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Published on August 12th 2003
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Thanks for ruining music for everyone dashboard. You suck. ahhh dashboard. some people just can appreciate well writtten material. (its cause they can do better right? ha. wanna argue? lets go cunts.) for shame. Fuck Dashboard Confessional. They whine, and they cry, and above all, they suck. They probaly suck eachother, but I don't want to know. To Anyone who likes this record, there is no hope...... you're either a faggot or a pre-pubescent girl. I really enjoy this CD. I love to listen to it if I'm in the car and not driving. It's so relaxing and it just seems so personified. The comment ahead of mine really struck a good chord with me. Especially when he/she said " I'm just not into this whole "emo" thing I guess." Because he/she wasn't bashing emo or anything like that just simply stating. I believe more people should do that and then actually research EXACTLY what emo is before bashing it. What is up with this guy? This whole emo thing. I saw him way back in like 98 when he was on tour with No Motiv (which is a fantastic band) but he just sat in a chair and played songs. All of them where in the same key and the same tune. All about the same thing. No one knew who he was, and everyone just stared at him, it was kind of funny. Its good mainstream? Mainstream labels can make anything sound "good". I'm just not into this whole "emo" thing I guess. Hey Scott, I mean ummm, retard!!! DC is promoted by Interscope Records, of course they'd sell more than 100,000 copies in the first week. Now go back to work getting your second hand news from Rolling Stone. Update: Dashboard is dreammmyyy.... I think by chris being in a "band" sort of defeats the purpose of doing something by yourself. granted multiple cds of acoustic songs would get old fast but that's why we don't have bands dedicated to doing this. it's a side project that band members choose to do later in their careers (e.g. matthew pryor). basically, dashboard confessional is making a mockery of good music. dear lord that was completely shameless. thank goodness we know that man has no dignity. Random band plugging time: The newest DBC outing takes musical influences from the early thrashing Discharge, and the lyrical intensity of the Germs' Darby Crash, with a little bit of skin and oi! thrown into the mix. Live, nobody can match Chris. He is the new Stiv Bators. This is a must have for fans of REAL punk. i'm bi and i'd rather not have dashboard confessional associated with liking guys. christ, just use the term eunuch. i repeat. you are gay if you listen to this salad tosser. I heard this guy was a rightwing gun nut. Is that true? All the more reason to hate him, I guess. i never got a REAL memo. i think you're lying. i think shattered realm is the only band i can think of that is worse then this....and taproot. but thats it. "i thought dc was still on vagrant.. it says that on the cd..." There was a memo? Why didn't I get a memo? did you people miss the memo about interscope buying out 60% of Vagrant for the sole purpose of having a piece of dashboard. carrabba wouldnt leave vagrant because his damn manager OWNS vagrant. i thought dc was still on vagrant.. it says that on the cd... ugh. . here we go again. .. great album listen to it, because you may like it more then the other cds or less. Vagrant? DC is on Interscope Records now. Scott, why do you always post old news? "in the tradition of continually reviewing the gayest non-punk bands, this review pisses me off." "forty, you listen to black eyes? 'cause west PA and east OH got screwed with that q and not u/black eyes tour." in the tradition of continually reviewing the gayest non-punk bands, this review pisses me off. forty, you listen to black eyes? 'cause west PA and east OH got screwed with that q and not u/black eyes tour. Sure there is worse music, like Shattered Realm, but DC is still pretty awful. And for the record, I hated him when it was still cool to namedrop him. The people who used to like Dashboard but are now changing their opinions because this music is popular are pathetic, but I think you're aiming at the wrong person here. Oh, and I wasn't actually trying make an argument, I was just kidding around. making those cliched arguments makes you look like you dont have an opinion, your just following the punk rock trend of hating and making fun of DC. Trust there is a lot worse music out there than this. Eh, maybe I come off as an asshole at times, I don't really care. I'll have my opinion you can have yours. theres a difference between critical and being an asshole. At least you could make it funny like most of your comments. But yeah I saw the dplan in slc, mostly requests, pretty much every song off emergeny and i was played. I'm jealous, or maybe, just maybe, I'm being critical of an artist who makes music that I absolutely hate. I'm sure you've done the same. well your being highly critical and malice towards someone who has never done anything to you, do I sense jeolousy, because your behavior is common for jealous people. And I dont like dc, its alright though. You mentioned the d-plan, did you happen to see a show on the final tour? Somebody should write a review. He's free to do whatever he wants, and as a professional musician, he submits his work for criticism or enjoyment. I have every right to make fun of him just as you have every right to like him. "fun obnoxious douchebags who have nothing better to do than whine makes me a fascist, then I'm a fascist." change is a sign of maturity... get your heads out of your asses and accept that this album is decent for what it is trying to be. Fact is, most of these "emo crybabies"(as a few of you so eloquently put it) are true music fans, who appreciate thoughtful lyrics (which i do admit can be found more in DC's older releases than this one) and well written music. Also, there is such a wide range of music crammed into the genre "Emo" that one should wonder what truly is emo, other than something for the naysayers to complain about. Its a tad ironic that the only "whiners" in this chatroom are the ones who HATE emo... (so why are they here , anyway??) "Not all fascists kill Jews, but the hate had to start somewhere. Next your probably blame them for the problems of world while you listen to your "hardass" music" Actually, putting these words together is known as a slant rhyme, approximate rhyme, or off rhyme. If you are going to wax intellectual about songwriting or rhyme schemes get your shit in one sock first, rutti tutti fresh and frutti peeter puffer. and i totally didnt mean to give this damned album a 10. "over" I just got this album today and although I think it is much different from his older stuff it is still great none the less. People use the word "sellout" whenever an artist changes style and sometimes I think it is justified but not in this case. I agree with the comment that the older fans are just upset that he is mainstream now. I think this cd is great if you like DC and if you don't, buy something else. Worst lyrics ever. Seriously. He doesnt try any new angles on the subject or anything. And no one could fall in and out of love this many times. Unless hes a manwhore. Then that kinda counteracts his whole "gee-golly-gosh, im sucha sweet boy" appearance. And his ski-slope still sucks. I dont consider myself to listen to "hardass" music, but I do consider myself to listen to good music. And this isnt it. Its not that I hate emo kids...its that I hate people who play into the emo stereotype just so everyone knows what they are. Its like a little army. A little crying army that really wants you to see its tears. Fuck that. Fuck this. Go buy a cursive album instead. He at least knows how to write. "Right, because an insulting comment on a website is tantamount to the mass extermination of jews. You are an idiot." "Awesome, cliches and sweeping generalities, just like the nazis. " "Most of them sing songs about imaginary girls or some girl who accidentally brushed up against them at a show" the cd title sounds like the title to a bright eyes song, only cheesier Most of them sing songs about imaginary girls or some girl who accidentally brushed up against them at a show Shit guys, i hate my fair share of emo music. The occasional band or artist pulls it off well. But to all the guys that hate emo kids, are you just jealous cause they have girlfriends that make them capable of getting their heart broken, while you are you stuck with your mom's bottle of lotion and her victoria secret catalog?
"FUCKING SELLOUTS I would just like share a funny story from Krazyfest two years ago. I dumped water on Chris Carraba's head as he was buying a pretzel (I'm sorry to offend the fat emo kids who may be upset on two fronts). He wanted to start a fight with me but his security guard stopped it from happening. I do believe he is 5' 2", which explains the height extender haircut. FUCKING SELLOUTS I like dildos!!! fun fun fun -oldpunker- Someone said further down that New Found Glory, Dashboard Confessional and Simple Plan are touring together. Did I read that right? Hahahaha, this is wonderful! Now we need to have a Sealb like showdown where the bizzaro ones are defeated. i disagree with the review.. although the cd is real good. this cd is more rock, but its still emo. at first i didnt really like the new rock feel behind the vocals, but i do now. not as amazing as old dashboard, but still very good for its new style... "i was in downtown NY getting ready to enjoy the Lawrence Arms show. " Hahahahahahahahahah-oldpunker-, whoever is trying to be me........ Brilliant job...... hopefully people are gonna run outta fuckin things to cry about soon... "I agree. It's really not bad. The singing is definetely great. A must have cd. NFG, DC, and simple plan coming to a city near you this fall. And I just shit my pants with JOY!!! I've done some dildo ramming in my days... you know who else rams himself in the ass with a lot of dildos at once? this guy: That last guy rams himself with dildos alot. hahhahahah that made me laugh too the comment but your not wuss emo....where is the trademark ***'s ?!??!?!?! haha this cd is the shit, "hands down" the best of the year does anyone know what time it is? This thread turned extremely hilarious...BizarroPunknews.org is right to the person who replied "shut up" real fucking clever pal. you'd better take a nap for all the thinking you've done today. Whoah, I'm arguing with Evil-sickboi.......crazyness. Do you bitches know what an opinion is? I like this cd. Big deal. This guy is really good at imitating us, he even gets OLDPUNKER'S stuff right. BizarroPunknews.org oh fuck; am i missing out on National Sarcasm Day? What? Just because I like something that you don't, then you assume someone is immitating me? is someone imitating the punknews regulars? or has parallel universes finally collided?? I agree. It's really not bad. The singing is definetely great. A must have cd. Where are the horns!? Fantastic cd. Though its drastic that you are all putting it down -oldpunker- Wow, I didn't even realized I liked this album. I'm glad I left myself a note reminding myself. Hey now. Everyone needs to stop bashing on these guys. I think the cd is cool. last time i checked, i had testicles. if you listen to this fruit, then you ain't got none. simple huh? I really don't mind this cd. I listened to it last night, and i really really like the singing. It's truely lovely. If you don't like this cd, there's definetely something wrong with you. -oldpunker- Didn't a little band called Bright Eyes do the, A thing, A doohicky, A blah, and A blah, already on their "Fevers and Mirrors" CD like years ago. Hmm its unfortunate Conor won't sell as many CD's. "it just seems to me that if he hadn't broke big, everyone whining and saying how much they hate him would be praising this album. the bottom line is its a good album. what people don't seem to get is they think he's changed sooo much and now he's commercial, sold out,etc. i'm sorry but put swiss army romance next to the goo goo dolls and there isn't much of a difference. i'm not slamming him, he makes great albums...my point is no one wants to listen to him because of all the people who listen to the radio and think they found some rad new band when we've had him to ourselves all this time. that fucking sucks for him, hes doing what he wants and making music that he wants. if you don't like the album thats fine, just give the guy some credit i don't think 2 years ago he had a master plan that would put him where he is now. " Randy Savage's rap CD will be much better than this. "It's a Macho Thang!" People who don't like this music, aren't disliking it because of his popularity but because it is for fucking pussies who want to cry along with a cd... it just seems to me that if he hadn't broke big, everyone whining and saying how much they hate him would be praising this album. the bottom line is its a good album. what people don't seem to get is they think he's changed sooo much and now he's commercial, sold out,etc. i'm sorry but put swiss army romance next to the goo goo dolls and there isn't much of a difference. i'm not slamming him, he makes great albums...my point is no one wants to listen to him because of all the people who listen to the radio and think they found some rad new band when we've had him to ourselves all this time. that fucking sucks for him, hes doing what he wants and making music that he wants. if you don't like the album thats fine, just give the guy some credit i don't think 2 years ago he had a master plan that would put him where he is now. does anyone find it odd that he didn't put "tonight i'll take what i can get" on the cd? they posted it as one of the new songs and they played it live. i wonder if someone told him it was too country or something i feel bad for the honky tonk man. recently the times i see him on the TV is in gimmick matches. i remember seeing one time him pull up to ringside with pink convertible and some females that had the 60s look. Dude, the Honky Tonk Man was better at the guitar bashing. Double J can't even step to him. man forty is killing me with his reference to double J jeff jarrett. avail is going to hit my town too in sept. too bad it's not with paint it black. but hey darkest hour is better than nothing. No sickboi, i had to work, but avail will be there in september as well as paint it black, striking distance and there is a few others that i will be checking out-oldpunker- BSD, you are a fucking coward, you hide behind your fucking computer and make fun of bands and people with no evidence to back you up, and everything you say is pointless and doesnt make any sense at all. Get a new fucking life or eat shit and die OLDPUNKER- Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahah thank you all i needed this today -oldpunker- It's too bad they can't lock this, because you know there's going to be a grand total of 5 or 6 comments from things with a higher IQ than jellyfish. and oberst is ten times better than DC, they dont belong in the same sentence And you'd like it, slapnuts. 10 bucks says Carabbababababa would try to hit you with his guitar, ala Jeff Jarrett "i promise you that you would get your ass anihilated....not that you would ever think about trying shit. but yes, he would beat the frat guy idiocy out of you" i promise you that you would get your ass anihilated....not that you would ever think about trying shit. but yes, he would beat the frat guy idiocy out of you
i promise you that you would get your ass anihilated....not that you would ever think about trying shit. but yes, he would beat the frat guy idiocy out of you "FUCK THIS MOTHERFUCKER IN HIS DIPSHIT ASSHOLE I just bought, "The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most," a week ago, and then I gave this record a listen. And blah. I mean, I hate Dashboard Confessional just as much as the next person, but the asshole can write some good songs (but needs to keep his whiny vocals down a bit). This album so far has been very lackluster. Ya, "Hands Down," is a really good song and will get people buying up this CD like crazy and annoy us all on MTV. But the rest of the album fails to capture my attention. Its is pretty bland, straight forward and, for lack of another word, "mainstream." It feels uninspired, but that's just me. oh and BSD, as im reading the comments, i read your comment saying something about dashboard sucking. "holy shit, we agree on something" i say to myself, only to find out seconds later that you would be making some dumbass comment, and trying to make fun of some kid, based on no evidence at all. you're a waste. "I'm slowly losing hope in the punknews.org community when they praise this album...you guys might as well go ahead and change the name to AbsoultePunknews.org" Yeah, I'm really getting sick of all these people who say "don't you have something better to do than bash a band?" Fuck you...don't you have something better to do than praise a band? It's the same thing and it's called an opinion. Get over it. Oh shut up, if everyone just talked about the bands they liked and acted all nice this site would be boring. As shocking as it may seem, people have opions! Sometimes they differ from yours! If you're going to debate or even fling insults back, fine. But don't pull this "if you have nothing nice to say.." bullshit. Let's bitch about this band and all the fans because that's fucking cool to do. You love kids like yourself? How surprising. FYI: You are a jackass. I liked dashboard back when they WERE HARDCORE... i love kids like that. Dashboard is sorta like that Livewire Mountain Dew commercial... you just have to listen even if its not wanted. Hahaha. This guy sucks. He really can't play worth a shit, and his lyrics are nothing. I don't mind either of that as long as a band is fun and energetic live... But, this guy sucks in that field, also. This is acoustic rock for kids who don't know what they're talking about. nu metal is cool FUCK THIS MOTHERFUCKER IN HIS DIPSHIT ASSHOLE I don't know, I wrote a killer song about pandas when I was about 8. Lets see them top that! that's funny, cause oberst and carrabba could shit a song out better than you if you spent a lifetime on one. Go listen to your nu metal and shut the fuck up. Hahahaha. I dont know which band I like less...Tim Kasher should just kill them both. They are hogging his "sad song for sappy kids" market, and thats a problem, because the songs he writes kik ass. And the songs those 2 jackoffs write dont. As long as it's a fight to the death and the winner is awarded with death. How much would anyone pay to see Conor Oberst and Chris Carrabba try to beat the shit out of each other? yeah..the cover looks too much like an old Alkaline Trio album...I should never have to associate Douchbag Confessional w/ Alkaline trio....ugghh i'm listening to the album for the first time right now, and i have to say that it's not bad at all. it's certainly a new direction, but it's a good cd with well-written songs. about "ghost of a good thing", i really like that song. it reminds me of the songs off of swiss army. oh, and i prefer the acoustic version of hands down, but maybe i'll grow to like it. this album seems to just have a natural good quality to it. as the review says, it's not punk, and it's kind of a movement away from emo, but it's good. The cover "art" is god awful. Shitty shitty olsenfree!!! the posters of chris' mug that are up all over the mission district are ensuring that i never listen to another song from this 'hearthtrob' again without guns or knives involved Ohhhhhhh, so this is Gaygaygay Faghomo's new cd... I'm slowly losing hope in the punknews.org community when they praise this album...you guys might as well go ahead and change the name to AbsoultePunknews.org DBC are not that bad of a band. if you don't like it, then fine. find something better to do than shoot off about it. i'm not the biggest fan, but at least he is putting out records. people on this message board should try that for a change, instead of complaining about the records that other people put out. dashboard confagonal has a new cd??? I admit to loving the previous dashboard cd's (except summer's kiss) the second i heard them...... So i guiltlessly had high hopes for this one, but unfortunately they've lost what they had before another in the long line of punk classics. the stooges, the ramones "rocket to russia", the clash "london calling", black flag "wasted", bad religion, and now dashboard confessional with "a mark a mission a brand a scar." listening to this record makes me wanna slam into a skinhead and start floorpunching to no end. In case you guys didn't get the memo: thumbs up for the sick of it all quote. man i been doing some looking around for a promo to that record. a lot of haters, i always liked DBC, althought that so impossible EP was weak... - bigjerk To quote Sick Of It All: instead of just saying th usual DC sucks, i would just point out the last thing you said. you're lucky that you're never attending a DC show, cuz I might do it in sept. for this chick i'm seeing. i think i'm going to break up with her and then make-up after the day of the show... "FSF was always better than DC." flaming homo band for flaming homo fans. what are the odds? http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=1472062 Pretty good album I suppose. I do, however, miss the solo acoustic songs missing on this album. And I thought Ghost of a Good Thing was one of the better tracks. Not that I listen to that much Dashboard as it is, but I'll certainly be spinning the older records more than this one. If youre already a fan or have the other albums, it's worth the buy. "Something crazy!? Like eating at Arbys!?!" ... welistentobadmusictogetgirlsnews.org ? If you are thinking that most of us are going to be singing along to dashboard in our homes then you are surely missing your demographic. Not wanting to start a punk/not punk conversation again, BUT this cd/man/band is a total waste of time. This stuff is popular because there are many closet homosexuals who want to do it to him and/or 12 year old girls that HAVE had him put it in them. the album title and the song titles mentioned in this review are funny. if this record sells 100,000 copies all together, yet alone in the first week, i'll officially slice my throat. i think its sweet how this hoss has to use an old song as the first single on his new record because he knows it sucks that much wang...he is done for after this latest offering of poop. Good review. Bad CD. And leta get one thing straight, his lyrics are terrible. TERRIBLE. Its not very hard to write shitty songs about the lame asss thoughts you have when you see a nice pair of tits. This guy needs to get his hormones under control to become a somewhat competent lyricist. And he needs to cut the fucking ski-slope off the front of his head too. Wow, atleast DBC are consistent. Consistent in realeasing horrible albums. More tolerable now but still pretty bad. i dunno man... i think this is a pretty bad cd. and i liked his previous efforts. *kicks Daegan in the sack* More like accoustic grind. Dashboard was emo? fuck that. dashboard was folk music.
I've had this for a couple weeks now, and my (brief) thoughts are these: its dignin again, and I was just thinking we should get the new record for comments on this mofo comment below this is dignin And I cant get the mp3 to work, not that I was trying to or anything but I accidently clicked it thinking it was a black flag song or something of that nature...shit!!!! jacking off with sandpaper was the crazy I was going for. Something crazy!? Like eating at Arbys!?! if I see one more cassete on a cd cover Im going to do something crazy like! I guess all he needs now is a glowing Dire Straits headband. His mom will be so proud. wow, that was a great review. i wish all CD reviews were this thorough i like the first song off of it, thats all i have heard so far. I tried to stream it but it messed up |
