19-10-2015, 12:36
Ok, I'm gonna jump in here and, respectfully, defend my boys.
Like their previous 4 albums, they have a bit of everything on their 5th.
I don't understand how people are surprised by the wide musical swath these cats cut with their 5th studio album.
I own them all, and probably a dozen unreleased cuts. I'm no casual listener, I'm a fan.
But, I'm not a blindly loyal, love everything they do fan. They have a crap cut on this cd, same as the first four. Misfits is just sugary offal.
Their music is all over the board, with an eclectic flavor that has a little bit of something for anybody who cares to take the time to listen.
They have songs that are straight metal.
Songs that are straight pop.
Songs that are metal with downright 'top 40' poppy choruses.
This band's Achilles heel is their diversity.
That is, for the people who have a need to classify a band's music into a certain genre.
Kinda like the age old Green Day isn't punk debate. The fact is, Green day has some punk sounding songs, so people have this need to label them.
Getting back to Shinedown... they can't really be pinned down to any one genre, so all I ever hear is 'they're not this' and 'they're not that'.
No, they're not 'exclusively' anything, but they're a really good band.
I don't need to go any further than 'I enjoy their music.'
Like their previous 4 albums, they have a bit of everything on their 5th.
I don't understand how people are surprised by the wide musical swath these cats cut with their 5th studio album.
I own them all, and probably a dozen unreleased cuts. I'm no casual listener, I'm a fan.
But, I'm not a blindly loyal, love everything they do fan. They have a crap cut on this cd, same as the first four. Misfits is just sugary offal.
Their music is all over the board, with an eclectic flavor that has a little bit of something for anybody who cares to take the time to listen.
They have songs that are straight metal.
Songs that are straight pop.
Songs that are metal with downright 'top 40' poppy choruses.
This band's Achilles heel is their diversity.
That is, for the people who have a need to classify a band's music into a certain genre.
Kinda like the age old Green Day isn't punk debate. The fact is, Green day has some punk sounding songs, so people have this need to label them.
Getting back to Shinedown... they can't really be pinned down to any one genre, so all I ever hear is 'they're not this' and 'they're not that'.
No, they're not 'exclusively' anything, but they're a really good band.
I don't need to go any further than 'I enjoy their music.'
"Sh-boom was the last great song ever written." ~ My Mom