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artist:paramore
album:riot
paramore never impressed me live. I've seen them a few times, and i just cant really stand Hayley's voice when its not auto-tuned. i think she screams more than she sings, and i always wonder how long it'll take before my ears start to bleed.
i carried this opinion around for a while, and actually still do. i saw them last summer and was still very unimpressed with their performance. however, a trip to bonnaroo of all places changed my mind about their recorded music.
Mandy, Christa and i were in the car, and we had XM radio, so we found the alternative station and listened to that more or less the entire trip to Tennessee and back. we had a few Cd's with us, but we had no ipod hookups so we were very limited in our music for the trip.
this particular station played "crushcrushcrush" every fifth song, so we heard it a lot. early in the trip, id switch if off, but as we got farther south, and especially on the trip home, i got tired of trying to find a suitable substitute so we just left it alone. by the end of the trip i found myself saying "what would you say if i said i liked paramore?" of course Mandy told me i was being stupid and that was that.
but the thing was, i did develop a liking for the band as the trip progressed; at least their recorded stuff. i didn't really mind driving around today listening to riot, though i kept the volume a lot lower than i normally would, as i didn't want to draw attention to myself and my terrible taste in music.
i don't know that paramore is going to rise to the top of my list of bands anytime soon, but they are a fun listen when you want something poppy.
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