A Story About Seeing MxPx
On November 13th I went to Tramps in New York to see one of my favorite bands, MxPx. MxPx is a Christian pop-punk band. Pop punk basically means happy punk. The band members, are Mike Herrera who plays bass and sings, Tom Wisniewski who plays guitar and Yuri Ruley plays drums. They played about 10 songs, all of which I knew.Some of their songs have to do with society problems through the eyes of a teenager. At the show, the first song they played was one of my favorite's, "Teenage Politics". Some of the lyrics to this song are, "No I'm not mad but I think they forget what it's like and how hard it is to be a teenager. This is a new day and age, we read a different book where Elvis ain't the rage and polyester ain't the look." "...Is it time again to disagree about anything, everything and what's on TV it's a vicious circle, never ending a linear equation worldly extending. No, I'll never be like you; I'll never be like you. Oh no! I'm just like you!" The second song they played was "I'm the Bad Guy". The first . . .
so are the days of our lives," they say, "My world is breaking down around me. In fact, all punk bands have this certain kind of quick and repeated drumbeat. Went out for coffee in what must have been the smallest town in Kentucky. Inflections of the way things were supposed to be the mental disorder of our society. Since they are a Christian punk band, of course they have to play religious songs. " All of their songs are very fast paced. couple lines of state, "Legalistic people suck. This song is about love and reading poems to his girlfriend through her window. I'll climb up to your window and read you a poem. The fifth song they sang was "Do you feet hurt". " Finally, the sixth song they played was "Andrea". " In "Like sand through the hourglass.
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