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The kids get it
site: http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/musikk/article39106.ece
The critics hate them, but teenagers love Panic at the Disco.
The Hove Festival has once again made more smart bookings of "right" bands, and there is no doubt that the festival's booking manager Toffen Gunnufsen is trend sensitive.
But Tuesday's big headliner is the band NME crowned last year's worst band: Panic at the Disco.
The Las Vegas band is still the kids' favourite, as the kids luckily often disagrees with music journalists.
And this Panic at the Disco knows.
- The critics have so many different negative things to say about us that they never seem to decide what's worst, says guitarist Ryan Ross (21).
- And that has got to be a good thing, that they can't seem to agree on just one thing, smirks vocalist Brendon Urie (21).
- Boring journalism
Dagladet's [Norwegian newspaper] Toregrim Øyre gave the debut album a 1 [of 6], and described the music as "grim awful emo-punk".
- Emo-punk? Haha, that's a crazy thing to say. There is no punk on that album, says Ross.
- But, it's better than the review a friend of ours got, that his album was a s**t sandwich, adds Urie.
Aftenposten's [Norwegian newspaper] Cecilie Asker gave the same album a 2 [of 6], and stated that it was "boring at the disco".
- That wasn't even an original pun. That was boring journalism, says Ross.
- But seriously, we don't care all that much about reviews. Most of the time we think it's funny to read all the negative feedback, claims Urie.
Emo or not?
To NME the band have apparently said that they hate the emo term, and that the plan now is to become the next Radiohead.
- That quote is taken out of context. We said that emo is bullshit because it's used on very different kinds of bands. But we are not planning on being the next Radiohead, we are not planning on being the next anything, says Ross.
The two 21-year-olds denies that they have ambitions of changing their audience eventually.
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We would rather play for people or own age, for the kids. They're the ones who get it, says Ross.
- They are not too cool for school, they are happy and know how to party. They are the ones it's exciting to play for, says Urie.
- Yeah, when we played at a club full of 35-year-olds I didn't know how to behave, and I felt like s**t.
Thanks to xxxx for translating this.
site: http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/musikk/article39106.ece
The critics hate them, but teenagers love Panic at the Disco.
The Hove Festival has once again made more smart bookings of "right" bands, and there is no doubt that the festival's booking manager Toffen Gunnufsen is trend sensitive.
But Tuesday's big headliner is the band NME crowned last year's worst band: Panic at the Disco.
The Las Vegas band is still the kids' favourite, as the kids luckily often disagrees with music journalists.
And this Panic at the Disco knows.
- The critics have so many different negative things to say about us that they never seem to decide what's worst, says guitarist Ryan Ross (21).
- And that has got to be a good thing, that they can't seem to agree on just one thing, smirks vocalist Brendon Urie (21).
- Boring journalism
Dagladet's [Norwegian newspaper] Toregrim Øyre gave the debut album a 1 [of 6], and described the music as "grim awful emo-punk".
- Emo-punk? Haha, that's a crazy thing to say. There is no punk on that album, says Ross.
- But, it's better than the review a friend of ours got, that his album was a s**t sandwich, adds Urie.
Aftenposten's [Norwegian newspaper] Cecilie Asker gave the same album a 2 [of 6], and stated that it was "boring at the disco".
- That wasn't even an original pun. That was boring journalism, says Ross.
- But seriously, we don't care all that much about reviews. Most of the time we think it's funny to read all the negative feedback, claims Urie.
Emo or not?
To NME the band have apparently said that they hate the emo term, and that the plan now is to become the next Radiohead.
- That quote is taken out of context. We said that emo is bullshit because it's used on very different kinds of bands. But we are not planning on being the next Radiohead, we are not planning on being the next anything, says Ross.
The two 21-year-olds denies that they have ambitions of changing their audience eventually.
-
We would rather play for people or own age, for the kids. They're the ones who get it, says Ross.
- They are not too cool for school, they are happy and know how to party. They are the ones it's exciting to play for, says Urie.
- Yeah, when we played at a club full of 35-year-olds I didn't know how to behave, and I felt like s**t.
Thanks to xxxx for translating this.
