The Used-The Bird and The Worm

[halo19]

It's a decent song, at least. I remember really liking the last album when I heard it. The debut's the one I own; that one's pretty good, bordering on great.

nicholas said:

I wish this song were better so I'd be more excited for Tuesday.

For some reason, that reminds me of a Fall Out Boy song title, or something they'd have as one.

[Nicholas2.0]

^ Heh.

penance said:

I don't see where Sevendust comes into play here.

Um, the fact that their peers and opening bands blew up bigger than they ever got: Kid Rock, Godsmack, Staind, P.O.D., Nickelback, 3 Doors Down, Disturbed, etc.

[American Idiot]

Now that I have the album, I'm have kind of mixed thoughts about it. I'm going to try to describe this the best I can under four hours of sleep over the past two nights haha. I like how they went with this whole kind of spooky/theater direction that does remind me somewhat of MCR. It's a good mix of screamo material like Pretty Handsome Awkward, Wake The Dead, and Liar Liar as well as melodic stuff like With Me Tonight and Smother Me. However, nothing really grabbed me that easily, and this may just be an album that may take a few listens to get into.

[pen]

nicholas said:

^ Heh.

penance said:

I don't see where Sevendust comes into play here.

Um, the fact that their peers and opening bands blew up bigger than they ever got: Kid Rock, Godsmack, Staind, P.O.D., Nickelback, 3 Doors Down, Disturbed, etc.

I don't know why you put 3 Doors Down and Nickelback in there, they have nothing to do with Sevendust altogether. But I see what you mean now. Even though Sevendust is a widely-known and respected band of that genre, they've never gone platinum unlike the bands you just mentioned. They've always maintained a steady gold pattern up until Seasons and since then they've been on a bit of a decline as they've been label-hopping.

What confused me was that I talked about The Used as being a band that was playing follow-the-leader, which to my mind Sevendust does not do. Sevendust has their own sound and formula that they've been pushing since their first album, but this new Used album sounds like they're trying to take lessons from MCR and Panic. That was the other half of my point.

[American Idiot]

penance said:

[this new Used album sounds like they're trying to take lessons from MCR and Panic.

There we go. That was basically the very short version of what I was trying to explain in my last post.

[Nicholas2.0]

penance said:

I don't know why you put 3 Doors Down and Nickelback in there, they have nothing to do with Sevendust altogether.

They both opened for Sevendust touring in 2000. That's the only reason I threw them in there too.

What confused me was that I talked about The Used as being a band that was playing follow-the-leader. This new Used album sounds like they're trying to take lessons from MCR and Panic. That was the other half of my point.

Looking back, I totally see how my comment was out of context.

Having heard the new Used album once so far, I don't really see how they're biting MCR's and Panic's styles and having read your comments, I was actually listening for it. They were already dabbling in these kinds of sonics and rhythms on In Life and Death. This is just a continuation.

Listen again to the rhythms in "Take It Away," and its industrial-ish build-up before the last choruses.

The feel of "Let It Bleed" is not unlike Panic.

"All That I've Got" has orchestral instrumentation all over it, as does "Hard to Say."

There's a bouncy piano line in "Cut Up Angels."

There's glockenspiel in "Yesterday's Feelings" and what sounds like vibraphone and orchestral arrangements in "Light with a Sharpened Edge."

There's epic production effects all over "Sound Effects and Overdramatics" and a Panic-like abundance of words.

"Lunacy Fringe" has a feel to it that both Panic and MCR have employed, not to mention more orchestral enhancement.

And the production on the bridge in "I'm a Fake" is simply epic.

Hell, even "On My Own" had tons of strings...

So forgive me if I fail to see how this new album is suddenly biting at the heels of My Chemical Romance and Panic! at the Disco.

[pen]

I didn't say it was sudden. I kind of felt they were kind of doing that on the last album too, as you pointed out, but it seemed a lot more obvious to me this time around.

[davidsask]

I have never been into this band whatsoever, but knew of them. I like this song though, it sounds to me like they are going in a more commerical direction, like MCR??!!

[pen]

davidsask said:

I like this song though, it sounds to me like they are going in a more commerical direction, like MCR??!!

Really??!!

You are to be sharing my opinion, strange traveler??!!

Greetings and saladtations!?!!

[American Idiot]

From TuneLab: The Used will headline the "Get A Life 2007" tour which is sponsored by Rockstar Energy Drink this summer. Say Anything, The Bled, Steet Drum Corps among others are also on the bill. The tour will kick off on September 1st and run through October 15th. Dates will be announced soon.

[Matt4319]

09 08 NINE INCH NAILS: Capital "G" 1447 1239 208 5.561
08 09 BREAKING BENJAMINS: UTTBROOM 1403 1331 072 4.664
10 10 GREEN DAY: Working Class H'o 1264 1122 142 3.954
13 11 THE U'S: The Bird & The Worm 1156 1015 141 3.694

[Pipa]

^ The U's? Working Class H'o? Uttbroom? Huh???

[Matt4319]

picpak said:

^ The U's? Working Class H'o? Uttbroom? Huh???

:-\ I had to make them all line up somehow.

Back on the R&R board, a certain member called The Used "The U's" because he thought that's what they were saying.

"Working Class Hero" was a character too long, so I made a contraction out of "Hero".

The artist/title for "Breath" was too short, so I added an "s" to Breaking Benjamin (you missed that one) and made the first line of its chorus into an acronym (I know the first letter should be Y, but play along here).

And I put quotes around the G in "Capital G" because that line was too short. Missed that one too!

Anyway, the point is The Used are back up to #11, but still probably won't make the top 10.

[pen]

admin said:

picpak said:

^ The U's? Working Class H'o? Uttbroom? Huh???

:-\ I had to make them all line up somehow.

The irony of this is that you didn't. You really didn't.

[Pipa]

admin said:

:-\ I had to make them all line up somehow.

[Matt4319]

picpak said:

admin said:

:-\ I had to make them all line up somehow.

Tab doesn't even work. Try it yourself.

FAIL

[roentgenizdat]

 9  8 NINE INCH NAILS    Capital G              1447  1239  208  5.561  
 8  9 BREAKING BENJAMIN  Breath 	        1403  1331   72  4.664 
10 10 GREEN DAY 	 Working Class Hero 	1264  1122  142  3.954
13 11 THE USED 	         The Bird And The Worm  1156  1015  141  3.694 

Use the

 tag and add spaces or tabs to align chart data.

[Nicholas2.0]

I don't know what all the commotion's about. They're all lined up perfectly on my screen...

[Pipa]

I thought penance was being sarcastic. They are here too.

[American Idiot]

Yep. they're fine on mine as well.

[pen]

Somewhere in the world a baby is crying.

Yes I am being sarcastic. I thought I was more obvious than that.

[Nicholas2.0]

penance said:

Yes I am being sarcastic. I thought I was more obvious than that.

Better luck next time, then?

[Matt4319]

8 8 BREAKING BENJAMIN Breath 1376 1441 -65 4.806
11 9 USED The Bird And The Wor... 1269 1276 -7 3.970
9 10 SILVERSUN PICKUPS Lazy Eye 1261 1333 -72 5.479
10 11 GREEN DAY Working Class Hero 1239 1329 -90 3.768
12 12 THE ALMOST Say This Sooner (No ... 1200 1059 141 3.829

Somehow I keep posting the updates for this song, although I probably like it less than almost anyone else who's posted in the thread.

[Mega248]

Even if this somehow manages to fall out of the top 10 before tomorrow night (and that better not happen), this will be the first time they've even had a mid-week top 10, right?

[Nicholas2.0]

Yes. I don't think anything else ever got close enough.

[roentgenizdat]

Modern Rock: #9