In the
good old days (and by that I mean the early to mid-
Nineties),
indie music had achieved none of the
crossover pop success that it has just a part-decade later (
Blur,
Oasis,
Travis,
Stereophonics,
The Verve).
As a consequence, the girls who liked the same music as me were generally those with
significant personality disorders and/or some
grooming issues.
Indie boys like myself were forced to date outside our musical tastes if we were to appease our
libido by getting girlfriends that got our
mojo working. The prospect of some good (possibly
matching underwear-based) lovin' was more than enough to overcome our fundamental distrust of people who liked
Wet Wet Wet and
Celine Dion over
Suede and
The Stone Roses.
However, round about the time I went to
university,
Blur and
Oasis were battling it out at the top of the
pop charts and on the
front pages of the papers, and
Liam and
Damon were at the forefront of the new
knicker-moistening Indie Bands With Good-Looking Singers(TM). And, within weeks, our university Indie/Rock nights went from being an angry, long-haired
mosh pit to being a
haven of extremely
perky, head-bobbing
cuties wearing
DMs and
baby t's.
Five short years later and not only have
indie chicks rocked my world, but they keep getting cuter. Girls who, ten years ago, would have been the
untouchable class princess, now wear minimal makeup, a babydoll
tummy-revealing t-shirt and tight
combats. And when they smile, their eyes glisten with the tenderness of a million
Richard Ashcroft lyrics, and faces beam with the same joy that us indie boys experience when
Noel Gallagher soars into his
guitar solo.
Finally, there are girls who you can take to every
gig, read
NME with, and who really don't find it strange that you'd want to make love while '
Bittersweet Symphony' is playing on your stereo. Oh, and also fulfill every
sexual desire you ever had.
Addendum: I have noticed that the same thing is finally happening to rock chicks - really, REALLY hot girls wearing tight Limp Bizkit and Slipknot t-shirts. I have reached my Nirvana. You metal boys will soon have the same opportunity...