I listened to this a LOT when I lost my mother, sister and father within six months of each other and I was going through a divorce too. I felt so completely alone and their deaths were devastating to me. I had my kids, but I couldn't lay my burdens on them. They were just kids. So I would just drive and play this song as loud as possible. We have no control over death, but it still leaves you sad and angry. Music was definitely my therapy back then. This song was part of my therapeutic process. I still listen to this song. Even before I lost my family, this song was one of my favorites by Offspring.
To you ma'am I'm going to say my thoughts and prayers are with you. I lost my father and sister within 2 months. I can understand those feelings. I'm not married I can't identify there. But if you have your children, turn to them and love on them as much as possible. Be an amazing mom to them. And any really close friends you have lean on them when you need to. If they're true friends they'll be there.
Thanks to all of you for your kindness. For those who"ve endured painful losses as I have, I wish you peace and comfort. Thanks to Brad and Lex for reacting to great songs and always being entertaining with their reactions.
The last time I saw them live, they played this song on a grand piano with the singer playing and surrounded by candles. The band came in for the last part of the song. It was so amazing and touching.
THis is the song where, if i suopped in my car, and this was still playing, you left the car running til it was finshed before turning off. It owned everything
Yeah. She said it had nothing to do with airplane food. That it was about the feeling you get when you have to take the airplane food even though it's not what you want but it's all you're going to get. She expressed that feeling using airplane food. But she alluded that one could also express the feeling using the words "death of a friend" (just a different level of intensity - for most folks). Like, it makes you sick to your stomach, but you gotta get on with it. That she didn't pay attention to the lyrics but still came very close to the meaning of the song was quite amazing.
I fucking hate it...it makes her sound so stupid. She was tying to call this song bland, like airplane food till he said it was about death. Usually the pretty girl brings up a reaction show, but every time Lex talks and puts her foot in her mouth, its really REALLY hard to keep watching.
@@visarr dude, your making her sound like some sort of profit, you are just hearing what you wanna hear. Before she found out the song lyrics about death she was comparing it to airplane food cause she thought the sound was bland and she was forced to "eat it" even though she didn't really like it.
@@db212006 The music is full of angst and helplessness - and so are the lyrics. Unlike Morrisey who writes happy music set to morose lyrics (Girlfriend in a Coma), they match in this song. At 2:56, she says "you have to accept it". Afterwards at 3:09, she asks "it's about death?". At 6:32, Brad says "I don't know how you do it".
Yeah...this time, the "vibe" really can't be hammered into this one. This is so literal. Literally wailing for a lost friend/family member, wanting to trade places, etc
The Offspring are truly one of the if not the most underrated bands of the 90’s/2000’s. The lead singer Dexter has a PHd in molecular biology and they are all big brains that just got together and made AMAZING music! Check out “gotta get away” next.
Heard this song hundreds of times but funny how I never paid attention to the lyrics until now. It’s actually much more deep than I thought. Thanks for enlightening me a little today!
Yeah, this is about his girlfriend/fiancé and the mother to his daughter whose an adult now. His Fiancé was killed in a car accident. I could be wrong, but I know she died tragically.
@@mpkelley20 There have been close ones, or at least ones that have transformed it well enough to contend with the original like Disturbed's Sound of Silence.
Song was for his GF who passed. I had the honor of seeing these guys in concert last month on the 27th for the first time and it was one of the best performances of all time. Everybody can relate to this song..
he said in an interview not that long though that him and his girlfriend were at an ice cream shop and it got shot up, he covered her body she survived and within a week he wrote that song cuz it was a life-changing experience..
Not gonna lie, I'm a little disappointed you didn't catch the message of the songs lyrics. I wouldn't complain but for the fact that this song is one of the most tortured heartbreaking songs and I just want you to listen again and feel that deep emotion being conveyed. That said I laughed at your airplane food take 🤣
its interesting how she embraces some music. But I can understand what shes trying to say, some songs you focus on the lyrics, others the instrument(s), and other songs ill focus on the tone or emotion. Like when you listen to a song thats in a different language, you dont know the words but we eventualy develop a perception of our own making with the song. Airplane food....not exactly a strong metaphor in comparing with death/ loss. Maybe she was trying to express acceptance and/or denial.
I always liked this song since it was first released but after my wife of 43 years suddenly and unexpectedly passed away, it took on a whole new meaning to me. Every verse, every line, and every word of this song is exactly how I was feeling.
Song hit the radio as I was going to the funeral home for the visitation for my brother. I felt every word of this song. Yeah, I would've traded places as he had just turned 26 & I'm 15 years older.
The two extremes of Lex are funny. Sometimes she'll have this amazing insight into a song that is completely spot-on. And then there these times: Song: My friend died. I'm so sad about my friend's death. Why did he have to die? Lex: What? This song is about death? LOL
@@josefstalin9678 Especially when they're on the screen in front of them, though in dome cases the vibe of the music is too good and pulls you away from the lyrics on first listen. Here, though, the lyrics and melody are pretty front and center.
its just not her way. I think she would rather express herself from emotion or intuition. Lex: Airplane food (yeah, ridiculous, i know) from her interpretation of the song and feeling, she explains basically denial/ acceptance (you dont get to choose your meal on a plane.) Now contrast with: you dont get to choose whether someone lives or dies. Its not the best metaphor or comparison but id say she wasnt too far from the understanding
@@yaze3316 Fair point, but, she said she wasn't paying attention to the lyrics so she was probably referring to the general sound of the song. I mean you can't interpret lyrics, even abstractly, if you don't know the lyrics. At one point she even said (and im paraphrasing here because i can't remember) "wait what happened" After brad says something relating to death that the song is about
I dedicated this song to my Mother who passed away at the age of 59. I play it for her every year on the anniversary of the day she died. Still brings tears to my eyes.
This song makes me cry every sense I lost my daughter. If I’m in a public place and this song comes on it takes everything I have to not cry , most times I can’t hold it back . It’s been 3 years now and it hurts soooo bad.
Hahaha this is probably one of the most straightforward songs in terms of lyrics imho. I usually miss the meanings of songs on the first listen but this one is an exception lol. "flowers on your grave" = death of loved one, "world has grown cold now that you've gone away" = death of loved one, "I reach to the sky and call out your name" = death of loved one, "if I could trade, I would" = death of loved one, "it feels like heaven's so far away" = death of loved one. Dexter is literally screaming in your face about his feelings after losing a loved one. Not sure where the airplane food interpretation came from but it made me laugh so I can't really complain.
This song takes me back. For some reason, I tied this song to my grandma dying of cancer when I was younger. I never got over it, and never will. She held my family together, and it strikes the heart so intensely. Between this song and Days Go By, it’s their two most underrated songs
I love how she's on a totally different trip talkin bout some airplane food lololol, that's why they call it art folks, the the real performance is in the heads of the audience.
This came out about the same time a teammate of mine that I knew since we were little kids committed suicide and it always made me think of him. R.I.P. #14 🐻
I feel like an idiot, I have literally listened to this song thousands of times and I never thought of looking up the lyrics. The song is so upbeat I would just jam out to it not realizing exactly what it was about. Wow 😔
This song is special to me. My dad died young almost 19 years ago and I make it a point to visit his grave every Father's day and his birthday. Somehow, this song ends up playing on the radio every time I make that trip. Even 19 years after his death and 24 years or so after the song's release
@@BalbazaktheGreat they were around in one form or another for 10 years before hitting it big in 94. So yeah, not a lot of people knew they existed before then.
Lex's analogy of airplane food is apt. Life for someone who has lost the one they love is airplane food. It's still food/life, but never as good as you want.
The interesting thing about this song is that they came up with it because they didn't have a song about the topic and wanted to try their hand at it. The myth growing up was that he lost his wife/gf in a car accident. Regardless, the raw emotion and feeling of loss definitely came through for me.
There are a few songs that I don't realize I have subconsciously avoided since my dad died. Whenever I see one being reacted to, I still don't grasp the fact that I've been avoiding it. Just like before, I'm sitting here with tears running down my face because I miss him, but haven't dealt with my emotions yet. Four years and two months and I still don't want to believe it.....
“Who died?” “Oh somebody died?!” Had me laughing. I listened to this song slot after losing a dog unexpectedly so it always reminds me of that. That brief back and forth was exactly what I needed. Hahaha
''Ok, whatcu got?'' ''Erm... airplane food?'' This is why hearing the whole song is so important. Catching a vibe is one thing, but hearing the lyrics and matching them to the energy of the song is something else.
Lead singer Dexter Holland grieving the loss of a loved one. It was based on a real-life brush with violence that left him contemplating his mortality. Holland and his wife were at a Baskin-Robbins in Huntington Beach when gang members opened fire on the ice cream shop, forcing the patrons to take cover. No one was killed, but the incident left the couple shaken up.
that's weird, because the three or so interviews I've read about it, he said he just wrote a song, there was no specific incident or situation that led up to it.
Brad & Lex. This was a very personal song for the lead singer of The Offspring. Dexter’s girlfriend died. This emotional songs always makes me cry. I can hear Dexter’s pain & grief.
Not true. In an interview he stated that him and his girlfriend went to a shop and a gang shot it up luckily no one was hurt but the feeling of possibly loosing something you love inspired him to write it
Been waiting for you to get around to checking out some more Offspring. This is one of my very favorites. Edit: ...was not expecting the airplane food analogy, but Brad is right - it works in a weird sort of way. Reluctant acceptance - that's absolutely right.
My brother was killed in 1997 at 27 when this song came out. I couldn't listen to it without loosing it. I still do sometimes. It was eerie because the words were saying exactly what was going on with me.
@@briangregory8223 sorry about that obnoxious comment my dumbass made that drunken night dude!....your a stand-up guy for not unloading a rant... 😎🤙🏻...... I like your Mt. Rushmore... I was a metal head growing up here in L. A. Right outta highschool I started a band and we cut some great songs ... Had Ce Ce Deville from Poison playing out demos in the scene.... Then out of nowhere, Nirvana and those flannels 🤣😭 torpedoed the rock world and nobody wanted metal or hair band music anymore....they changed everything...... Saw bands like Wasp .. L.A. Guns... The Crue all these local bands get depressed... Broke... Saw rockers drinking and overdosing themselves to death... It was dark af.... But the hair bands were posers ... Cookie cutters.... So I guess a change was needed ... The bands like Megadeth and Metallica bull dozed through that noise and they still rock .. shows who is true talent.... 🤟🏻 Rock till you puke brother!
@@thegiftedone This made my night. Thanks. And no worries... I have done some STUPID shit when on social media and drinking. I've had people reply to stuff I don't even remember typing.
@@thegiftedone I was a senior in HS when Nevermind dropped and I was suddenly being excluded for being able to actually play. I don't think rock has recovered from what that record did. Seriously.
I have to correct the rumor that Dexter Holland this song about a loved one who had died (usually his wife/girlfriend) which a couple other commenters mentioned. Even though he previously would not elaborate on the exact meaning of the lyrics, I heard a radio interview with Dexter (I think recorded earlier this year) in which he decided to relate what prompted him to write the song. He and his wife were at a convenience near where they live and while they were in line, a couple ran in screaming to call the police because someone had been following them in their car threatening to kill them. A car with "gang members" then pulled up and a guy got out and started shooting at the store, sending bullets through the large front windows. As everybody scrambled to find cover, he and his wife tried to hide behind a trash container and he threw himself on top of her to prevent her from getting shot. He remembered thinking "I'm gonna get shot any second" as the bullets were flying everywhere. Luckily no one was shot (he suspected the shooter purposely shot above the people just to scare them) and the car with the shooter drove off, but the event really made him think about loss and he would feel if his wife had been shot and killed and he wrote this song within a few days.
You guys have THEE most authentic reactions of anyone on RUclips about anything. Period. One of these days you'll react to some Hardcore (type of genre) and it'll blow your minds. That's just as sub-genre spread as the word rock is.
This song is great for getting over the loss of someone. Got me through the death of a few friends that went way to soon. Driving with the song blasting and singing at the top of my lungs with tears in my eyes is the best release for me when grief starts to overwhelm. Great song, thanks for doing a reaction to it.
Also, the 2nd "punk" band in 2 days that you reacted to that has a PhD lead singer. Dr. Greg Graffin, PhD of Zoology from Cornell, is the singer of Bad Religion. And Dr. Brian "Dexter" Holland, PhD of Molecular Biology from University of Southern California, is the singer of the Offspring
@@ItsRDC YES!!! The band that actually named an album about their PhD lead singer going to college! I'm the One would be the easiest one, but Bikeage or Clean Sheets Hope or Thank You or even newer stuff (Smile) would be fantastic.
A much more mature and serious song than what The Offspring are known for, "Gone Away" finds lead singer Dexter Holland grieving the loss of a loved one. It was based on a real-life brush with violence that left him contemplating his mortality. Holland and his wife were at a Baskin-Robbins in Huntington Beach when gang members opened fire on the ice cream shop, forcing the patrons to take cover. No one was killed, but the incident left the couple shaken up.
Lex's vibe was picking up on frequencies again. I was just telling a friend the other day, that when I listen to music, its usually never about what the lyrics mean for me, but my "intuition" picks up the vibration of the energy of the song. Just like picking up on vibes from people. I completely understand Lex's analogy. Ive always loved this song, but he could be singing in German and I would still feel the desperation in the frequency.
This song so perfectly portraits the passion of loss ... I can't believe Lex is so so far off the track. I don't understand how anyone could listen to this with head phones on (or not) and not hear and feel the lyrics and how they are amplified by the music ...
I've been thinking & listening to this song after my mom passed from covid19 back on May 29 2020. I was in combat shot at... but damn I'm still here she's gone..... I miss her. Mothers day is coming up love your mom's you only get one. 🌹👍🍺
I listened to this a LOT when I lost my mother, sister and father within six months of each other and I was going through a divorce too. I felt so completely alone and their deaths were devastating to me. I had my kids, but I couldn't lay my burdens on them. They were just kids.
So I would just drive and play this song as loud as possible. We have no control over death, but it still leaves you sad and angry. Music was definitely my therapy back then. This song was part of my therapeutic process.
I still listen to this song. Even before I lost my family, this song was one of my favorites by Offspring.
So sorry lost my boy my father 6 months later then my mother, it’s so hard to not be angry but it’s grief great great love is hard to lose 😥
I'm so sorry for your loss. You're so right, music IS therapeutic. Hope you're doing well!
To you ma'am I'm going to say my thoughts and prayers are with you. I lost my father and sister within 2 months. I can understand those feelings. I'm not married I can't identify there. But if you have your children, turn to them and love on them as much as possible. Be an amazing mom to them. And any really close friends you have lean on them when you need to. If they're true friends they'll be there.
Thanks to all of you for your kindness. For those who"ve endured painful losses as I have, I wish you peace and comfort. Thanks to Brad and Lex for reacting to great songs and always being entertaining with their reactions.
Wow. So sorry for your great losses. 😢
You can actually FEEL his pain. Dexter is a criminally underrated singer.
It is a great song but does not match the emotion captured in their song When you are in prison. Tears everytime I hear it.
@@seewhatisee8750 If I remember correctly, this is one of their earlier songs. Pretty Fly came out later.
Agree 100%!
If you want to really feel the pain in this son, you should check out the Five Finger Death Punch cover. Really hits hard coming from them
@@audiochicky Slightly earlier... not much. Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) was their 4th album and Americana (1998) was their 5th.
By far the best Offspring song. It’s haunting and sad and it rocks.
It is a great song. The Kids aren't alright is my favorite.
Defy you was sneaky good.
It's good ,but so many better especially on smash.
I envy the confidence to be able to unequivocally state any one song is the best of The Offspring.
I go back to before they were big pop stars. My favorite is Jennifer’s Lost the War.
what the hell??? "who died?" "oh, I was thinking of airplane food!" hahahahahha that was hilarious
The last time I saw them live, they played this song on a grand piano with the singer playing and surrounded by candles. The band came in for the last part of the song. It was so amazing and touching.
2:32 wtf is Lex smoking how do you not hear the words of a song and read the lyrics on the screen😅😂🤣
Not everyone can multitask apparently
She be off in Lex World tranced tf out 🤷♂️🤣
the second she said airplane food i came straight to the comments
THis is the song where, if i suopped in my car, and this was still playing, you left the car running til it was finshed before turning off. It owned everything
I love how Lex always comes up with completely random off the wall interpretations of songs. “This song is a vibe about airplane food.” 😂
Maybe she's dys"lex"ic so words repel her.
Yeah. She said it had nothing to do with airplane food. That it was about the feeling you get when you have to take the airplane food even though it's not what you want but it's all you're going to get. She expressed that feeling using airplane food. But she alluded that one could also express the feeling using the words "death of a friend" (just a different level of intensity - for most folks). Like, it makes you sick to your stomach, but you gotta get on with it. That she didn't pay attention to the lyrics but still came very close to the meaning of the song was quite amazing.
I fucking hate it...it makes her sound so stupid. She was tying to call this song bland, like airplane food till he said it was about death. Usually the pretty girl brings up a reaction show, but every time Lex talks and puts her foot in her mouth, its really REALLY hard to keep watching.
@@visarr dude, your making her sound like some sort of profit, you are just hearing what you wanna hear. Before she found out the song lyrics about death she was comparing it to airplane food cause she thought the sound was bland and she was forced to "eat it" even though she didn't really like it.
@@db212006 The music is full of angst and helplessness - and so are the lyrics. Unlike Morrisey who writes happy music set to morose lyrics (Girlfriend in a Coma), they match in this song. At 2:56, she says "you have to accept it". Afterwards at 3:09, she asks "it's about death?". At 6:32, Brad says "I don't know how you do it".
Yeah...this time, the "vibe" really can't be hammered into this one. This is so literal. Literally wailing for a lost friend/family member, wanting to trade places, etc
Singer has a great high sound that isn't over the top but gives you great feelings
Agreed
The Offspring are truly one of the if not the most underrated bands of the 90’s/2000’s. The lead singer Dexter has a PHd in molecular biology and they are all big brains that just got together and made AMAZING music! Check out “gotta get away” next.
Why did they steal a FFDP song?
2:57 "DEATH, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. IT SUCKS, JUST LIKE AIRPLANE FOOD, BUT THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT." Brad the philosopher has spoken!
Heard this song hundreds of times but funny how I never paid attention to the lyrics until now. It’s actually much more deep than I thought. Thanks for enlightening me a little today!
Yeah, this is about his girlfriend/fiancé and the mother to his daughter whose an adult now. His Fiancé was killed in a car accident. I could be wrong, but I know she died tragically.
The Five Finger Death Punch cover of this tries to capture the feel of the song more, but I still prefer the Offspring original.
@@Elzzaw a cover of any song can never capture the feel intended by the writers.
@@mpkelley20 There have been close ones, or at least ones that have transformed it well enough to contend with the original like Disturbed's Sound of Silence.
I never knew what it was about either.
That “yeah ooooo yeah oooooo” still gives me chills after 20 years.
"If I could trade, I would" Breaks me every time.
Song was for his GF who passed. I had the honor of seeing these guys in concert last month on the 27th for the first time and it was one of the best performances of all time. Everybody can relate to this song..
Yeah she died in a car accident 😢😢
he said in an interview not that long though that him and his girlfriend were at an ice cream shop and it got shot up, he covered her body she survived and within a week he wrote that song cuz it was a life-changing experience..
No it's not.
No it’s not Dexter was married from 92 to 2012 until the divorce
Brad had the meaning of the song right, I don't know where Lex is coming from. Airplane food. Huh? lmao.
he read the lyrics. she didn't and just got the feeling of having to accept something you don't like and used airplane food as one example.
Airplane food=death
What, you don't think the song is about airplane peanuts?
@@johngillespie3409 yeah bro, she's kinda cuckoo, what's with her reactions lol
@@johngillespie3409 Agreed.
One of my favorite songs of all time. So much feeling and emotion in this song.
Brings me right back to the 90s or whenever it was lol
Not gonna lie, I'm a little disappointed you didn't catch the message of the songs lyrics. I wouldn't complain but for the fact that this song is one of the most tortured heartbreaking songs and I just want you to listen again and feel that deep emotion being conveyed. That said I laughed at your airplane food take 🤣
Agreed
100%
its interesting how she embraces some music. But I can understand what shes trying to say, some songs you focus on the lyrics, others the instrument(s), and other songs ill focus on the tone or emotion. Like when you listen to a song thats in a different language, you dont know the words but we eventualy develop a perception of our own making with the song. Airplane food....not exactly a strong metaphor in comparing with death/ loss. Maybe she was trying to express acceptance and/or denial.
I think these guys miss most meanings of lyrics
You guys would make a good sitcom couple. Your energies are so different and play well off of each other lolz
I always liked this song since it was first released but after my wife of 43 years suddenly and unexpectedly passed away, it took on a whole new meaning to me. Every verse, every line, and every word of this song is exactly how I was feeling.
Although I can’t truly help, know that I am sorry for your loss brother.
It was bound to happen, but poor Lex is in outer space on this song, lol.
I love that sexy lexy was completely oblivious to the songs meaning at first and good old reliable Brad is like "who died?"
Lex is great she adds her own thing guys. ❤lex
"Come out and Play" by Offspring is just as relevant today as it was then. Strong lyrics great message.
Gotta Get Away is my favorite by them by far. The bass and drums in that are outstanding.
This song rips me open every time. I think anyone who has lost someone if they grasp what this is about will be affected the same.
Bruh…. Yeah it’s great
Song hit the radio as I was going to the funeral home for the visitation for my brother. I felt every word of this song. Yeah, I would've traded places as he had just turned 26 & I'm 15 years older.
The two extremes of Lex are funny. Sometimes she'll have this amazing insight into a song that is completely spot-on. And then there these times:
Song: My friend died. I'm so sad about my friend's death. Why did he have to die?
Lex: What? This song is about death?
LOL
Honestly makes it kinda hard to watch sometimes when she says "I haven't been paying attention to the lyrics"
@@josefstalin9678 Especially when they're on the screen in front of them, though in dome cases the vibe of the music is too good and pulls you away from the lyrics on first listen. Here, though, the lyrics and melody are pretty front and center.
its just not her way. I think she would rather express herself from emotion or intuition. Lex: Airplane food (yeah, ridiculous, i know) from her interpretation of the song and feeling, she explains basically denial/ acceptance (you dont get to choose your meal on a plane.) Now contrast with: you dont get to choose whether someone lives or dies. Its not the best metaphor or comparison but id say she wasnt too far from the understanding
@@yaze3316 Fair point, but, she said she wasn't paying attention to the lyrics so she was probably referring to the general sound of the song. I mean you can't interpret lyrics, even abstractly, if you don't know the lyrics. At one point she even said (and im paraphrasing here because i can't remember) "wait what happened" After brad says something relating to death that the song is about
In her defense, she said she wasn't paying attention to the lyrics :)
I dedicated this song to my Mother who passed away at the age of 59. I play it for her every year on the anniversary of the day she died. Still brings tears to my eyes.
The Offspring are always making you think. And extreme rocking tunes.
This song makes me cry every sense I lost my daughter. If I’m in a public place and this song comes on it takes everything I have to not cry , most times I can’t hold it back . It’s been 3 years now and it hurts soooo bad.
I’m sorry that happened to you. ♥️
@@ballzorusrex3701 Thank you Rex
Man you just made me cry. Sorry for your loss.
@@ct.shroomer3558 Sorry Shroomer
I’m with you. I played this song every day multiple times after my son passed away. April makes 11 years for me. It never gets easier.
Hahaha this is probably one of the most straightforward songs in terms of lyrics imho. I usually miss the meanings of songs on the first listen but this one is an exception lol. "flowers on your grave" = death of loved one, "world has grown cold now that you've gone away" = death of loved one, "I reach to the sky and call out your name" = death of loved one, "if I could trade, I would" = death of loved one, "it feels like heaven's so far away" = death of loved one. Dexter is literally screaming in your face about his feelings after losing a loved one. Not sure where the airplane food interpretation came from but it made me laugh so I can't really complain.
yeaahhh that was so strange
"Airplane food". You've got to be kidding me.
Omg lex airplane food! I would have started that song again from sheer embarrassment
One of my favorite songs by them indeed. Got to see them once
How do you react to a lyric video and not pay attention to the lyrics.... it baffles the mind.
This song takes me back. For some reason, I tied this song to my grandma dying of cancer when I was younger. I never got over it, and never will. She held my family together, and it strikes the heart so intensely. Between this song and Days Go By, it’s their two most underrated songs
I love how she's on a totally different trip talkin bout some airplane food lololol, that's why they call it art folks, the the real performance is in the heads of the audience.
A truly great song for those who ever lost someone close to them.
This came out about the same time a teammate of mine that I knew since we were little kids committed suicide and it always made me think of him.
R.I.P. #14 🐻
Hands down their best, rawest, realest track. And saddest.
A great Offspring song. Again they should have played the video if possible.
I've seen the video. They didn't miss anything.
most of the time if they play the real video it will get flagged for copyright... its lame as hell....
My favourite Offspring song
"Death and airplane food. Both suck. But you gotta accept them both."
That has to be the most profound thing I ever heard Brad say!
I feel like an idiot, I have literally listened to this song thousands of times and I never thought of looking up the lyrics. The song is so upbeat I would just jam out to it not realizing exactly what it was about. Wow 😔
This song is special to me. My dad died young almost 19 years ago and I make it a point to visit his grave every Father's day and his birthday. Somehow, this song ends up playing on the radio every time I make that trip. Even 19 years after his death and 24 years or so after the song's release
Holy crap ! I heard this song years ago and could never find out who played it.
This is so cool.
Awesome tune
dexter's range is incredible and massively underrated
Anyone else notice how the beginning of Linkin Park’s “New Divide” has a similar intro ?
Still love the songs though
This band has been quietly kicking ass since the early 80s👍
Quietly??
@@BalbazaktheGreat they were around in one form or another for 10 years before hitting it big in 94. So yeah, not a lot of people knew they existed before then.
@@TubinTexas I just thought it was funny that you called a punk band "quiet."
LMAO! "Airplane food". Literally the last thing I would be thinking about while hearing this song.
Hahaha! "Death sucks like aeroplane food" You're a funny guy Brad😂
Lex's analogy of airplane food is apt. Life for someone who has lost the one they love is airplane food. It's still food/life, but never as good as you want.
He wrote this song for his girlfriend that died.
False. This is not true at all. In fact, he has stated many times that nobody died, it wasn't written for anyone in particular.
@@Annonymous0283745 He might say that so he wouldn't have to talk about it. Who knows.
@@wixxed It was not about anyone's death, and here he is literally talking about how the song came to be: ruclips.net/video/wREywAIXGj4/видео.html
@@Annonymous0283745 Wow just listened to an interview and You're right...
@@wixxed The singer knows? When he said its about no one?
This song came out a few months before my cousin died. This one hit home.
they did a great reworking of this song for their latest album, more haunting
The interesting thing about this song is that they came up with it because they didn't have a song about the topic and wanted to try their hand at it. The myth growing up was that he lost his wife/gf in a car accident. Regardless, the raw emotion and feeling of loss definitely came through for me.
There are a few songs that I don't realize I have subconsciously avoided since my dad died. Whenever I see one being reacted to, I still don't grasp the fact that I've been avoiding it. Just like before, I'm sitting here with tears running down my face because I miss him, but haven't dealt with my emotions yet. Four years and two months and I still don't want to believe it.....
“Who died?” “Oh somebody died?!” Had me laughing. I listened to this song slot after losing a dog unexpectedly so it always reminds me of that. That brief back and forth was exactly what I needed. Hahaha
"Airplane food." Haha I laughed pretty hard at that...🤣🤣🤣
''Ok, whatcu got?''
''Erm... airplane food?''
This is why hearing the whole song is so important. Catching a vibe is one thing, but hearing the lyrics and matching them to the energy of the song is something else.
cracks me up how Lex gets so into a song but never has a clue what the lyrics say......
Lead singer Dexter Holland grieving the loss of a loved one. It was based on a real-life brush with violence that left him contemplating his mortality. Holland and his wife were at a Baskin-Robbins in Huntington Beach when gang members opened fire on the ice cream shop, forcing the patrons to take cover. No one was killed, but the incident left the couple shaken up.
that's weird, because the three or so interviews I've read about it, he said he just wrote a song, there was no specific incident or situation that led up to it.
Exactly, it was not about anyone dying. Here is the interview in question: ruclips.net/video/wREywAIXGj4/видео.html
“This is about death.”
“Airplane food?”
“It’s about death.”
You two are the best lolol
Airplane food lmao 🤣 😂
"Airplane food" 😂 Lex's synesthesia is out of control. And I love it. Love you guys
Oh? Does she legitimately have synesthesia?
@@L3onOfKings nah... I mean maybe... it's just funny what music conjures up for her.
I struggled for years after my dad died young suddenly. When this song came out, I really connected to it. RIP Dad.
She is just too cute... over there vibin. I love you two! Awesome reactions
Brad & Lex. This was a very personal song for the lead singer of The Offspring. Dexter’s
girlfriend died.
This emotional songs always makes me cry. I can hear Dexter’s pain & grief.
Not true. In an interview he stated that him and his girlfriend went to a shop and a gang shot it up luckily no one was hurt but the feeling of possibly loosing something you love inspired him to write it
I don’t get how you can get a vibe from a song without actually listening to it
Airplane food. Your ability to come up with analogies blows my mind.
This song is dedicated to a friend who committed suicide after high school.
R.I.P. Jimmy/Gizmo
Been waiting for you to get around to checking out some more Offspring. This is one of my very favorites.
Edit: ...was not expecting the airplane food analogy, but Brad is right - it works in a weird sort of way. Reluctant acceptance - that's absolutely right.
They reacted to this before. Oh i must have caught it live and they are reposting it.
@@abefroman8821 They do a lot of their reactions on stream, and then cut them into videos for youtube.
The Five Finger Death Punch cover of this song has got to be one of the best covers ever.
My good friend died a few weeks ago, and this hits home. Great song though. Just makes me feel sad, but in a good way.
My brother was killed in 1997 at 27 when this song came out. I couldn't listen to it without loosing it. I still do sometimes. It was eerie because the words were saying exactly what was going on with me.
Tremendous song. The guitar track is thunderous. Always loved this. Banger.
I was never a huge Offspring fan but this song is so, so good that it has the ability to make every single other song they did differently.
You suck dude….let me guess…..u listened to REM and Nirvana right?🤦🏻♂️
@@thegiftedone Maiden, Sabbath and Slayer. Nirvana lol
@@briangregory8223 sorry about that obnoxious comment my dumbass made that drunken night dude!....your a stand-up guy for not unloading a rant... 😎🤙🏻...... I like your Mt. Rushmore... I was a metal head growing up here in L. A. Right outta highschool I started a band and we cut some great songs ... Had Ce Ce Deville from Poison playing out demos in the scene.... Then out of nowhere, Nirvana and those flannels 🤣😭 torpedoed the rock world and nobody wanted metal or hair band music anymore....they changed everything...... Saw bands like Wasp .. L.A. Guns... The Crue all these local bands get depressed... Broke... Saw rockers drinking and overdosing themselves to death... It was dark af.... But the hair bands were posers ... Cookie cutters.... So I guess a change was needed ... The bands like Megadeth and Metallica bull dozed through that noise and they still rock .. shows who is true talent.... 🤟🏻 Rock till you puke brother!
@@thegiftedone This made my night. Thanks. And no worries... I have done some STUPID shit when on social media and drinking. I've had people reply to stuff I don't even remember typing.
@@thegiftedone I was a senior in HS when Nevermind dropped and I was suddenly being excluded for being able to actually play. I don't think rock has recovered from what that record did. Seriously.
Just found you guys the other day. I see over 1mil subs in the future fo sho fo sho. Love the vids.
I have to correct the rumor that Dexter Holland this song about a loved one who had died (usually his wife/girlfriend) which a couple other commenters mentioned. Even though he previously would not elaborate on the exact meaning of the lyrics, I heard a radio interview with Dexter (I think recorded earlier this year) in which he decided to relate what prompted him to write the song. He and his wife were at a convenience near where they live and while they were in line, a couple ran in screaming to call the police because someone had been following them in their car threatening to kill them. A car with "gang members" then pulled up and a guy got out and started shooting at the store, sending bullets through the large front windows. As everybody scrambled to find cover, he and his wife tried to hide behind a trash container and he threw himself on top of her to prevent her from getting shot. He remembered thinking "I'm gonna get shot any second" as the bullets were flying everywhere. Luckily no one was shot (he suspected the shooter purposely shot above the people just to scare them) and the car with the shooter drove off, but the event really made him think about loss and he would feel if his wife had been shot and killed and he wrote this song within a few days.
This is a really deep song 🎵 content
You guys have THEE most authentic reactions of anyone on RUclips about anything. Period. One of these days you'll react to some Hardcore (type of genre) and it'll blow your minds. That's just as sub-genre spread as the word rock is.
airplane food > death LMAO love watching ya'll just for this!
This song is great for getting over the loss of someone. Got me through the death of a few friends that went way to soon. Driving with the song blasting and singing at the top of my lungs with tears in my eyes is the best release for me when grief starts to overwhelm. Great song, thanks for doing a reaction to it.
This is one of the most beautiful songs of all time!
Also, the 2nd "punk" band in 2 days that you reacted to that has a PhD lead singer. Dr. Greg Graffin, PhD of Zoology from Cornell, is the singer of Bad Religion. And Dr. Brian "Dexter" Holland, PhD of Molecular Biology from University of Southern California, is the singer of the Offspring
We just need a Descendants to complete the trilogy of super educated California punk singers...
@@ItsRDC YES!!! The band that actually named an album about their PhD lead singer going to college! I'm the One would be the easiest one, but Bikeage or Clean Sheets Hope or Thank You or even newer stuff (Smile) would be fantastic.
A much more mature and serious song than what The Offspring are known for, "Gone Away" finds lead singer Dexter Holland grieving the loss of a loved one. It was based on a real-life brush with violence that left him contemplating his mortality. Holland and his wife were at a Baskin-Robbins in Huntington Beach when gang members opened fire on the ice cream shop, forcing the patrons to take cover. No one was killed, but the incident left the couple shaken up.
I mean I love lex, but how do the lyrics go over your head while watching a lyric video 😂😂 ¿airplane food?
Lex's vibe was picking up on frequencies again. I was just telling a friend the other day, that when I listen to music, its usually never about what the lyrics mean for me, but my "intuition" picks up the vibration of the energy of the song. Just like picking up on vibes from people. I completely understand Lex's analogy. Ive always loved this song, but he could be singing in German and I would still feel the desperation in the frequency.
Hahahahaha I'm 2:30 in and what the actual fuck Lex hahah
In saying this, are you guys watching the same lyric video as us or what? Airplane food hahah.
I bout fell out my chair when Lex said air plane food. Would love to a conversation with her while tripping
I love you two. Please get back to Leo and Frog Leap Studios reaction. I know you have only done 1 but there is sooooo many
Sultans of Swing 🔥🔥🔥
Stay is a banger too
Lost my Best friend in 2018 - this is my tribute to him.... my world did grow cold and i wish i could trade..... RIP Jack...
Words are important now
This song so perfectly portraits the passion of loss ... I can't believe Lex is so so far off the track. I don't understand how anyone could listen to this with head phones on (or not) and not hear and feel the lyrics and how they are amplified by the music ...
The piano version hits even deeper in the feels
Lex has just developed a character on all the reactions, random Lex vibe
Great song !!!! I missed this live with you guys.
I've been thinking & listening to this song after my mom passed from covid19 back on May 29 2020. I was in combat shot at... but damn I'm still here she's gone..... I miss her. Mothers day is coming up love your mom's you only get one. 🌹👍🍺