5SOS- HEY EVERYBODY/MONEY/JET BLACK HEART/SHES KINDA HOT
(SOUNDS GOOD FEELS GOOD)
Hello everybody!
In the first installment of NEW MUSIC FRIDAY'S where I will be listening to new music... every friday... very self-explanatory...
I get that "I have no actual opinion considering I haven't made (literally) anything in the music industry, I mean i've grown up/growing up around lots of musicians like my father, Michael Mangini, a two time grammy award winner, Andy Grammer, We The Kings, The Jonas Brothers, and many other artists, but I am considered most artists these days' target audience!
In this first installment of NEW MUSIC FRIDAYS we will be discussing the band,
5SOS (5-Sauce)
They currently have all ready released various albums and EP's including: Good Girls EP, and the new album up for preorder (you can go to the site by clicking the preorder).
Today we will be listening to the music in the order in which is came out in!
1.) SHES KINDA HOT (SKH)
It gives off a pop-ish side to Green Day or American Rejects!
This song could appeal to many sides of the scale with music tastes, other than the twitter-fight-starting-20-year-old-males-who-think-they're-copying-gerard-way
The solo's with both the bass and amazing gutair kinda make you stop and question whether or not you actually have any musical bones in your bones.
The song's chorus gives of the positive message of "it's okay to not be alright", that "theres someone else part of the same group 'new broken scene' who is just like you" with lyrics like "it's gonna be alright", "we are the kings and the queens of the new broken scene, but we're alright, though"
Overall the song conveys an incredible message towards a younger generation that we need to hear, that its okay to have off days, it's human, but it an easier way with a "pop-pier" tune that is easier to digest than Blink! or My Chemical Romance.
2.) JET BLACK HEART (JBH)
I personally love this song and I think, especially live, that the raspiness gives off a deeper and more emotional tone that makes you further understand the lyrics, for example, "Everybody's got their demons, even wide awake or dreaming", meaning Everyone has there problems or baggage in life, no matter what, day or night, wide awake or fast asleep. In other words, all the time, and they stay there as a constant reminder of all the negativity in there lives. This song is a very powerful and risky leap for this band, but lucky for them, the 5SOS FAM loved it and related to the personal struggles they have started to write about. The songs speaks of a person, out of relationship or unhappy in it, and clearly says, He's saying now that he's at that low point and you can clearly see it now that your not caught up in the excitement and thrill of everything happening right now; can you really see how I'm feeling? Do you really know what's going on?
Overall the song is extremely powerful and relatable to those going through troubles or just a jam-out song for those who choose to just listen to the bass lines!
3.) MONEY
This song is clearly more of a rock-ish pop song that describes the 'protagonist' (5SOS) seeing a girl that makes them to be in on the action, "gambling", for this one girl who is extremely attractive, that they were willing to go all out on, "take my money, take my keys, drive this car through the drive-thru please...", basically saying like, i'll do anything for this perfect night with you because I saw something in you even if I don't even know your name. The song is not meant to be read into much, but hey i'm rebelious so I did.
4.) HEY EVERYBODY! (HE)
Please don't hate me but this is not one of my favorites...
Personally I think it sounds like a slowed down version of She's Kinda Hot, Money, and a sped-up version of 'Sweater Weather' by The Neighborhood, and by the EVERYTHING of the song it sounds like Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran.
Then the lyrics (just to me) relate a bit too close to home with the older song they have titled, 18, with these lyrics:
HEY EVERYBODY: He's walking home cause he can't pay for the bus
He needs a dollar but he ain't got enoughIt's not the end of the world
18: She told me to meet her there
I can't afford a bus fare
I can't afford a bus fare
Obviously the topic of financial struggle is very vague and a large topic of discussion so they are allowed to write as many songs about it as they want!
I love that they are writing more about the personal struggles that they've encountered in order to relate to those not living their lives! I just don't love this song as much as the others, even though it will still be on my playlist!
I am quite sure that I will not regret my pre-order for "Sounds Good, Feels Good" (SGFG)
Well!
Thats the end of NEW MUSIC FRIDAY'S segment this week!
Thank you so much for reading!
-ARIA LISSLO-MANGINI