coldplay. AND I'm straight. Pretty sure anyway...


Hate to break it to you, but no...you're not.

GibbyTheMole: I kinda like Coldplay. The few tracks I've heard have all been pretty good. They seem to be one of the better bands out there at the moment.

Doesn't live in the 'burbs. No kids. Not a yuppie. Dislikes sports.

I also listen to Miles Davis, Pere Ubu, X, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ween, Television, Richard Thompson, Tal Farlow, The Pop Group, Fear, Minutemen, Webb Wilder, Phil Woods, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Oscar Peterson, Fire Town, John Scofield, Sparta, Gang Of Four, Bud Powell, Gogol Bordello, Hounddog Taylor, Captain Beefheart, and literally several hundred other artists.

Stereotype that.

Retarded

/This is fun

MugzyBrown: spacechicken170am: It can also mean young upwardly mobile professional


YUMPIE?

I guess. I'm just reading wiki. We all know wiki never lies.

Not impressed with the new album:

- The bass player's pick is too thick. Lighten up, buddy.
- The drummer's second crash cymbal sounds like it has excessive dust or fingerprints on it. Couldn't afford a drum tech, rockstar?
- The acoustic guitar has an almost-imperceptible crackle in spots, probably caused by a guitar pick that had fallen inside the guitar. Butterfingers.
- The higher register of the piano has 3 out-of-tune notes (the C# being the biggest offender).
- One or two words in the album credits are spelled wrong.

Other than the above, it's not bad. You get what you pay for, I guess.

GibbyTheMole: I also listen to Miles Davis, Pere Ubu, X, John Coltrane, etc...

I'd listen to all those too, but I have to be at the gym in 26 minutes.

GibbyTheMole: I kinda like Coldplay. The few tracks I've heard have all been pretty good. They seem to be one of the better bands out there at the moment.

Doesn't live in the 'burbs. No kids. Not a yuppie. Dislikes sports.

I also listen to Miles Davis, Pere Ubu, X, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ween, Television, Richard Thompson, Tal Farlow, The Pop Group, Fear, Minutemen, Webb Wilder, Phil Woods, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Oscar Peterson, Fire Town, John Scofield, Sparta, Gang Of Four, Bud Powell, Gogol Bordello, Hounddog Taylor, Captain Beefheart, and literally several hundred other artists.

Stereotype that.

Average hipster?

spacechicken170am

No. It can't. Your attempts at stretching the definition anger me.

GibbyTheMole:

I also listen to Miles Davis, Pere Ubu, X, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Ween, Television, Richard Thompson, Tal Farlow, The Pop Group, Fear, Minutemen, Webb Wilder, Phil Woods, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Oscar Peterson, Fire Town, John Scofield, Sparta, Gang Of Four, Bud Powell, Gogol Bordello, Hounddog Taylor, Captain Beefheart, and literally several hundred other artists.

Stereotype that.


OMG, you don't listen to Television and Love? You are a musical Neanderthal.

I liked Parachutes a lot, it was refreshing, unique, and genuine at the time. A Rush of Blood to the head was ok, their music hadn't got too grandiose yet.

Everything after that is goddamn bland and annoying.

GibbyTheMole: Stereotype that.

Attention whore desperately seeking validation from anonymous Internet posters

phlegmography: Not impressed with the new album:

- The bass player's pick is too thick. Lighten up, buddy.
- The drummer's second crash cymbal sounds like it has excessive dust or fingerprints on it. Couldn't afford a drum tech, rockstar?
- The acoustic guitar has an almost-imperceptible crackle in spots, probably caused by a guitar pick that had fallen inside the guitar. Butterfingers.
- The higher register of the piano has 3 out-of-tune notes (the C# being the biggest offender).
- One or two words in the album credits are spelled wrong.

Other than the above, it's not bad. You get what you pay for, I guess.

You're such a fraud. If you knew what you were talking about, you would have heard the lead singer's hair out of place on track 3.. at about 3:14.