Be honest, the first time you heard Bright Eyes on the radio did you think to yourself, "Robert Smith!? What is wrong with you? Are you feeling alright?" And then the DJ came on in a couple of minutes and was all, "blah blah blah A song from Bright Eyes. Up next, some other crap." And then your heart broke just a tiny bit?
Because this bright eyed guy? He's not The Cure. He just wants to sound like them for a while, until all those new little girls are hooked. Then he's going to pull a 180 and turn on a little of the alt-honkey tonk sound to start ripping off Wilco. Those adorable tender little nubbins will layer a flannel over the fishnet, buy some thrifted cowboy boots and maybe lighten up on the emo mascara until the next thing comes along.
I know Robert Smith is fat and old now, and that Connor Oberst is sort of young and good looking. However, to all those girls, I want to send you an mp3. It's called "Boys Don't Cry" and it will change your life. We've all been there, right? At that adolescent cross roads where what we like and who we want to be are confusing and counter-intuitive? Where Love Hurts and Roses Have Thorns, et cetera, et cetera In the Midst of Life We Are in Death...you know.
Anyway, the point I'm driving home here is unclear at best. I wish Connor Oberst no ill will, those songs have even grown on me. Basically, I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.
What new musicians sort of insult your teenage you?
Because this bright eyed guy? He's not The Cure. He just wants to sound like them for a while, until all those new little girls are hooked. Then he's going to pull a 180 and turn on a little of the alt-honkey tonk sound to start ripping off Wilco. Those adorable tender little nubbins will layer a flannel over the fishnet, buy some thrifted cowboy boots and maybe lighten up on the emo mascara until the next thing comes along.
I know Robert Smith is fat and old now, and that Connor Oberst is sort of young and good looking. However, to all those girls, I want to send you an mp3. It's called "Boys Don't Cry" and it will change your life. We've all been there, right? At that adolescent cross roads where what we like and who we want to be are confusing and counter-intuitive? Where Love Hurts and Roses Have Thorns, et cetera, et cetera In the Midst of Life We Are in Death...you know.
Anyway, the point I'm driving home here is unclear at best. I wish Connor Oberst no ill will, those songs have even grown on me. Basically, I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.
What new musicians sort of insult your teenage you?
posted by darcie
6 comments:
Boys Don't cry...sigh. So good.
honestly it embarrasses me how much "whiny boy music" i listened to in freshman year...
oh don't worry!
if you've read my most recent post, you know that my morals are incredibly loose - we can still be bosom buddies! im glad your trip is going well
Huh. The insult for me is my friends' kids "discovering" the Beatles via some crappy movie full of bad covers. If you want the Beatles, listen to the Beatles. And don't pretend like nobody else has ever discovered them, say, 20 years ago when they were STILL IN BECAUSE THE BEATLES NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE.
Thank you.
this cracks me up! i guess i more or less grew up with bright eyes vs the cure, but i still adore them both.
this does, however, make me wonder if i will get upset iif & when i hear someone who sounds just like britney spears ten or so years after music that sounds just like britney spears goes off the radio.
love this!
heh, thanks guys, i knew the music stuff would strike a chord. no pun intended. :)
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