Everyone knows the song “Misery Business” by Paramore, and maybe at one point you wanted to dye your hair bright orange like Hayley Williams. While being in the business of misery all the time might have been cool at one point in life, there are a lot of other awesome Paramore songs. I’m here to introduce you to those other rad Paramore songs.
1. "Misguided Ghosts"
The very last track on Paramore’s third album is a song called "Misguided Ghosts." It's a quiet song with only an acoustic guitar and very quiet drums. The instruments mixed with Hayley’s soft vocals and the killer lyrics make it a song that you need in your life.
Check out the song here:
2. "Hello Cold World"
This song never came out on an album. It was released through the “Singles Club,” which was three songs released before the fourth album came out. It’s a fast-paced song that you can dance to. According to Hayley Williams, 22 is not a good age to be. If you listen to the song, you will understand.
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3. "Brighter"
This is one of my favorite Paramore songs. It’s from their first album, "All We Know Is Falling." They don’t play it very often because it’s about a friend of the band who died. The song has one of my favorite lyrics, which is “You shine brighter than anyone." It’s a pretty basic lyric, but it sticks in my brain and I enjoy the song because of it.
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4. "Future"
I think this is my favorite Paramore song out of all of the songs they have so far. It’s seven minutes long, the first three minutes are singing and the last four are pure instrumental craziness. It starts out with Hayley and an acoustic guitar singing and playing quietly. The song only has four verses and the lyrics in these verses are my favorite. I even have them written on my whiteboard in my room. The last four minutes are awesome -- the song gets louder, goes into a false ending and then back to loud.
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5. "Let The Flames Begin" (with Oh Father outro)
This is a song that is better live than on the album. When Paramore performs this live, they add this outro into the song and it sounds so amazing. Hayley does crazy good live vocals, Taylor York has a really cool guitar part and then there's an intense drum part that adds to the song. The song then transitions into another song called "Part 2" and it’s the coolest thing ever.
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6. "O Star"
This last song is a throwback. It's one of the first songs that Paramore wrote. It’s on their very first EP called, "The Summer Tic EP" and it was re-released on the 10th anniversary edition of their first album. The song itself has amazing lyrics for being written when the band members were 12 years old. Everything about the song is great. You definitely need to check this song out.
Check it out here:
If you’re counting down the days until the fifth album is released, these songs will tie you over until then. Happy listening!
