The year is 2008, the beginning of a dark era as I like to refer to it. A time where the “scene phase” was starting to strive, becoming alive and well and would only progress over time as the foundation for many of the bands we love today. It was a time when skinny jeans needed to be black and tighter than the abundance of band bracelets you splurged at Hot Topic or at your local venue when your favorite band arrived in town. A time when Cobra Starship or Fall Out was on your Myspace’s playlist. A time when teased hair, excessive eyeliner, and slipping “rawr” here and there during a text, username, or AIM message was actually, socially acceptable.
I for one have been there. Luckily, I have transitioned beyond those years. Although, you can't truly take the scene phase-out of someone; I'm convinced and you can't tell me otherwise. I'll admit it, I still rock to some nostalgic songs from time to time. Here’s a few to relive your glorious Myspace days.
1. "Ocean Avenue" - Yellowcard
"There's a place off Ocean Avenue, where I used to sit and talk with you. We were both 16 and it felt so right, sleeping all day staying up all, nighttttt"
2. "In Too Deep" - Sum 41
3. "Love Like Woe" - The Ready Set
4. "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte
5. "I Miss You"- Blink 182
"We can live like Jack and Sally if we want"
The lyrics that became the peak of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" fandom.
6. "Situations"- Escape The Fate
The first time I discovered this song, my best friend bluetooth this to me via her sidekick to my Samsung Gravity, the original one.
7. "Not Good Enough For The Truth In Cliche"- Escape The Fate
8. "Broken Heart"- Motion City Soundtrack
9. "Caraphernelia"- Pierce The Veil
Pierce The Veil, you will always have a place deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep down in my heart.
10. "Be My Escape"- Relient K
11. "Trouble"- Never Shout Never
12. "Big City Dreams"- Never Shout Never
13. "Make Damn Sure"- Taking Back Sunday
A CLASSIC JAM, ALWAYS AND FOREVER.
14. "Check Yes Juliet" - We The Kings
My greatest accomplishment in middle school was when We The Kings followed me back on Tumblr.
15. "The Curse Of Curves"- Cute Is What We Aim For
16. "Newport Living"- Cute Is What We Aim For
17. "Decode"- Paramore
Team Edward, forever.
18. "Misery Business"- Paramore
Everyone's anthem, scene phase or not.
19. "Misguided Ghosts"- Paramore
Paramore released a new album last year, After Laughter , and it's absolutely brilliant. To see a band transition in a way that I have as a person and to be able to resonate with them is comforting. Shameless plug...
20. "Miserable At Best"- Mayday Parade
If you went through the scene phase and didn't cry to this song, you're just lying to yourself.
21. "Kids In Love"- Mayday Parade
22. "The Silence"- Mayday Parade
23. "Ohio Is For Lovers"- Hawthorne Heights
24. "Shake It"- Metro Station
Middle school me was shook once I found out Trace Cyrus was Miley Cyrus' brother.
25. "Kelsey"- Metro Station
26. "Seventeen Forever"- Metro Station
27. "Plane Vs. Tank Vs. Submarine"- Tiger's Jaw
28. "Don't Trust Me "- 3OH!3
"tell your boyfriend, if he says he's got beef, that I'm a vegetarian, and I ain't......"
29. "I'm Not Your Boyfriend Baby"- 3OH!3
30. "Starstrukk"- 3OH!3
31. "Helena"- My Chemical Romance
32. "Teenagers"- My Chemical Romance
33. "Welcome To The Black Parade"- My Chemical Romance
34. "The City Is At War"- Cobra Starship
35. "Send My Love To The Dance Floor" - Cobra Starship
36. "Good Girls Go Bad"- Cobra Starship (feat. Leighton Meester)
xoxo, gossip girl.
37. "The Kill"- 30 Seconds To Mars
38. "Dance, Dance"- Fall Out Boy
39. "I Don't Care"- Fall Out Boy
40. "I Slept With Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song"- Fall Out Boy
Pete Wentz, my original middle school crush.
41. "Sugar We’re Going Down Swinging"- Fall Out Boy
42. "Thanks For The Memories"- Fall Out Boy
Fun fact: Kim Kardashian made a cameo in their music video for this...
43. "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me"- Fall Out Boy
44."Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don’t)"- All Time Low
45. "Dear Maria, Count Me In"- All Time Low
46. "Lost In Stereo"- All Time Low
The simpler times when All Time Low appeared on Silent Library and this song debuted on MTV. Oh how the times have changed.
47. "Remembering Sunday"- All Time Low
48. "Weightless"- All Time Low
"Maybe it's not my weekend but it's gonna be my year " was probably your status or caption for a photo at some point.
49. "Diamonds"- Breathe Carolina
50. "I.D.G.A.F."- Breathe Carolina
51. "Hello Fascination"- Breathe Carolina
In 2015, Breathe Carolina played a set at Ultra, an EDM festival, and the middle schooler in me will never get over that fact...
52. "Here In Your Arms"- Hellogoodbye
53. "Heartbeat"- Stereo Skyline
54. "I Like Money" - The Millionaires
55. "Set It Off Like Napalm"- Emarosa
Jonny Craig, the voice of an angel.
56. "Pretend. Relive. Regret."- Emarosa
57. "The Middle"- Jimmy Eat World
58. "Hands Down"- Dashboard Confessional
59. "I Can Barely Breathe"- Manchester Orchestra
60. "I Can Feel A Hot One"- Manchester Orchestra
61. "Face Down"- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
62. "Diamonds Aren’t Forever"- Bring Me The Horizon
"We will never sleep, 'cause sleep is for the weak
And we will never rest, 'til we're all...."
63. "Hero/Heroine"- Boys Like Girls
Petition to being back Boys Like Girls, please?
64. "Thunder"- Boys Like Girls
65. "Mr. Brightside"- The Killers
A classic. Overplayed, but classic.
66. "Such Small Hands"- La Dispute
At some point in time you wanted their flower logo tattooed on you, admit it.
67. "Dirty Little Secret"- The All American Rejects
68. "It Ends Tonight"- All American Rejects
69. "Move Along"- The All American Rejects
70. "I Don’t Wanna Be In Love"- Good Charlotte
71. "I Don’t Wanna Dance"- Hey Monday
Cassadee Pope, the lead singer of what was once Hey Monday, a self-proclaimed rock band, is now a full-on country singer...
72. "Stay With Me"- You Me At Six
73. "The Bird And The Worm"- The Used
74. "Fall For You"- Secondhand Serenade
75. "Do It Now, Remember It Later"- Sleeping With Sirens
76. "If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn"- Sleeping With Sirens
77. "If You Can’t Hang"- Sleeping With Sirens
78. "Tally It Up, Settle The Score"- Sleeping With Sirens
To think, this was the first song I ever crowd surfed to, and it all began at Warped Tour.
79. "Woah Oh"- Forever The Sickest Kids
80. "Wires And The Concept Of Breathing"- A Skylit Drive
For a really long time, my Mother believed a woman sang this song.
81. "The Downfall Of Us All"- A Day To Remember
82. "Have Faith In Me"- A Day To Remember
83. "Mr. Highway’s Thinking About The End"- A Day To Remember
"DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS"
84. "I’m Made of Wax Larry, What Are You Made Of"- A Day To Remember
85. "If It Means A Lot To You"- A Day To Remember
If you go around saying you've never cried to this song, YOU'RE A LIAR.
86. "It’s Complicated"- A Day To Remember
87. "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"- Death Cab For Cutie
88. "Everything I Ask For"- The Maine
89. "Inside of You"- The Maine
90. "Into Your Arms" - The Maine
Can't Stop, Won't Stop is by far one of the greatest albums of all time.
91. "We All Roll Along" - The Maine
92. "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage"- Panic! At The Disco
93. "Nine In The Afternoon"- Panic! At The Disco
"Cause it's nine in the afternoon, your eyes are the size of the moon"
94. "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies"- Panic! At The Disco
We all know the lyrics to this one.
95. "Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most"- Dance Gavin Dance
96. "One Step Closer"- Linkin Park
97. "In The End"- Linkin Park
98. "Numb"- Linkin Park
Rest in peace, Chester Bennington. You shaped and defined what was music was for my friends and I. For that, I will always be grateful and appreciative of you.
