Nah, I wouldn't say so. It might be less known than Semi-Charmed Life or How's It Going To Be and Jumper but it still is one of their most famous songs.
@@jeremyjenners5150 Agree it's a banging record start to finish. But we can't really blame bands for not making albums like this any more. Streaming changed everything. Only singles matter now. I haven't bought an album for over a decade.
You're not wrong. There aren't many albums you can play all the way through without skipping a track. This one, though, I couldn't name a favorite. The whole album is a cohesive statement and a whole being.
One of the few perfect albums in Rock history - every track is a masterpiece. The music, the composition, the lyrics it was truly magical. Not sure if Stephen sold his soul to the devil or what but every damn song is super relatable, catchy, thoughtful and wrought with pure emotion. Bravo 3EB!
Their first 3 albums and demos are truly timeless classics in my opinion. Not a single bad song. These days I have to listen to them in very specific scenarios/contexts because of how emotional the music makes me. Crazy. Time really flies.
On the surface, this sounds like a throwaway punk-pop song. But, if you pay attention to the lyrics, it's extremely insightful. It's definitely my favorite Third Eye Blind song.
I remember being 18 and just sitting and listening to this whole album in my car. Man I miss those days. I took my girlfriend at the time to their concert and bought us both shirts and she still stole mine. 😂
Just picked this album up for the hell of it ----this album controlled my life for the next 2 years . I lived the reality of each one of their songs. Did not think I was going to make it to 2000 alive, I still carry memories and awful scars from that time. Met a person that turned my life upside down. Best sex I ever had ---best album of the 90s for me--ended up with a 2 year nervous breakdown. This album actually brought that person into me life---took it to a party they were there and approached me about the GREAT MUSIC---life was never the same. THIS DRAMA IS A BORE AND I DON'T WANNA PLAY NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!
This album also reminds me of my brothers lifestyle back then early 20s losing a whole year definitely described him, alcohol drugs women crime was what he did .
The whole first album is truly a work of art, me and mom used to ride around listening, she just passed and I'm dying inside but this album males me feel whole again. God bless you all
i personally find a place i can hide and listen to just this cd so i can savor the memories it brings back and the emotional rollercoaster is not something i feel that most people can understand. it makes me feel better in a strange way to feel the loss ive had over the years. it helps me to remember where ive been and the lives that i have lived but more important it assures me of my placement in the now as well.
They're not really that poppy and not really happy semi charmed life is supposed to sound like how crystal meth makes u feel which according to Jenkins is "bright and shiny"
@@thischarminglovehound2376 I didn’t take it as a slam, I’m js they’re not a happy/poppy band at all. I explained why SCL is that way and NLYG is that way cuz Jenkins wanted to sell out and have a second SCL in the next album to hit the radio and spark more listeners. Those songs are outliers is my point and not an accurate reflection of their general sound or their music.
They're all top shelf musicians. I got turned on to Salizar's (apologize if misspelled..) genius after hearing a 70's retro style instrumental album (Soundtrack) he produced for a videogame in '95 (Interstate '76).. It was so tight, only to find out Salazar was behind it, makes sense.
when this came out I was hooked on the entire album. this got more airtime at my house than everything I owned put together for years. and as you see I'm still here
I remember the first time I heard this song in the summer of 1997 at 16 years old. Great times. I have long said 3EB is underrated for their creativity, musicality, lyrics that are both poetically beautiful and culturally relevant, not to mention their longevity. They've been one of my favorite bands for nearly 30 years.
what a evolution from 1997 to right now from 3EB. i still remember a concert they did in Cleveland 2016 ;^) www.newsweek.com/third-eye-blind-rnc-troll-concert-482406
I remember when this video was brand new. I think they played it on MuchMusic a lot, as MTV didn't show too many music videos even at the tail end of the 90s. It seemed so sleek and ultra-modern. I remember thinking I couldn't imagine anything looking or sounding any more futuristic.
My VERY first concert without parents/adult supervision. Flash back to February 11, 1998 at the UMR multipurpose building in Rolla, MO. I remember my dad made me dress well covered. I altered my outfit as soon as I was in the building and out of his sight. It was cold and wet winter weather and I wore a checkered black and white skirt and black cardigan and matching Maryjane shoes. I was 15 years old and in love with this band! I crowd surfed for the first time. Stephen on stage saw my joy and reached out and touched my hand briefly. Somehow while crowd surfing and enjoying my first mosh pit I lost one of my shoes. I went home with the biggest smile and only one shoe. Core memories formed that night! I felt invincible and alive! Fast forward to age 41 and I just purchased tickets to see TEB in concert in 2024 here in Tampa FL and I’m bringing my son along this time. Nostalgic! This experience needs shared ❤
back in 1997 when I bought this album I though... wow these guys gave a wonderful gift to the world by composing these songs..... And I still believe they did
I've loved this song for decades. I had a girlfriend who I can relate this song to. She broke up with me but we can't deny losing a whole year doing nothing together
I'm a child of the 90s... last great decade... I remember listening to 3yb in my car... a fn classic.. kids today are robbed of great music.. share our music with our kids.
Losing a whole year Losing a whole year I remember you and me used to spend The whole goddamned day in bed Losing a whole year Hiding in your room we'd lay like dogs And the phone would ring like a joke that's left unsaid Losing a whole year Rich daddy left you with a parachute Your voice sounds like money and your face is cute But your daddy left you with no love You touch everything with a velvet glove and Now you want to try a life of sin You want to be down with the down and in Always copping my truths I kind of get the feeling like I'm being used And now I realize that you never heard One goddamned word I ever said Losing a whole year Losing a whole year I took your stuff and put it in the basement When I found out what the smile on your face meant I've seen you pop that check, big Craning your neck at my car wreck and It always seems the juice used to flow In the car, in the kitchen, you were good to go Now we're stuck with the tube A sink full of dishes and some aqua lube And I remember you and me used to spend The whole goddamned day in bed Hey why Losing a whole year And if it's not the defense then you're on the attack When you start talking I hear the Prozac Convinced you've found your place With the pierced queer teens in cyberspace When you were yourself it tasted sweet But it sours into a routine deceit Well this drama is a bore And I don't want to play no more Why, why Why, Why Losing a whole year I remember you and me used to spend The whole goddamned day in bed Losing a whole year Hey why Hey why
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Best opening track on an album EVER.
Best opening track to an album ever.
It's certainly up there. Its funny how jumper and semi charmed kinda life get so much attention and this is SUCH a great song.
DruMeister
Always partial to
Hit&Run
Motorcycle drive by is one of my favs on this album. This is numero uno though
Yes. I love the consonance "the whole GoD-Damn Day in beD." That's poetry--language craft drawing pleasant attention to itself.
so true... always gives me goosebumps
This entire album is nothing but bangers. This one still flies under the radar.
one of the best albums out of the 90's.. amazing songs and the production is pristine
Nah, I wouldn't say so. It might be less known than Semi-Charmed Life or How's It Going To Be and Jumper but it still is one of their most famous songs.
for real
This is one of the best albums of all time. I will die on this hill.
Correction this is the best album of all time and written just before having an album of all quality stopped mattering!
@@jeremyjenners5150I was thinking the exact same thing today whilst listening to Motorcyle Drive By
@@jeremyjenners5150 Agree it's a banging record start to finish. But we can't really blame bands for not making albums like this any more. Streaming changed everything. Only singles matter now. I haven't bought an album for over a decade.
I'm on that hill with you. I love this album.
You're not wrong. There aren't many albums you can play all the way through without skipping a track. This one, though, I couldn't name a favorite. The whole album is a cohesive statement and a whole being.
In 20 years these guys will be considered absolute legends of cultural music. They defined the sound of the 90s in one album.
You know, for all the 'backlash' this group got...nothing is going to deny that this whole album was really really good.
@@scottieray Definitely a strong debut album. These guys are talented musicians in my book.
This is a great great great debut album. Their album “Blue” was good too.
100% false
Beyond excellent album. Blue was a close 2nd!
One of the best debut albums of the 90s
It reminds me of the 90's
...Ever.
Ever yep
Agreed. I say this as a black woman who grew up in the hood. I listened to their album almost everyday before and after school.
Top 10 album of the 90s, having this cd meant you were cool.
One of the few perfect albums in Rock history - every track is a masterpiece. The music, the composition, the lyrics it was truly magical. Not sure if Stephen sold his soul to the devil or what but every damn song is super relatable, catchy, thoughtful and wrought with pure emotion. Bravo 3EB!
you didn't mention the production quality, the album just sounds so nice
He just got clean and sober and his soul body and mind rewarded him! 😅😅😅❤❤❤
Their first 3 albums and demos are truly timeless classics in my opinion. Not a single bad song. These days I have to listen to them in very specific scenarios/contexts because of how emotional the music makes me. Crazy. Time really flies.
Nadz Watson I can relate to that 💆
_No prob w women incubate/lactate_
I completely understand what you mean!
agreed
Same here. The music reminds me of a very specific relationship I was in at the time. Funny how that works.
Back when music was good
On the surface, this sounds like a throwaway punk-pop song. But, if you pay attention to the lyrics, it's extremely insightful. It's definitely my favorite Third Eye Blind song.
Agreed but if you're an actual music listener you will know this song is something special right away.
Kinda get the feeling like I'm being used. This video rocks
What a timeless classic. They deserve all the praise. Sounds so fresh even after so many years
I remember being 18 and just sitting and listening to this whole album in my car. Man I miss those days. I took my girlfriend at the time to their concert and bought us both shirts and she still stole mine. 😂
this song suddenly takes on a whole meaning
Just picked this album up for the hell of it ----this album controlled my life for the next 2 years . I lived the reality of each one of their songs. Did not think I was going to make it to 2000 alive, I still carry memories and awful scars from that time. Met a person that turned my life upside down. Best sex I ever had ---best album of the 90s for me--ended up with a 2 year nervous breakdown. This album actually brought that person into me life---took it to a party they were there and approached me about the GREAT MUSIC---life was never the same. THIS DRAMA IS A BORE AND I DON'T WANNA PLAY NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!
Ever think about writing a novel about it? Set in the 90s? I'd read it.. who knows, could be cathartic, could also be a top seller. Food 4 Thought..
Brother we are kindred spirits 4 ever
This album also reminds me of my brothers lifestyle back then early 20s losing a whole year definitely described him, alcohol drugs women crime was what he did .
This guy just knows how to write a song. Stephan Jenkins is a really good songwriter
Crystal meth is a helluva drug.
@@peasterdelryn3915 You're the one on Meth I think.
@@peasterdelryn3915 it’ll lift you up till you break
His name isn't Stephan Jenkins. It's Montravious Ford.
Don’t forget Kevin Cadogan co-wrote this and many other songs on the album
That opening rift brings me straight back to the 90's. Sooo good.
The whole first album is truly a work of art, me and mom used to ride around listening, she just passed and I'm dying inside but this album males me feel whole again. God bless you all
i personally find a place i can hide and listen to just this cd so i can savor the memories it brings back and the emotional rollercoaster is not something i feel that most people can understand. it makes me feel better in a strange way to feel the loss ive had over the years. it helps me to remember where ive been and the lives that i have lived but more important it assures me of my placement in the now as well.
It makes me feel old.
Cheers to that brother
I always go back to this album no matter my mood or circumstances...it's just so awesome. Every song is A-1
This one is my favorite, still can't get over how dark this band is for being sooo happy and poppy
The dichotomy is amazing.
They're not really that poppy and not really happy semi charmed life is supposed to sound like how crystal meth makes u feel which according to Jenkins is "bright and shiny"
That's the 90s for you.
@@Clowncentral101 poppy is not an insult. Never Let You Go isn't grunge.
@@thischarminglovehound2376 I didn’t take it as a slam, I’m js they’re not a happy/poppy band at all. I explained why SCL is that way and NLYG is that way cuz Jenkins wanted to sell out and have a second SCL in the next album to hit the radio and spark more listeners. Those songs are outliers is my point and not an accurate reflection of their general sound or their music.
Soundtrack of my youth
Nothing screams 90s like Third Eye Blind. We love you guys! Thanks for making songs for us to share memories with-
Gin Blossoms? Lisa Loeb?
Something screams 1990s. And plenty of other bands do 100000x >
@@cascade3769 No. Pearl Jam, STP, Soundgarden, Nirvana.
@@zx713 Alice in chains.
@@cascade3769 Now, you’re catching on. Atta, boy!
Vintage 3eb. Most influential album I’ve ever owned. “In the car, in the kitchen you were good to go...”
"I took your stuff and put it in the basement"
"When I found out what the smile on your face meant"
I still love those lines...
“Now we're stuck with the tube
A sink full of dishes and some aqua lube”
I felt this.
You would need to be a drummer to fully appreciate how skilled Brad Hargreaves is.
It's Mike Urbano on this song. Brad is great though
@@oldmanellis2130 Thank you for the correction. Mike Urbano deserves credit for such an outstanding performance.
They're all top shelf musicians. I got turned on to Salizar's (apologize if misspelled..) genius after hearing a 70's retro style instrumental album (Soundtrack) he produced for a videogame in '95 (Interstate '76).. It was so tight, only to find out Salazar was behind it, makes sense.
Guitars too,,, the sheet music is actually really technical. These guys are really talented
Late to the party but, I’ve always been impressed with the tight drumming and the guitar in this song is crazy, the unique tuning alone is wild.
Use to take this cd with me everywhere I went. Miss the 90s
Great band my favorite song by them is graduate 💯
Talk about losing a whole year! Get ready everyone.
b r u h
Here we are January 2021
More like losing four whole years
I love the simplicity of this video. No need for flashy dancing or any of that, just a total banger and a simple but relatable situation.
One off the best pop rock band
when you're 16... theres really no better song for you....
46 here and loving it ;)
16 then ('97), 37 now.
I was 17 when i heard this and still listening in 2018...This is my anthem
Brandon Risner 16 here in 2019 listening \m/
me 2
25 years ago today this album changed my life
My neighbors learned to love this song too. I think. Cuz yup Break-ups SUCK
we all gotta love missing someone toxic even with knowing it's bad news
Worldwide anthem for the year 2020
Losing a whole beer is even worse.
Ever lose a blunt? 😂
Shitting off a pier is even worse
Lost a joint once in the defrost vents in dash. Got it back by blasting it out full blast fan!
Ever lose a friend?
Traction Control Hey
I wish Kevin stayed. They would’ve been legendary
They left him at a hotel. He had no choice. I agree, he was a killer songwriter.
I have seen them live and it was spectacular. I will go to friggen Egypt to see them again
This song takes me back to senior year of high school. Good times. Life goes by so fast. Wish time could slow down.
when this came out I was hooked on the entire album. this got more airtime at my house than everything I owned put together for years. and as you see I'm still here
how'd you do that emoji 💀😂
Great tune underrated band!
This whole album.
Wow! Haven't heard this song in so long. Still a great song!
Shauna L Yeah absolutely.My fave too.
Shauna L my fave 3rd eye blind
I remember the first time I heard this song in the summer of 1997 at 16 years old. Great times. I have long said 3EB is underrated for their creativity, musicality, lyrics that are both poetically beautiful and culturally relevant, not to mention their longevity. They've been one of my favorite bands for nearly 30 years.
The whole album is great, but this song was my favorite. Ah, what I wouldn't give to be young in the 90s again.
Buying their album when it came out is the best buy i have ever done and still today they are just as good.
This is my favorite breakup song
I fucking love this whole album!!!!
literal timeless band to a generation
"Convinced you found your place with the pierced queer teens in cyberspace"... The line to end all lines in a 90s song. I funkin luv this song!
If he wrote the lyrics these days, all the liberals would get triggered and want justice.
@@iidentifyasayoutubertoday7025 because it’s basically calling out their BS
@@elijahaitaok8624 True. I've been yelled out for not agreeing with all of liberals personal beliefs .
Prescient.
what a evolution from 1997 to right now from 3EB. i still remember a concert they did in Cleveland 2016 ;^) www.newsweek.com/third-eye-blind-rnc-troll-concert-482406
My freakin' most fave band of all time. The lyrics, the music, everything is amazing!
This song still is one of the best it will hold up till the end of time
One of the greatest debut albums ever.
I remember when this video was brand new. I think they played it on MuchMusic a lot, as MTV didn't show too many music videos even at the tail end of the 90s. It seemed so sleek and ultra-modern. I remember thinking I couldn't imagine anything looking or sounding any more futuristic.
My VERY first concert without parents/adult supervision. Flash back to February 11, 1998 at the UMR multipurpose building in Rolla, MO. I remember my dad made me dress well covered. I altered my outfit as soon as I was in the building and out of his sight. It was cold and wet winter weather and I wore a checkered black and white skirt and black cardigan and matching Maryjane shoes. I was 15 years old and in love with this band! I crowd surfed for the first time. Stephen on stage saw my joy and reached out and touched my hand briefly. Somehow while crowd surfing and enjoying my first mosh pit I lost one of my shoes. I went home with the biggest smile and only one shoe. Core memories formed that night! I felt invincible and alive! Fast forward to age 41 and I just purchased tickets to see TEB in concert in 2024 here in Tampa FL and I’m bringing my son along this time. Nostalgic! This experience needs shared ❤
My absolute favorite 3EB
this album is amazing...must have listened to it 100 times straight thru.
@jfloyo11 Third Eye Blind Losing A Whole Year is one of my favorite song
1:15
@@brandonmoore7497 I just love this whole album.
back in 1997 when I bought this album I though... wow these guys gave a wonderful gift to the world by composing these songs..... And I still believe they did
I literally cannot get enough of this band no matter how many times I listen to them 🤘🏼🎸🥁
What a song. God, that hurts.
Legendary. One of the best bands from the last 35 years.
Love their music...
had their album and never listened to this song!!! wowwww
I remember being 16 in '97
Bass sounds so good ! !
Not as good as trout
It's official. We lost a whole year. Covid 19 we are over you.
Didn’t know there was a video for this. This was their sound that made them stars.
Such a good damn band. This album is soundtrack to my high school years.
It's crazy that Alex G played bass for this band and what he went on to achieve.
The breakthrough band of the 90s
Man, I haven’t listened to this in years. Forgot just how much these guys rocked out. This is a hard jam
I use to listen to this CD everyday of my life when it came out. I missed those days.
One of the very best albums I have ever heard! And to think I found this album inside of a cd case that was left in a laundromat. What a great find!
i love this song
Blast from the past...damn
It's crazy to me that this album never received a top 10 on billboard charts in the late 90's. So fucken underrated.
bought this CD
in a garage sale in the 2000s. it was therapy for me. One of the best song writers ever in my opinion.
My college years; priceless
Legendary song for sure brings back alot of great memories with great friends that aren't around no more for sure too
Never gets old 2020
The nostalgia of it all 😢thank. You third eye
2020 theme song.
Vastly uderrated comment
go and listen to the Chinesebomb by Blur. 2020 theme song too.
Amen
Came here precisely because of that, left pleased with this comment.
pretty much
Good ole days...missing this kind of music...full of good memories♡♡♡
Def my favorite song by them and one of my favorite songs by ANYONE in general!
2020 feeling like a year lost so perfect song! Lol
I've loved this song for decades. I had a girlfriend who I can relate this song to. She broke up with me but we can't deny losing a whole year doing nothing together
some of my best memories are of spending countless hours with past lady-pals of mine, doing lots and lots of "nothing"
Such a great song, cant believe I was sleeping on this whole album. Always wrote them off as a one hit wonder type band.
gawd! I miss this line-up. perfection.
Yet, just another great song from Third Eye Blind!!!
I'm a child of the 90s... last great decade... I remember listening to 3yb in my car... a fn classic.. kids today are robbed of great music.. share our music with our kids.
I never got into the band, but I did like this song a whole lot.
Always loved their music, brings back so many good memories. This was my favorite album they put out got me hooked!
Song rocks
Such a classic
Losing a whole year
Losing a whole year
I remember you and me used to spend
The whole goddamned day in bed
Losing a whole year
Hiding in your room we'd lay like dogs
And the phone would ring like a joke that's left unsaid
Losing a whole year
Rich daddy left you with a parachute
Your voice sounds like money and your face is cute
But your daddy left you with no love
You touch everything with a velvet glove and
Now you want to try a life of sin
You want to be down with the down and in
Always copping my truths
I kind of get the feeling like I'm being used
And now I realize that you never heard
One goddamned word I ever said
Losing a whole year
Losing a whole year
I took your stuff and put it in the basement
When I found out what the smile on your face meant
I've seen you pop that check, big
Craning your neck at my car wreck and
It always seems the juice used to flow
In the car, in the kitchen, you were good to go
Now we're stuck with the tube
A sink full of dishes and some aqua lube
And I remember you and me used to spend
The whole goddamned day in bed
Hey why
Losing a whole year
And if it's not the defense then you're on the attack
When you start talking I hear the Prozac
Convinced you've found your place
With the pierced queer teens in cyberspace
When you were yourself it tasted sweet
But it sours into a routine deceit
Well this drama is a bore
And I don't want to play no more
Why, why
Why, Why
Losing a whole year
I remember you and me used to spend
The whole goddamned day in bed
Losing a whole year
Hey why
Hey why
thanks for your devotion.
Sounds almost exactly like my life at one time.
You’re the best. I knew someone would have it, thanks!!
Taking Back Sunday 0.9
If this doesn’t scream The 90s then you obviously weren’t born in my generation!!!
Jaime Karasek STFU I was born in the gen z where music is good this trash is Amazing good best thing hey
@@fancychannelname Fr
@@fancychannelname I REMEMBER AND ME YOUD TO SPEND THE WHOLE GOD DAM
@@von0410 STFU. Gen Z? lmao the dumpster of all gens hahaha
@@tonyg3132 pls explain? What r u a Millennial
one of the best opening tracks and videos to exist. bar none.
This slow motion video is one of the best! She is perfect! How beautiful they are together! 🌹
2023 just awesome song!
I’m listening to Third Eye Blind late January 2023
I wasn’t alive in the 90’s but damn would I love to teleport back to that time. I’m sure it was happier times!