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Title: overrated
Review: Ben came to my hometown for a show and my friend wanted to go so I went along. I listened to the album before going, and had heard "Wasted and Ready" on mtv2. The first time I heard Wasted I thought it was pretty catchy but I couldn't get past the damn lyrics. There's a big difference between fun and effortless writing, and writing that's just plain stupid. After hearing the rest of the album I felt the same way about most of the songs. I think he'd be better of having someone else write his lyrics for him. He tries to sound deep at times but ends up sounding like an 8th grade creating writing student.As far as the live show, it was pretty poor. The opener, a somewhat local band, did a much better job grabbing the audience's attention, and everyone, minus a handful of people, was there to see Kweller. His backing musicians just stood there the whole time...it was like they hated him. Ben attempted talking to the audience a couple times but always acted too afraid to say anything.
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