The Explain Why You Like This Album ('cause i don't understand) Thread (pop, punk)

khfreek · 11-07-2008, 05:11 AM

Yeah, I still kind of like Blink 182 and early Green Day because they're what got me into music in the first place. While some of their songs I can't stand now (Time of Your Life, gets on my ****ing nerves), I still like some.

Comus · 11-07-2008, 01:03 PM

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right...

lucifer_sam · 11-07-2008, 01:25 PM

...I hope you ****ing dii-i-i-i-iie, Billy Joe Armstrong.

^ Original lyrics.

Brad Stengel · 11-07-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Or some people just like pop-punk...

I really like older, more lo-fi pop-punk from the seventies, but the 80's/90's/00's pop-punk ought to be just called 'pop' because it's much more pop than punk.

I agree with jackhammer in that bands like NOFX and Blink are the complete opposite of punk, which is fine, it just shouldn't be labeled the same as the more punk stuff.

adidasss · 11-07-2008, 02:25 PM

Yeah, we've discussed this issue in length in here, so knock yourself out. It's a pretty interesting discussion.

Alfred · 11-07-2008, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I don't like any of that Genre at all. It also encroaches on my beloved Ska music too. It's basically Pop music with guitars. I like lots of Pop music but not when it's pretending to be non mainstream. The whole ethos of Punk was not to be polished and well produced. Kind of defeats the purpose. I can handle a few Offspring tracks but not much else from the genre.

Thing is, Green Day really gives pop punk a bad name, just like Rise Against gives trad punk a bad name.

Comus · 11-07-2008, 05:31 PM

Fck you all, dookie pwns

jackhammer · 11-07-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Comus

Fck you all, dookie pwns

Oh dear Oh Dear.

khfreek · 11-07-2008, 05:41 PM

Hah, I'd say it was an above-average album for it's time. 7/10, maybe 8/10. Certainly doesn't deserve the crap that gets piled on it, just for being part of Green Day's discography.

Pillowmint · 11-08-2008, 08:31 AM

I suppose i am a bit late to join this, but i never understood what made any Greenday albums popular.

Anyway, one album i don't understand is Elvenking's "The Scythe". It's not bad, i just don't think it should be their most popular album, when compared to some of their other works (Heathenreel and The Winter Wake blow it away if you ask me).

11-07-2008, 05:11 AM	#91 (permalink)
khfreek What a guy Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,123	Yeah, I still kind of like Blink 182 and early Green Day because they're what got me into music in the first place. While some of their songs I can't stand now (Time of Your Life, gets on my ****ing nerves), I still like some. __________________ last.fm

11-07-2008, 01:25 PM	#93 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	...I hope you ****ing dii-i-i-i-iie, Billy Joe Armstrong. ^ Original lyrics. __________________ first.am

11-07-2008, 02:25 PM	#95 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Yeah, we've discussed this issue in length in here, so knock yourself out. It's a pretty interesting discussion. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

11-07-2008, 05:41 PM	#99 (permalink)
khfreek What a guy Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,123	Hah, I'd say it was an above-average album for it's time. 7/10, maybe 8/10. Certainly doesn't deserve the crap that gets piled on it, just for being part of Green Day's discography. __________________ last.fm

11-08-2008, 08:31 AM	#100 (permalink)
Pillowmint I Am the Lizard Queen Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 134	I suppose i am a bit late to join this, but i never understood what made any Greenday albums popular. Anyway, one album i don't understand is Elvenking's "The Scythe". It's not bad, i just don't think it should be their most popular album, when compared to some of their other works (Heathenreel and The Winter Wake blow it away if you ask me).