@@kanescrimes4848 i think you just created a type of person in your head for you to get angry at for the sake of complimenting this guy. I highly doubt you heard this reaction and your first thought was "wow, finally someone who doesn't pretend to know this song!" Who does that? Who pretends to know songs? All the music critics i watch are brutally honest about everything
@@kaithecactus3714 " i think you just created a type of person in your head for you to get angry at for the sake of complimenting this guy" Again, you think wrong. " I highly doubt you heard this reaction and your first thought was "wow, finally someone who doesn't pretend to know this song!". You're dumb, here's why. 1-Did I say it was the first thing I thought? 2-I didn't say they pretend to already know the song. I said they pretend to NOT know the incredibly popular song. You can't even understand what you read. Where are you getting this confidence? it's definitely unwarranted.
@@kaithecactus3714 In other words: Lots of reactors will pretend to have NEVER heard a famous song (especially if it's trending in some way) so they can get more views. If you don't understand how pretending that, amounts to more views, then you aren't intelligent enough to have this conversation. Helpful hint: Feel less, think more.
In an interview, Beck said he writes melodies to his songs with dummy lyrics first then writes sensical lyrics before recording. For this song, he said as the song came together, they decided to just leave the nonsensical lyrics and have the chorus be the only thing that lyrically makes sense, ironically, sung in a different language than English.
It also harkens back to the days when he played at Cafès! He would write lyrical songs but sometimes he would sing complete gibberish to see if his audiences were even listening.
This was a pivotal song in college life for me as a Gen X and perfectly embodied the rootless lack of meaning, focus and sense of a future we felt at the time. Life consisted mostly of a hunt for experiences, senseless stunts and consumption of alcohol which the video somehow portrays vividly, while we were engaged in lengthy conversations about purely academic topics we mostly didn't understand and the never ending search for the next obscure band to come out with another noisy guitar hook. Fun times, really.
This came out when I was in my second year at San Diego State. Landed right on time for me. My chicano roommate and I were the only ones that laughed when our friends were singing "so....open in the door"...
My favorite Beck song & remember the controversy about Lucas getting pissed about the Storm Trooper helmet! They blurred it as Beck was threatened by lawsuit.
Im 48 now. At the time, I lived in Murphy North Carolina, Tucktaway in the mountains going to community college. All we would do was drink beer and listen to random songs like rage against the machine, pearl jam, Beck, Soundgarden, Alice in chains… The list goes on as do the memories.
I had just moved to Greensboro NC to live w my sister at 18; I moved from from the triangle; chapel hill/Durham. I had a full scholarship and almost went to college at Appalachian but instead became a drug addict. But I listened to a lot of the same music you listed.
I'm also from the NC mountains/foothills, Morganton. Same here in the 90s; beer, community College and alternative. Camping in the woods n such as well 🤘
I love "different" and Beck fits that love. For me Beck has always been a bigger than life persona and when I saw him in concert for the 1st time in 2019 (at 48 yo) I honestly got choked up. It was like a near religious experience and my most cherished concert I've been to.
Beck's whole band is legit. I saw him in Providence, out of no where he brings Jack White out to play the encore with him. Jack White played the slide part of this, it was incredible.
It was released in 1994 - so i was 15yrs old and i remember that MTV played it over and over again. My 5yr older brother loved it so i did not . Guess i was to young. But i also was an odd kid, only listening to the Beatles and Oasis a little later. I remember that i did not like the "rapping" in particular, lol. Today i can enjoy this timeless classic.
I think I was a senior in high school when this came out. I specifically remember listening to it in both late high school and early college. It evokes memories of lazy summer afternoons riding in the car with the windows down. I can still recite most of the lyrics.
I always thought it’s was… “sooooo head to toe, I’m a loser baby” Cool that he actually says I’m a loser in Spanish now that I found that out years later 🤙🏻
I remember listening to a lot of beastie boys around 2000 and that is when this song came to my ears.. It was instantly added to my limewire playlist! I was about 15yr old and only spoke french so the song always made sense to me 😄
Wow it’s been awhile since I’ve sat down to listen to this. I think the first time I heard it was in middle school. I actually looked up the lyrics and since then I can recite it line for line 😂
I was a teenager at this time, and it was something that spoke to myself, and my friends. The CD was in my collection the moment it was released. Such a great time in my soundtrack of life. Love the channel!
"Sooooy un perdedooooor!" I liked how he used spanish on some of his songs. In this case just spanish for "I'm a loser". 😁 I gotta listen to more now. Just recently listened to this album. Really liked it.
At an indie / grunge club with more check flannel shirts than you could shake a stick. Was my 1st year of university and living away from home. I think you can picture the rest 🤪🤪🤪😂
I was 18, living in a small town in the south of Sweden. My best friend played bass in a Nirvana cover band and I was helping friends organizing "illegal" rave parties, this song fitted perfect to that specific time. So did Devils Haircut 2 years later. Sounds like a Sitar to me to. Rock on. =)
Weird, I was 18 and playing bass in a Nirvana cover band and some friends organised a party called Bogstock. This was Ireland though not Sweden. Crazy coincidence.
when this first came out, I was 26, and an independent, unlicensed pharmaceutical sales agent. this song was an instant hit, it was just so groovy, catchy and fun...
As a former regular customer of reliable, independent, unlicensed, pharmaceutical sales agents, and in the words of Tom Segura "I appreciate you, motherf****r!"
1000th like.. aww right " getting crazy with the cheese whiz" got me... I was in my 30s. I subbed last night bc of your brilliant breakdown of Sound of Silence. I love your vibe...
It wasn’t the time I first heard this song, but the most memorable was when I was a teenager. I was closing the store at Baskin Robbins (which was attached to a movie theater) on a Saturday night, and I was cleaning with the music up pretty loud. While I was mopping the floor, a guy I had the hots for walked by, and right as we made eye contact, “I’m a loser baby” blared out the radio. I cannot hear that song to this day without going right back to that moment.
My favorite line is "drive by body pierce". It's funny picturing that. Any keyboard playing?? Keep doing what your doing. We all love it. Every time I get a notification on a new video, I have to stop what I'm doing and watch it. You are getting quite the following!! Keep up the great work.
"That's right bring me the Hook Bomb Siren," sounds like a great song name. I am so glad you are venturing into these different styles and cool sounds. This is awesome.
When this came out in the 90s as a 16-18 year old ..it was like hell yeah!!! Just fit with are 1990s vibes .. Was like a re-do of the good days man..no war no bs ..times were chill
Mid 90s...I was in junior high....hs class of 2001 baby. I very clearly remember watching this on beavis and butthead but also hearing it on the radio forever.
Well my story is a weird one...It was like 95' and I was 11 years old. My aunts bf at the time was a geek and built my family our first computer with Windows 95 on it. Whenever I lost in Solitaire, that audio clip came up, "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me".....Had no idea what that was until I was 13 and started listening to the radio
Nice 😁. I miss putting .wav files for older Windows sounds. Had Onyx's Shut 'Em Down for the shutdown tune. I used to be so cool, lol. My teen son disagrees.
I very distinctly remember when this song came out. I was 19 and a sophomore in college, working in the dorm commissary. The grunge/alternative movement hit right as I was entering young adulthood and it was awesome to experience it at that age.
I had just started listening to the radio when this song came out. It's one of the first tapes I ever bought. This was my "walk on" music when I was 13.
Beck was one of my biggest musical influences in my senior year of high school and beyond (I'm 28 now - graduated in 2011). I was into Syd Barrett's solo work at the time and was really drawn to his quirky lyrics and chord progressions. Beck fit right into my tastes. This was more than likely the first song I heard by him. Really opened my eyes to how unique instruments can meld together in a fun way.
LOVE BECK! First listen was in my early 30’s when it was first released. Loved it immediately and have followed Beck religiously through to the present day. Yep, much older as well...bugger! My especially favourite albums are Mutations, E-pro, Sea Change, Morning Phase and The Information.
Love your ya-ta-ta-da-di-da's brother Geebz. Bring it on! I run a studio myself and hear most of your pointers (I watch your stuff in my control room), but that being said you always point out stuff that I miss in the production as well. LOVE your frequency. Sprechen Sie deutche baby!
This song came out when I was 9...and my most vivid memories of that time were when my family went on yearly vacations to a lakehouse. I'm sure everyone else was out having fun in the lake while me and my cousins sat inside and watched MTV. Songs like this, and Black Hole Sun, Nirvana, remind me of those videos and sitting in that lake house on the floor watching them. Two years later I'd see my first concert White Zombie and The Ramones :)
In the 90's MTV was a paradise for all teenagers around the world at the same time. We who are now adults, marked by music and groups from that period, want to feel the enchanting impression of our "first time" watching these first reactions from various people. Beck - Loser is on the list
I was 19 / 20 and loved it I’d just had my first baby who’s 27 now , reminds me of good times love Beck still do , girl ( my sun eyed girl ) is a beautiful tune aswell 😊
I was 11 when it came out. I remember my parents blasting this in their old T-top Cameron with the speaker box in the back. It's been a constant staple in my life! Fantastic live show, too!
I was in high school when this came out, and i remember we were driving home from school when it came on...and it was like "what was that!?" And "i don't know what he was saying, but its awesome and i can't wait to hear it again"
I’ve always thought of Faith No More as a band that just jumps from hook to hook. Maybe I just like them a lot but all the different segments of their songs seem to be “the memorable one.” I’m sure you’ve heard Epic, so check out Falling To Pieces by them if you’re interested.
This song always takes me back (kind of I'm only 30) to like 9th grade smoking with my best friend at the time who put this on. Not the first time I heard it but one of those random, super vivid memories. Great video as always!
I was around 17 when Loser came out. At the time I was basically a stoner, into weird stuff like Mr Bungle and Ween as well as grunge and of course classic rock. The CD single for Loser got a lot of play from my friends and I. There's some really great, funny tunes on that. Anyway, thanks for doing all this!
I really enjoy how much you actually enjoy the music. The songs are cool, your expertise is super interesting, but the hook of your videos is your authentic appreciation of the music - I love that 😃 I could imagine sitting with you for hours going through music, just discussing how awesome it is!
I was six when this song released. I had to be about that age when I first heard it because my older siblings used to watch MTV all the time or listen to the alternative rock stations when we were in our parents car.
I'm 34 and first time heard was in late 90's. I completely forgot about this song until few years ago when I listened "the heart is a drum" which has a video clip that reminds this one.
Spring of 93...in last year of middle school, just introduced to Metallica, Gwar, Misfits earlier that year. The very start of my lifelong love for alternative/extreme music. Oh, started skateboarding that year too.
I was in my early 20's in my first place of my own when this came out. I loved the song right away and really embraced the whole 90's sound as soon as it came out. I was so tired of most music from the 80's I wanted a change badly at that point.
I'm 33...i was 5 when this song came out. probably heard it on the radio at the time but i mostly remember listening to it over and over when i was in middle school.
I was young and maybe missed it when it was released but became a Beck fan a few years later and absolutly loved it and as I was 14 kinda absorbed Beck into my identity.
Used to skateboard to this all the time. This song was absolutely life-changing for me. One of my all time favorites. Nothing has sounded anything like it before it came out and nothing has sounded remotely close to it since. CLASSIC!!!
I just listened to this again the other day randomly on Spotify. Took me back to when I was a kid. But for some reason I never looked up Beck even when I found out his name. I recently did and saw the different music he's done. Soon gonna dive into his discography. Different music for a change. Lately into progressive rock and metal. But this is more chill and fun.
I was in elementary school, and i clearly remember singing this song and smashing pumpkins' "bullet with butterfly wings" with my friends on the way home riding the school bus
I remember this being released when I was in High School. I loved the fact it didn't fit into what everyone was listening to so I connected with it right away.
If you listen to Beck's Wave, it reminds of Radiohead's Pyramid Song. I love how Beck, much like Radiohead, freed himself from genres and from industry rules of pleasing the same audience and following a formula; and just makes the music he enjoys. Very creative.
First heard this in my early teens, when I was allowed more control over what music I listened to. Late 00's. It's still a pretty well played song on my local rock station now
I first heard this song when I was backpacking in Australia for 7 months in '93/94. I liked it so much I bought a cassette single of it. I just kept hearing it on the radio over there and it was part of the soundtrack of my trip there when I was isolated from everything going on in music back in North America. The other albums that were part of that soundtrack were Pearl Jam's Ten that I brought with me and then the big launch of the follow up, Vs. which was huge over there too. I was introduced to Soundgarden's SuperUnknown on a 10 hour drive from Alice Springs to Adelaide with a local Aussie who saw them at a summer festival there. The soundtrack of our youth is a real thing that sticks with you.
I was 21 yrs old with a 3yr old child & studying when I first heard this song back in the 90's. I loved it straight away. It was cool to me as I felt like a misfit, loved grunge & the the 'Hooks', of course! TY Geebz.
I was 17 when this came out. I first heard it at the beach with friends. I absolutely loved it then and love it even more now. I felt like a loser then (not anymore). Thanks for all you do! Rock on old(ish) man!
Heard this one when it first came out, loved it right away, and still love the whole Mellow Gold album. I was like 17 then so this really hit me hard, because it had parts of all the styles I was interested in. Ever since then I've been a fool for any kind of music that moves me, no matter the genre.
High school. Listening to late night alternative radio in my sister's room. That's where I first heard this. If you're from South Africa - "if it's too loud you're too old."
I remember this song when I was around 9 or 10 when the video was on mtv. Could of been around 95, but never really thought much of. Then in high school maybe around 02 I remember talking about this song with another on how the lyrics made no sense. Then around 06 or 07 I would go to this dive bar every Monday to play pool. I would play this song everytime and a it was funny watching some of the older ppl really get into the groove of the song. Crazy how this song just pops up on my radar through the years
This song dropped when I was in my formative years away from home at university. And yes we had group sessions to decipher the lyrics, same as we did for REM songs.
heya great to hear you take on this one. Anyways, I was in high school at that time and I just knew only that one (hit) song of theirs. That refrain was great to sing along and made me feel nice and weird and teenage angsty :-)
How many of you got 🧀"CRAZY WITH THE CHEESE WHIZ"🧀? What other BECK songs should I do?
"The New Pollution" is a good one!
Can you hear a harmonica on the left can ?
Ramona
Where it’s at is awsome 😌
Debra. Truck driving neighbors downstairs. Pay no mind. Anything off of The Information.
Fun. Catchy. Weird. Unique. Bold. This is a timeless song.
DEMS DO BE FACTS DOE
Beck is a legend Up All Night is my favorite song
Odelay Classic!
Finally, a reactor that doesn't pretend they haven't heard all of the worlds most popular songs.
Don't think anyone does that
@@kaithecactus3714You think wrong then.
@@kanescrimes4848 i think you just created a type of person in your head for you to get angry at for the sake of complimenting this guy. I highly doubt you heard this reaction and your first thought was "wow, finally someone who doesn't pretend to know this song!" Who does that? Who pretends to know songs? All the music critics i watch are brutally honest about everything
@@kaithecactus3714 " i think you just created a type of person in your head for you to get angry at for the sake of complimenting this guy"
Again, you think wrong.
" I highly doubt you heard this reaction and your first thought was "wow, finally someone who doesn't pretend to know this song!".
You're dumb, here's why.
1-Did I say it was the first thing I thought?
2-I didn't say they pretend to already know the song. I said they pretend to NOT know the incredibly popular song.
You can't even understand what you read. Where are you getting this confidence? it's definitely unwarranted.
@@kaithecactus3714 In other words: Lots of reactors will pretend to have NEVER heard a famous song (especially if it's trending in some way) so they can get more views.
If you don't understand how pretending that, amounts to more views, then you aren't intelligent enough to have this conversation.
Helpful hint: Feel less, think more.
In an interview, Beck said he writes melodies to his songs with dummy lyrics first then writes sensical lyrics before recording. For this song, he said as the song came together, they decided to just leave the nonsensical lyrics and have the chorus be the only thing that lyrically makes sense, ironically, sung in a different language than English.
Spanish
And thank god because it gave us the timeless phrase "get crazy with the cheese whiz!"
It also harkens back to the days when he played at Cafès! He would write lyrical songs but sometimes he would sing complete gibberish to see if his audiences were even listening.
@@iloveushutup Not Spanish, although there is a Spanish equivalent.
@@79Glitch He does sing "Soy un perdedor", but his pronunciation disguises it.
My favorite line by far is the dramatic "I cant believe you!" cracks me up every time
No. It's "Crazy with the Cheez Whizz."
This was a pivotal song in college life for me as a Gen X and perfectly embodied the rootless lack of meaning, focus and sense of a future we felt at the time. Life consisted mostly of a hunt for experiences, senseless stunts and consumption of alcohol which the video somehow portrays vividly, while we were engaged in lengthy conversations about purely academic topics we mostly didn't understand and the never ending search for the next obscure band to come out with another noisy guitar hook. Fun times, really.
I heard it when it had its debute on MTV and i loved the feel it gave me. I was in my youth and that song made me a Beck fan.
This came out when I was in my second year at San Diego State. Landed right on time for me. My chicano roommate and I were the only ones that laughed when our friends were singing "so....open in the door"...
My parents were graduating SDSU that year! lol
Beck is a genius! He continues to crank out meaningful music ❤️
My favorite Beck song & remember the controversy about Lucas getting pissed about the Storm Trooper helmet! They blurred it as Beck was threatened by lawsuit.
Please react to Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz for your Hit Bomb series
Seconded
I concur!
Yes!! That song is like one big hook
Oh hell yeah
Now that would be interesting
Im 48 now. At the time, I lived in Murphy North Carolina, Tucktaway in the mountains going to community college. All we would do was drink beer and listen to random songs like rage against the machine, pearl jam, Beck, Soundgarden, Alice in chains… The list goes on as do the memories.
I had just moved to Greensboro NC to live w my sister at 18; I moved from from the triangle; chapel hill/Durham. I had a full scholarship and almost went to college at Appalachian but instead became a drug addict. But I listened to a lot of the same music you listed.
I'm also from the NC mountains/foothills, Morganton. Same here in the 90s; beer, community College and alternative. Camping in the woods n such as well 🤘
Alright, well now there needs to be a legit Hook Bomb Siren!
I was in college in full-on grunge-alt mode so, to me, this was the ultimate song of irony of that time. And I loved the ridiculous Bush quote.
I love "different" and Beck fits that love. For me Beck has always been a bigger than life persona and when I saw him in concert for the 1st time in 2019 (at 48 yo) I honestly got choked up. It was like a near religious experience and my most cherished concert I've been to.
Beck's whole band is legit. I saw him in Providence, out of no where he brings Jack White out to play the encore with him. Jack White played the slide part of this, it was incredible.
Whoa how Kool was that
It was released in 1994 - so i was 15yrs old and i remember that MTV played it over and over again. My 5yr older brother loved it so i did not . Guess i was to young. But i also was an odd kid, only listening to the Beatles and Oasis a little later. I remember that i did not like the "rapping" in particular, lol. Today i can enjoy this timeless classic.
This channel just keeps getting better and better each day. Love it, keep on keeping on Geebz.
I think I was a senior in high school when this came out. I specifically remember listening to it in both late high school and early college. It evokes memories of lazy summer afternoons riding in the car with the windows down. I can still recite most of the lyrics.
I always thought it’s was… “sooooo head to toe, I’m a loser baby”
Cool that he actually says I’m a loser in Spanish now that I found that out years later 🤙🏻
beck. and cake. constantly on the radio at the paintball field in the 90s i always mix them up in my head
Love this song, takes me back to my childhood. I was young and MTV alive!
I remember listening to a lot of beastie boys around 2000 and that is when this song came to my ears.. It was instantly added to my limewire playlist! I was about 15yr old and only spoke french so the song always made sense to me 😄
Wow it’s been awhile since I’ve sat down to listen to this. I think the first time I heard it was in middle school. I actually looked up the lyrics and since then I can recite it line for line 😂
This song didn't make sense when I first heard it. But i love it such that I often sing it. Oh 90s, good times!
I was a teenager at this time, and it was something that spoke to myself, and my friends. The CD was in my collection the moment it was released. Such a great time in my soundtrack of life.
Love the channel!
High-school, and I would first hear this on an alternative radio station (back when people actually listened to the radio to discover new music).
I danced to this song on the beaches many times; in Italy, there were only a few of us who knew Beck during those days. I have wonderful memories
Beck's Odelay album came out when I was entering middle school. It was all over the radio.
"Sooooy un perdedooooor!" I liked how he used spanish on some of his songs. In this case just spanish for "I'm a loser". 😁
I gotta listen to more now. Just recently listened to this album. Really liked it.
I always wondered what the heck he was singing, I thought it was just nonsense sounds for some reason. Thanks matey
I feel like it was a nod to The Pixies, who had a number of little Spanish bits in their songs.
At an indie / grunge club with more check flannel shirts than you could shake a stick.
Was my 1st year of university and living away from home. I think you can picture the rest 🤪🤪🤪😂
I was 18, living in a small town in the south of Sweden. My best friend played bass in a Nirvana cover band and I was helping friends organizing "illegal" rave parties, this song fitted perfect to that specific time. So did Devils Haircut 2 years later. Sounds like a Sitar to me to. Rock on. =)
Weird, I was 18 and playing bass in a Nirvana cover band and some friends organised a party called Bogstock. This was Ireland though not Sweden. Crazy coincidence.
ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅH ÅÅÅÅÅKAAA PENDELTÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅG = Nostalgi
Which small town?
when this first came out, I was 26, and an independent, unlicensed pharmaceutical sales agent. this song was an instant hit, it was just so groovy, catchy and fun...
As a former regular customer of reliable, independent, unlicensed, pharmaceutical sales agents, and in the words of Tom Segura "I appreciate you, motherf****r!"
1000th like.. aww right
" getting crazy with the cheese whiz" got me... I was in my 30s.
I subbed last night bc of your brilliant breakdown of Sound of Silence. I love your vibe...
Can't remember 90% of my school work but every lyric, every guitar strum and drum hit of this song has been locked into my brain since the 90's.
i used to think beck was weird and annoying but as ive gotten older i realized hes really a talented songwriter
His work on Scott Pilgrim vs The World was phenomenal.
He's weird and a really talented songwriter. You were half right in the past :)
@Alex Dahl Of course! Aphex Twin is great. My favorite one is probably Lichen, really cool track.
@@der_pinguin44 SPvTW has probably the best original soundtrack of any movie I've ever seen. It's just so damn good.
This reaction definitely took me back, loved it. My buddies and I always sang along when this song played.
I had graduated h.s. the year before but was just getting into TOOL, deftones, NIN and so this wasn't on my radar at that time tho love it now!
It wasn’t the time I first heard this song, but the most memorable was when I was a teenager. I was closing the store at Baskin Robbins (which was attached to a movie theater) on a Saturday night, and I was cleaning with the music up pretty loud. While I was mopping the floor, a guy I had the hots for walked by, and right as we made eye contact, “I’m a loser baby” blared out the radio. I cannot hear that song to this day without going right back to that moment.
First heard this amazing track on Singled Out on MTV back in the day. I've loved it every since
I remember this playing on B106 while doing my middle school homework on my bedroom floor. They played it so much back then.
For me this song was around spring of my senior year. I just happened to catch the first air of the video on Much Music. We were instantly hooked!
My favorite line is "drive by body pierce". It's funny picturing that. Any keyboard playing?? Keep doing what your doing. We all love it. Every time I get a notification on a new video, I have to stop what I'm doing and watch it. You are getting quite the following!! Keep up the great work.
"That's right bring me the Hook Bomb Siren," sounds like a great song name. I am so glad you are venturing into these different styles and cool sounds. This is awesome.
When this came out in the 90s as a 16-18 year old ..it was like hell yeah!!! Just fit with are 1990s vibes .. Was like a re-do of the good days man..no war no bs ..times were chill
Mid 90s...I was in junior high....hs class of 2001 baby. I very clearly remember watching this on beavis and butthead but also hearing it on the radio forever.
Well my story is a weird one...It was like 95' and I was 11 years old. My aunts bf at the time was a geek and built my family our first computer with Windows 95 on it. Whenever I lost in Solitaire, that audio clip came up, "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me".....Had no idea what that was until I was 13 and started listening to the radio
That’s such a total 90’s anecdote. Iconic.
Nice 😁. I miss putting .wav files for older Windows sounds. Had Onyx's Shut 'Em Down for the shutdown tune. I used to be so cool, lol. My teen son disagrees.
I was obsessed with weird al when I was a kid and the chorus to this was included in his song “the alternative polka”. Always reminds me of that
Funnily enough, that was my first introduction to the song... I didn't hear it for real until a year later.
Same here, I can't hear this song without thinking of Weird Al's polka version
I very distinctly remember when this song came out. I was 19 and a sophomore in college, working in the dorm commissary. The grunge/alternative movement hit right as I was entering young adulthood and it was awesome to experience it at that age.
I had just started listening to the radio when this song came out. It's one of the first tapes I ever bought. This was my "walk on" music when I was 13.
Beck was one of my biggest musical influences in my senior year of high school and beyond (I'm 28 now - graduated in 2011). I was into Syd Barrett's solo work at the time and was really drawn to his quirky lyrics and chord progressions. Beck fit right into my tastes. This was more than likely the first song I heard by him. Really opened my eyes to how unique instruments can meld together in a fun way.
LOVE BECK! First listen was in my early 30’s when it was first released. Loved it immediately and have followed Beck religiously through to the present day. Yep, much older as well...bugger! My especially favourite albums are Mutations, E-pro, Sea Change, Morning Phase and The Information.
Love your ya-ta-ta-da-di-da's brother Geebz. Bring it on! I run a studio myself and hear most of your pointers (I watch your stuff in my control room), but that being said you always point out stuff that I miss in the production as well. LOVE your frequency. Sprechen Sie deutche baby!
7th grade. This made so many mixtapes off the radio. I can still remember so many life experiences with songs like this as my soundtrack.
This was the soundtrack to my early 90’s high school experience.
Laughed when I heard " ..... and the termite choking on a splinter.."
This song came out when I was 9...and my most vivid memories of that time were when my family went on yearly vacations to a lakehouse. I'm sure everyone else was out having fun in the lake while me and my cousins sat inside and watched MTV. Songs like this, and Black Hole Sun, Nirvana, remind me of those videos and sitting in that lake house on the floor watching them. Two years later I'd see my first concert White Zombie and The Ramones :)
"I'm a driver, I'm a winner, things are gonna change, I can feel it" must have inspired The Distance by Cake. They are in my mental 90s jukebox.
I was 15 when I first heard this song. '94 when it came out and it changed my life. I must have played it a million times.
This song was at my adolescence so its always been with me into my adult life from time to time it pops up, I'll always listen to it
you would never think of it unless youve just listened to it, but this is really beautifully composed and mixed.. perfect song in many ways
In the 90's MTV was a paradise for all teenagers around the world at the same time.
We who are now adults, marked by music and groups from that period, want to feel the enchanting impression of our "first time" watching these first reactions from various people.
Beck - Loser is on the list
Early high school - just started taking my music seriously. Searching for my sound, this wasn’t it, but still loved it
I first heard this when I was in middle school, recording music videos off MTV on VHS tapes... I feel old now.
I was 19 / 20 and loved it I’d just had my first baby who’s 27 now , reminds me of good times love Beck still do , girl ( my sun eyed girl ) is a beautiful tune aswell 😊
I was 11 when it came out. I remember my parents blasting this in their old T-top Cameron with the speaker box in the back. It's been a constant staple in my life! Fantastic live show, too!
I was in high school when this came out, and i remember we were driving home from school when it came on...and it was like "what was that!?" And "i don't know what he was saying, but its awesome and i can't wait to hear it again"
Beck was just after high school for me. Still listen to his stuff all the time.
I’ve always thought of Faith No More as a band that just jumps from hook to hook. Maybe I just like them a lot but all the different segments of their songs seem to be “the memorable one.” I’m sure you’ve heard Epic, so check out Falling To Pieces by them if you’re interested.
I think Epic would be a great addition to the Hook Bomb series.
This song always takes me back (kind of I'm only 30) to like 9th grade smoking with my best friend at the time who put this on. Not the first time I heard it but one of those random, super vivid memories. Great video as always!
I was around 17 when Loser came out. At the time I was basically a stoner, into weird stuff like Mr Bungle and Ween as well as grunge and of course classic rock. The CD single for Loser got a lot of play from my friends and I. There's some really great, funny tunes on that. Anyway, thanks for doing all this!
I really enjoy how much you actually enjoy the music. The songs are cool, your expertise is super interesting, but the hook of your videos is your authentic appreciation of the music - I love that 😃
I could imagine sitting with you for hours going through music, just discussing how awesome it is!
I was six when this song released. I had to be about that age when I first heard it because my older siblings used to watch MTV all the time or listen to the alternative rock stations when we were in our parents car.
LOL buddy completely with ya. Love Beck, so many good tracks.
I'm 34 and first time heard was in late 90's. I completely forgot about this song until few years ago when I listened "the heart is a drum" which has a video clip that reminds this one.
Spring of 93...in last year of middle school, just introduced to Metallica, Gwar, Misfits earlier that year. The very start of my lifelong love for alternative/extreme music. Oh, started skateboarding that year too.
I was in my early 20's in my first place of my own when this came out. I loved the song right away and really embraced the whole 90's sound as soon as it came out. I was so tired of most music from the 80's I wanted a change badly at that point.
The album Sea Change by Beck is in Rolling Stones "Top 100 Albums of All Time". Talented dude.
I'm 33...i was 5 when this song came out. probably heard it on the radio at the time but i mostly remember listening to it over and over when i was in middle school.
I was young and maybe missed it when it was released but became a Beck fan a few years later and absolutly loved it and as I was 14 kinda absorbed Beck into my identity.
Used to skateboard to this all the time. This song was absolutely life-changing for me. One of my all time favorites. Nothing has sounded anything like it before it came out and nothing has sounded remotely close to it since. CLASSIC!!!
I first listened to this song, when I was going through a very conflicting time in my life. It was a nice song to listen to, to chill.
Continuous layers of catchy repeating riffs popping in and out and in and out....
Nice.
I just listened to this again the other day randomly on Spotify. Took me back to when I was a kid. But for some reason I never looked up Beck even when I found out his name. I recently did and saw the different music he's done. Soon gonna dive into his discography. Different music for a change. Lately into progressive rock and metal. But this is more chill and fun.
I was in elementary school, and i clearly remember singing this song and smashing pumpkins' "bullet with butterfly wings" with my friends on the way home riding the school bus
I remember this being released when I was in High School. I loved the fact it didn't fit into what everyone was listening to so I connected with it right away.
If you listen to Beck's Wave, it reminds of Radiohead's Pyramid Song. I love how Beck, much like Radiohead, freed himself from genres and from industry rules of pleasing the same audience and following a formula; and just makes the music he enjoys. Very creative.
I first heard this sitting in the back seat of my mom’s cutlass Sierra. My brother controlled the radio dial and thankful he did.
First heard this in my early teens, when I was allowed more control over what music I listened to. Late 00's. It's still a pretty well played song on my local rock station now
i remember EXACTLY where and what i was doing when i first hear this song. i knew it was gold
I first heard this song when I was backpacking in Australia for 7 months in '93/94. I liked it so much I bought a cassette single of it. I just kept hearing it on the radio over there and it was part of the soundtrack of my trip there when I was isolated from everything going on in music back in North America. The other albums that were part of that soundtrack were Pearl Jam's Ten that I brought with me and then the big launch of the follow up, Vs. which was huge over there too. I was introduced to Soundgarden's SuperUnknown on a 10 hour drive from Alice Springs to Adelaide with a local Aussie who saw them at a summer festival there. The soundtrack of our youth is a real thing that sticks with you.
I was 21 yrs old with a 3yr old child & studying when I first heard this song back in the 90's.
I loved it straight away. It was cool to me as I felt like a misfit, loved grunge & the the 'Hooks', of course!
TY Geebz.
I was 17 when this came out. I first heard it at the beach with friends. I absolutely loved it then and love it even more now. I felt like a loser then (not anymore). Thanks for all you do! Rock on old(ish) man!
Heard this one when it first came out, loved it right away, and still love the whole Mellow Gold album. I was like 17 then so this really hit me hard, because it had parts of all the styles I was interested in. Ever since then I've been a fool for any kind of music that moves me, no matter the genre.
"In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey."
And so a career began.
High school. Listening to late night alternative radio in my sister's room. That's where I first heard this. If you're from South Africa - "if it's too loud you're too old."
I'm 22 now, first heard this track from my brother when i was about 9 and was a total jam back then, still is to this day
I remember this song when I was around 9 or 10 when the video was on mtv. Could of been around 95, but never really thought much of. Then in high school maybe around 02 I remember talking about this song with another on how the lyrics made no sense. Then around 06 or 07 I would go to this dive bar every Monday to play pool. I would play this song everytime and a it was funny watching some of the older ppl really get into the groove of the song. Crazy how this song just pops up on my radar through the years
This song dropped when I was in my formative years away from home at university. And yes we had group sessions to decipher the lyrics, same as we did for REM songs.
heya great to hear you take on this one. Anyways, I was in high school at that time and I just knew only that one (hit) song of theirs. That refrain was great to sing along and made me feel nice and weird and teenage angsty :-)