I hate them...they seem gayish
Rrrrrright. Gayish, sure. Makes perfect sense to hate a band for that.
And also WAY too soft,
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrright. Soft, sure.
Personally, I like their first album the best. In the End really hooked me and has been my favourite song of theirs for ages.
I think their lyric is supposed to be anti-establishment or anti status quo
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, it seems to me their songs are more about personal struggle with the variety of issues one can get as a teenager. Which is probably why it appeals so much to teenagers, something they can relate to. And before some smart-aleck says something about teenagers not having issues or something or that sort thing makes LP worse. Don't. This wasn't to begin another discussion on teenagers, just a point of view on their lyrics.
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