Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized (REACTION!)
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"I went to your schools, I went to your churches, I went to your institutional learning facilities, so how can you say I'm crazy?"
Iconic Gen X line.
EGG ZACH LEE
This is the line that makes the song. It is essentially a gateway to recognition of societal structures and the fact that there is so much anxiety and depression in a society built around these structures calls the whole thing into question.
The aggression and that message made this song f$&@ing rock my 13 yo self when it rereleased on Still Cyco After All These Years….
A lot of the critique still applies today.
I had the distinct pleasure of playing this very loudly in the dayroom at a treatment center for teens in the very late 80's. Every single one of us knew it by heart. It was a moment I won't forget.
Truth ❤
That line never stops hitting hard
haha you guys took the old person approach to this song. It's just about the problems that come with being a teenager and how parents can think you are using drugs or going insane. It's frantic, punky and thrashy and just a hectic and fun song. This was my jam when I was a rebellious teenager who felt misunderstood by my family.
Well put.
It made me laugh. They both said that the kid sounds like he is being unheard, and they would want to sit him down and talk about it. The whole first verse is about how HE DOESNT WANT TO DO THAT SPECIFICALLY. The song is basically about an introvert who is being forced to be "social" in a way that makes him frustrated and unhappy. Back then, those types of people were "weirdos" and often seen as potential psychopaths. Columbine changed how public opinion viewed lonely kids, increasing understanding of introverts, and how forced socialization affects them.
i am an old person and still like it. Punk is about emotion not the form and content. These guys are too square
Me getting called to the principal's office in the 80s "I went to your schools, I went to your churches, your institutional learning facilities" My guidance counselor "Hey kid you might have a future in teaching" I have been teaching Spec.Ed. Since '91.
Even though teen angst is pretty universal, this song specifically was coming from the Reagan era generation. Nancy Reagan had every mother paranoid that her kid was on drugs.
The song still reaches it goal, after 40 years. Old people just don´t get it and think Punk is terrible and to be hated. Congratulations to ST for this undying masterpiece.
Gotta agree, it's not music to be liked by many, this album was a staple tho
UNDYING
You can't expect to get this at your age from out of nowhere. This is the album that put hardcore in my lap. I felt it like many, many other kids at the time.
Guys…. Back in the day if you were anything but a normie people thought you were crazy. My own mom asked me if I needed professional help when I went down the skater punk path back then. This is all just teenage frustration. They thought we were crazy. We thought they were crazy. Times were different. This was and is still a skater punk anthem. It does hit different to listen to now if you didn’t go through this at that time. But for me, forever a classic.
We skated ditches, ramps, street skated at the local bank jammin this band on our ghetto blaster radio back in the 80’s lol dead kennedys, Sex Pistols, misfits, suicidal tendencies, NOFX, etc.
"They thought we were crazy. We thought they were crazy. Times were different... It does hit different to listen to now if you didn’t go through this at that time. But for me, forever a classic."
It's hard to comprehend just how different things/people/normal was back then compared to today. And just as hard to comprehend how or what it would like be to be a young person growing up today. How would they relate to that song through their experiences? i wonder...
Preach, brother (or whatever). I'm actually shocked how much Ryan and George didn't get this one. Maybe this song is from a different time that "kids" today just don't get.
Y’all are not getting how funny this song is either. Sarcasm and humor is thick. It’s so much fun!
George and Ryan ................. ^^THIS^^ !!!!!
They should watch the video.
MIKE!
WHAT?!?!
Just a Pepsi!
They did the same with Exodus' The Toxic Waltz
Never got into Suicidal Tendencies but this song was an instant classic. The ironic meta part is that as a song it actually is sort of insane (talking verses (about Pepsi!), ranting shouting chorus, wild tempo changes) which adds some humor (and dare I say fun?) to the serious teenage angst. Anyway, this reaction was hilarious. Thanks.
Omg, this song was literally an anthem of my youth! My dad had married who i still refer to as STEPMONSTER & he always drank Pepsi. I'd go to have one & she would bark, "those are your father's Pepsi's! Have water!" We lived in AZ, so tap water came out like 100 degrees lol. I'd go to get some ice and... you guessed it! "Those ice cubes are for your father's Pepsis!"🙄 The struggle was real, for real!
I'M NOT CRAZY!!!😂😵💫
Jesus fuckin Christ!! I have an aunt who was like that to my cousin who just so happened to be my uncles oldest and only son that wasn't with her 😏 such a bitch, I remember being shocked when I stayed the night with him and he had us literally sneaking for a bowl of cereal in the morning and when we got caught.. ughhhh.. idk how adults can act that way to kids, I'm 45 now and I couldn't imagine treating my niece or gf's granddaughter like that, I love them kids 😁
@danielwilson9724 dude! She was insane af lol too many people complimented my hair, she buzz cut it, tried to ship me off twice but there always some divine intervention at play. she grounded me an entire summer for lying about a candy bar (ok, I get it about lying lol) but if there was a bday party, she would get hammered and announce, "NO cake for Debbie, she is a little liar!" But some woman at a grocery store said she & I looked alike in the eyes, I was like "Oh no! This is not my real mother, this isy stepmom" I got grounded for that, but lying is wrong? Hahaa
Wtf, mind games abounds, but the Pepsi shit irritates me to this day lol
Needless to say, I left home at 15.... I figured I couldn't mess things up any worse than these crazy mfs😃
@debbi damn. Sorry to hear that. What a horriblevhuman she was edebster5806
I know exactly what you are talking about, I went through it as a teen because of a gold-digging whore that my dad decided to marry. She knew exactly how to push my buttons, and she would do it on purpose. She would purposely antagonize me then once I would react she would basically turn to my dad and say, "look you see how he acts, I told you that he's crazy", and she would kick me out of the house.
I was only 15 the first time that I had to find a place to sleep on the streets. Not having any idea of where to go, I went to the park down the street and slept in the playground. I remember waking up at sunrise shivering uncontrollably, and having to wake up and just wander around town for a few hours to warm up until school started.
All that said, even if I had the power to change what I've been through I wouldn't. I learned a lot going through everything and I believe that it's given me a much broader perspective of the world, and dealing with somebody like that really taught me how important self control is, even when you have people purposely twisting their proverbial knife in your emotional wounds.
And all you wanted was a Pepsi. Just ONE Pepsi. And she wouldn't give it to you!!!
ALL I WANTED WAS ONE PEPSI, AND SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME.
Classic. Me and my old school buds still repeat that phrase all the time.
I still say that too even tho I'd rather have a Dr Pepper
I do too, but most of the people I am around are younger and have no idea what the fuk I am talking aboit...LOL
My homies and I made a drinking game to this song lol
Yeah, we too.
Such a good phrase, even Cypress Hill had to sample it for How I Could Just Kill a Man. And still no Pepsi.
I am currently 66 years old and love this song as much as the first time I heard it. You guys read way too much into this - all he wanted was a Pepsi! The amazing video with Jack Nance and the awesome Mary Woronov accentuated the SATIRE of the track.
and it had a nice, brief cameo from Tom Araya of Slayer.
I’m 52 and I’m with you.
I think that's key here, they didn't catch the satire.
This song has always sucked
There's no way these guys know anything about Jack Nance or Mary Woronov. This just isn't for them. They don't get it.
I just took my daughter to see Suicidal Tendencies this past December. It was a GREAT show!!! He invited a bunch of kids (including my daughters) on stage during this song and she got a hug from Mike Mike while he was singing and he gave her his wristband, which she has hardly taken off since that night. Solid core memory for her!
I got into Suicidal Tendencies when I was in high school suffering from a 7 month deep depression, and still was a fan when I was actually institutionalized. I don't think this group gets enough credit for what they mean to people who went through what I went through. They took away the segma of having a mental health issue.
This song is simply about misunderstood youth and the disconnects between parents and teenagers....and it's an absolute classic that spoke loudly to a generation.
This gets lost in them because their generation have other tools to work with.
@@HammSilvyou say that like there aren’t people from your generation who had troubles with parents and hated these type of songs lol this is just very out there and you must have had a pretty messed up childhood to truly like this…
@@TheOnlyKontrol No, you don't have a Gen X sense of humor, or understand Hardcore music.. You had better not listen to I Saw Your Mommy and Your Mommy's dead. YOU might need therapy. We just laughed.
It's punky which you guys never seem to like. The ranting vocals aren't the norm for Suicidal, but is really important to delivering this song's message I think. And that message really rings true with us kids that lived through this time when parents were always looking at "different" behavior from us as a sign that we were high or were mentally unstable, but the only thing wrong with us was that we were growing up and trying to figure out how we were going to fit into the adult world. This song helped me to understand that I wasn't alone.
Yeah the bad side of punk.
Amen to that. I´m still fuckin angry at the world in general haha
@toniobolonio i.e. actual punk. Punk was created as a revolution. Then it got corporatized
Yep. This song spoke to us disenfranchised youth. We didn't have social media to relate to people in online communities. We were stuck with the people around us. Everyone in my neighborhood dealt with violence outside the home. Some of us (thankfully not me) also dealt with violence in the home. Those people were dealing with it 24/7 nearly. This song spoke to people who needed to hear it. I normally don't do it, but in this instance with these guys, I would have recommended the re-recorded version from the 90s because the recording quality is better and it is easier on the ears.
The reworking is soulless compared to the original though,@@travisspaulding2222
If i had first listened to this song as an adult, I would have had the same reaction. As an angsty teenager, it got me through high school. As a 55 year, it is still on my workout playlist and I pound away on the treadmill to it. Afterwards, look out day - here I come.
Haha true. I just turned 55 in Dec. We played this alot in my parents garage whilw working out
Nothing like this existed back in 1983. This was not only groundbreaking but it spoke to all of us on a very personal level, and still does. Life was very different in the 80's than it is now and this was just what we needed back then.
Ice-T does a cover of this song with his metal band Body Count, but he updated the lyrics with more modern issues. This is really the only Suicidal Tendencies song where he just speaks the lyrics. The band is still going. This is also their first album, and the bands musical abilities grew by leaps and bounds over the next few albums. Robert introduced Mike Muir, the vocalist/band leader, to funk music which brought more funk to the band.
Understood it is the only song where they speak the lyrics... but I have been going to ST shows on a regular basis since my first at the Oakland Omni 1987 Join the Army... and Mike preaches between songs... It may not have music but live it is still there.
@@SLG52 I have no problem with him preaching between songs. Mike is an intelligent guy. I would love to see them live, even if Mike's voice sounds terrible live. I've always blamed his poor live vocals on just how active he is live. It's hard to breathe properly, and sing, when you're that animated. Join the Army and How Will I Laugh still remain my 2 favorite ST albums.
I don’t give a f*ck about Oprah, Oprah ain’t got no man!!! Ice T was hard back then
Just say Body Count lol Ice T doesn't make the band, he said he just joined cause his buddy Ernie wanted to play the guitar. Ernie is the man behind most of it.
@@Frogmilk I will say what I want. And you didn't say anything I didn't already know
7:00 "First of all , stop yelling. Second of all, turn the music down." Aw man you sound like a dad. I'm turning 60 this year but I can still remember teenage emotions and teenage logic when I heard this music. You're relating more to the parent and school principal than to the narrator. If there's one thing to take from this song it's that he does not want to have a conversation with mom, dad or the principal. he just wants a pepsi and a little personal space.
I am amazed how confused he is by it, completely bewildered by it, just like the parents, making a kid who maybe is a little spaced out, but has no real mental heal issues, apart from the ones they inflict on him, by not listening to him
It's so ironic how much they love tool but then hate the message of this song
Love George’s sincere work at understanding why people love a song that clearly wasn’t working for him personally. ❤
Thanks for taking this one on the chin, guys! It is a generational song. This is the kind of skate punk that birthed a lot of Grunge in the Northwest.
Legend has it, Mike didn't get his Pepsi yet.
He probably drinks Coca Cola
Mike gave Zack de la Rocha sh!t for their tour being sponsored by Pepsi while also saying how they were anti-establishment and anti-corporate. And after that statement was made, Zack said something, can't remember what it was, but it apparently pissed off Mike to the point where he said he was going to kick Zack's ass the next time they met up. 😝
He did get hit by a car
The lead singer of the Aquabats gave him a 12 pack of Pepsi at a NAMM show.
@@Silence_Duder_Gooder "Do What I Tell You" by Infectious Grooves was written specifically for Zack, if you didn't already know lol When you hear the lyrics, you'll get it.
I was 16 in 1983. EVERY teen felt this song - If this wasn't their own story, it was the story of someone close to them. The other great song from that year is Kiss Off by the Violent Femmes.
Love, love, love the Violent Femmes! And I just now realized how similar their style was to this song, which makes me think Ryan and George wouldn't like them either. Which is a shame because man they are great.
Don't forget to put yourself in the time, if you can. Life was different 40 years ago. The fact that there was a song expressing the things expressed in this song is MASSIVE to those of us who were there (I was 11 in 1983).
Body Count, you know, the band with Ice-T as the lead singer, not so long ago did their own version of this song. Timeless and awesome song 🤘😀.
This is the only song they did that really sounded like this. Y'all should do something off their album Lights, Camera, Revolution
Nah they have done another song that was similar too.
Agree. You can't bring me down(a more musically coherent rant), Lovely, Alone and Send me your money would be more palatable for George and Ryan
Or later stuff like Freedumb
"Alone" would be perfect, I'm listening to it now...
This is probably the most 'commercial' and accessible song on the whole album - they've done a ton of songs like this - but they were genius in their approach in blending thrash with hardcore (and started a fair few thrash artist's careers too!), and creating some amazing 'softer' songs... :)
Whelp. Now it's time to check out Ice-T's version of this Body Count - "Institutionalized" 2014
Not as authentic (in my opinion).
@@sigmundhightower1766it’s even better in my opinion
It’s trash and Ice T should have left it alone. It was a desperate attempt from ice T to try to seem or pretend to be relevant in the punk world
This song saved me. It was my first communication about mental health. You do not understand how hearing Mike yelling "I'm not crazy" made a difference made such a difference in my life. I was from the most broken home with step parents making me out to be the devil. This song helped me not commit suicide.
The genius here is the beautiful mix of honest rawness and Humor... sorry ya'll missed the humor. But ya'll nailed the honesty. (Also this was literally written and performed by a teenager... Muir was like 16-17 when he wrote the lyrics to this... so there's that honesty coming through.)
Ryan and George took this one a little too seriously I think. They're usually so on point that it's pretty forgivable. Punk and hardcore music is a lot about a generic defiant attitude and this was just an angsty version of that kid stuff. They might have appreciated it more if they saw the video going on at the same time.
Yes, the video for this song really helps tell the story!
Nah, it seems like some people love trolling them by suggesting songs that they know these two won't like. I just don't get it
The video does help add some context.
This is definitely a time and place type of song. We're too old to hear this song for the first time. It isn't 1983 anymore. Just a massive disconnect hearing this song in 2024 as 30-40 year old for a first time. When I heard this song as a kid, I can't say that it resonated with me. But it was fun, unique, and full of energy.
@@michaeldoyle189 it's quirky. But the video really helps the fun factor.
"You should put this in a journal and talk to a psychiatrist" is a sentence nobody said in the 80's to a teenage boy. 😂
This song *is* his therapy.
Definitely!
Lol absofuckinglutely
Especially in verse one where he says that he specifically does NOT want to talk about it. I guess we were the last generation to not believe in shrinks and pop psychology.
I just wanted a Pepsi
And she wouldn't give it to me.@@alexb3577
I think this song means so much more if you hear it as a teenager who’s trying to find their self. Tenfold for us who were teens in the time this came out. And let’s not forget this was in the “Just Say No” era.
Gen Xer from Los Angeles checking in; nobody in 1983 was talking about mental health that I was aware of. My parents were convinced listening to KISS was equivalent to worshipping the devil, and I was once accused of wanting to do drugs because I liked a Huey Lewis and the News song. Times were strange is what I'm saying. When ST came on scene it definitely spoke to me and most of my friends who could all relate to having a difficult time communicating with parents and dealing with rage and frustration without knowing a better way than through loud and often obnoxious music. I still love this song and find it highly amusing today. Thank you Mike Muir wherever you are today!
I’m crying laughing, Everything you said is so true.😅 The 80’s were so awesome and I wish we could go back in time.
See Ryan has a great caring parent reaction to this kind of angst and anger. We didn't all have that kind caring parentsin the 80's. This song spoke directly to us.
Oh my, this so much. It seems like the world has changed so much. I'm 47, and the level of parenting that I see these days is such a departure from the way that I was raised. I feel like I was figuring things out for myself from the age of 9. Latch Key Kids, that's what they called us. Now parents won't let them ride bikes outside out of sight. I don't think that my Dad ever really had any idea where I was at any given time.
Amen brother.
A lot of metal/punk is stress relief. Someone hears someone else is going thru the same things they are themselves. So we listen and identify we are not alone and we jump around to the hard driving music and we feel better for those few moments. Like therapy on a CD. It feels good to know someone else knows what you're going thru. It's not always about the technical talent or song writing talent. It's about sharing and it often helps.
Almost all punk/thrash has an undertone of frustration to it, its the bridge between the frantic sound and the feelings behind it.
The song is a reflection of its time. Mental health in the 80’s was in its infancy compared to now.
Also, the kid objectively does not have mental health issues, while his parents have anxiety based disorders, the kids could have ADHD, but is drug free and stable, until the parental abuse and gaslighting starts.
"All I wanted was a pepsi, just one pepsi, far from Sucidal but still I get them tendencies bringing back the memories that I really miss" - Limp Bizkit "Stuck". Always loved that call back.
Love this song, you guys should react to Ice Ts tribute to it.
"All I wanted was a pepsi and she wouldn't get it for me.." - the greatest punk lyric ever written. Funny reaction you guys - thanks.
"I Saw Your Mommy and Your Mommy's Dead" is a prety close second if that's the case.
@@Silence_Duder_Gooderpossessed to skate would be a third
@@Silence_Duder_Gooder Suicidal Failure is one of my favorites, the lyrics are great on it
@@danielwilson9724, "You Can't Bring Me Down" is one of my favorites, simply for the line, "Who are you calling crazy? You wouldn't know crazy if Charles Manson was eating Fruit Loops on your front porch." 😝
This is what ran thru the mind of every latch key kid that survived the 80's and an unknowing look into the future.
We had to figure it out with parents being absent due to work, divorce, or addiction.
That is the Deepest Intellectual Dive into a Fun Song that doesn’t really need such a “Break Down”.
Exactly, you guys are taking this song way too seriously!
One of the most iconic songs of all time. What a buzzkill reaction to something so legendary.😂
Appreciation though for honesty plus there is a nice element when something you love is rejected so you get to keep it instead of it becoming mainstream and imitated and duplicated.
Exactly, they are overthinking it
This, they don't like anything fast. If it doesn't have a "groove" they don't like it. One reason I don't really watch them anymore.
Institutionalized totally has a groove @@waynedeason213
Dude, come on, this is horrible. And it’s not only because it’s fast, it’s because it’s a complete mess.
You need to do "you can't bring me down", "send me your money" and anything off of controlled by hatred is awesome.
Or How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
I think the only song that would get them on the ST train is "Trip at the Brain". Then they can get to the other stuff.
Nobody Hears.
The instrumentation behind this song is truly impressive.
Just the music is so much of the song. Even if you don't like the lyrics or how Mike talks, the music behind it all is great.
The Ice T cover of this is hysterical with the lyric changes that he made to the song. The video is great too.
I just wanted my mothafuckin X Box!
@@FirebirdCamaro1220 Vegan ? I don't care if you eat sawdust Motherfucker . LOL pissed myself at that one.
George nailed it with the teenage angst, and timeframe that it occurred it. Maybe that's why this song is so important to so many of us who grew up in the latchkey generation, who discovered music like this when we felt at war with the world. It made sense to out brains and was essentially therapeutic.
Perhaps a better representation of that is Pearl Jam's Jeremy.
I don't care for punk either, but I love the way this song wraps up. Also, the cool lead guitar throughtout.
I thought you guys also did you can't bring me down, and if I remember you didn't like it ether.
Suicidal tendencies is definitely not for everyone, and there's only certain songs by them I ever listen to.
Might it be time for a Punk marathon now fellas? Y'all have dived into Metal and grew to understand the things you didn't quite understand about metal. There's a lot to love about punk and hardcore punk! I can certainly see you guys getting into a lot of the post hardcore bands!
Need them to check our minor threat and Gorilla Biscuits
Agreed! I'd be interested in seeing them get into AILD and Underoath
Crucifucks - Hinkley had a vision
The songs go by to fast .i dont think they would get it. The people who get it know its about lots of songs coming at you rapid fire 1234 next song and with that hardcore beat you are supposed to slam and skank too.IF you dont understand the vibe its hard to get into
@@lntoTheSunsetI agree. They need to do post hardcore. 80s hardxore isn’t gonna be something they like - cause it was all about the angst and aggression and live shows.
Glad you guys were open minded enough to check this one out. You got the message. The awkward delivery of the song was intentional. Check out Nobody Hears. You guys would dig that one.
As a kid this song was my anthem and spoke to a lot of us who grew up at that time. Being from LA myself these guys were very relatable
The Body Count version of this song is epic. Ice-T updates the lyrics to his life. It's hilarious
GOOD CALL! I totally forgot about Body Count's version, but you are 💯% !
In fact, I'm bouncing straight to that video from here. 🤘🏻
I just wanted to play some Xbox lol
Yes we humbly request a reaction to the Body Count version. Ice-T tried to recreate a classic in a different era and, much to my surprise, succeeded wildly.
Thank you! Banger
Thank you for this comment. I didn't know this happened. Added to playlist immediately.
I took deep pleasure in you guys hating that 😂 What a tune! Pure unadulterated rebellion
I know what you mean. I actually enjoyed watching them hate it.
One of the greatest bands of all time! Might help your understanding and enjoyment for anyone unfamiliar with Suicidal Tendencies to watch some interviews and videos of front man Mike Muir, very easy to misunderstand but he's actually a great guy with a positive strong mind and a great outlook on life which helped a whole generation of young punks and metal kids. Please react to You Can't Bring Me Down next :-)
1983/2024; This covers all humans .
This song helped me during the 80’s and beyond ;even today. Back then you were ostracized for having long hair, listening to metal, and voicing your anger and defiance to the system. Automatically you were labeled a druggie, satanist, or mentally troubled even though you were none of those things, but the adults whom questioned you were.
I didn’t really know shit back then, but fast forward to today, and I was definitely on to something. This world is corrupt, ALL people are fucked up (even the therapists), and we’re all just trying to make it through the day and cherish the moments we have with the ones we love and never forget the ones we have lost.
Thanks for the honesty in the review.
Stay safe, healthy, and free 🤙🏼
The song is a play on words religion, school and government are all called institutions but nut houses were also called institutions so the idea in the song is people are saying he needs to be institutionalized for being crazy despite already being institutionalized his whole life by the system of institutions and he is saying it was these institutions that are making him crazy. In other words are we sick because our minds are broken or is our society sick because it breaks our minds. Is our mental health crisis from within or without?
Whoa... 🤯 Mind blown. I don't know why I never looked at it that way but damn if you're not absolutely right. Huh. 40 years later and Mike is still taking me to school. Amazing. Thank you for that.
All of us rebellious youth loved this song in the 80s. Just give Mike a damn Pepsi!
These unbiased reactions are so good, you went from visibly not getting it and knowing if you weren’t doing a reaction to it*, you wouldn’t even give it a chance but for you to understand it from a unbiased pov is great to see, i * personally love the way it sounds but it’s definitely more of a well known “meme” song if that’s even the right word, that Pepsi part is a classic!
Me and my buddies skated to this band back in the late 1980’s…LOVED Suicidal Tendencies back in the old skate days!! Dead kennedys, DRI, Sex Pistols, misfits, etc…
Getting Mike a Pepsi is one of the world's first meme's before there was such a thing as a meme.
We've always had memes. Meme is not a word that originated in the internet era, it's actually really interesting stuff. Worth looking up
@@xlepermessiahxx4144the modern meaning of the word is different to the actual meaning of the word. Getting Mike a Pepsi is a classic version of the modern interpretation. Same with waking up Billie when september ends
🤣 "I'm not on drugs, Mom! I just want a Pepsi!" I loved this song as a kid! And being one of those fucked up teenagers in and out of institutions in the 80s and early 90s, yeah, it definitely resonated with me.
You should definitely follow this up with the "sequel/tribute" that came out a few years back from Body Count. It's fantastic lol. Kinda the grown up version of this, work and wife and just folks in general pushing your buttons until you lose your shit and go off. Still the same manic, steam of consciousness kinda of thing, just with Ice T doing it instead
I teach at a Tribal School we call it bepsi
I love both versions!
Convergence of Hardcore, Heavy Metal and Thrash. Suicidal Tendencies and this song was on the top playlist for skateboarders and also one of the songs which brought stage diving, mainly on the chorus. The video is essential for the song to grow on you.
Your analysis is great! The looks on your faces as you're just trying to get through it, priceless!
When you hear this song as a young teenager it just hit different
I was totally into metal growing up from about the age of 8 or 9 onward and also punk starting in junior high. While it was never suggested that I be shipped off to a mental hospital, I vividly recall the huge gap in understanding that most adults - teachers and parents, my parents included - especially my father - showed toward me, my friends, and other kids/teens that looked like us. They made a big deal about how we dressed and how we styled our hair - whether it was long or spiked or dyed black, blue, or green. We were labeled Satan worshippers and drug users - admittedly, there was plenty of weed smoking and some psychedelic consumption, but to this day I’ve still never met anyone who claims to worship the devil. Basically there was just a lot of judging books by their covers without the slightest attempt to read a single page.
All types of metal was my escape as a teen. I remember getting kicked out of several high school English classes because of my t-shirts😂
I actually had a teacher attempt to put duct tape over the front of my $20 shirt that had a skull on it. FOH. I speak and read better than most, and ANYONE that felt like they could censor the “smart kids” and be cool with the popular kids whether they had a clue or not was a major antagonist. Maybe react to “Alone” by ST. I truly believe you’ll at least like the lyrics.
Thanks for the honest reaction guys. Much respect.
Been a while since i last saw you guys, good to see yall are doing alright.
Love the song, a 90's skate classic, my man just wanted a damn pepsi.
This doesn't sounds like a typical song to me, it reminds me of performance poetry, but like a punk version.
It's the angst of the gen X kid back in that day also was real big with skater culture
You guys have a good analysis. I love the process. You hit the nail on the head. It’s funny, I didn’t look at it that deep when I would listen to the song, it just made sense to me. Both of you though bring such an honest approach and genuine analysis. Good job!
This is what makes y’all the best reaction channel ! There’s been a few times y’all broke my heart not liking a song I love , but that’s how you know you guys are keeping it real. A lot of the other reaction channels you can blatantly see they’re pretending to like it for views . And of course your guys appreciation and understanding of the musicianship is top notch!!
Suicidal showed me that it's okay questioning "normal".
I wonder what you guys would think about the Body Count cover. Ice-T came at it from the point of view of a working adult. It's pretty funny.
Love your channel, gents. Awesome content!
In 6th grade we all walking around saying “ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI!!” Love this song.
Once I saw the notification I just had to watch. Never even crossed my mind that this might be reviewed. Awesome video, guys!
There is some humour in this that has been missed. Check the video! Knew you'd hate this. I love it.
Although, saying that someone shouldn't express themselves and that it's more for a journal is concerning. Any artist should be able to express their mental health issues in a way that's real to them. We don't need to like it. But it should never be denied. Although you guys do give sympathy too which is really cool.
Again, I think there is a lot of ironic humour in it.
Thanks for doing this and keep up the great work!
The song was kind of like therapy for those of us that lived through this stuff. Parents seeing you acting "different" and automatically assuming you're "doing drugs" - that was definitely a real thing.
Still the best music reaction channel years later because you guys are real, love punk, love your truthful reactions
Favorite band when I was a kid. Suicidal was more like a family than any other band. Live or die, laugh or cry, "No Fear", that's really the motto of Suicidal. Check out Madball, they toured with suicidal for a long time. Madball - Behind These Walls, Freddie wrote that one in jail. You want some Real Deal lyrics & NYHC grooves, Madball
"Ryan's silence is deafening on this one." Lmao
This is Suicidal Tendencies oldest "hit" song. It's a one off song that's famous but not representative of their greater music. If yall want to check out my favorite Suicidal Tendencies song, check out "You Can't Bring Me Down". It's badass. Thanks guys...
Oh man it's wild seeing you dudes struggle with this. This was one of the songs of my people, and *everyone* had this record (you could get it at the chain stores.)
You guys took the song very literal, the point of being noisy, rant-like is precisely the feeling the kid has, all fits perfect; I was a misunderstood kid at times, listening to noisy metal and playing loud guitar, thank god my parents were cool with it, but some other kids weren't that lucky.
When I first heard this in 83 I felt an instant connection, still do to this day. ST army forever!
This is another example of y'all just not quite getting what's going on with certain songs. This was from the early/mid 80s. It was the BOMB
I am gen.x and I grew up with Suicidal Tendencies. You are so close to understand the song. This is real frustration unfiltered, directly poured into song ... That's why we resonate with it.
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED to enjoy the music in a first listen. It as a big'ol GO F"#¤""# yourself with your institutional F¤%#¤ up world.
There hadn't really been any type of music from the punk-metal scene that addressed mental health as loudly as this, that actually made it onto radio. The song became hugely popular. Suicidal were a very seminal band in that scene that came from LA. It spoke volumes to my friends and I. Every time we heard the song we would jump up and "go off," dancing around and acting crazy because it spoke to how we felt trying to get through life! They made a huge impression on everyone. This song was a total winner!
Meanwhile im sitting here enjoying the shit out of the music and story. It catches the confusion/despair/anger vibe like no other song
Love you guys and appreciate what you do. Definitely respect your ability to sit through this kind of angry/ frustrated/ abrasive music for the sake of artistic appreciation and ..... trying to understand where an artist is coming from and what they are attempting to communicate ........ even when it's rough. At least you are making the effort!! Punk music by it's very nature tends to be somewhat confrontational. It's definitely not for everyone. It has its audience, it has been influential, it has left its mark on rock music ...... Free Thinkers, Rock On!!
Fun fact: at the end of Cypress Hill’s “How I Can Just Kill A Man” B Real pays homage to this song by saying “all I wanted was a Pepsi”
Back in the day, there was an episode of Jerry Springer featuring homeless teens, and at one point, of the many homeless teens in the audience stands up and tells Jerry "My parents decided it was in my best interest to put me in an a place where I could get the help that I need." The rest of the homeless kids in the audience all smirk and grin knowingly. Then the straight-laced advocate for the homeless on the panel asked him in earnest "And did you get the help that you need?"
You guys remind me of the homeless advocate.
ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI!
I was part of the generation that rediscovered this song in the 90s and always took ot with a sense of humor. All I know is we all relared to it back then when adults had no idea what to do with people that weren't picture perfect or maybe had mental illness. Then they included it in one of the Guitar Heros and the next generation found it.
First time I heard it was in Iron Man
It's the quintissential Gen X Anthem.
Time to add suicidal tendencies to the redemption poll
Your comments remind me of when I was living with my grandparents for a few months. They would not leave me alone...I just wanted to be quiet and read a book, but "yap yap yap". I finally took to sneaking out of the house. I didn't go anywhere, just sat somewhere they couldn't see me from the windows.
And back in those hoary old times, if you didn't look and act like the Mickey Mouse Club, there was something wrong with you. You were on drugs, suicidal, or both. I'm over 50 now, and I still get this song. It's perfect.
Fun fact, the Pepsi part was a part of our small group of metal heads pop culture. We'd get high, and being rocking and someone would eventually say, Hey, get me a Pepsi. Lol. Beavis and Butthead type stuff. Oh the mid 80's and Milano Mosh.
This song was in the movie Repo Man, a lot of folks will remember it from that.
You should do something from Lights Camera Revolution, it's straight up metal. Maybe, You Can't Bring Me Down, or Give It Revolution. Also How Will I Laugh Tommorow is a killer album..it's Thrash, Rocky George kills it on guitar in those albums. Their first 2 albums were pretty punk.
Also in the first iron man film
@@egb625able I did not know that..cool!
Suicidal Tendencies was an important band, they were one of the first to really play at that speed and intensity. They were also one of the first bands that really bridged punk and metal and creating the crossover style. It's also kind of a fun song with the 'All I wanted was a Pepsi'. It's like a musical meme or something. :D
As a genx’r I can tell you this spoke to us on a lot of levels. A lot of us raised ourselves but had parents who questioned our behavior and treated us like we were crazy. So a song saying wait, screw you get me a Pepsi was so relatable. I still listen to it, and Ice T’s updated version and it takes me back.
That being said you’re right, it wasn’t clean, it was raw. They got WAY better. Check out damn near any track on Suicidal For Life, you won’t be disappointed.
You’re not kidding about raising ourselves.
This song reflects a trend at that time to send "troubled" kids to institutions or camps to straighten them out. It was a huge industry at the time.
😆 I’ve been waiting for this one! Thank you 🤘🏽
Wow I remember when this channel had 5k subs, one of the OG reaction channels.
I was there.
Mike Muir dealt with Manic Depression & many kids in the early 80's had a huge spike of divorces after the late 70's economic recessions. So young kids who had either 1 or 2 parents who worked multiple jobs, and never were around, this clicked. At 12, I think this song helped me, because I could relate to it. Hardcore punk then was a rebellion teen angst of x-Generation dealing with a broken homes and financial struggles of the early 80's
I first heard this when I was a troubled 14 year old back in 1984. It did speak to me and many of my crazy peers. Punk and Metal have been my constant therapy since. The song absolutely is meant to be irritating to adults, but as a messed up kid it spoke for many of us back then. It still holds a dear place in my mind and heart to this day. Great band. Suicidal went on to Metal a few years later and toured with the biggest bands of the genre, even Metallica. Check our their song "How will I laugh Tomorrow". It's top notch 80's Thrash!