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...then there's the fame fetish. Maybe they're arrogant, maybe they're insecure or maybe they're just normal guys who happen to have come up with a bunch of songs about being famous, but Reel Big Fish certainly spend more than enough time singing about being stars. Their comments on popularity range from the extraordinarily subtle "Big Star"-"Now that I'm a big star what am I gonna do/I'm so bored countin' all my money"--to the potential attempt at modesty "I'm Cool" (a remake of the hidden track on Turn the Radio...
...everyone loves them--how very, very sad. Not only should the band please all of the people all of the time, but if they don't it's the fault of the listeners who, in their infinite bad taste, don't happen to like the sound of Reel Big Fish...
...Reel Big Fish, it seems, feel that their confrontational and generally anti-social songs just don't provide them with ample opportunity to be amused by hearing themselves curse. The lyrics to "You Don't Know" consist almost solely of a string of insults, but really, except for the first two lines, they don't contain much actual profanity. And when, for example, in "Everything Is Cool," the band segues from a calm melody to a scream of, "I wish you were dead!" their language is clean. So, to make up for this deficiency, the band has added a hidden...
...true ska fashion, with their upbeat music, the members of Reel Big Fish make Why Do They Rock So Hardfun in spite of its dysfunctional lyrics. The music on the album is not radical for ska--many of the songs sound borderline generic at first, using ska rhythms and instrumentation in predictable ways. But the music is not bland. The melodies are lively and infectious, the band uses short drum, brass, and guitar features to good effect and, musically, the vocals are interesting and well performed. Songs such as "You Don't Know" and "The Set Up [You Need This...
...there is some variation on the general musical theme. The beginning of "Big Star" sounds oddly like Paul Simon, and parts of "Everything Is Cool" are vaguely death-metalish. But for the most part, Reel Big Fish stick to kinds of rhythms and melodies generally associated with ska, and they perform well in their chosen style...