" *Tom Scott* is a techie with extremely questionable taste in music. In his spare time, he has too many plans and a worrying tendency to make them happen."
His taste perfectly demonstrates why I'm usually reluctant to reveal that I'm a software engineer to non-tech people and whenever I do, I will add some disclaimer like "But I don't conform to the stereotype. Otherwise I probably wouldn't be here..." ;)
What?! I was at that gig. Don`t remember much of it, but i was definelty there. Wish i knew about Matt and Tom back then. I would have said hi! -An increasingly drunk Norwegian living in Stavanger.
+Pieterjanvdhd That's kind of a dumb comment, considering that the USA is one of the few places where they would have an absolute right to film in the park...
The chord progression that It Wasn't Me and Let It Be share is originally from Pachabel's Canon. I think it's around three hundred years old and LOADS of songs took that chord progression. This includes Sk8r Boy by Avril Lavign and Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
+A RUclips Commenter People who listened to 2010s music feel left out when people talk about 2010s music. wtf did psy get so many views on gangnam style?
@@michi4066 As a person born at the end of the 80s, I'm frankly not surprised you feel that way - I think the interconnectedness and vastness of the internet kind of broke down the shared experience. At least in this respect. For me personally it's a good thing because when my classmates were listening to whatever was on the radio in the 90s, I was listening to Creedence Cleareater Revival... so the internet allowing a lot more people to discover old music and obscure little bands makes me feel far less like an outsider than I did growing up. (I still knew some of the bands mentioned here and it did make me smile, but I think that's largely because back then I discovered those songs through _friends.)_
I notice you were quite close to the front during that concert footage. Were you actually meant to be there this time or was this another case of being shoved to the front and not fessing up?
Long dark winters probably also help. "I could go out into that blizzard, or I could sit here and get to know these barrels of ale better..." I'm Canadian, and if it weren't for books, games, and photography, I probably wouldn't have a liver left by now.
As Spitting Image said of 2 Unlimited's No Limt, “No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no, there's no lyrics!” A company called Genius makes gluten-free products. Was that guy Genius _planted_ there?! ;) And breaded wheat sounds lovely! Great video as always. As an 80s and 90s child, I really enjoyed this.
Cotton Eye Joe was my favorite song when I was a little kid, I haven't heard that song in years. I remember my step dad used to play it everyday before he dropped me off at school, I would sing along and walk into school singing the song. Mambo #5 was another of my favorites, I remember jammin to that with my whole family. Shaggy is still one of my favorites, I love his music. This whole video just took me back to being a little kid, and it brought up so many memories I haven't thought about for years. This video is something I needed so thanks for making me remember how awesome my childhood was.
As a german: I'm surprised that Scooter is better selling than Rammstein. Because i know that Rammstein is relatively well known and kinda famous in America as well. And very well known in Russia. But then again, Scooter has english lyrics...
Tom, thanks to you, when I searched for MoPed, I found the song Moped by Clubstas, *and I now have my new favorite german band of all time!* Moped fahn is gscheida!
Best huge gig I've been to was Iron Maiden at Ullevi, Gothenburg. Those guys know how to put on a show. 34 000 people singing along to all the songs really made my hairs stand on end. Sabaton opening made it that much more amazing. Best small gig was D'espairsRay at Fryshuset, Stockholm. The energy at that show was absolutely amazing. I nearly got my nose broken by an over eager mosher, who felt his elbow would look nice in my face, and didn't care for a second.
Particularly as the ones they do mention were from his second wind of fame in 2001/2 so not even from the nineties. There again very few Brits noticed Scooter until they had their best known hit The Logical Song in 2002 or else their other well known one Jumping All Over The World in 2008.
i have very fond memories of Scooter. Its something that both my Dad and I would sing at the top of our voices in the CAr scaring passers by :) Also...once whistling Dave is in your head, its there FOREVER
Tom is right that Shaggy/Beatles mashup might be one of the greatest mashups of all time, I should know this is like the first one I've listened to in years.
Oh man, I would've LOVED this! I, too, grew up in the nineties. When Matt said "Good morning!" I immediately knew who he meant! I can't have a playlist of favourite songs without some nineties in there, regardless of genre!
and you'd be right. scorpions have outsold scooter by roughly 70 million records rammstein have also outsold scooter, but the margin is much tighter, only a few million records more.
Scooter I know best from 'How Much Is The Fish', the base is from a Breton folksong, 'Son ar Christr', which had a German (and Dutch) remake as 'What shall we drink' in either language in the 70s. And of course, as a Belgian, 2 Unlimited was all over the place in my teenage years. Ever heard of the Confettis, and 'The Sound Of C'? It's a bit earlier, more late 80s than 90s.
Oh sweet, E-type! He lived in the same area of Stockholm I grew up in so I have seen him wandering around lots of times, even if I have never been to a concert. I think his children went to my primary school, but I am a few years older.
Fun fact: E-Type's father, Bo G. Erikson, was presenter and producer for three decades of the popular science program called "Vetenskapens värld" ≈ The world of science.
Time to buy some 120 dBa capable mike. That Rednex part had to be so heavily processed by my brain that I manage to recognise that there's some music in all that distortion only on the second listen.
I remember and love all those songs from when I was a kid. Except Shaggy. I just never liked Shaggy. But I've definitely heard of Scooter. Shake That! is a great song. Much better than the original sample.
I spent a lot of my musically formative years (early 2000's) hating Scooter on principle after styling myself as a mosher (now there's an archaic label). It was only later I learned to stop worrying and love the ridiculousness. They should do a special release of Weetabix wrapped in Shredded Wheat under the name Breaded Wheat, I think it's got legs.
Heyeayeayeay I feel Hardcore... Heyeayeaya Always Hardcore. Set The World on Fire I'll do anything to get what I want and even higher I'll do what it takes to be the one. *insert a rednex song here* You are my Angel, you're my darling baby... *Insert Mambo №5 here.* *insert 90s music here as if you didn't care* We ♥ the 90s
And now I learn that he toured with Sting recently! Sting/Shaggy was the crossover nobody knew we needed, but we now have and are all better off for it.
Hahaha, I actually do the same thing when I land in the UK. I even phone my mother with that line some times because she knows the song as well! also, some Dutch export there: 2 unlimited, alice dj..nice
I watched the Scooter video and I can only imagine that somehow an alternate reality Jeremy Clarkson was pulled into our world and THEN things got weird.
" *Tom Scott* is a techie with extremely questionable taste in music. In his spare time, he has too many plans and a worrying tendency to make them happen."
This is shockingly accurate...
His taste perfectly demonstrates why I'm usually reluctant to reveal that I'm a software engineer to non-tech people and whenever I do, I will add some disclaimer like "But I don't conform to the stereotype. Otherwise I probably wouldn't be here..." ;)
"You guys seriously filming yourselves?" Everyone else looks scared. Tom, very matter of factly, "Yes!"
Go Tom. haha
For like two seconds I was utterly convinced that that guy was Lou Bega.
What I forgot to mention was the odd sight the next morning of going down to breakfast in the hotel to find Shaggy at the table next to me. --Matt
Was he eating breaded wheat?
Did you go up to him?
It wasn't him
If I were you, I would have complimented him on the previous night's gig as I passed.
damn i cant watch that mashup bc of gema , goddarnit
I love the Matt & Tom subplot of "Matt makes editing decisions that annoy specifically Tom"
What?! I was at that gig. Don`t remember much of it, but i was definelty there. Wish i knew about Matt and Tom back then. I would have said hi! -An increasingly drunk Norwegian living in Stavanger.
Hope Genius makes it into the next park bench
The next park bench: Interview with Genius.
Well, that was Genius xD As tom said it, he realized x)
Playing Europop from the edge of Pulpit Rock: It's a Cliffhanger-Stavanger-Banger.
- Zach
Matt: Id
Tim: Ego
Tom: Superego
Meta af
There is a dickhead next to me
Genius: Genius
I was wondering how long before you had a confused bystander show up :)
I was wondering that, or if a jobsworth would come over to see if they had permission to film somewhere.
parks are a public space, you don't need permission to film there
You would be surprised how often a little man in a cheap uniform and inflated sense of importance will come and interfere.
They are not in the USA.
+Pieterjanvdhd That's kind of a dumb comment, considering that the USA is one of the few places where they would have an absolute right to film in the park...
Wait... The light's NOT fading?
This might be the last in the Tim Trilogy, but it was the first one we recorded! -- Tom
Brilliant !
Aw, I demand SirTim of the flailing arms returns!
his flailing is amusing.
lmao!
The chord progression that It Wasn't Me and Let It Be share is originally from Pachabel's Canon. I think it's around three hundred years old and LOADS of songs took that chord progression. This includes Sk8r Boy by Avril Lavign and Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
0:30 I'm 6foot6 and shut up, we don't flail, this world is just too small for us.
aw, you're verbally (textually) flailing right now. sweet. :P
Until Genius realised tom has a combined sub counter of over 500k.
Secondary channels rarely have anywhere near as many subscribers as main channels.
yeah but how many of those are the same person subbed to both
I'm not subbed to either, because I rarely watch the people I'm subscribed to.. weird...
+piratecheese13 I'm subscribed to both
14:30 "no one's gonna watch it" has 30k views
Nearly 100k now!
@@Chilukar Over 1k now.
Chilukar over 100 k now
just shy of 132k now
Being born 2001: i feel completely left out.
generation gaps are weird
+A RUclips Commenter
People who listened to 2010s music feel left out when people talk about 2010s music.
wtf did psy get so many views on gangnam style?
Isak Viklund same!
SAME. It's very strange. I feel like I don't really have a generation of my own. I'm just sort of floating around.
@@michi4066 As a person born at the end of the 80s, I'm frankly not surprised you feel that way - I think the interconnectedness and vastness of the internet kind of broke down the shared experience. At least in this respect.
For me personally it's a good thing because when my classmates were listening to whatever was on the radio in the 90s, I was listening to Creedence Cleareater Revival... so the internet allowing a lot more people to discover old music and obscure little bands makes me feel far less like an outsider than I did growing up. (I still knew some of the bands mentioned here and it did make me smile, but I think that's largely because back then I discovered those songs through _friends.)_
Genius looked like one sketchy dude
naw he's cool
Where'd your newest video go? I was about to watch it!
I might have uploaded the wrong file. Maybe. It might have been very glitchy. Fixing it now. Sorry about that... -- Tom
Matt and Tom Well, I'm surprised you responded, and I'm looking forwards to it!
I notice you were quite close to the front during that concert footage. Were you actually meant to be there this time or was this another case of being shoved to the front and not fessing up?
A few years fashionably late, it makes me really happy to know these guys like happy hardcore.
"Actually it's over that side this time" then it's on the same side. I don't know if that's funnier than if it really was on the right that time.
Next week I hope 'genius' is on the park bench.
THE PAINTED COOOOWWWW!!!!! *cough*, sorry, strange Scooter flashback...
Scandinavians in general know how to drink. It's what happens when you have an over 1000 year old tradition of getting tired and emotional :P
Long dark winters probably also help. "I could go out into that blizzard, or I could sit here and get to know these barrels of ale better..."
I'm Canadian, and if it weren't for books, games, and photography, I probably wouldn't have a liver left by now.
RealLuckless Oh that's definitely part of it :P
Fun fact: Denmark is number one in all of Europe when it comes to young people drinking a lot.
the worst part about it is that they think they're grown up and cool because they do it
As Spitting Image said of 2 Unlimited's No Limt, “No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no, there's no lyrics!” A company called Genius makes gluten-free products. Was that guy Genius _planted_ there?! ;) And breaded wheat sounds lovely!
Great video as always. As an 80s and 90s child, I really enjoyed this.
Love how Matt is talking 90s europop in an Enter Shikari t shirt. You sir have broad interests in music :D
Cotton Eye Joe was my favorite song when I was a little kid, I haven't heard that song in years. I remember my step dad used to play it everyday before he dropped me off at school, I would sing along and walk into school singing the song.
Mambo #5 was another of my favorites, I remember jammin to that with my whole family.
Shaggy is still one of my favorites, I love his music.
This whole video just took me back to being a little kid, and it brought up so many memories I haven't thought about for years. This video is something I needed so thanks for making me remember how awesome my childhood was.
As a german: I'm surprised that Scooter is better selling than Rammstein. Because i know that Rammstein is relatively well known and kinda famous in America as well. And very well known in Russia.
But then again, Scooter has english lyrics...
well 1 english yes, 2. dance in multitudes larger than metal
I would have thought the Scorpions but yeah, definitely know Rammstein over Scooter.
"No one's goin'a watch it."
Over 1,500 views in under two hours.
I think this may be one of your best park bench video. Love Genius.
Tom, thanks to you, when I searched for MoPed, I found the song Moped by Clubstas, *and I now have my new favorite german band of all time!*
Moped fahn is gscheida!
They're very southern, though, so I can't understand 95% of what they're saying, but I really love them regardless!
Did this seriously start with Tom of all people accusing someone else of flailing?
Edit: 7:39, knew it happen at some point!
Best huge gig I've been to was Iron Maiden at Ullevi, Gothenburg. Those guys know how to put on a show. 34 000 people singing along to all the songs really made my hairs stand on end. Sabaton opening made it that much more amazing.
Best small gig was D'espairsRay at Fryshuset, Stockholm. The energy at that show was absolutely amazing. I nearly got my nose broken by an over eager mosher, who felt his elbow would look nice in my face, and didn't care for a second.
How can you mention shaggy and not his best ever hit Mr Boombastic?!
I was wondering that myself
Particularly as the ones they do mention were from his second wind of fame in 2001/2 so not even from the nineties. There again very few Brits noticed Scooter until they had their best known hit The Logical Song in 2002 or else their other well known one Jumping All Over The World in 2008.
(Heavy Yorks accent) Techno, techno, techno notice
Aah, this brings back memories. Good to know it's still a thing. Some Sash and Antiloop and it would all have been complete
i have very fond memories of Scooter. Its something that both my Dad and I would sing at the top of our voices in the CAr scaring passers by :) Also...once whistling Dave is in your head, its there FOREVER
Tom is right that Shaggy/Beatles mashup might be one of the greatest mashups of all time, I should know this is like the first one I've listened to in years.
"Are you guys seriously recording yourself?" I wish you answered "No, we are just pretending to."
E-Type is the only "famous" person I have ever recognised randomly out on the street doing their shopping/whatever. When I lived in Stockholm.
Just want to say being from the states, I remember thous bands an it was nice to be reminded of them again.
'It Wasn't me' was real eased in the noughties.
*released
Oh man, I would've LOVED this! I, too, grew up in the nineties. When Matt said "Good morning!" I immediately knew who he meant! I can't have a playlist of favourite songs without some nineties in there, regardless of genre!
Why has it taken me this long to discover MoPed? This has made my Tuesday a million times better
When I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful...
As a Canadian, you better believe I know what Scooter is. I love them!
currently watching this in my hometown of Stavanger
I was at We Love The 90's in Oslo and it was really awesome too. I didn't even realise how many of the songs I would know.
Hey, Europlop! made me adore that You Make It Feel Like Christmas song. It's a good blog.
I know it's an old video, but thank you for make me found 2 Unlimited!
I must say i envy your ability to stay so cool when "genious" started talking to you.
That sounds like the single greatest gig of all time, jealous doesn't even cut it.
Really scooter biggest selling band! I would say Rammstein or Scorpions.
Also Shaggy is great. He has a lot of one hit wonders ;)
Also thanks GEMA that I cant watch most of the music links
and you'd be right.
scorpions have outsold scooter by roughly 70 million records
rammstein have also outsold scooter, but the margin is much tighter, only a few million records more.
Scooter I know best from 'How Much Is The Fish', the base is from a Breton folksong, 'Son ar Christr', which had a German (and Dutch) remake as 'What shall we drink' in either language in the 70s. And of course, as a Belgian, 2 Unlimited was all over the place in my teenage years. Ever heard of the Confettis, and 'The Sound Of C'? It's a bit earlier, more late 80s than 90s.
Surprisingly I actually did know who Scooter was! I've heard one song of theirs: The Logical Song, and that's it XD
Scooter needs to come to America, I will drive thousands of miles to see them.
Oh sweet, E-type!
He lived in the same area of Stockholm I grew up in so I have seen him wandering around lots of times, even if I have never been to a concert. I think his children went to my primary school, but I am a few years older.
Rewatching these, I love Matts T-shirts
Thank you for all the links to videos that are not available in my country...
VPN, babe.
get all the access
11:15 actually, it is over here
* still puts the clip on the side opposite *
Because Matt surreptitiously points to the original side in the last second before the thing is cut in, overruling Tom and putting back where it was.
scooter! man that takes me back to the rave years in England, back in the UK, how much is the fish.
so good.
My thoughts on Moped's Clocks. Well, that was a thing...
Sounds like the only one missing from that gig in Norway was DJ Bobo. Or maybe Marusha as well? Oh, the stuff we listened to when we were young...
Damn, the '90s! I has at a live performance of Alice DJ, T Spoon and 2 unlimitied just a few months ago. Memory lane, there I was!
I loved everything about this video. It's 3am, at the painted cow.
Oh, Tom Scott Europop reviews?
Time for me to get back on the Vengabus.
HP Baxxter actually lives/lived about 60 km from me :D
I am an American and discovered HP Baxxter because he has recorded some books on audio. After that, I discovered Scooter.
7:30 I only vaguely know most of these but even I couldn’t resist doing the voice
Tom assumes Fair Use means anything on RUclips and it's the funniest gag in this video
Oh thank the stars I'm not the only person who loves Moped!
Did ya know Tom, man, dat was Genius!
Loving the pony tail on Tom in the Europlop image.
Fun fact:
E-Type's father, Bo G. Erikson, was presenter and producer for three decades of the popular science program called "Vetenskapens värld" ≈ The world of science.
Ok... I know and enjoyed a lot of those artists too, didn't expect that. O.o
I read Europlop and I love it!
As soon as you said 90s i instantly thought, Scooter. XD Love it.
Haha, Tom tricking everyone into thinking they need to look to the right with the video actually still being on the left.
Well, I watched it!
I would have asked Genius if he had any thoughts on Shaggy.
Time to buy some 120 dBa capable mike.
That Rednex part had to be so heavily processed by my brain that I manage to recognise that there's some music in all that distortion only on the second listen.
We heart 90s is on stage around here on a regular basis,
I remember and love all those songs from when I was a kid. Except Shaggy. I just never liked Shaggy. But I've definitely heard of Scooter. Shake That! is a great song. Much better than the original sample.
The end was weird
Thanks guys, the most important thing about this video was my introduction to MoPed - Clocks :-)
It is official: these people have good taste in music.
I spent a lot of my musically formative years (early 2000's) hating Scooter on principle after styling myself as a mosher (now there's an archaic label).
It was only later I learned to stop worrying and love the ridiculousness.
They should do a special release of Weetabix wrapped in Shredded Wheat under the name Breaded Wheat, I think it's got legs.
Scooter, that band that you want to hate, but cant help smiling every time you hear their stupid noise :)
Anyone in their 30's will watch this with a huge smile on their face. I know I do :D
That bit at the end must be karma for the breaking the news thing you did. 😂
Just to know H. P. Baxxter was a judge in the last season of German Idol format.
Heyeayeayeay I feel Hardcore... Heyeayeaya Always Hardcore.
Set The World on Fire I'll do anything to get what I want and even higher I'll do what it takes to be the one.
*insert a rednex song here*
You are my Angel, you're my darling baby...
*Insert Mambo №5 here.*
*insert 90s music here as if you didn't care*
We ♥ the 90s
"We need to explain Scooter to the Americans." Oh no, Tom. High school me still likes it loud, still feels hardcore.
I'm from South Dakota. One day I found The Logical Song and Behind the cow, and then Scooter became maybe a quarter of my mp3 players storage.
i loved the video, especially the ending! i thought that was genius!
HYPER HYPER
Oh my God, Mr. Boombastic himself is back?
*WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THIS?!*
And now I learn that he toured with Sting recently!
Sting/Shaggy was the crossover nobody knew we needed, but we now have and are all better off for it.
I would love to see a clip where we see them filming Park Bench from the side, to get a view of how ridiculous this must look to others.
When they finally find a place where no one is going to accidentally walk behind them or in front of them on a path, *that* happens.
Hahaha, I actually do the same thing when I land in the UK. I even phone my mother with that line some times because she knows the song as well!
also, some Dutch export there: 2 unlimited, alice dj..nice
A lot of americans actually know about cotten eye joe (without knowing about rednex) because it was a popular line dance at one point.
I watched the Scooter video and I can only imagine that somehow an alternate reality Jeremy Clarkson was pulled into our world and THEN things got weird.