My take on Where Are You?

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 7/8/2005, 1:03 pm

I'm a non-mod too.

reza · Post by **reza** » 7/8/2005, 1:04 pm

most of us are

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 7/8/2005, 3:05 pm

Well, that makes me feel better. The way locked threads are talking around here I get confused.

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 7/8/2005, 4:07 pm

Mods talking in locked threads is irritating.......that's all I have to say about that. (My Forrest Gump imitation)

Furious George · Post by **Furious George** » 7/8/2005, 4:19 pm

I was one of the original mods but then they kicked me out without every explaining why...

namkablam · Post by **namkablam** » 7/8/2005, 4:40 pm

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 7/8/2005, 5:26 pm

Matt. · Post by **Matt.** » 7/8/2005, 6:00 pm

I'd kill to listen to The Egde at work... i get to listen to Chum FM for 9 hours and anyone living in the Toronto area will be able to vouche for me when I say that all they play is pop garbage.

RockOn1075 · Post by **RockOn1075** » 7/8/2005, 8:28 pm

Im very dissapointed in the new song. I couldent believe it was OLP when I heard it. To be honest its a complete piece of crap. It sounds like they took it from the good charlotte reject vault. Not my thing. They used to have great music a unique sound and well thought out lyrics. They have come to this? I think it has alot to do with Bob Rocks influence. He kills bands. He did it to Tea Party and Metallica too. Im going on a tangent for my first post here LOL

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 7/8/2005, 9:42 pm

Bob Rock didn't kill OLP. I love the new sounds he's giving the band and he's not really killing the lyrics, or dumbing them down. Gravity had many songs with really good lyrics.

-Sorry
-Bring Back the Sun
-A Story About a Girl

This song, Where Are You? Is really good. Sure it's got minimal lyrics, but my God is it strong. It's powerful and well thought out/mixed.

Good job from me.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 7/8/2005, 9:48 pm

i agree some bits and pieces of gravity were good lyrics but they were not as strong/as frequent as the lyrics from pre-gravity stuff.

Post by **faninor** » 7/8/2005, 9:58 pm

It would be nice to see what the lyrics for all of the songs on Gravity were before they were rewritten.

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 7/8/2005, 10:03 pm

What were some pre-gravity lyrics?

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 7/8/2005, 10:05 pm

i dont know any... i just know that bob rock made raine dumb down his lyrics.

oh wait Innocent used to be called Arrogant. and so the lyrics musta went we are all arrogant :GASP:

/random

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 7/8/2005, 10:09 pm

That would have been cool.

Furious George · Post by **Furious George** » 7/8/2005, 11:55 pm

Although we don't know much about Gravity's pre-lyrics, we can definately tell from all the demos and clips we've heard, the simplification of the lyrics to Not Afraid, Will the Future Blame Us, and Where Are You.

Neon Soul · Post by **Neon Soul** » 7/9/2005, 7:29 am

:Sings:
We are, we are all arrogant
We are all arrogant
We are, we are...

We are, we are all arrogant
We are all arrogant
We are, we are...

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 7/9/2005, 8:01 am

You know, they did go from " Everyone you meet today is just so fucking vain" to "We are, we are all innocent"

Wee bit of a change there.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/9/2005, 8:46 am

RockOn1075 wrote:Im very dissapointed in the new song. I couldent believe it was OLP when I heard it. To be honest its a complete piece of crap. It sounds like they took it from the good charlotte reject vault. Not my thing. They used to have great music a unique sound and well thought out lyrics. They have come to this? I think it has alot to do with Bob Rocks influence. He kills bands. He did it to Tea Party and Metallica too. Im going on a tangent for my first post here LOL

I'm not a fan of Bob Rock myself, and I've been known to bash him many a time, but he does what the band wants. Both OLP and Metallica wanted to go in a new direction and Bob Rock took them in that direction. They told him what they wanted to be done, and he did it. It's not like he said "well things are going great for you, so I feel that you should go this way instead." The band's decided to go in that direction. Also it is the band that has the final say on their music. If they don't like it, they change it. If they are happy, they leave it. Some bands are content to follow the same path throughout their musical careers, while others get bored, and want a change. Fans get bored as well, and sometimes enjoy a change in sound. Remember that they do try to keep up with the changing times as well.

reza · Post by **reza** » 7/9/2005, 10:31 am

Teedus, Bring Back The Sun and Story About a Girl were written with Mike still in the band.