| OThere is a prominent feeling that when a band | | | | change and adjust, like everyone else in life do, to |
| decides to grow up and write more about real life, | | | | keep their career promising in the future. |
| adult situations they have become a better band. A | | | | It also doesn't make sense when people accuse |
| good case of this can be seen in the popular pop | | | | bands of selling out after they sign with big record |
| band blink-182. Often known for their childish themes | | | | companies and play on MTV. The truth is that every |
| in songs early in their career, this band focused most | | | | band is made to make the big bucks and to be |
| of their attention on swear words and being naked in | | | | famous. By refusing to go mainstream it would be |
| various situations. As their CDs grew in number, | | | | hard for any band to do this. |
| however, they began to write about suicide and | | | | That being said, making more sensitive and serious |
| other various harder topics in their music. Many fans | | | | lyrics shouldn't go hand in hand with selling out. While |
| of the band felt they sold out at this same time, | | | | blink-182 may have been happy all the time and felt |
| becoming too main stream and overlooking fans of | | | | good enough to not have to write anything but |
| their previous work. So this article will address | | | | naked humor early, it is likely they witnessed more |
| whether making meaningful lyrics goes hand in hand | | | | and more bad events occurring around them as they |
| with selling out. | | | | grew into their later ages. It is hard to keep all your |
| The first thing that has to be addressed is that there | | | | emotions bottled up when you want to express |
| are some bands which start out playing meaningful | | | | feelings, so it is not a big deal that the band wanted |
| lyrics from their very first single. Because it would be | | | | to use harder events in their lyrics. I don't think that |
| incredibly hard to call someone whose never been | | | | makes them sellouts, even though they are much |
| anything but mainstream as selling out to the | | | | more of a mainstream band than they used to be. |
| mainstream, we will ignore this group for now. | | | | In the end, blink-182 broke apart and no longer play |
| The truth of the matter is that bands cannot make | | | | together anymore. Many fans still existed for the |
| the same songs over and over again. Why would | | | | band and they are still looking for a reunion. While this |
| people continuously spend money on buying new | | | | may or may not ever happen, one thing is for sure. |
| audio CDs and going to concerts if all they were | | | | The blink-182 who used to have nothing to do but |
| going to hear is the same old thing? That may work | | | | run naked down a street while passing hot girls is |
| for diehard fans, but not the casual ones who pack | | | | probably gone forever. But their lyrics will be |
| most of the stadiums and concerts. Bands have to | | | | something that will touch us all forever. |