Hoobastank's "The Reason" has been getting an incredible amount of airplay for a solid month now. This tune has crossed over and is getting support from both modern rock stations and middle of the road stations. It seems to be everywhere, even popping up in the finale of Friends.
A visit to our Hoobastank - The Reason page will tell you people either love or hate this tune. There is no middle ground with this song.
Put me in the "Hate It" group. I have nothing against Hoobastank and two of their tunes ("Crawling in the Dark" and "Out of Control") have made previous SLS's but "The Reason" is just brutal. The guy sounds like he's crying and the lyrics are pitiful. It really does sound like Enrique Iglesias could have performed it.
When "The Reason" comes on my radio station, I dive to the tuner faster than you can say Hoobastank. In that brief moment this song enters my ears I find solace in the fact soccer moms everywhere are buying this disc, putting it on in their SUVs and getting shocked by the far better and far heavier "Out of Control".
"The Reason" is not SLS11 bound. The reason? Because it sucks.
Mike
