{"id":2321,"date":"2008-04-16T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T23:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2012-04-27T09:51:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T14:51:59","slug":"my-sorry-eyes-can-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=2321","title":{"rendered":"My sorry eyes can see"},"content":{"rendered":"

Again, I’ve been really slacking on my Band of the Month duties. Maybe that means it’s time to give up the ghost? I dunno. I know nobody reads these, but I feel I must continue down this road I’m on, if only for the sake of not being a quitter. Only time will tell what I choose to do with the feature, but today, we discuss (or, I<\/em> discuss) Paramore.<\/p>\n

\"\"Paramore is another one of those chick-fronted bands that my friends would poke me about and ask why exactly they’re on my iPod, much like Damone before them. Only, Paramore, while perfectly rock-tastic, is not quite as loud as Damone. Otherwise, the bands are pretty similar. The only difference is that Paramore has currently gotten more exposure through video games, being featured in NHL ’09<\/em> and having DLC for Rock Band<\/em>. I’d actually heard “Misery Business” a couple times because my brothers play the former game to no end, but never really though twice about it. But then “Crushcrushcrush” showed up as a downloadable track on the XBL Marketplace, and after playing the song, I immediately went searching for more. (On a side note, apparently they have a song on the soundtrack to the console versions of The Sims 2<\/em> as well. I guess someone at EA really likes them.)<\/p>\n

So that’s basically how it happened. “Crushcrushcrush” remains my favourite song from the band, but I’m sort of considering “For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic” as a replacement for that title. The rest of Riot!<\/span> is good too, but I’m mostly in it for the harder, faster songs. I’ve always been a sucker for slow songs, but Paramore’s don’t really do anything for me. Well, not enough to make them really notable anyway. Though “Fences” really stands out form the rest of the album, as it’s got a sound all to itself. I want to describe it, but really haven’t the word\/s to do so with. Unfortunately, at this point I still haven’t been able to wrangle a copy of their debut album, but I’m thinking I should probably download it first, just in case. I’m always a little wary of downloading previous work from bands I’m only mostly into. Take Rise Against, for example. The Sufferer and the Witness<\/span> is one of my favourite albums of all time, but their earlier stuff doesn’t agree with me quite as well.<\/p>\n

<\/object><\/center>I would sill recommend checking out Paramore though, if even only for the singles. They’re one of those few bands whose singles actually are their best work. I’ve embedded a video up there. It’s a fan-made video for “Fences”, as you may have surmised. It was just easier than trying to find the song itself somewhere. And that’s about all I’ve got to say about that. Their Last.fm page has a bunch more videos and song previews, so check that out if you’re interested. The link is below, as well as the usual others.<\/p>\n

Paramore’s official website<\/a><\/p>\n

Paramore’s Last.fm page<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy Riot!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Again, I’ve been really slacking on my Band of the Month duties. Maybe that means it’s time to give up the ghost? I dunno. I know nobody reads these, but I feel I must continue down this road I’m on, if only for the sake of not being a quitter. Only time will tell what … Continue reading My sorry eyes can see<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botm","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2322,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions\/2322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}