About this episode

Rob Harvilla breaks down Paramore's 'Misery Business' and discusses the evolution of the band with Rob Mahoney.

Imagine the angstiest, cringiest art you made as a teenager. Now imagine the entire world singing to it in their cars and at karaoke forever. Today, Rob is breaking down the emotionally turbulent emo-bop factory machine that is Paramore. He applauds the incredible and messy lyrics of ‘Riot!,’ which differentiate the album from those of similar bands of the time. Later, he talks to The Ringer’s Rob Mahoney, Paramore’s OG fan, to discuss the exponential improvement between ‘All We Know Is Falling’ and ‘Riot!’ and Hayley Williams’s incredible vocals on “Misery Business.” Host: Rob Harvilla Producers: Justin Sayles and Olivia Crerie Additional Video Editing: Kevin Pooler and Chris Sutton Guest: Rob Mahoney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Rob Mahoney

Topics covered

• emo music
• Paramore
• music analysis
• lyric breakdown
• 2000s music

Keywords

• Paramore
• Misery Business
• emo
• Riot!
• Hayley Williams
• music podcast
• lyric analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paramore

Books & works: Riot!, All We Know Is Falling, Misery Business

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