Man i love your channel. A real prize in the shit pile. I missed Green Day during the Am Idiot phse but found it later and love it. Yknow its Billie Joe instantly. He has such a unique voice in terms of phrasing. anyway keep it up.
Finn Mckenty: At the Drive in sucks. There is music that you have to get over by the age of 15 Also Finn: I´m going to make a video about how American Idiot is the best punk song ever and how Blink 182 are incredible
@@IHateMyAccountName a lot of their records hold up. Vaya is still amazing and the early stuff is great old school emo. To me they are one of those bands where they don’t have a really bad album.
@@jeremyrice9589 I can see that and respect it I don’t like some of the music he shows cuz it wasn’t my thing. After I saw him say the pixies are over rated or something I get. I thought he would be open and give them props like he does with other bands who are bad but says what they did good that’s why I like him haha but it’s all cool jusy his taste he is still a cool dude
In Hs I helped organize a walkout against the Iraq War. I was obsessed w Anti Flag and all the political punk bands of the time. I grew up a Green Day and Op Ivy and Rancid fan, and somehow when American Idiot came out I didn't get excited that my old favorite band could appeal to my new political identity, I thought it was cringe. So just goes to show punks are pieces of shit who aren't happy.
@@boejudden9011 i think it has to do more with the fact that green day are like really watered down pop punk. Im not a punk, but is green day black flag? Green day is like the quintessential emo middle schooler "punk" band from 2007 to mid 2010s. Even if they got political, they just you know? It hardly has any bite or sting
@@candideggplant1575 That version of "watered down" punk probably made more people think about the social and political issues of the time now than all "real punk" bands put together!
@@alexandersokolov4992 sure, early to mid 2000s was the bush era. Everyone had something to say. American Idiot was massively successful and even that is an understatement, still influential to this day. Just that it was kinda downplayed by the fact that it was one of THE emo albums, doubt many 13 year old emo kids were highly aware and conscious of what was going on in that time
Green Day seemingly played every weekend, usually at Gilman, back in the day. I was in three separate bands that opened for them, two of which were crossover HC/thrash so they played with everyone. Forever Bay Area legends, regardless of what you think of their music and/or star status.
i got to see Green Day perform live for free one time and i legit thought they were a tribute band to Green Day until my friend assured me this was the real deal.
I was listening to Jesus of Suburbia for the first time in years the other day and I was surprised how well it held up over time for me personally. It’s crazy to think of how much they’ve changed their sound from Dookie to American Idiot despite still mainly playing power chords
American Idiot is such a weird album to me because as much as I'm not a fan of the title track and most of the singles, the album tracks are really well done.
Apologies in advance if someone already mentioned this: The Ashlee Simpson performance fell apart because she already played "Pieces of Me" in the first segment. The second was supposed to be a different song and she was taken off guard because she was expecting a different song. I actually saw this live on TV when it happened.
Yes...I don't think she was getting near as much heat for the lip sync as she was for not being a pro about it. Loads of artists lip sync for various issues, but it's just how she handled it so poorly
I’d find Ashlee’s mishap so much easier to forgive if not for the closing sequence of that SNL show where she took the microphone and threw her band straight under the bus for playing the wrong song. Her whole family is a bunch of hacks. The 23-year old version of me thought her song “La La” was kind of cute, though. So there’s that, at least.
@@AlligatorArms Bingo, that's her real blunder. So the whole world realized that it was lip-sync, big deal. It didn't magically turn into that because the band played "the wrong song". Someone backstage hit play on "the wrong song".
I worked at home Depot tool rental for a year and that Ashlee Simpson song became the BANE of my existence. I heard it like 3 times a day at work AND at whatever grocery I had to stop at on the way home. It's permanently burned into my brain
Gotta love Finn's little fantasy examples about people like fourteen year old Jaden with his N64 rumble pack playing Smash Bros while drinking Baja Blast Mountain Dew or whatever. Always funny.
Yep, it was a cover band staple. I'm a bass player, so I got drafted into every coverband my local music school had. I had to play this song with kids half my age who had just started guitar all the damn time. Good times.
Yeah I still like it too, as well as a couple of their other songs. I guess I just don't have that hate on for the garage rock stuff, I generally liked it 😅😆
I saw them live at a Festival (Big Day Out, which is a summer thing here in Australia), I'd never heard them before but performance blew my mind, that was a pretty sweet festival lineup, I saw Queens of the Stone Age and PJ Harvey the same day. Needless to say ATDI impressed me so much I bought all their albums. They broke up later the same year and Omar and Cedric formed Mars Volta another incredible band.
I've heard One Armed Scissor at 15 from a friend and that was exactly what he said - "this is much weirder and cooler than all your nu metal shit", He was kind of kid to kick a trashcan on the way and yell dumb stuff to girls face to scare them in the hallways
That hoku song was in a super deep crevice of my brain. Had way too many stints with depression and addiction over the years to place it. stored in my brain next to “o town- liquid dream” and those early 2000’s colorful tube tops that looked like a cross between a piñata and a Chinese finger trap
Hey Finn, longtime fan here. I just wanted to say that I appreciate you not putting down juggalos or ICP. I've lived in small town Nebraska most of my life, and ICP/Juggalo culture was kind of big here. It's truly unfortunate how much juggalos get shit on. They're true outcasts, but they're some of the most compassionate people I know. Most juggalos I knew went through terrible domestic and drug abuse, and unfortunately, they didn't have access to any sort of support. The juggalo community was all they had, and they're truly accepting of all in my experience. I was never into the music (I mostly listen to jazz, folk, etc), but I always loved how welcoming juggalos were. Also let's not forget the elephant in the room; juggalos almost always live in impoverished communities, and there's nothing more tastemakers hate than poor people. Is ICP's music bad? Yeah but so is King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, but I wonder why nobody shits on their fans? Hint: They drive Subarus and live in Portland suburbia. I'm not trying to go off on a tangent here, and whatever I want to say you'll probably say it if you make a video about ICP. I just want to say thanks and keep doing what you're doing. P.S. I'm still waiting for your book 👀 I'm more into personal development than MGK drama (no shade). I'm certain your book would be a great resource for the juggalo community. Food for thought 🌱
See the thing with the Ashlee Simpson SNL situation was it wasn’t just the lip-synching, after the fact she basically blamed the band which is complete BS so I think that definitely had a lot to do with her getting flack
Exactly! 🤣 They did their best to capture the spirit of some of classic rock's best acts, but they just don't have the personality to pull it off and it falls flat.
If American Idiot wasn’t so overplayed people would respect it as one of the best punk songs ever. Also, this era of Green Day was textbook for the beginnings of true Pop-Punk.
Finn is so interesting in his tastes. When he has talked about heavier genres in the past, he recommends some music with the grimiest and nastiest production (which I like sometimes so it's not a dig) but he also openly enjoys stuff like pop and country which usually have really slick production and stuff. It's interesting to see his commentary on the At The Drive In song and the Hoku song in particular because they really feel like polar opposites in terms of production/style. It's just really interesting. Maybe because I feel the same as him in some aspects but it's definitely cool to see someone who isn't just stuck on the genres they liked when they were 15 years old.
@@L.D.1 Finn's not being taken serious because he has a varied music taste? Strange. People can like one thing for a reason and dislike something for the same reason because it doesn't work as well for them. It's called preference and I don't think it is because he's worried about whether something will be "mainstream". If that was the case, Finn wouldn't cover alternative music at all, he'd cover exclusively pop music.
@@zakk219 You missed the point, it's not bad to have a varied music taste. I have that too. But the way he critics music is kinda weird these days, he hears metal or punk and he looks at it with pop music goggles. That's the thing.
@@L.D.1 I will admit that I haven't watched many of his critiques/reactions to new music as that isn't really my thing so I don't entirely have the context you're referring to so I don't know if I can really comment on that. I do think there is merit in listening to other genres through the lens of pop music, though. It allows you to see why a song might appeal to more people or a certain audience.
@@zakk219 For sure, again, I'm not arguing having a diverse music taste is stupid. But you must kinda view different music styles with different goggles.
A lot of people (mostly oldschool Green Day fans) thought American Idiot was when the band went to shit. Honestly I thought that was their last great album. They took the pop centric tones of American Idiot & Completely flanderized it in 21st Century Breakdown
Hates System of a Down, At the Drive in, and Coheed and Cambria, but loves emo rap, 2000's tween pop, and bands like Emmure. And somehow I'm the one with out any taste. 🤔
Yeah feels like he’s trolling certain fan bases. At least I hope so. Because if that’s his actual take.. oof.. especially coming from someone who calls himself “punk rock mba” 😂
kinda strange that Finn didn’t mention (for those who doesn’t know it and hear ATD for the first time in the stream) that Cedric’s and Omar’s next band kinda was sensational and innovative & their very first album still holds up in every single aspect. i’m talking about Mars Volta of course. so, you know, the fact that ATD were often not so good is sometimes what it takes to find your artistic voice to truly make great art at the end of the day
Finn:listens to shitty, under produced, out of tune punk music "wow it's so raw, I love this sound. " Finn listens to shitty underproduced 2003 metalcore: ugh, it's just awful, acid, drives a vw jetta, and just so gritty.
Love you Finn but not entirely sure how you can clown on At the Drive In whilst simultaneously praising old grind/death metal music that is literally guitars being beat up and recorded in a vacuum cleaner, doesn't add up bro 😂
Bro I went to see Shaggy 2 dope for the heck of it once and was taken aback by how NICE everyone I talked to was at the concert Juggalos really do get a bad rap also looks like im getting a ton of pamphlets from Finn
Damn juggalos in other states sound pretty chill, but here in NY every one of them that I've met are very racist people and generally have a swastika tattoo within a 1 foot radius of their running clown tattoo
21:40 There was an NC band called Confessor (signed to Earache for a brief time - do a UA-cam search) and this guy sounds like he’s trying so hard to be Scott Jeffreys from that band
Has 'I Don't Want You Back' by Eamon been reviewed on one of these yet? That definitely deserves some appreciation. Not forgetting the diss track that his ex did in response as well.
I cannot stand for the ATDI slander, and yes this is my 2nd comment because i had to leave and now im back finishing the video. I hope you're joking on this one because ATDI and the mars volta were revolutionary for their genres imo. I'm not a music expert but that's my opinion.
Fun anecdote. My friend growing up who was an amazing musician and liked Green Day but didn't care for most other Punk stuff, heard this song for the first time and said to me "Who is this poor man's Green Day?". Idk if it's just that memory or what, but I never really cared much for this song. The rest of this album is pure fire, but this song always kind of underwhelmed me. Also, for the record, Warning is an extremely underrated album. I know you think it's "just okay", but how long has it been since you gave it a spin? You might feel differently after all this time.
To be fair, do Green Day look like a local band, or do local bands look like Green Day? I don't really remember the shirt/red skinny tie thing happening on a mainstream level until Green Day. Yeah, you always had the Husker Du/Replacements types do that, but it wasn't as widespread. Also, the disrespect shown to Coheed and Cambria! I will fully accept I'm a fuckin' nerd for listening to them, but I do feel like they're a "Specifically for someone, but something for everyone" kinda bands. As someone who somewhat enjoys The Hives and "Get Free" by The Vines... Jet suck. Burn that song to the ground. Also to anyone who complains that Finn is too "normie", he's essentially the guy that "Suburban Home" by Descendents is about, and what's more punk than that?!
Finn doesn't like bands that make comic books. He also doesn't like "most" of their "hardcore" fans that will push them as the best band ever. I personally love Coheed, but I don't push their music on anyone. I never got into the comic books, but enjoy their music. Everyone's taste in music is different.
@@moej6014 yea Coheed fans can be kinda awful in my experience. Saw them and BTBAM in Philly and their fans just booed the entire time BTBAM played. It was so strange. Like you realize shows have other bands playing, right?
The Ashley Simpson thing with the backing tracks I remember when that happened she had her own reality show and on that show you find out she had meningitis or something along the lines where she couldn't sing and she wasn't going to perform but they wanted her to and had her do the backing tracks and she agreed and everything else is history which is kind of funny because that never got brought up it's just that she was a talentless hack and her musical career was over
I think being out of tune was actually the goal of At The Drive In. That made those bands different from nu-metal and pop-punk. Finn just misses the point
Omg i forgot the cringe of Ashley Simpson's "bad song performance". I heard they force bands to use backing tracks. The cringe sent a chill down my spine, i am cringing for her, not at her.
honestly as an ATDI fan, i can surly say that One Armed Scissor is a crappy song. Listen to In Casino Out that album is a certified hood classic I swear.
Macys-Core. Relaxed fit jeans, those weird shirts with the sewn in long sleeves.... old ladies blasting your face with perfume if you wander into the wrong section of the store... we need to bring this shit back!
Also, those old colorful iMacs running System 9 or whatever were great. Every little click and drag makes an adorable noise. Sure, they weren't PCs, and the game selection wasn't as good, but we had our goddamn HyperCard and Escape Velocity and we liked it, damnit. Sorry, Grandma needs to take her medicine and put her Dismember record on the gramophone, I'm 37 and old already.
I mean....she kinda deserved it. She didn't even ATTEMPT to sing meaning she likely lip syncs entirely as opposed to just having backing tracks so she should have been drug through shit. I mean how are you gonna be Jessica Simpsons sister, use that to launch a career, and somehow not learn how to sing live?
No no no trash talking Jett was bad enough but they’re one hit wonders. But I can not accept this disrespect shown to At the drive in, those guys freakin rock. One armed scissor is great and they have lots of other good songs. Their stuff holds up really well in my opinion
A 40 year man gushing over an early 2000s one hit wonder bubblegum pop artist is wayyyyyy cringier than a 40 year old man listening to At the Drive In. And for the record I also hate all that post punk/garage rock/indie bulllshit so don't @ me.
I fuck with the one armed scissor song and I'm just hearing it for the first time in my 30's PS that hoku song was probably the worst song i've ever heard
To be honest I love post punk but i more of a deathrock guy but can completely understand it was hard for me to get in to it at first in my opinion I love gothic rock
Bummed about Coheed being looped in with system of a down and at the drive in. Truly good musicians in that band and kept the guitar riffs and solos alive in rock the last 20 years. Their newest singles are something you should at least give 15 seconds.
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I feel like Jet was the Greta Van Fleet of the 2000’s
Hoku was the shit, I don't care what anyone says, also Snow Day is still a BANGER of a movie. #AllHailThe2000s
Man i love your channel. A real prize in the shit pile. I missed Green Day during the Am Idiot phse but found it later and love it. Yknow its Billie Joe instantly. He has such a unique voice in terms of phrasing. anyway keep it up.
Video ideas top local/state bands that did or didn't make mainstream success
ICP- the World is yours... GREAT SONG!
"I'm at the junior section of Macy's using up a gift card from some aunt I know" is such a specific and accurate description of that song and genre
That is Finn’s super power, very specific but accurate descriptions of things.
His ability to do that and be so spot on somehow is why I love these Twitch highlights so much.
@@alexanderv.28 ABSOLUTELY 💯
😂😂😂 lost my shit at work when i heard that. Lmao
He said “some aunt that doesn’t really know me”
Finn Mckenty: At the Drive in sucks. There is music that you have to get over by the age of 15
Also Finn: I´m going to make a video about how American Idiot is the best punk song ever and how Blink 182 are incredible
Everyone has their opinions so I get it but these takes are wild haha atdi is really good wonder why he doesn’t like it tbh but to each there own
Relationship of Command still holds up great over 20 years later. A milestone record for sure.
He just loves pop and generally doesn’t like anything that might be called “progressive.”
@@IHateMyAccountName a lot of their records hold up. Vaya is still amazing and the early stuff is great old school emo. To me they are one of those bands where they don’t have a really bad album.
@@jeremyrice9589 I can see that and respect it I don’t like some of the music he shows cuz it wasn’t my thing. After I saw him say the pixies are over rated or something I get. I thought he would be open and give them props like he does with other bands who are bad but says what they did good that’s why I like him haha but it’s all cool jusy his taste he is still a cool dude
Finn: "If you like ATDI, you have bad taste"
Finn 30 seconds later: " I love Hoku! This song is great!"
the takes are getting worse and worse, but I'm here for it
@@artaxAF Hoku is "the-part-of-the-movie-where-hilary-duff-runs-away-from-her-responsibilities" core
his criticism sounded like someone who had an ex gf get plowed by one of the band members
@@TheCatabolicTrex and, ironically, Hillary Duff did that genre better
@artax. Tbh I would much rather listen to that early 2000’s breathy girl pop stuff than At The Drive In.
"People think that MGK invented punk. But as we see, Ashlee Simpson did." That comparison alone made me like this video. Lol
In Hs I helped organize a walkout against the Iraq War. I was obsessed w Anti Flag and all the political punk bands of the time. I grew up a Green Day and Op Ivy and Rancid fan, and somehow when American Idiot came out I didn't get excited that my old favorite band could appeal to my new political identity, I thought it was cringe. So just goes to show punks are pieces of shit who aren't happy.
@DMC Osiris and the skinny ties. Propagandhi are goated too
@@boejudden9011 i think it has to do more with the fact that green day are like really watered down pop punk. Im not a punk, but is green day black flag? Green day is like the quintessential emo middle schooler "punk" band from 2007 to mid 2010s. Even if they got political, they just you know? It hardly has any bite or sting
@@candideggplant1575 That version of "watered down" punk probably made more people think about the social and political issues of the time now than all "real punk" bands put together!
@@alexandersokolov4992 sure, early to mid 2000s was the bush era. Everyone had something to say. American Idiot was massively successful and even that is an understatement, still influential to this day. Just that it was kinda downplayed by the fact that it was one of THE emo albums, doubt many 13 year old emo kids were highly aware and conscious of what was going on in that time
Finn dislikes nerd culture because he was rejected by the nerds back in school. Hello and welcome to my Ted Talk...
A ted yalk reference. How topical.
How do you get rejected by nerds? That's weird
There is nothing funnier than Finn ranting about G-rated pop and how it needs to come back like he's some innocent, clean-minded Christian grandma.
“Remember when chat rooms were a thing?” Asks Finn in a chat room.
The amount of second hand embarrassment I just got from that SNL set can be measured in tons.
Ooof. I can’t rewatch it. That hoedown dance makes me wanna anxiously throw up.
I watched it live back in the day with my mom we had a good laugh.
It was her weird awkward “Ho down” dancing for me 🤣🤣
Im amazed nobody told her that if a performance goes wrong just keep going, even if somebody dies
Green Day seemingly played every weekend, usually at Gilman, back in the day. I was in three separate bands that opened for them, two of which were crossover HC/thrash so they played with everyone. Forever Bay Area legends, regardless of what you think of their music and/or star status.
i got to see Green Day perform live for free one time and i legit thought they were a tribute band to Green Day until my friend assured me this was the real deal.
HAHAHA
I was listening to Jesus of Suburbia for the first time in years the other day and I was surprised how well it held up over time for me personally. It’s crazy to think of how much they’ve changed their sound from Dookie to American Idiot despite still mainly playing power chords
American Idiot is such a weird album to me because as much as I'm not a fan of the title track and most of the singles, the album tracks are really well done.
@@neek1126 Letterbomb is a good deep cut from the album
@@ultrawolflord8495 I believe BJA said that's his favorite track from that album
"American Idiot" is the greatest punk song ever and listening to Faith No More means I have bad taste... You MUST be trolling.
Apologies in advance if someone already mentioned this: The Ashlee Simpson performance fell apart because she already played "Pieces of Me" in the first segment. The second was supposed to be a different song and she was taken off guard because she was expecting a different song. I actually saw this live on TV when it happened.
Yes...I don't think she was getting near as much heat for the lip sync as she was for not being a pro about it. Loads of artists lip sync for various issues, but it's just how she handled it so poorly
I’d find Ashlee’s mishap so much easier to forgive if not for the closing sequence of that SNL show where she took the microphone and threw her band straight under the bus for playing the wrong song. Her whole family is a bunch of hacks. The 23-year old version of me thought her song “La La” was kind of cute, though. So there’s that, at least.
@@AlligatorArms Bingo, that's her real blunder. So the whole world realized that it was lip-sync, big deal. It didn't magically turn into that because the band played "the wrong song". Someone backstage hit play on "the wrong song".
I worked at home Depot tool rental for a year and that Ashlee Simpson song became the BANE of my existence. I heard it like 3 times a day at work AND at whatever grocery I had to stop at on the way home. It's permanently burned into my brain
The worst part of working retail is having to listen to the music the stores play
Gotta love Finn's little fantasy examples about people like fourteen year old Jaden with his N64 rumble pack playing Smash Bros while drinking Baja Blast Mountain Dew or whatever. Always funny.
LOL @ N64 rumble pack
It’s like how Hoodville uses “Little trap lord Aiden” 😂😂😂
@@Djfmdotcom Aiden, Braden, and Jaden!
@@atmaweapon2803 bwahahaha
It definitely would have been Code Red, not Baja Blast
I totally played “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” at my high school battle of the bands back in the day. I still have a soft spot for it haha
sameeeeee haha
Yep, it was a cover band staple. I'm a bass player, so I got drafted into every coverband my local music school had. I had to play this song with kids half my age who had just started guitar all the damn time. Good times.
@A J K fellow bass player, I feel you bro.
Every band member in front of me (I’m a drummer btw haha) had an argument about who would get to clear their throat at the beginning of the song lol
Yeah I still like it too, as well as a couple of their other songs. I guess I just don't have that hate on for the garage rock stuff, I generally liked it 😅😆
never heard of at the drive in until you introduced them to me now. it goes hard, thanks for introducing me
fuck yeah check out their album Vaya
Also In/Casino/Out. FUCKING BANGER.
Yeah.. I don’t mind at the drive in at all. Def beats the hick hop & country that seems to get lots of love in these vids.
Two members formed a band called The Mars Volta, who are also good. Manic prog rock
I saw them live at a Festival (Big Day Out, which is a summer thing here in Australia), I'd never heard them before but performance blew my mind, that was a pretty sweet festival lineup, I saw Queens of the Stone Age and PJ Harvey the same day.
Needless to say ATDI impressed me so much I bought all their albums. They broke up later the same year and Omar and Cedric formed Mars Volta another incredible band.
Religious mom Finn is the best thing I’ve seen yet. I appreciate your videos, they always find a way to cheer up a bad day! Thanks for all you do!
This whole video was on point
I feel personally attacked when he was talking about At The Drive In 🤣🤣🤣
I still listen to She Wants Revenge, and I have no shame about it.
I've heard One Armed Scissor at 15 from a friend and that was exactly what he said - "this is much weirder and cooler than all your nu metal shit", He was kind of kid to kick a trashcan on the way and yell dumb stuff to girls face to scare them in the hallways
He was right though. It’s held up a lot better than most nu metal shit
"A lot of people think MGK invented punk...."
That got a full body cringe out of me just for the fact, that's not entirely untrue.
I loved At The Drive In, some awesome songs, but I also loved The Mars Volta more and Sparta too, talented guys
That hoku song was in a super deep crevice of my brain. Had way too many stints with depression and addiction over the years to place it. stored in my brain next to “o town- liquid dream” and those early 2000’s colorful tube tops that looked like a cross between a piñata and a Chinese finger trap
The unintentional trolling in "is this Fat Jay or something" had my dying. 🤣
Hey Finn, longtime fan here. I just wanted to say that I appreciate you not putting down juggalos or ICP. I've lived in small town Nebraska most of my life, and ICP/Juggalo culture was kind of big here. It's truly unfortunate how much juggalos get shit on. They're true outcasts, but they're some of the most compassionate people I know. Most juggalos I knew went through terrible domestic and drug abuse, and unfortunately, they didn't have access to any sort of support. The juggalo community was all they had, and they're truly accepting of all in my experience. I was never into the music (I mostly listen to jazz, folk, etc), but I always loved how welcoming juggalos were. Also let's not forget the elephant in the room; juggalos almost always live in impoverished communities, and there's nothing more tastemakers hate than poor people. Is ICP's music bad? Yeah but so is King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, but I wonder why nobody shits on their fans? Hint: They drive Subarus and live in Portland suburbia. I'm not trying to go off on a tangent here, and whatever I want to say you'll probably say it if you make a video about ICP. I just want to say thanks and keep doing what you're doing.
P.S. I'm still waiting for your book 👀 I'm more into personal development than MGK drama (no shade). I'm certain your book would be a great resource for the juggalo community. Food for thought 🌱
spot on man and cool post thanks for sharing!
absolutely feel the same about juggalos, never was into icp’s music but the culture was always so accepting
My man said "mgk invented punk" so nonchalantly i spat out my water that shit was funny
Three letters and two words that should never occupy the same sentence. 🤮
See the thing with the Ashlee Simpson SNL situation was it wasn’t just the lip-synching, after the fact she basically blamed the band which is complete BS so I think that definitely had a lot to do with her getting flack
So glad I discovered this channel. Finn is hilarious and his sarcasm is God tier
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Not forgiving you for that At The Drive In Take
Violent j and shaggy 2 dope are super humble and seem like really good dudes. I’ve watched a few podcasts with them and nothing but respect for them.
Me hearing "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" for the first time: Holy shit this song fucking rules!!
Me once the lyrics started: I fucking hate this song.
This ^
Exactly! 🤣
They did their best to capture the spirit of some of classic rock's best acts, but they just don't have the personality to pull it off and it falls flat.
If American Idiot wasn’t so overplayed people would respect it as one of the best punk songs ever. Also, this era of Green Day was textbook for the beginnings of true Pop-Punk.
Finn is so interesting in his tastes. When he has talked about heavier genres in the past, he recommends some music with the grimiest and nastiest production (which I like sometimes so it's not a dig) but he also openly enjoys stuff like pop and country which usually have really slick production and stuff. It's interesting to see his commentary on the At The Drive In song and the Hoku song in particular because they really feel like polar opposites in terms of production/style. It's just really interesting. Maybe because I feel the same as him in some aspects but it's definitely cool to see someone who isn't just stuck on the genres they liked when they were 15 years old.
That's why he isn't being taken as serious anymore. He looks at most music now with "will this be a hit mainstream wise hmm"-goggles which is weird.
@@L.D.1 Finn's not being taken serious because he has a varied music taste? Strange. People can like one thing for a reason and dislike something for the same reason because it doesn't work as well for them. It's called preference and I don't think it is because he's worried about whether something will be "mainstream". If that was the case, Finn wouldn't cover alternative music at all, he'd cover exclusively pop music.
@@zakk219 You missed the point, it's not bad to have a varied music taste. I have that too. But the way he critics music is kinda weird these days, he hears metal or punk and he looks at it with pop music goggles. That's the thing.
@@L.D.1 I will admit that I haven't watched many of his critiques/reactions to new music as that isn't really my thing so I don't entirely have the context you're referring to so I don't know if I can really comment on that. I do think there is merit in listening to other genres through the lens of pop music, though. It allows you to see why a song might appeal to more people or a certain audience.
@@zakk219 For sure, again, I'm not arguing having a diverse music taste is stupid. But you must kinda view different music styles with different goggles.
A lot of people (mostly oldschool Green Day fans) thought American Idiot was when the band went to shit. Honestly I thought that was their last great album. They took the pop centric tones of American Idiot & Completely flanderized it in 21st Century Breakdown
21st century breakdown was just so much fun though.
That was the last Green Day album I liked.
@@jacobvelasquez562 as long as we can all agree that Uno, Dos, and Tré weren't worth their weight in pesos, that's fine.
I would say Revolution radio is a fairly good comeback album for them.
Hates System of a Down, At the Drive in, and Coheed and Cambria, but loves emo rap, 2000's tween pop, and bands like Emmure. And somehow I'm the one with out any taste. 🤔
I miss the at the gates era of metalcore, those were some legit good songs
Though I don’t agree with all his views on these songs I really appreciate the fact that Finn does these videos. His knowledge of music is insane!
Finn cited everything that is GREAT about ATDI and he still said it sucks 😂🤷🏻♂️!!
Cuz he's not a NERD like we are 🤣🤣🤣
That must mean he sucks then 🤔
This one kind of triggered me. Says American Idiot is the greatest punk song of all time then shits on At The Drive In?!?!? Daheck
Yeah feels like he’s trolling certain fan bases. At least I hope so. Because if that’s his actual take.. oof.. especially coming from someone who calls himself “punk rock mba” 😂
Wrong…wrong ATDI - Relationship of Command is one of the best albums of the 2000s era…check yourself out of the music scene son
kinda strange that Finn didn’t mention (for those who doesn’t know it and hear ATD for the first time in the stream) that Cedric’s and Omar’s next band kinda was sensational and innovative & their very first album still holds up in every single aspect. i’m talking about Mars Volta of course.
so, you know, the fact that ATD were often not so good is sometimes what it takes to find your artistic voice to truly make great art at the end of the day
I’m not sure if I can take Finn seriously when he bashes out At the drive in before putting Hoku on the podium
Post punk band’ okay I’m about to sing something’
Finn ‘don’t you dare be said’
Post punk: ‘she walking down through the rain ’
Finn: ‘gosh damn it’.
Finn:listens to shitty, under produced, out of tune punk music "wow it's so raw, I love this sound. "
Finn listens to shitty underproduced 2003 metalcore: ugh, it's just awful, acid, drives a vw jetta, and just so gritty.
Haha hates ATDI, loves Country Girl by Belmont... ohhhh Finn
When Jet comes on, as an Australian who hated this stuff at the time… nostalgia is an evil thing, I find myself loving it now
Love you Finn but not entirely sure how you can clown on At the Drive In whilst simultaneously praising old grind/death metal music that is literally guitars being beat up and recorded in a vacuum cleaner, doesn't add up bro 😂
I can't believe that Asking Alexandria's the final episode is now considered a classic, not in a bad way though
time flies
Makes me feel old cause I was jamming that when I first entered the work force
Bro I went to see Shaggy 2 dope for the heck of it once and was taken aback by how NICE everyone I talked to was at the concert
Juggalos really do get a bad rap
also looks like im getting a ton of pamphlets from Finn
Lmao I love when the video slowly just turns into Finn becoming a religious stay at home mom
Damn juggalos in other states sound pretty chill, but here in NY every one of them that I've met are very racist people and generally have a swastika tattoo within a 1 foot radius of their running clown tattoo
I remember opening for Dairy Queen and I had a manager who got fumed every time I played American Idiot "it offensive" like get over yourself lmao
Some people are just weak as fuck
Imagine trying to come for ATDI. Bad opinion is bad
atd-i is fire, possibly your least good opinion
"She will always be a broken girl" was She Wants Revenge's best song BY FAR.
Ay someone else knows what's up
21:40 There was an NC band called Confessor (signed to Earache for a brief time - do a UA-cam search) and this guy sounds like he’s trying so hard to be Scott Jeffreys from that band
Confessor were sick
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA Saw them MANY times at the Brewery in Raleigh. 🔥🤘
Has 'I Don't Want You Back' by Eamon been reviewed on one of these yet? That definitely deserves some appreciation. Not forgetting the diss track that his ex did in response as well.
You plaayed me/ You even gave him-- UHhhh...! 😩
I cannot stand for the ATDI slander, and yes this is my 2nd comment because i had to leave and now im back finishing the video. I hope you're joking on this one because ATDI and the mars volta were revolutionary for their genres imo. I'm not a music expert but that's my opinion.
Fun anecdote. My friend growing up who was an amazing musician and liked Green Day but didn't care for most other Punk stuff, heard this song for the first time and said to me "Who is this poor man's Green Day?". Idk if it's just that memory or what, but I never really cared much for this song. The rest of this album is pure fire, but this song always kind of underwhelmed me. Also, for the record, Warning is an extremely underrated album. I know you think it's "just okay", but how long has it been since you gave it a spin? You might feel differently after all this time.
Wow i didnt expect to see She wants revenge! I still listen to that particular album sometimes, when I'm sad and can't understand why ☺
To be fair, do Green Day look like a local band, or do local bands look like Green Day? I don't really remember the shirt/red skinny tie thing happening on a mainstream level until Green Day. Yeah, you always had the Husker Du/Replacements types do that, but it wasn't as widespread. Also, the disrespect shown to Coheed and Cambria! I will fully accept I'm a fuckin' nerd for listening to them, but I do feel like they're a "Specifically for someone, but something for everyone" kinda bands.
As someone who somewhat enjoys The Hives and "Get Free" by The Vines... Jet suck. Burn that song to the ground.
Also to anyone who complains that Finn is too "normie", he's essentially the guy that "Suburban Home" by Descendents is about, and what's more punk than that?!
Finn trashing At The Drive In while praising ICP. Every video my love for this man grows.
Disney Asking Alexandria: Goofy on the breakdown. “Oh. My. Gawrsh!”
Coheed is bad taste?? I am very confused on that part.
Finn doesn't like bands that make comic books. He also doesn't like "most" of their "hardcore" fans that will push them as the best band ever. I personally love Coheed, but I don't push their music on anyone. I never got into the comic books, but enjoy their music. Everyone's taste in music is different.
@@moej6014 yea Coheed fans can be kinda awful in my experience. Saw them and BTBAM in Philly and their fans just booed the entire time BTBAM played. It was so strange. Like you realize shows have other bands playing, right?
@@phaaaze9984 that's a shame. I haven't been to a Coheed concert since 2006ish. The crowd wasn't like that then.
@@moej6014 oh I understand that then. Gotta remember what fans is short for. Fanatic.
“Tear You Apart” was the better song from She Wants Revenge and it still holds up imo
One arm scissor is fucking awesome
The only bands that hold up for me when it comes to the indie/garage rock revival are the arctic monkeys and the foals
The Ashley Simpson thing with the backing tracks I remember when that happened she had her own reality show and on that show you find out she had meningitis or something along the lines where she couldn't sing and she wasn't going to perform but they wanted her to and had her do the backing tracks and she agreed and everything else is history which is kind of funny because that never got brought up it's just that she was a talentless hack and her musical career was over
Probably laryngitis * not meningitis haha
So you believe her ?
@@XViTNg yeah.. meningitis is life threatening. Wouldn't put it past them to say that as a cover tho either.
Warning was a wildly underrated album by Green Day
I think being out of tune was actually the goal of At The Drive In. That made those bands different from nu-metal and pop-punk. Finn just misses the point
Omg i forgot the cringe of Ashley Simpson's "bad song performance". I heard they force bands to use backing tracks. The cringe sent a chill down my spine, i am cringing for her, not at her.
10:35 “Cruisin’ for a bruisin’” LOOOL I’m getting flashbacks from childhood.
At The Drive In rule SOOOOOO HARD.
honestly as an ATDI fan, i can surly say that One Armed Scissor is a crappy song. Listen to In Casino Out that album is a certified hood classic I swear.
Finn, I’m always okay with not agreeing with you, but you’ve gone too far…At the Drive-in is great
Macys-Core. Relaxed fit jeans, those weird shirts with the sewn in long sleeves....
old ladies blasting your face with perfume if you wander into the wrong section of the store... we need to bring this shit back!
Also, those old colorful iMacs running System 9 or whatever were great. Every little click and drag makes an adorable noise. Sure, they weren't PCs, and the game selection wasn't as good, but we had our goddamn HyperCard and Escape Velocity and we liked it, damnit.
Sorry, Grandma needs to take her medicine and put her Dismember record on the gramophone, I'm 37 and old already.
They really killed Ashlee Simpson for doing something so many artists do. Never understood why.
I mean....she kinda deserved it. She didn't even ATTEMPT to sing meaning she likely lip syncs entirely as opposed to just having backing tracks so she should have been drug through shit. I mean how are you gonna be Jessica Simpsons sister, use that to launch a career, and somehow not learn how to sing live?
No no no trash talking Jett was bad enough but they’re one hit wonders. But I can not accept this disrespect shown to At the drive in, those guys freakin rock. One armed scissor is great and they have lots of other good songs.
Their stuff holds up really well in my opinion
American idiot is the song that got me into rock and metal completely. Without that song, I would’ve never got into rock.
At the Drive In is fucking amazing. Sorry Finn, you got that one way wrong. In Casino Out is fantastic.
Great content, great person. Worst musical taste. Rarely miss a video always cringe at your takes
A 40 year man gushing over an early 2000s one hit wonder bubblegum pop artist is wayyyyyy cringier than a 40 year old man listening to At the Drive In. And for the record I also hate all that post punk/garage rock/indie bulllshit so don't @ me.
I still love Coheed & Cambria.
I fuck with the one armed scissor song and I'm just hearing it for the first time in my 30's
PS that hoku song was probably the worst song i've ever heard
To be honest I love post punk but i more of a deathrock guy but can completely understand it was hard for me to get in to it at first in my opinion I love gothic rock
I'm still in my "Green Day did not release any records past Nimrod" phase.
I was gonna hit the like button till the SOAD slander started. Good sir I shall take my business elsewhere!
20:42 "Do you think there's fucking anything you guys know about that I don't know about" - Finn's got full on Super Villain... and I'm here for it!
Gosh darnit Finn you had me laughing my backside off this whole video 😂 the references were so accurate 😅
Long time viewer. The pamphlet you offered for SOAD fans is officially the first time you’ve rustled my Jimmies.
24:33 speed this song up by 30-40% (no pitch correction), throw some trap snares and 808s underneath and you have hyperpop 😂
My wife is a big coheed and atdi fan, and i love deftones. We still love your videos Finn! Much love from Cebu philippines.
Salamat po!
That Hoku song isn't even good for bad pop. Christ. I miss five minutes ago before I knew this song existed.
Bummed about Coheed being looped in with system of a down and at the drive in. Truly good musicians in that band and kept the guitar riffs and solos alive in rock the last 20 years. Their newest singles are something you should at least give 15 seconds.
Talks shit about at the drive in, system, deftones…all the while being a huge GnR fan
By farrr the most overrated band ever.
Still love you Finn ❤️
Finn talking about the early aughts is probably his best material. I laughed more at this than i have in a while.
You shit on Jet and At the drive in but Ashley Simpson gets a pass. What the fuck ever