You guys need to dig deep into Sublime. They are So Cal lifestyle epitomized to the locals. It is local music for sure. Bradley's lyrics are totally autobiographical. He references and samples so much of classic Ska and reggae. I hope you guys explore Sublime more...when you get into it, there's a whole subgenre of So Cal reggae bands that are awesome. Even bands from out of state emulate the sound. Stick Figure will blow your minds. Rebelution is rad, same with Tribal Seeds, a band from my city of Oceanside. The drummer from Tribal Seeds went on to play with Sublime with Rome.

@melissaparsons6575

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with everything you said.

@lau2616

2 жыл бұрын

Slightly stoopid, Pepper.

@consuelaluna1414

2 жыл бұрын

Hire, ballyhoo, dirty heads

@heatherhobbit2931

2 жыл бұрын

Just go down the ska rabbit hole. The Selecter, The Specials, Let's Go Bowling, all influenced Sublime.

@heatherhobbit2931

2 жыл бұрын

Skankin Pickle. Pretty please! Sublime opened for them on a tour in the early 90's

I believe a "badfish" is someone who introduces someone to drugs, specifically heroin.

@jalaimo1126

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Sounds like a happy song but it about his heroin addiction

@jonathanaldecoa1099

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah bro. Brad RIP.

@rdj0981

2 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to this song since the 90s as a love song, but I never knew it was about heroin. Ignorance is bliss I guess. Sucks when so many incredible songs are related to drugs. RIP Bradley.

@joealonzo6857

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo.

@joealonzo6857

2 жыл бұрын

Also worth noting is their use of the phrases "duck diving" and "reef." They're both surfing terms. Duck diving is a technique that surfers use to literally dive under oncoming waves that aren't good to surf. A reef is an artificial structure that makes better waves to surf. The lyrics "Grab the reef when all duck diving fails," and then later, "I dive deep when it's 10 feet overhead/Grab the reef underneath my bed," along with the term "badfish" heavily imply that this song is about heroin or whatever someone's drug of choice is. Life is the oncoming wave and Nowell doesn't want to face it. First he tries duck diving to get out of its way, but when that fails, he grabs the reef (his drug) to make the wave better. He says the reef (his stash) is underneath his bed. Some really dark lyrics in a song that feels pure chill. But that's kind of what heroin (Nowell's drug of choice) is. The world can be collapsing around you, but as long as you're on it, everything feels so perfect and right.

April 29th, 1992 40oz to Freedom Ballad of Johnny Butt Garden Grove These are all fantastic songs I recommend you guys check out some day

@lau2616

2 жыл бұрын

Garden Grove 👍

@tyloryoung100

2 жыл бұрын

Garden Grove is one of my favorite songs ever, not just sublime.

@proletariatbourgeoisie9929

5 ай бұрын

Garden Grove bangs af

Same in the End is one of the tracks I absolutely suggest! Caress Me Down, Pawnshop and April 26th, 1992 are classic Sublime tracks.

@davidday9967

2 жыл бұрын

Same in the end is my favorite. Such a sick song

@Beginningtopeak

2 жыл бұрын

Same in the end is the best

@sianao4057

2 жыл бұрын

Caress me down! 🤙🏼

@bangoskank493

2 жыл бұрын

The song is technically called - Miami (April 26th 1992).

@NS1.

2 жыл бұрын

​@@bangoskank493 - Actually it's called 'April 29th 1992 (Miami)', which was the first day of the riots. He mistakenly said 26th, but they decided to keep it.

i think yall would love pawn shop or summer time(actual title called Doin time but we all call it summertime) by sublime. they are classic grooves. also check out ''Jane says'' by jane's addiction...an absolute master piece! anyways enjoy :)

@dananewsom5483

2 жыл бұрын

I especially like the eerie splendor mix of doin time

@jacobleblanc7137

2 жыл бұрын

Also agreed 👍

@potatos_4_free

2 жыл бұрын

Pawn Shop is awesome but don't forget Jailhouse and Garden Grove. Very groovy stuff!

@dananewsom5483

2 жыл бұрын

@@merklevision yeah, I've got it on second hand smoke. Had the CD years ago but now just a digital copy

@ron8162

2 жыл бұрын

also Santeria, my favorite

I still remember the day my father came home late telling me the day Bradley died. My father was at the bar drinking with the band manager. Apparently he (the manager) was really torn up and kept on saying that they (the band) “were just about to make it”. It was a pretty sad day for sure.

@rsohlich1

2 жыл бұрын

The timing couldn't have been worse

Saw someone mention 311's Beautiful Disaster on Patreon and thought that was a brilliant shout, along with 3 Days by Jane's Addiction

@zhegwood

2 жыл бұрын

3 Days is epic.

@chiclete1981

2 жыл бұрын

I think they'd like 8:16 am even more

@sharinglungs3226

2 жыл бұрын

Have they done any 311 before? Wouldn’t mind if they dive into the first two albums.

@springer90

2 жыл бұрын

311>>>>>>Sublime!

@springer90

2 жыл бұрын

@@sharinglungs3226 they did Too Late when that song was released. That reaction was a joke!

Caress Me Down! Such a badass song!

@bryangiron5354

2 жыл бұрын

Love this song but it’s lowkey sketch if you listen to the lyrics lol

@RinniePere

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta learn Spanish 😅

@MrKrushgutz

2 жыл бұрын

One of Sublime’s best

@tiacalhoun3841

2 жыл бұрын

Yesssssssss

I'm so happy you guys finally got to Sublime! I love this band. They've always been my happy music 😊

This song and the lyrics reflect Bradley's heroin addiction, "get me off this reef" "underneath my bed" just some examples.

My my my, you guys took me down memory lane! I absolutely love Sublime!

I'll echo what others have said and you should check out Doin' Time (Summertime). It has a wonderful catchy groove and it my favorite Sublime song.

A main factor in understanding the feel/vibe of the song is to identify the things that were going on in the artist's lives, the city/environment they grew up in as well as their tone. Growing up in southern california, i never got vacation vibes from this song. I got the getting high/skateboarding/partying on the beach vibe. 🤷‍♂️

@nashbruce4196

2 жыл бұрын

This

@jdfox37

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I always find it funny people think of vacation with sublime, I hear the punk and drugs and grime below the reggae groove

This was the class song for one of my kids when they graduated from High School. When she told me that, I laughed my ass off.

One of the best blends of musical styles by one band, ever. Not just this song, but everything they did

This song is about his addiction which eventually led to his death. Its more a cry for help Not a happy song

@powercityeatery264

2 жыл бұрын

“I swim, but I wish I’d never learned. The waters too polluted with germs”

Sublime also has a strong Hip Hop influence in their music. You can listen to songs and get random drops from Public Enemy, Beastie Boys or KRS-One. To hear this, you guys should check out "April 29th, 1992 (Miami)", as it probably best captures this energy.

@davidday9967

2 жыл бұрын

As long as I'm alive I'm gonna live ill e gall 😎

@barklordofthesith2997

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidday9967 You want to be a sick bird?

@lakeshoresubtleties

2 жыл бұрын

Or the song that's just called KRS-One...

Some other Sublime to check out is Doin' Time (Summertime), Wrong Way, Saw Red (with Gwen Stefani), Date Rape, Caress Me Down, April 29, 1992. That last one is about the LA Riots after the Rodney King judgment.

@werekief29

2 жыл бұрын

April 29, 1992 should have been a way bigger hit than it was

@steveblankenship1742

2 жыл бұрын

Doin time and April 29th were epic

@bangoskank493

2 жыл бұрын

The song is called - Miami (April 26th 1992) And it’s not just about the L.A. riots, but riots all over the country that year, the title of the song referring to the riots in South Florida after hurricane Andrew.

Love that bassline.

From songfacts: On occasion, when playing this song live, lead singer Bradley Nowell would sing: "Lord knows I'm weak, won't somebody get me off of this tweek?" which implies that the song is about trying to kick addiction, with the "Big, blue whale" being the drug, thus: "I swim, but I wish I'd never learned." Nowell died of a heroin overdose in 1996. A "Badfish" is a term used to describe a person who exposes someone else to heroin for the first time.

@inspectorconscious2388

2 жыл бұрын

Was it just heroin or opiates as well?

@Benjabum

2 жыл бұрын

@@inspectorconscious2388 Heroin is a semi-synthetic opiate. HUH?

@CarbonComs

Жыл бұрын

@@Benjabum Damn he's just asking if badfish is a specific term for heroin or opiates in general. Has nothing to do with heroin's drug classification.

I've been watching yall for years and I dont know if I've been this stoked for a song reaction. One of my favorite songs of all time. Thanks guys

@yt4joe

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favs too.

@grizzlywarehouse7138

2 жыл бұрын

Of course bro, Classic

Just wanted to say that I follow about a half dozen music reaction channels, and you guys are my favorite! Mainly because I like how you both are very knowledgeable about music! Anyways, keep up the good work, and happy holidays to you and your families!

Sublime was my theme music in high school in the 90’s

George keeps saying he wants to get into ska more. Well, you guys just did! 👍 Sublime's style covered a range which included both reggae and ska, among other things, but this song is absolutely ska. The drums and bass are playing a straight rhythm, with the drums accenting the 2 and 4... Compare that to reggae, where the rhythm has a pronounced "bounce" to it because the bass and drums play in a more "back-and-forth" way, and the main accent on the drums is usually on the 3.

@FreeMTrider

2 жыл бұрын

When that 3 grabs you, you got it

Just got tickets to see Sublime with Rome in April at the best venue .. 1st row..Red Rocks in Colorado, Rome is good.. they play all kinds of the Original Sublime music and they do it justice. I saw Sublime with Bradley in Huntington Beach CA at a beach bar in 1992. RIP Bradley!!!

The look into their background before listening to the song because y'all admit you don't know much about the band is a HUGE respect put on you guys AND the band. Thank y'all! ❤

Sublime April 29th, 1992 or Pawn Shop~ Love this song but it has no punches check out their others.

Love this song. Just about everything off 40 oz of Freedom makes me happy. Such a good album.

Classic band, always a great song. Reminds me of NH parties out in the woods.. like 100+ people and shit haha

Sublime, (don't push )or (get ready )next please. Very underrated songs

Operation ivy needs to be on the list of Ska yall need to hear.

@joshi438

2 жыл бұрын

YES

@troygraves6081

2 жыл бұрын

'Unity' or 'here we go again'

@saltysamurai

2 жыл бұрын

Healthy Body or Sound System

@troygraves6081

2 жыл бұрын

Or 'take warning '

Best song ever 🤘🤘 Fighting addiction is nearly impossible 😢 RIP Brad

You are the first reaction videos I started with, love you guys.

Bad fish 🐠 is an some one who drinks to much . It’s from I drink like a fish! It’s in the song “ two pints of booze 🥃 are you a bad fish 2 “ believe me ! It’s one of my favorite songs and broke it down!

Gotta do the song “Seed” Best mixture of punk/reggae ever recorded in my opinion such an amazing song

@quinnkrug1971

2 жыл бұрын

This guy knows

Sublime's self titled album has been my feel good record since 97...whatever shit i might be going through that album just puts a smile on my face...hope you've done more Sublime, especially April 29 1992 or Summertime,....hell, do the whole record...blessings,guys

Ain't got no quarrels with God......still one of my favorite lines of all time in a song. The way he sings it is perfect.

Loudog is Bradley’s actual dog.

Omgosh u guys are the best!!!, and to see this woweeee, I'm impressed

I saw Sublime back in in the day in the LBC. Greetings from Southern California 🕺

Always appreciated that vibe you guys talk about that contrasts so starkly with the content of their lyrics. They sing about some dark and deep stuff.

Yes I was jammin this in the 90’s! Doing time is an amazing song. My fav or pawn shop, 40 oz to freedom. Man the lead singer died too early but his music still goes on.

One of my favorite songs, so happy to watch you guys react to this

BadFish = A person with Alcohol problems. The things that make him drink. Polluted water, growing old, etc....

@ronin84

2 жыл бұрын

It isn't specific to alcohol. Drugs in general. More closely related to heroin with Bradley Nowell.

Miss you Bradley Nowell! 25 years and it seems like yesterday.

I've listened to Sublime since 91. I didn't have a clue what the lyrics meant until ya'll just broke it down...WOW! You guys are amazing! Much love!

40 oz to freedom is a god damn perfect release

I appreciate yall... I didn't like how it started, but i like how you tried to break it down. I'm a fan of yall hip hop reactions, n how you try to understand. Sublime was (is) fire. Dig deeper. You'll dig it! Be well fellas

Sublime- April 26th 1992, it’s about the LA riots and is a great mixture of punk and hip-hop with of course some ska/Reggae as well

Sublime introduced me to my favorite all-time hip hop artists KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions!

In the 90s it was impossible to get away from Sublime … a lot of people were wore out of it, it was so prevalent! On the Radio, the juke box, at the club, in the car… they were EVERYwhere! SUPER popular! I admit I got a bit tired of them but I still dig them! Skunk (Ska/Punk) in general was super popular for a while, in the 90s, thanks to Stray Cats (a decade earlier), Operation Ivy, Rancid, No Doubt, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Less Than Jake, Skatalites, and so many others! I never really paid attention to their lyrics, but your assessment makes perfect sense. His death was quite a shock to most of us at the time. Very few knew of his problems, save for those who knew him, like Gwen Stefani, who was devastated.

@buzzbomb67

2 жыл бұрын

@ghost mall a lot of people did … it took me a bit to warm up to it, too, but then I backtracked to 2nd wave Ska like the Specials and English Beat, and I suddenly liked 3rd wave … the biggest problem with it was the massive slew of crappy bands playing all the same stuff, but it was still fun music, even if most of the bands were mediocre schlock.

Been waiting for you guys to hit Sublime. Great choice!

Pawn Shop, April 29 1992, Date Rape, Saw Red, Caress Me Down

You know what, I really like Rome in the band. I've seen them live before and I tell you what man, that concert was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They played all the Sublime greatest hits and just something about it reverberates in your soul. If they ever come nearby, go check them out!

Whatever track you do next, also listen to Paddle Out. It's a very short track and very different. Give you an idea of their range.

April 29th, 1992

George, I highly recommend digging into the Clash for some quality reggae/rock fusion. They were one of the first British bands that did that. Songs like “Police and Theives”, White Man in Hammersmith Palais” also Can’t Stand Losing by the Police

One of my all-time favorites......cheers to all the other Badfish out there.

@suicyco4life666

2 жыл бұрын

You do know "Badfish" is street slang for somebody that turns another person on to heroin?

@TastyChevelle

2 жыл бұрын

@@suicyco4life666 Cheers!

@barklordofthesith2997

2 жыл бұрын

@@suicyco4life666 S.T.....S.T......S.T.....

The reason the reggae beat/rhythm is universal is because it’s in step, usually, with the human heartbeat. I heard that somewhere

I have listed to Sublime since the 90s, and never noticed this until I started watching reaction videos on them. Most of their songs lyrics usually have a negative connotation or are about some negative subject matter. However its always set to the most feel good type of music that just gives good vibes.

This song reminds me of the 90’s house parties!!! And a band playing live their

Summertime Waiting for my ruca Romeo April 26, 1992 Just some of my Sublime favs

“Same in the End” is one of their best!

♥️Sublime- miss the 90’s. RIP BRADLEY & Lou dog

I grew up here in LA, (Valley) in high school when this album came out. Sublime was More than some "Vibe" for us, #40oztofreedom

The intro is Brad tape recording the atmosphere in a bar. Badfish is somebody who is a drug pusher and Nowell got hooked on Heroin in 1992. He lyrically sings about his addiction on these other songs: -Work That We Do -Poolshark -New Song -Same In The End -Ballad of Johnny Butt -STP Sublime and Brad Nowell is one of the most criminally underrated bands. Nobody cross pollinated musical genres like them. This guy could play guitar like a "Motha F*ckin Riot!" Timeless music...

Punk rock music primarily deriving from England is heavily influenced by Rasta culture and therefore has a lot of reggae sounds. "Reggae rock" has been around for a long time. Check out Guns of Brixton or older music by the Clash

@markpoulinjr.9879

2 жыл бұрын

How you gunna come? lol

If you like this band, I highly suggest you guys hear "Same in the End". It really rocks!!

You guys do the best reactions on KZread. I do, however, would like to see some more punk rock representation on here. Theres a lot of stuff from the 90s to today that I think you'd really dig and there's a lot of sub genres to cover (ska punk, skate punk, hardcore, etc.) Try out Bad Religion, Less Than Jake, Lagwagon, NOFX, the Suicide Machines, PEARS, Strung Out, and Descendants.

@lakeshoresubtleties

2 жыл бұрын

Man... so many from Lagwagon, Nofx, Less Than Jake, Bad Religiom, Strung Out, etc. "Your Silence" by The Suicide Machines was such an intense, impactful song for me.

It takes a true surfing addict to fully understand this song ... the metaphores just hit differently

One of my favorites of their songs! You could also check out "Seed" from their self-titled album. It's short but it goes from really aggressive punk to a super cool Reggae rock and then a nice ska groove very abruptly (I know you guys aren't fans of really sudden transitions but I love the way they did it in that song).

Long beach Dub All stars was the band Bud and Eric were in after sublime, it consisted of many of their friends from around long beach and was very good as well

They have Punk songs as well as combo Punk/Reggae songs. I saw them twice before Bradley died.

Sublime, whoa boys. Next then: their song "Santeria" !

Sublime takes me back to better times

Sublime has made me feel so good for so long.

Yoooo! More Sublime for surrre! I can't find a single reaction to "Get Ready", it's a nasty jam.

Y’all HAVE to put “Caress me down” on the list PLEASE!!!!! I’m dying to see ur reaction to that one

I hear this song for its sadness, I guess ever since hearing Radiodread reggae ain’t just happy vacation for me. Doin Time and the LA Riots song.

Finally! Please do a DEEP dive on this band.

👏🏽 About Time👏🏽

Some of my favorite Sublime songs are actually cover songs: Jailhouse (Bob Marley and the Wailers), 54-46, That's My Number (Toots & The Maytals), Scarlet Begonias (Grateful Dead). Don't think they are just straight up covers tho, they all very much have the distinct Sublime vibe to them.

Ahhhhhha. Yall missed the whole boat on this one. ''Badfish" is a person who uses heroin or gets others into heroin. The song is Bradley Nowell's poetic confession of what will eventually end his life. Aint no vacation or background music here, man.⭐️

Long live Sublime; to all my Badfishes in 2022!

He covered the track marks on his arm with a tattoo that was waves with trash floating in them, so I think the "I swim, but I wish I never learned, the water's too polluted with germs" line is a reference to shooting heroin.

Before sublime was famous my mom knew them and would hang out with Bradley all the time so seein this makes me happy 🤘🏽

one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands broken down by one of my favorite youtube channels thanks, y'all

You guys would absolutely LOVE April 29th, 1992!

The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton, PJ Harvey - Sheela Na Gig, Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song.

The expendables- sacrifice cool reggae rock sound with a cool solo

My favorite Sublime song! You really should "dive deep" into their catalog. Pawn Shop, April 26th 1992, 40 0z To Freedom, Date Rape, to name a few.

I love Sublime ,they're so diverse and the music has so many "Moods" that you can discover lots ofstuff everytime you play something by them , I suggest you to listen and react to "Wrong Way" or "APril 29th 1992" for their self titled album , plus you can check out a band from England called The Skints ,they mix reggae with rock ,rnb, hip hop ,great band !

@monkeyballs512

2 жыл бұрын

Super diverse. They can rip off Yellowman and Bob Marley equally well

The Date Rape Song was my intro to Sublime in junior high, the 40oz To Freedom album was my soundtrack.

The Toasters came up in the 2 Tone Ska of the early 1980s. Their song "2 Tone Army" is about the Black people and White People coming together as just people. Human beings just being human❤ The Toasters are still very active, and skanking🤘

Seconed hand smoke and 40oz are fantastic albums. Grew up on those albums. SoCal life.

If I remember correctly their acoustic version of the song "Pool Shark" Bradley basically predicts his death.

Underrated Sublime songs that SLAP 5446 That’s My Number Let’s Get Stoned What Happened Pawn Shop We’re Only Gunna Die from Our Arogance

His song Pool Shark is about his addiction. It's short. But really good

If you haven't checked out Fishbone yet, add them to your list. And check out KRS One by Sublime too.

@Gillsystems

2 жыл бұрын

love love love krs one....haven't heard it in years

PAWN SHOP IS SUCH A CLASSIC ONE OF MY FAVS