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SONGS OF THE DECADE #39

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Be Your Own Pet - Becky (2008)




If all of life is an extended version of high school, than Be Your Own Pet's swan song is about as universally relatable as rock 'n' roll gets. It takes backstabbing back to its roots: teen-on-teen crime. It also shows how emotional vulnerability can destroy an otherwise innocent life. Most of all, it doesn't ignore the fact that the house always wins. "Becky" was going to be the lead single off Be Your Own Pet's second album, but Universal thought the murder implications were too strong for a Warped Tour audience. For a band so smart, how could they be stupid enough to sign to a major label from the Pleistocene Era? Simply put, a teenager is a teenager. This song's lyrics are too detailed with contemporary imagery to stay vital for that much longer, but the emotional weight of the song will never go away. No matter what comes future holds for the now defunct band, "Becky" showed the world that Jemina Pearl and co. will be around to blow our minds for years to come. They were the most precocious band this decade produced.

Labels: 2000s, be your own pet, becky, lists, pop music, songs of the decade