Current Events > its 2017 and people still hate on pop punk

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This is just as dumb as the old PC masterrace vs Console wars.
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I love pop punk. Seeing neck deep in Feb. Screw the haters.
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Literally every pop punk song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqv3M5Ds2Mw

Nah, I actually love it. Hyped to see Knuckle Puck in November.
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Dunno what fills up punk elitists' hatred on this genre after 10+ years.
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Good stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38xeZmP-ioQ
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DrProfessor posted...

I love pop punk. Seeing neck deep in Feb. Screw the haters.

Haha, its actually funny how people address pop punk as green day and blink 182 only.
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_Reivax_ posted...

DrProfessor posted...

I love pop punk. Seeing neck deep in Feb. Screw the haters.

Haha, its actually funny how people address pop punk as green day and blink 182 only.

I'm a fan of all the above. From 90's guys like mxpx and Lagwagon, to current wave like Wonder Years and Four Year Strong.

#PopPunksNotDead
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Imaging being so stuck up your own bunghole that you expect people to have a clue what pop punk is, let alone hate on it.

NibeIungsnarf posted...

Imaging being so stuck up your own bunghole that you expect people to have a clue what pop punk is, let alone hate on it.

Can't tell if you're really old or really young.
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I actually miss pop punk. It was a lot more wholesome and fun than the current equivalent which I guess is the wannabe hipster garbage where you take a very generic song and just give it some "unique" instrumentation like mandolins and xylophones and a whole bunch of "woah oh woah oh oh oh"s.
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^^How can you miss something that never left?

NibeIungsnarf posted...

Imaging being so stuck up your own bunghole that you expect people to have a clue what pop punk is, let alone hate on it.

No shit does the majority know what pop punk is.

Just look at the recommended videos on Youtube.
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Most of what I've heard is just boring. The singers usually sound too whiny, and the music itself doesn't really do much for me. I'd rather just listen to older pop punk, hardcore punk or post-punk.
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jborgan posted...

Most of what I've heard is just boring. The singers usually sound too whiny, and the music itself doesn't really do much for me. I'd rather just listen to older pop punk, hardcore punk or post-punk.

The only time a song turns me off is the voice of the singer.

But yeah, I usually listen to older post punk and ska punk
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Is A Day to Remember considered Pop Punk
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yes
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Doe posted...

Is A Day to Remember considered Pop Punk

When they started they were considered Pop Punk (and yes they still are), but there's an actual name for that genre now:

Melodic Hardcore

Stuff like Chunk No Captain Chunk, Four Year Strong, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtXa1lCVzUM
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Pop punk is the only punk I like
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Pop punk? That's a contradiction.

is there a new punk goes pop album out yet? I wouldn't otherwise listen to a lot of the bands typically featured on those but I'm a sucker for covers of pop music, although I didn't really know many of the songs on the last album.
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gafemaqs posted...

Pop punk? That's a contradiction.

It really isn't. As someone that played in a pop punk band and prefers punk/pop punk to any other genres, punk already used pop chord progressions from the start. That's why doo-wop songs instantly become punk when sped up. Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t_mt6hTzk8

If it uses a pop music chord progression, it's not far removed from pop in the first place. Proof: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I–V–vi–IV_progression
That's why the whole punk vs pop punk debate was ridiculous to begin with. The Ramones used the same exact chord progressions Blink-182 uses to this day.
@gafemaqs
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DrProfessor posted...

gafemaqs posted...

Pop punk? That's a contradiction.

It really isn't. As someone that played in a pop punk band and prefers punk/pop punk to any other genres, punk already used pop chord progressions from the start. That's why doo-wop songs instantly become punk when sped up. Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t_mt6hTzk8

If it uses a pop music chord progression, it's not far removed from pop in the first place. Proof: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I–V–vi–IV_progression
That's why the whole punk vs pop punk debate was ridiculous to begin with. The Ramones used the same exact chord progressions Blink-182 uses to this day.
@gafemaqs

But doesn't all that go out the window when you consider pop and punk stand for two very different things?

gafemaqs posted...

DrProfessor posted...

gafemaqs posted...

Pop punk? That's a contradiction.

It really isn't. As someone that played in a pop punk band and prefers punk/pop punk to any other genres, punk already used pop chord progressions from the start. That's why doo-wop songs instantly become punk when sped up. Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t_mt6hTzk8

If it uses a pop music chord progression, it's not far removed from pop in the first place. Proof: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I–V–vi–IV_progression
That's why the whole punk vs pop punk debate was ridiculous to begin with. The Ramones used the same exact chord progressions Blink-182 uses to this day.
@gafemaqs

But doesn't all that go out the window when you consider pop and punk stand for two very different things?

EDIT: sorry. I misunderstood what you asked. Just forget the name pop and what it stands for. Basically the pop in the title is there because the message is especially appealing to young people.

Original post:

But do they? Both stand for not fitting in. Punk in culture as a whole, pop punk in youth culture. Both are about being rejected and celebrating how different you are from them.

It's just that in punk, "them" usually means the government, or the status quo. But in pop punk, it could mean pretty girls, your parents, the cops, and the government too. Pop punk is just more inclusive, but both began as a celebration of youth culture and the "us vs. them" mentality.

Punk will always be about being different.
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gafemaqs posted...

Pop punk? That's a contradiction.

More of an oxymoron.
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it's mostly just easy to shit on for falling toward formulaic
there's always some fun cuts though
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