I've been seeing a lot of people who seem to have forgotten the Wallflowers. They had a good 4-5 hits (One Headlight, Heroes, 6th Avenue Heartache, 3 Marlenas, and I'm probably forgetting another one or two). They're kinda like Matchbox 20 and Third Eye Blind (and a bunch of other kinda similar 90s bands) in that they have quite a few good songs, but were never really able to push into true excellence. I don't have a problem with that though, and consider them to be much better than a lot of the bands that have taken their place since then (Nickelback for instance). I think its the fact that they're mellow, and actually kinda depressing, but I don't really get depressed when listening to them. Now that I think about quite a bit of the music I like, I could say something similar, that the lyrics and maybe even the tone should be depressing, but I don't actually feel depressed by it.
What's the deal, OP? First it was about Kansas, then it was about the Wallflowers, now its only about Kansas again?