This is What it Sounds Like When the Doves Cry.
I bought an XM radio receiver when I started having to commute 25 miles to work each day, and it's been a good investment. Like all radio, however, you've got to hear some crap once in a while. Well, let me tell you, boy-o, today I heard some crap. The stink perforated my eardrums and moved on into my eyes and nose. It was putrid. I listened in pain, and yet could not turn away. So, I share with you, my friends, this dose of Good Charlotte's "The Young and the Hopeless":
And no one in this industry
Understands the life I lead
When I sing about my past
It's not a gimmick, not an act
These critics and these trust fund kids
Try to tell me what punk is
But when I see them on the streets,
they got nothing to say....
Now, here's the deal: Were I to see Good Charlotte on the street, I'm sure I wouldn't recognize them, and thus, I'd have nothing to say. There'd be no need to bother. However, come the hell on! "No one in this industry understands the life I lead"? Here's a time where I get my "shut the hell up" bat out of the trunk and start swinging away. Kids, you made your move. You wanted to be major label darlings, you got it, and now, well, you've kind of got to shut up.
If not for me, for the children. For the animals. For the betterment of the world. Just shut up. Please. Scream about the trust fund kids, and I'll politely voice my opinion on the state of mainstream "punk" music. You set yourself up for this, kids, and a mediocre pop song doesn't wash away your part in this nonsense.
Eh. Should have titled this "Too Easy, Redux."
posted by Adam @ 9:54 PM
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