Rant Thread

[Kman]

I played them both at the same time, because chaos.

lol

Real talk though, I'll admit that SM are way more talented with their instruments and tend to make way more technically advanced music but that's not the defining factor of what makes music good for me. The main complaint I have with them is, like I said, they pretty much have one style that they stick with and don't do a whole lot of experimentation out of that from album to album and song to song. They do that style really fucking well of course, so it works, which is why they can get away with it, but regardless of how good that style is it grows old after too long. Of course there's always exceptions on each album (Toe to Toe, A Moment of Silence, etc.), but it applies to the majority of their stuff. On the other hand though, BTMI take influence from a ton of different genres and it really shows through IMO. Pretty much every single one of their albums has its own sound to it that's distinctly different from the last and incorporates new ideas while still maintaining a distinct feel that's so unique to them. Hell even that song you linked (srslybestsong4ever) mixes a ton of different genres including folk, ska, hardcore, skate punk and even some pop punk. Plus on top of all that Jeff's just such a fucking amazing song writer that he manages to make all of that work and still have it sound and cohesive awesome every time.

Just a few examples:

Spoiler below!

all of these have a pretty distinct sound to them and yet it's clear their all by the same band and their made with a similar theme in mind

I love both of course, they're easily two of my favorite bands ever, it's just that, well, there's a reason these guys are still my favorite band a year later and even after I started actively discovering new music.

So in short I'm a massive fucking fanboy and I will never, ever, ever stop sucking Jeff's dick 24/7 on the internet and off