Top 5 Dumbass Things From 2007

This is always a fun post to write because I get to let out some frustration. There are no shortage of things to rant about.

5. People Waiting is Line for Days for the Release of Something -- You know what I'm talking about, the iPhone was released and the whole news coverage was about people standing in line in front of the Apple Store. Also, the final Harry Potter book was released. Lines were formed well in advance. Then Halo 3 was given a big release. I'm sure there is somebody who waited in these lines for all three events. What a colossal waste of time, especially for the iPhone. With any new Apple product, its fraught with problems and a newer, better version comes out the next year. Also, there's this thing called the internet, where you can buy these products. "Ohhhh, but I want it first and I can't live without." Oh, people take your diaper off.

4. When Commercials Play Better Music Than the Radio -- I can name a 1,000 reasons why the music industry is in decline. In the top five is the failure of terrestrial radio to promote new artists or just good music in general. Thus, our beloved indie artists are having to turn to TV to get their music out there. Just today, I was watching football and the bumper between the game and the commercial was Editors' "End Has A Start." Face it people, music is everywhere in our lives and we have dozens of way to listen to it, so how come we're subjected to so much crap on the radio?

3. Myspace Spam: Myspace.com is a billion dollar company. Our friend Tom is worth $30 million alone. It is single handled responsible for breaking out the artists that you and I love. It's the third most visited site in America. What the fuck is up with the Macy's spam appearing in comments and bulletin boards? I get about 5 friend requests a day from fake porn profiles. I delete comments from my friends who get hacked every other day. Hey, douche bag Tom -- spend some of that billion dollars and figure out a way to stop this shit.

2. The Smashing Pumpkins reunion -- I'm growing wearying of reunions in general. This Led Zepplin reunion seems shallow to me. You can practically hear the "cha-ching" coming from Atlantic Records. Again, it's a sign of the desperation of the record companies. The reason for all these reunions is because people want familiar music. Reunions are the sequels and remakes of music. With that in mind, the Smashing Pumpkins reunion with Corgan and the guy who was kicked out of the band was truly egregious. The new album was a noisy, uninspiring mess. Then they released four different versions of it. I think Corgan not only needed the money because his solo work was a bust, but its also ego as well. The Pixies reinstated their influence with their reunion shows, and I'm sure Corgan felt left out of the popular bands of the 90s discussion. It's like, "We're influential too. Remember me ... urrrr ... us?"

1. Paramore -- This spot is given to the band that just a disgrace to the music industry and good music in general. Last year, it was Hinder. This year it's this band, who are pretty much the Evanescence of this year. Their the band who hit it big overnight, then will eventually fizzle out due to ego and too much money. This is the band specifically designed and marketed towards generation Hot Topic. They're young, pissed off, so they're going to mall to drink Starbucks. In any event, when I listed to Riot! it was like hearing the same song on repeat. It's that teen punk formal -- simple metal riffs, high-pitched vocals and pop sensibilities. It's just mind-numbing and baffling how a kids find meaning in this crap. If they only knew about the mind-control involved "Buy this album ... download it with your Verizon phone ... piss off your parents for no reason ... consume ... consume ... consume."

Comments

[Adam Jones]

Admitedly, the first people who wait in line for things are usually plants hired by whoever the producer of said product is. What that does is that the media takes notice and does a piece on the early hype of the product, in turn, creating more hype and giving what essentially is free advertising. Others see the story and then join the line as well. Now those people are dummies.

[mada]

kids buy stupid shit because they're young and don't know any better. add increasing amounts of allowances to that and crap like paramore happens.

that's why i'm never giving my kid allowances.

You should learn how to string proper sentences together before you post to your blog.

[crustcake gerf]

Interesting point about how TV and TV commercials have/use better music than the radio. Dead on analysis, it seems...

With any and every band immediately at our fingertips via the internet, you'd think that radio would be doing a little more to fight for our attention than playing the same ten 'hit' songs over and over again, all day, every day.

[whythefuckdoyoucare!]

you know , no one gives two shits about what you say. I for one say PARAMORE FUCKING ROCKS!!!!! They're not pissed off and who the hell cares if they drink starbucks ? i bet you do too . Thier music is unique and genuine, with a meaning kids can relate to. so go fuck yourself and go listen to some Brittany Spears , fag .