STRAIGHT OUTTA DETWAT: ANGELA GOSSOWSKI TAKES THE HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD CHALLENGE
Ladies and gentlemen: we’ve expanded! Today marks the debut of our new contributor: Angela Gossowski, who will now be authoring some longer-form posts in her column called STRAIGHT OUTTA DETWAT. No, she’s not blonde…but this blog was never meant to revolve primarily around our hair color. AG simply fits in with our brand of silly, outspoken, girly metal humor…so it was a no-brainer. We think you’ll like her just fine. Consider her our “brunette correspondent.”
For her first trick, Miss Angela will be addressing some recent criticism I got for bashing the ever-awful rap/rock/debatably metal group, Hollywood Undead. She goes all out on this one. So without further ado, I shall pass the mic. Take it away, AG… -Elise
So the other day I had made a comment on Ms. Elise’s post in response to Hollywood Undead being so terrible, it makes me both laugh and cry at the same time. That wasn’t a lie. That really happened before. Srsly. Anyway, I have received a bit of flack the past day or so regarding my blatant hatred for the band…and honestly, I understand where you kids are coming from. I constantly have to defend the music I love as well. So for those of you who are sticking up for these guys, kudos, I guess.
In the light of all of this, a young commenter by the name of “elyssacross” has told me I was completely ignorant to all of the incredibly amazing music Hollywood Undead has made, and included a suggested list of songs I should listen to. She then politely asked me to “shut the fuck up”. I must be honest, my comment made about HU lacked substance, and therefore, is very easily dubbed an illogical argument since it contained no actual evidence in which to prove my point.
So, “elyssacross”, I have decided to take you up on this task. I am going to take THE HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD CHALLENGE. I, Angela Gossowski, will sit down and listen to a total of not one, not 2, not 3…but 7 FUCKING HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SONGS from beginning to end. I will be dropping all of my previous conceptions of the band from the time I start listening to the time all of the songs have finished. I plan on critically anaylizing each song just as I would any other band I had not previously heard. Although I had previously taken notice of some tracks by HU, I have not forced myself to listen to more than I’ve had to. Until now.
Below is the name of each song paired next to its individual review. These are my findings and opinions as they were being procressed in my head, real time, while the song was playing. It’s not meant to be a well-written blurb, so save your critisism of my writing for another time.
