Why do people call bands like Fall Out Boy and Good charlotte "Sellouts"? (singer, indie)

FaSho · 11-14-2008, 06:02 PM

I agree. I'm not saying they're not sellouts, I'm saying that they care about their music.

Terrible Lizard · 11-14-2008, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FaSho

I agree. I'm not saying they're not sellouts, I'm saying that they care about their music.

Of course they "care" about the music, it brings money in.
In the end however, they still suck.

FaSho · 11-15-2008, 08:38 PM

EOWYG was good...

FaSho · 11-16-2008, 11:26 AM

I think RJA are OKAY, and I like A FEW Avril songs, but I don't think they changed directions they just got steadily worse. Same with Paramore, who I still like.

Arya Stark · 11-16-2008, 11:28 AM

I personally just got sick of Paramore.

But they're an amazing band.

I like Avril's old stuff.

But now she's just too... poppy and girly and *twitches*

RJA's e-mails give off the idea that they think there's nobody better than them.

I don't know.

I feel that they're good.

But not good enough to have such an idea as that one.

Astronomer · 11-16-2008, 03:01 PM

C'mon, Avril was marketed from the start as the new image of a pop princess - one who is "punk" and "rebellious". They never really cared about the music that much, her image was just such a great opportunity.

Arya Stark · 11-18-2008, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shiseido_red

C'mon, Avril was marketed from the start as the new image of a pop princess - one who is "punk" and "rebellious". They never really cared about the music that much, her image was just such a great opportunity.

That's true.

But did she not write her own stuff?

I don't know.

I just know some of the music meant something to me.

Until it became especially poppy.

She was never a huge pop princess until recently with the pink in her hair and the skills on her shirt.

It's like she doesn't know who she is, still.

Astronomer · 11-18-2008, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxawwxsugarxx

That's true.

But did she not write her own stuff?

I'm pretty sure she wrote most of the stuff on her first album but it was really, really terrible.

Arya Stark · 11-19-2008, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shiseido_red

I'm pretty sure she wrote most of the stuff on her first album but it was really, really terrible.

Hahaha, I remember that!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-16-2008, 03:40 PM

No my point was they were shit when they started , they were shit then and they're still shit now .

11-16-2008, 03:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Astronomer we are stardust Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,894	C'mon, Avril was marketed from the start as the new image of a pop princess - one who is "punk" and "rebellious". They never really cared about the music that much, her image was just such a great opportunity. __________________

11-16-2008, 03:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	No my point was they were shit when they started , they were shit then and they're still shit now . __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

11-16-2008, 11:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
Arya Stark "Hermione-Lite" Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York. Posts: 3,084	I personally just got sick of Paramore. But they're an amazing band. I like Avril's old stuff. But now she's just too... poppy and girly and twitches RJA's e-mails give off the idea that they think there's nobody better than them. I don't know. I feel that they're good. But not good enough to have such an idea as that one.