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Published on January 7th 2003
MTV sucks and Dashboard Confessional is for wussies! Yeah right. But with this CD/DVD of an uplugged show that was recently recorded for MTV, Chris Carrabba and his bandmates astonish me again and leave me wondering what the hell has happened to my music taste once more. I, the one person in the world that would never tolerate acoustic stuff in any of my toplists, am totally going along these emotional loaded tearjerkers. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
This is the most awesome CD! It comes with a DVD so you can watch the performance. It totally shows the depth at which Chris can sing and shows his emotion. The only negative aspects are that a vast majority of the audience is responsible for singing and Chris dominated the show, but who cares DC rocks!! this whiny bitch is annoying. can someone pass me the gun? Wow i didn't know it was possible for one person to be so whiny and have so many people care about all the lame ass tribulations that have happened to this guy. He's lame and anyone who listend to him is lame and if you have a problem with it you can go cry in to your big sweaters and write some poetry because I know you emo kids are to tippish to say anything. p.s.s from the guy below i was channel-surfing and happened to come across a replay of this shindig. my god, it looked like a cult. its just middle-to-late teens and some early 20s people singing really quietly along to EVERY SINGLE SONG. of course, when you put hardcore (not musically hardcore, you get what i mean) dashboard fans you're gonna get something scary...but seriously, with them singing and everything and all looking towards this one guy as he plays his overall mellow songs and they sing along - SCARY SHIT, it really does look like a cult. does anyone agree with me p.s. i wouldn't let this cd even be a table coaster for a bottle of crappy club soda i was there as well. and funny thing, i also saw pete townshend there too. he was mingling amongst all the 13 year old girls there. hmmm..... hahahahaha, that's classic. No, he played a hard core rock tune called "DESTROY THE WORLD FOR ME" and frightened the crowd. All that stuff about little girls being his main audience is bull! There were so many mohawks and spikes in that crowd, I couldnt believe. The best part was when he told his spiky-haired pal to go beat up an audience member with a bike chain. The cover is totally deceiving, this is hardcore punk rawk at its finest. Did he play "Wicked Games" at this show? I eat butthole for breakfast. chris carraba has a really incredible voice actually. whether you like his stuff or not, and i don't, you've gotta recognize that. Black Flag skin punk? hahahahahahahahaha Black Flag rocks, skin punk sucks "fuck all of you haters. hey, in my honest opinion, and i put a lot of thought into this, i sincerely believe dashboard confessional is waaaaaaaaay better than mest, new found glory, and simple plan. take that haters!!!!" This stuff is good if you're into head banging and moshing. But me, I personally like the sweet melodies of Blood For Blood much better. This is what feces would sound like if it made noise. This album is nice if your girl is pregnant and you want her to have an abortion. twat fuck all of you haters. hey, in my honest opinion, and i put a lot of thought into this, i sincerely believe dashboard confessional is waaaaaaaaay better than mest, new found glory, and simple plan. take that haters!!!! This album is nice if you need some easy listening. Otherwise, it makes a grade A coaster. this isn't emo....this is pop or easy listening. down with TRASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL Hasn't this guy always been "unplugged?" This grade is for people saying what they believe in. This is probably the only board where people have posted agains the main stream a whole lot. Congrats to all of you. I like punk, but not JUST punk. Its kind of odd to assume that just because I said "I like old punk" I only like old punk. I know its a label, but what the hell are you supposed to call it? Alternative? Rock N Roll? I mean, I love the idea of a labeless world, but its impossible. I would rather walk into a place that had a "rock n roll" section and a devoted "reggae" section than a place where I'd have sift through EVERYTHING in the world to find the record I wanted, especially something little known, like the Dead Boys. To try and destroy labels is to try and destroy the recognition of difference in the human condition, which is impossible. I dont know if thats good or bad, but I think we need to work with what we got as far as impulses go. Props to the kid who posted below He totally knows what he's talking about. I'll always agree that I'd rather have people listen to NFG than Limp Bizkit. I also think that the whole concept of Mtv isn't the bad part, but what our society has turned it into. If everyone I knew listened to Fugazi, I wouldn't care because if that was true, I could take comfort in the fact that people looked beyond fashion and fakeness to listen to good music. I wouldn't have any beef with it. Punk rock maybe wouldn't be so relivant if it had no reason (discontent) to deal with. I think we agree in certain ways, the real evil here is the way things are presented to us. On that note, it's good to know there are more people out there who see what I'm seeing. I wrote the comment about punk rock meaning nothing and would like to respond to the message before me. "People like us might find it amusing (I do) because we are smart enough to differentiate between real and manufactured, but how is a 14 year old supposed to?" "Its not like at 15 I was listening to Sigur Ros or The clash and organizing grass roots campaigns to change the government." this is a great cd, I think Dashboard shows real emotion in this concert. He added drums to some old songs and it rules. The only thing I don't like about it is he lets the fans sing to much. "i hear that, but the fact that there are reviews of garbage like this as opposed to a review of something like give em enough rope is our fault. if you want good music to be reviewed, you'll have to review it yourself. complaining won't get anything done." I want to add another comment here, I made the first comment that started this whole "mtv ruins our generation thing." I just wanted to respond to the guy before me about caring about punk rock and all that good stuff. As a person, I don't go around telling little kids that they're some how inferior to me and they don't know what punk rock is, I'm too old for that(23). The truth is, if I haden't been exposed to punk rock when I was 14 I wouldn't be the same person I am today. That's just the thing, the punk morals that seems silly to you really meant something to me as a person. It helped me think outside of the mold, something that I never would have seen if not for the punk scene in general. like I said, I'm too old to tell kids why they are not punk...but it gets on my nerves when something that was/is so important to me and helped shape me as a person is skewed and sold as something it's not. That's just it, when it's not real anymore, that's when the message is lost and the alternative thought and escape for people who don't follow the norm is gone. I could explain to you what punk rock is and isn't for the most part, but regardless of what you think it has meant something to a lot of people and changed their lives for the better. I just wrote the the last comment, and I would have to say Captain crunch Rules. Those are the real problems at hand, not whether you are a "true punk" or not. Ok people, Stop whining about what it means to be punk. It means nothing to be punk. Its another bullshit label that incorrectly categorizes and stereotypes what it means to have ideas and believe in something. Yes, it is true. I enjoy video games occasionally. I like to play before I hit the hay in the evening because I am not missing anything important, and they do not take much effort to play. My theory on MTV goes a lot deeper than the music, and I did not feel like getting into the whole story because I was getting tired and I had to rest my educated nose and get a wisdom burger refil. On the way to my sleeping quarters, I took a detour so I could continue on my quest of taking the Detroit Lions to the Super Bowl. I apologize. I don't like DC at all... and im not some "macho tough guy asshole" either. I appreciate all kinds of music that triggers a reaction within me. I mean, I usually don't like acoustics or country. I liked Greg Graffins solo acoustic record. But they usually don't catch me. But the major problem with DC for me is that his fucking voice is unbearable...it's horrific. It's like screeching tires. I'd rather listen to someone who can sing, not whine and break his voice. this guy is a lame faggot. dude, Chris Carraba's gonna skullfuck you all with his massive 62 pixel long dick when he reads all the negative comments. Hey dickhead that thinks it's cool to say twat at the end of every post. I don't think Captain believes that things like video games are the problem, but maybe the fact that people don't just like to the play them, they obsses over them and could careless about anything else real. People are more concerned about what they're wearing or when they can play their PS2 instead of going to war. Social ills come 2nd to Hot topic and Mtv. PUNK FUCKING ROCK. The singer from NFG looks like an uglier popeye Thanks for the compliment Captain Crunch. The worst part about all of this is trying to get people to understand where you're coming from. I know when I was 15 I probably never would have beleived most of the things I think now. Even as punk as I thought I was, it would've seemed pretty extreme to me. And that's the thing, now most of the younger "punk" kids out there don't get exposed to any real punk so they never really get an idea of what it is/was. So to them it's just something to do because everyone else is and try to argue that it's stupid to care about what it is or what it has become, even though they never really understood it. There's no backbone to it or real foundation, it's simply a product, like pop music or nu-metal(shit, 5 years ago punk wasn't this bad off). "Punk rock" to most people is as wholesome as Brittney Spears. That mentality leaked in from mainstream culture and now it's being bought and sold to these mtv "punk" kids as something it's not. Truthfully, I just think it's all part of America's mindset of follow the crowd and consume, consume, consume! It just generates apathetic, average people who are kept ignorant so they can keep buying the shit that's forced down their throats. Yeah? "They care about meaningless possessions?" What the fuck is madden 2003? Dude, you had me! I was reading your words and stroking my dong. I was totally getting off on what you were saying. But then you turned on the lights and...BAM! Star jones is riding me like a bull. I find it funny how you look down your long educated nose filled with wisdom burgers, on those poor little consumers living in their fantasy world. Do you really play professional football? Or do you play professional football in your own fantasy world? Everybody has their own escape. For some it may be books, movies, or yes dashboard confessional. If they like that shit, their not gonna like the shit that I listen to, I guaranfuckingtee that. So let them have that abortion inducing crap and let me have my music. Fuck them, it’s all about me. twat captain crunch is dead on. it's upsetting that this sort of mentality has creaped into punk culture as well with the introduction of punk to MTV and the mainstream. it's totally killed and trivialized the message, meaning, and impact of punk. i didn't write that quote but yea, complaining doesn't do anything. i would write a clash review (and i'd even mention in the review that the clash are a great punk band and dashboard is anything but punk) except my writing sucks and i'd be torn to shreds by all you guys. "This web site doesnt even have a review of the second Clash album, but it has some acoustic bastard wailing about girls? This is bull shit... I liked punk back when bands used to stand for something." "This is true. No one cares about anything real...." kill this guy. please. someone kill him. then fat lesbians and broken hearted teens all across american will really have a reason to cry. This web site doesnt even have a review of the second Clash album, but it has some acoustic bastard wailing about girls? This is bull shit... I liked punk back when bands used to stand for something. I think that what alot of people on this site realize is that people have to start somewhere musically. Say I'm a random teen in America, and I don't like ultra poppy music, and I hear Good Charlotte on the radio or MTV. Holy Shit! This band is everything the opposite of everything I hate, I should listen to them. London Calling wasn't the first punk song most people hear, certainly not myself. Probably the first real punk I heard was Blink 182's Dude Ranch. It was good, and I enjoyed it at the time. It opened my eyes to new music, and I started listening to more punk bands, opening my eyes to the good stuff and making it so that i can differentiate between what is good and bad. this is the same with chris carraba's dashboard. alot of people are seeing him, and getting exposed to a whole new genre of music. This is true. No one cares about anything real. People care more about celebrities and fashion of the bands they listen to instead of the music. It's just another product that can be consumed and discarded when it's not cool anymore. No one sees it because it's not as natural to notice things as strange when that's all you've been fed(it's hard to recognize something as stupid or bad when it's such a large part of your daily life, people hardly ever take a step back and look at it). Then they defend this crap because they couldn't possibly understand how anything I just said is relivant. It may sound outrageous, but with our obsession with consumption and our ignorance of reality, I think we're going to destroy ourselves. I totally agree with the guy below me. Most DBC fans are too worried about their boyfriends and girlfriends to recognize the "American Nightmare" of materialism thats going on in this country. MTV supports it, the media supports it, but anybody that is smart and has nothing to gain from corrupt politics should not. There's NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT WENT ON IN AFGHANISTAN, AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR WAR! for me punk rock was always about doing what you want and how you want to...saying what you want, when you want to. Now if you don't have anything to say then fine....but that's he reason why punk is so dead right now. There are a lot of people that should have something to say in the terrible times that we live in (I know it may not seem so terrible to the little rich kids living with their mommy) but the truth is that the economy is failing and the clown prince is gaining more control. The last time a band was REALLY a threat would have been in the early '90's with rap bands like Public Enemy and rappers turned hardcore punk rockers like Ice T's Body Count. They had something to say and it pissed off people who want to censor me and you. I mean, if there isn't anything to say then don't go and make it up, but if there is a pronlem (which there is) it needs to be addressed. How 'bout a "Kill Bush" song. (lol) "i would say a good 50% of every piece of music i own was created before 1990 yet i still have an appreciation for newer punk bands." "did it ever occur to you that punk is changing?" I'll agree....I'd rather sit through a million DC performances than see a redneck shitty band like lynrd skynrd. Someone needs to kill ignorance and racism now....I'm so sick of these little fuck with their "southern pride"....what the fuck is that? The pride to fuck your sister? American pride is annoying to...why not just have pride in yourself. Jeeez, fucking stupid people. You're not necessarily a punk if you have tatoos. Cheer up emo kids, and dont take up smoking cos ur girlfriend dumped u dude I live in north Florida and I was driving the other day behind this truck with a confederate license plate and a "NO FAT CHICKS" bumper sticker. Rednecks are still worse than these sensitive emo kids. This score is for fat girls...go ride an exercise bike. Seriously, fat girls really bother me. This cover is way worse than the Hot Rod Circuit one. I might actually consider buying this if I didn't have to hear 500 fat girls singing along. I dont care if you call this punk, emo, whatever. It's awful. Chris can't sing. you have some very good points, but i wouldn't go so far as to say punk is dead, it's just evolved/evolving. i mean, i've heard a thousand rock critics say that punk died with sid vicious or some other line of nonsense, but that's just bullshit. a lot of music these days is in fact very derivative (rancid, the explosion) but they aren't cheap knockoffs. they've taken the ideas of old bands, added their own style, and breathed new life into a genre that plenty of kids missed out on. i would say a good 50% of every piece of music i own was created before 1990 yet i still have an appreciation for newer punk bands. "i don't know what's funnier... this piece of shit, or watching you fucks debate what's "Punk" or not" "Punk is dead because of MTV, not in a "no longer able to be musically explored" way, but in a way that trendy fucks who love MTV find their way into local shows and ruin the experience." this album is plain and simple... tooo heavy! i mean... chris carraba thinks he's G.G. Allin! all these guys do is talk about smack epidemics and dirty needles! you want some advice fellas? simmer down a bit. perhaps add an acoustic guitar or two! I remember one time, I was flipping through the channels, and they had a Poison Unplgged special. I'm not to into poison or anything, but that shit skullfucks this turdfarmer. I dunno why, but I've never really had the urge to give this guy a chance. I think the first time I heard him was on the carson daly latenight bullshit crap-o-rama. That was painful to watch. Thank buddah for remote controls. And, after that, the ability to lock out certain programs so I never have to worry about accidentally flipping to them at 3 in the AM while I'm trying to go to sleep. oh yea, and he's a dirty mexican. a dirty, dirty, hairy mexican i wish i could take chris carraba's guitar and smash his head in with it repeatedly. i would then take the broken end of the neck, all pointy and splitery, and shove it so far up his ass that it gives him a splinter in his eye. then i would strangle him with the strings and hang him up on a rafter, laving him to die. "screaming infidelities" would be playing on repeat in the bakground so that as he dies he could understand why i did what i did. this person below me believes it takes a long time to think. pathetic. this person below me is just plain comical. Like, you honestly sat there and thought long and hard about what you wrote huh? Man, so funny. "i find it hilarious when i hear people say how punk is dead and how mtv has ruined the good name of punk. those are usually the same people who have never heard of minor threat or bad brains or the misfits." i don't know what's funnier... this piece of shit, or watching you fucks debate what's "Punk" or not Since we're talking about Unplugged performances, have you heard Hole's performance? That cunt Courtney played "You Know You're Right" back in the early 90s. Probably passing as her own genuis. I hate that cunt. I'm done now. Aphex Twin unplugged was a food mixer and a 12" made of sandpaper. No really! I think that dude in the top right hand corner of the album cover is Ben Kweller thinking 'how much better am I?' jay z was on unplugged? how the hell did they do that? this guy has like a spell over his crowds when he plays, just look at those live clips. I would never go see DC live but i don't think his songs are terrible, just his fans. I would listen to this over good charlotte anyday, i fucking hate that band I'm not a big fan of Dashboard. There is no doubt that this guy is talented, but the songs all seem to be a tad on the redundant side. Punk rock died and gave way for emo zim nation hit the nail on the head. punk rock hasn't been killed or raped by mtv. there are tons and tons of great, unpolluted, honest bands out there i.e. please support your local scene!! i find it hilarious when i hear people say how punk is dead and how mtv has ruined the good name of punk. those are usually the same people who have never heard of minor threat or bad brains or the misfits. what mtv and hot topic have done is merely latch on to all the fake, pseudo-poseur "punk" bands that frankly, i or many of you shouldn't give a shit about. punk is not dead. but then again, we've dashboard confessional, blink, and simple plan reviews on this site. . . . so anyways, yea, dashboard confessional is a fucking horrible band. the lead guy is annoying as hell. Green day is a punk band, blink182 is not. the[]muffin[]girl and that other poster person: this guy has no business putting out a live cd at this point. I guess you gotta hit it while its hot. But man, who would buy this. lame... why is this shit even on this site? People complain about Nirvana and other shit being reported on this site but, Dashboard?? ohh maybe because he has tattoos and looks as though he 'may' be punk, sort of the way good charlotte makes themselves look punk. jesus, i can't believe this shit two things: first, a guy a few posts down said that people always rate things to highly on this website, and i know that i tend to give high marks for the few things i have reviewed. but to that guy, i tell you this: most likely it is because people go out and buy albums that they have heard good things about or albums they like from bands they like. so unless the band pulls an H2O, most likely, they are gonna give the album a good mark. combine this with the initial "the newest cd i bought is the best thing on the face of the earth" and it is hard to find faults. we are only human. if you don't like the reviews, than write 500 of your own with one star ratings and hope they get posted. Fuck DBC. I can't believe you people who stick up for this shit. All the camp-councilor stuff and odd obsessive fans aside, DBC makes truly awful songs with truly awful lyrics. He and all these other supposed "emotional" bands are just popping up lately to cash in. And, obviously, its working. before i get attacked by hundreds of comments, let me say that i don't think this is true punk music. but i do think that it is good. besides the annoying crowd, i really like this. proceed with the attacking now. Everything he's ever recorded sucks, but I saw him open for Weezer this summer and I have to admit he puts on a pretty respectable live show. I would've liked this review if it was just "Dashboard Confessional is for wussies!" "Well he said he basicly said if people he did not like started to listen to punk rock bands he liked, he would stop listening to those bands. So obviously these people's opinions are important enough to make him stop listening to the music he likes. If that's not clear enough for you...I can't help ya..." ha, i have one of those wrist bands but i didn't know it was patriotic? heh, isn't it just blue and red and white? oh well. i'm actually wearing it. Haha, I've been in serious doubt if I ever would submit this review on this site, because I know how much you all like to shit at this kind of music. bleh. isn't it more exciting to find bands that aren't so overly exposed? So, to you, punk rock is about not caring about what anyone thinks about anything at anytime. Regardless if it has anything to do with something you have personally done, said, or dressed in. ok, maybe what he said is retarded, but your definition seems a little extreme to me. "Punk rock is about not caring what other people think, but I don't think he cares what they think of him. I must have missed the part where he said that." I think there are punk ideals still in the underground scene, but it's become more just indie music because with the exception of a few styles out there, most of the bands that actually have those ideals don't sound typically punk anyway. This, however, is crap. Punk rock is about not caring what other people think, but I don't think he cares what they think of him. I must have missed the part where he said that. "you all never cease to amaze me. shut the hell up, no one cares what you think punk rock is, and no one cares if you live or die." "well if a ton of people that I didn't like started listening to strike anywhere, the explosion, the lawrence arms, and dillinger four (some of my favorite bands) I think I would stop listening to punk and just move to Nepal or some place where there is no punk rock." Why wasn't Jesus born in Australia? you all never cease to amaze me. shut the hell up, no one cares what you think punk rock is, and no one cares if you live or die. Punk rock has hardly been "raped and killed" by MTV and Hot Topic. It's still there - just because some bands are popular and they happen to share some of the ideas of the punk community doesn't mean that punk rock is dead. Try your "local scene" - I'm sure there are plenty of underground bands you could be supporting instead. "And you are probably someone who thinks they are punk, fucking dumbass homophobes" raise your hand if you remember nirvana's mtv unplugged. now that's what i call music :) "What a wussy I am huh...maybe I should label Fearless's upcoming release "Punk Goes Acoustic" my most anticipated release for 2003 now." well if a ton of people that I didn't like started listening to strike anywhere, the explosion, the lawrence arms, and dillinger four (some of my favorite bands) I think I would stop listening to punk and just move to Nepal or some place where there is no punk rock. Watch all the clueless kids who think they know what punk is or was ever about defend this crap. I wish I could give this garbage a BIG FUCKING ZERO. This is what happens when the music industry figures out that this particular cycle of pop-music is in it's dieing days and tries to latch on and package something more "real". Now they've suckered all the mall emo and punk kids into buying this shit as punk rock and they support it. I agree, punk has been raped and killed by Hot Topic and Mtv. |
