man. i don't watch late night tv too much. well, not
network late night tv.  so, i decide, i'm going to
turn on the tv just now.  flip, flip.  boom. here's
kilborn holding up a cd, saying 'bowling for soup...' 
i think that's the name of the band....  here they
are....  some punk-y band kicking it in.  i stick
around. the lead guy. he sounds all scratchy voiced.
the music seems fairly samey to all the other stuff
i've heard on the radio these days.  that green day,
blink 182, weezer thing...right??  the bass player
comes in with vocals...he's actually got the voice of
the two.  the other guitar player is real interesting
to look at when they show him. he's massive.  very
very large.  i haven't seen someone who looks like
that in a rock band. good for him! rock on, dude! 
drummer looks like average local suburban guy.  they
continue playing about some girl who listens to rap
metal...turntables...fishnets...he wants to see her
naked.... i'm thinking....is this as good as it gets?
these guys get to be on kilborn?? granted, it's
kilborn, and man, why didn't he just stick on the
daily show?? (oh, cause jon stewart's so much
better..sometimes, when god closes a door, he opens
another.....)  but, it's still national tv and why
aren't any of our bands on here if THIS is making it. 
who did these guys pay? how did they get to this
point? they aren't even that cute or hot or whatever?
i mean, it's not THAT good...  but, by the end of it
all...i'm sort of there... 'she's the girl all the bad
guys want..' i'm listening to the melody and thinking
'this is just regular old rock and roll stuff over
punk. why doesn't anyone just figure this out?? it's
POP POP POP!!!!'  they break it down at one
point...and i'm so caught then... and then they finish
and go to straight to commercial and i run over here
to rant but i'm still going 'she's the girl all the
bad guys want.'

why does this happen to 'bowling for soup'?

this is just a rhetorical question, of course. i know,
i know.  but it was just weird. are these guys popular
or something?  i don't listen to the radio. i'm out of
the loop.  but for one song, i'm like...okay. there's
a hook, mediocre or not, i'm singing along.  damnit.

jocelyn

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