The year is 2000. Papa Roach release their first major studio album, "Infest". Their first single, "Last Resort" is being played on the radio endlessly, and I loved that song as I totally related to it so much blah blah blah. I found their cd at Target, it was like 8 bucks, I was super happy. Listened to it on the way home and it instantly became one of my favorite albums, but one track stood out to me more than the others...
Between Angels and Insects
0:08 - Ever wonder why even "cool kids" liked Papa Roach so much? White Adidas shoes, duh.
0:25 - Crusty looking unkempt black nail polish, wonder why he doesn't just take a minute to touch that up... oh, no money.
0:29 - Jacoby Dick (Mr. Dick if you're nasty) doesn't need material things, one glance into those eyes and you believe... ugh.
0:35 - Oh gawd, Dick has a certain charisma and is believable when he stares into the camera... The drummer is uh... well i'm laughing but also creeped out.
0:41 Oh theres a roach, cuz Papa Roach. This band wanted/wants??? to be called P Roach... Just because you can abbreviate doesn't mean... meh.
0:54 - Nodding along to "coming from within man tell em what you heard" was perfect. I didn't have any insight or experience on coming from within or know what it means but I sure liked to think that I knew things. Yeah man!
0:56-0:57 - Anyone else amused at this weird thrust maneuver that the bass player pulls off here? There are some moments in this video that I would probably stare at on loop.
1:02 - Buy ADIDAS. Not diamond rings though, I understand.
1:14 - Point out obvious things that suck, like greed, in a song. People will think you are capable of deep thought.
1:21 - Dick's alternating step dance here is another loopable moment for me.
1:30 - I used to head bang so hard to that little guitar slide and "TAKE MY MONEY" part. I was such a minimalist
1:50 - So everything is nothing, but emptiness is in everything, AND reality is a dream. Thats deep.
1:55 - Meteor doesn't rhyme with void, so use asteroid, who cares. I didn't know what an asteroid really was then, seems hella gay to care about those minor differences right?
2:05 - Spitting water, seems pretty cool. Take away money and learn a lesson about an organ and something that doesn't exist and other stuff.
2:29 - Wait? What was that mess under his shoe??? goopy blue stuff huh??? Also, I thought typing my responses to this video would be funny. I was also drunk when I thought that. Too bad beer costs money.
2:40 - Is he not supposed to notice the Roach on his face? Does he just not care? Seems a little weird.
3:03 - His body is a roach house!
3:46 - Wow, the last 45 seconds actually look like a music video! fun camera work and lots of cuts, alternating use of slow-mo. Don't think I missed the throw-bass-behind-back move either, hella cool. The least surprising thing is revealed at end of video, Coby Dick has a probably super meaningful Chinese tattoo. He surely has "life" and "death" tattooed somewhere on his body too. Like, maybe on opposite arms, like, you know, cuz life and death are opposite things, beginning over here, end over here, ya know.
I listened to this song a lot, I dreaded the idea of working shit jobs for money that wouldn't really make me happy. I was supposed to grow up and start dressing the way society wanted me to, save up money to buy a fucking diamond ring because someone says thats what adult men do. Why couldn't I live outside that and deal with different stresses while I rock out to P Roach on my discman?! I don't need that shit!
I can still get into this song, but it's so damn cheesy and asks you to get angry about greed and clocking in for work and I just can't take the band seriously. I never really meant to defend this song or nu metal in general, just thought to title it "in defense of nu metal" was funny.
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