I was in the Navy and stationed in very-hot central California (NAS Lemoore) when this came out. A buddy and I used to greet each other in the summer by saying "hey, how about this heat" just to mess with the people around us.
My ex-husband who was still my friend and the father to our three boys loved this song so much. He would listen to it on repeat when it first came out. My sister made a promise to him that if she out lived him it would play at his funeral. We'll just about three weeks she lived up to her promise. Sadly he passed away at 47 and left us all heartbroken. He was my asshole for 26 years and I miss him so much.
I played Ozzy Osbourn music at my husbands funeral, He would have loved this song being played too. He was an Ass his whole life, but he was mine for 20 years…I miss him very much. My Condolences hun.
My brother always used to play this on his acoustic guitar. He passed away in 2021 fucking cancer. He was the greatest guy and I miss him a lot. This song always brings back happy memories.
Everytime? How many visits we talk en This is my first heard it along time ago a TV And for yrs I'd say to my dog Vinny Sing the Dennis leary song vince I m an ass etc. Cuz he use to get all bossy with me. Dd
34 years old now. Loved this song when I was about 16. Sitting here and it came up on my phone. Played it with my 5 year old son. My wife did not think that was nearly as funny as I did. Oh well.
I love Denise Leary in Demolition man, he's the perfect pissed off rebel leader. He probably would have done a good job as Michael Wincott's villain character in The Crow.
Now Grandpa Joe, are you telling fibbers again? We all know the unfortunate story of how he inherited the chocolate factory, so Wonka could flee all the lawsuits and charges for child endangerment, while Charlie shacked up with a rather handsome young Oompa Loompa girl, and left you and the rest of the family out in the cold to live in the back alley behind the factory, and chase rats and roaches down for food all day, while you constantly fight over it all in the courts. It’s all really so sad.
This song lives rent free in my head as I go through my day. Anger issues. Resentment. We all know people LIKE this. "I'm better than anyone else. So I'll "prove it" with passive aggressive battle against the world." Nope...your just...
Love this response. Today was my epiphany. Always trying 150% to correct myself and others for their betterment you know what I realized and should have 20 years ago with Carlin ad Leary?. . . Exactly what you stated in your response. The world wants an @ssh0le not a productive over worrying member of society so the space in my head has recently been vacated and the rent for all future endeavors is free.
100% correct. It was big in Aust. Heard it regularly on triple m Sydney driving the Parramatta to Liverpool Woodville road commute way back then in my 1975 Cortina. Your comment sparked some great memories. Cheers.
Stefan M. Lmao. You must be either really young or just straight up living in a trailer park with people that lived a hard life. He definitely does not look like he is in his 40s now at 62 years old. But thanks, we all have a visual of what 40 year olds look like in your neighborhood ridden with meth and dope heads
@hudson solutions Yes! I have seen that forgotten gem! When i was young i really didnt like Micahel Douglas's character. But now, I sympathize with him, and im like "oh ok i get it it now"
@@marcgutierrez2436 I do to a point: I was in a similar situation (my job got automated, had issues in my relationship but never broke up). I think in the early 90's it was different because the economics were artificially skewed towards defense spending for 30 years previous and the bill came due when Russia collapsed.
We tell citizens that they shouldn't have the 2nd Amendment, while giving terrorists patriot missile systems and apache gunships. Yeah, we didn't forget this song.
The choreography The sound The rhythm The tempo The lyrics The camera work The transitions The music The lighting The visual quality The clothing The characters The message Are all to the highest degree of perfection Edit: also The violence The sexiness The delusions
2:47 "Y'know what im gonna do im gonna blast asshole from my chinese made out door portable speaker just to piss of my neighbours and there aint a god damn they can donabout it, YEAH"
I hear ya on that..used to be 24/7/365 Videos with actual "real songs"..,and good music, interviews with artists.....headbangers ball was my favorite show..ah..the good old days 🤘💜 now its reality TV ..😥 that sux👎
I disagree ...I feel like this specifically tries to paint people who are patriotic as assholes. I would have been there right with you longer ago as was the narrative for so long. After the 2 years we have been through and all that has been revealed one would have to be blind and in denial to not see the bait and switch that has taken place. You were entrained for how long to think patiotism and freedom was a villainous asshole thing to do. Well thank God for them now ... That is if you have not completely villinized the idea of God ... As well. And I'm not talking about man in the sky kind of god here .... That is also part of the rhetoric... I could go on ... No this message only serves as a piece of the evidence that this attempt to separate people into boxed oppositions has been in play a very long time ... And your comment ... Is evidence that in some people it has been fully integrated.... It blows me away that I can see how I fell into it as well ... All the lies The very people whom claimed to be opposed to the establishment are now bowing to it ... Ask your self ... How the hell did that happen ?
@@AgapeLove878 Decades of Marxist ideology filtered through our failing educational system, where losers are given participation awards and a cry closet lined in gender neutral decorations.
You and me both. Amazing. I did watch rescue me briefly when it was on the bube tube but I had no Idea Dennis leary made this masterpiece. I knew him as the stepdad in the sandlot and from rescue me
@@garretthorsch8143 I'm 64, and an Australian who found the sensible reflection in this song hopeful that American folks would recognise it's intent, still to this day. As a musician I have many good respected USA friends I have played and toured with. What has changed sir? Everyone is scared for your nation... Be well Sir .
@@zerabbiitt idk if its true so feel free to look into it, but apparently Louis CK said he came up with most of this song/idea, and dennis "stole" it, which if it actually is true, well it fits with the narrative of the songs kind of ironically doesn't it?
*It's why I came back here; home with my brothers..* I thought about it as I say down to shit and here we are.. let's come back and meet here at least once a year, brother..
We all know that handicap places are for fat overweight black women, oh God Facebook Google and everything that is politically correct will Slaughter me for this I say goodbye my friends you may never hear from me again
fun fact: in 1993 this song topped australian radio station triple js "hottest 100" songs of the year - voted by listeners. I can recall a triple j phone interview with denis after the count to congratulate him on the win. He was very appreciative yet perplexed how it got to number 1. ... I've still got the cd - brilliant year of songs :)
@@zakofrx I don't know of JJJ (being a US native), but given people say that about a lot of things that have openly shown left-leaning roots they always had (and oddly so, assuming anyone even cares), Denis Leary very clearly made this back then to parody and make fun of middle class right-leaning and adjacent folk. So if anything, they'd congratulate him even more nowadays
@@MasterOfKnowledge. Leary is from Massachusetts. This song is basically every middle/working class Blue Dog Democrat in New England I grew up with. I don’t know his intentions, but being of his ilk I definitely don’t see this as specifically satirizing conservatism. It’s about class to me.
@@McSwift Eh, could be. It just comes off as one of those songs that takes a dig at a lot of the crass, white-collar, more typically right-leaning crowd of folk just based on general stereotypes, ignoring any state- or region-based ones. Hell, could be digging at both crowds and a be a class thing. I suppose that does give one more thing for people to think about, though
And he was called into his son's school about this. The principal asked if Leary was aware of the song and why his son would sing it. Leary replied "yeah. I wrote it."
haha, I heard this song on the radio last week for the first time, and I thought is that Trump singing. "WE GOT THE BOMB, That's Why, Two words, Nuclear F@#$%^ WEAPON"
Fun fact. These guys are Denis childhood friends. One is an actual cop, the other is an actual priest and the one dressed like Lincoln is a great broadway actor. Denis decided that they should all be dressed as their professional lives. Bob Lewis-Cop Father- Mike McMeekin Ralph Tolistene- Lincoln.
When i was a lil kid my parents had the NCFC Lock & Load combo standup specials DVD. His standup was some of the first I ever saw besides Carlin and i couldnt be more thankful.
“I walk around in summertime saying ‘How about this heat!!!’” That line pops in my head every time the temp goes above 90 degrees!!
I was in the Navy and stationed in very-hot central California (NAS Lemoore) when this came out. A buddy and I used to greet each other in the summer by saying "hey, how about this heat" just to mess with the people around us.
oh yeah 100% and when my wife is complaining I remind her it won't be long and we will be complaining about the snow lol
I love walking around in the summer time saying that.
Today it was 29° Celsius you get the point right 😂😂
the line pops up in my head whenever it is above 60 degrees
Please rise for our national anthem..
A-S-S-
H-O-L-E!
Damn right!
Always and Forever
Competition and Assholery, forever and ever, Amen.
yes
In the 90s he sung this live for a Christmas special I was alone a kid watching. Thanks Dennis 😅😂
Smokin a fat blunt, rewatching for the millionth time.
you're an asshole
Same. Whenever someone asks what's wrong with me I send them this link. Hahaha.
Hell yeah
@DodgeCoin
My grandpa was in hospice in the 90s dying of cancer and this was his favorite song.
Grandpa was a savage fam
Badass grandpa
Your grandpa probably wouldn't want our condolences so I'll drink an extra beer in his honor later.
Go out with a smile on your face
I'm a hospice nurse, I hope I was playing it for him.
It’s so hard to express how amazing this song really is. Hits right in the cockles.
Yeah bro I bet
Maybe the sub- cockle area?
In the sub-cockles.
@@apeckingbird maybe in the liver or kidneys?
Maybe even in the colon
We don’t know
Denis Leary was ahead of his time.!!!
I think you mean Louis CK
Louis CK for the material, Bill Hicks for the persona, nnnKAY? nnKAY!
@@kebrabazon Correct
He's an actor reading scripts ripping off Bill Hicks@@kebrabazon
Denis Leary stole his entire schtick from Bill Hicks...who was right about everything
Wow, I can't believe this song is 30 years old now. Man, time has flown.
96' the year I graduated high school. It has been a while hasn't it.
Yeah. R.I.P Dennis Leary
@@vivelajonny ..... he's not dead.
Dear future generations, please dont let this song die.
I agree Dennis Leary contributed something to this world... that people should not forget ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘
How about ya just shut up and sing the song?!
my dad showed me this song, im 14 and we blast it and sing every word together!
❤
Who did he steal it from ?.
27 years later and it's still not old.
Gets better every day
Put out on my birthday jun 16th
how it can be ? the people are the same
Very true
27 years later band I'm still petitioning for this to be our Anthem
This song puts a smile on my face every time I listen to it. Thank you
What a lovely song, ah the good old days when peaceful and beautiful music still existed, Gotta love Denis!
My ex-husband who was still my friend and the father to our three boys loved this song so much. He would listen to it on repeat when it first came out. My sister made a promise to him that if she out lived him it would play at his funeral. We'll just about three weeks she lived up to her promise. Sadly he passed away at 47 and left us all heartbroken. He was my asshole for 26 years and I miss him so much.
Sounds like he had good taste
He was a true man
I played Ozzy Osbourn music at my husbands funeral, He would have loved this song being played too. He was an Ass his whole life, but he was mine for 20 years…I miss him very much.
My Condolences hun.
To be fair, it'd be more honest to lower me down with this song than any Flogging Molly song I actually wanted to be played at my funeral.
aww baby, i am so sorry... even the assholes are true to us... and i am sorry you lost a real person
This is not a song.
Its a philosophy.
I agree with you.
Yes
Incorrect, it's a lifestyle
Wrong. It's an ANTHEM!
The escalation in this comment section is outstanding!
Carry On!
My brother always used to play this on his acoustic guitar. He passed away in 2021 fucking cancer. He was the greatest guy and I miss him a lot. This song always brings back happy memories.
Sounds like a nice Joe sorry for ur loss ❤
Sounds like he was a real asshole. Sorry for your loss.
Boys.... The pendulum is always swinging. I can feel it returning 😊
I walk around in the summer time saying "How about this heat?" The true definition of an asshole. Genius.
Been there, done that!
Nope just an American in the middle East I reckon lol.
Me. I wanna go live in a swamp man. Humid. Hot. Muggy mugness
I don’t get this one
@@animalia5554 its really hard to put it in words assholes always state the obvious like it means something
That face he makes when he says NAHH just kills me everytime
L0L
2:38
Yeeeessss
Everytime?
How many visits we talk en
This is my first heard it along time ago a TV
And for yrs I'd say to my dog Vinny Sing the Dennis leary song vince
I m an ass etc.
Cuz he use to get all bossy with me.
Dd
From 2:50 on, vintage Dennis Leary rant! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Wonderful classic for me.... I miss the 90´s
Denis Leary is a legend.
And a Cuban cigar!!
34 years old now. Loved this song when I was about 16. Sitting here and it came up on my phone. Played it with my 5 year old son. My wife did not think that was nearly as funny as I did. Oh well.
Women with senses of humor are like hairless cats. Rare.
Time for a new wife.
Buy some flowers bruh. Matter fact se m d to her work.
Oh, what my father did when my mother wasn't around lol
Kids are to sheltered now. Thats why they don't know how to deal with anything. Yeah my wife would be exactly the same.
I want this played at my funeral
And I'm Canadian
@@mabenstein1 relevance??
Mark Abenstein my brother used to sing this song at kareoke lol
My fiance wants this played at his funeral.
I want to like your comment, but I mustn’t, the number is perfect
I love Denise Leary in Demolition man, he's the perfect pissed off rebel leader. He probably would have done a good job as Michael Wincott's villain character in The Crow.
It's not too late, we can still live in a world where songs like this exist.
Greetings from irela d..
The world is full of liberals it might be hard
The world is full of liberals it might be hard
You know he's making fun of people like you, right?
@@anonimus8375 that's the sidebrilliance of the song, it's an obvious critique yet it's become the theme song of people it actually criticizes.
A song i can relate too. I sang this when my grandson got that golden ticket and i used it for myself
I can't blame you. Your grandson would just get a sex change and compete against women.
Always thought it was hilarious how you laid in bed while your family starved but jump right up like a MF to go to a candy factory
This made my day omg
Hahaha hey how is life at the chocolate factory??
Now Grandpa Joe, are you telling fibbers again? We all know the unfortunate story of how he inherited the chocolate factory, so Wonka could flee all the lawsuits and charges for child endangerment, while Charlie shacked up with a rather handsome young Oompa Loompa girl, and left you and the rest of the family out in the cold to live in the back alley behind the factory, and chase rats and roaches down for food all day, while you constantly fight over it all in the courts. It’s all really so sad.
The Second National Anthem of the United States right here
"Asshole and proud of it," rolls off the tongue better than, "Don't tread on me." 🤔
truth
NO, Third, behind America, Fuck Yeah!
& bugger red coin already said that.
@Red Coin Oh well great minds think alike i guess.
2024 anyone?
I got you're 2024 RIGHT HERE, pal!
Proud of it
Yep
Yeep
Yup
This song lives rent free in my head as I go through my day. Anger issues. Resentment. We all know people LIKE this. "I'm better than anyone else. So I'll "prove it" with passive aggressive battle against the world." Nope...your just...
Love this response. Today was my epiphany. Always trying 150% to correct myself and others for their betterment you know what I realized and should have 20 years ago with Carlin ad Leary?. . .
Exactly what you stated in your response. The world wants an @ssh0le not a productive over worrying member of society so the space in my head has recently been vacated and the rent for all future endeavors is free.
So HE’S the guy who uses every public toilet I’ve ever been to just before me.
Yuuup
🤣🤣🤣He's awesome.
Who's the guy who 💩's on the seat then?
Yes. Every single toilet. It's always him, only him.
@@jegr3398 my question who is that gets the poop splattered on the wall.
This song never gets old.
Lies again? AE didn't stand for American Education
It got old.... I turned it off after a few lyrics.
Stolen from louis ck
@@bontronblockcap
@@Shaman196and yet stayed to comment 🤔
Highlight of my day when this would come on the box on uk cable back in 93-94
Dennis 4 president 👍🏽. Luv the Guy..
This was a HUUUUGE hit in Australia, and we proudly played the unedited version
100% correct. It was big in Aust. Heard it regularly on triple m Sydney driving the Parramatta to Liverpool Woodville road commute way back then in my 1975 Cortina. Your comment sparked some great memories. Cheers.
Good on ya.
Real estate available? Jk
We still do, especially on Christmas day! Hahahahahahaha
Onya'Sonya
Denis Leary has always looked like he was 40, even when he was 7.
The pay-off is that he still looks like he's in his 40's at 62.
Weapon X- It was all that asshole livin".
Stefan M. Lmao. You must be either really young or just straight up living in a trailer park with people that lived a hard life. He definitely does not look like he is in his 40s now at 62 years old. But thanks, we all have a visual of what 40 year olds look like in your neighborhood ridden with meth and dope heads
Hahaha 🤣
@@shortthrow50 You wouldn't be wrong about the meth and dope heads.
I was not expecting this.
LEGENDARY
Man, that takes me back. No Cure For Cancer was the first thing I ever bought on CD.
1995, 15 year old me: wtf, Denis Leary has issues
2021, 41 year old me: Ahhh, this song finally makes sense
YESSSS!!! 41 yrs old here too. Now go watch Falling Down and see how you identify with Michael Douglas these days as well 😂
@hudson solutions Yes! I have seen that forgotten gem! When i was young i really didnt like Micahel Douglas's character. But now, I sympathize with him, and im like "oh ok i get it it now"
I was a misanthrope at 15... This made perfect sense for 26 years.
@@marcgutierrez2436 I do to a point: I was in a similar situation (my job got automated, had issues in my relationship but never broke up). I think in the early 90's it was different because the economics were artificially skewed towards defense spending for 30 years previous and the bill came due when Russia collapsed.
This was stolen from Louis C.K.
I want this to be my exit song at my funeral..
Please do it😂😁
Same
Your asshole 😜 awesome idea
No one turns up to arseholes funerals ⚰️
@@iamasmurf1122 an excellent point. Hook up p.a. sytem outside church so that the public knows that another joins asshole Valhalla!
This will be played at my funeral.
Thank you Drew and Mike, 101.1 WRIF Detroit. This song will stay with me forever.
Back when MTV didn't suck.
pythonfan1 back when songs didn't suck
They still sucked, they just sucked less
Back when the “M” in Mtv meant something.
A long, long time ago
this song was 09
mtv starting goin to shit in on the late 90s when
they stoped playing video ad starting playing that (reality) shit
The funny thing is his daughter sang this song at her school and Dennis had to explain to the teacher where she heard it. Dennis was like I wrote it!
Now that's funny !!!!!
True story?
@@donfrandsen7778 un
@@johnsmithkey379
Not sure what "un" means
I was merely saying the video is hilarious , I love it .
He used louis' stand up routine as a huge inspiration to this song.. half ripped off from comedy, half turned more comedy
Man, I remember hearing this when I was in grade school and thinking it was the funniest thing ever.
It still is
I never get tired of this song, it describes so many
Not a clue why this was recommended but I'm glad it was
Cause you an AssHole
I was listening to Body Count's 'Cop Killer' and this was next in the queue. I don't know why, maybe it was out in the same year.
😀✌
dont be GLADD when you can be an asshole
I suppose, referencing your browsing habits, the algorithm classifies you as an ASSHOLE :)
This song is more relevant now than it has ever been.
we really do need a new leary.
Should do a remix called I’m a democrat!
He stole this bit from Louis CK
@@jy5254 he might have stole the premise from him but not the whole thing. if that is even true.
ck couldn't pull this off though.
I miss the nineties so much.
I am looking down the barrel of 40 and I identify with this song more every day.
Better be a barrel of a 40 ounce
.44
Been singing this song to my wife for 20 years and she thought I made it up all this time .she loved to hear it for real today
Haha my husband sings it to me too. 😂
That must have been an eye opener for her
Ravy?
He'll ya ha
I hope this song never gets forgotten
It won't be.
By the looks of it, it will never get old
We tell citizens that they shouldn't have the 2nd Amendment, while giving terrorists patriot missile systems and apache gunships.
Yeah, we didn't forget this song.
you made that happen
I just wish everyone knew he stole it
Every once in awhile I just have to come back and watch this again.
Hi from Argentina. One of the Best songs i've ever Heard. Extraordinary. Thanks. Wish You the best❤
The choreography
The sound
The rhythm
The tempo
The lyrics
The camera work
The transitions
The music
The lighting
The visual quality
The clothing
The characters
The message
Are all to the highest degree of perfection
Edit: also
The violence
The sexiness
The delusions
And the gratuitous violence is superb.
@@conner53 yes I wondered if I forgot one
And dennis leary, super hot
Wow so original didn't see this on every song before
..."the delusions."...,.
Timeless classic. Always puts a smile on my face.
Same :D
Love this! We need more people singing it instead of just being one. 💖🤣
America NEEDS this right now
“John Wayne’s not dead, he’s frozen”
Always bust up with this line
And when we thaw him out ya know how pissed the dukes gonna be?
True genius
@@jasonkeen712 You ever take a cold shower? Well multiply that by 15 million times
@@jasonkeen712 The Duke would be so pissed! lol.
We used to yell out, John Wayne's gay' in lock up. The guard was a huge fan and always turned red af. Worth the cell searches.
I’ve been playing this on my outside pool speakers for my neighbors around the clock for years. This is the song of my people.
Lol😂
2:47 "Y'know what im gonna do im gonna blast asshole from my chinese made out door portable speaker just to piss of my neighbours and there aint a god damn they can donabout it, YEAH"
😂😂😂😂😅😂😂😂😂😂 😝👌🏾
1:14 mins
Isn’t that Bowie, masquerading as Leary and vice versa
I bet your neighbors agree with your conclusion
Remember when MTV took risks? Pepperige Farm Remembers.
Loooove Dennis Leary so much. Also George Carlin. Absolute LEGENDS 🐐 🤘🏼
This song is even more relevant now than it was in 1993
But in a good way... Not a dumb@** MAGA piece of 💩 way.
For real.
BIGTIME!
Speaking from personal experience everyone born in 93 is an asshole xD
Change the 116 to the 117 God Bless the USA President Elect Rosario 💚💌❤️🌎🌍😎😘😋💋😎❣️🗽😱😇♥️💙😝💜👍⭐✨🤍🥺👍
I remember this video when it first aired on MTV, when they actually played music. Great song...lol
Wait what they played music🤔
I hear ya on that..used to be 24/7/365
Videos with actual "real songs"..,and good music, interviews with artists.....headbangers ball was my favorite show..ah..the good old days 🤘💜 now its reality TV ..😥 that sux👎
The 90's fucking ruled.
Creative, honest, and the truth. I relate to it
Haven’t heard this since I was 18. I’m 30 now and this is more relevant than ever, down to the Cuban cigars.
Lmao I heard this when I was like 13! One of my mom's favorite songs! 🤣
Signs of our Times 🙄
"Handicapped people making handicapped faces", I die every time it's just too good.
true
I like to park
In handicapped spaces
While handicapped people
Make handicapped faces!
My favorite line from the song 🤣🤣🤣🤣
How do you die more than once?
it's a figure of speech@@TheRattleSnake3145
Got me right in my cockles!
Why is this more relevant than ever 14 years later
I still have this on cassette tape. I can't bring myself to get rid of it....
Masterpiece. Cannot believe I've spent my whole life so far without finding this inspiring vision of the American dream.
Diche Bach cheers lol
Now you just need to go watch No Cure For Cancer and your life will be complete
Thanks! will check that out
Investigate all the people he's ripped off.
Elsbeth Steele hes a asshole, he admitted it LMFAO
Life truly imitates art. This aged remarkably well!
Werd
I disagree ...I feel like this specifically tries to paint people who are patriotic as assholes. I would have been there right with you longer ago as was the narrative for so long. After the 2 years we have been through and all that has been revealed one would have to be blind and in denial to not see the bait and switch that has taken place.
You were entrained for how long to think patiotism and freedom was a villainous asshole thing to do. Well thank God for them now ... That is if you have not completely villinized the idea of God ... As well. And I'm not talking about man in the sky kind of god here .... That is also part of the rhetoric...
I could go on ...
No this message only serves as a piece of the evidence that this attempt to separate people into boxed oppositions has been in play a very long time ... And your comment ... Is evidence that in some people it has been fully integrated....
It blows me away that I can see how I fell into it as well ... All the lies
The very people whom claimed to be opposed to the establishment are now bowing to it ...
Ask your self ... How the hell did that happen ?
Lies again? Ali Express
@@AgapeLove878 Decades of Marxist ideology filtered through our failing educational system, where losers are given participation awards and a cry closet lined in gender neutral decorations.
@@PhaQ2 yeah none of that actually exists, it's some weird fantasy you have in your mind
If your listening to this song half way thru 2024, than hit like because you are a straight up fan and this is the good stuff! 💯🙌🔥🍻
Can we take a moment to appreciate how good the backup singers are?
I am 26 years old, and I am devastated it took me this long in life to discover this song. Absoloutely brilliant.
You and me both. Amazing. I did watch rescue me briefly when it was on the bube tube but I had no Idea Dennis leary made this masterpiece. I knew him as the stepdad in the sandlot and from rescue me
@@garretthorsch8143 I'm 64, and an Australian who found the sensible reflection in this song hopeful that American folks would recognise it's intent, still to this day. As a musician I have many good respected USA friends I have played and toured with. What has changed sir? Everyone is scared for your nation... Be well Sir .
It's OK. You're forgiven
Because you’re an As-Hole! 😂
I'm 51 and just discovered it today. Better late than never 😂
How am i just now discovering this gem?! This song was ahead of its time
Actually, this song was PERFECT when it came out and everyone loved it
Gant B speaks the truth
@gimmiepig what joke hasnt been stolen?
@@zerabbiitt idk if its true so feel free to look into it, but apparently Louis CK said he came up with most of this song/idea, and dennis "stole" it, which if it actually is true, well it fits with the narrative of the songs kind of ironically doesn't it?
Lavia he came up with a joke that they both used onstage but tbh you can’t credit Louis with the song
Smoke weed every day. The first time I saw Dennis Leary movie was the Ref.
14 years later and folks still think this is an anthem instead of satire. Amazing.
ACCCSSSHHHUUUALLLLLYYYY 🤓
“Sometimes I park in handicapped spaces while handicapped people make handicapped faces”
Gets me every single time
*It's why I came back here; home with my brothers..*
I thought about it as I say down to shit and here we are.. let's come back and meet here at least once a year, brother..
It was beautiful
🥴
Incredibly un-PC but low key funny 😛
We all know that handicap places are for fat overweight black women, oh God Facebook Google and everything that is politically correct will Slaughter me for this I say goodbye my friends you may never hear from me again
fun fact: in 1993 this song topped australian radio station triple js "hottest 100" songs of the year - voted by listeners.
I can recall a triple j phone interview with denis after the count to congratulate him on the win. He was very appreciative yet perplexed how it got to number 1.
... I've still got the cd - brilliant year of songs :)
and now JJJ would try and cancel him and all the listeners for hate speech..
@@zakofrx I don't know of JJJ (being a US native), but given people say that about a lot of things that have openly shown left-leaning roots they always had (and oddly so, assuming anyone even cares), Denis Leary very clearly made this back then to parody and make fun of middle class right-leaning and adjacent folk. So if anything, they'd congratulate him even more nowadays
@@MasterOfKnowledge. Leary is from Massachusetts. This song is basically every middle/working class Blue Dog Democrat in New England I grew up with. I don’t know his intentions, but being of his ilk I definitely don’t see this as specifically satirizing conservatism. It’s about class to me.
@@McSwift Eh, could be. It just comes off as one of those songs that takes a dig at a lot of the crass, white-collar, more typically right-leaning crowd of folk just based on general stereotypes, ignoring any state- or region-based ones. Hell, could be digging at both crowds and a be a class thing. I suppose that does give one more thing for people to think about, though
@@zakofrx no they wouldnt
I learned to drive a school bus to this song back in 2014. Stuck with me ever since and likely will forever. Good times
30 years later still unmatched
I blast this song while driving, during cookouts or gatherings, and it's like a call to my people. The song of our heart. All the way to our cockles.
while others of us play it to keep the riff raff away.
Maybe even our sub cockles
The "how about this heat" line gets me every time
lmao, i stopped saying it after hearing that
i started since
The duality of man.
My father showed me this song when i was like 10 and i never forgot this masterpiece
And he was called into his son's school about this. The principal asked if Leary was aware of the song and why his son would sing it.
Leary replied "yeah. I wrote it."
Legendary
Lol
I mean louis ck actually wrote it but still funny story.
@@illwill1991 Some of the lyrics yes, but not the music. Denis Leary co-wrote the song with Chris Phillips (with some stolen/borrowed lyrics).
No way
i used to listen to this song a lot around christmas time. just gives me that warm christmas spirit
yes some one that makes since.
thank you.
Nonxmas fan here 👋
In your cockles?
Yepp, reminded me of "The Season's upon us" by the Dropkick Murphys;o)
Though aesthetically I now prefer "Smile and nod" by TBW Esq.
Amen brother
😂🤣😂 Oh my heck!! I've probably watched this a thousand times, and it never fails to crack me up!
This is more relevant 2024 than ever
This song has never resonated more than now. When it came out, I thought, “yeah, that’s funny!” Now, I want to blast it in my car all day long.
I’ll drink to that. Nobody cares.
Say that sh×t! Never been truer than it is today. Repeal Roe v Wade. Alito and his pals should have the words branded onto them.
you probably missed the point of the song if im taking a wild guess lol
Yes!! Effing right ,on target
@@coreytrayn I guess she feels more like an asshole than ever before
UA-cam waited till January 1st 2020 to show me this gem
You have been so mistreated by life...
Hahaha gutted!
That's a shame
haha, I heard this song on the radio last week for the first time, and I thought is that Trump singing.
"WE GOT THE BOMB, That's Why, Two words, Nuclear F@#$%^ WEAPON"
Agreed
Fun fact. These guys are Denis childhood friends. One is an actual cop, the other is an actual priest and the one dressed like Lincoln is a great broadway actor. Denis decided that they should all be dressed as their professional lives. Bob Lewis-Cop Father- Mike McMeekin Ralph Tolistene- Lincoln.
When i was a lil kid my parents had the NCFC Lock & Load combo standup specials DVD. His standup was some of the first I ever saw besides Carlin and i couldnt be more thankful.
I turn 40 this year, and I wholeheartedly embrace this anthem! 😂🇬🇧
38! lol
60 years an asshole still proud of it.
U were 10 when this came out lol
Hell yeah l know what you mean
I'm a English bloke and I've never heard that song before, but I really liked it, he's a great comedian and not a bad singer, well done Dennis!!
Well, us Americans are like that. Understandable.
@Tony Cummings. Same 😆
Welcome to a great sneak peak into what blue collar Americans are really like, bongbro.
You are a English bloke?? Well you need a fucking English lesson!! I am an asshole!!
Dennis was a joke thief and a hack...
I've told my wife many time I want this played at my funeral
I almost died of laughter the 1st time I saw this in the early middle 90s! It was almost a "Required" song for many of us at the time!
This is so pure it brings tears to my eyes...so much truth, modern poetry.
Words I live my life by.
Also: "Why don't you just shut up and sing the song pal" Love that shit lol, straight to the point.
Thank Louis CK
Were all just Assholes.....
Real Assholes.......
“while handicapped people make handicapped faces”
best lyric ever written.
Shame it's stolen
@@jamesbaker9106 what are you on about? Stop the cap
@@yourguyry It was a Louis CK joke that he stole
I'm an asshole!
Scream this out every time
I love how he is holding back smiles in his big rant at the end :)
Never have we needed a song to get radio play as much as we need this song to get it now.
One of the greatest songs ever written.
I’m overwhelmed by the irony of that statement
Since 1993