Slap In The Face

About three minutes ago, I had one of the (in my opinion) best feelings in the world: When your iTunes is on shuffle, and a song you used to LOVE but haven't heard in a few years comes on. It's almost like the song can't play fast enough; I need to hear it all right now kind of feeling.

What is the song you ask? "City Lights" by an incredibly underrated band by the name of Over It. This quintet from Virginia have had a ridiculously big influence on me, and are one of only two bands I've inked myself for. The other band is the Goo Goo Dolls *you judge me here* but I'll save that for another post. If you've heard any of their stuff from before 1995, you probably worship them too.

BUT ON TO THE POINT!

Over It. Awesome.
RunnerRunner? Not so much.
Explination:

Over It has been on a sort of hiatus since about 2007. About a year before they made an awesome addition in the form of a super badass guitarist named Ryan- also the front man for a great band named Don't Look Down. In 2008, their bassist left, who was really nice by the way, and was replaced with the bassist from Rufio - also a great band. So in 2009 Over It announced a "side project" named RunnerRunner. I was a little scared at the aspect of my favorite band breaking up, but learned it wasn't really a side project because all 5 members were involved. So WTF right?

Turns out RR kinda sucks. Now let me preface this with the fact that I've been to so many Over It and RunnerRunner (just for support) shows that I've actually become rather friendly with members of the band(s?). These guys are the nicest ever. I respect them and their decisions about their careers totally. But something about this just feels wrong.

The only thing I can compare it to is watching a really beautiful and intelligent girl dumb herself down on a date so that the guy won't be intimidated or turned off.

I'd be totally cool if they legitimately decided to switch to the pop genre, but this new music just breaks my heart. I know their totally capable of better, and every time I go to a RR show and see preteens rocking out I just want to pull them all aside and show them the boys creating what they want to create. That's what it is.. I feel like they're not doing what they want to do, and it aggravates me.

Whatever.. because they signed to Capitol Records- so someone likes this garbage. The sad part is that it's not even garbage, it's just garbage for them. Over It is gold and makes RR look like trash. I honestly wish them success, though. If you sell out you should at least make a buck, eh? I'm a total hypocrite because I'll keep going to the local RR shows haha.

Long story short, that feeling I had earlier was crushed by a feeling of sadness. Sadness that I'll never hear new stuff of that caliber again. Or will I? That's the worst part. They never really broke up. So I'm kept on my toes for years desperately hoping for a new record, and that's kind of fucked up. Closure. That's all I want.

Well if any of you guys read this- I understand you want to make a living doing what you love. But just understand when you pull dick moves (like pseudo breaking up, selling out, and leaving your die-hard fans in limbo) you're gonna break some hearts.

If you're interested:
www.myspace.com/overit
www.myspace.com/runnerrunnermusic
there's a 99.9% chance you'll agree with this post.

NIGHT YALL.