Spiked hair? Check. Track suit? Check. A bunch of underage kids hanging around a liquor store? Check. Looks like a pop-punk music video by the numbers.
Yesterday (shh…) we discussed the utter destruction of the punk rock scene by the hands of suburbanite pop stars from Southern California.
Today, we discuss the pissing on the headstone of the punk rock scene by the hands of suburbanite pop stars from Ontario, Canada.
Punk rock was the casualty of society.
BUTTROCK OF THE DAY:
‘Fat Lip’ by Sum 41
Date of release: April 22, 2001
Distinguishing award: Billboard #1 Top Modern Rock Track (1 week)
Youtube Views: 32,398,425
2Edgy4Me Lyric: “I’ll never fall in line, become another victim of your conformity “
Described as a rap-rock (ugh…), rapcore (ughh…!) and skate punk (afk, vomit) track, Fat Lip is a track from bubblegum pop punk band Sum 41, whom of which narrowly avoid the ‘one-hit wonder’ moniker by having one more hit other than this track. They are therefore a ‘two-hit wonder’, and stand proudly alongside the likes of shit rap crew Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, thong enthusiast Sisqo, and crap hair band Quiet Riot.
See, one-hit wonders are usually flash in the pan accidents. People crowd around a popular song with heavy radio play, and then promptly forget about the musician once the song has gone stale. Sometimes these musicians are actually pretty talented. Lou Bega is not all that…
…Uhh…
Well, uh, the Baha Men were really…
…Uhm…
….y’know what? Forget it.
WAIT!
Jamiroquai!
Oh, fuck, that’s right. Canned Heat also got popular.
Ugh…
Anyway, the point is, one-hit wonders are usually the result of some manner of talent garnering some manner of popularity before getting dumped in the trash.
Two-hit wonders?
Two-hit wonders are the result of everybody suddenly realizing, ‘wait, these guys suck’.
Too bad nobody did that with Sum 41 before they helped kill punk rock.
In the lyrics, Sum 41 sings raps about how they wore mullets, listened to heavy metal, and praised Iron Maiden and Judas Priest as rock gods. They then adapted none of the sounds of heavy metal, and instead shit out a song meant for pillow fights more than mosh pits.
808musings 