Damn.
So when I logged on DTF today, I was floored to see that there was a Paramore thread and that is was actually 4 pages long. "Now way!" I thought to myself. "There's got to be some serious prog snob versus wayward ex-DT fan action going on here."
And, instead, we've got a discussion about Puberty.
Paramore seem to be a band geared towards girls going through puberty. The lyrical content and familiar "ahhhh so sweeet!!!" chord progressions at least point to that. Really, this band reflects the depraved state and complete castration of rock music. It's not their fault, and they didn't start it, but Paramore have the chance to become popular enough to seal the deal for good. Rock is dead, has been for a long time, but at least a couple years ago stuff like Linkin Park and Staind was Top 40. All that angst and heaviness and just all around nastiness? You'll never see that again. This is the new rock. It sounds "nice."
I'll admit my judgement of them has relaxed recently. When I first heard them, I thought that Coheed had taken a commercially inspired nose-dive. Now, I find them to be tolerable; a guilty pleasure. I would never purchase the CD or download the songs, but on those rare occasions when I'm in the car and listening to the radio, I might not change the station should something of theirs come on.