All American Rejects

Talk about All American Rejects here. Yay for thread launching spree.

Move Along, heard through a Bionicle commercial, is the first English song I ever remembered. I then bought the album, which was my second ever (first being American Idiot), and listened the hell out of them. Move Along, my favorite out of that album, has currently been played for little less than 5,000 times now, according to play count.

I haven't listened to any of their songs for a year and a half, however and I don't know what my opinion on the band is like.

Let's see now...

• "Move Along" is the first song I ever heard of theirs. It was impossible to escape due to being overplayed on the radio. I like it, though.
• "Dirty Little Secret" I first heard in an Ed Edd N Eddy AMV (in short: I was in middle school and I was simultaneously going through my EEnE/You Tube discovery/YouTube Poop phases). I liked it.
• "Gives You Hell" is the only other song I know by them, and even though it's a lot more pop-oriented, I still get a kick out of it.

Also, they opened for Bon Jovi at the first Bon Jovi concert I ever went to.

Love them! They (plus a few other artists) are what got me into music in the first place!

They won't get much love here, though. I don't think they're really a "troper oriented" band.

Their third album is...okay, but their second is pretty fucking awesome.

Their first one is like their third album, only a bit whiny...though I still like it.

"Swing, Swing" and "The Last Song" will still be their best songs to me.

edited 3rd Oct '11 1:34:14 PM by vanthebaron

holy shit

The Last Song

such a tearjerker

I associate it with....well, graduating elementary and middle school...

especially since I first got the CD on the last day of school...

edited 3rd Oct '11 3:41:48 PM by cutewithoutthe

A perfectly spelled, fully punctuated and capitalized post from Van? I really need to get more sleep.

edited 3rd Oct '11 4:17:54 PM by Litis

Go away lit -_-. (lol with the period it looks like the smillie has a mole)

Dirty Little Secret was the first I heard.

They're alright.

....

oh my god

Erock? LIKING THIS BAND??

What in the

You know how they say High School Musical isn't real because nobody really spontaneously breaks out into song? Not true. When I was in eleventh grade, at the top of the morning, my friends and I burst out into a chorus of "It Ends Tonight". Some people joined in, some were looking like "WTF?"

I don't like them, I'm just indifferent.

Their first 2 CDs were good, but I haven't heard anything off their 3rd CD. I sing them at karaoke sometimes.

edited 8th Nov '11 9:27:57 AM by EnemyMayan

@erock: bah, humbug.

@enemy: Their third album's....okay. Not bad, it's a good listen, just not as good as their second album.

Their lead singer is probably one of the best out there right now; his voice always sounds good, live or studio.

"best singer"? Claudio Sanchez would like to have a word with you.

edited 8th Nov '11 6:54:24 PM by vanthebaron

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I can't believe it's been so many years since Paper Heart. I really love their second album the most, though, and glad it was their breakthrough. I haven't listened to AAR in forever though D:

I love Gives You Hell. Perfectly describes how I feel about my ex-best friend. But I adore Move Along, Dirty Little Secret, It Ends Tonight, and When the Wind Blows too.