Take away Metro Station's affiliation with Disney's Hannah Montana franchise, and what remains is strikingly similar to fellow emo-pop outfit Panic! at the Disco: a group of teenaged boys with an affinity for teenaged girls, MySpace, and techno beats. Both bands owe their initial success to a computer-obsessed age where groups are signed on the strength of their MySpace plays, regardless of their history as a live act (which, indeed, is how both of these acts were awarded contracts). It's a genre that relies as much on style -- the members' haircuts, the cut of their jeans, the swoons they'll induce -- as substance, and Metro Station is certainly all about style on this glossy debut. To the band's credit, there are some fine cuts here, particularly the tracks where keyboardist/programmer Blake Healy runs amok. He is the band's secret weapon, supporting his two frontmen with enough bubbling synth to keep everyone float. However, it's below the surface that the quartet runs into trouble, as not much exists beneath the polished sheen of teenaged lyrics and electronica-lite. Take the club-worthy "Shake It," whose stirring chorus is a genuine call to the dancefloor for even the most dedicated of wallflowers. But the verses are little more than high-school fluff, delving so far into the hormonal desires of their jailbait songwriters ("Your lips tremble but your eyes are in a straight stare; we're on the bed but your clothes are laying right there") that the memorable song -- once a guilty pleasure -- now simply makes the listener feel guilty. This doesn't always have to be the case; a teenaged Eve 6 once asked their listeners to "tie [them] to the bedpost" in "Inside Out," and the song nevertheless topped the charts. Eve 6 sounded old, though, while Metro Station bask in their illegality with songs like "Seventeen Forever" and the telling "Wish We Were Older." Scattered moments of pure pop craftsmanship remain, but Metro Station is largely a destination for the same impressionable audience that made Hannah Montana a hit.
Metro Station is a four piece group out of a Hollywood who probably owes a lot their success to both the synth driven pop of the eighties and present day pure pop bands such as All American Rejects, Phantom Planet, and Rooney. The released their eponymous debut full length, Metro Station (amazon) (itunes), last year, but they've recently jumped in popularity due to some solid radio play of the...
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Everyone has one... this one is mine. I can't help but love their upbeat pop inspired beats and cute little lyrics. So simplistic and naturally charming, its just fun to listen to.And yeah, one of 'em is Hannah Montana's big Bro, whatever, they are still addicting as hell, and kind of attractive, I do admit.Oh lord, I hate myself for loving this so much.So now I must ask.... what's your guilty ...
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Check out this song from them.I pretty much love it. =]
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And today it's Metro Station! Okay I don't listen to Fm (I think my car stereo is tuned to 87.7) So maybe I've missed this horror show. Maybe they are the biggest thing to hit Ameirca since Star Wars...echhhhh
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Everyone has one... this one is mine. I can't help but love their upbeat pop inspired beats and cute little lyrics. So simplistic and naturally charming, its just fun to listen to.And yeah, one of 'em is Hannah Montana's big Bro, whatever, they are still addicting as hell, and kind of attractive, I do admit.Oh lord, I hate myself for loving this so much.So now I must ask.... what's your guilty ...
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Metro Station is a four piece group out of a Hollywood who probably owes a lot their success to both the synth driven pop of the eighties and present day pure pop bands such as All American Rejects, Phantom Planet, and Rooney. The released their eponymous debut full length, Metro Station (amazon) (itunes), last year, but they've recently jumped in popularity due to some solid radio play of the...
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Check out this song from them.I pretty much love it. =]
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i love metro station and i love this song! it's the best!
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| 1 Seventeen Forever |
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| 2 Control |
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| 3 Kelsey |
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| 4 Shake It |
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| 5 Wish We Were Older |
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| 6 Now That We're Done |
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| 7 True to Me |
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| 8 Tell Me What to Do |
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| 9 California |
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| 10 Disco |
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