Strange Famous: Mandy Moore isn't a "nice looking girl"...she's ridiculously cute.
Anyway, I really dislike emo music but there's this one song that was pretty popular over the last year that I almost liked. You see, I didn't like the program that was playing on NPR (Prairie Home Companion...ugh) and there was nothing else on the radio, so I was stuck listening to some random Top 40 station. The song came on and I immediately recognized it, but it was the first time I was forced to actually pay attention, and gosh darnit, I actually thought it was pretty enjoyable at first. Then the chorus came and I thought it sucked and ruined the song - but to this day I still assert that the beginning of the song before the chorus
could have been a good song. Then I was listening to
Sound Opinions and found out that the song was included on Jim DeRogatis' 2007 mix-tape, so I must not be alone in my enjoyment of at least part of the song. And if Jim DeRogatis has the courage to admit he finds it at least partially enjoyable, then I do too.
That song: Fall Out Boy - “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”
Even the name is stupid! Worse yet, the video is a steaming pile of crap and to top it off the band is from a very wealthy Chicago neighborhood (median family income of $122,515), so they fit completely into the emo stereotype. But still, the beginning before the chorus showed real potential.
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