Sorry but they're a sexist, homophobic band that steals from other bands without giving credit. They're sponsored by corporate pop to get teenage girls to think they're being punk rock but one major part of being punk rock is to not be sponsored by corporate pop. Also, they fucking toured with fucking One Direction making them basically a boy "band"
As a pretty staunch classic rock, alt rock, and metal fan.... One Direction put on one hell of a show. I saw them on the Civic Tour and was genuinely impressed.
They don't lip sync and those boys have some SERIOUS pipes on them. No joke.
They did a WHOLE lot of research on our area, enough so that they could roll local info into their little breaks when they were talking.
They also dedicated a good 15 minutes to picking out signs people had and actually talking to them and taking pictures with them. And stopped between songs to thank everyone there because they know people work hard for their money and they hoped that they could make it worth it for everyone there, including the parents who got dragged along.
I can't say I'd go all crazy for them, but I took my daughter as a birthday gift and I genuinely left with a great deal of respect for them. If they just faked all that gratitude and humility then they should be acting not singing, because I bought it.
Sorry for the rant, but the comment that 5SoS is nothing but a "boy band" because they tied with One Direction really annoyed me. That statement in particular struck a chord because.... who the fuck cares? Music snobs, to me, are often narrow minded sheep that just can't bring themselves to admit to listening to anything other than their one specific, cooler than yours genre.
Music snobbery will never be cool kids!
Okay sorry if I offended anybody, but you just can't call them punk rock. They have ripped off way too many bands to even be considered punk. I just can't support an artist/group that blatantly rips off of others' work and calls it their own. Sampling's fine but give credit where credit is due otherwise you can't have said that your songs are original. Plus, from what I've heard their lyrics are mainly about trying to get in some girl's pants and I've seen some of their homophobic/sexist tweets and I don't see how people can support that
I really don't know anything about 5SoS, so I can't speak to any of that personally. If what you say is true then that's pretty crappy of them. I just went on my little One Direction rant because I was blown away after I got dragged to the concert (my daughter is 12, she wasn't going on her own) and realized those guys actually do have some serious talent.
But thank you for your perspective on things, it's always good to have different views on things!
I'm currently at school and my wifi's pretty limited but there's plenty of YouTube videos that compare 5sos's songs to bands like FOB, MCR, and Blink-182 so you can look that up if you want to hear proof. I'd just thought I'd speak my mind about this bc there are a lot of people who don't acknowledge these issues. I try to be open-minded and not judge people on music taste but 5sos is just unacceptable
Then why'd you downvote all of my comments?? That's a form of band hate as you are ignoring my honest opinion that I've already apologized for a couple of times
They don't lip sync and those boys have some SERIOUS pipes on them. No joke.
They did a WHOLE lot of research on our area, enough so that they could roll local info into their little breaks when they were talking.
They also dedicated a good 15 minutes to picking out signs people had and actually talking to them and taking pictures with them. And stopped between songs to thank everyone there because they know people work hard for their money and they hoped that they could make it worth it for everyone there, including the parents who got dragged along.
I can't say I'd go all crazy for them, but I took my daughter as a birthday gift and I genuinely left with a great deal of respect for them. If they just faked all that gratitude and humility then they should be acting not singing, because I bought it.
Music snobbery will never be cool kids!
But thank you for your perspective on things, it's always good to have different views on things!