Still cant believe its been over 30 years for this song, in the early 90's i was working at a comic book store and this song was on the radio all the time... good times.

@Grandview6613

2 күн бұрын

I’m so old!

I know that 4 Non Blondes is considered a 'one hit wonder, but this whole album is 'lightning in a bottle'. I still keep Bigger, Better, Faster, More in my rotation.

@DSALV76

18 күн бұрын

100% agree. Nobody bats 1000, but the bulk of this record is baller.

@Floyd78

18 күн бұрын

People should REALLY listen to Pleasantly Blue and Spaceman, at the very least

@PML78

18 күн бұрын

I liked the B side of this single TRAIN 🤘🏽

@barrykeis4625

17 күн бұрын

totally agree

one amazing thing about Linda's voice is that if you ever met her, she is so petite and you wonder how that power comes from someone her size

3 Years ago this video passed 1 Billion views in February 2021 Linda Perry the singer has released solo work, and produced and written songs on albums by Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Pink, Gwen Stefani, Courtney Love and Kelly Osbourne.

The top hat with googles is a steam punk look. Modern tech done in a Victorian style.

Linda Perry, the lead singer, is the real deal! Thanks for the reaction.

Whoooooo here we go guys!!!!!!! One of my absolute favorites. Linda Perry is a legend. She has written and contributed to so many amazing songs over the decades. A true musical genius.

@stickman1742

18 күн бұрын

I liked this song better when it was called Atlantis by Donovan. Oh well, most musicians steal.

@drewcliff82

18 күн бұрын

@stickman1742 Yea, but not very many people know who that is and if 4NBs didn't do it then next to nobody would know who that is.

@warrenturner397

16 күн бұрын

@@stickman1742 You having a laugh???

I met them on Castro St back in the 90s, Linda and I were shopping for hats, I asked the name of her band. She said, 4 Non Blondes (I laughed and said Yah, I can understand that). She invited me to come see her at Josies. I had to works so I declined. Dear Mr President is another great composition.

Linda Perry’s writing credits are amazing

I read somewhere that the group decided to name the song What's Up? so not to get it confused with Marvin Gaye's song What's Going On?

The lead singer, Linda Perry use to be married to Sara Gilbert who played the younger daughter on the tv show Roseanne.

@3DJapan

18 күн бұрын

And the current reboot, The Conners.

@ronaldnelson6692

18 күн бұрын

@@3DJapan I don't consider that one because of what they did to the main character. Ratings have been bad since she left.

@stevenmckee6134

18 күн бұрын

And Leslie Winkle on The Big Bang Theory

The singer Linda Perry has been a massive success after having this one hit. She's wrote songs for or with every female pop star you could think of. She's probably most famous for writing with Pink but she's got hits with all of them.

She recently collaborated with Dolly Parton on a couple of projects also...

When I hear Linda Perry, I can't help thinking of Toronto's singer/songwriter Amanda Marshall... girls of the 90's... power voices. My favorite 3 from her are "Let It Rain"... nice vocals, "Beautiful Goodbye"... dramatic and powerful crescendo near the end, and "If I Didn't Have You"... I just love the message of her lyrics!

80s and 90s fashion was about individualism. . . Cant tell you how much i miss that

I remember the grunge daze❤️ L.P. is such a good song wrighter!

Fun fact... the singer here was married to Sara Gilbert (BIG BANG THEORY and Rosanne)

Great song writer. A bit eccentric I suppose but this is a great tune. I love 'Beautiful' and 'Hurt' a whole bunch and she wrote them. Her fashion was not just for the video, that's how she dressed maybe still does? So check out 'Christina Aguilera - Hurt' (2006) next. One of them tunes I get Goose Bumps from every time. Cheers.

@taoist32

18 күн бұрын

I thought you meant Hurt by Nine Inch Nails.

Used to play this song in clubs early 90's,2000's,2010's..2020's...and great song for guitar beginners to learn...just transpose to key if G...

Always loved this song! She can belt out a tune!

1993 was more or less last year i listen to a radio. This one was on heavy rotation back then. Still like it😎🇧🇻

Never seen the video, but I've heard this song a million times on the radio. :) Never knew it was called "What's Up!" either.

1 hit wonders from the 90s you dont go out to karaoke without some woman singing this and you dont play in a cover band without learning this.🎉

Linda Perry GREAT VOICE Amazing song 90.........

The song was going to be titled What’s Going On but Marvin Gaye had a big hit with that title so they called the song What’s Up to distinguish their song from Marvin’s 🎶🎶🎶

100% of reactors have same experience. EVERYONE in the world knows this chorus. Noone ever knows name of band or song name "What's Up" ....words "What's up" never said in this song.

my favorite 4 non blonds song is Train

@PML78

18 күн бұрын

When I bought the single years ago... the B side had TRAIN on it and it rocks🔥🤘🏽🔥

Linda Perry has written a ton of songs for other artists. She is a crazy talented. This is a great album. Other great songs on it are Dear Mr. President and Morphine and Chocolate..

Absolutely love Linda‘s voice

This was a powerful group! So sad that they did not get more airplay! The whole album Bigger Better Faster was huge musically! Solid all the way through. You should try Spaceman, or Dear Mr. President!! 2 more songs off the same album. Actually, just pick ANY & ALL the songs off the Bigger Better Faster lp!!

One of my favourite songs of the 90's .. The Ladies were killing it in the 90's!!

@taoist32

18 күн бұрын

Paula Cole reaction needed.

@Jkh59

18 күн бұрын

You do realize the electric guitar is played by a guy

@michaelwiggan7437

18 күн бұрын

@@Jkh59 I was talk about the ladies of the 90's in the music industry like Fiona Apple * Mazzy Star * Lisa Loeb * Sophie B Hawkins * Sarah McLachien * Nina Person lead singer of The cardigans & Sheryl Crow .. & this is just my Rock & Alternative Favorites.

Indoor roller skating was actually at it's peak in the late 70s/early 80s. Certain songs were known as "roller skating songs" because they would always be played, usually disco or even metal songs, but the biggest roller skating song of them all was actually Stairway To Heaven, which was invariably the last song of the night. Then came inline skates which made outdoor skating more practical, not to mention the disco floors being taken over by break dancing which not as many could participate in, and Indoor roller skating went into decline.

I empathize with Sam. When I was a kid, I had a treasured set of matchbox cars in an attaché type case which I took to the playground one day. I went home without them, heartbroken. I've yet to recover. True story.

This is one of the few songs from that era that I absolutely loved. I still love it and never get tired of hearing it. Stellar tune.

This great song 🔥🔥🔥 was out in 93. Linda Perry is a great singer and songwriter. Wrote songs for Pink and others. The live video filmed at a pool event is just as good. Her vocals are incredible. I believe she can do justice covering J. Joplins Piece of my Heart and other classic rock songs. I really dig this song.

This song reminds me of my childhood in the nineties.

Linda Perry left the band after the first album,from what I've read the rest of the band and the record co. wanted to do pretty much the same music/record as the first one. Linda did not. She went on to become a very popular songwriter for top stars. Great reaction!

Steampunk is the look. Song is kind of a protest due to lack of women in the music industry at the time (late 80s, early 90s). Linda Perry has done work for P!nk and a few others

@taoist32

18 күн бұрын

There were tons of women in the 80’s.

I like that she looks like she can sing you a song or maybe fly your airship.

What an incredible voice!!! (and a lyric that is perfectly appropriate for what is going on in the US these days...)

These days, Linda Perry has been involved with and has produced Ringo Starr's new E.p., "Crooked Boy".

Used to see them all the time here in The Bay Area before they broke big, Linda is a great person.

Great song. Have you guys ever checked out Concrete Blonde? Specifically the song Joey. There are a few others but that one is really good.

Linda is more known for her songwriting. I know she wrote with Pink and some other great artists that are escaping my brain at the moment lol. I love this song.

@ORagnar

18 күн бұрын

She has a great voice. 0-)

@randyhanson9441

18 күн бұрын

Perry wrote "Get This Party Started" for Pink (Madonna passed on the song). Beautiful, which Christina Aguilera had a hit with. Among others; Gwen Stefani, Dixie Chicks, Alicia Keys, Adele, Weezer...

Oh my god! Your brand new skates being stolen ON YOUR BIRTHDAY legit hurt my heart! 😢 Love you guys so much. Keep rocking. ❤

We used to (on holiday weekends) have "all night skates" on Easter or Thanksgiving weekend, where mom would drop you off on Saturday afternoon and you would skate until 10pm, then a dance would go on all night and skating the next morning again. The end of my teens, this was popular, (late 80s.)

Omg this song is a pure time capsule for me to my early 20s. I just love it and her voice is out of this world.

Love this song it always seems to bring a tear to my eye 😢. I love Linda Perry ❤ she is such a beautiful person inside and out. Her voice is so rich and powerful. I guess the reason this brings a tear 😢is because I'm getting old and I still feel like I'm climbing that hill to hope and a destination .❤

Great song and such a powerful voice!

In case it hasn't been mentioned, she has a couple pretty great solo albums. In Flight being the best of them, but After Hours is also well worth a listen and Deep Dark Robot is another worthy project she lead.

Great all-girl band for San Francisco, fun scenes of the city. Their look is steampunk, a lesser-known genre with a definite style.

@Jkh59

18 күн бұрын

The guitar player is a guy

@kathybwell

17 күн бұрын

@@Jkh59 oh geez, by bad. thanks for pointing that out

This is a great song and has become more popular as the years have gone on.

I love this song. I wish they had more hits.

I heard this song in the summer of '94 A masterpiece that you can listen to 1'000,000 times. Escuché esta canción en el verano del 94' Es tan buena que la puedes escuchar 1'000,000 de veces.

Linda Perry. Had a lot of pent-up destructive anger. She shut herself off from the world for a while until Pink wanting to start a career was calling her and leaving long messages. Pink stayed with her for a while and that is when ... Get The Party Started ...was written and the beginning of Linda's 2nd life in the industry. She premiered a song Called ...Letter to God ...on "The Talk " with Sara Gilbert... She had them in tears.

Misty Mountain hop is a gem

The singer Linda Perry is married to Sara Gilbert of the show The Connors.

They have a song called Spaceman. It's one of the best songs I ever heard. Also, Drifting for the vocal performance

We did plenty of roller skating in the early seventies. The song that mostly takes me back is Black Dog by Led Zeppelin. They always played it for backward skate . Don't know why I remember that. Lol😅.

I really, really like her voice! And she really is a talented songwriter. This song came out I think it was my final year of high school, so maybe like 92/93.

Annie Lennox uses many of the same techniques ( The Eurythmics)

Great voice great songwriting. The 90s had some awesome music.

Got a suggestion for you two. Norah Jones... wonderfully talented, jazzy, bluesy, amazing voice... and... she did a duet with Dolly Parton! Ummm songs of hers... the songs that introduced me to her sound in 2002.. "Sunrise", "Don't Know Why", "Come Away With Me".. speaking of which, the album "Come Away with Me" is certified DIAMOND... just a suggestion though, do with it what you will ;)

This song is very relevant today with our crazy political state! “What’s Going On” was already the name of a very famous song, so they titled the song “What’s Up”.

Linda Perry was romantically involved with Melissa Gilbert , Darlene from Roseanne and The Talk

@amyaeschbach3581

10 күн бұрын

Non Melissa Gilbert! That was Laura from Little House on the Prairie! Her name was Sara Gilbert!!!!!

I love that she was kinda a weirdo... and it reflected in her vocal presence. It's a shame she preferred to be behind the scenes instead of in front of the camera, cause I think the pop scene could've used someone like her in the spotlight. But I respect her choosing to stick to writing, because that's what she was passionate about. Still, I wonder if the pop scene would look any different today if she stayed in front of the camera, instead of giving her creations to others who were more acceptably mainstream.

Linda was fantastic but I really like the interaction with the guitar, very tasteful, great tone.

This song was huge back then. The entire CD was also very good, but this was really their only big hit. I was in my early 20's when this song hit and like you two, it immediately takes you back to when you either first heard it or when it was regularly played. To this day, this song is still great.

There are some songs that just make me so happy. This is one of them. I like the music, the lyrics, the performance, and totally love the outfits. Outrageous is just another word for unconventional - yay!

The interesting look is a little Steampunk

@kennethbartlett4302

18 күн бұрын

I was sitting here thinking the same thing.

I can't believe you started talking about roller blades. The one and only reason that I know and love this song is because I grew up in small town Kansas. We had 2 things to do on the weekend if you were under 18. We had a movie theater and we had a roller skating rink and the roller skating rink was open on Friday nights. I had my birthday party there and got my first pair of roller blades. I Got into and lost my first fight there, That's where I first kissed a girl and a few weeks later where I first made out with a girl. And this song more than any other that I have found Reminds me of that skating rink because they played it every time it was open. They stayed open until 1 AM on New Year's Every year. My brother knew the owner and 1 year after we left on New Year's we were driving home and my brother dropped the bomb that that was the last time the skating rink was going to be open. I had no warning whatsoever. I cried. And I am not ashamed to say it. I loved that place.

That style of dress is "Steampunk". A fusion of Victorian aesthetics and futuristic visions. It's not completely dead. I go to a local Flea Market and there are two young girls who show up often in some of the most interesting looks. Also a man in his 40 or 50"s with a Top Hat with goggles. Steampunk Festivals are still very popular. You find some amazingly creative looks at one.

they were the first ever openly gay band that won awards and were top on the billboard

Phil, has anyone ever told you that your voice sounds like or similar to Donnie Simpson? I’m blind, so I have no idea what you look like, but when I first came across your channel and heard your voice that's what came to mind.

What I get from this song is she probably wrote it when she was 25 , the band hadn't taken off yet and she's wondering "What's Up" , she has the talent but is it going to take off ? , We all wonder if we're doing the right thing at 25 , basically Adult life is just starting.

If you get a chance, try to catch 4 Non Blondes cover of Led Zeppelin’s “misty mountain hop” They did it for the Zeppelin tribute album “Encomium” and it’s the best thing on there !

They did a cover of a Led Zeppelin song Misty Mountain Hop. It is kind of hard to find on KZread but she does a great job in her version of Robert Plant

Maybe the best one hit wonder. Phenomenal song!

if you mean, shoes that have wheels in them... you can do those anywhere. don't need a special rink.

Lucy Thomas "Memory"

Great Reaction Sam & Phil! I actually like What’s Up and Linda Perry also wrote Ariana Grande’s first song Put Your Hearts Up! Which sounds like What’s Up! I think Ariana doesn’t care for it anymore! I was a fan of Victorious because it was just so darn funny! 🤘🙏🏻

❤️your reaction videos. Wanted to let you know that What’s Up has become an anthem for the fanatical fans of the Netflix TV series Sense8 (from the writers/producers of The Matrix series). Hearing it is capable of producing tears for us. Thank you 🙏 for reacting to it.

It's a rock anthem!!!

Pink did a great job on this song.

I have this album on cassette tape someplace....

Like you two. You do good reactions. I'm a musician and this song reminds me of a girl I knew. Looks and sounds like her. Thank you.

Linda Perry and Dolly Parton redid this with Dolly singing the song

I turned 25 the year this came out "25 years and my life is still trying to get up that great big hill of hope." 55 now and kinda the same thing. lol.

@BillGraper

18 күн бұрын

It checks out. I was 21, now I'm 52 (53 in November).

Just a great song!!

Oh yeah skating rinks are still huge down in the southern states where I'm at

What's going on? bout time for some love of the 4 non blondes.

@efetherman

18 күн бұрын

Might think she's Alanis Morrissette's mentor, LOL.

This is a really good song.

great choice

Pink covers this song and OMG 💕amazing

Fantastic voice!🙀

HEY - WHAT'S UP, PHIL & SAM!?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hope ya'll are having a GREAT DAY! THANKS for the reactions, you-guys!!

hey guys... nice reaction. good catch... this tune definitely has alanis morrisette "jagged little pill" vibes. if you like that alternative 90s sound, i highly recommend you react to mazzy star "fade into you"... has to be one of best representations of that creative time period. take care! 😎

Love this song. Such a banger as Phil would say 😂Great reaction and Peace out guys ✌️ ☮️

4 Non Blondes - What's Up!... Linda Perry... She has written some greats songs. ...Christina Aguilera - Beautiful (Official HD Video)..is one & ..Pink's .. Get the Party Started... is another. Interesting story behind it all. And I see a little of it in the comment section.

Linda did a very good collab with Grace Slick called Knock Me Out. It's definitely worth a listen.