There's something about this era of music that just can't be replicated no matter how hard people try. I'm always going to be thankful that I was able to grow up as a kid listening to music that had heart and soul written in it. I'll miss those days...
This music just can't be made in this economy. People used to go out and buy tapes or CDs of bands that played some really cool concert and then everyone just passed the info to their friends and family. Now you try to search for a band on youtube and you get suggestions of more popular bands that just paid more for the ads. If everything was treated as equal, people would be much more exposed to these classics and they would literally have billions of views.
@@adam145 I kind of like how records are making a comeback but holy crap they're overly priced as hell... I still buy CDs time to time sometimes those can be super cheap, I just find the sound to be better on CDs than digital, also I like having physical copies of things that I can actually hold, trade, and look at, the joy of music was having to go out, socialize and talk about music with others as you searched in the store for something, those days are gone sadly.
Our job is to keep this music alive by streaming it as often as possible and supporting the group 💜 We gotta educate the new generation on what real music is
I would like to say "Thanks" to authors and singers of this masterpiece of American rock music because thier songs really give me motivation to fight with problems. I'm russian teenager, but i have been listening to Offspring for 10 years and I'm proud of being their fan.
да музыка хорша у них) раньше рок не слушал, слушал мой папа, но жизнь забрала его у меня. Остались только воспоминания теплые) особенно когда слушаешь эту группу и эту песню😍
Back in 96-97, i was barely 8yo, riding a bike near my home, and i noticed a dirty cassette tape thrown away amidst some trash and overgrown grass in an abandoned campsite, labeled "best of...". No one was ever near it for ages, so i took it back home to see what it was. The first song was Self Esteem, and it changed my whole taste in music forever.
My favorite Offspring song ever . I use to play the Smash album on cassette on my walkman on my way to high school . I went crazy for this when it first came out . After all these years its still one of my favorite albums.
+Zlatan Ibrahimovic The song is about a loser with no self esteem.People tend to get their confidence and self validation from seeing someone else in worse situation than theirs.Perhaps that's the reason why.
Congratulations Dr. Holland! For those who don't know - the leader singer just finished his Ph.D. in molecular biology, with a thesis on HIV. From CHILE CTM!
i am gringo rojo verde hey dexter hire the best taxi driver in the midwest to ad and sell my gringo cabito sauce and get that promo for that cameo im in with i choose airport departures i get this sauce like kobayashi golden gobblet? look me up ive been working by word of mouth pro bono fuck bono u2 bro :)
I'm a old man ,70's electric guitarist and I have to say these guys got that electric guitar chunk sound down man.... it's very catchy tune. I try to do it and it's hard to get it right. Good job boys....
It's the technique. Very simple but if you do not get it just right with the beat , it's all wrong. I play to much complex stuff, I need to get simple again. from the gut.....
The fact that this band can do a song as "stoopid" and "slacker" and goofy and F-it-all FUN as this one is, and then turn around and drop something as touching and profound as "Gone Away," speaks volumes about their chops. And in both cases, Volume is what's up.
Introduced my daughter to Offspring and she absolutely loved this track..i was a 90s teen, skater, backpack tagging type..she loved my stories. She passed away at 16 November 27th 2023❤ Miss you my baby💔
I agree but id of loved to be alittle more old get all the great music from 60s 70s 80s then get to see the last of good music before all this trash i rarley like new artist n when i do thats cause they are artist audio tune mumble rap bull shit. No talent music taking over
As a millennial I agree I also like how most Gen Xers also had respect for classic rock I know 90s teens that also like Zeppelin Sabbath Ramones Grateful Dead as much as Pearl Jam Bush Nirvana
90’s are overrated as fuck. I’d rather listen to current artists like Thundercat, Warpaint, Kamasi Washington, Neon Bunny, Khruangbin and others than anything from the 90’s. And I remember the 70’s and 80’s (the best decades imo).
This is the song that kinda defined my musical taste when I was a little kid. Its the first thing I remember hearing and being blown away by it right away, and the feeling still remains to this day.
I discovered The Offspring back in 97 when a classmate sold me their album Smash for candy money. It completely changed my whole outlook on music for good.
Great band...but rock hall of fame....nope...record sales man...they ain't even in the league of Seger, Springsteen, Christ Springfield for that matter...they had two medicore okay CDs...first one and pretty fly CD...see it was not memorable...they are a great band...but they ain't rock n roll Hall of Fame good...ask any rock critic
@@blazed99 2020 hall of fame inductees , Nine Inch Nails, T Rex, Jon Landau, Irving Azoff. Blazed in truth is telling us the Offspring isn't Hall of Fame worthy based on record sales. lol
@@alanreifsteckjr594 Wahaha this comment and the original on this thread illustrate a point I've been thinking on a lot:That being,there's always some older dude out to flex his older music. "I miss the Stone age. Cave chants, Rock banging. Give a listen. You might like it"
I'm 35. And I just realized my life has been an endless string of Offspring songs. Like they could see into my future and wrote a song for a period of my misery.
I've seen them on a festival once, they played 3 maybe 5 songs and started wrapping up, a guy in front of me yelled "Self esteem" as they haven't played it yet, but not loud enough for them to hear him. In desperation I've yelled "SELF ESTEEM!!!" so loud I almost lost my voice, but they heard it, looked at each other and went with this iconic "la la lalala"... I still get goosebumps thinking about this... my favourite song of theirs. Thanks Offspring!
"Self Esteem" wound up being the second single released from The Offspring's third studio album and caught on fire in 1995, charting in America and Europe. MTV showed the video a lot of love and helped elevate the band to new heights of popularity. The Offspring, with several other punk bands of the era, brought punk rock into the mainstream as nobody had quite done before... All due respect to The Ramones.
Ramones weren't the first punk band, bands like the Stooges, Misfits, etc. were arguably more influential to punk than Ramones. (maybe pop-punk but even then, the buzzcocks made better pop-punk than ramones)
Seeing he is not only a rockstar but he is also a Doctor of molecular biology, maybe his message through this song perhaps was that self-esteem is built through a continuous drive towards accomplishment.
It's good that he has rock star to fall back on, in case molecular biology doesn't work out. Maybe he should form a band with Brian May. Are there any other rockers with Ph.D. degrees out there?
@@andrewbesso4257 Not sure of Ph.D Degrees, but kind of related, on a "things you might not expect from musicians" subject: the singer of Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, ended up going into politics in Australia. I haven't kept up with that, or the band reunions. That's all I know.
This is one of those songs wherein the group actually created something bigger than they could have ever realized or imagined, but it also typically happens that way because they at least know it's good the moment they playback their recording of it. I mean, most artists know what they're capable of for the most part. This is the absolute peak for the Offspring, the measure by which you can judge any song after it and supposedly upcoming (IDK if they're still together and/or putting out new material) songs. This is where calling it spectacular is damn near an understatement.
I worked at a mexican restaurant in oc California, Dexter was a regular before and after famous, he was always nice, he used to take his parents and his wife at a time, very cool down to earth guy, l even have a picture with him.
Oh Scheiße,dass tut mir sehr leid.Wünsche ihm alles,alles Gute u.ganz viel Kraft euch!🙏🙏🙏 Bin 64 hatte Blasenkrebs u.zur Zeit geht es mir gut!Absolut geiler Song👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
When I was a kid my dad always used to blast offspring songs in the car while we were riding around, and now, thanks to him I listen to some of the greatest music. Thanks dad!
@@aliaksandraetemi583 right,,, the song “freshmen” by the verge is so heavy now to me hahaha (I mean it always was I guess but now it hits harder for me 🤣)
I recall not even knowing what 'self-esteem' meant when I first heard this around 12 or so, and not having any inclination to find out. Just being bowled over by the blasting angst that I felt inside me, as in the song. Nearly 30 years later, as I adjust to life in a mental health institution, I come to realise how life-long the damage to self-esteem can be. The repression, the trauma, the self-doubt, the denial, the inability to be either 'normal' or 'different'. Just existing to beat yourself up. Thank you to bands like The Offspring, Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins and the like. Old geezers now, like me 😉 but I live momentarily in the bygone memories of yours truly. A
Saw them again live in Hradec Králové, Rock For People four days ago... damn that was a good gig. How to make a 41year old father happy for an hour. And Dexter was interviewed on that very same festival!
I’m currently 170 years young. I remember this song being played right at the end of the Mexican-American War. What a time to be alive. Wish I could go back to my childhood days 😢
@@michaelbienicewicz2993 you do know that if we use your classification of people there would be only two types of people in the world - holes and sticks?
This song transcends race, nationality and or ethnicity. ANY heterosexual man can personally relate and or know another friend that has gone through this scenario.
I remember discovering offspring when I was in middle school around 2011 and I thought I was the coolest for it, it played on the radio and I turned it up and my mom sang the entire lyrics and that’s when I found out that is was my mom who was actually the coolest
Zingtehzah why was this song written? He doesn't seem the type to have low self esteem, but I'm judging from an outside view, not knowing anything about the fella.
The 90s best decade for music especially grunge and rock as well as few other genres, I'm so privileged to of been in my teens through out that decade.
lol that has to be there worst song hands down too. i remember sitting at the bus stop freshman year listening to smash and americana daily. Offspring is still my fav band of all time
I remember when this came out, I was 20, young and free and everything was so great!!! Here I am nearly 30 years on and everything is so depressing, I think I took my youth for granted but those days were so good that I have to relive them by coming back to this and feeling happy again.
I absolutely love The Offspring and this song in particular. One of the things you will notice about this band is all of their lyrics are audibly understandable. Very clear vocals and you don't get the words wrong.
@@dismalproject1974 I could never make asses or teakettles of Come Out And Play until I read the lyrics. Could never understand jack in that song. I have good hearing and a good stereo.
Long ago in times of my metal / death, goth, etc wandering "far & wide", I somehow ended up with lyrics for some death metal song - guess what, I could clearly understand every word 😆
I married her. Learn from my suffering. Took it all and called the cops. I’m just waiting for my maker… just a sucker with no self esteem. Decades and decades and decades. The more you suffer,…
@Meetthemaker1day Oh Lord. I married a nightmare dud too son. Doesn't mean you're life is over. Get some help. Doesn't matter how many decades of misery/low self esteem. Your Maker isn't ready for you yet!
In -95 my music teacher asked the class what newer songs we thought still would be popular in the future. I answered with this song. Is it true? I think so.
Oouh... Long a go!This is my first album on CD!How we engouh in that new digitally sound!In this days,that was a high technologies!Whole my ekyp,constated that NEW CD.player and shinny 💿 never can be changed with anything or forgotten!Now we talk about our young and pure crazy days!Always someone,start a story;did anyboady remembered some of our chaos parties?!And then we talked about our favorite,bands and groups,someone always add that,was already ON -CDs.?❕😂🏴☠️🇷🇸❕Yeah, on beautiful little shiny 💿 ❕
I was born in 92 in southern california, and as a kid my favorite band was the offspring. They played this a lot on kcal 96.7 and X103.9 . thumbs up if anyone knows those stations!! :D
lyrics: I wrote her off for the tenth time today And practiced all the things I would say But she came over I lost my nerve I took her back and made her dessert Now I know I'm being used That's okay because I like the abuse I know she's playing with me That's okay 'cause I've got no self-esteem Oh yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah We make plans to go out at night I wait till two then I turn out the light This rejection's got me so low If she keeps it up I just might tell her so Oh yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah When she's saying that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends When she's saying that I'm like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can spend Well I guess I should stick up for myself But I really think it's better this way The more you suffer The more it shows you really care, right, yeah, yeah Now I'll relate this a little bit That happens more than I'd like to admit Late at night she knocks on my door She's drunk again and looking to score Now I know I should say no But that's kind of hard when she's ready to go I may be dumb But I'm not a dweeb I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem Oh yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah Oh yeah yeah When she's saying, oh, that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends When she's saying, oh, that I'm like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can spend Well, I guess I should stick up for myself But I really think it's better this way The more you suffer The more it shows you really care Right, yeah, yeah, yeah
I wrote her off for the tenth time today And practiced all the things I would say But she came over, I lost my nerve I took her back and made her dessert Now I know I'm being used That's okay, man, 'cause I like the abuse I know she's playing with me That's okay 'cause I got no self-esteem We make plans to go out at night I wait 'til 2 then I turn out the light This rejection's got me so low If she keeps it up I just might tell her so When she's saying that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends When she's saying that I'm like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can spend Well, I guess I should stick up for myself But I really think it's better this way The more you suffer The more it shows you really care Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah Now I'll relate this little bit That happens more than I'd like to admit Late at night she knocks on my door She's drunk again and looking to score Now I know I should say "No" But it's kind of hard when she's ready to go I may be dumb but I'm not a dweeb I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem When she's saying that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends When she's saying that I'm like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can spend Well, I guess I should stick up for myself But I really think it's better this way The more you suffer The more it shows you really care Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah
These are well written lyrics. Humorously clever yet quite insightful! The music complements the lyrics perfectly. Great job, Offspring! One of the best songs of all time!
Point he’s implying is music from the 2000s and back was way different from the music today and he is true. Sure there are some people trying to still make music like this, however back then was the pinnacle.
I'm an old guy that lived through the Woodstock era etc. The 90's were a breath of fresh air in an increasing putrid music scene after WS, other than a few notables such as Stevie Ray Vaughn. The Offspring are one of the bands that convinced me there is nothing like great rock and roll. I'm waiting for it pop up again before I leave this planet.
nah dude if you just put the tiniest bit of effort in looking for good bands/songwriters rn there a fuck ton of them. Thios song holds memories for me too and i love it, but your assessment is just. Dont you think people 20 years ago said the same thing? Like "the offspring" wasnt loked down upon by fans of the Rolling Stones, The Who or Led Zeppelin. The key to enjoying music is to stop trying to compare different generations and just be happy that every generation has a unique style to express themselves
Dude that bullshit. I listen to stuff from 60's up to 2010. Saying today music is crap is wrong. Have you not heard any of billie eilish stuff. She sings about climate change, depression and her night terrors, and other stuff it's not all ducking boohs and shotting. So get off your ducking high horse and check your age grandpa. Because you sound just like the the Boomers when we where growing up.
Here is the list of best music years from someone who used to own 1,300 CDs 1) 1971 2) 1973 3) 1970 4) 1969 5) 1968 6) 1967 7) 1972 8) 1975 9) 1966 10) 1974 11) 1976 11) 1981 12) 1977 13) 1984 14) 1965 15) 1978 16) 1964 17) 1994
Found out last night The mother of my kids is now in a relationship with one of my childhood friends,which she knew our past history of. I’m only 28 but this song came to my head and I had to look for the name and listen to it for a whole day.
@@52692luis Tf? Sleep with her sister, her mother and her best friend. But honestly don't do nothing mate just move on with your life, there's reasons relationships end, look for one that doesn't.
I used to jump around in my room to this song as a 10 year old boy having not a clue about what the lyrics to the song actually meant. Now I am 40 feeling the last 30 years went by way too fast!
This was my dad’s favorite song. I remember driving around with him and blaring this song. He passed away in 2007. RIP Pop, still blaring it
I used to drive around with my much younger sister blasting this shit! AWESOME!!! She loved it by the way!!
that’s the beauty of music my brother.
rip
literally have the same memory with my Dad, passed in 2017, Rest In Peace to your Pop 🙏
Dude, your pops had awesome taste! 👊
One of the greatest songs ever. That opening "la la la la la la la la" pumps me up every time.
Yes this and Can't Stop by the Chilli Peppers. Two of my all time favorites.🤘🤘
Meee too!!
I'll relay this little bit....
It happens more when I'm taking a shit...
Still makes my legs want to run for the dance floor 😂
Still makes my legs want to run for the dance floor 😂
There's something about this era of music that just can't be replicated no matter how hard people try. I'm always going to be thankful that I was able to grow up as a kid listening to music that had heart and soul written in it. I'll miss those days...
This music just can't be made in this economy. People used to go out and buy tapes or CDs of bands that played some really cool concert and then everyone just passed the info to their friends and family. Now you try to search for a band on youtube and you get suggestions of more popular bands that just paid more for the ads.
If everything was treated as equal, people would be much more exposed to these classics and they would literally have billions of views.
@@adam145 I kind of like how records are making a comeback but holy crap they're overly priced as hell... I still buy CDs time to time sometimes those can be super cheap, I just find the sound to be better on CDs than digital, also I like having physical copies of things that I can actually hold, trade, and look at, the joy of music was having to go out, socialize and talk about music with others as you searched in the store for something, those days are gone sadly.
This reminds me of the late Joel Schumacher’s Batman films. Particularly Forever.
Our job is to keep this music alive by streaming it as often as possible and supporting the group 💜 We gotta educate the new generation on what real music is
Do the times make the people or do people make the times?
I am 97 years old and still listening to this band. Never too old for Offpring
The Offspring forever
Always and for ever❤❤❤
Facts dawg 🤘✌️
Yes
🤘thank god there are people crazy like offspring
Fuckig oath mate
I would like to say "Thanks" to authors and singers of this masterpiece of American rock music because thier songs really give me motivation to fight with problems. I'm russian teenager, but i have been listening to Offspring for 10 years and I'm proud of being their fan.
да музыка хорша у них)
раньше рок не слушал, слушал мой папа, но жизнь забрала его у меня. Остались только воспоминания теплые) особенно когда слушаешь эту группу и эту песню😍
Try listening to tool my friend 46 and 2 is a great introduction.
American???
@@RobertRobertson-y1j yes sir
Я тоже рос под них
I love the fact the lead singer already had a masters degree when the band took off and now he has doctorate in molecular biology.
Yeah)
Thanks for sharing i didnt know that...
Haha, and he claims to not be a "dweeb" in the song. DWEEB!
The lead singer of bad religion as well has a PhD if I’m not mistaken
What's noodles real name?
Back in 96-97, i was barely 8yo, riding a bike near my home, and i noticed a dirty cassette tape thrown away amidst some trash and overgrown grass in an abandoned campsite, labeled "best of...". No one was ever near it for ages, so i took it back home to see what it was. The first song was Self Esteem, and it changed my whole taste in music forever.
😊👌
That was MINE!!!😮
I love this story!!! ❤
God's intervention
I got mine from my older brother 😊
My favorite Offspring song ever . I use to play the Smash album on cassette on my walkman on my way to high school . I went crazy for this when it first came out . After all these years its still one of my favorite albums.
this song ironically gets me energized and builds up my confidence, giving me self esteem.
irony is a beautiful thing.
It's the same for me. The purpose may be this
the song is about having no self esteem though
+Zlatan Ibrahimovic same
+Zlatan Ibrahimovic The song is about a loser with no self esteem.People tend to get their confidence and self validation from seeing someone else in worse situation than theirs.Perhaps that's the reason why.
Congratulations Dr. Holland! For those who don't know - the leader singer just finished his Ph.D. in molecular biology, with a thesis on HIV. From CHILE CTM!
David Antonio And I want to try his Gringo Bandito hot sauce
David Antonio a
i am gringo rojo verde hey dexter hire the best taxi driver in the midwest to ad and sell my gringo cabito sauce and get that promo for that cameo im in with i choose airport departures i get this sauce like kobayashi golden gobblet? look me up ive been working by word of mouth pro bono fuck bono u2 bro :)
Meh. I've seen better uses with people's time.
Fucking amazing!!
I'm a old man ,70's electric guitarist and I have to say these guys got that electric guitar chunk sound down man.... it's very catchy tune. I try to do it and it's hard to get it right. Good job boys....
Scoop the mids and use the bridge pickup and downstrokes. Crank the gain. Seymour duncan JB bridge is what he used I think.
🎶
It's the technique. Very simple but if you do not get it just right with the beat , it's all wrong. I play to much complex stuff, I need to get simple again. from the gut.....
You're not old. Your birth year was just a long time ago.
This is my favorite song during my high school days, now im 43 year's old, and still listening up to now...
yes yes me too....wow i miss those years....always cherish those years...awesome memories...no social media..and real childhood years...
Just turned 43 yesterday and here I am!
same and same
Greatest time man 45 here.
same here, rock on man!
This band will never be forgotten
Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' by Robert Nix
@@redskies4530 thank you dude
@@hawaiianryealoha You are indeed welcome.
Shame they changed.
There's 2 different offsprings.
@Robert-cu9bm to be expected over a 40 year career
This track will make any 90s kid scream inside from nostalgia. We really grew up in the best era guys 🤘🏻
Amen to that.
Dude. I'm with you
You are so right about that!! ❤
Said every generation ever….
it's been proven to be true the 90's was the last real decade no cell phones no cgi etc
"If she keeps it up, I just might tell her so" . Encapsulates song in one line. Brilliant !
This song should be the anthem to tell incels that it’s VOLUNTARY
F yeah hear ya bruz
The fact that this band can do a song as "stoopid" and "slacker" and goofy and F-it-all FUN as this one is, and then turn around and drop something as touching and profound as "Gone Away," speaks volumes about their chops. And in both cases, Volume is what's up.
I was listening to this as a kid and didn’t know what these lyrics meant. But now they’re a reality. Life is a trip...
Simp
The Offspring is one of my most important bands in the soundtrack of my life
Introduced my daughter to Offspring and she absolutely loved this track..i was a 90s teen, skater, backpack tagging type..she loved my stories.
She passed away at 16 November 27th 2023❤
Miss you my baby💔
Dayum. So so sorry dude.
That’s rough man
No parent should ever have to lose a child. Stay strong man!
f**k me :(
My deepest condolences to you.
Even at 40, this is and always will be in my top 5 of my lifetime.
yup one of my first and favorite albums. This and Superunknown were my first two tapes
Yeah man I the same
40! Oh Boy you're sooooo young!
me too
I wouldn't have sympathyzed so much with your perspective, but this song is the story of my life at this moment. Top 5 sounds about right.
It was a good time to be a teen in the 90’s! The golden era when Grunge, Alternative, Hip Hop and R&B was alive and well!!
Agree
I agree but id of loved to be alittle more old get all the great music from 60s 70s 80s then get to see the last of good music before all this trash i rarley like new artist n when i do thats cause they are artist audio tune mumble rap bull shit. No talent music taking over
As a millennial I agree I also like how most Gen Xers also had respect for classic rock I know 90s teens that also like Zeppelin Sabbath Ramones Grateful Dead as much as Pearl Jam Bush Nirvana
And Nu-Metal
90’s are overrated as fuck. I’d rather listen to current artists like Thundercat, Warpaint, Kamasi Washington, Neon Bunny, Khruangbin and others than anything from the 90’s. And I remember the 70’s and 80’s (the best decades imo).
Rap, metal, rock, grunge = 90s is Goated
Even the country was top-notch in that decade, take Gary Allan and Vince Gill for example. Also R&B.
Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' by Robert Nix
Yup
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Ugh u wish I was alive in the 80s instead of being in my dads balls
This song and "Gotta Get Away From Me," both are two of the most relatable songs of that decade for me personally.
This is the song that kinda defined my musical taste when I was a little kid. Its the first thing I remember hearing and being blown away by it right away, and the feeling still remains to this day.
This song will never get old
Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villian' By Robert Nix
Never !!!! ❤
Instead of making me feel old, i love the fact that my teenage years were full of this music
Same!
In other words ...you're old and refuse to admit it.
@@MrNobody55555 your a dick. 😂😂😂👍🏻I mean like in funny way ya know ,funny comment 👍🏻😂👏🏻
You n me both.....
@@MrNobody55555 Im 13 and I know I’m going to miss this. But I already miss the 90s and 2000s and I haven’t even lived it
I discovered The Offspring back in 97 when a classmate sold me their album Smash for candy money. It completely changed my whole outlook on music for good.
Who else was rocking out to this 26 years ago? I feel old. They are qualified for the rock and roll hall of fame now.
Bat Man...ditto!
I'm only 24 lol, but ill take no shame in jamming out to them nowdays!
Great band...but rock hall of fame....nope...record sales man...they ain't even in the league of Seger, Springsteen, Christ Springfield for that matter...they had two medicore okay CDs...first one and pretty fly CD...see it was not memorable...they are a great band...but they ain't rock n roll Hall of Fame good...ask any rock critic
yes sir, the 2nd album i ever bought. 1994, i was 8. time goes fast.
@@blazed99 2020 hall of fame inductees , Nine Inch Nails, T Rex, Jon Landau, Irving Azoff. Blazed in truth is telling us the Offspring isn't Hall of Fame worthy based on record sales. lol
I miss the 90's. This was back when alternative was at its best.
Everything was better in the 90s what the hell happened
I miss the 60s. The Beatles, Elvis. . Give a listen. You might like it.
@@alanreifsteckjr594 Wahaha this comment and the original on this thread illustrate a point I've been thinking on a lot:That being,there's always some older dude out to flex his older music.
"I miss the Stone age. Cave chants, Rock banging. Give a listen. You might like it"
@@stevencoil9831 00 happened
@@alanreifsteckjr594 never heard of those people. Were they like the Fugs? ruclips.net/video/p7VQVzMR4Rs/видео.html
I'm 35. And I just realized my life has been an endless string of Offspring songs. Like they could see into my future and wrote a song for a period of my misery.
eat shit liser
just start with laaa la la la laaa
I've seen them on a festival once, they played 3 maybe 5 songs and started wrapping up, a guy in front of me yelled "Self esteem" as they haven't played it yet, but not loud enough for them to hear him. In desperation I've yelled "SELF ESTEEM!!!" so loud I almost lost my voice, but they heard it, looked at each other and went with this iconic "la la lalala"... I still get goosebumps thinking about this... my favourite song of theirs. Thanks Offspring!
"Self Esteem" wound up being the second single released from The Offspring's third studio album and caught on fire in 1995, charting in America and Europe.
MTV showed the video a lot of love and helped elevate the band to new heights of popularity.
The Offspring, with several other punk bands of the era, brought punk rock into the mainstream as nobody had quite done before... All due respect to The Ramones.
Barons Of Saturn ]0
Ramones weren't the first punk band, bands like the Stooges, Misfits, etc. were arguably more influential to punk than Ramones. (maybe pop-punk but even then, the buzzcocks made better pop-punk than ramones)
This is grunge rock not punk
One of the most memorable starts of a song- the dudes vocally la la’ing the central chorus riff of the song. Unforgettable.
Offspring has had so many great songs
Jeremiah Mills 95% of them are really, really good and only the 5% are ok!
thanks to my dad, im in love with the offspring. we listen to them in the car everyday. the 90s alterative rock bands are such a vibe
No band can ever touch The Offsping, they were beyond unique, created their own sound and will most likely go down in history as such.
Huh...every band in the 90s sounded like this lol.
Excuse you? That title belongs to Michael Jackson.
Shit take mushrooms
@@thisiswhatilike54 bruh, were talking about a punk band. Not a pop super star with teams of studio musicians etc.
I agree they were great and unique, but no band can ever touch them?? That's an insane statement 😂
Sublime is right next to The offspring
Possibly one of the greatest rock songs of all-time. The vocals, the chugging bass, the guitar riffs, moshing drums.....the key changes. Incredible.
In what universe 😂
Agreed, this is one of my all time favs
THE BASSSSSSSSSSSS
That bass line is amazing
LOL
Seeing he is not only a rockstar but he is also a Doctor of molecular biology, maybe his message through this song perhaps was that self-esteem is built through a continuous drive towards accomplishment.
It's good that he has rock star to fall back on, in case molecular biology doesn't work out. Maybe he should form a band with Brian May.
Are there any other rockers with Ph.D. degrees out there?
@@andrewbesso4257 Not sure of Ph.D Degrees, but kind of related, on a "things you might not expect from musicians" subject: the singer of Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, ended up going into politics in Australia. I haven't kept up with that, or the band reunions. That's all I know.
I know
I love that part
This is one of those songs wherein the group actually created something bigger than they could have ever realized or imagined, but it also typically happens that way because they at least know it's good the moment they playback their recording of it. I mean, most artists know what they're capable of for the most part. This is the absolute peak for the Offspring, the measure by which you can judge any song after it and supposedly upcoming (IDK if they're still together and/or putting out new material) songs. This is where calling it spectacular is damn near an understatement.
I worked at a mexican restaurant in oc California, Dexter was a regular before and after famous, he was always nice, he used to take his parents and his wife at a time, very cool down to earth guy, l even have a picture with him.
fuck mexic all tha way
Thats tight !
@@simiontamas1430 fuck usa all the way up
Fuck everyone all the way
lucky you :)
"The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care!"
"Right. Yeah."
Bruhh cant put that out of context like that. In the song he doubts that sentence. Because its wrong
Riii-ight? Yeah.
The hedgehog dilemma
Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
My husband is currently dying from cancer this was his absolute favorite band...i need to go see them in concert
Sorry for y'all's situation. I hope you get to see them some day soon Internet person
💚
I'm very sorry for your loss. I had several loved ones to cancer and it's not easy
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Oh Scheiße,dass tut mir sehr leid.Wünsche ihm alles,alles Gute u.ganz viel Kraft euch!🙏🙏🙏 Bin 64 hatte Blasenkrebs u.zur Zeit geht es mir gut!Absolut geiler Song👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
90s baby, these types of songs bring me back to the real MTV days
When I was a kid my dad always used to blast offspring songs in the car while we were riding around, and now, thanks to him I listen to some of the greatest music. Thanks dad!
That's pretty cool
relatable
Same except it was my older brother.
#1 song I didn't understand as a teenager that hits hard as an adult.
♥️♥️♥️♥️
100%
A lot of 90s songs i looked at differently. But love them even more
You bet!
@@aliaksandraetemi583 right,,, the song “freshmen” by the verge is so heavy now to me hahaha (I mean it always was I guess but now it hits harder for me 🤣)
Still banging my head to this at 37
I'm 41 just went to riot fest. Saw the misfits and slayer
Old guys rock I remember dancing in the pit
Still banging at 49
Banging at 23 too ✊
44 here....
Still at 42, and hopefully 'til I'm 90!!!!!!!!
I recall not even knowing what 'self-esteem' meant when I first heard this around 12 or so, and not having any inclination to find out. Just being bowled over by the blasting angst that I felt inside me, as in the song. Nearly 30 years later, as I adjust to life in a mental health institution, I come to realise how life-long the damage to self-esteem can be. The repression, the trauma, the self-doubt, the denial, the inability to be either 'normal' or 'different'. Just existing to beat yourself up. Thank you to bands like The Offspring, Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins and the like. Old geezers now, like me 😉 but I live momentarily in the bygone memories of yours truly. A
It's 2023 and I'm still rocking this at 68 yrs young
I'm 62, and right there with you.
@@JustinJenkins-uu9ni21 just found out about this song ‼️‼️‼️
I'm 16 and its still going strong
57 and i play it loud
@@rockgsxr absolutely..louder the better..
My brain has never left 90's dimension, every time I hear timeless classics from the 90's I am transported back in time/home. 💞👌😊👍
Me too
Im with you brother
I’m stuck in the 90’s and I’m never leaving!🙂↔️🕶️🎸
❤❤🎉 2:11
100%!!
I'm 51 and still have no self esteem. I love this song
we love it because it so painfully true.....yeah? RIGHT! lol
bahahaha. but doesnt singing about it feel better? love ya.
I'm 70 and still rocking 😎love this shit
Same here
@@johnflynn4966 Role model 🔥🙌🏻
Saw them again live in Hradec Králové, Rock For People four days ago... damn that was a good gig.
How to make a 41year old father happy for an hour.
And Dexter was interviewed on that very same festival!
I’m currently 170 years young. I remember this song being played right at the end of the Mexican-American War. What a time to be alive. Wish I could go back to my childhood days 😢
Almost the end. There was that weird music at the very end. Sounded like something from aladin
This kind of comment are so cringe. Really.
I remember from Atomic Cafe in Scottsdale Az💕💗
live in the now , right now . Feels great , Yes . repeat , live now not in past .Being!
Fuck yeah ! 😂
"The more you suffer The more it shows you really care Right?" that fucking line hit me hard
Same here....
Right
same
Ha.: A "Totally F'd Up but Very Common" interpretation of "Love." 'Specially in the Good Ole USA. Right?
Catholic roots?
So much nostalgia. I wish I could re-do the 90s and this time appreciate it more, knowing what would come in the following 2 decades.
Sameee
vete a la mierda
This song finally reached 100 mil views!
nobody has self esteem
"The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care."
A little too close to home these days
Co-dependency
Way too close.
Same
You do know that every female on this planet has that same hole between their legs right?!?!?!?
@@michaelbienicewicz2993 you do know that if we use your classification of people there would be only two types of people in the world - holes and sticks?
like this song reminds me of my childhood
Reminds me of my teen years. Great fuckin' times!!
@@jeffreyramires5642 11¹¹¹¹
Hell yeah!
This is an accurite representation of how teen boys are like
Song france vérité diffractied
Thank you offspring still love it in 2018!
This song transcends race, nationality and or ethnicity. ANY heterosexual man can personally relate and or know another friend that has gone through this scenario.
I remember discovering offspring when I was in middle school around 2011 and I thought I was the coolest for it, it played on the radio and I turned it up and my mom sang the entire lyrics and that’s when I found out that is was my mom who was actually the coolest
February 2021, This track never gets old.... makes me feel old, however this song still goes hard Af
Putting some RUclips music videos on and my son has just put this on.
hearing ya, love it!!
2 months and this album is 27 years old, damn
So great
with ya bud...fuck yeah
Almost positive this was the definitive song that steered me toward exploring punk in the 90s... Never looked back.
Vile23 me too...
same
Punk and grunge right ?
One of the best post punk songs ever written.
"The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care"...man that is deep
Uber Mensch that and being dumb but not being a dweeb...and being a sucker with no self esteem...
It's also delusional. That's the point of the song, a delusional guy trying to convince himself he's not. It's not deep in the slightest.
Zingtehzah why was this song written? He doesn't seem the type to have low self esteem, but I'm judging from an outside view, not knowing anything about the fella.
Geffro Bodeen I think it has to do with him being in a bad or abusive relationship. And his feelings
It's called sarcasm.
This will always hold a special spot in my childhood
The 90s best decade for music especially grunge and rock as well as few other genres, I'm so privileged to of been in my teens through out that decade.
What happened to grunge, New metal?
Me too I couldn’t imagine growing up in these times right now
Me too, I totally agree! Love your username btw✌️♥️🤘
At least you survived.... Lucky you!
Facts
The OG. The one song that everyone knew the lyrics to at a punk/rock/metal night. The memories.
We need more music like this
This song caused my divorce 20 years ago.
Best thing that ever happened to me.
Congrats I guess lol
Thats what she said
How did this song cause your divorce?
@@jackalope2302 I guess he realized his marriage was abusive?
Unfortunate but I believe that all day
I cannot believe how old these songs are getting! I loved The Offspring!
"Pretty Fly for a White Guy" will always have me lmfao!!
Ok, now I'm getting flash backs of HS.
Maria Price me too!!! ;)
Guillermo Gonzalez lol im in HS. My flashbacks are gonna have this in it too
oh paula, you say it!!! ;-)
lol that has to be there worst song hands down too. i remember sitting at the bus stop freshman year listening to smash and americana daily. Offspring is still my fav band of all time
*I met The Offspring in 2004 when I was 14 years old, and today I'm here listening to "Self Esteem" again, I love this band!!!*
I remember when this came out, I was 20, young and free and everything was so great!!! Here I am nearly 30 years on and everything is so depressing, I think I took my youth for granted but those days were so good that I have to relive them by coming back to this and feeling happy again.
Same here. I think most of us take our 20s for granted, myself included.
@@haggard21077 Good ol'days
I don't think you're the only one. Taking youth for granted
same here bro
Music is a time machine!
I absolutely love The Offspring and this song in particular. One of the things you will notice about this band is all of their lyrics are audibly understandable. Very clear vocals and you don't get the words wrong.
Read Dexter's curriculum, and you will understand why he can speak and spell properly.
As opposed to Come Out And Play, which is right near impossible to understand.
@@devilsoffspring5519 yeah I remember that had a learning curve. I would listen to each line individually and Rewind it until I got the words right.
@@dismalproject1974 I could never make asses or teakettles of Come Out And Play until I read the lyrics. Could never understand jack in that song. I have good hearing and a good stereo.
Long ago in times of my metal / death, goth, etc wandering "far & wide", I somehow ended up with lyrics for some death metal song - guess what, I could clearly understand every word 😆
This track still goes HARD.
A 60 yr. old Mom here, once a Mom of a few young bone headed young men, song is Tru dat, & just bangin.
I married her. Learn from my suffering. Took it all and called the cops. I’m just waiting for my maker… just a sucker with no self esteem. Decades and decades and decades. The more you suffer,…
@Meetthemaker1day Oh Lord. I married a nightmare dud too son. Doesn't mean you're life is over. Get some help. Doesn't matter how many decades of misery/low self esteem. Your
Maker isn't ready for you yet!
This style of rock is never coming back :(
Ikue P maybe never give up
Maybe you should check out Violent Soho from Australia, hope is not lost yet.
I fill you what a pity it was a good age of rock
It's punk.
Ikue P & Grunge.
'I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb' Always loved this song. Sad how fitting it is for my last relationship though.
At least you're exploring some cool new music
I read that as soon as it played on the video😂
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Man if a guy with a doctorate and multiple platinum selling albums has no self esteem what chance do i have?
I remember he saidd back in 94 at MTV , that the song is about one of his friend.
I guess we'll have to get into advanced maths & find out, bud.
Damn so he was smashing the homie girl
@Jap Eye Jones sounds like such a nice guy lol
@@deanslegos1990 🤣😂
This is one of my favorite songs from when I was a little kid.
In -95 my music teacher asked the class what newer songs we thought still would be popular in the future. I answered with this song. Is it true? I think so.
Yeah, born in 99 and this is one of my favorite songs
Born in 06 and I love this.
Born 08 and love this song
Born 04 and i love it
Oouh... Long a go!This is my first album on CD!How we engouh in that new digitally sound!In this days,that was a high technologies!Whole my ekyp,constated that NEW CD.player and shinny 💿 never can be changed with anything or forgotten!Now we talk about our young and pure crazy days!Always someone,start a story;did anyboady remembered some of our chaos parties?!And then we talked about our favorite,bands and groups,someone always add that,was already ON -CDs.?❕😂🏴☠️🇷🇸❕Yeah, on beautiful little shiny 💿 ❕
This song is painfully accurate/relatable
I really wish it were...
Sometimes I think this song smells even more like teen spirit than that other one.
You should slap yourself
Now that you mention it I believe I'll listen to that next
A strong smell of teen spirit with a hint of lithium.
One hundred thousand!
Perhaps it kinda sums up Kurt and Courtneys relationship
Yesterday saw them Athens release festival 2024 .Great concert great time .Hopping around and headbanging for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Born in 89. Yes, us little dudes in the late 90s in elementary school rocked the hell out to this too.
Alejandro Ocampo same!
These who are younger than the song too. 98 here
I was born in 92 in southern california, and as a kid my favorite band was the offspring. They played this a lot on kcal 96.7 and X103.9 . thumbs up if anyone knows those stations!! :D
I was born in 88 in Brazil. Offspring was always one of my fav. bands. I miss 90's...
Alejandro Ocampo 89 representing
This is hands down no argument one of the greatest songs ever made.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Agreed. A big 2 thumbs up on that one.
can't disagree with so i have to agree.
Well said
it's good but it's not THAT good
lyrics:
I wrote her off for the tenth time today
And practiced all the things I would say
But she came over
I lost my nerve
I took her back and made her dessert
Now I know I'm being used
That's okay because I like the abuse
I know she's playing with me
That's okay 'cause I've got no self-esteem
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
We make plans to go out at night
I wait till two then I turn out the light
This rejection's got me so low
If she keeps it up I just might tell her so
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
When she's saying that she wants only me
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends
When she's saying that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
Well I guess I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care, right, yeah, yeah
Now I'll relate this a little bit
That happens more than I'd like to admit
Late at night she knocks on my door
She's drunk again and looking to score
Now I know I should say no
But that's kind of hard when she's ready to go
I may be dumb
But I'm not a dweeb
I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
When she's saying, oh, that she wants only me
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends
When she's saying, oh, that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
Well, I guess I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care
Right, yeah, yeah, yeah
are you high????
Thank you.
@@italoeide6734 you welcome, enjoy that fucking masterpiece
Zé Nobary who re u gatao?
Chido brother thanks by the letters
This song almost fires me up too much. Lol! These guys ALWAYS had the best herb! I miss those days so much! 🤘🏼
I just saw these guys last night and they sounded phenominal. Still rocking in 2021. They opened up with this song and it was a BANGER!!!
OMFG that is epic!
They’re still around?!
@@onlyone23km Of course they are, I was at that concert too.
@@crownefarious8436 this song should’ve been on the Batman Forever soundtrack.
How cool.
I wrote her off for the tenth time today
And practiced all the things I would say
But she came over, I lost my nerve
I took her back and made her dessert
Now I know I'm being used
That's okay, man, 'cause I like the abuse
I know she's playing with me
That's okay 'cause I got no self-esteem
We make plans to go out at night
I wait 'til 2 then I turn out the light
This rejection's got me so low
If she keeps it up I just might tell her so
When she's saying that she wants only me
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends
When she's saying that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
Well, I guess I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care
Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah
Now I'll relate this little bit
That happens more than I'd like to admit
Late at night she knocks on my door
She's drunk again and looking to score
Now I know I should say "No"
But it's kind of hard when she's ready to go
I may be dumb but I'm not a dweeb
I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem
When she's saying that she wants only me
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends
When she's saying that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
Well, I guess I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care
Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah
❤
a ti te estaba buscando buen hombre.
Спасибо за текст. 😊
These are well written lyrics. Humorously clever yet quite insightful! The music complements the lyrics perfectly. Great job, Offspring! One of the best songs of all time!
Good job MF!!! GOOD JOB!!!👍🏼👏🏼😄
Nothing like the 90s.. most real music ever written
Lol....
8Os 70s ====>>>
@@jaygo71 I'm with you. This later stuff is nasal and kind of repetitive...
There's no such thing as a particular period of time being the "most real music ever written." You need to listen to more music.
Point he’s implying is music from the 2000s and back was way different from the music today and he is true. Sure there are some people trying to still make music like this, however back then was the pinnacle.
Tron FACTS
I'm an old guy that lived through the Woodstock era etc.
The 90's were a breath of fresh air in an increasing putrid music scene after WS, other than a few notables such as Stevie Ray Vaughn.
The Offspring are one of the bands that convinced me there is nothing like great rock and roll. I'm waiting for it pop up again before I leave this planet.
It seems like these "older" bands had a lot more intelligent and meaningful things to say. Makes listening to them way more gratifying.
Especially with this band. Seeing as the singer/songwriter is an actual genius.
Acctualy music was better back than
nah dude if you just put the tiniest bit of effort in looking for good bands/songwriters rn there a fuck ton of them. Thios song holds memories for me too and i love it, but your assessment is just. Dont you think people 20 years ago said the same thing? Like "the offspring" wasnt loked down upon by fans of the Rolling Stones, The Who or Led Zeppelin. The key to enjoying music is to stop trying to compare different generations and just be happy that every generation has a unique style to express themselves
Dude that bullshit. I listen to stuff from 60's up to 2010. Saying today music is crap is wrong. Have you not heard any of billie eilish stuff. She sings about climate change, depression and her night terrors, and other stuff it's not all ducking boohs and shotting. So get off your ducking high horse and check your age grandpa. Because you sound just like the the Boomers when we where growing up.
Dustin Mccollum You need to work on your trolling skills, pleb.
94 was arguably the best year for music in history
Was the best year for everything
listen to sum Black Sabbath
It was the 80s !!!!
It was 1958, of course!
Here is the list of best music years from someone who used to own 1,300 CDs
1) 1971
2) 1973
3) 1970
4) 1969
5) 1968
6) 1967
7) 1972
8) 1975
9) 1966
10) 1974
11) 1976
11) 1981
12) 1977
13) 1984
14) 1965
15) 1978
16) 1964
17) 1994
Found out last night The mother of my kids is now in a relationship with one of my childhood friends,which she knew our past history of.
I’m only 28 but this song came to my head and I had to look for the name and listen to it for a whole day.
sorry to hear that man hope things go better, on another note though this is why this song was made. Godbless hope you can find a solution homie.
@@benbecic7401 what do you think I should do?
Should I go for her mom?
@@52692luis Tf? Sleep with her sister, her mother and her best friend. But honestly don't do nothing mate just move on with your life, there's reasons relationships end, look for one that doesn't.
Just saw them tonight in Miami. They still rock after all these years. I saw them for the first time in 1995...time flies.
I'm black and 34 I grew up listening too this song everyday after school.a rock classic......
You fight racism an yet you begin the sentence with im black like wtf
@@bigboner4605 what, when did he say that lmao
@Big Boner, you wouldn't say this kind of shit had he started with "I'm asian" just saying
@@bigboner4605 im alien and i love this song since i came to earth rock on baby
@@deujdeuj3345 I'm not existent and fucking loved this song since I wasn't here.
As a person with no self esteem, I can confirm that this song is indeed great
Worst thing when you have a soft spot for a person like that
I feel you 100% on that
haha i love this comment :D
My current life is related to this song.
Lol same
The 90s music scene will forever bleed into our modern music industry
Lol the 80s was better
Modern music industry -sucks! It`s just sh`t
Agreed 👍
hell yeah man !
@@WoodysOpinion101 80, 90 and first half 2000
after it just turn into hippie and hip hop
I used to jump around in my room to this song as a 10 year old boy having not a clue about what the lyrics to the song actually meant. Now I am 40 feeling the last 30 years went by way too fast!