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Guyliner and City Shout-Outs Lead Rock Cliches

Posted Dec 7th 2006 6:02AM by Jeff Graham
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Hello Cleveland! Are you ready to cliché?! Well then, smear on some guyliner and check out our 89 Most Redundant, Repetitive Clichés in Music because a Top 100 would obviously be, well, cliché.

Seen it time and time again? It's probably on the list. From vanity bling to the unnecessary guitar smash to the post-retirement comeback, we've got it covered.

Think we left something out or simply don't agree? Then speak your mind and tell us where we went wrong.

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Lindsey

You made a lot of very arguable points, but a few REALLY pissed me off:

~Guyliner~ It's friggin' awesome, and it wouldn't hurt if more guys would take some makeup tips from the likes of Gerard Way, Pete Wentz, and Jared Leto.

~Long-Ass Emo Song Titles~ Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco should not be ridiculed for their intriguing, creative, and thought-provoking song titles. Creative titles do so much for the message of a song, and the real cliche is using a title that has already been used a hundred times! And they are NOT emo!!! Rock, Alternative, but DEFINITELY not emo!

~Marching Bands~ Sure, a few people have used them, but I KNOW that you're not putting My Chemical Romance in a category with Gwen Stefani and Fleetwood Mac. My Chemical Romance are music geniuses, and it's a shame that you can't see the real concept behind "The Black Parade." There is an entire story behind it and an inspiring message, not just something that looks good in a video. People are calling The Black Parade the best rock album of the year. I think it's the best ALBUM EVER.

~Rehab~ Some rockers are just all out druggies and alcoholics, but Keith Urban is an honest man who just wants help with his alcohol problem. He went into rehab a few months ago, and openly spoke to the press and fans about it. He doesn't go out in public and act like an idiot because he's high or wasted, but he does admit that he needs help with his addiction. I see no fault in that, and I can't believe that you would honestly put him on that disgraceful list.

I think that the cliche list was a good idea, but it was poorly formed and not researched well, with little regard to people's individual feelings about what you might call a "cliche."

February 10 2007 at 10:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

JULIA JONES

The famous,"Let me see your hands"!
Julia

January 30 2007 at 2:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Scott

I say just leave them alone man. Who cares if a rockstar is dating a pornstar. Criticizing porn stars isn't right. They are people just like us and many of them are smarter than you will ever be. I'm just sick of a bunch of flamboyant people that have nothing going in their life so they have to sit and find out whats going on with celebs cause they can't get enough fulfillment in their own life. Just my opinion but I did read them.

January 23 2007 at 11:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Isabelle

14. The "You're Ugly, But It's OK" Song

From TLC's 'Waterfalls' I think you mean TLC's 'Unpretty'

January 20 2007 at 4:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Cee

1)Tragedy videos where someone dies/get killed;
2)Old artist/new artist collaboration 3)Definitely gospel choirs doing backups 4)Singers/rappers really wanting to act....it's pretty endless.

January 06 2007 at 10:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

courtney love is not a cliche she is one of the worst things to ever happen to music...enough said...

December 31 2006 at 2:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Laura

"EVERYBODY SAY......."
and then they just shout "ye-ah" again and again making the audience repeat the same two syllables for like 5minutes. sometimes splitting the "ladies" and the "bad boys" up in separate vocal parts...

December 30 2006 at 7:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

swifty

good idea pointing out the dumb stuff.
most of it quite accurate.
though some people might find it offensive when you start dissing gnr. axl might be a twat but the rest of the group made some of the best music ever.

just think man
dont become what you didnt want to be.
its bad juju

December 30 2006 at 3:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kenzie M

Whats wrong with ``guyliner``? Guys have worn eyeliner forever! It`s not right to judge now. Most those guys dont look good without it...

#24(instead should be) Crowd Diving.
Come on. Every lead-singer has done a crowd dive. Come up with something new.

December 28 2006 at 2:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Stephanie Findley

There's something that's been bothering me for a while that you may have missed and that is the Gangsta/Ho image. Man! Blacks have been trying, and rightfully so,for so long for equal rights, to be treated with more respect and everything that comes along with that and then want to project a stereotypical image of the pimp/paid whore and make that cool? I think that's a pity and so would Martin Luther King. He didn't fight and suffer for THAT did he? It's a base mentality and it's time they left it out.

December 22 2006 at 8:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply