Never take friendship personal
I think I'll do something I haven't done in a long time over here - Music rantings.
We aren't in Vietnam anymore
I get really sad when I think of Green Day now, because all people associate with them is 'wake up me when september ends'. This is the problem, when bands get politics into their music, it distort the whole symphony. Green Day was an awesome band, they really were. A cult figure in the punk rock scene during the late eighties and early nineties, they survived over 20 years of a punk rock revolution, with distortion coming in from pop, boybands and hard rock. With American Idiot, the band dawned on a new age of popularity, but one that came at a price - their music. Nowadays, you could go around and ask just about anyone who Green Day are, and they'd be able to tell you. You could ask anyone to name one song by Green Day, and they would tell you 'wake me up when september ends'. Ask them about Nimrod and you'll witness a formation of a confused visage so far up their face you can see the hypocripsy.
It's something I notice about bands who move up the political front, and it's a movement away from their music. Green Day!! Hello lads!! I want your 'heartbreak, my ex girlfriend totally screwed me over songs', tracks like 'nice guys finish last', wierd ass tunes like 'king for a day' and heartfelt ones like 'time of your life' (all those pretenders would be going like 'ohhhhhh so THEY sang that song...right about now.). And with the next album they produce after the 'political' one, it would usually be a 'comeback' album, to their style or whatever. So, if that's the case, then they did degrade themselevs previously, didn't they? I think the best example of a band who has stayed constant all this while would be Oasis. They just don't give a shit, and it works.
Too many bands going political. Let generation Y's music stay youthful. I'm not saying that music can't be used to spread beliefs and opinions about politics, but come on, let's leave that to the boybands, punk and emo wannabes, and american idol soloists to deal with. To the bands I love, stay true to your music. It's your sincerity and heart that has reached out to the underground crowd, not not because of commercialism or high cost music videos.
We have to wear our hearts on our sleeves, tears on our collars and gushes of blood on our knees.
It's time for a revolution, our revolution.
That Thing You Do
Sometimes I get really irritated with all the pretentious bunch of shitheads (no KELVIN i'm not referring to you, cuz I know when you read this you'll be like 'hmm....is shane talking about me....') , who throw the word 'emo' like it didn't mean anything and was just the product of a continous factory line. Everything's emo now; the plant outside my house, the dirty pavements, plastic bags, computers, rain droplets, stones (and let's not forget the rocks, yeah, they're a sad bunch of the sand family) and grass.
My dear Singaporeans, I might sound a tad bitchy here, but please, follow these simple steps:
1) Get a thesarus. If you don't have a thesaurus, go directly to step 4.
2) Find the word 'emo'.
3) Apply substitues.
4) Go to Microsoft Word.
5) Type in 'emo'.
6) Highlight 'emo'.
7) Press Ctrl F7.
8) Apply substitues.
9) Get a life.
I guess I could go on and on about this, cuz I'm really passionate about music, also quite possessive. I think I'll stop here, cuz I don't think anyone has read up to this point, and secondly, I'm gonna listen to some Nimrod now.
We aren't in Vietnam anymore
I get really sad when I think of Green Day now, because all people associate with them is 'wake up me when september ends'. This is the problem, when bands get politics into their music, it distort the whole symphony. Green Day was an awesome band, they really were. A cult figure in the punk rock scene during the late eighties and early nineties, they survived over 20 years of a punk rock revolution, with distortion coming in from pop, boybands and hard rock. With American Idiot, the band dawned on a new age of popularity, but one that came at a price - their music. Nowadays, you could go around and ask just about anyone who Green Day are, and they'd be able to tell you. You could ask anyone to name one song by Green Day, and they would tell you 'wake me up when september ends'. Ask them about Nimrod and you'll witness a formation of a confused visage so far up their face you can see the hypocripsy.
It's something I notice about bands who move up the political front, and it's a movement away from their music. Green Day!! Hello lads!! I want your 'heartbreak, my ex girlfriend totally screwed me over songs', tracks like 'nice guys finish last', wierd ass tunes like 'king for a day' and heartfelt ones like 'time of your life' (all those pretenders would be going like 'ohhhhhh so THEY sang that song...right about now.). And with the next album they produce after the 'political' one, it would usually be a 'comeback' album, to their style or whatever. So, if that's the case, then they did degrade themselevs previously, didn't they? I think the best example of a band who has stayed constant all this while would be Oasis. They just don't give a shit, and it works.
Too many bands going political. Let generation Y's music stay youthful. I'm not saying that music can't be used to spread beliefs and opinions about politics, but come on, let's leave that to the boybands, punk and emo wannabes, and american idol soloists to deal with. To the bands I love, stay true to your music. It's your sincerity and heart that has reached out to the underground crowd, not not because of commercialism or high cost music videos.
We have to wear our hearts on our sleeves, tears on our collars and gushes of blood on our knees.
It's time for a revolution, our revolution.
That Thing You Do
Sometimes I get really irritated with all the pretentious bunch of shitheads (no KELVIN i'm not referring to you, cuz I know when you read this you'll be like 'hmm....is shane talking about me....') , who throw the word 'emo' like it didn't mean anything and was just the product of a continous factory line. Everything's emo now; the plant outside my house, the dirty pavements, plastic bags, computers, rain droplets, stones (and let's not forget the rocks, yeah, they're a sad bunch of the sand family) and grass.
My dear Singaporeans, I might sound a tad bitchy here, but please, follow these simple steps:
1) Get a thesarus. If you don't have a thesaurus, go directly to step 4.
2) Find the word 'emo'.
3) Apply substitues.
4) Go to Microsoft Word.
5) Type in 'emo'.
6) Highlight 'emo'.
7) Press Ctrl F7.
8) Apply substitues.
9) Get a life.
I guess I could go on and on about this, cuz I'm really passionate about music, also quite possessive. I think I'll stop here, cuz I don't think anyone has read up to this point, and secondly, I'm gonna listen to some Nimrod now.
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