We got bored and snapped some stupid shots earlier, the photo of me in the hat looking super confused was when Paramore were on. Fuck I hate that band. After seeing literally HUNDREDS of bands and going to HUNDREDS of gigs in my measly 20 years of life, i have never, ever seen anyone who sounded as shit as Hayley Williams. Maybe if she hadn't been spending so much time taking photos of her tits to upload to twitter she'd have had time to rehearse?! I dunno, she was jumping around like a 15 year old kid who had just tried drugs for the first time and it didn't do her voice any justice. Shit shit shit. PASSION BEFORE FASHION KIDS!! it aint all about the hair! read these lyrics!!!!
This led to a 'discussion' on Twitter about whether bands sound the same live as they do on Cd (because paramore really do sound wank live).... this made me think about the bands i've seen who literally sound exactly the same live as they do on CD, google the names if you're cool enough!! ;)
*Flogging Molly
*Cypress Hill
*Mouthwash (google MouthwashLondon)
*Pendulum
*Bad Religion
*The Prodigy
*Gallows (YES ZOE!!)
*Limp Bizkit
*GoGol Bordello
*The Skints
*Billy Talent
*A day to remember
*h2o (GO!!) :) my faaaaave!!
*Enter Shikari
*Bane
*Dizzee Rascal
*Lethal Bizzle
*Random Hand
*Sonic Boom 6
There are loads, the list literally goes on!!!
I've also been amused by the amount of people slagging off Blink 182's performance at Reading. I am unhealthily obsessed with this band and remember queueing outside the 'record store' in cambridge with my mum for her to buy Enema of the State. If you've listened to the Mark,Tom and Travis show you'll know that the 182 are famed for acting stupid on stage, changing the lyrics to their songs, and making sick jokes. for me, the performance at reading was beyond perfect. I fully understand that sound wise they sucked, tom delongue has got fat, and he looked like he was on drugs. but holy shit! they were awesome :) i dont think they'll come to the UK again anytime soon so i feel truely honoured to have been able to be part of that crowd!!
In case i've never mentioned it before, my Mum is fucking cool!! She bought me up listening to punk and ska, taught me how to 'skank' and 'pogo' when i was a toddler, and generally just taught me the value of good music at an early age! Can anyone else say that their mum shaved her head all apart from her fringe, then dyed her fringe lime green and listened to the sex pistols whilst cooking dinner?! HELL YEAH! At the moment her favourite thing to do is sing at the TOP OF HER LUNGS to Mouthwash in my car, she might actually be their oldest fan (ahahaha!)...
I've no idea where this blog came from, it just sort of spilt out onto the screen whilst i was watching Nitro Circus :)
xo
Maybe thats the point though - the fact that you show such undying loyalty to this band that regardless of how they actually sounded/looked you still loved them because of what they mean to you. I was at reading too and loved blink's set, but so many people who i spoke to who didn't go thought it was an awful set. Also, i don't think its very hard for cypress hill, pendulum, lethal bizzle or limp bizkit to sound much different live - rapping/mc-ing/digitally made music doesnt require as much fine tuning as singing does. But i do agree that paramore weren't that great at reading. I'm a fan who was left dissapointed.
ReplyDeleteyou are awesome so now you are on my blogroll =)
ReplyDeletei'm going to say eminem becuse I just watched the mtv vmas online and he sang and he sounded true to his albulm
I agree with the majority since ive seen most of your list before, but billy talent and enter shikari are possibly the WORST bands ive ever seen live. Both sounded shockingly terrible. Haven't listened to them since =/
ReplyDeleteBut I saw Blink at leeds fest and I wasnt too bothered about them until i saw them! They really did do amazing! and Tom DeLonge has got fat. boo.
And Hayley Williams really cant sing.
Good post
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