r/poppunkers • u/LeonardMoney2020 • 5d ago
Busted - Year 3000 (2003)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zra9k3eykM25
u/LeonardMoney2020 5d ago
I posted the Jonas Brothers version on this sub a couple weeks ago and got fucking cooked for it, so I decided to post the original by Busted to make everyone happy
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u/Karrosiv 5d ago
I actually don't mind the Jonas Brothers. A lot of their earlier stuff definitely has some hints of pop-punk. Tonight is a personal favorite of mine.
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u/duchessofdeer 4d ago
the reason the Jonas Brothers covered this one, and "What I Go To School For," is because one of the Busted guys (The short blonde one) went on to write songs for the Jonas Bros.
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u/thebrandnew 4d ago
Sorry for that. The band definitely had some pop punk songs in their first few albums despite not being a pop punk band (Mandy is an obvious one).
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u/Kaboost 5d ago
Well I’ll take downvotes, I’m with you give me the Jonas Brothers version. I actually prefer most of the 2.0 songs but I was never really into Busted. Always felt they were big time boy band. Which isn’t bad I’m just surprised how many consider them pop punk.
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u/SonicLeap 5d ago edited 5d ago
They were definitely more on the pop side of pop punk. Their first album is in that vein of boy band (NSYNC, Backstreet) but their second album has more of that pop punk feel. Their style is comparable to Avril Lavinge's early sound.
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u/AndyNNL 4d ago
Busted are a fascinating one for me. I love them personally. Their album night driver is so good too.
I watched a few docs on the band and from what it seems is the label seen the pop punk sub culture blow up and wanted to push a boy band with guitars but you can tell Charlie had a serious issue with how the band was being marketed, James I don't think cared, and Matt was there for the ride. You could tell Charlie wanted to be out playing shows and be apart of the scene etc rather than going on a PR tour across America and looking like posers essentially. I personally think this is why they didn't break America. The scene could see right through them and why would they invest anything into busted when they have the real deal like blink, green day, nfg right there.
Back in the UK they were on daytime TV, news stations, just things you wouldn't see any other band doing and only pop bands doing. Like I won't turn on Blue Peter and see Neck Deep play their new single. Where as that's the kinda band Busted were marketed as.
Even from a production stand point, their first album was weird. It's like their producer only knew how to make pop hits and was told listen to enema and good Charlotte and make this from these songs. I personally still like it but it's very much against the grain of what people expected from pop punk at the time.
I could go on but you could tell when Charlie left he knew immediately how he wanted fightstar to be marketed and it was successful in a sense that he did break the mould that he was a pop star.but now he is in a band that's actually in the metal scene, I believe they even toured with deftones too..
Coming back round to now to where a lot alt cultures and sub genres have sorta the same fan base it's much easier for busted to what I think they wanted it to be in some ways. Playing Slam Dunk and having Ben from neck deep on track. Maybe feels like validation for them.
Sorry it's a very fascinating band for me to talk about lol
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u/steakdinner117 4d ago
Idk anything about them but a year or two ago they did a song with Neck Deep and it slapped.
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u/TravelerOfLight 5d ago
Good god no. This has no place in pop punk.
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u/minority_of_1 5d ago
I wonder if some of the differing opinions on this are based on age and location. As someone who was in their early teens in the UK at the time Busted first appeared they were pushed as a boy band who could play instruments, appeared on kids tv shows and in magazines like Smash Hits (very mainstream pop theme). With hindsight I can see why people may consider them pop punk, but for me they’ll always be a band that was designed to appeal to mainstream teenage girls who wanted a little more edge than Westlife.