I'M SO SORRY, BANDOM! I will bake you cookies!
So I listened to Infinity on High on the bus the other morning, and I kinda...didn't really like it.. I'M SORRY! I TRIED! It was just so different to what I expected. I wanted songs like "This Ain't a Scene", all high energy and fun and fast, and what I got was an album of soft rock which mostly bored me. There were a few near the end that I liked (the second last song got me moving) but for the most, I felt like I was listening to "Middle-of the Road Rock FM!" God. This is gonna get me kicked out of bandom, isn't it? I still love Patrick Stump! And, ok, I admit it - Pete Wentz is hot. He's HOT, OK? But this particular album left me cold. I think I would probably like their older albums better?
And that got me thinking how strange it is that we lump all these really disparate bands into 'bandom'. I mean, of the three I've listened to to any extent - My Chem, Panic! and FOB - there are almost no similarities, except they all come under the rock umbrella. My Chem are high energy fast rock, with punk roots; Panic! are caberet and dance influenced theatre rock; and FOB are barely clinging to their punk rock roots and (IN! MY! OPINION!) churning out boring radio-rock (with the occasional awesome single, ok). Why are these bands being grouped together? Oh, I know! Because they all know each other and have hot members who we want to have sex with each other.
I'm not dissing bandom! I swear to god I'm not. I used to slash Eminem and 50 Cent, I have no grounds to diss anything in the universe. Wanting them to have sex with each other is noble and good. I guess its just a little misleading. I mean, if I listen to, say, Cobra Starship, or The Academy Is..., what kind of music am I gonna get? Punk? Alt-rock? Reggae? Metal? I think I'm just a little bitter, because My Chem are the exact kinda music that I love, and I wanted MORE MORE MORE music to rock out to in my collection. So I got all excited about all these new bands to love and adore, and then it didn't quite work out. OH WELL.
I still want to read about Patrick Stump and Bob Bryar having an awkwad but adorable relationship on tour. That's the beauty of bandom, I guess, you can love it without having to love the music. That always really disturbed me, when people would be way into My Chem fandom without digging the actual songs, but I get it now.
Also, why aren't 30 Seconds to Mars in bandom (now that we've established that bandom bands sound nothing alike)? How great would that be? Imagine all the 'High and Mighty Hollywood Star Jared Leto breaks Poor Little Band Boy Gerard Way/Brendan Urie/Insert Here's heart and is forever hated, yet lusted over" stories we're missing out on! Get on that, guys.
...also, why aren't Gerard Way and Frank Iero making out in my living room at this exact moment? Get on that too, please.
...also, where can I find more Frank/Jamia or Frank/Jamia/Gerard? Not that I'm...into that kind of thing. Uh.
--Cheers, Beck
ETA: I feel like I should add that I do thing P-Stump has a seriously awesome voice Dude can SING. Ok. enough atonement. Carry on!
And that got me thinking how strange it is that we lump all these really disparate bands into 'bandom'. I mean, of the three I've listened to to any extent - My Chem, Panic! and FOB - there are almost no similarities, except they all come under the rock umbrella. My Chem are high energy fast rock, with punk roots; Panic! are caberet and dance influenced theatre rock; and FOB are barely clinging to their punk rock roots and (IN! MY! OPINION!) churning out boring radio-rock (with the occasional awesome single, ok). Why are these bands being grouped together? Oh, I know! Because they all know each other and have hot members who we want to have sex with each other.
I'm not dissing bandom! I swear to god I'm not. I used to slash Eminem and 50 Cent, I have no grounds to diss anything in the universe. Wanting them to have sex with each other is noble and good. I guess its just a little misleading. I mean, if I listen to, say, Cobra Starship, or The Academy Is..., what kind of music am I gonna get? Punk? Alt-rock? Reggae? Metal? I think I'm just a little bitter, because My Chem are the exact kinda music that I love, and I wanted MORE MORE MORE music to rock out to in my collection. So I got all excited about all these new bands to love and adore, and then it didn't quite work out. OH WELL.
I still want to read about Patrick Stump and Bob Bryar having an awkwad but adorable relationship on tour. That's the beauty of bandom, I guess, you can love it without having to love the music. That always really disturbed me, when people would be way into My Chem fandom without digging the actual songs, but I get it now.
Also, why aren't 30 Seconds to Mars in bandom (now that we've established that bandom bands sound nothing alike)? How great would that be? Imagine all the 'High and Mighty Hollywood Star Jared Leto breaks Poor Little Band Boy Gerard Way/Brendan Urie/Insert Here's heart and is forever hated, yet lusted over" stories we're missing out on! Get on that, guys.
...also, why aren't Gerard Way and Frank Iero making out in my living room at this exact moment? Get on that too, please.
...also, where can I find more Frank/Jamia or Frank/Jamia/Gerard? Not that I'm...into that kind of thing. Uh.
--Cheers, Beck
ETA: I feel like I should add that I do thing P-Stump has a seriously awesome voice Dude can SING. Ok. enough atonement. Carry on!