Now before I get into writing Sa and I’s disasterous first Warped Tour experience, I have to write about these “Punk goes Pop” albums.
I loved the “Punk goes Classic Rock” album, rock bands covering rock bands = good idea. Rock bands covering N’Sync = worst idea since… i dont know, commercialized Disney music? (The chart below is from Wikipedia)
I couldn’t even listen to more then a minute of each song, I only found one that I could sit through (Toxic- A static Lullaby).
| 1. | “I Want It That Way“ | Dynamite Boy | Backstreet Boys | 3:32 |
| 2. | “Candy“ | Slick Shoes | Mandy Moore | 3:31 |
| 3. | “Everywhere“ | Yellowcard | Michelle Branch | 3:35 |
| 4. | “Get the Party Started“ | Stretch Arm Strong | Pink | 2:04 |
| 5. | “Like a Prayer“ | Rufio | Madonna | 3:49 |
| 6. | “Bye Bye Bye“ | Further Seems Forever | ‘N Sync | 3:25 |
| 7. | “Crush“ | Noise Ratchet | Mandy Moore | 3:02 |
| 8. | “I’m like a Bird“ | Element 101 | Nelly Furtado | 3:50 |
| 9. | “Survivor“ | Knockout | Destiny’s Child | 2:24 |
| 10. | “I’m Real“ | The Starting Line | Jennifer Lopez | 3:28 |
| 11. | “The Way You Love Me“ | Keepsake | Faith Hill | 4:12 |
| 12. | “Sometimes“ | Reach the Sky | Britney Spears | 3:34 |
| 13. | “All or Nothing” | Fake ID | O-Town | 3:20 |
| 14. | “Borderline“ | Showoff | Madonna | 3:39 |
| 15. | “Send Me an Angel” | Thrice | Real Life | 3:24 |
| 16. | “…Baby One More Time“ | Nicotine | Britney Spears | 2:33 |
| 17. | “Heaven Is a Place on Earth“ | Student Rick | Belinda Carlisle |
Hey Fearless Records, I love most of your artists, and hey, you sell great merch, but lets not push the boundries, keep your artists doing what they are good at, rocking out. Don’t ruin some of the only good pop songs…please!
There is a 2nd album that I am equally as disturbed about. TFT doing ‘Icebox’ (not a pop song!) Lost Prophets covering Justin Timberlake? A 3rd is coming out soon… are you as scared as I am?
BTW: What are the Lost Prophets doing on a Ferleass Records album… I saw them on a list somewhere listed under these “Pop goes Punk” albums.. even if they werent on the album, covering a Justin Timberlake song (although they did it better) wasn’t a smart idea, the original music they play is 1000x better.
-A
