I hate Simple Plan, their 20-year old adults whining about things pre-teens are worrying about, and we all know how pre-teens make big things out of stupid ****. Their influence on the youth via mainstream media is terrifying. Whine, whine, whine.
Not all music that isn't happy is whining though. A lot of influential artists do controversial things, which often creates rage/sadness/rebellion. Also, the idea of straying away from the bad things in the world by making happy music that ignores problems and gives us a sense of denial is basically the Jonas Brothers (to some extent). I think any music that is good does the opposite of that.
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