Note: I'm discounting cover songs because, with a handful of phenomenal exceptions, I dislike them on principle.
It's hard to think of many songs that are fundmentally vile. Many songs start bad, and either excessive exposure or their majestic tosser-attracting abilities (occasionally both; see the ENTIRE DUBSTEP GENRE) make them worse. But it takes a special kind of bad song to offend from the offset. I realise emo bands are an easy target, but I really feel that this wretched, condescending shitbag of a 'song' by Simple Plan takes the biscuit.
I remember seeing this on TV when I was 14. I had the requisite green hair, mopey demeanour and absurd lack of perspective that grossly misinformed industry bigwigs were eager to capitalise on at the time, but even I couldn't buy into this croc of shit. Since I was an ardent fan of nu-metal back then, that has to count for something.
The self-pity. The whiny vocal repetition. The boring, ceaseless three-chord rhythm. God, it must be so hard being so rich and famous in your shit fucking band. Maybe he is talking from the perspective of a lameass emo tween, but I refuse to give him even that much creative credit. FOUL.
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