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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Nov 7, 2009 21:17:41 GMT -5
New single off their album which releases Tuesday is streaming on their site. I don't think this is a hit, perhaps the HU craze died out with Young? Dove & Grenade is quite repetitive and the rap in the first verse is quite poor, but the rest of the song is catchy in the basest of ways. D & G ends with them yelling "All hail Undead.' -- keep it classy guys.
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Post by Cody on Nov 7, 2009 21:34:26 GMT -5
one hit wonder
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Nov 7, 2009 21:36:56 GMT -5
Wasn't Young a hit?
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Post by gin on Nov 7, 2009 22:02:36 GMT -5
Hollywood Undead suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuux
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Post by @Fifteen on Nov 7, 2009 23:13:01 GMT -5
One time I was eating at a restaurant and I saw a little chubby kid (probably about 15) with green hair and a Hollywood Undead t-shirt. I didn't get it.
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Post by Ron57 on Nov 8, 2009 2:07:06 GMT -5
Dude. I was just at the Atreyu Hollywood Undead concert (Of course I left after HU played their first song). But seriously. In merch. They were selling the masks for like 40 bucks.
Seriously, there were people wearing them. I wanted to smack them and tell them they looked retarded.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Nov 8, 2009 17:12:46 GMT -5
New single off their album which releases Tuesday is streaming on their site. I don't think this is a hit, perhaps the HU craze died out with Young? Dove & Grenade is quite repetitive and the rap in the first verse is quite poor, but the rest of the song is catchy in the basest of ways. D & G ends with them yelling "All hail Undead.' -- keep it classy guys. To clarify, this is a stopgap CD/DVD (with the unintentionally hilarious title Desperate Measures, no less): 3 new songs, 3 covers, 1 remix and 6 live songs and an hour-long DVD of live stuff. One cover is Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil." The one most of you might be offended by is Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song." I'm particularly rankled by them covering Operation Ivy's "Bad Town." (Though I guess it goes down easier, knowing that Da Kurlzz (seriously, has there ever been a more asinine stage name in rock?  ) frequently wears a Converge hoodie on stage (or is it a t-shirt)? I guess this is how everyone but me felt back in the day when Crazy Town covered Refused's "New Noise" live, which I didn't have a problem with whatsoever, because it showed naysayers (too closed-minded to appreciate) how diverse and credible their actual influences were. They're finished if they think this song is going to gain a foothold, commercially. There's nothing catchy or memorable about it. They really should've gone with "Sell Your Soul" as single #2, maybe rolled out "Young" third in order to broaden their appeal. Then I would've chosen "No. 5" now, assuming the ball was still rolling. Not that I particularly care to see them succeed, as only half of Swan Songs is listenable, even from a disposably catchy point of view. But I really think they misfired by releasing "Young" second, when it really seemed that listeners were instead jonesing for another reckless, debauched anthem from them. Then "Everywhere I Go" was too little (too stupid: a chorus that includes the word "weenie"? WTF is that. Are you kidding me??), too late. To summarize, they'll really have their work cut out for them with album #2 and will most likely end up an underground cult band for a particular breed of folks, a la Kottonmouth Kings, ICP, (hed) p.e., etc. To HU's credit, though, they had way more mainstream success than any of those bands ever saw. So at least they have that under their belts. Good gravy, I can't believe I just wrote so much about Hollywood Undead.  |
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 8, 2009 21:50:02 GMT -5
Speaking of the Kottonmouth Kings, I'm curious to know how high "Bump" charted back in 1998 or whenever it was current. Their Wikipedia doesn't say anything about their singles. Reason why I'm curious is because WPBZ plays that very very often, and you'd think with the amount they play it, it definitely went Top 5 back then, but I'm pretty damn sure there's no way it did.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Nov 9, 2009 3:48:55 GMT -5
Speaking of the Kottonmouth Kings, I'm curious to know how high "Bump" charted back in 1998 or whenever it was current. "Bump" peaked at #28 back in the summer of 1999. "Peace Not Greed" peaked at #33 about one year later. To date, those are their only charting singles, though it seemed "Where I'm Going?" came way closer last year than anything else had since. I'm a little surprised "Dog's Life" never charted prior to "Bump," for as much as I heard it on my secondary Alt station, I guess it would have been, that spring. Those 2 songs are easily the best KK songs I've ever heard, though "Where I'm Going?" was surprisingly decent. |
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Post by PHOBES on Nov 10, 2009 16:36:26 GMT -5
Da Kurlzz (seriously, has there ever been a more asinine stage name in rock? Synyster Gates? |
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Nov 11, 2009 2:22:08 GMT -5
Da Kurlzz (seriously, has there ever been a more asinine stage name in rock? Synyster Gates? Sorry. Da Kurlzz is dumber. And not because I'm a huge A7X fan. It sounds like he'd be some kind of talentless Southern rapper that never gets popular outside of his hometown region. |
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Nov 11, 2009 13:45:14 GMT -5
New cd is hilarious ... not in a good way ... the live songs, are, um, special, and the Shout At The Devil cover ... I've got nothing to say about that abomination.
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) frequently wears a Converge hoodie on stage (or is it a t-shirt)? I guess this is how everyone but me felt back in the day when Crazy Town covered Refused's "New Noise" live, which I didn't have a problem with whatsoever, because it showed naysayers (too closed-minded to appreciate) how diverse and credible their actual influences were.
