This song got me through so much as a teenager. I was on drugs really bad and my friends were dropping like flies. I'm now 4 years sober and grateful for everyday.
Fun facts: The singer of The offspring has a Ph.D in Molecular Biology, is a successful investor and is worth about 80 million dollars. I just love that this cliche surfer dude who plays 2000s' punk rock, is in fact a smart mother fucker. This band is all my teenager years.
Dexter wrote this after a trip back to his hometown and found out all the people on his street had met some kind of tragedy. The cursed street of your hometown. We all have one.
I don't know anybody I grew up with. I'm 36, I just finished school 3 years ago. I was the guy who could've OD'd. I'm glad I didn't. I'm a Computer Tech now, I fix game consoles, I remember when this came out. I was 14 and I didn't know what this tune was all about. Now I say it's one of Offspring's best.
My dad grew up with and is still good friends with Noodles(the guitar player) from the offspring. I can confirm a lot of people from that neighborhood didn’t end up doing much with their lives haha
Dex is such a nice guy, met him once and he was playing the host and handing out drinks and socializing then "hold my beer" strides out on stage and hits the mic on his mark. Other people had great recommendations, adding my vote to the popular ones... but as a joke do Intermission lol.
I love this song, it was one that me and one of my best friends in high school bonded over, sadly he took his own life last year and every time I hear it I get very emotional just reminiscing.
I'm glad to see you do this song. It means a lot to me. The song came out when I was in high school, and I loved the groove but I thought the lyrics were a little bit campy. Twenty years later, I can change the names and feel like I know every person in the song and that hits hard. I know that Holland wrote the song in response to returning home to the street in Huntington Beach where he grew up and finding out how many things had happened to his childhood friends, but I think it sadly resonates everywhere. I graduated from a rural high school in one of the richest counties in America, and we thought we were invincible. We had everything going for us - even the less affluent kids could count on social programs to get them to Virginia Tech if they qualified, and they kids that couldn't go to college could still count on well-paying jobs in horse and cattle ranching. Not two years after graduation, one of my classmates OD'd and asphyxiated on his own vomit. A year later, his brother committed suicide. Now two decades later, I find myself talking to friends wondering if it's normal for a class of 220 to have lost dozens of people to drugs, incarceration, or suicide - including my fiancé of ten years.
It is AMAZING how many people have the EXACT same stories NO MATTER where you are from, what your race is OR what your economic background is EVERYONE remembers when they were kids and the people they "grew up" with and how EVERYONE is going to have this bright and shiny future and be what that want to be in life. And NOW present day can look back and just have names after names of people that they knew that have died from suicides, drug overdoses, homicides, etc. The game of LIFE is no game at all and it can be cruel at times.
I remember this song playing on MTV when I was a kid. I thought the folks in the video were crazy in a funny way, thinking that'd never be the people I know and adults have it all figured out. Nope, we're way the fuck crazier now than then and this song hit's in a different way. Do more Offspring, skate-punk has some really catchy riffs!
The Offspring: Pretty Fly (for a White Guy). The title itself made me listen to it. lol Their biggest song is Self Esteem. Their most impactful songs is Gone Away.
I really love The Offspring. if you like lyrics that hit home you could also try "Americana" and "Pay The Man". They have a lot of good songs in my personal opinion. A lot of that is also a big part of my teenage years, and at the same time i was listening to Eminem and Dr. Dre as well!
This Song Was Legit The One That Introduced Me To The Music World.. What I Mean Is Really What Made Me See Music In A Tremendously Different Manner.. I Remember How Much Energy I Felt When I First Heard This Song.. How Old I Was...Around 14 Or 15.. And The Fucking Irony Behind The Entire Situation...How This Song Talked About How When We Were Younger We Saw Everything Easier..We Saw Life Easier In General.. And As We Got Older Things Changed...As I Started Listening To More Music And Rock And How I Really Felt Like Life Was Easy I Would Always Find Myself Thinking This Due To This Particular Song.. The Offspring Was My First Favorite Band Ever And I Would Always Hear Them Everyday For A Few Months... Time Has Passed Now...Im 22 And Whenever I Hear This Song... It Really Just Takes Me Back To The Old Days Of When Life Was Seriously Easier Than What It Is Today... But Im Grateful That It Really Opened My Third Eye And Made Me Realize How Fucked Up This World Is... How Difficult Life Can Be And Most Importantly How To Fight Against It And To Overcome It All That Opposes You And Stands In Your Way... Im Just Happy This Song Still Gives Me The Same Energy That It Gave Me When I First Heard It... (To Whomever It May Concern I Appreciate You Reading My Comment And Wish You The Best In Life..) Thanks For Doing This Reaction Man Im Glad To See Youre Enjoying The Offspring...Gotta Check Out "Gone Away"
Bro im so hyped to see him bringing some more offspring to the table, love the content man keep it up, by the way i like the lil extra ya put into the whats poppin
Love your reactions! I used to listen to Offspring in junior high- they got soft after the Smash Album. You should react to "Bad Habit"!! Just not while you're driving.. might get a speeding ticket! hahah
You seem to have a appreciation for music and not just one genre! If u want to see true classic musicianship, do the trash or pass video of "November Rain" by Guns and Roses... it probably one of the rock ballads that bring so much different sounds all packed into a 9 minute ballad!
Life hits. One of the hardest inescapable truths. People think mortality is the worst inevitability, but the end isn't necessarily the worst that can happen. Sometimes those hits are just too damn hard.
These guys are ridiculous live I saw them at red rocks in Colorado oh my goodness what an unbelievable show I’ve seen them multiple times but that one is been my favorite so far
My man, you're getting slow with the reactions to Bring Me The Horizon. I recommend you Kingslayer from their last EP. You should also listen to Dear Diary, 1x1 and the song they made with Amy Lee from Evanescence.
WILLYCHILLY I enjoy him reacting to rock because he clearly doesn’t listen to it often, so it’s a fresh perspective. He does rock music once a week so he does do it doesn’t he
This song his me hard. A couple years ago, I had a friend, this younger guy. Musician and sound engineer that graduated from Berklee. Kid could've gone on to do and be successful at any number of things. Last year he was bumming some oxy from someone to numb the pain from a spine condition he had. Fuckers gave him straight fentanyl. Now he's gone and I'm still here. A self taught hack of a guitarist and mechanic. Rest in peace, my brother.
Out of curiosity, is there a reason you cut to different parts of the song? Not mad or anything, it's just a little confusing when I'm moving to the music and suddenly it jumps ahead on me.
I believe he means first reaction to the song not the band. Then again who knows. Also seems like anything that isn’t rap he tends to fast forward through it while editing. Lol
For some people life hits you like a freight train. You think everything is going great, you're hopeful, and it just doesn't work out. Don't let life get the best of you, you'll never get out alive.
I think you should react to "impossible - Nothing But Thieves" discovered them yesterday, it's just amazing really. All the feels and the lyrics, is just so good written it's crazy... i was blown away. Really talented, underrated band
song is about our childhoods, and how eagar we were to venture into the world, we were all hell bent on succession. But then the teen years roll around and everyone's made mistakes and screwed up their life bad. Longing for how we used to be, happy go lucky with something to hope for and live by. And you watch your friends turn from young perfect children to suicidal, or getting in a mess with teen pregnancy, and other mistakes many people have made time after time, and chances we should have taken, gone now, and no one's giving us a ride into the world, and its hard and again we're wishing for what used to be.
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Nice
React to lonely by Justin Bieber. It would be cool to hear your reaction especially since you focus a long on mental health!
react to caskey Double up
Cool sweater do they have it in xl
PLEASE DO PRETTY FLY BY THE OFFSPRING I THINK YOULL GET A GOOD LAUGH OUT OF IT
This song got me through so much as a teenager. I was on drugs really bad and my friends were dropping like flies. I'm now 4 years sober and grateful for everyday.
congrats mate, proud of you! wish you the best and once again, congratulations, what you did isnt easy but you are making it !
Congrats on four years heres to hoping for many more!
I am only a year and a half sober man stay strong and much respect!
🙏💗🙏
Almost 5 years man 🤘🤘🤘
Fun facts:
The singer of The offspring has a Ph.D in Molecular Biology, is a successful investor and is worth about 80 million dollars.
I just love that this cliche surfer dude who plays 2000s' punk rock, is in fact a smart mother fucker.
This band is all my teenager years.
Likewise this band is my teenage years, cool to know that about Dexter, never knew and I've been a big fan for ever
I knew about the PhD. Did not know that he’s worth $80M though. But did you know he also has a pilot’s license? Dude’s a polymath and i love it
@@rosspetersen4434 no I didn’t, but that’s awesome haha
Then why make music? You could make more with the PhD.
@@incogcheeto9322 the passion man, the passion
Dexter wrote this after a trip back to his hometown and found out all the people on his street had met some kind of tragedy. The cursed street of your hometown. We all have one.
I don't know anybody I grew up with. I'm 36, I just finished school 3 years ago. I was the guy who could've OD'd. I'm glad I didn't. I'm a Computer Tech now, I fix game consoles, I remember when this came out. I was 14 and I didn't know what this tune was all about. Now I say it's one of Offspring's best.
@@ZeldaholThat’s great to hear! Glad you found your purpose and still around❤️
My dad grew up with and is still good friends with Noodles(the guitar player) from the offspring. I can confirm a lot of people from that neighborhood didn’t end up doing much with their lives haha
@@KonbiniTV oooh thats nice, noodles looks like a really cool dude
I remember listening to this album a lot in middle school.
Me too. I'm pretty sure the greatest hits on my computer my brother put on there and I became an instant fan
Me too
I still listen to that album
me too although i’m only 14
Cant believe that was 20 years ago
"Cruelest dream, reality" is my favorite lyric
Breaking benjamín - so cold. LIKE SO HE CAN SEE THIS!
OMG yess!!!
Diary of Jane is so much better though lol
@@AaronHatcher he reacted to diary of jane already lol
@@justinmarc323 ahh ok
Either or is fine by me
The Offspring - Self Esteem
@@aname7585 he was suggesting a song lol
La la la la la la la then solo the best
This song is the sad facts of Life but this video deserves mad respect for being made in the late *90's*
Dex is such a nice guy, met him once and he was playing the host and handing out drinks and socializing then "hold my beer" strides out on stage and hits the mic on his mark. Other people had great recommendations, adding my vote to the popular ones... but as a joke do Intermission lol.
More Offspring:
- Self Esteem
- Original Prankster
- I Choose
Come out and play
You’re gonna go far kid
Bad Habit
@@Scottydoesntknow84 hell yes that's my favorite
all i want
I love this song, it was one that me and one of my best friends in high school bonded over, sadly he took his own life last year and every time I hear it I get very emotional just reminiscing.
I'm sorry bro 😢
Anybody else wanna dig through their closets to find their Tony Hawk pro skater or Matt Hoffman BMX games? 😂😂
I'd love Mat Hoffman's BMX to get remastered
Self Esteem is a classic by them and one of my favs! A banger for sure with crazu lyrics. Also do more Blink-182!
Listen to “You’re gonna go far Kid” by The Offspring
He already did that one
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i played it on my channel eheh
I'm glad to see you do this song. It means a lot to me. The song came out when I was in high school, and I loved the groove but I thought the lyrics were a little bit campy. Twenty years later, I can change the names and feel like I know every person in the song and that hits hard. I know that Holland wrote the song in response to returning home to the street in Huntington Beach where he grew up and finding out how many things had happened to his childhood friends, but I think it sadly resonates everywhere. I graduated from a rural high school in one of the richest counties in America, and we thought we were invincible. We had everything going for us - even the less affluent kids could count on social programs to get them to Virginia Tech if they qualified, and they kids that couldn't go to college could still count on well-paying jobs in horse and cattle ranching. Not two years after graduation, one of my classmates OD'd and asphyxiated on his own vomit. A year later, his brother committed suicide. Now two decades later, I find myself talking to friends wondering if it's normal for a class of 220 to have lost dozens of people to drugs, incarceration, or suicide - including my fiancé of ten years.
Life has a tendency to show it's bad side the longer you live it, doesn't it?
It is AMAZING how many people have the EXACT same stories NO MATTER where you are from, what your race is OR what your economic background is EVERYONE remembers when they were kids and the people they "grew up" with and how EVERYONE is going to have this bright and shiny future and be what that want to be in life. And NOW present day can look back and just have names after names of people that they knew that have died from suicides, drug overdoses, homicides, etc. The game of LIFE is no game at all and it can be cruel at times.
"Come out and Play" was a great song by The Offspring
agreed, especially the "you gotta keep em separated" part
Agreed
Especially for what it's about perfect for black people listening to white music
You should react to you’re going far kid by offspring
He already did
i played it on my channel ehehe
He did. He didnt get it
Idk if he’s done “gone away” but that’s the offspring song that should be done.
Bad song Imao
Never thought he would react to this
I remember this song playing on MTV when I was a kid. I thought the folks in the video were crazy in a funny way, thinking that'd never be the people I know and adults have it all figured out. Nope, we're way the fuck crazier now than then and this song hit's in a different way. Do more Offspring, skate-punk has some really catchy riffs!
MTV played music? Lol. Jk
The Offspring: Pretty Fly (for a White Guy). The title itself made me listen to it. lol Their biggest song is Self Esteem. Their most impactful songs is Gone Away.
Came up in recommended and now I'm hooked on this channel.
Aries - fools gold. Aries first song in two years and is extremely underrated
These lyrics are continued young life today. This song will live forever.
Watching someone experience it for the first time makes me wish I could hear it again for the first time
Would love to hear your review of "Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache"!
Awesome reaction mate 🤙
The Offspring - why don't you get a job is also another banger
Bro, ur channel gives me so much motivation for my channel!!! Thank u for these vids every single day brodie fr. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💛
I really love The Offspring. if you like lyrics that hit home you could also try "Americana" and "Pay The Man". They have a lot of good songs in my personal opinion. A lot of that is also a big part of my teenage years, and at the same time i was listening to Eminem and Dr. Dre as well!
They always just consistently put out good solid songs. IMO a great and underrated band.
This song hits different as you age.
This Song Was Legit The One That Introduced Me To The Music World.. What I Mean Is Really What Made Me See Music In A Tremendously Different Manner.. I Remember How Much Energy I Felt When I First Heard This Song.. How Old I Was...Around 14 Or 15.. And The Fucking Irony Behind The Entire Situation...How This Song Talked About How When We Were Younger We Saw Everything Easier..We Saw Life Easier In General.. And As We Got Older Things Changed...As I Started Listening To More Music And Rock And How I Really Felt Like Life Was Easy I Would Always Find Myself Thinking This Due To This Particular Song.. The Offspring Was My First Favorite Band Ever And I Would Always Hear Them Everyday For A Few Months... Time Has Passed Now...Im 22 And Whenever I Hear This Song... It Really Just Takes Me Back To The Old Days Of When Life Was Seriously Easier Than What It Is Today... But Im Grateful That It Really Opened My Third Eye And Made Me Realize How Fucked Up This World Is... How Difficult Life Can Be And Most Importantly How To Fight Against It And To Overcome It All That Opposes You And Stands In Your Way... Im Just Happy This Song Still Gives Me The Same Energy That It Gave Me When I First Heard It... (To Whomever It May Concern I Appreciate You Reading My Comment And Wish You The Best In Life..)
Thanks For Doing This Reaction Man Im Glad To See Youre Enjoying The Offspring...Gotta Check Out "Gone Away"
Bro im so hyped to see him bringing some more offspring to the table, love the content man keep it up, by the way i like the lil extra ya put into the whats poppin
this is the shit i grew up on it’s cool to see someone react to it
Pls react to The Offspring 's "Gone Away"
I saw them live 5 years ago.... one of the bests shows I have EVER seen...
Love your reactions! I used to listen to Offspring in junior high- they got soft after the Smash Album. You should react to "Bad Habit"!! Just not while you're driving.. might get a speeding ticket! hahah
This is hands down my favorite The Offspring song... It just hits home and reminds me of where I grew up
I have never clicked anything so fast 😍
I love that he only does this on sundays man, there are so many other bands he hasn’t gotten into that are huge.... it’s crazy man.
You seem to have a appreciation for music and not just one genre! If u want to see true classic musicianship, do the trash or pass video of "November Rain" by Guns and Roses... it probably one of the rock ballads that bring so much different sounds all packed into a 9 minute ballad!
I have been waiting for this!
Can you listen to Bring me The Horizon’s new album Layed, it’s hot, Try Teardrops, Dear Diary or 1x1!
Life hits. One of the hardest inescapable truths. People think mortality is the worst inevitability, but the end isn't necessarily the worst that can happen. Sometimes those hits are just too damn hard.
Listening to “demons and angles” by A boogie wit da hoodie ft Juice WRLD🔥
For those of us that grew up in hoods like this....This song hits HARD....
Next Sunday, react to the offspring: “You’re gonna go far kid “
He already reacted a while ago
appreciate you! thanks for the motivation and good advice you give. never stop!
The offspring either no brakes or self esteem if you haven't done them yet.
This song was one of the all time bangers of my childhood
Why did you keep skipping forward a couple of seconds over and over? Does UA-cam not let you play the whole song anymore?
Yea, a lot of reactors have to do that cause if they dont then the video gets claimed and blocked
@@patchwilliamson Exactly. It's a rights issue. Has to do with the DMCA and not getting banned for copyright violations.
90s music videos were something else
You should react to Alice In Chains "Nutshell"
These guys are ridiculous live I saw them at red rocks in Colorado oh my goodness what an unbelievable show I’ve seen them multiple times but that one is been my favorite so far
The offspring come out and play
I've always wanted you, an original bad ass, to my boys from the Offspring!
THE SMITHS - This Charming Man pleeease like so he can see
This song is so good, never heard much from Offspring but I used to hear this one a lot when I was a kid 🔥🔥
My man, you're getting slow with the reactions to Bring Me The Horizon. I recommend you Kingslayer from their last EP. You should also listen to Dear Diary, 1x1 and the song they made with Amy Lee from Evanescence.
Can people keep upvoting so he sees this? We need him to react to these!!!
nahh bruh cause rock dont get him views JUICE WRLD THE GOAT 😎🔥🔥
WILLYCHILLY I enjoy him reacting to rock because he clearly doesn’t listen to it often, so it’s a fresh perspective. He does rock music once a week so he does do it doesn’t he
This song his me hard. A couple years ago, I had a friend, this younger guy. Musician and sound engineer that graduated from Berklee. Kid could've gone on to do and be successful at any number of things. Last year he was bumming some oxy from someone to numb the pain from a spine condition he had. Fuckers gave him straight fentanyl. Now he's gone and I'm still here. A self taught hack of a guitarist and mechanic. Rest in peace, my brother.
Out of curiosity, is there a reason you cut to different parts of the song? Not mad or anything, it's just a little confusing when I'm moving to the music and suddenly it jumps ahead on me.
I'm guessing so he doesn't get DMCA'd and have to pull the video, or make sure he doesn't get demonetized.
Thank you for doing some OFFSPRING!!! Please do more!!
Dude wtf you skipped through the song not cool.
So it won’t get flagged by UA-cam
The offspring were so intense in their songs. Loved them. Thanks for the reaction vid.
Y u keep calling it “first reaction” when you’ve reacted to loads? 🤣
I believe he means first reaction to the song not the band. Then again who knows. Also seems like anything that isn’t rap he tends to fast forward through it while editing. Lol
@@Fractured-Exe Pretty sure those skips are to avoid copyright claims.
Probably makes it better for the YT algorithm. Can’t blame him.
@@schmixes4891 this is very true!
I cant believe i found this song! I grew up with it and been trying to find it for the last 5 years! I got goosebumps🤩🤩
Breaking Benjamin!! Like so he sees!!
Metal is for all cultures and all walks of life. Love to see this. Great vid too bro
Also do million miles away by the offspring my lad
Crazy that some of these he's hearing for the first time. So many of these were so popular
Comment before even watching. Can't wait to see what you think of this song and band.
Props to those that still remember watching this music video on TRL. Fuck it sucks getting old.
For some people life hits you like a freight train. You think everything is going great, you're hopeful, and it just doesn't work out. Don't let life get the best of you, you'll never get out alive.
Got the casette at 6 years old from my brother on birthday. Still functional, still my favorite song of all time.
Bad Habit. I loved that song before I started driving and once I got my license it made much more sense haha.
easily one of my favorites- this and youre gonna go far kid
He got me in my fuggin nostalgia. Well played sir.
this song and video blew my mind back in high school.
self esteem by off spring is one of my favorites
Your faces are everything. I love watching your videos
Love, love, love this song! Love to you too bro!
This is a favorite song for sure! Life never turns out how you imagined...
I think you should react to "impossible - Nothing But Thieves" discovered them yesterday, it's just amazing really. All the feels and the lyrics, is just so good written it's crazy... i was blown away. Really talented, underrated band
"I'm just glad I didn't commit." 😂 I hear ya bud.
song is about our childhoods, and how eagar we were to venture into the world, we were all hell bent on succession. But then the teen years roll around and everyone's made mistakes and screwed up their life bad. Longing for how we used to be, happy go lucky with something to hope for and live by. And you watch your friends turn from young perfect children to suicidal, or getting in a mess with teen pregnancy, and other mistakes many people have made time after time, and chances we should have taken, gone now, and no one's giving us a ride into the world, and its hard and again we're wishing for what used to be.
Just waiting for that sunday rock reactions man!!!
Oh now your diggin into music I grew up with. Yes Sir!
I've seen these guys play live and they are amazing
Intro to The Faculty movie got me hyped on this track🔥🔥
This song significantly helped me lower my expectations about getting older when I was a young teen lol
I been waiting for this... 😍😍
One of my favorite songs from The Offspring 🔥🔥
This song helped me so much as a teenager. The passing of time is not kind to anyone.
A lot of things we weren't taught as kids we find out as we get older. The world isn't so nice and kind. It's tough for sure
my favorite song i know you already gonna love it
Gone away.
Hits hard. Emotional stuff.
Oh gosh how that brings back so sweet memories.
that song is about the street my dad grew up on in garden Grove California
One of my all time favorite songs, and one of the first I learned on guitar.
2021 and this riff is still dope af.