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I have to say

OdradekOdradek
in General Media
Grunge power ballads were always a hundred times worse than Hair Metal power ballads ever were

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  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    no argument here
  • SF_SorrowSF_Sorrow

    power ballads kind of suck in general
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Does "All Apologies" count? What about "No Excuses"? Because those are decent songs.

    But they're also not, y'know, about conventional power ballad topics.

    Post-grunge is really the big offender here. Creed, etc.
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Compare two songs that get about the same amount of radio play




  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    You don't even have to like the first song, but it's leagues better than the second one
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    I just have no idea why anyone would choose to listen to The Reason by Hoobastank twice
  • CrystalCrystal
    Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    Having heard the first a bajillion time and also not liking its vocals.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    Odradek said:

    I just have no idea why anyone would choose to listen to The Reason by Hoobastank twice

    the reason by hoobastank is a

    man, i cant even do this

    anyways did you know that hoobastank was originally some sort of nu metal ska outfit
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    actually i will say that The Reason is, in my mind, the least offensive song of its ilk
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Odradek said:

    I just have no idea why anyone would choose to listen to The Reason by Hoobastank twice

    To this day I am genuinely puzzled as to why this song was ever popular.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I saw a copy of The Reason (the album that song is from) at a thrift store the other day and I giggled a little. It's always funny to see what kinds of CDs people are willing to part with.
  • SF_SorrowSF_Sorrow
    edited 2017-04-24 02:51:08

    Sredni Vashtar said:

    Does "All Apologies" count? What about "No Excuses"? Because those are decent songs.

    But they're also not, y'know, about conventional power ballad topics.

    those songs don't only rely on overused distorted power chords and an overtly machismo sense of 'fragility' 
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Odradek said:

    Compare two songs that get about the same amount of radio play





    That's not grunge, though. I'd call it post-grunge but even that's kind of inaccurate. It's a band totally failing to be sensitive!Incubus.
  • SF_SorrowSF_Sorrow
    edited 2017-04-24 02:47:12

    inversely, 'Dream On' is a decent song 'cause it makes the effort to steadily build up and make its atmosphere and pathos feel at least authentic
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    did you know that Kanye West is in the music video for "The Reason"
  • HexartesHexartes
    Jane said:

    did you know that Kanye West is in the music video for "The Reason"

    I'm going to assume this is true, but it's innately unverifiable
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    oh I'm sorry it was actually "Same Direction (The Sequel)".

    also by Hoobastank
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