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Originally posted by Redjake
I like The Reason. It's a lot better than the Crawling in the Dark shit they put out a couple of years back. I enjoy The Reason because it takes the generic whine ballad and puts a twist on it. Right when you think the vocals will hit a certain note, they don't, and it makes it all the better.
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I'm not a big Hoobastank fan to begin with, but I couldn't disagree more. Their first album was much better. It wasn't original whatsoever, but it was good for what it was. Hooks were well-done and interesting. "The Reason" lyrics are cliched and insipid. So are the lyrics for all their other songs, but it's somehow much more offensive with this song. In addition, the only hooks that measure up to the past album are in "Out of Control" and "Lucky".
But it's all pretty mediocre music, regardless.