About a year ago I attended my 12th Jimmy Eat World concert in San Jose while I was in the Bay Area doing my internship. Paramore was opening; I remember feeling indifferent to that fact. With my minimal radio/TV consumption I hadn't really heard them or if I had, their music didn't really stick out. I just knew they were a punk-pop band with a female lead singer and that they were popular with the teen crowd, more so among girls, or so I supposed.
Paramore played and I was pleasantly surprised. I was still apathetic toward their music but they at least put on a tight show. And having an attractive singer didn't hurt either.
A week or two went by and I was browsing the Internet looking for Sunny Day Real Estate videos on YouTube when something strange happened: When I typed in the song title "Faces in Disguise" I began seeing more videos for Paramore than Sunny Day Real Estate. I remember clicking this one in particular:
(Fast forward to 0:44 to get past some of the useless banter.)
Instantly my opinion of the band skyrocketed. It's great to see a mainstream band like this recognize the impact Sunny Day Real Estate has on their music. If I wasn't really into their music I could at least (and I do) respect them as a band for their love and reverence for SDRE.
Here's a good video of them covering the song:
(Listen to Hayley belt it out at 3:17 -- holy crap, she's got some pipes!)
The original SDRE version of the song is worth checking too -- one of my favorite songs by them.
Anyway, I guess what I'm getting at is that I might check out Paramore, and not just the songs they cover. And I guess it wouldn't be such a bad thing if I ended up liking them. Sure, they're not the hippest band, but when did being hip dictate what I should and shouldn't like?
Dude Myke. I love paramore and I have liked them since I was like a junior in High School. I love them and they are so awesome live! I'm happy that you were happy with their performance and i'm glad you like them. homegirl can sing!
ReplyDeleteI saw them summer 06 and had no idea who they were at the time. I also left with mad respect for their live performance, haven't followed them much since, but I generally like what I've heard from them. I hope to see them performing soon at Toby Keith's I love this Bar & Grill.
ReplyDeleteHa Myke what a coincidence. I was playing rockband 2 today at my friends house and we jammed out to Paramore and I am in similar shoes as you. I just got done downloading their stuff. I also dig SDRE!
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