• defunct_punk@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Honestly Paralyzer might be a top 10 for me for trash radio rock. It’s a wild song to think about, half 80s dance during the versus and half arena rock for the choruses. Strange genre mashing you don’t really hear much from mainstream singles

    Band name is literally “penis” though, which puts it in the same category as “pearl jam” and “smashing pumpkins” as “band names that I liked more when I thought it was just two random words put next to each other”

    • Velypso@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      I saw finger eleven open for another band one time, and Paralyzer became about 11 minutes long. After the audience crossed the 5 minute mark, i saw people looking around to other concert-goers to truly confirm that finger had played the last chorus about 15 times.

      After we crossed minute 9, much of the crowd was actively laughing, seemingle driven mad by the chorus that only a madman could have allowed to continue.

      When the song finally stopped at about minute 11, the crowd cheered so loudly and continuously that the band most certainly mistook it for praise instead of the zombified roar of a crowd whose minds had long since been turned into mush.