johnpendell Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 15 minutes ago, Cappybara said: I agree with the BK pick. Anyone picking Crown for this is crazy Crown's BARELY starting to try to become "hipster" there were lil moments here and there specifically 13 and 14.. but overall they're very classic. This year I see the change with no one to know one (can't be bothered to capitalize the random letters properly). Still, only slightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c.l. Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I would say BK or Bloo. These days hipsters are all about gentrified neighborhoods so I guess inadvertently it's Bloo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsnare93 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 There's nothing hip about being a hipster today -- it's very much mainstream now. About 50 percent of 18-30 year old's polled identify as hipsters. But in the spirit of the thread, I'd say BK. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 53 minutes ago, Cappybara said: I'm still wearing my Bernie button in spirit Oh lord 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsfever Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Cavaliers: "Dude" ... "Buddy" The Men from Mars are this year's hipsters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higher faster stronger Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) Just one take on the topic. I have enjoyed DCP and I hope this would add to the conversation. In an effort to understand what a hipster is while trying to answer the question of which corps is the most "hipster" I first began with the Miriam Webster dictionary definition. Hello Miriam my old friend. hipster - noun a person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream. Based on this definition I would not say Bluecoats or Blue Devils at all. Looks like the most popular answers so far. Seems like the obvious answer. There is a bend in the tone of this topic currently,so forgive me for using it to look at this topic in a different way. trendsetter - noun a person who leads the way in fashion or ideas. This gives a much better description of the influence that BC and BD have had on the current climate of DCI and I would put the Cavies in there for good measure because I would argue that they were the earliest of "suspects" in current trend. The other two were more direct in their evolution due to the plowing of the Green Machine. A quick sploooie. Moving on. So if you look at it this way all of the corps are hipsters except BC,BD and the Cavies because they are following the trendsetters by following a trend that is outside of "cultural mainstream". The corps being called out as hipsters actually set a trend that other corps chose to follow. A shift in the culture usually starts with only one or two voices. This in no way is to place more responsibility on any corps but only to define roles and understand what took place. This is not an indictment of the change itself. I am a fan and I am enjoying this season very much. "The true irony here is that many of the detractors of hipster culture are in fact unknowingly following a path that hipsters have carved out years before them. This phenomena also applies to music as well, as many bands have become successful and known to mainstream audiences only because hipsters first found and listened to them as early-adopters of new culture." This was a quote from the OP's description of a hipster. It explains itself so I won't elaborate too much. DCI has always been the trendsetting/hipster set in the world of field show,always out of the cultural mainstream. Phantom and Les Mis on the field, Velvet Knights (hand over heart) first saw them in '92 shark on the field,that's all I am saying.Then jazz and drill at the same time,on a field,synth in the pit. Say it ain't so. "Once certain concepts of fashion and music have reached mainstream audiences, hipsters move on to something new and improved. " One more quote from the hipster description in the initial post. The style of DCI has become intrinsic in HS and College bands influencing the style choices,arrangements of music as well as field design and general effect. When this type of experience is at arms length and you can have the same experience at a HS or college event what happens then ? No one does it like corps but some do not understand the difference. DCI has always been the hipster set and this era of corps is no different.One take away from this shift is a reminder change always come with some apprehension and resistance. Some may even walk away. When we ask how far is too far the current participants will tell you it's normal. This is all they know. Is there a new set of hipsters that are finding the activity and becoming the early adopters of a new culture ? I think so. Some of them are on the field right now land they will remain long after they leave. Only to find that the trends they once set have become mainstream and history always seems to repeat itself. Just some thoughts I had. My answer is none of the above ;) Edited June 28, 2017 by higher faster stronger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) INT was hip for awhile. Now they are just archaic, naughty, imo.... way too middle class, middle of the road for my eclectic tastes now. Edited June 28, 2017 by BRASSO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachariaswmb Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Doesn't this thread belong in February? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 14 minutes ago, zachariaswmb said: Doesn't this thread belong in February? Could be. Lol i was really trying to stir more timely conversation and observation about the 2017 corps/uniforms/show so I probably should have stated that I also think "hipster" is a positive label. So this is meant more from that perspective- intellectual, trendy, progressive, health conscious etc are such great qualities 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingerland Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I can't imagine real hipsters being into something as aggressive and behaviorally rigid as drum corps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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