Is he twee or not? ofcorse not!
so what is twee?
Can you give us certain words express meaning of "Twee"
I always read Alistair's articles with flip-out. (Personally I've collected his zines a lot!!)
Especially this blog post,many people posted the coments of this about definition of Twee.
Start here "notes on twee"
and then,really interesting his article "It's Punk Rock To Me"
I'd like to quote some lines...
"I’ve always hated the notion of ‘Twee’. It’s not empowering. It’s not political. It’s not oppositional to rock. It’s not some badge of Pure Pop honour. It’s just demeaning and pathetic."
「僕はいつだってTweeっていう概念にはイライラさせられる。だってそれは勇気づけてくれる言葉でもないし、賢明でもない。ロックに対する反抗的なアティチュードを持っている訳でもないし、ピュアなポップの尊重する証さえも無い。ただ夢見がちで感傷的なイメージがつきまとっているんだ。」
"Jonathan Richman is the king of naiveté. With songs about abominable snowmen in markets and ice-cream men, he has often consciously embraced childhood themes and styles, but that doesn’t make him Twee. His exploration of the child-like impulse is instead more like that of Picasso; an energy that includes wonder and anger, frustration and enlightenment. And just as Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole, so he never was Twee.
「ジョナサン・リッチマンこそまさにナイーブの頂点だね。彼の歌でお粗末な雪男とアイスクリーム売りの歌があるんだけど、彼は時折、意識的に子供や幼児的なことをテーマに曲を書く。だからといって彼がTweeって言ってる訳じゃなくて、彼が曲の中で表現する子供特有の怒りや驚きが生み出すエネルギーはピカソ以上に強力だね。でも誰もピカソの事をクソヤロウって言わないんだから、彼はTweeじゃないってことさ。」
*opinion of me*
So am I Twee? We called us "Twee Grrrls Club" but never feel like we are loosers nor sentimentalists.
Oh,I almost forget to mention that Japanese boys especially who think "I know indie music".
they're never be Twee. Just mother fucker.oh...really sorry I cannot hide my true INTENTION!
I post this article 'cause most of people who buy vinyls or cassettes without any convictions.
(yes,that's true typically Japanese boys/girls cannot tell what they like or dislike.)
And they don't pay money for products without rarity value.
Don't download "PDF"
Please buy zines!
I don't wanna people who satisfied with PDF,you know.
They did printed out! Zines are true art products,I suppose.
で、Tweeって何なのさ？？？？？？
so what is hell "Tweeeeeeee"???????????????????
beautiful cxxt!
