Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Gaslight Anthem, Whoever the Fuck They Are

I don't listen to bands that formed after 1980 and so I have no idea who the Gaslight Anthem is, but this article ripping the guy for drinking too much Bruce The Boss Springsteen Kol-Aid nails this:
When Fallon sings, yet again, about feeling big feelings while flippin' around the radio dial, like he does in "Mae" and the zippy title track, it fails the bullshit test. Sorry, dude, but you grew up during one of the worst eras for rock radio ever. There's no way you romanced Mary or Betty back in the late '90s to the dulcet sounds of Mudvayne. It's more likely you fell in love with Mackenzie or Taylor while downloading a torrent of Rancid albums.
Of course its each generation's god-given right to proclaim the next generation's music to massively suck, but in this case he's right. I feel like I've written the exact same thing befroe on Xmastime. Probably. But I'm too lazy to look for it and besides, as I mentioned here, I'm trying to self link less. Grows hair on your palms, for fuck's sake.

"Ahhhhhhhhh...what the fuck are you playing, son?"

2 comments:

rrthurFOREVER!!! said...

as the article mentioned, new Japandroids record is pretty hysterically awesome

The Gnat said...

It's a really good album for my first listenthrough. Of course, I am a big fan of Gaslight just like Brian Fallon is of the Mats. See Color Me Obsessed.