urgent update

[kerpingtack]

I get an urge fierce and overwhelming to punch music reviewers in the balls when they put down bden's voice or when they go out of their way to insult the disco. You know, the "I never thought I'd say this about any act affiliated with Panic at the Disco, but..." schtick. Yes, we get it, you have IMPECCABLE, IMMACULATE, hipster good taste, bravo. When you're done sucking your own dick, stand still for a second so I can slap you across the face with a dining table. I don't get how this is relevant to, oh, THE BAND YOU ARE REVIEWING. Props for talking about a band by... degrading another band. I know I do this a lot too but I'm trying to stop because backhanded compliments are shitty and annoying and ineffective at doing anything except pointing out what an insufferable bitch you are. Like isn't it better just to talk about a band on their own terms? Unless a specific comparison is inevitable, but just being label-mates doesn't cut it for me. As for the bden thing, I know I am a crazy stalker, but I swear to god and country that most reviewers say disparaging things about him just because it's Panic at the Disco, and god forbid they fail to emphasize how EMO his voice is. And I guess by emo they mean nasal and whiny, but a) why don't they SAY nasal and whiny instead of falling back on vague undefined lazy terms, and b) I seriously objectively don't think that bden's voice is nasal or whiny?? Maybe from the first CD, but lately his voice has been really smooth. You can give him technical proficiency, at the least. They write bden off so quickly all the time. >:(( Signed, Too Invested in the Disco.

(Somewhat relatedly, I am also super sick of people describing bands by combining other bands. "They sound like the bastard lovechild of Usher and Black Sabbath, if said bastard lovechild had eloped wtih a Arcade Fire/Toby Keith hermaphrodite and had a drunken orgy with the Jonas Brothers on a riverboat!!" WOW GREAT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE NOW.)

But, to be fair, music reviewers are almost uniformly smug douchebags so even if it was a completely disco-free article, there is a 99.999% chance that I would want to knee them in the face for something.

Comments

[enderswrath.livejournal.com]

I would understand reviewers saying shit about bdens voice when fever was out... but have they not heard Pretty Odd? His voice has gotten like 10x better than I ever could have expected. Like whole nuther person worth of awesome. I think its funny that this reviewer would say that since Pretty Odd has been widely respected.

People just need to fuck off. Patd is good music but since it is combined with herds of 16 year old girls, they feel they can't give them the proper respect. Eff. That.

Btw totally found your journal through random journal and fell in love with your bden crazies. So yeah, not complete random stalker guy lawl!

[counttheplanes.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree completely about bden's voice being waaay better than I could've expected!! And about people needing to fuck off. PatD gets so little credit, it makes me feel all crazy and pissed off.

And thanks for commenting! I'm always REALLY surprised whenever anyone finds me since I am a complete hermit. LOL you can tell that this lj is kind of only here so I can talk about myself and annoy my friends. But uh yeah, I'm going to friend you back!