Steven Hale
Jan 16, 2023

Ashamed to admit all I had known about Bowling for Soup was their name. So here's my (as usual) uninformed take:

"Girl All the Bad Guys Want"

Video: don't like it (which is my standard take on 80's videos not by the Kinks)

Lyrics: a bit sexist by today's standards, but hey, it was the 80's

Music (the only metric that counts): Good standard rock, 80

"1985"

Video: a bit better, particularly the conclusion

Lyrics and music: I enjoyed the 80's music references (I'm a sucker for music about music), 85

"Ohio"

Video: (none, thankfully)

Lyrics and music: very refreshing comments on Texas music; the best song of the trio for my taste: 90

And for your enjoyment, here's another song about Texas music (although the writer isn't from Texas)--see comments about tacos: https://youtu.be/6TcMWpmg9Sc

Steven Hale
Steven Hale

Written by Steven Hale

Music: Discovering the lost and forgotten. Politics: Exposing injustice. Screenwriting: Emotional storytelling.

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