Tuesday, May 04, 2004
i would like to move that the word ‘anthem’ be disallowed from the lyrics of any song even vaguely resembling punk rock. if you have to tell me in the text of your song that what you are singing is, in fact, an ‘anthem’, chances are good that your music and lyrics are not doing their job. i realize that if you’ve got three chords and a penchant for ‘counterculture’ you may feel like we need you to tell us explicitly what you’re up to. we don’t. we need to ROCK. so, by all means—have anthemic shout courses and i will scream along with you in my car. please just don’t give me cliffs notes in the middle of your song.
