Indie Music

A week or so back, one of the scholars, Sylvie*, asked me what type of music I listen to. I hate not giving an answer to that question, or saying "anything but country," so I said "indie music." It's a pretty broad genere so I figured it covered a lot. Sylvie was like, "India music?" She'd never heard of it. Most of the girls listen to Top 40 and rap, although some of them enjoy oldies, soul and bluesy stuff.

Anyway, today Sylvie asked me to play her an indie music song. I figured she wouldn't like anything slow and sad, so I youtubed the first thing that came to mind, which was Ratatat's "Wildcat." Sylvie and Julia* began to dance around wildly--I particularly liked when Julia got down on her knees like she was playing a guitar solo. After a bit Sylvie said, "There aren't any words?" I've heard the song so many times that I'd kind of forgotten about that part. Then Sylvie asked me if my friends and I danced to this type of music. I told her that yeah, in college I occasionally went to parties where they played that kind of music. She laughed and asked how we danced to it, and then immediately went into what turned out to be a pretty close imitation of an average Earlham student--one arm in the air, sort of bouncing up and down. It was hilarious.

Once the song was over, Sylvie said, "Let me show you some of our music." She youtubed "the wobble," which I'd never heard of. It's a song and a line dance. She and Julia were trying to teach me... it was pretty hard! I could get the hands but the feet were kind of confusing. It was fun though, kind of like Zumba! Just as I was starting to get it though, I had to leave.

So yeah, today was fun. Also, a few of the scholars noticed me watching RuPaul's Drag Race and we watched an episode together. I was excited to show them my latest obsession, and can't wait to learn more about theirs'.


Wildcat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKniXABsUeE
The wobble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CK665cgZfk&feature=related


--Rebecca