Emo Cat Fight #1,092: Bayside Vs Metro Station?

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I’m really just speculating that this post, written by Anthony Raneri of Bayside, will start an actual emo cat fight. It’s entirely possible that, despite the whole [punk scene] Internet is talking about it, that word of said post won’t even get back to the band. And hey, even if it does, it’s entirely possible they won’t respond. Oh, who am I kidding? I can’t wait for Metro Station to ask someone to explain Bayside to them…

The post reads:

Can someone explain Metro Station to me? I know, it’s not really my thing, but i saw them last night and it was completely ridiculous. I think I have a pretty open mind when it comes to bands. I go to shows every chance I get because I enjoy the atmosphere and I appreciate people playing live music, but it was kind of like karaoke. No one’s instruments were audible over the massive amounts of tracks they were playing along to. So much so that they would stop playing constantly to grab mics and dance and you wouldn’t notice that an instrument had stopped playing. Maybe it never was playing? I hate to be a hater, but I thought it was funny. But hey, they looked great.

In other news, Boys Like Girls, the Maine and Good Charlotte put on solid shows.

See, I love Bayside. I also like Metro Station. I think you’d have to go to both shows with very different expectations, though. Metro Station sound like 80s pop… new wave. They’re just fun, and of course they’re very synth/track heavy. I’d almost consider them a synthpop group, and if I was still DJing, I’d have no problem playing “Seventeen Forever” for a crowded dance floor, whereas I wouldn’t play Bayside, for obvious reasons.

Anyway, it should be interesting to see if these two go toe-to-to, especially since Anthony pretty much said they didn’t play their instruments at all, and things along those lines….

Oh, and of note? How can someone put down Metro Station, then praise Good Charlotte in the same post? And even more confusing, how can this person make music that, years after its release, does not get old because it’s that good?