Saving Abel Creates X Rated Delilah?

Saving Abel was one of the bands on tap for the Rock On The Range festival, held this past weekend in Columbus, Ohio. The band came in to the Active Rock based festival with the Number Two song in the format with "Addicted," and some would say it is the X rated equivalent of Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah."

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We asked singer Jared Weeks and bassist Blake Dixon about the inspiration behind the tune.

Saving Abel On Inspiration Behind Addicted

"I was actually dating a chick at the time, and you know when you first get into those relationships and they get physical, and we needed a hit, so... I basically, I was walking down the hall and the words hit me, and I stopped right where I worked (at a hospital) picked up a doctor's prescription pad and wrote the lyrics down to it. It took a little bit longer to put the music to it because we just had the words, and that's basically it. After about three months we got it recorded and it is what it is now. I'm totally not ashamed, not afraid. We're totally standing behind it and we're proud of it, so..."

So did she know the song was about her?

Saving Abel On Ex-girlfriend Opinion On Addicted

"Yeah, I've talked to her. I dated her for a couple of years. I mean, once you're out on the road you tend to lose touch with people like that because you're bouncing everything out. You're keeping your focus, and you're doing the interviews and the liners and everything like that. She knows that song is about her, but not it's not about us anymore. 'It's not about us anymore. It's everybody else's screwing song.' I'm like, 'Well, be proud of it,' you know? (laughs)."

The name Saving Abel is what you would imagine. Weeks was reading the story of the biblical brothers and he was moved by the narration of the story that read, "There was no saving Abel." The band has a mix of tour dates for the next two months. They'll begin a run of headline dates before opening for Puddle Of Mudd.

Comments

[riffer_raffer]

first! hey there delilah was a much better song

[Red33]

riffer_raffer wrote:

first! hey there delilah was a much better song

It can't be that bad

[its_sublime07]

Jared Weeks:
"and we needed a hit"

At least they're in it for the music.

[its_sublime07]

And at least it doesn't sound anything like a totally recycled Breaking Benjamin/Nickelback song.


And X-rated? Honestly, boobies and the S-word aren't really what I was expecting. Maybe I should stop listening to Eazy-E, so that I can be apalled by PG-13 crap.

[C1osur3]

I just looked up the lyrics to this song, just to get a taste of what they're talking about...how can they consider this to be X-Rated? The lyrics are so bland and the idea is completely cliche...

[Jondy]

its_sublime07 wrote:

Jared Weeks:
"and we needed a hit"

At least they're in it for the music.

OHHH that kind of hit. I totally read that as mary jane. haven't heard the song though so wasn't even sure what it was about so I was visualizing a... know what? nevermind.

[CaTeArS]

the song is definitely not "x rated"

also not as good as delilah

[CrabShrapnel]

Hmm, I don't really compare this to Delilah. It is better, but not by much. I'd compare it more to Hinder's Lips of an Angel...about that much suck too.

[sebbsmith]

I was hoping some band covered 'Delilah' and gave it some balls.

[RATM forever]

good god are they serious? X-rated? they say sh*t twice, and the other raunchiest thing is "between the sheets". Alice in Chains and Disturbed have new albums coming out, and Rage Against the Machine is on tour, and htis is front page news?

[munkymanmatt]

sebbsmith wrote:

I was hoping some band covered 'Delilah' and gave it some balls.

+1 dude

[i_am_metalhead]

How dare they compare Saving Abel to The Plain White T's... Saving Abel are just another shitty mainstream wannabe rock band - they are so unoriginal and cliche.

[Scourge441]

i_am_metalhead wrote:

How dare they compare Saving Abel to The Plain White T's... Saving Abel are just another shitty mainstream wannabe rock band - they are so unoriginal and cliche.

And... the Plain White Tees are original... how?

[Danejerez]

i_am_metalhead wrote:

How dare they compare Saving Abel to The Plain White T's... Saving Abel are just another shitty mainstream wannabe rock band - they are so unoriginal and cliche.

haha +10

...unless of course you were serious...

[Armagedn]

Oh. I thought someone covered Hey There Delilah and switched the lyrics around.

Turns out it was just another story I don't care about.

[RedNovember]

And since when was "Delilah" such a big deal to people who listen to actual music instead of radio machine-churned crap?

[guitar_hero543]

Hey there Delilah wasn't a good song, haven't heard this one so I don't know about this one but to be an equal to Hey there Delilah doesn't mean much to me cause the song sucks.

[Jaw Knee]

Hey There Delilah sucks *******.

[slaptasticdave]

i_am_metalhead wrote:

How dare they compare Saving Abel to The Plain White T's... Saving Abel are just another shitty mainstream wannabe rock band - they are so unoriginal and cliche.

i see no difference

[jxmxaxn]

theres already an xrated hey there delilah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyf_3gizO2w

[Pliskin9]

wow as if this hasnt been done before
zzz

[thereverendsoup]

I once had an X-rated encounter with a girl whose name might have been Delilah for all I cared. I'd imagine it was far more interesting than either of the songs mentioned in this article.

[JeffWiredBeck24]

slaptasticdave wrote:

i_am_metalhead wrote:

How dare they compare Saving Abel to The Plain White T's... Saving Abel are just another shitty mainstream wannabe rock band - they are so unoriginal and cliche.

i see no difference

Pwned.

[bush_slayer_07]

its_sublime07 wrote:

Jared Weeks:
"and we needed a hit"
At least they're in it for the music.

makes it seem more like they're in it for the money, people who are in it for the music dont worry about hits,plus the song suckls

[bjovi400]

Hey There Delilah is one of the gayest songs ever writtin, IMO. the plain white tees suck real bad too, and i have to say, if you were to compare PWT's to Saving Able, SA definatly has them by the balls. the plain white tees are just a fag ass Holister band, only making music to look cute and get chicks. at least SA have the gain turned up on their amps and make half way heavy music. BUT i must say, neither band is anywhere on my favorites list.

[LynchMobster]

There is already a true x-rated version of "hey there delilah" called "hey there vagina".

[its_sublime07]

bush_slayer_07 wrote:

its_sublime07 wrote:

Jared Weeks:
"and we needed a hit"
At least they're in it for the music.

makes it seem more like they're in it for the money, people who are in it for the music dont worry about hits,plus the song suckls

pssst, dude not to be a douche but I was totally being sarcastic. Maybe you were too. Let's just keep this one between us. Hey there vaginas pretty funny.

[Beakwithteeth]

bjovi400 wrote:

Hey There Delilah is one of the gayest songs ever writtin, IMO. the plain white tees suck real bad too, and i have to say, if you were to compare PWT's to Saving Able, SA definatly has them by the balls. the plain white tees are just a fag ass Holister band, only making music to look cute and get chicks. at least SA have the gain turned up on their amps and make half way heavy music. BUT i must say, neither band is anywhere on my favorites list.

More gain doesn't mean they are less "gay". It just means that they aim for a different cliche. They said right in there they wrote a song 'cuz they "needed a hit", they are completely comparable to your definition of Plain White Tees imo but instead of hollister they will be played at a store that is a little bit more "edgy".

[Shazazmic]

LynchMobster wrote:

There is already a true x-rated version of "hey there delilah" called "hey there vagina".

Youtubing this NOW!

[staind_dust87]

hey there delilah sucks. And Saving Abel are not too good either. The song really sounds like it could have been a Hinder cover. Nothin new here, but what really sounds new these day anyway?

[dpdogg]

horrible band.

[Habs]

^ 10+ Horrible band. "We needed a hit" hahaha

[wicked_hobbit]

jxmxaxn wrote:

theres already an xrated hey there delilah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyf_3gizO2w

Oh my. Thanks a lot man. That was hilarious!!

Btw, I haven't heard this song "Addicted". I mean, not in its entirety. I only endured its first 30 seconds and moved on with my life. I couldn't help thinking "Hasn't this been done countless times before?" and stopped wasting my time. Some bands just don't deserve the chance from music lovers.

And btw again, I'm completely clueless how they can liken this with Hey There Delilah.

[arcanus trexor]

you think hey there delilah was bad? you should listen to hate(i really don't like you). single most unoriginal and annoying song in existence

[GSD N3]

myspace.com/closedheartsurgery listen to **** you delilah. true story not just another horrible radio crap song

[Seidenschnur]

Just had to pop in and say that this band sucks the fattest cock around. I could tell they needed a hit because the vague, crap lyrics could only create mainstream rock success. Looks like Puddle of Mudd scooped up that turd before Three Doors Down could.