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Old 05-29-2003, 05:14 AM   #11 (permalink)
itchy92
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absorbentishe: No, the Ramones now being played as ad music is not the same; they did not make mindless music with a specific sound with the intent of being popular; they were a good band (well...) that made it big.

Leander: That's exactly the problem. They all have the same sound, or perhaps some minor variation thereof. That's always been the case with any music that is popular, though; all rap has exactly one beat, just sped up or slowed down.

And although I definitely recognize and appreciate the roots of the genre, it's not that I hate all "punk" music out there today, just the crap that's attracting all these poseurs to the genre. And the problem is, most of them don't use it as a launching pad into good stuff, they just continue to listen to the same popular crap.

I'll admit: New Found Glory was my first punk band. But after a few months, I realized how much more, real music was out there, and I realized what the music is about. Over the last two years, I've found hundreds of punk/indie/emo bands that I love that no one has ever heard of. I almost always go to shows alone because none of my friends know the bands I listen to, and I refuse to go to their Sum 41 shows... I guess I'm just trying to reiterate that there is music out there which could still be deemed punk, as long as you have a broader definition of it.

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