mainstream

mainstream
1. (Mainstream) (1403↑, 199↓)
Mainstream is what's the new trend. when one "style" gets old, a new one is reborn, a mainstream person is someone who jumps from trend to trend so that they fit in with the rest of the crowd. Mainstream is being what society thinks you should be, and look like.

Avril lavigne took the casual wearage of the tie,something "underground" and unique, and turned it into something everyone wears, she turned it into something "normal", a trend. mainstream.

2. (Mainstream) (1088↑, 336↓)
A gigantic brainwashing cover that the media and the government uses to blindly mislead people into all going the same way. Mainstream should die. I hate people nowadays because they are all the same: Same trend, same bland as pigshit personalities, and same predjudice. Rap is known for influencing mainstream. So is Hip-Hop.

Mainstream should die.

3. (Mainstream) (597↑, 129↓)
Main•stream (mAn’strEm’), n., adj. 1) A genre in music and other forms of media that is often defined by widely-accepted and currently-popular standards, trends, and hypes that have been established by the media, typically resulting in the promotion of superficial traits.

My popular friends accept me because I'm hot and I like all the mainstream artists on MTV.

4. (mainstream) (343↑, 73↓)
Mainstream is the larger public, the masses, the big crowd. Things that are or become 'mainstream' are the things that currently sell the most and gain the most popularity.

Hip Hop has become mainstream and is being worn-out by the masses

Author: Diamond Princess http://mainstream.urbanup.com/742853
5. (mainstream) (313↑, 119↓)
What most people like. Not always bad because everyone likes it. Often is curropted by things like MTV

MTV killed good mainstream music

6. (mainstream) (173↑, 33↓)
A term used to describe when a "[underground]" genre of musical expression has been fully embraced by the public media through aggressive advertising (aka MTV). Following this phase, the style begins to rapidly plummet in popularity while the ravenous leeches and posers choose to find a new fad to gnaw upon. During the "Golden Years" of a mainstream topic, the genre recieves praise in record numbers, often represented by record numbers of identity-free morons with nothing to make themselves "stand out". It gains brief immortality during this phase, with not enough love, and not enough hate to dislodge it. Only when the "haters" prevail in larger numbers in proportion to fans will the death sentence of a genre be finalized.

Rap music still hasn't died because for a decade, it has worked secretly to poison the urban population with wife-beating lyrics and brain-damaging rhythmes, making a permanantly imprint on the inner-city folk. Very devilish plan indeed...

7. (mainstream) (169↑, 37↓)
The brainwash big businesses put out. They feed young adults with worthless movies and music. The trend. All very fake, they put out whatever is in style. Many are too filtered out by the mainstream's brainwash to wake up. Very few mainstream artists are worth listening to.

"Reality" Tv shows would be an example. They saw how people watched Survivor, and they fed off it. "Swimming in the mainstream- Is such a lame, lame dream." - Rollins/Black Flag

8. (mainstream) (110↑, 26↓)
the death of creativity in a music genre.

Metal went mainstream and now its pretty much dead, grunge died as quickly as it rose to mainstream, rap is way too mainstream and is gonna be next.

9. (Mainstream) (85↑, 3↓)
Something that is liked by a majority of people and doesn't pertain to any particular subculture. Mainstream is not a particular style of music, it has nothing to with rap, it has nothing to do with the media forcing various types of music down our throats. It's just stuff that a lot of people like. That's it.

And as for the people saying shit like "Mainstream should die"... What do you think would happen if everyone started listening to the more underground music that you like? It would be mainstream. Faggot.

10. (Mainstream) (91↑, 23↓)
Those who are normally hooked to whatever society says is popular, or cool. If you think about it really, there is a mainstream of non-mainstream kids. What the non-mainstream kids say you have to be in order to be non-mainstream.

I listen Green Day. I listen to epo-555. Mainstream can be good if ignorant fucks would stop conforming and hating everything that's on mtv. Who gives a fuck?

11. (Mainstream) (97↑, 31↓)
Whatever shit is forced upon teenagers(sheep) by MTV and other corporate cunts. The shit that true metalheads fight against.

Rap is mainstream, just another fucking trend. in 20 years, no one will remember it

12. (Mainstream) (88↑, 31↓)
The bane of the elite, mainstream media (mostly musical) receives constant abuse from many listeners of underground/unsigned bands/musicians. A band is often labled mainstream when it attempts to appeal to a wider audience, such as when Slipknot released 'The Subliminal Versus', or Cradle of Filth's more recent releases. Of course the most topical band on this subject at the moment is Green Day. After releasing 'American Idiot', the elitist hoards (as opposed to the pop-culture masses) cried out curses of 'Selling Out'. Unfortunatly this will never end, because there must always be an underdog, and elitism is blessed cross to bear. Although one must ask the question, out of the mainstream and the underground, which is the oppressor, and which is the oppressed...

Brian was a big Green Day fan, and would wash his corn flakes down with Longview every morning. One day he turned on the radio and a song came on called American Idiot, and he quite liked it. He was humming it as he walked to school before realising that eveyone else was as well. My God, his favourite band had become popular\! It was no longer his alone, it belonged to the unwashed hoards now\! Falling to his knees, tearing his Basket Case t-shirt and looking up into the downpour of rain, he declaired unto the Heavens, "I HAVE NO SON\!" before realising that he really did have no son and was actually pissed about his band's success. People say that if you hang around in the bushes outside of Brian's house at night, you can still hear the faint tones of When I Come Around over his weeping.

13. (mainstream) (75↑, 27↓)
CRAPPY MUSIC that goes by the standards and implied guidelines set by other songs that are currently popular. The only inkling of individuality is either a) the lead singer's voice, or b)the fucking tone of the guitar. Both of those are still a rarity. Sometimes, you can define a mainsrteam band by the ranking they are at on the top 40 list, or the iTunes most popular. But not always, because sometimes good [indie] music is mistakenly put there.

jock: "Dude, I just got this new CD. It's 'American Idiot' man\!\! I feel so bad-ass\! Aren't they awesome, singing about America and shit?\!" smart indie kid: "Fuck man, don't spend money on that mainstream garbage. Go buy some Pinback."

14. (Mainstream) (69↑, 31↓)
A bullshit thing that tells you what's in and what's out. I dont see how people actually listen and go along to the mainstream. If they to go along with said mainstream, they're probably brainwashed. Most Mainstreamed stuff is shown on MTV

Mainstream Follower: LEiK OHMiG0D. ShE iS LEiK WeARiNG THaT uGLY SHiRT\! &+ iTS LEiK, NoT WHaT MTV SAiD iS CoOL. Smart Person: -Resisting to kill the mainstream follower-

15. (mainstream) (56↑, 24↓)
it's shite, a form of cloaking device to bundle the masses into one wavelength of similar thought...escape this desease of a music, lusten to underground music, music that requirtes thought and talent

anything on kiss100 *cough* piss100 is mainstream

16. (Mainstream) (21↑, 3↓)
This word lives a double life. On the one hand, it can describe something that is legitimately popular because it is good. However, through the [hipster douche] movement, the phrase "this ___ is mainstream" is used almost as often as "I love PBR" and "I need some more baby powder and Crisco to fit in my jeans." According to many hipsters (or at least the obnoxiously arrogant ones), any musical artist that is signed to a label, sells music online or attracts more than a dozen people to his/her show is "mainstream," a "sellout," or any other word they found in their thesaurus they bought with their parents money.

One definition: "The band broke into the rock mainstream with its smash hit (insert song here)." The newer definition: "Screw (insert band name here), that band is so mainstream. Come on, guys. Let's all dress in an identical manner and listen to music Pitchfork tells us is cool."

Author: DestroyAllHumans http://mainstream.urbanup.com/4949041
17. (Mainstream) (20↑, 2↓)
The word used to describe a person who only likes things that are cool, and popular.

Mainstream people think Metal is dumb and stupid.

Author: God Does Not Exsist http://mainstream.urbanup.com/4345356
18. (mainstream) (50↑, 33↓)
CRAPPY MUSIC that goes by the standards and implied guidelines set by other songs that are currently popular. The only inkling of individuality is either a) the lead singer's voice, or b)the fucking tone of the guitar. Both of those are still a rarity. Sometimes, you can define a mainsrteam band by the ranking they are at on the top 40 list, or the iTunes most popular. But not always, because sometimes good [indie] music is mistakenly put there.

jock: "Dude, I just got this new CD. It's 'American Idiot' man\!\! I feel so bad-ass\! Aren't they awesome, singing about America and shit?\!" smart indie kid: "Fuck man, don't spend money on that mainstream garbage. Go buy some Pinback."

19. (mainstream) (22↑, 5↓)
A person (or more commonly persons) which follow the common/accepted/most seemingly popular trend. The trends are normally labeled, causing a divide of those who conform and do not conform (non-conformists) until the non-conformists become the common trend, creating a cycle.

Today's common mainstream trends are labeled as 'emo' (Many of these titles are misused). The older term for the jumping of trends is 'Fashionista or Fashionister'

Author: The Minorate Majority http://mainstream.urbanup.com/2768107
20. (mainstream) (24↑, 8↓)
1. Something Popular 2. Something well-known

Russian cartoons aren't as mainstream in America as they should be. Rock music is very mainstream here.

21. (mainstream) (21↑, 7↓)
culturally conventional, wideley accepted, standard

She is seeking to eventually be a mainstream artist.

Author: The Return of Light Joker http://mainstream.urbanup.com/2617451
22. (Mainstream) (17↑, 7↓)
A person that goes with the crowd, and is in no way alternative at all.

'Look at Jess Turner, she is well mainstream'

23. (Mainstream) (18↑, 12↓)
Something that's popular. Sure, it's trendy, sure, it's probably on MTV and popular among people-but, honestly-is it really that much of an issue if I have Lady Gaga on my Ipod? She's in there with Amanda Palmer and Porcelain and the Trams as well-am I indie enough for you? The lot of you are being really rude. Some mainstream is good, it's not the end of the world, so stop complaining that somebody else likes Rihanna and you like The Decemberists. Grow up.

Person A: Hey, have you heard the new release from Lady Gaga? It's pretty good. I think I"ll give her a chance\! Person B: Umm..that stuff is forced down our throats by mtv and stuff. You shouldn't listen to that. Here, I got a new album based off of a Pitchfork review, you should try it. Person A: *listens* Yeah...no offense dude, but I don't like it. Person B: *scoffs* You're just another one of the sheeple. A slave to the mainstream. You just have bad taste.

24. (Mainstream) (8↑, 3↓)
The thing Dan has ruined with all of his status updates.

status updates are so mainstream...

25. (Mainstream) (30↑, 42↓)
basically, what's popular, like rap music in most ways.

most mainstream rap artists are entertainers, cuz they giv what the public wants, which is new ish\!

Author: Marshall Mirzada http://mainstream.urbanup.com/379110
26. (mainstream) (36↑, 52↓)
In the opinion of morons, such as almost everyone posting on this page, mainstream is the epitomy of conformity and capitalistic exploitation tactics. To follow mainstream, in the opinion of such idiots, is to be weak and conformist. Mainstream is marketable and appealling to the masses because it's popular and more likeable. Most "non-mainstream" artists would do anything to become mainstream.

Mainstream is frowned at by morons between the ages 14-24 due to their inability to see the wood through the trees.

27. (Mainstream) (10↑, 94↓)
The epidemy of perfection; the stardard of which everyone and everything strives to atain, and the stardard by which all things in life are measured.

Automobille companies are always striving to create a car that is more mainstream than previous models.

28. (mainstream) (6↑, 94↓)
the cool kids. that boy whos just sooooooo hot\! that girl with big tits...im sure you understand.

OMFG\!\!\!\! Noah is soooo mainstream, everyone want his ass\!

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Last updated: 2012.03.01

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