Wow... That was more annoying, and bratty than a Kanye West quote.

are they being serious?

I guess it was an uncensored interview

I don't have to like people to like their music, but sometimes I start liking music because I like the people... I, like, totally find VGs as tiresome as the woman who got on my bus after the No Age show last night and yelled out "people, you need to move, like, totally, i mean, God, like, for real".

Actually I pretty much hate people in general. Maybe I'm not that different.

Wow.....maybe I'm getting old but if the presence of "cool" is acting like that then I am so effing uncool. Maybe its because I grew up in the projects of the Bronx or was in the Army for 14 years........yeah, I'll be uncool anyday over that. One.

Also, though we miss it because of our false indignation over the slighted honor of some belittled "normals" (whatever that is), there is, actually, a point here. Our manufactured culture (TGIF, yes, but bar culture in general, whether suburban or urban) creates a false image of community and togetherness. People think they are having "fun," but in reality they're just spending their money and being good consumers. I think this what they are getting at, especially when Kickball Katy says "That's the real fish out of water." Anyhow, the presentation isn't the best, but they are not as mean as they come off, I'd say.

*i know people like that

Sorry, call me a--hole but I really don't see what's wrong with what they are saying. "Normal People" life is quite boring and manufactured. Trust me, I'm living it. I much rather be in a punk band and have instant friends in every city I go to.

indeed

Who said anything about Brooklyn other than you Peter? And of course anyone can criticize the rest of America, but that doesn't mean you can't come off as arrogant.

I met the tall redheaded girl in the band while waiting for a flight out to SXSW in March and she was really nice. Their attitude towards "normal people" on the video is pretty lame though.

ah, they're just kidding around and talking a little trash. who cares?

if anything, it's more of just a punk / boho versus the squares vibe.

they're also, basically, right about how crappy suburban lives frequently are. I think we pretty much all say that sh*t to each other in private conversations, they're just in trouble because they're public figures and said what we're all thinking, aloud.

Actually if you watch all the videos (there are 19 of them) you can tell that the girls are being sarcastic through the whole interview. but of course, the few clips that get plastered across the internet don't show that.

peter is copying and pasting his pre-written response all over the place,
regardless of whether or not it is out of context.

They were being sarcastic. So what?

those were the worst videos ever

jesus what's the big deal? I may be biased but i would have to say that on the scales of "coolness" playing in a band totally beats the living hell out of going to a chain bar with your coworkers. I don't think the girls were trying to slight people who work for a living, but its important to have a life outside of your worklife, to have a community outside of mainstream community. And when that community is built around art and music, as opposed to say consumerism and clubbing, then yah, that's obviously more interesting.

Also, I totally f'ing agree about dicknoses who shred on their ax and can't put goddamn three chords together. it's totally pointless! virtuosity does not a songwriter make, and sure i'm impressed if someone can wail on guitar, but sometimes just playing power chords is really the best thing to do.

p.s. also, what's with prefix posting a quote unquote uncensored interview and then censoring my comment? not cool prefix.

i am a totally 'normal' person with a 'normal' job and i would kill myself rather than have to socialize with co-workers at applebees and TGIF. just sayin'.

I'm sorry but what clueless, adolescent morons. I thought I disliked people, but I think now my dislikes are based on reasonable concepts, such as ignorance. Vivian Girls hate you because they are sad little teenagers. How can you hate "electronic music" (feck me thats a lot of music they're ignoring) or guitarists who cant write songs? (Like Vivian Girls can write songs anyway.) Does it occur to you that some people gleam pleasure from learning to play an instrument? If I learned to play the cello but couldn't equal Bach's "Six Suites" in terms of composition I probably wouldn't trouble myself. Isn't this just another way of saying they hate virtuoso metal guitar, along with electronic music, dance beats in "indie rock" ("yeah, thats gotta stop" says Vivian Girl #1, as though anybody cares what she thinks) and "normals", whoever they are. If you hate as much as they do, you probably need to take a look at yourself and wonder what self-loathing you are turning outward in the form of impotent adolescent rage. And if you hate even one genre of music you should not be allowed to make it.