FIRST CRYIN’ INJUNS, NOW THE KARATE KID?
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 1:00pm by Axl RosenbergI have no idea what message Evergreen Terrace think they’re conveying with their new video, “Sending Signals,” the inspiration for which is obviously The Karate Kid. That movie will always hold a sentimental place in my heart, but what does it have to do with anything? The video isn’t a campy-funny homage to an old 80s movie the way, say, The Black Dahlia Murder’s awesome video for “Everything Went Black” is, and it doesn’t seem to be going for a campy-funny tone anyways. But does anyone take The Karate Kid seriously? It’s not exactly a Scorsese movie, and I’d have to question the intelligence/sanity of anyone over the age of eleven who found it inspirational.
So the gist of this video seems to be “If someone kicks your ass, learn to kick their ass back, then do so.” Fair enough, I guess. But the whole thing reeks of Evergreen Terrace trying, and failing, to come across as tough guys. And there’s no reason for that. Metal and hardcore can be an outlet for aggressive emotions, but you don’t actually have to be a violent person to enjoy the music. I’d respect these scrawny, heavily-tattooed dudes more if they admitted to being guys who like heavy music, as opposed to the whole “Arrr, we’re bad-asses” scenario put forth here.
Especially ’cause referencing The Karate Kid does not make you look like a bad-ass.
-AR
haha this whole thing was pretty mediocre up until the end when the guy flips off the girl. eat it bitch!
this song sucks, the video sucks it all sucks. These bands try to be As I Lay Dying and fail miserably. Axl please review the new Hatebreed or something relevant today. This shit is just plain bad. I wouldnt steal this song/album.
As I lay dying started a year after Evergreen Terrace. Thanks for playing though.
To be fair, they both blow.
Chuck Tell him what he would have won,…A Brand New Car!!
even rocky had a MONTAAAGGEE
Hey axl you forgot to mention how much this song blows
That kid trained for about a week and came back and kicked everybodys ass.. I call bullshit on the whole thing
Auto-tune.
The slow opening riff is note-for-note “Pictures of Matchstick Men”…. and it sucks.
So yeah, the video’s totally lame, but I liked the song. Not as good as what I heard on Wolfbiker, but I’ll get their new album soon and hear the whole thing.
The song = Boring. As. Fuck.
oh and screw the video too.
Yeah it really sucks when a band you like does something stupid. Like this song\video.
sending signals…. of shit