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Genre

Please do not edit the genre without discussion here first. All discussion about genre should go here. Genre stays as it is (will be reverted), unless someone puts up a referenced and proven argument. kiac (talk) 05:53, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I think that Motion City Soundtrack should be also called pop rock because on their myspace page the three genres that they call themselves are and I quote "Rock/Pop/Punk" they are also Indie because of their label (Epitaph). To the person who thought they were power pop I understand where you are coming from but if you use wikipedia (which is where you seem to be getting all your information) pop rock does use synthesizers just like power pop and if you look at the sub genres they do include power pop, pop punk, and emo (think more of I Am the Movie). Well thank you for your complete understanding and have a great day mate.

Well Aussie, I'm waiting... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.186.64.155 (talk) 22:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Waiting for what? You lost all dignity when you flung that abuse at me, i'm no longer willing to comply. If you want your way, take the proper measures, and since you think you're top shit, you can find your own way there. kiac (talk) 05:48, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse? what the hell do you mean abuse Aussie isn't an offensive term like the "N" word, but if you want abuse you'll get it Kangaroo Jack. Listen mate you have yet to give any reason why it should be power pop I have listened to bands that label themselves power pop like Farewell (band) another band signed to Epitaph (records). They tend to use the synth more like a instrument rather then a effect. Motion City Soundtrack uses the Moog in intros to songs and chorus not through out like in power pop therefore they are better off being label pop rock. This maybe because Jesse learned how to play the Moog really fast and Justin didn't want to stress him out I don't know, but if you listen to I Am the Movie and Commit This To Memory and not the watered down radio Friendly poorly produced Even If It Kills Me then you will see that yes the Moog is there and yes he does play it but it is the other instruments, no Justin's genius vocals that are the main focus. good day you Aussie bastard I am through talking to some down under asshole who can trace his ancestry to a bunch of British criminals and rejects. Why don't you do what the Crocodile Hunter did and fall on a stingray you koala bear fucking faggot.

The Great American Freedom Machine

Motion City did not play under this name in th ebamboozle tour 2007, the band Glassjaw was rumored to play under this name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgreensuno (talk • contribs) 15:26, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Colombia fan base

I removed the reference to Colombia as a country with a strong fan base for MCS. I could not find any radio stations in Colombia whom have played songs by MCS with any relevant frequency; or that have them in their regular rotations for that matter. Furthermore, movement of MCS cds is slow in South America in general. The user who added that contribution probably needs to understand that the small, elite group of English speakers he and his friends belongs to does not speak for a country of over 56 million. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.193.83.247 (talk) 21:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HELLO THIS BAND IS FUCKING AWESOME

New Wave

Ummm under wiki's definition i dont think MCS are new wave, I think powerpop fits them perfectly, new wave is not really needed. Koala72 09:28, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

band's picture

why does the band's picture keep disappearing? (ZookPS3 16:04, 4 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Maybe whatever picture was up there was copyrighted and not allowed to be posted? Does anyone out there have an adequate picture to share that the have copyrights to? -- Molly1984 20:05, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the only decent one probably doesn't have a copyright so it can't be uploaded. -- ZookPS3 00:22, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

mcs

why was motion city an entirely different band formerly? wtf happened? is it 2 different bands or something, i am so confused.

Justin and Joshua have been with the band their entire career, and Jesse Johnson was the only one to ever play synth (even though he joined later) actually Justin used to play synth. thats why they got jesse

influences

how about an influences section? i've spotted at least two references to seminal indie/emo bands on the "commit this to memory album", and i'm sure there are more:

1) in the song "hold me down", pierre sings "you're the reason why I burst and why I bloom" which i believe is a reference to cursive's album "burst and bloom"

2) in the song "let's get fucked up and die", he sings "I want to thank you for being a part of my forget-me-nots and marigolds/and other things that don't get old/is it legal to do this? i surely don't know/it's the only way I have learned to express myself, through other peoples' descriptions of life" which is obviously a reference to the promise ring's song "forget me", where von bohlen sings "Where forget-me-nots and marigolds and other things that don't get old…" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.106.121.77 (talk) 05:38, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

yes i agree because a lot of things in there lyrics like time turned fragile that is a verse in a limbeck song and hi everythings great everythings fine is the name of a limbeck album —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.186.64.155 (talk) 19:46, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

stand against crowd violence

i just went to an mcs concert and it was my first one, but justin mentioned inbetween songs that people moshing should stop, and instead take after the japanese and hold hands and dance in a circle then hug afterwards. this was lighthearted but serious, then later in the show, he stopped in the middle of a song to tell a guy to stop jumping around and acting like a general idiot. he asked security to get the guy so he could talk some sense into him. is this a common theme, or just an isolated incidence? Tom.gabriele 02:07, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3rd Single off of Even if it Kills Me?

According to here, it is "Even if it Kills Me (song)" Though i have not seen any evidenceo of this. "It Had to Be You" has just had a stop-motion video made for it, would this not make it the 3rd single off the album? (or maybe 4th, if "Eiikm" was an actual single). kiac (talk) 10:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To do..

- I Am the Movie

Rewrite

- Commit This to Memory

Production, Singles info

- Even if it kills me

Singles info

- −Influence and Style section

Done —kiac (talk) 07:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just for me, will delete when done over the next week or so, i hope. kiac (talk) 05:47, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 Waiting for what? You lost all dignity when you flung that abuse at me, i'm no longer willing to comply. If you want your way, take the proper measures, and since you think you're top shit, you can find your own way there. [[User:Kiac|kiac]] ([[User talk:Kiac|talk]]) 05:48, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
-Abuse? what the hell do you mean abuse Aussie isn't an offensive term like the "N" word, but if you want abuse you'll get it [[Kangaroo Jack]]. Listen mate you have yet to give any reason why it should be [[power pop]] I have listened to bands that label themselves power pop like [[Farewell]] another band signed to [[Epitaph]]. They tend to use the [[synth]] more like a instrument rather then a effect. [[Motion City Soundtrack]] uses the [[Moog]] in intros to songs and chorus not through out like in [[power pop]] therefore they are better off being label [[pop rock]]. This maybe because Jesse learned how to play the [[Moog]] really fast and Justin didn't want to stress him out I don't know, but if you listen to [[I Am the Movie]] and [[Commit This To Memory]] and not the watered down radio Friendly poorly produced [[Even If It Kills Me]] then you will see that yes the [[Moog]] is there and yes he does play it but it is the other instruments, no Justin's genius vocals that are the main focus. good day you Aussie bastard I am through talking to some down under [[asshole]] who can trace his ancestry to a bunch of [[British]] [[criminals]] and rejects. Why don't you do what the [[Crocodile Hunter]] did and fall on a [[stingray]] you [[koala bear]] fucking faggot.
+Abuse? what the hell do you mean abuse Aussie isn't an offensive term like the "N" word, but if you want abuse you'll get it [[Kangaroo Jack]]. Listen mate you have yet to give any reason why it should be [[power pop]] I have listened to bands that label themselves power pop like [[Farewell (band)]] another band signed to [[Epitaph (records)]]. They tend to use the [[synth]] more like a instrument rather then a effect. [[Motion City Soundtrack]] uses the [[Moog]] in intros to songs and chorus not through out like in [[power pop]] therefore they are better off being label [[pop rock]]. This maybe because Jesse learned how to play the [[Moog]] really fast and Justin didn't want to stress him out I don't know, but if you listen to [[I Am the Movie]] and [[Commit This To Memory]] and not the watered down radio Friendly poorly produced [[Even If It Kills Me]] then you will see that yes the [[Moog]] is there and yes he does play it but it is the other instruments, no Justin's genius vocals that are the main focus. good day you Aussie bastard I am through talking to some down under [[asshole]] who can trace his ancestry to a bunch of [[British]] [[criminals]] and rejects. Why don't you do what the [[Crocodile Hunter]] did and fall on a [[stingray]] you [[koala bear]] fucking faggot.
 == The Great American Freedom Machine ==