These are The Good Songs

Odradek

1. "Mexican Standoff" — Elbow
2. "Clocks" — Coldplay
3. "Overweight" [radio edit] — Blue October
4. "Hamburg Song" — Keane
5. "Stab My Back" — The All-American Rejects
6. "The Small Print" — Muse
7. "Mr. Brightside" — The Killers
8. "Newborn" — Muse
9. "Love Me Like You" — The Magic Numbers
10. "Vindicated" — Dashboard Confessional
11. "Hysteria" — Muse
12. "Uninvited" — Alanis Morissette
13. "Infra-red" — Placebo
14. "Yes Please" — Muse
15. "The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot" — Brand New
16. "Luv" — Travis
17. "Blackout" — Muse
18. "It's A Disaster" — Ok Go
19. "Falling Away With You" — Muse

Alternates:

• *"This Is How I Disappear" — My Chemical Romance
• *"Sleep" — My Chemical Romance
• *"The Well and the Lighthouse" — Arcade Fire

Imipolex G

ewwww

Sex Grips

(radio edit) made me laugh

Sredni Vashtar

"The Well and the Lighthouse" is decent, at least, although in context it's a pretty funny stinger.

Sredni Vashtar

Actually, there are some decent choices in general there, but the gestalt is... very teenybopper?

Tre

all this Muse reminds me of Twilight

which is unfortunate because even though they made bank off of it no band deserves to be permanently associated with Twilight

-side eyes Stephenie Meyer yet again-

Sredni Vashtar

I will always think of Muse as that one band that really, reeeeeeally wants to be Radiohead with extra Queen sprinkles. And coincidentally has a really good guitarist.

Odradek

Tiny said:

all this Muse reminds me of Twilight

which is unfortunate because even though they made bank off of it no band deserves to be permanently associated with Twilight

-side eyes Stephenie Meyer yet again-

Funny you should mention that

Sredni Vashtar

Oh wow.

This makes so much sense.

Odradek

Particularly the (radio edit)

Tachyon

i confess that Muse significantly improved that movie for me

i would not have guessed that Meyer would be into MCR or Dashboard Confessional, but neither am i surprised

Imipolex G

I really really really really really really really hate the name Dashboard Confessional

/random aside

Obā-san

isn't dashboard confessional like the nadir of emo

Tachyon

that is their reputation

i think i have heard like 2 of their songs?

Sredni Vashtar

Not the nadir. I mean, if I'm not that familiar with their work, but I think at least one of their albums has some real critical respect? They are considered the standard-bearers of that lighter, poppier brand of emo that spawned the whole scenester thing, however...

Sredni Vashtar

But who the fuck am I kidding; I listen to Beau Navire.

Tachyon

'emo pop' should be a phrase

to differentiate it from the largely unrelated earlier post-hardcore genre

Sredni Vashtar

Pop emo and scene emo are already in common currency. Although the whole screamo/skramz distinction is more problematic.

Tachyon

i would have known this if i hung around people who listen to post-hardcore, i presume

Sredni Vashtar

You kinda do. I mean:

0vvvv0 said:

But who the fuck am I kidding; I listen to Beau Navire.

Tachyon

touche

but i meant, like, if i hung out on places where people sit around discussing it on a regular basis

Corvina

I'm ashamed that I've never listened to a Sonic Youth album all at once. I've listened to parts, but never the whole thing at once

Sredni Vashtar

Corvina said:

I'm ashamed that I've never listened to a Sonic Youth album all at once. I've listened to parts, but never the whole thing at once

As penance, you must listen to the entireties of Washing Machine, Dirty, Daydream Nation and Bad Moon Rising. Now, pleb. Do eet.

Section42L

0vvvv0 said:

I will always think of Muse as that one band that really, reeeeeeally wants to be Radiohead with extra Queen sprinkles. And coincidentally has a really good guitarist.

To their partial credit, the guitarist and vocalist are both the same guy, so he at least has some genuine talent within him.

Odradek

Dashboard Confessional's best songs are a pale ripoff of Danny Dyer's Chocolate Homunculus's Beige Album

Sredni Vashtar

I might be thinking of their bassist, as I admittedly have not listened to Muse in a long, long time, but I remember both being more than technically proficient. It's just that their overall style and structuring and especially their vocals are just a bit of a snore.

Section42L

No, I remember being impressed by some of Matt Bellamy's guitar work while still finding their general thing pretty boring too, so I think that was it.

Sredni Vashtar

Come to think of it, you are probably right.

Odradek

All these bands are basic as hell, good only for people who haven't given Lapti Nek by The Max Rebo Band a good listen to in a while.

Sredni Vashtar

...pfffft.