"Headstrong to take on anyone" probably best personifies punk rock, music aiming for shock effect with foul language and such. Trapt has a "clean" version of the CD, but evidently even that isn't properly edited. The band limits its cussing in "Headstrong" to shit, but it's still cussing… why? There are other ways to express that someone's "full of sh—", and their choice to use the uneccesary direct cuss distinctly lowers their quality, in my opinion.
Trapt at least admits its anti-convention mindset with the implications in the lyrics. In essence, they say they know where you stand. "Back off; I'll take you on!" "This is not where you belong." They'll take you on for countering them. Most people live in a fantasy world, and they're the ones who see it properly. (Hey, at least you can get a chuckle.)
On the music level, it's rock with a bit of rap, something like the chorus of Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life" but of lower quality and with cussing. Ironic that a song that did as well as "Headstrong" can be interpreted as insulting its listeners.
That brings us to the vocalist, Chris Brown, who reputedly can't sing too well in person and therefore probably has cleaned up the recording on his albums. And the screaming wasn't necessary to suit the song. No offense intended to any heavy or black metal fans reading this, but I don't find either a legitimate form of singing. Rap is debatable. Trapt does at least manage to make the rap quasi-singing in "Headstrong".
The song's still catchy, but it would be a lot better if someone else sang it—and without the cuss.
Music: 3/5
Vocal(s): 3/5
Overall: 5/10
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