reviving pop-punk

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Simple Plan - I’d Do Anything, No Pads, No Helmets … Just Balls (2002)

your topics of discussion: canadian pop-punk vs. american pop-punk; how simple plan are one of the best pop-punk bands, not because they’re the most musically talented or put out the best songs, but because of their unabashed enthusiasm about the genre and how they didn’t have any delusions but just wanted to create straight up corny pop-punk album for kids to jump around to; how adorable they are with their french names and whiny voices and canadian politeness!; mark hoppus’ appearance in the song/video; their takeover of the early 2000s tween & teen movie soundtracks (grind, the hot chick, the new guy, cheaper by the dozen, confessions of a teenage drama queen); the fucking “addicted” song and stupid cleverness of “i’m a dick — i’m addicted to you” and how they totally edited it on a lot of radio stations; that song they wrote about being in love with an alien? yeah, that was weird.