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Originally Posted by GetOffMyLawnKid
Their first two albums kick-started the new pop punk era with numerous copycats latching on to that sound. It's a little angsty and whiney but who sounded like them before?
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Not in terms of genre, per say, but I always considered Paramore to be a poor man's Flyleaf. Or a lighter, less-gritty version, if you will.
I bought a few albums from Paramore when I was trying to explore more of that female-led rock sound at the time, and I wanted more than the radio hits. I still have the albums somewhere, but will admit to not having listened to them in a good stroke. I do remember not liking the pop conversion...let me find the song I'm thinking of real quick...
*goes to YouTube*...
Ah, here it is:
As you might imagine, "The Only Exception" was played to death, but I was also thinking, "Why? Why go pop? Why is this necessary?" If I had any interest in Paramore before, it was certainly for more of their rock sound than their pop sound. We already had big pop acts like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera (among others) during these years, so to me, Paramore would just get lost in that bubblegum shuffle.
But hey, if it worked for the band, I mean, aight. It's cool. I don't really have anything against a band changing their sound, unless their band name is Staind.