ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2019
  • They weren't sick but they weren't well... certainly not well enough to have a second hit! Who were Harvey Danger and why was the irony killing them?
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  • @bonecanoe86
    @bonecanoe86 3 года назад +2011

    In an alternate dimension Todd is referencing the long and storied career of Harvey Danger in a video entitled 'ONE HIT WONERLAND: "Creep" by Radiohead'.

    • @thebrutusmars
      @thebrutusmars 3 года назад +194

      The alternate dimension where he names the song “I’m not sick, but I’m not well”

    • @timothyhorgan6548
      @timothyhorgan6548 3 года назад +62

      Is it weird I would love to talk to someone from that dimension?

    • @felixcroc
      @felixcroc 3 года назад +45

      The better dimension

    • @EpicB
      @EpicB 3 года назад +12

      I want to see this universe.

    • @masked321321
      @masked321321 2 года назад +78

      I'd like to think in this dimension we can see todd but the piano is blacked out.

  • @johnegan3413
    @johnegan3413 4 года назад +396

    I saw them in the late 90s. In a small club on Long Island called the Vanderbilt.
    They headlined. But it was a work night. So the place cleared out after the second band. I'd say there was 50 people left in the club and these guys came out. And kicked ass. They played like they were in front of 90,000 people. And did a blistering set. I was so impressed. That 20 + years later. I still tell people. About that show And how good they were

    • @halluhmee
      @halluhmee 2 года назад +15

      I like this story. Wish I'd been there

    • @Baseballnfj
      @Baseballnfj 6 месяцев назад +8

      I..... I think I was there....

    • @xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx
      @xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx 11 часов назад

      they're the perfect unattended headliner band

  • @ECL28E
    @ECL28E 4 года назад +434

    "I'm a child, I'm a mother" (I'm immature, but I'm in a situation that requires maturity)
    "I'm here, but I'm really gone" (I'm in this location, but I'm drifting off and don't care about any of it)
    "I'm never alone, I'm alone all the time" (Depression, even when you're surrounded by people)

    • @michaelhall5429
      @michaelhall5429 4 года назад +53

      Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannon ball?

    • @no_peace
      @no_peace 4 года назад +8

      They paradoxes

    • @themadkraken1912
      @themadkraken1912 4 года назад +14

      "I'm never alone, I'm alone all the time" is from Bush's Glycerine. The song is more about the lead singers relationships than anything. The lyric in question is honestly a stereotypical alt- rock turn around without much meaning :/

    • @theinnerscience3947
      @theinnerscience3947 4 года назад +23

      @@michaelhall5429 I'd interrupt that as feeling like you're just costing through life, nothing around you really changing, then suddenly years have flown by in the wink of an eye. That's just my interpretation though.

    • @GeoffreyGentryMusic
      @GeoffreyGentryMusic 4 года назад +18

      "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight." (R.E.M. - Losing My Religion).
      "Look here, Junior, don't you be so happy, and for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad." (Television - Marquee Moon). (This one is the oldest example that I know of.)

  • @LindsayEllisVids
    @LindsayEllisVids 5 лет назад +2358

    I agree with all the people requesting New Radicals

    • @crescentfreshbret
      @crescentfreshbret 5 лет назад +31

      But wasn’t “Some Day We’ll Know” also a hit? Someone probably asked this already.
      That would be an interesting episode, though. Especially considering the career Danielle Brisbois has had outside of the band.

    • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
      @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 5 лет назад +33

      Yay! Linday’s here!

    • @marshallgarvey1608
      @marshallgarvey1608 5 лет назад +6

      Been requesting him to do it for years!

    • @benjaminolson7206
      @benjaminolson7206 5 лет назад +6

      I assume he either hates it for some reason or is saving it. If I had a series like this and planned to end it eventually the New Radicals would be my choice for a final episode.

    • @Dayglodaydreams
      @Dayglodaydreams 5 лет назад +2

      Sorry about my sudden interest in gossip, but you watch each other's stuff?

  • @bleachsundae1368
    @bleachsundae1368 5 лет назад +1172

    I never noticed that alt-rock contradiction thing, wow.
    "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball."

    • @WinterReflections
      @WinterReflections 5 лет назад +61

      It would be interesting to know who actually started that and how it became a trend.

    • @medes5597
      @medes5597 5 лет назад +81

      @@WinterReflections nirvana popularised it as a 90s thing but it goes back to the 80s underground.

    • @e11aguru
      @e11aguru 5 лет назад +154

      The 90s were the best of times. They were the worst of times.

    • @phil_cassidy
      @phil_cassidy 5 лет назад +71

      @@e11aguru *the blurst of times.

    • @ipredictacatastrophe4370
      @ipredictacatastrophe4370 5 лет назад +28

      nah, that lyric has quite a clear meaning if you ever tried coke that is.

  • @lsgreger2645
    @lsgreger2645 5 лет назад +393

    I am still waiting for Smashmouth to make their "OK Computer".

    • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
      @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 5 лет назад +3

      Some-body once told me the woooooorllld was ‘gonna rule me! I ‘aint the sharpest tool in the she-ed.

    • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
      @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 5 лет назад +3

      All-Star is the greatest song of all time. Smash Mouth seemed like a weird choice for the great god Shrek to impart his wisdom through, but it worked.

    • @exquisitecorpse__
      @exquisitecorpse__ 4 года назад +18

      @@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 No.

    • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
      @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 4 года назад +2

      Dr G.Fimhouse BLASPHAME! How DARE you disrespect the great song of Lord Shrek!?!?! How DARE you?!?!?!?!! EXTERMINATE!! EXTERMINATE!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @exquisitecorpse__
      @exquisitecorpse__ 4 года назад +26

      @@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 grow up.

  • @simplesimonhadapie
    @simplesimonhadapie Год назад +204

    This song was also chosen as the theme for UK TV show peep show from season 2 onwards and it fits that perfectly

    • @GregorBarclay
      @GregorBarclay 8 месяцев назад +16

      And yet the tune was not remotely known in the uk before then.

    • @chernobylcoleslaw6698
      @chernobylcoleslaw6698 8 месяцев назад +42

      "Four naan, Jeremy? That's insane!"

    • @moodyinformed
      @moodyinformed 4 месяца назад +8

      That's where I knew it from. Didn't even realize it was an actual band and not just a weirdly great TV theme song

    • @marcraygun6290
      @marcraygun6290 4 месяца назад +1

      @@moodyinformed same here

    • @sweepingnation
      @sweepingnation Месяц назад

      @@GregorBarclay It kind of was, it got a lot of Radio 1 daytime play and reached number 57. But yeah, I'm really surprised Todd didn't mention it.

  • @JohnnyParanoid
    @JohnnyParanoid 4 года назад +245

    I worked for Harvey Danger as a roadie on their first tour. They are (were, R.I.P. Aaron) all such great guys. From my recollection, they were just so surprised that they even made it. Flagpole Sitta was not the song (as you said) that they wanted to be known for. They had so many more great songs. Their fans know, but they really had great songs other than that. They totally deserved better, but I think they really didn't get the chance.

    • @TheEggplantThatAteChicago
      @TheEggplantThatAteChicago 4 года назад

      What was your favorite of their songs?

    • @kevinphiggins
      @kevinphiggins Год назад +20

      @@TheEggplantThatAteChicago “Little Round Mirrors” is one of the best songs anyone has ever written

    • @GeekCreek
      @GeekCreek Год назад +2

      @@kevinphiggins Agreed.

    • @EricGranata
      @EricGranata Год назад +4

      @@kevinphigginsI just listened. Holy smokes that’s a good song.

    • @louisduarte8763
      @louisduarte8763 Год назад +1

      What happened to Aaron?

  • @Contributron
    @Contributron 5 лет назад +984

    This song is kind of genius in my opinion. Even if it comes off a bit snotty, it really encapsulates that feeling of complete alienation, even from groups that are supposed to be havens for misfits. The guy feels completely out of place in this world.
    Edit: Also it’s a catchy tune.

    • @isabellamorris7902
      @isabellamorris7902 5 лет назад +50

      Yeah - I feel like there's a note of self-deprecation in there too. (I'm 90% sure that early line about the flagpole is an impotence joke)

    • @mylesco.5385
      @mylesco.5385 4 года назад +26

      Probably why it was used as the Peep Show theme.

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 4 года назад +32

      When alternative rock was at its very best in the early days, it felt fresh and exciting. You had a handful of unique bands that were heavy, punky, soulful or eclectic. But when the late 90's rolled around all of the sudden we had safe, gutless "alt rock" like Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Semisonic, etc. It was just a basic back-to-business record industry product. Flagpole Sitta was one of the few songs that had a somewhat challenging attitude, not so much that there should be a revolution, but rather that the revolution is now over. Kind of sad really.

    • @kilgoretrout3966
      @kilgoretrout3966 3 года назад

      i'm completely out of place in this world, unless i'm in Italy.

    • @chavesa5
      @chavesa5 3 года назад +5

      @@mylesco.5385 Yup it was on-the-nose but it fit those guys like a glove

  • @madguy228
    @madguy228 5 лет назад +292

    i always thought that the "went around the world and only stupid people are breeding" line was making fun of people who think that. like that sequence is capped of with "and i don't even own a TV" which is just too good of a punchline to not be intended.
    i love this song to death regardless though

    • @eiaboca1
      @eiaboca1 4 года назад +44

      He says it straight out in the song "the agony and the irony, they're killing me." I still feel like that sometimes, nothing can be genuine or vulnerable, you need nine layers or irony as armor.

    • @thatkidwiththehoodie
      @thatkidwiththehoodie 2 года назад

      @@eiaboca1 the more things change, huh?

    • @JBaum55
      @JBaum55 2 года назад +4

      Yeah, unless the group were less self-aware than they appeared, I'm fairly certain that that line is meant to be a takedown of those kinds of people. It could be argued that it follows what Todd said about the song suffering from "irony poisoning", adding irony on top of people's irony, but I'm at least certain that the line isn't meant to be taken the way he takes it, lol

  • @goldensloth7
    @goldensloth7 5 лет назад +249

    when i was 12 i emailed Harvey Danger on my mum's work email. the email said "you guys rock!"

    • @SteRDLK
      @SteRDLK 3 года назад +49

      Ah, so that's why they split up

    • @Radcirxles
      @Radcirxles 3 года назад +1

      @@SteRDLK harsh.

    • @SStarry_Days
      @SStarry_Days 2 месяца назад +2

      @@SteRDLK jesus

  • @iancraig5415
    @iancraig5415 2 года назад +110

    Personally, I remember hearing this song for the first time on the radio and as soon as the line "then they cut off both of my legs now I'm an amputee GODDAMN YOU" hit it immediately struck me as poinient. I don't think I'd ever heard that level of seemingly genuine hatred in music up to that point, and intermixed with the seemingly upbeat nature of the song it really opened my eyes as a kid to what you could do thematically with music.

  • @whizwart1
    @whizwart1 5 лет назад +290

    I crowd-surfed to this in high school at Jamboree 98 outside of Chicago. I hit a patch of noodle-armed middle school kids and went face first into the parking lot asphalt.....it was worth it.

    • @brainhamster
      @brainhamster 5 лет назад +1

      what's a 'noodle armed'?

    • @whizwart1
      @whizwart1 5 лет назад +27

      @@brainhamster As in "individuals whose arms possess qualities not unlike a noodle, particularly in the aspect of load-bearing strength", not "Individuals whose possess noodles for offensive or defensive capabilities"... though i do like the image of someone using Udon or Linguini to knock over a gas station.

    • @brainhamster
      @brainhamster 5 лет назад +6

      can't go wrong with linguine

  • @etanaedelman9011
    @etanaedelman9011 5 лет назад +308

    It's really interesting when a band or singer that seems to be heading toward one hit wonderdom suddenly reverses course, like Radiohead. I mean, I'm going to bet that in 1969 if you told people that the Space Oddity guy was going to be one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, few people would believe you.

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 4 года назад +71

      Etana Edelman nobody expected Beastie Boys to last when Fight For Your Right came out, and Weird Al had to record deals that only allowed him to release one single because those labels felt he was a novelty act that would have no longevity

    • @Annafyz
      @Annafyz 3 года назад +3

      @@danieldaniels7571 damn, who knew. Beastie Boys are my favorite band!

    • @royalninja2823
      @royalninja2823 Год назад +7

      Todd mentioned once that Katy Perry was going to be the most obvious one-hitter ever after I Kissed A Girl got big, and only survived because the very next single was the extremely solid Hot n Cold

    • @halycon404
      @halycon404 4 месяца назад +3

      Way way way late to this. Radiohead were not one hit wonders before OK Computer. They're another of those bands that were always popular in their own country. The Bends, the album after Pablo Honey, produced the most actual hits. Just for some reason it didn't chart in the US. They did get college airplay off The Bends, just in time for college radio to stop being the taste makers for chart success.

    • @connor4wilson
      @connor4wilson 3 месяца назад

      ​@@halycon404 nobody can name another track off of Pablo Honey tho. I think that's more the point, even if The Bends still got some attention and started their following they seemed like they'd stay niche, especially when they didn't really have a radio-friendly hit (even today Creep gets triple the attention of any of their other songs). And then OK Computer made them one of the biggest bands in rock history.

  • @MisterSynyster
    @MisterSynyster 6 месяцев назад +7

    It's apparently a military term of "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" to mean "try something and see if it works," much like "throwing x at the wall and see what sticks"

  • @mikebaxter6771
    @mikebaxter6771 3 года назад +430

    "I mean, who could take this music seriously? Kurt Cobain took it seriously and he's dead." Dude, that statement gave me goosebumps. Some serious spit on the mic, sir. Keep dropping those bomb!

    • @mrquake7789
      @mrquake7789 Год назад +2

      Deep

    • @burbanpoison2494
      @burbanpoison2494 6 месяцев назад +1

      "it is so 1998 that there's a dude in the background wearing one of stupid cat in the hat hats."
      -deeper.

  • @Nullsparta2
    @Nullsparta2 5 лет назад +1161

    *sees title*
    The hell is flagpole sitta?
    *heres chorus*
    OHHH THESE GUYS

    • @Karmy.
      @Karmy. 5 лет назад +25

      I saw that notification and stopped playing GTA to go watch this
      I love Flagpole Sitta

    • @NyQuilDonut
      @NyQuilDonut 5 лет назад +13

      Heres??

    • @grobles1974
      @grobles1974 5 лет назад +2

      Dude had to stop all. And start watching your vid. i just love this song. Bless

    • @Karmy.
      @Karmy. 5 лет назад +3

      @@kenterminateddq5311 R.I.P. Scott :'(

    • @HotStrange
      @HotStrange 5 лет назад +1

      Nullsparta2 *hears

  • @classicbananamilk
    @classicbananamilk 5 лет назад +414

    Honestly never knew this song had an existence outside of being the Peep Show theme. It is awesome though, hope they got plenty of royalties!

    • @JohnSimpson2112
      @JohnSimpson2112 3 года назад +49

      For the past 13 (?) years, I just assumed the Peep Show theme was all there was to this song. I'm astonished the show wasn't even acknowledged in this clip.

    • @Crunchy_Punch
      @Crunchy_Punch 3 года назад +14

      Same about the lack of acknowledgement. I just binged all of Peep Show in 3 days. I watched this video when it came out and might have caught on to Peep Show earlier had it referenced them.

    • @baggieboydan82
      @baggieboydan82 2 года назад +26

      @@JohnSimpson2112 especially considering the band loves that it's associated with peep show

    • @scottstiefel2061
      @scottstiefel2061 Год назад +2

      ​@@Crunchy_Punch you binGe-watched PEEP SHOW? Dang

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 10 месяцев назад +4

      Peep Show wasn't popular in America compared to other British comedies.

  • @lewisjones2782
    @lewisjones2782 4 года назад +224

    Tell you what that crack is really moreish

  • @captramune4978
    @captramune4978 5 лет назад +315

    You're gonna have to do that Marcy Playground episode one of these days, Todd.

    • @wantwithout
      @wantwithout 4 года назад +7

      Seriously tho

    • @josephtelegen8754
      @josephtelegen8754 4 года назад +16

      Just saw an ECW pay per view where one of the wrestlers used Sex and Candy as his theme song...for reasons completely unclear to me.

    • @basedsouljah
      @basedsouljah 4 года назад +17

      That self titled album is fire they absolutely had more than just Sex and Candy

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 4 года назад +11

      B A S E D SBG SOLDIER their indie album from before that when they were called Zog Bogbean is just as good. It’s shameful they became a one hit wonder, as they were an amazing band and their leader was a great songwriter

    • @josephtelegen8754
      @josephtelegen8754 4 года назад +2

      @tc 2452 I was referring to the oddity of the song selection; didn't think it was weird that they were indulging in major labels.
      I have to go back and figure it out for you...I honestly can't even *remember* the event I referred to above. Fuck you, Covid.

  • @WaitingForTheHook
    @WaitingForTheHook 5 лет назад +230

    Harvey Danger's second album, King James Version is one of the best albums of all time that nobody has even heard. They're an amazing band.

    • @averagebritishguy7082
      @averagebritishguy7082 4 года назад +26

      I'm getting the album for my birthday, and I'm HYPED.
      Edit: It was a goddamn masterpiece. I would honestly go so far as to say that it's superior to OK Computer.

    • @adangerousboy
      @adangerousboy 4 года назад +23

      Yes yes yes and Little By Little is fxcking perfect..... A total tragedy that this band wasn't more appreciated... I saw them on the KJV tour... Met them after and they were all really nice guys... So underrated

    • @SrMeechio
      @SrMeechio 3 года назад +7

      Honestly, the Dead Sea Scrolls compilation might be my favourite thing they put out. The demo for Diminishing Returns, Defrocked...

    • @Captain_Neckbeard
      @Captain_Neckbeard 3 года назад +4

      I'll check it out.

    • @WaitingForTheHook
      @WaitingForTheHook 3 года назад +2

      @@Captain_Neckbeard Let us know what you think, Jeremy!

  • @InnuendoStudios
    @InnuendoStudios 5 лет назад +615

    Is it weird that I know multiple diehard Harvey Danger fans? One had Sean Nelson's autograph tattooed on her foot. They'll all tell you Flagpole Sitta is their weakest track.

    • @mcfeelyat
      @mcfeelyat 5 лет назад +50

      Well no, their weakest track was probably “Old Hat.” But they have some all-timers buried in their catalog.

    • @portostrengthunion
      @portostrengthunion 3 года назад +35

      This cannot be a real post

    • @littlemisspipebomb4723
      @littlemisspipebomb4723 3 года назад +30

      @@portostrengthunion some people just be like that. Don't worry about it my dude. If you're in the right crowds you'd find tons of people this dedicated to obscure stuff.

    • @ThierryRocksTV
      @ThierryRocksTV 3 года назад +7

      People cared enough about Harvey Danger to get tattoos?

    • @DanVillainFilms
      @DanVillainFilms 3 года назад +6

      I like Jack the Lion. Lol

  • @jsmountain
    @jsmountain 5 лет назад +74

    I actually did a mini presentation about "Carlotta Valdez" for my college class on Hitchcock, and I was pretty proud of it. I am probably the one person who would really love more rock songs about classic cinema.

  • @SirEriol
    @SirEriol 4 года назад +68

    Given how Toddstradamus works, Sean Nelson is probably watching this right now.
    Hey, Mr. Sean Nelson. This video introduced me to Harvey Danger a few months ago. _Where have all the merrymakers gone_ is now one of my favourite albums.
    So thank you, Todd. This is pretty cool.

  • @salsamonkey65
    @salsamonkey65 5 лет назад +711

    I can't imagine a band hating their biggest hit more than Radiohead hate creep.

    • @RatelHBadger
      @RatelHBadger 5 лет назад +126

      Or Kurt hating Teen Spirit

    • @CustardCream515
      @CustardCream515 5 лет назад +25

      Tears for fears play creep nearly every live show x they nail it imo

    • @munchcat
      @munchcat 5 лет назад +68

      Or Bob Marley hating Don't Worry Be Happy. He flat-out refused to sing it at one point.

    • @mar6488
      @mar6488 5 лет назад +32

      @@jakobsanchez738 pfft, he didn't write it, so... I GUESS HE DOESN'T WRITE SINS
      I'm sorry, I'll escorts myself out, thank you.

    • @PrincessNinja007
      @PrincessNinja007 5 лет назад +64

      @@mar6488 Close the goddamn door behind you

  • @periflores1002
    @periflores1002 5 лет назад +109

    R.I.P Aaron Huffman.
    c.1973-2016

    • @jusbaize
      @jusbaize 5 лет назад +1

      I was wondering why he didnt mention that. Or is this one of Todds older videos he reposted?

    • @EpicB
      @EpicB 5 лет назад +2

      @@jusbaize No, this just came out. Maybe Todd didn't know.

    • @babypurplebat2610
      @babypurplebat2610 5 лет назад +8

      Damn you 2016

  • @richardmiller1126
    @richardmiller1126 4 года назад +87

    Found "Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone" in the used section of my local music store in high school. I remembered hearing "Flagpole Sitta" on the radio as a kid, and figured why not?
    Damn if I didn't fall in love with that album. I got all my friends hooked on it, and it became our default road trip music. I still know every single lyric on that record to this day.
    Excellent video. So glad I found this channel.

    • @chrisoliver3642
      @chrisoliver3642 2 года назад +1

      You may also enjoy that dog's _Retreat From the Sun._

  • @LlamaSensei
    @LlamaSensei 5 лет назад +348

    You: no one wants rock songs about classic cinema
    Me: what about breakfast at Tiffany’s

    • @qw000pz
      @qw000pz 4 года назад +59

      Breakfast at Tiffany's? I think I remember the film.

    • @emir0721
      @emir0721 4 года назад +11

      Here's Todd's review about that song: ruclips.net/video/_Pm3Be6Bt70/видео.html

    • @lauriator
      @lauriator 4 года назад

      Breakfast.

    • @EmmaLiza
      @EmmaLiza 4 года назад +10

      We both kind of liked it?

    • @sluggo68
      @sluggo68 4 года назад +6

      The Pixies Debaser.

  • @yourmama619
    @yourmama619 5 лет назад +177

    "Living Dangerously" (the Harvey Danger high school documentary) isn't real; they recorded it as a bonus feature for the Soul Survivors DVD.

    • @mcfeelyat
      @mcfeelyat 5 лет назад +66

      It's bizarre that Todd missed the obvious satirizing going on in that video. Like he went in already convinced that the band was a bunch of blowhards.

    • @DaRealCheeseboy
      @DaRealCheeseboy 5 лет назад +19

      Yeah seriously. How did he miss that?

    • @angryhobo212
      @angryhobo212 3 года назад +5

      Well he did say it was a 'mockumentary' so I think it's safe to say that he did get it

    • @dancoroian1
      @dancoroian1 2 года назад

      Right? After that I'm convinced that Todd must be exceptionally gullible... it wasn't even shot as a "convincing" or realistic mockumentary!

  • @kolbykauffman4180
    @kolbykauffman4180 5 лет назад +90

    My old ass first heard this from a fossil in time called "Now That's What I Call Music! vol.1"
    Sandwiched in between Marcy Playground AND Radiohead.
    They definitely hit the zeitgeist if they were LITERALLY side-by-side with the two specific bands you mentioned for example. Cheers, mate!

    • @Football__Junkie
      @Football__Junkie 4 года назад +8

      Marcy Playground? Radiohead? Now that’s what I call music!

  • @b0gster
    @b0gster 3 года назад +57

    I've never heard of this band in my life, but I have heard this song, many times, as it is in the intro of a great show called "Peep Show" (seriously, go watch it right now). And I love it. As for its tone, I don't think of it that much as a joke, more like burst out laughing when you are so sad and f-ed up you want to cry out from despair.

    • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
      @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep 2 года назад +11

      This song is kinda my cancer anthem, so it definitely resonates with me in the way you mentioned.

    • @RenaldyCalixte
      @RenaldyCalixte Год назад

      ​​@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep This song reminds me of the most emotionally depressing scene in the anime Attack on Titan.

  • @camw621
    @camw621 5 лет назад +66

    Harvey Danger was one of the most underrated bands in the entirety of music history. All highly talented individuals and good dudes. My copy of what eventually became their semi-posthumous release "Dead Sea Scrolls" was a burned copy given to me by Aaron himself, and he was a great guy. Rest in peace, man. I believed in HD. I believed in them the whole time. They were my band.

    • @mcfeelyat
      @mcfeelyat 5 лет назад +4

      Hey fellow traveler. Thanks for adding to the chorus. Aaron was awesome, and the Seattle scene won't be the same without him.

  • @27pattywhack2
    @27pattywhack2 5 лет назад +513

    Shout out to Peep Show

    • @datacentre81
      @datacentre81 5 лет назад +57

      Big beats are the best. Get high all the time.

    • @mt-zf6xp
      @mt-zf6xp 5 лет назад +22

      It's a savage garden my friend.
      A SAVAGE GARDEN.

    • @failingnovelist6443
      @failingnovelist6443 5 лет назад +10

      I was here to say that - An American who appreciates raunchy British comedy

    • @henryglennon3864
      @henryglennon3864 5 лет назад +26

      We could all be men with ven.

    • @steventrotter1967
      @steventrotter1967 5 лет назад +41

      People elected the Nazi's and like Cold Play. You cant trust people

  • @riddypr
    @riddypr 5 лет назад +757

    Oh hey, it's the Peep Show theme song.

    • @Myurr
      @Myurr 5 лет назад +43

      This was the first thing that I thought of

    • @miltonwhatever
      @miltonwhatever 5 лет назад +19

      Yeah! All I could do in this episode was to try to find parallels between Jeremy Usborne and Sean Nelson

    • @Reioa
      @Reioa 5 лет назад +46

      every time I hear this song all I see is David Mitchell's face

    • @RichGilly
      @RichGilly 5 лет назад +50

      If this is the first you're hearing of Peep Show watch it. You'll probably have to torrent, but watch it. It's a fantastic show. One of the best comedy series ever.

    • @Volvandese
      @Volvandese 5 лет назад +2

      That was my reaction too :P

  • @CplAnguadaEarth
    @CplAnguadaEarth 5 лет назад +99

    Apart from being a masturbation joke, “run it up the flagpole” is a weird old cliche. I know it from this and a variant in “Defenders of Marriage” by Roy Zimmerman.
    The Wikipedia reads: “Let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it" is a catchphrase which became popular in the United States during the late 1950s and early 1960s.[citation needed] It means "to present an idea tentatively and see whether it receives a favorable reaction." It is now considered a cliché. Sometimes it is used seriously, but more often it is used humorously, with the intention that it be recognized as both hackneyed and outdated.

    • @no_peace
      @no_peace 4 года назад +19

      I love the idea that it's a cliche but no one has ever heard of it so it has to be explained

    • @mr.pavone9719
      @mr.pavone9719 4 года назад +6

      The thing I find clever is the song references a person doing a single thing to very visibly stand out above the crowd. Harvey Danger arguably did just that. They sent that song up the flagpole and everyone loved it. When they came down they disappeared into the crowd and the fad quickly faded away. Now kids shoot a tiktok video and get famous for a week.

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 4 года назад

      dumb thicc wizard most everyone over 50 has heard of it

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos 3 года назад +4

      Thanks for sharing! I honestly like this version of the phrase way more than as just a silly masturbation joke.

  • @hokiemonproductions9558
    @hokiemonproductions9558 5 лет назад +86

    At this point, TITS is going to cover my Dad's entire hard drive of music of the 90s. We have two of Harvey Dangers albums, but I never thought they were popular in the first place (at least I didn't know their "hit" in "one-hit-wonder"). Anyways, thanks Todd for covering this as well as Semisonic way back.
    -from a regular viewer

    • @dusty2080
      @dusty2080 2 года назад +2

      I just realized Todd in the Shadows abbrieviates to TITS

    • @sethralavode9012
      @sethralavode9012 2 года назад

      Tits, that’s awesome.

    • @FreshlyXpyr3d
      @FreshlyXpyr3d 7 месяцев назад +5

      Pls don't abbreviate Todd in the Shadows like that lmao

  • @asherking159
    @asherking159 5 лет назад +97

    If anyone is looking for any other great Harvey Danger songs then look no further:
    Starting with the rock songs-
    •Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo
    •Picture, Picture
    •Authenticity
    •The Same As Being In Love
    •Ballad of a Tragic Hero (this one is hard to find but one of my favorites)
    •Save It For Later is also fantastic
    Now the slower songs-
    •Pike St./Park Slope (one of my favorite songs period)
    •Moral Centralia
    •Little Round Mirrors
    •Diminishing Returns
    •Wrecking Ball
    These are just my favorites

    • @TackyRackyComixNEO
      @TackyRackyComixNEO 5 лет назад +6

      A cover of "Pike St./Park Slope" by Bomb the Music Industry is what really made me check them out years ago.

    • @isabellamorris7902
      @isabellamorris7902 5 лет назад +2

      "I CAME IN LIKE A--" OK I'm assuming that's not what you mean...
      Also I love The Beat/The English Beat so I'm super interested in that cover

    • @desdinova6708
      @desdinova6708 5 лет назад +6

      Ballad of a Tragic Hero can also be found under the name Pity & Fear iirc. There's a song off of their album "Little Round Mirrors" that's called We Drew The Maps which I believe was sung by Aaron Huffman? It's really beautiful, probably a favorite of mine next to The Same As Being In Love. Cool James and Sometimes You Have to Work On Christmas are underrated too

    • @Brillemeister
      @Brillemeister 5 лет назад +1

      "Moral Centralia" is the most WA song title in existence

    • @markingatlightspeed
      @markingatlightspeed 5 лет назад +7

      Wrecking Ball oh man so good. I also have a fondness for Jack the Lion because sometimes I just want to fucking bawl forever over my own late father holy crap lol

  • @Reioa
    @Reioa 5 лет назад +170

    I'm only at 6:46 of this review and I feel I must mention out loud to you that thus far you've absolutely tapped into a core of lyric coding I hadn't even considered before and not only have you perfectly illustrated it, you made me understand it so succintly. Stop doubting yourself and your insight, you're a genius.

    • @UBvtuber
      @UBvtuber 5 лет назад +16

      He's not perfect and can be kind of ignorant in many areas such as modern rap, but then again, so is basically his entire audience in one way or another. But when it comes to lyrical emotions and genres within the pop landscape of the 90s especially: he seems to really know what he's talking about.

    • @louschwick7301
      @louschwick7301 4 года назад +2

      @@UBvtuber todd is a frustratingly limited critic. he seems to only really shine for the rock of the 90s

    • @torresx06
      @torresx06 2 года назад +1

      Anybody knows What is the song at 6:48?

    • @calmcnutt481
      @calmcnutt481 Год назад +2

      @@torresx06 Been 6 months, but in case you haven't found it yet "Far Behind" by Candlebox. Absolute banger about Martin's regret on how he treated his friend Andy Wood when Andy started using heroin and how Martin wished he'd been a better friend to help Andy out of it. Martin changed it to be more vague and universal, though.

    • @torresx06
      @torresx06 Год назад

      @@calmcnutt481 thank you for answering and for the explanation. Great song.

  • @joekramer3596
    @joekramer3596 4 года назад +115

    I've heard that they've reformed as "Men With Ven"

    • @steventrotter1967
      @steventrotter1967 4 года назад +15

      HistoricBanjo, as a mate, as someone who knows me really well, can you tell me. Is the bottom half of me on fire?

    • @jamiedale5785
      @jamiedale5785 4 года назад

      Historic banjo and Steven trotter........... LMAO

    • @jamie2051
      @jamie2051 3 года назад +7

      i thought they were the Hair Blair Bunch?

    • @this-aint-no-party
      @this-aint-no-party 3 года назад +9

      @@jamie2051 nope, it was danny dyer's chocolate homunculus for sure

    • @jamie2051
      @jamie2051 3 года назад +6

      @@this-aint-no-party Look, this is the end of Spunk Bubble

  • @JBaum55
    @JBaum55 4 года назад +53

    In some fairness to that 2nd verse, I get the feeling that that was meant to be taken as satire against some of those who may have lead the whole alt scene. The fact that he follows up the whole "only stupid people are breeding" bit with the line "& I don't even own a TV" -- the most pretentious "I'm an intellectual going against the mainstream"-kinda thing someone might say -- gives me the feeling that, unless he was somehow incredibly self-unaware when he wrote that line, he almost certainly meant that as satire of those pretentions rather than him being pretentious. Also, the last verse about "the voices in my head", which seems to similarly attack those kinds of pretentions, seems to help back that up.

  • @wespapes2054
    @wespapes2054 5 лет назад +727

    Someone on Patreon better request New Radicals.

    • @Arcademan09
      @Arcademan09 5 лет назад +36

      You can be that person
      ;)

    • @cartmann94
      @cartmann94 5 лет назад +31

      Wes Papes They’ll probably request “Sex and Candy” instead. : (

    • @wespapes2054
      @wespapes2054 5 лет назад +31

      @@cartmann94 It's a shame since You Get What You Give is one of my favorite songs ever.

    • @wespapes2054
      @wespapes2054 5 лет назад +6

      @@Arcademan09 if I had the money.

    • @baldridgeroy
      @baldridgeroy 5 лет назад +3

      Been done I think.

  • @stephaniewozny3852
    @stephaniewozny3852 5 лет назад +353

    Know this song from one of Weird Al's polks medleys.

    • @hi-friaudioman
      @hi-friaudioman 5 лет назад +15

      I loved those polka mashups. I

    • @m.s2912
      @m.s2912 5 лет назад +9

      I want sex and candy (yeahh)

    • @sephyfan
      @sephyfan 5 лет назад +5

      Anime polkaaaaaa♡.♡

    • @ZanraiKid
      @ZanraiKid 5 лет назад +5

      Arguably the best polka off his inarguably best album.

    • @ZanraiKid
      @ZanraiKid 5 лет назад +1

      Sr.Joestar What a legendary AMV. A back-in-the-day classic.

  • @BabyDiazmusic
    @BabyDiazmusic 4 года назад +74

    "Snotty 90s Morrissey" might be the most brilliant and complimentary thing anyone has ever said about anybody

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos 3 года назад +16

      I just hope he's significantly less racist.

    • @blairmulholland
      @blairmulholland 3 года назад +9

      Except Morrissey was the snotty '90s Morrissey.

  • @Flowtail
    @Flowtail 5 лет назад +71

    I
    i kinda think the frontman is cute
    then again i've always liked arnold from the magic school bus, so...

  • @pissonatreelike
    @pissonatreelike 5 лет назад +26

    Can’t believe you didn’t talk about peep show as Sean nelson said "...the only pop culture item the song has been associated with that feels like a kindred spirit to the original attitude of the lyric."

  • @Arcademan09
    @Arcademan09 5 лет назад +90

    Kingdom Hearts 3 *AND* Todd In The Shadows?! You spoil us good sir

  • @XxTaiMTxX
    @XxTaiMTxX Год назад +22

    I think what has always made me really happy about the song is how well it basically describes the "disenchanted". It's a timeless song. A long form way to say "This is all really stupid and pointless. We're all pretending to stand for something and fit in with a group, but that's all it is... an act." Even the music video basically points that out. Moving room to room, trying to fit in their music with whomever is there, and in the end... performing for a single monkey and being absolutely HAPPY at having done so.
    To that extent, this particular song has really always spoken to me on that level.
    Everything is just... very much saying things for the sake of saying things. Except in a tone that conveys the utter disdain for doing so. Very "I hate that pop culture and the world is like this, but it's not like I'm any better. I'm doing it too."
    It's self aware in an "I hate the world" and "I hate myself" sort of way at the same time.
    That's probably why this song has always reminded me of Fooly Cooly (FLCL, anime, check it out if you haven't heard of it). The show very much carries the same sentiment, vibe, and disenchantment with the world that the song has.
    It's an entire 4 minute song to say, "Nothing amazing happens here. Everything is ordinary."
    And, you know what? They're right. The world still feels like that.
    I wanna publish zines and rage against machines. I wanna pierce my tongue, it doesn't hurt it feels fine... do you know why? Because if you're bored than you're boring. OH, the agony and the irony are killin' me!

    • @scottstiefel2061
      @scottstiefel2061 Год назад +1

      This also makes it a great theme for PEEP SHOW

  • @chiefrief2940
    @chiefrief2940 5 лет назад +14

    This song IS my late 90s Friday night anthem- running around with my friends, causing havoc all over town, hitting up Blockbuster, grabbing some pizzas and drinks, finally crashing at near sunrise. Some great nights.

  • @mcfeelyat
    @mcfeelyat 5 лет назад +163

    Of course their sophomore album wasn’t an OK Computer. It was their The Bends.
    This band absolutely deserved better.

    • @DaRealCheeseboy
      @DaRealCheeseboy 5 лет назад +5

      Lats Feelyat they deserved WAAAAAYYY better

    • @vladplasmius2854
      @vladplasmius2854 5 лет назад +3

      Agreed. So many excellent songs.

    • @biconditionals
      @biconditionals 5 лет назад +7

      Just wanted someone to love them as much as their little round mirrors

    • @sleepcrime
      @sleepcrime 4 года назад +14

      The Bends is a good album though. Nothing quite as banging as Creep, but every track on there is better than every other track on Pablo Honey.

    • @michaelhall5429
      @michaelhall5429 4 года назад +1

      They should've probably done the ok computer one as well.

  • @michaelstrong5383
    @michaelstrong5383 5 лет назад +28

    I remember hearing this song from the Scooby-Doo 2 soundtrack.
    Because that song is what I think of when it comes to Scooby-Doo.

    • @sunflwrchyld
      @sunflwrchyld 5 лет назад +2

      Michael Strong the first movie had OutKast and Killer Mike on the soundtrack. Nothing surprises me anymore

  • @aigtban
    @aigtban Год назад +20

    As a British person, I've never felt the transatlantic divide more in a TitS video. In the UK, "Flagpole Sitta" is barely known as a song in its own right, but is still instantly recognisable as the theme music of the legendary sitcom Peep Show. I'd assumed the latter must be at least somewhat known in the US, because lots of cult British comedy has a loyal American following, but apparently not, since Todd doesn't even mention it in this video. Anyway, you guys should really check out the show, it's amazing. Contains lots of UK-specific references, but not (I think) to the point of being impenetrable to outsiders.

    • @AaronAnaya
      @AaronAnaya Год назад +1

      Yeah Peep Show is only know in America by diehard comedy fans. And even by that standard it’s not a big cult favorite the way something like Garth Marengi’s Dark Place is and also lacks any bits that are well known apart from the show like The Mighty Boosh does.

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 Год назад +4

      Peep Show doesn't really have an audience in America. The Office, Spaced and The IT Crowd do, but Peep Show is pretty unknown.

    • @hucklebucklin
      @hucklebucklin 5 месяцев назад +3

      Yes I was so confused I was like... wait the Peep Show theme tune was a big hit??? It works through. Coming across a bit snotty really works for the themes of Peep Show. 😅 that interview with Sean Nelson by the school student was pretty cringe 😅

    • @b.l7491
      @b.l7491 5 месяцев назад +1

      It's pretty known in AUS tho 💪

  • @dunce8295
    @dunce8295 3 года назад +12

    I get this video is 2 years old now but better late than never. Sean is actually a close friend to my family, I even went easter egg hunting with him when I was about 5. Super cool dude.

  • @tonystair6818
    @tonystair6818 5 лет назад +237

    "they all went on to other successful pursuits"....except for the bass player, who died. Kinda weird you left that bit out. Otherwise, one of your best yet, Todd!

    • @mcfeelyat
      @mcfeelyat 5 лет назад +130

      Tony Stair
      He left a lot of actually interesting things out. Like how Nelson didn’t just sing with Death Cab, he got them their record deal. Or the fact that “Private Helicopter” got kneecapped during its debut; it was going to premiere on MTV’s 120 Minutes, but when the host threw to the video... they just played “Flagpole Sitta” again. After that, it got buried at 3 AM. (Also, the video was directed by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants.)

    • @merchantfan
      @merchantfan 5 лет назад +45

      @@mcfeelyat Wow yeah they left out a lot of interesting stuff. Also the bass player was *really* good. All of their songs have killer bass parts.

    • @mcfeelyat
      @mcfeelyat 5 лет назад +38

      merchantfan
      Aaron was a really talented musician, and a really nice guy. And he did graphic design for Seattle’s The Stranger for years until his passing.

    • @PacifistBetaFish
      @PacifistBetaFish 5 лет назад +10

      Yea todd doesnt really do research all that well

    • @peterDcontact
      @peterDcontact 5 лет назад +11

      PacifistBetaFish it's a 17 minute video, he usually make this 12 or 15 minutes, Jesus man

  • @ARTV-
    @ARTV- 5 лет назад +210

    Oh, I love this one. Such childhood, much memories...

    • @UnwrittenSpade
      @UnwrittenSpade 5 лет назад +2

      ARTV I agree man, love your channel as well BTW, but Pablo Honey is so underrated I really enjoy it. It’s funny cause I was born in 85, so this song was huge when I was the right age, and I did love it then. But I didn’t get the physical CD until a few years ago and I fell in love. It really is that good!

    • @joshscott6514
      @joshscott6514 3 года назад +4

      I'm now realizing John and Todd have similar sounding voices...are they the same person?

  • @wyattisrite5153
    @wyattisrite5153 4 года назад +10

    Harvey Danger ripped. Their bassist was a beast. People say Smells Like Teen Spirit was the anthem of the 90's, but Flagpole Sitta captured that sardonic, cynical sarcasm that was so quintessential. I fucking love this band and it's a shame they never got bigger.

  • @babygotbakshi
    @babygotbakshi 4 года назад +23

    Harvey Danger is criminally underrated and Sean Nelson is a fantastic lyricist with a surprisingly powerful voice. Hard disagree on KJV being a throwaway album, every song on that, Merrymakers, and Little by Little is a banger.

  • @joeapo5584
    @joeapo5584 5 лет назад +337

    Paranoia paranoia. Everybody's coming to get me!

    • @keiganm1287
      @keiganm1287 5 лет назад +1

      Its true we are cough cough i mean arn't we definatly arn't

    • @fermintenava5911
      @fermintenava5911 5 лет назад +7

      Why do I suddenly feel the need to hunt people on an ice-cream cart?

    • @digamejh
      @digamejh 5 лет назад +1

      I always thought it was "Paranoid, I'm Paranoid." Same difference, I guess.

    • @jessicaw9011
      @jessicaw9011 5 лет назад +1

      Just say you never met me!

    • @linkwakeroftime
      @linkwakeroftime 5 лет назад +5

      Ash Kitt Yeah this song always makes me think of Doug talking about Tom and Jerry the movie

  • @katrienriver6586
    @katrienriver6586 5 лет назад +44

    Harvey Danger are actually my favorite 90's one-hit-wonder band--they have a good mix of college radio intellectuality and pop-punk catchiness, though they can cross the line into kind of unbearable at times and they seem more than aware of this which is probably why they ended up breaking up
    honestly I wish you talked more about their last album Little by Little or their rarities collection Dead Sea Scrolls which I feel are two of their strongest records and both of which are/were available for free on the band's website (if it's even still up)

    • @Belgand
      @Belgand 5 лет назад +6

      I was also surprised that Little by Little didn't get any attention. They somewhat notably chose to release it online for free. Which was a really smart move. I remember wondering at the time what had happened to them since their one hit. For the low price of FREE they were able to actually get it in people's hands. It also yielded the somewhat successful single "Cream and Bastards Rise".

  • @colinedmunds2238
    @colinedmunds2238 4 года назад +387

    “What if weezer weren’t incels?”
    You mean Harvey Danger?

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 4 года назад +21

      That quote is just depressing.

    • @meowtherainbowx4163
      @meowtherainbowx4163 4 года назад +4

      How are we defining “incel” here? Idk too much about Weezer, but I’ve never heard of them acting like incels.

    • @jessemcintire4885
      @jessemcintire4885 4 года назад +27

      @@meowtherainbowx4163 I think it's more about some of the songs, or the feelings expressed therein, have an incel-ish vibe. For example literally every song on Pinkerton (That being said i still love that album so goddamn much).

    • @roddorfj
      @roddorfj 4 года назад +30

      @@jessemcintire4885 Oh yeah "Tired of Sex" is the fucking anthem of involuntary celibacy.

    • @Annafyz
      @Annafyz 4 года назад +12

      @@roddorfj IMO Rivers in this context is more about "being frustrated at own's obsession with sex and women".

  • @douglawless
    @douglawless 4 года назад +19

    That whole first album is great. And Private Helicopter isn't just about rekindling a relationship with an ex-girlfriend. On the hovercraft to Paris, he's with his former best friend. The song seems to be about getting another chance to connect with people from earlier points in your life, now armed with the benefit of hindsight.
    Anyway, this was the first video of yours I've watched. Won't be the last.

  • @SuperJNG18
    @SuperJNG18 5 лет назад +66

    “Maybe they thought no one wanted rock songs about classic cinema...”
    Yeah, Deep Blue Something would like to have a word with you...

    • @Hermititis
      @Hermititis 5 лет назад +8

      Weren't they also a one hit wonder?

    • @broadway331
      @broadway331 5 лет назад +18

      In all fairness, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” just mentions the title of the film. It doesn’t really talk about it other than mentioning that the singer and his girlfriend “both kinda liked it”. It’s more about a struggling relationship. “Carlotta Valdez” recaps Vertigo.

  • @paulakroy2635
    @paulakroy2635 5 лет назад +32

    Todd seven rings when
    Also “wouldn’t it be good” would be great too

  • @nicolederhone7847
    @nicolederhone7847 4 года назад +36

    "All they had to do was record an era-defining masterpiece."
    Really? That's all? Sounds easy enough, lol.

  • @JiveTAB
    @JiveTAB 4 года назад +5

    "Self-defeating in that special 90s way" is a fantastic quote, and Dinosaur Jr is a fantastic reference point.

  • @49short
    @49short 5 лет назад +30

    I was just listening to this album yesterday. Carlotta Valdez is one of the best opening tracks ever.

  • @kristavaillancourt6313
    @kristavaillancourt6313 5 лет назад +45

    They must be getting royalies for their song being used as Peep Show's theme.

  • @craftygirl9666
    @craftygirl9666 5 лет назад +8

    A little late to this, but I saw Harvey Danger on tour for this album and my friend and I ended up hanging out with them on their tour bus, which I assume their label paid for. They were nice guys and we ended up watching "Wallace & Gromit" episodes with 'em. They put on a decent show, but there was hardly anyone at it.

  • @Antonio_Ortiz
    @Antonio_Ortiz 4 года назад +9

    "Fingertips have memories; they can't forget the curves of your body". Wow: 20 years and I never realized this song actually had interesting lyrics until now. Thanks, Todd!

  • @TheSoulvian
    @TheSoulvian 5 лет назад +448

    It's interesting that you describe this song in the category of "The end of Alternative" because when I listen to it I hear more of the beginning of Pop Punk... like a bridge between the two phases of popular music. Between the two sounds. The lyrics and the music definitely have that "Upbeat Angst" sound to them. If you gave the singer a clear emo/skaterboy twang and made the instruments a little bit heavier it would pass for that genre IMO. Some people might kill me for saying this but I stand by it.

    • @zombieedrea
      @zombieedrea 5 лет назад +30

      The Soulvian Holy crap, you're right. I didn't even notice that, and I listened to a LOT of pop punk back in the day.

    • @I_can_do_20_push-ups
      @I_can_do_20_push-ups 5 лет назад +6

      The Soulvian Nah, it’s there

    • @bfish89ryuhayabusa
      @bfish89ryuhayabusa 5 лет назад +8

      Yeah, this is pretty spot on. Though, I'll note that the some of the things that would need to be added are the things that I can't stand about pop punk/emo.

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 5 лет назад +11

      @@bfish89ryuhayabusa Emo and pop punk were once two separate (albeit related) genres, until Midwest emo influenced bands started mixing the two together to create emo pop/emo pop punk, for better and for worst.

    • @surroundgatari
      @surroundgatari 5 лет назад +5

      PARANEUYA PARANEYUYA OOEVREBODYS CUMING TO GYET MEEEY

  • @thel-iteralone4592
    @thel-iteralone4592 5 лет назад +145

    I remember hearing the "paranoia paranoia everyone's coming to get me" segment for the first time in Nostalgia Critic's review of Tom and Jerry: The Movie.

    • @KingRandor82
      @KingRandor82 5 лет назад +20

      THAT'S where I remember it from!!!

    • @TheAlps36
      @TheAlps36 5 лет назад +21

      It's also in the thief and the cobbler

    • @KingRandor82
      @KingRandor82 5 лет назад +6

      @@TheAlps36 that actually clicks even more :D

    • @TheAlps36
      @TheAlps36 5 лет назад +15

      @@KingRandor82 Welcome to the mindfuck!!

    • @whodatninja439
      @whodatninja439 5 лет назад +3

      that's where i heard the song first, 11 or 12 years ago!!

  • @namebrandmason
    @namebrandmason 5 лет назад +14

    So, I actually know a few people who are major Harvey Danger fans (and one person who's a major Marcy Playground fan), and they are usually of the opinion that "Flagpole Sitta" is not one of their better songs.
    Sean also recently wrote a article for the twentieth anniversary of "Flagpole Sitta," and he made it sound like the band was a hobby who's demo tape got played on the mainstream alt-rock station. A literal case of them not being ready for success.

  • @TheLoverboyz901
    @TheLoverboyz901 5 лет назад +4

    Harvey Danger could have combined forces with Danger Mouse and called themselves Harvey Danger Mouse

  • @CatLives9
    @CatLives9 5 лет назад +52

    YES !!!
    Do an episode on Squirrel Nut Zippers "Hell", please.

    • @mierardi88
      @mierardi88 5 лет назад

      Agreed

    • @BeatLA24
      @BeatLA24 5 лет назад

      I just watched the video for this song. One of my favorites.

    • @noizyme
      @noizyme 5 лет назад +3

      The D and the A and the M and the N and the A and the T and the I-O-N!

    • @crescentfreshbret
      @crescentfreshbret 5 лет назад

      Oddly enough, one couple did a dance to their song “Put a Lid On It” on Dancing With the Stars a few years ago. That was one bit of randomness I was NOT expecting!

    • @Belgand
      @Belgand 5 лет назад

      Ehh... They might have had one big hit, but they were a rather successful band for quite a while. That would be akin to covering Ben Folds Five because "Brick" was their only really, really big mainstream hit.

  • @jessicaw9011
    @jessicaw9011 5 лет назад +20

    I *highly* recommend the album this song comes from, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? I'm probably overselling it, but I see it as a brilliant dark horse of an album, like The Heist from Macklemore. I happened to find the album at a used book store in town when I was looking for music for a class project, and it had one of the songs I was looking for (Terminal Annex), and then I saw it had Flagpole Sitta too, and I was like, "Wait-- that's the same band?! OMG!!!!"
    Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? has become one of those albums that is very near and dear to my heart. Whenever my world comes crashing down around me and I feel like screaming in anguish and throwing things, I play this album through in my car at full blast and shout out the lyrics to every song, and by the time the album has played through, I feel like I can begin to pick up the pieces again.
    Special shoutouts to certain songs:
    Private Helicopter was the song I sent to my future ex-fiance to tell him I knew he still wanted me, and even though I didn't quite admit it to myself at the time, to tell him that I was still attracted to him too.
    Wooly Muffler I played on repeat when I was frustrated over a sort of love triangle I was involved in.
    Jack the Lion was always the song that I would want to play in honor of my ex-fiance's dad someday when he passes away.
    Right in the middle of this angsty album, you get one of the sweetest, most endearing love songs ever, Old Hat, right when you need it the most (it comes right after Jack the Lion). Plus, Old Hat has this lyric: "Disembodied ringlets/ From hair that looks like yours" and I have long curly hair, so I'm always like, "Aww, that's mine!"

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 4 года назад

      Jessica W I frequently see CDs of it at thrift store and have never bought it because I do always see it. I’ll have to grab it next time I’m out thrifting.

  • @AnvilPro100
    @AnvilPro100 4 года назад +5

    I think this is Todd's best analysis of a single song yet. I love the look into irony as used in 90's pop and how it's so burnt out. "Cobain took it seriously. *He's Dead* " is a great line

  • @chibipandora
    @chibipandora 5 лет назад +19

    Man, I love that other album and I wish there was more of it here. "Wine Women and Song" and "Cream and Bastards" are jaded as hell, but so good. They deserved better. I mean, writing for The Stranger is better, but still.

  • @richardlevin4488
    @richardlevin4488 5 лет назад +20

    The white stripes had a good song about classic cinema, it was called the union forever

  • @elizabethh560
    @elizabethh560 5 лет назад +16

    10:24 "Hi Twin Towers."

  • @zackpumpkinhead8882
    @zackpumpkinhead8882 Год назад +2

    Harvey Danger, uh I think I remember those guys maybe?
    Yes. The lone sole member of the ever-so-popular genre "Seattle Emo"

  • @rars0n
    @rars0n 5 лет назад +2

    Great video! Subscribed!
    "Flagpole Sitta" is one of the best songs from its era. The sound of it is great and there are a lot of clever and catchy lines sprinkled throughout the song. A guy on my local sports radio station uses it for his intro song, and it doesn't matter how many times I hear it, I always perk up a bit when it starts to play. Whatever it is, the song is just infectious to my ears.

  • @GlorianaLovejoy
    @GlorianaLovejoy 5 лет назад +13

    This is one of those songs that sticks out in my mind as a clear divide between Gen-X and Millenials.
    The younger brothers & sisters of my friend circle were like 8-10 when the Seattle shit happened, they were always following us around trying to fit in with the older kids. We were snotty, depressed dickheads, kicking them off our "turf" (the parking lot of the local grocery store), all like "GTFO, child, you can't even begin to understand what this music is about".
    1998, I was 20, all the younger crew had claimed our old turf for themselves, and holy shit did they love this song. All day, every day with the Flagpole Sitta blasting on a boom box, they had all pierced themselves in ways we never dreamed of. They'd mosh outside the dry cleaning place, one of the little bastards dented a vending machine with his friggin' face.
    Anyway, my friends and I pretty uniformly hated Flagpole Sitta, but I honestly think back on it now and think we probably hated it because it was the anthem for another generation taking our place in a way. They were like "GTFO, old people, you can't even begin to understand what this music is about".
    They were right, of course. There's not that much of an age gap between us and our Millenial kin, but man, we differ so much. Sometimes I wonder if it's all because we older kids acted like such complete dickholes to them during our "angst" phase. This song just represents that divide in my mind.
    I just want to say "I'm sorry, Millenials", and hey, Flagpole Sitta isn't so terrible.
    Actually, I still hate it, but you kids have turned out good and, y'know, Lit had some pretty sweet tunes.

  • @thediscostu4127
    @thediscostu4127 5 лет назад +35

    Back in high school in 1998, everyone else was listening to Third Eye Blind and Savage Garden, I was listening to this. And I think I loved King James Version even more than their first album.

    • @LiamMHennessey
      @LiamMHennessey 5 лет назад +1

      It's funny, I enjoy TEB and HD about equally for mostly the same reasons

    • @littlekingtrashmouth9219
      @littlekingtrashmouth9219 5 лет назад +2

      All I remember from that is the line about “the Marlboro man died of cancer.”

    • @dusty2080
      @dusty2080 2 года назад +1

      King James is unironically one of the best albums of the 2000's, they basically predicted and one upped all the Garage and Post Punk Revivalists that would spring up just a year later

  • @Tomapella
    @Tomapella 5 лет назад +44

    Bummed at Little By Little getting only a brief mention. It's easily my favorite HD album and has some brilliant songs.

    • @LC-sc3en
      @LC-sc3en 5 лет назад +8

      I love Little by Little so much. I'm not a huge rock person really only liking a few select bands but I loved and memorized every song on that album. The lyrics are bitter but clever and really captured all of the feelings I had being in high school at the time and frustrated at the mess the people had been making of the world for the last 4 years. It also has a lot there for people who are searching for their identity and don't feel as if they measure up and when they do well it turns out meritocracy is actually not really a for anybody but undeniably extrodinary people. Angry futility and self hate resonates with everyone. Still feel Cream and Bastards, Diminishing returns, and What you Live by. Also Wine Woman and Song while being less relatable to my teenage self is super fun to sing.

    • @prestontoliver8309
      @prestontoliver8309 3 года назад +2

      The version of "Little Round Mirrors" they perform on Burn to Shine is a masterpiece.

    • @Mr.Peggle
      @Mr.Peggle Год назад +2

      I love Little By Little. Wine, Women, and Song is a masterpiece.

  • @soulfoodie1
    @soulfoodie1 4 года назад +11

    I know many people here have commented but this song is incredibly well known in UK for being used as the theme song of the highly acclaimed and successful comedy Peep Show from series 2 to onwards . The lyrics are used incredibly well over the opening sequence and closing credits to sum up both how Mark and Jez are both in very different ways misfits and unable to live up to what they expect.

  • @Calimbandil87
    @Calimbandil87 5 лет назад +49

    Now I want Todd to talk about Barenaked ladies. To bad I don't think they match any format.

    • @catholiccontriversy
      @catholiccontriversy 5 лет назад +1

      They just need to release a modern pop song that's getting radio play, then boom "pop song review."

    • @Calimbandil87
      @Calimbandil87 5 лет назад +2

      Gonna be hard, their albums chart somewhat decently. They had a top 10-album in the US a couple years ago. Same thing can't be said for their singles, last decently charting one was Pinch Me in 2000. Probably best to see if Todd starts a retrospective series on "almosts" or something. It would hurt, I still love BNL a lot. They have a way with Words and finding interesting themes/stories to sing about.

    • @HangmanVa
      @HangmanVa 5 лет назад +3

      Trainwreckords.
      That first album without Steven was pretty bad.

    • @MetalSandman999
      @MetalSandman999 5 лет назад +1

      You want Todd to talk about Barenaked ladies? I thought he was supposed to be a music reviewer...

    • @555Tbird
      @555Tbird 5 лет назад +5

      @@HangmanVa Every record after Steven has had the same problem. It'll start with two or three songs that are great, and then immediately run out of steam.
      The first six albums I can listen to front to front to back endlessly, while the two BLAM records are kind of a mess.

  • @hi-friaudioman
    @hi-friaudioman 5 лет назад +111

    Sooo, After binging around 75% of your back catalog and loving most of it, I was wondering if you could do more bilboard charts year in review, but back in the 70's, 80's and 90's like in your video (1987) or can I perhaps bribe you to make more of them? Im willing to pay sums of money to request some of those.

    • @MichaelBerthelsen
      @MichaelBerthelsen 5 лет назад +2

      I know, right! That would be epically awesome!😁

    • @vard000
      @vard000 5 лет назад +6

      @Yoshifan9511 Where did he say that? Can you copy and paste the link here? Thanks!

    • @iae8793
      @iae8793 5 лет назад +4

      pretty sure you can request that on patreon

    • @Avrysatos
      @Avrysatos 5 лет назад

      @Yoshifan9511 oh thanks!

    • @RatelHBadger
      @RatelHBadger 5 лет назад +1

      That's what Patreon is for my man

  • @tuesdaynext7370
    @tuesdaynext7370 3 года назад +5

    I am pleasantly surprised at the lack of comments referring to Bean Dad and his connection to this song/band

  • @lyricbot8513
    @lyricbot8513 5 лет назад +1

    I was waiting for you to cover this! One of my favourites.

  • @GayRiku
    @GayRiku 5 лет назад +18

    Every time you cover stuff from the 90's, I always hope you're going to mention Radiohead. Thanks Todd. I love The Creep Band(tm) and I'm glad they didn't give up when they wanted to after they got sick of Creep.

  • @andrewgwilliam4831
    @andrewgwilliam4831 5 лет назад +6

    Wow. I genuinely had no idea this was an actual record! I'd always assumed it was just recorded as the theme song for "Peep Show".

  • @gptandtft
    @gptandtft 4 года назад +3

    I saw Sean Nelson solo in Nashville a couple months ago, he was amazing and nice guy too.

  • @nnaproductions
    @nnaproductions 5 лет назад +17

    Oh my god YES! I have been waiting ages for this one! I'm a huge fan of their first two albums and I saw them live at Pop Montreal in 2005. The singer's reaction whenever someone in the crowd asked them to play Flagpole Sitta was really cringey. He actually got a bit pissed off at the end of the show, but their performance was still really fun.

  • @Jon.A.Scholt
    @Jon.A.Scholt 5 лет назад +38

    Creed = "Hunger dunger dank (or dang) butt rock"
    I have no clue what that means but I agree it sums up Creed very well

    • @RyanStorey1231
      @RyanStorey1231 5 лет назад +7

      Or: "Christian Nickelback"

    • @dreadanettles
      @dreadanettles 5 лет назад +2

      Hunger dunger dang refers to their singing style. Pearl Jam is kinda best known for starting it, and Stone Temple Pilots did it to a lesser degree.

    • @YouCanCallMeXoe
      @YouCanCallMeXoe 5 лет назад +2

      @osp80 They weren't bad. I'd go as far as to say they weren't even half as bad as some people make them out to be, but dear god, were they a flawed band. A huge example of this for me comes from the blatant underusage of both Scott Philips and Mark Tremonti's talent. Those very songs they got big off of could have and would have been a million times better, if they were allowed to show more of the skill they had endless streams of. This is an issue that plagues 90-95% of spiritually inclined/religious music, especially Christian music.

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos 5 лет назад +2

      @@dreadanettles My friends and I used to call that "ham singing" because it made every other word sound sound the word "ham."

    • @paleotectonics2670
      @paleotectonics2670 5 лет назад +3

      @@YouCanCallMeXoe Alter Bridge (without that human whack-a-mole game Stapp) showed the band could fucking crunch.

  • @luluvanhoagland5348
    @luluvanhoagland5348 4 года назад +4

    Tbh while I don’t think they could’ve had more hits, Nelson’s writing is so biting and articulate and honest in a way you don’t see a whole lot of anymore. Little round mirrors is clearly the portrait of someone so obsessed with something that it ruins every relationship they’ve ever had and man...if Nelson is writing about himself he must be very lonely because the topic of alienation comes up so often. Being really open with the good bad and ugly seems to be something that doesn’t happen often because it’s hard to sell. All three albums paint a rather depressing portrait of someone who’s incredibly lonely and let down by the people in his life and man...I really admire that level of honesty. It’s kind of incredible.

  • @thecartoonroom8469
    @thecartoonroom8469 5 лет назад +1

    Ah this is one of my very favorite songs-I always wondered about this band. Thanks Todd

  • @maneyac16
    @maneyac16 5 лет назад +81

    Here to start the petition for “Face Down” by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus for OHW

    • @NinjaTylerBlack
      @NinjaTylerBlack 5 лет назад +1

      was that even a hit

    • @maneyac16
      @maneyac16 5 лет назад +11

      Ninja Tyler Black It actually peaked higher than Flagpole Sitta on the Billboard Hot 100
      Face Down #24
      Flagpole Sitta #38
      Plus it was on the rock charts for an entire year

    • @thejjfrantsexperience5572
      @thejjfrantsexperience5572 5 лет назад +5

      Ninja Tyler Black, yes. #24 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also weirdly big in New Zealand for some reason
      Also, great username.

    • @realityweasel8461
      @realityweasel8461 5 лет назад

      This, all day long

    • @Hey-Its-Dingo
      @Hey-Its-Dingo 5 лет назад +1

      RJA aren't a OHW, they just changed scenes. They are a Christian Metal band now.

  • @crashunderride
    @crashunderride 5 лет назад +13

    "...the flaws in this plan became obvious pretty quickly." lmfao

  • @Millienfilm81
    @Millienfilm81 8 месяцев назад +2

    This song kills, and still till this day resonates with me. More than 20 plus years, and the line "Been around the world and found that only stupid people were breeding"... As a childless woman, I still stand proud by this sentiment and has shaped my adult life. I too am a Flagpole Sitta. Bravo gentlemen, and thanks for creating this classic.

  • @NamelessProducts
    @NamelessProducts 4 года назад

    Dude, these videos are so well written. Good good job. Bravo.

  • @DiamondAxeStudiosMusic
    @DiamondAxeStudiosMusic 5 лет назад +205

    Todd, word of advice... upload your videos in private mode before you make then public. Then, even if they get blocked, your subscribers wont be notified of it until it's been cleared.

    • @stevethepocket
      @stevethepocket 5 лет назад +35

      I think he already does. That's how his patrons get to see them early.

    • @Eryncerise
      @Eryncerise 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah, sometimes RUclips will make it seem like a video is okay while it’s private or unlisted, but then it’ll get flagged after going public for whatever reason. It’s... frustrating, to say the least. 🙃