Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Real Mean - RVIVR

Real Mean - RVIVR
2:03
RVIVR, 2010
Written by RVIVR?

Never heard of this Olympia-based punk band, but Franz Nicolay mentioned them in his excellent book so I gave them a listen.  This song is about the dissolution of a relationship.  The narrator blamed herself and first but since then has grown and sees the antagonist as at fault.  "I tried to fix it more than you could ever know / To do things right, to be your friend and make it right / To find a thread that I could start to sew."  It's not particularly fast-paced, for a punk song, but the guitars come in jagged, aggressive bursts.  The song concludes, "You're old enough to know the difference between being real and being mean."  It's a sentiment you might hear from a sophomore, but at just two minutes, we can forgive a little emo heartbreak.

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