Review 57: Bowling For Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve

A Record Deal They Don't Deserve.

If there's one thing The Curmudgeon can't STAND, it's comedy rock. You know the sort I mean; inoffensive, jangly poppy garbage sung by non-threatening dorks with stupid hair and even stupider facial expressions as they gurn away at the camera. There's a million of these bands, for some reason, and Bowling For Soup have a new record out, they suck, so I may as well take a swipe at them.

It amazes me that these idiots manage to knock entire albums out when its quite clear they have absolutley NOTHING of note to say. Well, except for "I'm a loser. She's a babe, duuuuude." Because that's what EVERY song is about. And for some reason, despite looking about 35, they all keep singing about high school, and every video has them in high school. Hmmm, d'ya think they're trying to reach a target demographic at all?

So, cue funny outfits, funny faces and funny songs about not getting any and getting beat up at school, and please pay particular attention to their base player, who they dress up in a number of hilarious outfits and have doing lots of hilarious things. Why are they hilarious? Because he's totally fat, duuuuude! And when I say totally fat, I mean in a fatally obese way. Trust me, if this band makes another five albums, they won't all be with the Heart Attack Man.

Rock music for people who don't LIKE rock music is one thing. We have the likes of The Darkness and Limp Bizkit for that (well, we did.. I can't imagine either of those bands being relevant anymore) - but this is a new genre - stupid music for stupid people. Don't even THINK about it.