The Shocking Real-Life Story Behind "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus
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It all happened during that magical summer of 2000, Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin’” had somehow climbed to number one in the UK charts, Britney Spears’ “Oops I Did It Again” ruled the airwaves and Blink-182’s Enema of the State was quickly approaching multi-platinum status. Everything on the radio was either bubblegum pop or post-grunge angst. “Last Nite” was still 6 months away. Something had to fill the void, and that something was Wheatus and “Teenage Dirtbag.” Featuring the fleeting acknowledgements of hip-hop of nu metal, the teen drama of pop punk and an all-time pop earworm of a chorus, it was the sound of the times but unlike anything else. Its genesis touched on John Hughes, devil worship and Columbine, yet it captured the hearts of a generation. This is the Story of “Teenage Dirtbag.”
#TeenageDirtbag #00snostalgia #MusicDocumentary
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Soundtrack:
Luar - Citrine ( / luarbeats )
The Tides - Somnolent
Jesse Gallagher - Satya Yuga
Emily A. Sprague - Bug Catching
Dan Bodan - Neither Sweat Nor Tears
Luar - Oblivion ( / luarbeats )
B-Side - Pen Unubis
Luar - Anchor ( / luarbeats )
00:00 Introduction
01:12 The Life & Times of Brendan B Brown
03:31 Writing "Teenage Dirtbag"
07:10 The Release of "Teenage Dirtbag"
09:51 The Re-Recording of "Teenage Dirtbag"
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@majormusic2098
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t need skillshare...
@raytracemusic
3 жыл бұрын
I've always thought the verse was very like this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGmCmdOHmcedadY.html
@JackVermicelli
3 жыл бұрын
0:02 fousand*
@coenbrodie6651
2 жыл бұрын
i guess im randomly asking but does anybody know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my login password. I would love any tricks you can give me!
@jamarialfred1360
2 жыл бұрын
@Coen Brodie instablaster =)
one time i tweeted that i really wanted a teenage dirtbag shirt and the guy from wheatus tweeted back and asked for my address and sent me one! such a nice guy.
@stratosphere94
3 жыл бұрын
Yoo that's so cool but I'm gonna need to see that tweet 😅
@corymorrow5329
3 жыл бұрын
@@stratosphere94 doesn’t really matter either way, could be true but even if it wasn’t who cares, plus they can’t exactly send you the tweet through yt unless you search for it yourself I’d say
@connerhill5312
3 жыл бұрын
They did something similar for me too! Dropkick Murphys are really great guys.
@jalen1973
3 жыл бұрын
One time I tweeted how much I loved John Lennon and Mark David Chapman sent me a gun.
@chainsawalleyguy5603
3 жыл бұрын
Pls tell me it had teenage shirtbag in comic sans on the front
My wife went to see Weezer with me, and was convinced that they'd done Teenage Dirtbag. I told her that it was Wheatus. Then Weezer played Teenage Dirtbag. FML.
@areyouash
2 жыл бұрын
lmaoooo rip
@mothertothemoon7
2 жыл бұрын
lmaooooo
@dreamvillian6964
2 жыл бұрын
LMAOOOO
@MedalionDS9
2 жыл бұрын
RIvers' voice has no commonality to how the singer from Wheatus sounds... even if you confuse the music itself to sounding Weezer like, the vocals give it away
@kevinsmithfan37
2 жыл бұрын
yeah, because a lot of people think weezer wrote it to the point they now play it because they don't wanna to disappoint people who mistakingly buy a ticket to their show and then they never play the song.
What makes me feel so painfully old is that Teenage Dirtbag is now featured on the compilation "Now That's What I Call Dad Rock"
@MrJC1
3 жыл бұрын
see now you see how "Dad Rock" screws us all in the end. Better to just call it Rock n Roll. ahahaha.
@nickwallette6201
3 жыл бұрын
Ouch... right in the pride...
@baronclime6423
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, when the stuff you listened to in or just out of high school is played on the classic rock stations you know you are getting over the hill. Class of '98 here. Fuck getting older sucks.
@Wadzillia
2 жыл бұрын
I don't mind, we knew how to have a good time at a concert. My kids and their friends go to a concert, so they can film it on their phones.
@frankmetts3660
2 жыл бұрын
Preach brother, I graduated in 99 and to hear good east and west coast rap, grunge and the first wave of good/catchy nu metal/rap rock constantly talked about in the past tense or called old school makes me feel the same way
I saw weezer at Reading Festival in 2010 and they covered teenage dirtbag. I saw an interview with rivers after the gig asking him why they covered it. His answer was "whenever we come to the UK, people ask us why we don't play teenage dirtbag, so we played it"
@dlmx13
3 жыл бұрын
My husband (who is from the UK) still thinks it's Weezer and I've had to correct him multiple times.
@aradiasnowdon7016
3 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic 😂
@Schizopantheist
3 жыл бұрын
Haha that is hilarious. Weezer are artists with a sense of humour.
@randarkanan
3 жыл бұрын
i was their too dude! weezer fucking killed it""
@RusPitman
3 жыл бұрын
That’s hilarious. Like, “ok fine. Let’s just play it so they stop asking.”
I had no idea this didn't do well in the states because that song defined Australia in 2000. It was played everywhere that year.
@xyzpdq1122
3 жыл бұрын
It did fantastic in the states I thought, at least in my town
@Ofecks
3 жыл бұрын
I heard it a lot on rock radio that summer/fall. DC area. Was also in a SNL skit that parodied Dawson's Creek (Katie Holmes was guest hosting).
@RPJ412
3 жыл бұрын
Random... but that makes sense why Iggy Azalea did this song on that Lip Sync Battle show 😂
@iIliterati
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, we heard it all the time here in the states - at least in Texas. It was on the radio constantly, and I remember it always being on MTV. I remember loving it because my older sister loved the movie Loser, would watched it incessantly, and this was featured in that.
@AkumajoDracula
3 жыл бұрын
It was huge in Montreal at least. Not sure the rest of Canada. Musique Plus (Quebec's MTV) ran the video all day everyday.
i’m surprised he didn’t make a joke about how people think this is a weezer song
@Mixedbag456
3 жыл бұрын
Wheatus to me feels like an exaggerated version of weezer.
@lehliladevandria5712
3 жыл бұрын
They wanted to be Weezer so bad.
@alexdflop
3 жыл бұрын
The funny part is, while this doesn't really sound like Weezer in or before 2000, it definitely sounds like it could have been Weezer in or after 2005. The record scratches would be a bit out of character, but that's about the extent of it!
@cerisskies
3 жыл бұрын
I saw Weezer at a festival in 2009(or 10, don't remember) and Weezer played Teenage Dirtbag after saying "This was a big hit in 2000..."
@emilewilmar4919
3 жыл бұрын
my god tbh i always thought this and island in the sun were the only good songs weezer made
your videos fill the early 2000s VH1 music documentary shaped hole in my heart. thank you.
@JohnCachero
3 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t have said it better.
@zer0tonin343
3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnCachero Fuck you that shit was poetry in its purest form
@mrbigglesworth_Official
3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@wms182
3 жыл бұрын
I’m going to need a minute to process how much this resonates with me.
@rra7490
3 жыл бұрын
Completely agree, loved those VH1 documentaries.
This was the first time I actually heard the "He brings a gun to school" line without the record scratch over it. Pretty cool
@jgodbee3090
3 жыл бұрын
I am sure i heard the original version when it first came out in Aus.
@moleshaman3040
3 жыл бұрын
Same ,as far as I know when it was played regularly on radio or shown on TV in France/Belgium the word "gun" wasn't censored either.
@birdrustler
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah we definitely never heard that version on U.S. radio, for obvious reasons
@User-ge7ni
3 жыл бұрын
@@birdrustler so pathetic
@KiwiAlexJohnston
2 жыл бұрын
As a New Zealander/Kiwi I always heard the original uncut version but always wondered how one would drive an "iRock"? Assumed it was a make of car we don't have over here haha
It's genuinely hard to imagine a less "shocking" story than this
@richardhall5489
3 жыл бұрын
Try imaging a version of the story that doesn't have a murder in it. I think it was the real life actual murder in this guy's hometown that inspired a great upbeat pop song that's the "shocking" part of the story.
@strangeloveesq
3 жыл бұрын
Right? Great mini documentary, why the clickbait title? Even the Satanic panic stuff and his parents forbidding him from listening to metal is hardly shocking -- practically a whole generation dealt with that.
@DrSpaceman69
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe it’s just the way youtubers title videos..
@kamranm4078
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardhall5489 And the fact the girl voice was something he used as a defence tactic.
@cbtan16
2 жыл бұрын
Most sad/shock was Sony had issued a copyright strike against them when the label lost his original master tape!
Isn’t it absolutely amazing how they managed to re-record it THAT well 20 years later?!
@mikiwilliams4133
2 жыл бұрын
@Jedimaster420 weird response. The master recording would have had everything separated by each individual sound making rerecording even from the ground up much easier. Listening to just the guitar track vs a commercial copy that has everything together, which is why it took 4 years to re-record. It was more than just a cheap money grab, it's about owning the song they made instead of the company that fucked them over owning their work. A direct comparison would be massive popstar Taylor Swift, who wasn't given the option to buy her masters and had them sold to a dickhead, so she's rerecording all of her stolen songs.
Finally, some kind of a documentary about Teenage Dirtbag. I really wanted to understand where it came from and how it was made. Another great video. 👍
Kind of shocked Teenage Dirtbag wasn't a huge US hit because I was in the US then and remember it got a bunch of airplay. I've loved it ever since. Even more surprised that James Taylor was such a strong influence on the band, among diverse others. That's awesome.
As a Belgian it is weird this song wasn't that big in America, this song was/is huge.
@vettech_
3 жыл бұрын
this song was huge in the US
@lovetacos9165
3 жыл бұрын
@@vettech_ and we had a lot of crap bands around that year
@iwasanangryyoungman
3 жыл бұрын
All they play in radio in America is hip hop
@user-vi4xy1jw7e
3 жыл бұрын
But it was big
@sharon-bp9pk
3 жыл бұрын
You don’t understand US, it’s so big and competitive that a lot of songs which were big didnt chart. Think of it like this - it becomes a hit throughout New York but not elsewhere. It’s popular there but the country is too big for it to chart based on NY sales alone. Then it gets popular in LA but by then its less popular in New York. All the sales that were from New York were in prior weeks dont count as charts only count for that week. So it’s not big enough to chart that week but that’s two massive regions that know the song. Repeat this and you have a nationwide hit that never charted. That’s why that start up investment is so important to get an artist on the charts, and why some acts have never charted by can do sold out tours in the States.
The weirdest shock I had has speaking to my American friends who had NEVER heard of Wheatus. Dirtbag is hands down the biggest pop punk hit over here in the UK, so I couldn't understand how these people hadn't heard of them. This makes sense now. Side note: I toured with Wheatus back in 2016 and they are all the loveliest, most amazing people.
"The re-recording of Teenage Dirtbag was so similar that when they uploaded it to KZread they got a copyright notification from Sony" oh no 😂😅
@Hungnguyen-yl3gp
2 жыл бұрын
dai a ria aaaa huhuhuh
@momo-chanthegerbil6205
2 жыл бұрын
@@Hungnguyen-yl3gp are you laughing at my Daria pfp?
@Hungnguyen-yl3gp
2 жыл бұрын
@@momo-chanthegerbil6205 uhh yeah
@momo-chanthegerbil6205
2 жыл бұрын
@@Hungnguyen-yl3gp HA! You got me! :D
@Hungnguyen-yl3gp
2 жыл бұрын
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This song is still played daily on Kerrang. I've heard it so many times and yet I've never grown tired of it.
@AirQuotes
3 жыл бұрын
Same it's the only place I've heard it
@rickc2102
2 жыл бұрын
I was tired of it the first time I heard it, funny that.
I remember being a teenager and really disliking this song, but my crush at the time would sing it to me constantly so now it's become a good memory.
@user-vi4xy1jw7e
3 жыл бұрын
How could you dislike this song? It's so good.
@TinyCloud90
3 жыл бұрын
I disliked it too, but I didn’t understand music back then. And now I love it because it has a deeper message and so much feelings. It’s a classic
@deadinthewater218
2 жыл бұрын
Oh I do that with a lot of songs!
@kj_H65f
2 жыл бұрын
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e i hated it because it sounded like a wanna be weezer/money grab for the new punk crowd. But I was a pretentious 20 year old then. I liked punk and used to be into the scene, saw shows every friday at the local club and even had my own shitty band. Still not my thing, but at least they're legit and not a corporate creation. Yeah now I'm a pretentious 41 year old.
@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
2 жыл бұрын
WTF
"Last Night was still 6 months away." I get what you're talking about, but that's a pretty awesome sentence.
@KaninTuzi
3 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah, it sounds like the opening sentence of a great or pretentious novel
@CWdudeyo
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, until I realized he was talking about the Strokes, then it wasn’t as cool as a sentence anymore.
@KaninTuzi
3 жыл бұрын
@@CWdudeyo I mean, the double entendre is what makes it cool, innit!?
@CWdudeyo
3 жыл бұрын
@@KaninTuzi ok, true that....
@detroitshook
2 жыл бұрын
@@KaninTuzi tomorrow is yesterday’s today
Wheatus were the support act for Busted's UK tour in 2016 - it was (and still is) the only time I've ever seen a whole arena sing the chorus for a support act's song when Wheatus performed Teenage Dirtbag. Incredibly powerful. And just shows the longevity of a really good song.
Did you know Wheatus also recorded an Irish version of Teenage Dirtbag sang completely in Gaeilge
Literally every party (I’m from the UK) I’ve been to has played Mr Brightside and Teenage Dirtbag... how did this not do well in the US?! Like, it’s not the best song in the world, but it’s certainly an anthem
Australian here, still weirdly obsessed with this and it goes off at house parties
@tetehenkes
2 жыл бұрын
Same in Eastbelgium
@graceofcod4495
2 жыл бұрын
Aussie here you can literally sing a line in the shops and others will join in
I worked at a music store in the States when this song first found my ears and instantly fell in love. It was such a bizarre comfort to move to the UK and find that EVERYONE seems to know this song by heart! Warms my heart every time I hear it at a club or a wedding and we all sing along together.
Wheatus also made the theme song for Jackie Chan Adventures.
@whipasnaper
3 жыл бұрын
Wooooooow
@liriosogno6762
2 жыл бұрын
Omg what really?! That's awesome
@basedsouljah
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact the song is called Punk Ass Bitch. Hahah they had to literally REDO the song for the show
@BlakeBlackstone
2 жыл бұрын
@@basedsouljah Yup! And they didnt even use the real singer for the Jackie Chan version.
Brendan is a really sweet guy. I've always been a huge fan and the best show I ever saw was when they played a literal hole in the wall (the venue was in a mostly abandoned strip mall and is where you went to go see highschool bands play for like $5 at the door). Wheatus did a show there cause the venue owner was a huge fan and paid them for a one off show. No other bands on the bill that night. They set up in a circle on the floor and we all sat down in the middle of it. Took requests all night. Anything you wanted to hear off of any album up to that point and were super appreciative of the fans who knew their later work. The only time he said no to any requests was when too many people asked for the songs in his higher range in a row and he had to take a break. I still proudly wear my Suck Fony shirt all the time and enjoy the weird looks I get. Nicest band I've ever met and still making great music.
I absolutely love that song, that video, and that era. Being a preteen/teen in the late 90s-early 2000s was truly something special. Shout out to all of the teenage dirtbags. 🤘🏽🤘🏻🇺🇲
Always LOVED this song. It's got a universal message and really did capture the zeitgeist of the early 2000s. I'm so glad you chose to highlight it. As always, I commend your taste
My dad used to blast this album when I was a kid. He was an 80's kid and went to college in the 90's, I definitely inherited his musical taste. He was always playing Weezer, wheetus, white stripes, pixies, sublime etc.
They played a surprise set at my graduation ball in 2002. That was fun.
It's a little bit later than Teenage Dirtbag, but LCD Soundsystem's All My Friends is a fantastic track from 2007 that feels kind of timeless now
@cameron9385
3 жыл бұрын
100% should do something on LCD Soundsystem!
It depresses me how old this song is.
@EmmelineSama
3 жыл бұрын
It's not old. Mozart is old, dude.
That was deeper than I expected.
I had a new job in Seattle and my office mate was obsessed with this song. Think they also did a cover of A Little Respect, so he’d play the Wheatus version and I’d respond with Eurasure’s, fighting it out like two nerdy wizards battling with fire and lightning bolts. It was glorious.
Teenage Dirtbag was a favorite among me and my friends. The song came out shortly before we started our first year of high-school, and was kind of our anthem. One of my friends insisted for years that she wanted it played at her funeral. Unfortunately, she passed away this past winter, and so a funeral like that wasn't really possible due to the pandemic. This song always makes me remember her now.
Managed to catch Wheatus during the initial Dirtbag tour (I think it was 2001?). The crowd was blown away when BB sang that female-sounding part by himself
I listened to this song for the first time last year, and there's really nothing else I can think of that's like it.
I bought that album when it came out, really good from begining to end. Not just teenage dirtbag but the whole thing. Still pull it out and listen to it from time to time.
@susannalovisolo507
2 жыл бұрын
same here!
This song almost hits the point of being a folk hit in the uk Even if you dont know the band Or all the lyrics We all know that iconic choras
Love when they sing it in Generation Kill (HBO series).
@N_0968
2 жыл бұрын
That fits perfectly in there.
Her name *wasn't* actually Noelle, and she didn't ring his bell
Don't forget, Wheatus was really popular here in Ireland. In 2018 they re-recorded the song As Gaelige and it's really good.
I just love that people are so aware of how The Strokes saved rock n roll from the lull in 2001. This is a great song though.
Fun Fact: Indie wrestler Nate Webb has used Teenage Dirtbag as his entrance music for years, and Wheatus is well aware of this! Matter of fact, they've played the song live before one of Nate's matches
I'm a stripper and go on stage to this song pretty regularly. ❤
@KevinToine
3 жыл бұрын
Good girl
@drew_peabawls13
3 жыл бұрын
Prove it
@kiri101
3 жыл бұрын
What's it like working to the slow sections? Or do you use an edit of the song?
@Jen.Nicole
3 жыл бұрын
@@kiri101 I wish I could answer this. Lol. I just go up there and do it. I'm also a huge goofball. Honestly I'm kind of curious to know the answer myself.
@1.2.3.4..5
3 жыл бұрын
Good for you 👍👍👍
HBO’s Generation Kill is how I know this track.
I never knew this song had so much significance. A video about the strokes would be great
The soldiers' impromptu sing-along in _Generation Kill_ was epic.
I can tell you that 107.7 The End in Seattle played this song over and over. And we loved every time it came on.
@asmodiusjones9563
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I thought they were a local band at the time because the subject of the song seemed subversive.
This video is so well made, it made me like the song more. I used to think it was kind of whiny sounding but now with more context I understand it better, makes me like it better. Super interesting video. Glad it popped up in my algorithm. Subscribed.
This song was the Anthem of my youth. I loved the whole album!
I think you've kind of nailed it with this channel. Your scripting is excellent, and as video essay channels go, yours is one of the more satisfying. You're telling stories I want to hear. I love the dry detachment in British humor, and you treat each subject with a deep affection but short of overstating, tinged as it would be with nostalgia but tempered by a kind of soft scholarly respect. All in all, well done.
I love everything about this channel. It helps me understand many things about my favorite songs
As a stoner minority in high school in the late 90s I loved this song. Glad I found this video. When I went to college and worked in the really world I realized that I was Okay. Also I had never seen the music video until I saw this video. LOL good shit over all
bro how tf you only got 200k subs, you deserve way more with the amount of work you put in. loved this behind-the-scenes story, i had no idea!
I’m really glad to hear all that bittersweet story, thanks for sharing
What a great and humble story from a band most of us scoffed at first time around. Really great stuff!
6:20 Dude's a multi-instrumentalist? I always thought he played the shit out of the banana, I never knew he rocked other *produce* too
He lives on my block, and drives an IROC. Pure teenage poetry
Somehow this song was off my radar completely when it came out.. But I’ve recently become obsessed with it. It’s just so great!
a beautiful video for a beautiful song. it may be the only song most know from Wheatus, some may even know the song but not the band, but damn, what an amazing way to be remembered. ps: Placebo and Garbage are two groups that totally deserve to be covered on this channel someday too. Id love to see your intakes on them.
@BrianCooperpiece
3 жыл бұрын
Hell yes, 100% agree about Placebo. Amazing band, much like Wheatus!
I'm always happy when I hear this song on the radio, and I have the opportunity to sing it word for word for my teens while they scream DAD STOP!
I found you 2 hours ago and it’s safe to say just like that you became one of my favorite content creators , I’m learning so much about what I love -music , specially music from my Childhood …I’m 29 and hearing all this info about music/artists I grew up watching /hearing is so cool , Thank you again
As a teenager I never thought about why I liked this song so much. I usually listened to Slayer or Sepultura and then Wheatus.. like why? I felt kinda weird to like a song that's not so heavy, but it wasn't pop either. Yeah.. it was rock, but with a guy with feminine voice.. it was really tough to pinpoint why I liked this song so much. This backstory actually explains everything. It all makes sense. Like all this meaning and feelings are there, even if you can't put your finger on it exactly. This is definitely a great song. And this channel is pure gold I just happened to stumble upon! :)
Actually, i preferred their version of "with a little respect" over the original.
There are a lot of example of band with "girl voice" man, Rush, Cigarettes after sex, Arch enemy( i'm joking)
@karabartley
3 жыл бұрын
Silversun Pickups, we went to see them and my boyfriend was floored when the guy started singing 😂😂😂 I had forgotten to tell him
@SpookySammy
3 жыл бұрын
Arch Enemy 🤣🤣 nice one
@chrishuyler3580
3 жыл бұрын
I just imagined in my head what Rush would have sounded like with a deep voiced singer (shudders). My mind went right to Brad Roberts from the Crash Test Dummies singing "Begin the day with a friendly voice, a companion unobtrusive..." No no, enough of that.
I’m so impressed that you were able to make a full video about 1 song.
i actually love these style of videos so much. Much love
How do you get so deep into the analysis of the band, influences, audience and label? Brilliant!
In 2000 I was 13 going on 14 and finding my feet is the alt world and definitely had a connection with this song. Even more so because I loved Iron Maiden at the time 🤣🤣
That was a really nice video! Thank you for the story.
Excellent video.Thank you.
Such a cool minidoc! I always loved this song as well as all my teenage friends back then, and the whole album is superb. Power pop at its 90s finest I could say.
"something had to fill the void, and that something was wheatus"
Amazing documentary. Thank you for making this! I just subscribed. Can't wait to see more
Thanks for this one!! I certainly remember both this song & the summer of 2000. Good times!! Much better times in my life!! Also, it's so wonderful to see a song from my generation be so appreciated & covered so many times.
man, I've missed this videos so bad
forgot about this song, thanks man. btw, can u please make a vid about Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Wipers and the early post-punk scene and it's influence on alternative?
Cheers, never thought I'd ever spend this much time thinking about Teenage Wasteland. Sometimes Trash Theory gives you what you want and love, sometimes it gives you something you didn't know you wanted. Can't wait for the next work.
I love your channel... Interesting story to such a nostalgic track
This definitely was a song I have no conn etiology to, possibly due to being from the U.S. I remember seeing their album for sale at The Wherehouse, a music store here in the U.S., but leaving it on the shelf. I also think I saw the video on MTV one time. Then that’s it. I have heard the song one time, outside of the bits in this video. I didn’t hear it on the radio, never again on MTV. I dated a girl from 2003-2009, and I remember her talking about the song, and having no idea what she was talking about. She sang the chorus, and only the dimmest of lightbulbs went off for me. The story is interesting, and I like knowing it now, but it is a song I didn’t know as a 19 year old in 2000, and only retroactively am aware of as a 40 year old.
Bloody hell! I watched Loser for the first time last night (22nd) as part of the films I never got around to watching and distinctly remember this song when it first came out, and here I am watching this mini-documentary one day after it's uploaded! Talk about timing!
@Aster_Risk
2 жыл бұрын
Loser is one of my comfort movies. I had a big crush on Jason Biggs as a kid after American Pie.
Awesome video!!! Thanks for sharing 😄
Amazing! Just found out about this song in 2013, but it talked to my pre-teen memories as if I was living that period.
When I listen to this song on spotify the "he brings a gun to school" part is automatically censored. I understand why but I wish they gave an option.
@CeeJayThe13th
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard it that way so many times that it's weird when I actually hear the uncensored version.
You should do a video on Toadies and Possum Kingdom
@joshgale1518
3 жыл бұрын
that song is soooooo mint..
@teresawhit7712
2 жыл бұрын
I think that song is about vampires.
another awesome video m8! I didn't realize it had so much reach in the UK
Thanks, soo good to see you back, Have a great year dude.
I had no idea for years the Mena Suvari scene was him saying it
This is one of my fave songs everrrrr
Love this channel, keep it up.
Thanks for making this. I enjoyed all of their albums and it's nice to get some background on Wheatus.
There a Wrestler, "Spyder" Nate Weeb who has used this song as his entrance for nearly 20 years…and he managed to get Wheatus to sing the song live when he entered the ring. The video is on KZread and it's awesome
Still waiting for the libertines one
Thank you for this video
I really enjoyed your breakdown of this song, thank you!
The despacito of 2000
This documentary is longer than there fame . I am a musician. It’s a great lyrical song I can relate to. I love the song and Wheatus. 🤘❤️🎶
Fantastic ,it's one of my favourite songs and has been since it came out. I was 13 and this seemed like the soundtrack to my life (though thankfully nobody I knew brought a gun to school,local bullies had a knife at most). Thanks for making a video about the song ,there's a lot behind it I didn't know about.
Beautiful story telling, just fantastic.