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* PrecisionFStrike: Other than some mild oaths ("damn", "hell", and the like), Matchbox Twenty's lyrics - their radio singles in particular - have been pretty clean. But "Long Day" (from their first album) gives us this one:
-->I'm sorry 'bout the attitude I need to give when I'm with you\\
-->I'm sorry 'bout the attitude I need to give when I'm with you\\
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** Other than some mild oaths ("damn", "hell", and the like), Matchbox Twenty's lyrics - their radio singles in particular - have been pretty clean. But "Long Day" (from their first album) gives us this one:
-->I'm --->I'm sorry 'bout the attitude I need to give when I'm with you\\
** Other than some mild oaths ("damn", "hell", and the like), Matchbox Twenty's lyrics - their radio singles in particular - have been pretty clean. But "Long Day" (from their first album) gives us this one:
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Matchbox Twenty (originally Matchbox 20, also shortened to [=MB20=]) is an American rock band, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995. The group currently comprises Music/RobThomas (lead vocals, piano), Paul Doucette (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Brian Yale (bass guitar), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Ryan Macmillan (drums, percussion).
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Matchbox Twenty (originally Matchbox 20, also shortened to [=MB20=]) is an American rock band, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995. The group currently comprises Music/RobThomas (lead vocals, piano), Paul Doucette (rhythm (drums, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Brian Yale (bass guitar), guitar) and Kyle Cook (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Ryan Macmillan (drums, percussion).
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The band then went on hiatus in 2004, and rhythm guitarist Adam Gaynor left the band in 2005, after performing on the first three studio albums. As a result, Paul Doucette took over rhythm guitar, and the band reunited and released a compilation album, ''Exile on Mainstream'', in 2007, which was certified gold in the United States. After the release, former Push Stars drummer Ryan Macmillan filled Doucette's vacated drum spot. Matchbox Twenty then took another hiatus, but reunited again in 2011. Their fourth album, ''North'', was released in September 2012, with the single "She's So Mean." They followed it up in 2023 with their fifth album, ''Where The Light Goes''.
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The band then went on hiatus in 2004, and rhythm guitarist Adam Gaynor left the band in 2005, after performing on the first three studio albums. As a result, Paul Doucette took over rhythm guitar, and the band reunited and released a compilation album, ''Exile on Mainstream'', in 2007, which was certified gold in the United States. After the release, former Push Stars drummer Ryan Macmillan filled Doucette's vacated drum spot.spot for live shows. Matchbox Twenty then took another hiatus, but reunited again in 2011. Their fourth album, ''North'', was released in September 2012, with the single "She's So Mean." They followed it up in 2023 with their fifth album, ''Where The Light Goes''.
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The band then went on hiatus in 2004, and rhythm guitarist Adam Gaynor left the band in 2005, after performing on the first three studio albums. As a result, Paul Doucette took over rhythm guitar, and the band reunited and released a compilation album, ''Exile on Mainstream'', in 2007, which was certified gold in the United States. After the release, former Push Stars drummer Ryan Macmillan filled Doucette's vacated drum spot. Matchbox Twenty then took another hiatus, but reunited again in 2011. Their fourth album, ''North'', was released in September 2012, with the single "She's So Mean".
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The band then went on hiatus in 2004, and rhythm guitarist Adam Gaynor left the band in 2005, after performing on the first three studio albums. As a result, Paul Doucette took over rhythm guitar, and the band reunited and released a compilation album, ''Exile on Mainstream'', in 2007, which was certified gold in the United States. After the release, former Push Stars drummer Ryan Macmillan filled Doucette's vacated drum spot. Matchbox Twenty then took another hiatus, but reunited again in 2011. Their fourth album, ''North'', was released in September 2012, with the single "She's So Mean".
Mean.” They followed it up in 2023 with their fifth album, ''Where The Light Goes''.
** "Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)"
** "Don’t Get Me Wrong"
** "Don’t Get Me Wrong"
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: On "crutch" ''I don't wanna be the crutch, one step from down''.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: On "crutch" ''I don't wanna be the crutch, one step away from down''.
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* MotorMouth: Rob can get this way sometimes. Examples include "Hand Me Down", the chorus of "Busted". Heck, "3 AM" and "Crutch" slips in and out of it, too.
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* MotorMouth: Rob can get this way sometimes. Examples include "Hand Me Down", Down," the chorus of "Busted". "Busted." Heck, "3 AM" and "Crutch" slips in and out of it, too.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Guitarist Kyle Cook gets a feature on ''North'' with "The Way".
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Guitarist Kyle Cook gets a feature features on ''North'' with "The Way".Way" and on ''Where The Light Goes'' with "I Know Better."
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "Push"
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Inverted and GenderFlipped in "She's So Mean".
* AllTakeAndNoGive: "Feel" and "Crutch" are two examples.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: "Feel" and "Crutch" are two examples.
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* LoveWillLeadYouBack: "Bright Lights", "If You're Gone".
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''More Than You Think You Are''.
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* RockStarSong: "Mad Season"
* ObsessionSong: "Disease" passively.
* SanitySlippageSong: "Bent", "Unwell", "Real World".
* ObsessionSong: "Disease" passively.
* SanitySlippageSong: "Bent", "Unwell", "Real World".
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* YouAreNotAlone: "Hand Me Down", arguably.
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* LyricalDissonance: "3 A.M."'s music is catchy and somewhat upbeat. It's actually, however, about Rob's time of confusion as a preteen/teenager while his mother was sick with cancer.
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* LyricalDissonance: LyricalDissonance:
** "3 A.M."'s music is catchy and somewhat upbeat. It's actually, however, about Rob's time of confusion as a preteen/teenager while his mother was sick with cancer.
** "3 A.M."'s music is catchy and somewhat upbeat. It's actually, however, about Rob's time of confusion as a preteen/teenager while his mother was sick with cancer.
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--> ''I'm sorry 'bout the attitude I need to give when I'm with you
--> 'cause no one else would take this '''shit''' from me''
** Another in "She's So Mean": "You better get your '''shit''' together, 'cause she's bringing you down now!"
--> 'cause no one else would take this '''shit''' from me''
** Another in "She's So Mean": "You better get your '''shit''' together, 'cause she's bringing you down now!"
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'cause no one else would take this '''shit''' from
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---> I can't live without you
---> Tell me what I am supposed to do about it
---> Keep your distance from me/ Don't pay no attention to me
---> I got a disease
---> Tell me what I am supposed to do about it
---> Keep your distance from me/ Don't pay no attention to me
---> I got a disease
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Tell me what I am supposed to do about
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* TruckDriversGearChange: "Cold" drops one in after the bridge with almost no apparent setup. It actually sounds [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic pretty cool.]]
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* TruckDriversGearChange: "Cold" drops one in after the bridge with almost no apparent setup. It actually sounds [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic pretty cool.]]
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--> '' Ain't that right''
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* ''Exile on Mainstream'' (2007; part-studio album, part-GreatestHitsAlbum)
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* ''Exile on Mainstream'' (2007; part-studio album, part-EP, part-GreatestHitsAlbum)
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Subverted with "Push," which is from the perspective of an angry woman taking out her deep-seeded anger on her male partner. Zig-zagged with "She's So Mean," which is played more jokey, but the girl in question is clearly a bitch.
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Subverted with "Push," which is from the perspective of an angry woman taking out her deep-seeded deep-seated anger on her male partner. Zig-zagged with "She's So Mean," which is played more jokey, but the girl in question is clearly a bitch.
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* ShoutOut: The line "[[Music/ThePolice every little thing you do is tragic]]" in "Disease".
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* ThrowItIn: Kyle Cook [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POTJy4b6hfY admitted in a songwriter's session interview]] that the guitar bend that opens up "Bent" was actually a mistake -- one that he attributed to him forgetting the song's key due to the capo -- but the band liked it so much that they decided to keep it in the recording.
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* VocalEvolution: On ''Yourself Or Someone Like You'', Rob Thomas's vocal style was much less polished and frankly featured a lot of controlled shouting (see "Back 2 Good" and "Busted", for example). As his songwriting evolved, his vocal versatility evolved with it.
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* VocalEvolution: On ''Yourself Or or Someone Like You'', Rob Thomas's vocal style was much less polished and frankly featured a lot of controlled shouting (see "Back 2 Good" and "Busted", for example). As his songwriting evolved, his vocal versatility evolved with it.
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Matchbox Twenty (originally Matchbox 20, also shortened to MB20) is an American rock band, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995. The group currently comprises Music/RobThomas (lead vocals, piano), Paul Doucette (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Brian Yale (bass guitar), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Ryan Macmillan (drums, percussion).
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Matchbox Twenty (originally Matchbox 20, also shortened to MB20) [=MB20=]) is an American rock band, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995. The group currently comprises Music/RobThomas (lead vocals, piano), Paul Doucette (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Brian Yale (bass guitar), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Ryan Macmillan (drums, percussion).
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: The majority of ''Exile On Mainstream''; the first six songs were new ones.
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: The majority of ''Exile On Mainstream''; the first six (or seven depending on release format) songs were new ones.
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Matchbox Twenty (originally spelled officially, and still sometimes known, as Matchbox 20) is an American rock band, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995. The group currently comprises Music/RobThomas (lead vocals, piano), Paul Doucette (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Brian Yale (bass guitar), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Ryan Macmillan (drums, percussion).
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Matchbox Twenty (originally spelled officially, and still sometimes known, as Matchbox 20) 20, also shortened to MB20) is an American rock band, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995. The group currently comprises Music/RobThomas (lead vocals, piano), Paul Doucette (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Brian Yale (bass guitar), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Ryan Macmillan (drums, percussion).
