Me too, but......

Monkey Wrench is a perfect 4 min pop-punk song. I HATE that they make it 9 or 10 minutes long live.

http://www.avrillavigne.com/ca/news/hello-kitty-video

"The video, still viewable on Lavigne's website as of Wednesday afternoon and by users reposting it, features the Canuck pop-punk princess prancing about in front of four grimacing Asian dancers and squawking lyrics including: "Let's all slumber party/Like a fat kid on a pack of Smarties.""

So this song made me do some wikipidiaing. I love punk, usually pop punk and stuff that is very ironic or just silly, The Vandals, The Ramones, ect. I have heard of new wave before, but didn't really know what it was. So, this band is classified as indi-new wave. And new wave is basically post punk with a more electronic feel and less "arty" than most post punk (punk takes itself to seriously now a days, you are lost punk, so lost!)

All that to say, I really liked this song, and it somehow reminded me of punk. Now I found the connection and perhaps a brand new genera of music to like

>> ^dannym3141:

This doesn't sound like metal to me


Indeed, more like pop-punk, which I am totally fine with.

I think it's both hilarious and insane that you think Wal-mart simply re-arranges a local economy. A lot of Mom & Pop stores are niche market but make a lot of their profit off your everyday Joe & Jane buying garbage. That is probably the majority of consumer product in America - garbage. I remember I was really good friends with the owner of a record store in a small town but he made most of his money from larger "indie" rock bands on Atlantic records or some shitty metal band. 98% of everything else was underground punk, pop-punk, grindcore, power-violence, thrash, straight-edge hardcore, emotive hardcore, gravity style, D-beat, black metal etc etc. But, he made most of his profits from garbage. Don't think about anything folks, just work your shitty job and hope your wife doesn't cheat on you. Remember to pay your taxes. BLEH!

The other problem in my eyes is that a lot of middle-class & lower-class people inevitably shop at Wal-mart because of cheaper prices. I remember reading an article about how Wal-mart lost revenue last year but luxury stores (Neiman Marcus, etc) finances skyrocketed. The rich are now uber rich and they burned up the middle-class as well as their jobs so we could get them to new heights of wealth. Wal-mart and a lot of shitty huge corporate stores are VERY much apart of this topic & apart of the problem America faces. As long as there are huge big-box stores stamping out local business and selling product cheaper because they are such a gigantic virus-like company - local economies across the entire country will never get "well". Make these stores into Co-ops and maybe we'll get somewhere, we have to snuff out at least some of these greedy fucks.

It's still stunning to me that people are able to stick up for such a piece of shit company.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

Wal-mart... crazy rant about how it kills your neighbors...
I've never quite understood this argument. Wal-Mart doesn't kill local businesses. It rearranges them and then creates more jobs. Every Wal-Mart that goes up has about 10 restaurants, 2 car dealerships, 1 Gamestop, a couple book stores, and a bunch of other ancillary businesses sprout up literally overnight right next to it once it opens. These places employ - that's right - your neighbors. It has been demonstrably proven over and over again that Wal-Marts increase employment and revenue in the communities they enter. Do they shake up the environment and force local shops to change it up? Of course. But for every guy that curses Wal-Mart because he had to close his Mom & Pop, there are 20 other guys who are cheering Wal-Mart as they take showers in new business money.

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1. Journey - Good Morning Girl

2. The Cure - Disintegration
Stopped to listen to this one all the way through, even though I usually just write down the track name and skip on with these things.

3. Talking Heads - Girls Want to Be with the Girls
Haha, had to listen to this one too.

4. the pillows - Beehive
Live version ripped from the bonus DVD of their latest live concert release, Blue Song With Blue Poppies. They actually stopped in the middle of the song because Sawao forgot the lyrics, then started fresh and rocked it really hard. Wish I could have seen this show.

5. ELLEGARDEN - Surfrider Association
Opening track from BRING YOUR OWN BOARD!! Love these guys. They sound like typical pop punk at a quick listen sometimes, but if you actually give a whole album a chance, you realize that they're fantastic musicians and a huge cut above the drudge that fills up their genre.

6. Pavement - Elevate Me Later
I actually haven't ever paid attention to this track before, but I really love the intro.

7. Ling Tosite Sigure - 鮮やかな殺人 (The Vivid Murderer)
Self-produced demo take, hell fucking yes. Raging, screeching Telecaster guitar solo, rumbling bass lines, and a huge range of dynamics.

8. ART-SCHOOL - LOST IN THE AIR (Tony Doogan mix)
Fan-fucking-tastic song. This mix has more presence to the bass guitar than the original, which creates for a much more atmospheric song. I like very much.

9. GING NANG BOYZ - 駆け抜けて性春 (The Youth Running Past)
God I love this song. Crazy but catchy Japanese punk rock. They record all of their instruments at one go in the studio rather than layering it instrument by instrument, giving a raw, live sound to all their recordings. I wish all rock musicians did this.

10. People in the Box - Paper Trip
Great song, off my favorite album by them.

They claim to hail from the planet Kero Kero. They are described as psychedelic, space rock, jazz fusion, jagged alternating vocal harmonies, sugary synthesiser pop, punk, prog, epic/atmospheric, noise-rock, wavering 3 part a capella, borderline operatic vocals, often in the space of a single song. Live performances are known to include home-made costume during the show, synchronised robot dancing and frog-related items. Enthusiastic supporters include Mike Patton and Jello Biafra:
"eX-Girl are a beautiful example of information overload. Jagged 3 part vocal harmonies, adventurous arrangements, and songs that hook you like the sucker that you are. Take all of these treats, wrap it in an ultra-bright technicolor live show with surreal homemade costumes, and you've got the sensation of being strapped in on an out-of-control carnival ride that will leave you standing in line waiting for another turn."
—Mike Patton
- wiki

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I see. Thanks for the explanation.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
actually I should have had the tags read "pop punk, rather then "pop,punk" The genre is for bands, (such as new found glory, good charlotte, and brand new) That lost favor in the punk scene but were made successful as pop musicians. The reason being their sound is most closely associated to riffs that are definitively punk, yet the tempo and lyrics are more contemporary then your hardcore and early punk bands.

In reply to this comment by mauz15:
Hmm "better than most" what? most than the other 400 bands that sound pretty much the same? I don't see how. But then again, I stay away from this genre as much as possible.

I just wanted to ask, how is this punk? I dont see the connection.

the tags read "pop punk" not "pop,punk" The genre is for bands, (such as new found glory, good charlotte, and brand new) That lost favor in the punk scene but were made successful as pop musicians. The reason the punk label is that their sound is most closely associated to riffs and power chords that are definitively punk, yet the tempo and lyrics are more contemporary then your hardcore and early punk bands. I think emo is a good tag to add, although the definition of emo has been horribly mis-construed and overused from since it's inception.

In reply to this comment by tehmog:
Punk? I think not, more like EMO which is more and more being labeled as punk. Any boy band can color their hair, pierce their ears, and get tattoos, however at this point it would seem more "punk" not to have any of that done.

They are fairly run-of-the-mill for pop punk as far as some things go, but their guitarist and vocalist are better than most.

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yellowcard makes me shit and barf at the same time. its weird!

... I'm trying to think of an analogy for why I despise yellowcard...

maybe because in a sense they have elements that should work and then really just don't capitalize in an interesting way (to my ear) it makes it much worse. the expectations are up HERE, and then the actual songs are basic pop-punk, so my brain just says, 'fuck this, gotta get outta here; maybe he'll listen to me if I start barfing and shitting...'

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