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So here I am again, venting random frustrations on the world after a night of no sleep. It's something to do, it's something to roll to, so why the fuck not?

Before we begin, I'd like to make it clear that, as read from the title of this blog, this IS a dead horse. I AM going to beat it a bit. But only because I'm male, I want to beat my chest and proclaim to the heavens, and I simply want to let it be known.

What am I venting about, you may ask. One word:

MUSIC



^ See the image above?

Tell me what that image instills in your mind. In your soul. Hell, in your ass. Regardless of where it's instilling, it's doing SOMETHING.

This is the album cover of Rage Against The Machine's The Battle For Los Angeles.

Now... let's try this from another angle.



This is Panic! at the Disco's I Write Sins Not Tragedies.

What emotion does this evoke from your bowels? Granted, it's a pretty little piece of art.

It DOES NOT say anything about what you're about to listen to, though. It doesn't make me FEEL anything.

But let's take a step back and evaluate more than just album covers.
(also, as a random fact, these 2 albums were only 7 years apart, and see what's changed in music in just those short 7 years.)

We, of the good old days of yore, remember Trent Reznor in his hay-day of happy-go-lucky fun fucking with Nine Inch Nails. His music was only semi-politically relevant and made us feel things. Made us want to do the emotion that the genre is named for. "Rock" the fuck out. We remember Korn of Follow the Leader status, when the band was fully formed and we all wanted to be freaks on leashes. Fuck, go as far back as the 70's. Hendrix is STILL a huge influence, even though he is, apparently, "overused" when someone speaks of musical influence.

But why the fuck CAN'T I keep using Hendrix as a major musical influence? Have you seriously listened to the music of today?

I don't mean gliding down the freeway with your satellite radio tuned into some random station your kids jam to as you zone out their constant idiot babbling that seems to blend in with the jackass from the speakers.

I mean pick up a fucking AFI CD and really LISTEN to it.

I know, I know. All you cocks and twats out there are going to say to me "but Josh! back in teh 90's, metul was the saym way! lolzololz".

While I get what you're throwing out to me... Fuck you. At least metal had to fight it's way to the top. You had people like Twisted Sister and fucking John damn-it-all Denver fighting in COURT for their right to express what they want in their music so you fuck-knuckles could listen to your shitfest of emo and neo-punk.

Yes, it is neo-punk and it is absolutely HORRIBLE. Granted, I jam out to The Used and other random ones I can't think of right now from time to time. Because they semi-stick to their roots. The music should not be an "expression of angst and pain after years of my mommy and daddy telling me I can't go outside."

It's SUPPOSED to be somewhere you can go and LIVE. And LOVE things. Even with the party stuff, it's supposed to contain some semblence of "hey, this guy really has his feelings as a part of the music."

Not the equivalent of a guy in a band called Staind getting on stage, crying for 2 hours, and then wiping his tears with his vagina.
(the guy seriously cries, it's fucking annoying.)

We'll go over a few genres so you asshats can get the picture of what should and shouldn't be on your iPod fucklists.

ROCK: I drop this word and some of you may ask "do you mean contemporary? or adult alternative? or like... which way are you leaning there, Bob?"
First off, my name is Josh.
Secondly, rock is rock. Just like vodka is vodka and tits are tits. Rock is rock is rock.
It's not some pansy fuckface in tight jeans with another bands shirt on yelling into a microphone about how he loves his girlfriend. (by the by, fuck you, Blink-182. you ruined my childhood.)
Rock is tight leather pants. Hookers. A couple of lines of blow. A hooker IN tight leather pants WHILE you do blow off her left asscheek.
Rock is simply about getting shitfaced, enjoying yourself, loving your music, and loving your life.

PUNK
: I swear to fuck, if you assholes say Green Day is a sellout band again, I'll dropkick a railroad spike through your chest. Yes, lately Green Day is, effectively, a boy-band. However... Warning. Brainstew. So what if they released a couple of albums? They made some fucking money. They made money doing what they love, not suffering in the underground scene saying "we'll never go mainstream" because EVERY BAND WANTS MAINSTREAM. I don't care who you are, what you say your motives happen to be.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN AND LOVE YOUR MUSIC, YOU WANT TO SHARE IT!
Welcome to mainstream, assholes. GET OVER YOURSELVES.
It's douchebags that say "oh, you buy your clothes from a label. Well, i don't conform to a label, so i'm punk-rock" that make me find kittens to strangle babies with.
The only designer style of clothes I buy are Vans shoes. Not because I consider myself punk, but because it's the only shit I really feel comfortable in. Punk is not a clothing brand. It's an attitude and lifestyle. The music is a reflection OF that lifestyle. You've just been informed.

EMO: is not music. Again. Listen to it. For a good long time. It's crybaby hacks with some talent ATTEMPTING to make music, reverting to how "hott" the band is, and selling records to corporate-based America.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing, completely. If it's how you want to make your money, go to fucking town.
But you're polluting the good music gene pool with your half-formed, angst-ridden, horrible fashion taste having, waste of a good night of sex SLEW of sperm.
GO BACK TO BEING BACKGROUND NOISE.
You're giving me a migraine every day because I can't seem to find any good music anymore.
AND!
You're creating your own genres within genres.
Screamo. Emo. Emocore, etc. etc.

Observe this. Taken from www.wikipedia.org

"In 2008, Time Magazine reported that "anti-emo" groups attacked teenagers in Mexico City, Querétaro, and Tijuana.[100][101] One of Mexico's foremost critics of emo was Kristoff, a music presenter on the popular TV channel Telehit.
Gerard Way, the lead singer of My Chemical Romance stated in an interview "emo is a pile of shit", and that his "band was never emo".[102][103]Panic at the Disco also stated in an interview with NME: "emo is bullshit."[104] These two bands, however, tend to be classified as emo."YOUR OWN KIND WON'T EVEN ADMIT TO BEING EMO!
It's a fucking hint. Let the craze die, get on some regular fitting pants and stop raiding your little sister's room for pants! (and possibly underwear, though I'm still hunting verification.)

I don't remember a vast uprising of mexicans beating the shit out of goth kids for metal music. None of the "preppy/jock" crowd for even listening to Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears back in the day. And you people consider yourself "hxc." Which is emo for hardcore. FUCK!

I digress, however. It is NOT the emo kid craze that is spreading like vampirism through this country I'm concerned with.
It's the lack of good music. The lack of decent tunes I could jam along while driving/eating/masturbating.

In closing, I leave you with these words and a moment of silence:

Rest in Peace, 70's, 80's, and 90's. And thank god you're dead.
Because you'd pull a Kurt Cobain if you were around for these walking shitbags that call themselves bands.


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