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Every Billboard Modern Rock Chart #1 through 2005, listed in order of preference.4. Hoobastank, "The Reason"
April 17-23, 2004
The circular riffs are set atop a evenly spaced chord progression, building in volume with a mathematical precision; if songs have shape, this one is a pyramid. Singer Doug Robb gives the track necessary humanity with his earnest, open whimpering over his regrets and newfound strength, but he sacrifices grammar (you can't change who you used to be, you can only change who you are) to keep the structure as exact as possible. People frequently use "pure pop" as a compliment for music that sounds neither like Cole Porter or any other vintage of extremely popular music. If this blockbuster weeper - the kind of manufactured miracle that outlives its mortal makers and self-conscious music fans resist until time provides the necessary distance and kitsch (maybe it will soundtrack a key scene in the Boogie Nights of 2023) - doesn't earn the term more than anything by the New Pornographers, it's definitely "pure power ballad."
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
The circular riffs are set atop a evenly spaced chord progression, building in volume with a mathematical precision; if songs have shape, this one is a pyramid. Singer Doug Robb gives the track necessary humanity with his earnest, open whimpering over his regrets and newfound strength, but he sacrifices grammar (you can't change who you used to be, you can only change who you are) to keep the structure as exact as possible. People frequently use "pure pop" as a compliment for music that sounds neither like Cole Porter or any other vintage of extremely popular music. If this blockbuster weeper - the kind of manufactured miracle that outlives its mortal makers and self-conscious music fans resist until time provides the necessary distance and kitsch (maybe it will soundtrack a key scene in the Boogie Nights of 2023) - doesn't earn the term more than anything by the New Pornographers, it's definitely "pure power ballad."
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
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