paramore s/t

oh man.

I could vote for almost anything here but it will probably come down to "grow up" or "still into you" or "proof".

or "daydreaming" or "ain't it fun" or "part ii" or "anklebiters".

fuck.

uh

i cannot decide between "grow up" and "proof" and it's tearing me apart

I miss karaoke because, as predictable as the response is, I loved howling "Ain't No Fun."

Still the best album of 2013.

easily Part Ii for me, lots of gems tho obviously

The stretch from "Ain't It Fun" to "Hate to See Your Heart Break," my god

*said in Richard Nixon voice*

I feel like, interludes aside, "now" is the only track that's clearly weaker here. "last hope" is a bit self-consciously portentous but it works IMO. "be alone" is probably the most underrated track?

might rank this later to make myself mad

I encouraged this poll only because I need to rescreen

proof!

Proof!

The bottom line for everyone!

https://videosift.com/video/Proof-Paul-Simon-Chevy-Chase-and-Steve-Martin

Grow Up, Ain't It Fun and Hate To See Your Heart Break are all contenders but I might have to go for (One Of Those) Crazy Girls. It was the song that made me a fan.

Fast In My Car and Future are the only two of the main songs that I've never fully fallen for.

future isn't anyone's go-to but you gotta admire the ambition to go full mogwai

It's the rare album that improves after the first few cuts

when i listen to this album stoned "future" is my favorite track

It's the rare album that improves after the first few cuts

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

A couple of times I have started the album with Grow Up and it works well.

I admit I still prefer After Laughter by a fair bit, just for the sheer consistency, and the audacious, possibly total absence of love songs

Same. A rare band who got better with each album.

great album. "ain't it fun" was simultaneously such a thrill and gutpunch that i'm tempted to vote for it immediately but there are plenty of other tracks i know i should not overlook. gonna give it another listen or two before voting

dang, pulled the trigger for “still into you” but i forgot how much i love “part ii”

love that final pouty self-taunting sotto voce "just like i claim i am" on 'proof'

― r|t|c, Monday, July 8, 2013 11:35 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

voted "still into you" cause it's one of those songs that gets stuck in my head every few months or so

really great album

iirc part ii was the one I loved most but will have to relisten to confirm

kinda surprised how easily this ended up being "ain't it fun" for me but there's so many other great moments on this album. "grow up", "daydreaming", "future", "crazy girls"...

this is more about "what I want from my Paramore" and not so much "best to worst" but

part ii
last hope
ain't it fun
grow up
(one of those) crazy girls
daydreaming
be alone
fast in my car
anklebiters
hate to see your heart break
(escape route)
still into you
(native tongue)
future
now
proof

best moment on the album: "aren't you tired of being mad at the world / won't you just admit you don't care?" backed by that sassy little string flourish.....wonderful

I didn't see "Ain't It Fun" becoming a top ten more than a year after the album's release. Hard times!

clearly my two favorite Hayley Williams lyrical modes are "withering, world-weary takedown" and "here's how I am just barely holding my shit together"

Love this album so much, could vote for half of them at least. But over the years “Proof” has sort of risen (baking joke!) to the top for me. Hayley Williams is one of the few people whose crises of faith I find compelling.

This is impossible.

It's funny, looking at the album image at the top, I never thought of this as a double-album. But it makes sense that way. It has the ambition and arc for it.

it's canon that this is a double album

i dont think i can not vote for aint it fun

unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.) at 9:14 16 Sep 20
best moment on the album: "aren't you tired of being mad at the world / won't you just admit you don't care?" backed by that sassy little string flourish.....wonderful

Best moments of this album are all the lyrics I misheard, mostly in “Grow Up”, such as: “I left town with a dog and my name” and “Self righteous prawns in a loser game”.

those are both fantastic wrong lyrics

She absolutely says "prawns". Also, in the misheard lyrics category, 'I'm bringing my chicken shit back to the shore'

Best moments of this album are all the lyrics I misheard, mostly in “Grow Up”, such as: “I left town with a dog and my name” and “Self righteous prawns in a loser game”.

"Proof" has always been my fav but there are four others that I'd be perfectly happy to see win

On my first listen through the album, Last Hope was really the standout track and it has stuck with me through the years, but I really love most of it.

"Last Hope" is a big sweeping phones-in-the-air stadium anthem done about as well as you can do it.

after giving it another listen, it's still "ain't it fun" for me, tho "future" and "last hope" had me reconsidering

Whaddya gonna do

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Hayley tore into Josh Farro the other day on twitter.

there’s a reason there are only 3 people left in @paramore. surprise, haters, it ain’t cause of me.

paramore do not condone religiously/politically dogmatic beliefs which leave our LGBTQ+ friends, fans, & family feeling abandoned and hopeless.

— hayley from Paramore 🌺 (@yelyahwilliams) October 28, 2020

and ya know, if that doesn’t jive with you, well, feel free to go to where all past members of paramore have gone which is literally anywhere else but paramore.

to paramore’s LGBTQ+ family (and @ColormeBrian i am talkin straight to you) you are full of love and you are loved.

— hayley from Paramore 🌺 (@yelyahwilliams) October 28, 2020

Context being that fans had dug up a recent facebook comment by Josh that compared homosexuality to pedophilia.

Listening to this so I can vote. It holds up pretty well doesn't it

I admit I still prefer After Laughter by a fair bit, just for the sheer consistency, and the audacious, possibly total absence of love songs

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Tuesday, September 15, 2020 6:03 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

"pool" is a love song afaict but otherwise yes

ah true, it's always been my least fave on the album and that might explain why lol

pretend there's another vote for "part ii" and one less for "still into you"

Well now it has another real vote

(Fast In My Car, Grow Up and Still Into You were runners up)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

last hope got done dirty

lol i should've voted for "anklebiters" but i went with "grow up" in the end

love the vote spread here, kinda thought it would be an "aint it fun" shutout but it wasn't!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZEDi8K_lpo

some of us have to grow up sometimes

the drums at the end of "part ii" b t w

AN-KLE-BI-TERS

there are fifteen billion synthesizers playing elliptical sequences in the background of every song on this thing and that is just one reason why this is the best album ever recorded

mod rename thread "100 reasons paramore s/t is the best album ever recorded"

today it’s “Be Alone”

good god I love this album

I would have voted for Be Alone.

still looking for an excuse to leave town with a dog and my name