Of course, you might listen to a CD in the car every once in a while, just to groove to the catchy tunes and giggle at the type of music you used to worship. But it’s unlikely that you’ll feel that all-encompassing rush of ‘no-one understands me like this band does’ emotion, or be filled with a desire to go to their next show, even if it’s in another state. The simple fact of the matter is that you’re past ‘all that’ now, your hormones have calmed down, and with it all your inner angst and torment.
Something similar to this happened to me the first time I heard the newish song "Give you Hell", by The All American Rejects a few months back. I listened to it thinking, hmmm not a bad song, nice little beat. But there was none of that ‘Oh my God, I feel that exact way’ rush that I surely would have felt when I was sixteen. Had I been sixteen, I probably would have had it blasting in my bedroom, singing along as loud as I could, and mentally dedicating it to some boy I didn’t like. A few years on however, I simply shrug and change the radio station.
Now, back to the point of this article. The bands that sing these songs. Don’t they ever get bored of crooning on about not getting the girl/being misunderstood by the world/hating life? They’re well out of the target age bracket, yet they continue to churn out song after thematically-similar song, and manage to perform them nightly to identical audiences. That sounds like it would get real boring, real quick, not unlike a nine-to-five job. Don’t they ever yearn to sing something that would be interesting to their thirty year old selves? They’re not in high school anymore, so why are they bitching about the boys on the varsity team beating them up? High school was bad enough the first time around; so why the hell are these bands choosing to spend years upon years in this emotional minefield?
Money could be a big attraction; as could the idea of thousands of underage girls throwing themselves at you. Maybe they’ve just been put in this category by their record company, and can’t find their way out of it.
Article comments
1 - Bruno Calmon
I understand your point of view and i even agree with it, but i have to say, do u ever listened to the last album of Simple Plan?!
Or even better, to the last two albums?!
In Crazy SP sings about the world in general with all the problems, just like green day... Save You is a song about cancer, Untitled is a song about drink and drive, What If, a great song about growing up and make some decissions... I dont think u ever heard this songs and are judging by the songs of the first album, no pads no helmets just balls, recorded in 1999/2000 when the members are 20 years old...
Of course we have some song for teenagers on the last album, but they have to do it cause this is the audience for them... But this is just because the older people dont even get the chance to sit down and listen to their songs.
I have 20 years and Simple Plan, for me, is the best band ever, not just because the lyrics, but they have passion for everything they do and u can see it clearly.
Im from Brazil and in march i wented to 5 concerts of Simple Plan in just 2 weeks... I traveled all the country for them and was the best days in my life, so yes i think even if u are not 16, u can see something good enought on Simple Plan to follow the band and keep listening to their songs...
2 - Anniexx3
stupidiest fucking article ever your so wrong.