Best Indie Songs Of All Time?

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Cowboy Dan

This. And:

Yo La Tengo - Sugercube
Guided By Voices - Tractor Rape Chain
Modest Mouse - Cowboy Dan or Truckers Atlas
Pixies - Debaser
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
Pavement - Cut Your Hair

Incredibly good list there! But it all depends on what you define is indie really :s-smilie:

I especially love modest mouse :biggrin:

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haylee7291

pinstripesbaby

Last Nite - The Strokes

is one of my favourites :smile:

just THE STROKES in genral though :biggrin:

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Cowboy Dan

Meteorshower

Incredibly good list there! But it all depends on what you define is indie really :s-smilie:

I especially love modest mouse :biggrin:

So do I. As you can see, my usernames a nice little tribute to one of their best songs. :biggrin:

Reply 23

QED

Short list of indie 'tunes' (with an obviously wide definition of 'indie')
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Cure - Lullaby
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Animal Collective - Who Could Win A Rabbit?
Battles - Atlas
Beck - Devil's Haircut
Super Furry Animals - Northern Lites
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
The Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
The Boo Radleys - Wish I Was Skinny
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
The Libertines - Time For Heroes
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Panda Bear - Bros
Sigur Ros - Hoppipola
The Shins - Know Your Onion
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 3
Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

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Dick Valentine

Iron and Wine! Particularly love Arms of a Thief.

Head Automatica's Beating Heart Baby :heart:

Nickel Eye - Another Sunny Afternoon.

Electric Six - Devil Nights.

I just realised I could actually go on forever.

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Meteorshower

Cowboy Dan

So do I. As you can see, my usernames a nice little tribute to one of their best songs. :biggrin:

I noticed that before but I wasn't sure if it was just a coincidence :p:

My favourite is teeth like gods shoeshine :smile:

Reply 26

channy

Allthewayhome

I laughed when I saw the name of the OP.

Pure lolage.

The Stone Roses - I wanna be adored, I am the resurrection, Fool's gold.

The Smiths - This charming man, panic, there is a light that never goes out, still ill.

I hear the velvet underground are pretty good too, don't take my word for it though.

Reply 27

schrodingers_dog

I don't think it's that difficult to define. Does it not refer to music produced on an independent record label - hence "indie"?

Reply 28

Joseph90

Scouting for Girls. I :rofl:

hard.

Reply 29

Cowboy Dan

channy

I hear the velvet underground are pretty good too, don't take my word for it though.

They are. Check them out if you haven't already! :smile:

Reply 30

GeorgEGNT

plan_up_sleeve

Indie is an embarrasment to the male race. Indie should be destroyed. Indie boys have no man characteristics in them and might as well be called homosexual. End of.

Excellent well thought out contribution, however I'm afraid to tell you that this thread is asking for your suggestions on 'best indie songs of all time', not 'what is your opinion on indie lads?'

I saw Last Nite by the Strokes mentioned somewhere on this thread, I'd definitely say its one of my favourites. Dreaming of you is unreal I think.

Reply 31

dews1290

Cowboy Dan

They are. Check them out if you haven't already! :smile:

This. Velvet Underground are awesome and Lou Reed and John Cale are legends :woo:

Best Indie tunes though I think are I wanna be adored or Let forever be.

Reply 32

truthandtragedy

Mr Otter

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Please be a troll, please be a troll, please be a troll.

My thoughts exactly..

Athlete - Wires

channy

I hear the velvet underground are pretty good too, don't take my word for it though.

OH YES!! Listen to them please! Personal favourites - All Tomorrow's Parties and Sweet Jane. Maybe not the best but I like them :smile:

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sigstuff

PurpleMonkeyDishwasher

The Strokes - Hard to Explain
Doves - Black & White Town
Bloc Party - Little Thoughts/ Pioneers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

LOVE these songs!
+ rep for having good taste

Reply 36

Jacinta

dennisthe3rd

Kaiser chiefs - i predict a riot ..........

of course not anything by the smiths or the stone roses sh*t all over the sugguestions above!!!

Someone needs to learn the meaning of ''Indie''! The Kaiserchiefs kinda aren't, and lay off the Stone Roses! They're ace!

Although I do agree with you on The Smiths front...

Mine are:
The Rumble Strips - Girls and Boys in love
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
The Maccabees - Toothpaste Kisses
The Stone Roses - This is the one/Waterfall
Jose Gonzalez - Crosses

Reply 37

Cowboy Dan

Yep you're right. I lied.

And Sister Ray is like, the most win song evar. :yep:

Reply 38

MichaelG

wolves at night - manchester orchestra

think i wanna die - someone still loves you, boris yeltsin

the beach song - someone still loves you, boris yeltsin

taking control - eisley

many funerals - eisley

Chicago - sufjan stevens

They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbours!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! - sufjan stevens

Casimir Pulaski Day - sufjan stevens

The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, 'I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands - sufjan stevens

One great city - the weakerthans

magpie - the mountain goats

Reply 39

mackeroo

aqualung - strange and beautiful
bloc party - banquet
bright eyes - first day of my life
nouvelle vague - in a manner of speaking
bon iver- skinny love
cold war kids- hang me up to dry, tell me in the morning, we used to vacation
death cab for cutie - soul meets body
nada surf - if you leave
the maccabes- toothpaste kisses
mazzy star - into dust