Pop-Punk is a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars.
Sum-41 - Fatlip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMX2lPum_pg
This song is a perfect example of the Pop-Punk genre because it shows examples of stereotypical punks and how they behave. The music video also consists of band shots where the band are either playing their instruments or dancing about with the other people in the video.
Fall Out Boy - My songs know what you did in the dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkIWmsP3c_s
This songs and band is an example of modernized pop-punk where they no longer take interest in the history of punk and just use catchy melodies to get higher sales rates.
As the band has strayed so far from the roots of pop-punk the music video has more in common with mainstream pop than any other genre. An example of how it has strayed from the roots of pop-punk is at the start when it uses very smooth camera work whereas all other pop-punk videos use more shaky realistic camera work to put across how edgy and cool they are. Another example of this would be how there are no band shots in the video.
This is why I think it is a bad example of a pop-punk band/video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9A6tn_P6g&safe=active
It is obvious that this music video is pop-punk because of the vast amount of band performances with its edgy style. The fast paced editing and the shakey, but effective, camerawork help to put across the rebeliouse side that every pop-punk band should have. This rebeliouse side is reinforced by the lead singer, Hayley Williams, dancing about on a table holding a light bulb really close to her face in a darkened room.
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