2005 (1985 Parody)

Apparently if 1985 by Bowling For Soup were released today, it would be about 2005. Anyways, here's what that would probably sound like.
Making this low key put me in a small crisis because it made me realize that 2005 wasn't really that long ago but also it kind of is and the world is very similar but also it's very much not.

[@BillyCobbOfficial]

This should be streaming Friday

[@gavin3415]

Great song, man!

[@JimmyJangy]

LETS GO!

[@noone-tj2hq]

Thank fucking god

[@sharpno2pencil476]

LIKE! LIKE LIKE!!!!

[@MonsieurExist]

Damn straight it should

[@SuperPixelRush]

A horrifying thought just occurred to me: this is the version of the song for Debbie's two kids in high school.

[@jacksongreen4107]

You know what? Let's just say Steve is one of those kids.

[@multiairoh1]

@@jacksongreen4107Works for me

[@Robbinson98]

That is a terrifyingly accurate thought. Jeez

[@WaitWhat-zw2in]

Now they are the uncool ones

[@johnindigo5477]

Kids born in 2006 are juniors in HS

[@CZsWorld]

See you all in 10 years for "2015".

[@thejerkyshack8040]

That's gonna be the one that really hurts

[@lukefox718]

My ass was born in 2005, 2015 was when I peaked 💀

[@TheBurningWarrior]

@@lukefox718 Blud really having his 1/5 life crisis rn, fr, no cap

[@lukefox718]

@TheBurningWarrior real talk, i actually peaked in high school, 2020-2023, back when I could feel happy sometimes and get unhealthy levels of obsessed with shit like fnaf and minecraft, later fortnite and attack on titan. Now those things have all gone to shit, everyone stopped pretending to care about anything but money and themselves, and I didn't even expect to make it to age 18. Now I never feel much for anything. Any spike of excitement usually fades and leave me feeling empty, wondering if it ever mattered. I feel like I should've died years ago, but instead broke the game's epilogue and dropped out of bounds in my own life. It really does feel like I wasn't suppost to make it this far, and now that I have there's nothing left for me. Don't even need a funeral when everyone's already moved on without you.

[@hamburgerlord7849]

​@lukefox718 As a fellow '05 kid, don't be so hard on yourself. It's only been a year since you graduated high school, and who's to say your adult years won't be great? Keep your chin up, wallowing in your own pity won't help you achieve a better life.

[@RetailRipper]

That OG youtube layout took me back.

[@0Heeroyuy01]

doesnt it tho, the way it looked in 2005 compared to now makes you really feel old

[@samyakjain727]

Reminds me of Megavideo :’)

[@Charles-In-Charge]

This is INCREDIBLE. I haven’t seen a parody of this quality compared to the original since Weird Al

[@Dazzarik]

Fall Out Boy's cover of We Didn't Start The Fire is up there, give it a listen

[@TheWrathAbove]

​@@Dazzarik Ya know, I don't think most people agree with that opinion, but I respect your choice to voice it.

[@p00bix]

@@TheWrathAbove they didn't list the events in chronological order, the entire point of the original We Didn't Start the Fire

[@TheWrathAbove]

@@p00bix Whoa there feller! I never said I agreed with @Dazzarik's opinion, I merely respected his choice to voice it. Get his ass for the bad take, not mine.

[@Fangria]

​@@p00bix why tag the guy who said nothing about their opinion on the song and not the guy whp did?

[@smithybagel_balls6730]

I never fully understood 1985 when I was younger but Jesus listening to this parody I feel the same way my parents probably did when they heard it for the first time.

[@EliteLMS]

That is the power of good music! This song hits the feels and makes ya think

[@esmeecampbell7396]

I am become old, destroyer of worlds 😂

[@smithybagel_balls6730]

Nostalgia is so powerful in music but I think the effects nostalgia has on music is also powerful so its kind of like both sides build off of each other@@EliteLMS

[@smithybagel_balls6730]

Oppengrandheimer @@esmeecampbell7396

[@lazytitan3928]

Right, I was not in the right head space to listen to this song today.

[@karatemaster1144]

This song was born to be a 2005 nostalgia track, given how it actually sounds.

[@unluckyfives]

Wow yeah that's actually super cool. The original being from 2004 adds another layer to it.

[@BradsGonnaPlay]

Really good point lol

[@Lobster_Dance]

My wife says I self identify as a boomer, and another point in her corner is that I identify with more of the original song. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Greenday and still listen to Nickleback, but most of the rest was only hitting low for me

[@Mr-Trox]

​@@Lobster_Dance 1985 was a Gen X nostalgia song, not a Boomer song.

[@Lobster_Dance]

@@Mr-Trox just meaning I don’t often display millennial behaviors and she makes fun of my old man tendencies. She emphasizes that by calling me a self identified boomer rather than simple Gen-X. My older sister definitely helped me be more on the side of Gen-X, while my parents and upbringing exposed me to many of the older things I came to appreciate and my wife often cites for evidence of my boomer tendencies.

[@ashleyseybolt]

I’m here to just say Bowling For Soup’s version was ALSO a cover. SR-71 wrote and originally performed 1985. Mitch Alan, the writer of the song, also appeared in the Bowling for Soup music video.

[@pvshka]

Didn't they write it together?

[@ashleyseybolt]

@@pvshka SR-71 wrote it. Bowling For Soup altered some lines. They didn't write it together. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_(SR-71_song)

[@Halo32010]

I was just looking through the comments to see if anyone brought this up. Glad I'm not the only person who knows of SR-71.

[@ashleyseybolt]

@@Halo32010 It genuinely upsets me that people don’t know the genius that is SR-71! Mitch is so incredibly talented and when people look him up now? Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Kelly Clarkson, Sia, Simple Plan… He writes for everyone now and I constantly think “imagine if he was still able to write for SR-71”

[@LPcrazy_88]

​@@ashleyseybolt I still wake up to Tomorrow by SR-71 as my alarm song. I usually listen to most of the song unless my wife yells at me to turn it off. One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@SingingWithMyself-Frozen]

I like to think that Steve was one of Debbie's high school kids. He grew up watching Cribs on MTV while she wondered why they weren't playing music any more.

[@holycrapitsvincent]

Makes a nice cycle, like this theory

[@cubiruru2]

Vote for Pedro

[@bromicorn]

pedro is my kitten's name :)

[@-piras]

Thanks

[@samuelbrock]

Pedro offers you his protection

[@theharvardyard2356]

​@@samuelbrockhow's your neck?

[@KillerMoth_Stumpy]

​@@theharvardyard2356 it stings

[@mint3465]

Billy casually dropping a new Zillenial anthem

[@samueltitone5683]

Is that what we’re called? (Born in 2000 exactly.) I’ve been trying to make “boomer zoomer” a thing, but I don’t think it’s going to become a thing.

[@232mumboy]

​@@samueltitone5683 zillenials are usually around '94-'96, 2000 is firmly z territory my dude (im sorry)

[@mint3465]

@@samueltitone5683Basically anyone born 1994-2000 I think, never really fit into either category

[@aliceiscalling]

​@@samueltitone5683 2000 is early Gen Z (zoomer). I'd say 96 is a good boundary, 98 probably the latest, for the millenial/zoomer mix. People generally base what a Zoomer is on whether or not you remember 9/11. Late zoomer vs early zoomer in general is a hefty shift because tech and social media changed so rapidly in the 2010s.

[@WinterandNoodle]

zillennials isn't a real generation, it's a cusp like xillennials, but anyone in those times are either millennials and gen zs. Stop spreading misinformation

[@pizzalibrarian]

Born in ‘62, loved the 1985 song and I’m digging this 2005 video.

[@longestvideoever]

Geez thats how you know you're old. No offense. I think old is cool actually

[@LPcrazy_88]

This was outrageously well done, bravo my dude. Now excuse me as I have a midlife crisis at 35.

[@CrystalLynn1988]

Same here. It seems like time is flying by at rapid speeds, but also as if just yesterday we were teens living our best lives.

[@moldovancrisis5482]

Same same. Brilliantly done. Came into this expecting to laugh; got hit right in the feels instead. 😅

[@s5q1]

"Midlife, midlife, crisis at thirty-five"

[@AirmanRobertson]

Glad I'm not alone in that sentiment.

[@grd4565]

When Bowling For Soup released the song 1985, the vocalist was 32. I currently am 32.

[@Golfkid100]

Same for me! Born in 1991.

[@grd4565]

@@Golfkid100 Feels like just yesterday we were 13, eh (the age we were when 1985 came out)? To think it's been 19 years.

[@Bunnidove]

28 here. Close enough.

[@grd4565]

@@Bunnidove I find it surreal to watch Bowling For Soup music videos from when Jaret was around our age. Puts time into perspective.

[@RiggedandReady]

​@@grd4565This is actually wigging me out. I'm around the same age. I do all the normal adult things but I still feel like a teenager in a lot of ways, haha.

[@collinellsworth8622]

this is what fall out boy thought they were doing with their we didn’t start the fire cover. love it

[@vanilla_milkshake]

if only they had half the talent Billy has they'd be an almost decent band

[@kinkykinkles]

"Oklahoma City bomb, Kurt Cobain, Pokémon" is such a roller coaster of word salad.

[@cr4shmycar118]

​@@kinkykinklesmy personal favorite has gotta be "meghan markle, george floyd, burj khalifa, metroid" lmao. just the dumbest line

[@dreamofyouandi]

WORLD TRADE SECOND PLANE

[@Cinderfella_Productions]

Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire," while not totally chronological, at least kept to a singular decade and all the events within it during a verse, but FOB's rendition is all over the place, no cohesion.

[@nBUMBA]

This is a very impressive low budget video. Even fits the 2000s style and aesthetic

[@credenzamostro]

I came up with song lyrics for an updated version of 1985 a month ago and really thought to myself "No one else has ever done this but me"

[@akyo_zynk]

Bruh

[@moldovancrisis5482]

I learned long ago that if I had an idea, someone else had already done it. At first it was disappointing, but then I learned to embrace just being able to Google to find the result instead of having to make it myself. 😂 "There is nothing new under the sun"

[@impishlyit9780]

@@moldovancrisis5482 That's honestly disappointing to *me.* Make it anyway! Creation is one of the few things we do that other animals don't. It's almost entirely human to make and appreciate art. Go make things!

[@moldovancrisis5482]

@impishlyit9780 I'm currently playing around with a website. Just has saved me a lot of time over the years using weird tools I was surprised already existed instead of having to build them.

[@fromthegamethrone]

This is fantastic. Missed one trick, should have been 'when did 182 become dad rock' as it's now literally in the oldies section on Spotify

[@lowercase21]

Wait blink 182!?? NNoo!! 😭 Bro I'm so old!!

[@himynameisangie]

That would have been a great line! I didn't know that, it's so crazy Blink 182 is considered oldies now!

[@fromthegamethrone]

@@himynameisangie I know, I felt my hair turn grey when I saw it 😭

[@idatethefatkid]

Spotify is straight up trolling us

[@zZWolfyZz]

I refuse to accept this load of Boulogne and want to say I'm not old damnit and don't let my back or knees tell you any different those guys lie all the time to get out of doing work

[@Squirreltasticqueen]

Physical media is never the enemy in a age where buying something is only renting

[@no_one2197]

Well said ! I love my CDs

[@bryanincommiefornia5629]

@@no_one2197 Same here, especially because that's all that works in my 21 year old car.

[@SuperDuckyWho]

Yeah but solid state. Flash sticks.

[@spencercorpuz]

Shut up

[@JoeMama-zx1gu]

I think not finishing high school was yours

[@NoobPTFO]

Seeing the Ultimate Showdown made me realize, I’m now the damn 80s kid for the current Gen. What the hell man

[@dragondan244]

Fuck you for making me realise this too

[@MoragOctober]

When the Ultimate Showdown flash animation showed up in the background I felt that.

[@NesosRomanus]

People in their mid thirties (me) watch this and feel deeply nostalgic (cry loudly).

[@austinsmith7731]

Hell im in my mid 20s and this is getting me teary

[@Dylan-Frost]

Hell I'm born in 2006 and feel mildly interested

[@superethangaming.]

I was born in 2005 and this shit got me feeling nostalgic too 😭

[@candiedskull9841]

As someone in their mid-20s, I was not quite socially conscious enough in 2005, but there's enough there to get me quite nostalgic

[@DylanVA]

I'm 23 but I still remember the '05 days vaguely. A simpler time.. 😢

[@SoSezTheDude]

Outside voice - "Haha, awsome!" Inside voice - "I feel kinda sad now...."

[@PeytonPearson]

HAHAHA I'm laughing so I don't cry :')

[@JoeSkylynx]

"sad" bro I just feel pain. Mostly in my lower back.

[@illuminateunity2382]

Exact same way the cognitive dissonance hit me too. 😅

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

Since 2005 is a year I have nostalgia for and 1985 was before I was born, I don't think I truly understood what the song was about before hearing this version.

[@londonpurvis7012]

The Ipod commercial clip hit me shockingly hard

[@davidbukowski3463]

Same. Out of all the things, that was the one. Reminded me of taking a trip to the "big city" and seeing the ads as I saved up for an iPod nano.

[@andrewlikesmetal1095]

You guys remember zune? I was a hardcore zune fanboy because I wanted to be a contrarian and it was actually a solid mp3. I did still end up owning apple products. The ad's definitely worked on me in the end. Shame their products stopped being innovative after steve jobs died.

[@an0rmalp3rson70]

That ad predates me by like 3 years and it still hit me

[@rolandkatsuragi]

That line from High School Never Ends about still listening to the same shit from back then, hits different now realizing that song is 17 years old.

[@TigeriPlaysGames]

I always chuckle to myself when it comes on my playlist in the car, because now it IS the same shit I heard back then

[@gavin3415]

Yeah for real

[@ThatGuyBrian]

"Doesn't matter if you're 16 or 35" goes harder and harder as a line by the day.

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

​@@ThatGuyBriandamn lol I miss these 2000 bands.

[@tellmewhenitsover]

I blasted that song with my windows down when I graduated.. i think jinxed my life

[@fritos1445]

Bowling for soup is my favorite band of all time and even though their version was also a cover, you did it such justice I love it

[@brandonamezquita4501]

This is like the 4th version of a modern 1985 I hear. These never get old unlike us.

[@Kolbatsu]

Never thought I'd feel nostalgic for 2005.

[@WalterWhite_2077]

For realllll, K was only a little kid then, I'm more nostalgic about the late 00s. Living in the balkans has the advantage of being behind with technology, so even tho these things were popular in 05' I still used them in 08-10'

[@BarbadosBeerFestival]

Same

[@TheBurningWarrior]

For New Orleanians it was an epochal year; I've felt nostalgic for the first half of 05 since the second half of 05.

[@mrgudartsketch]

I was a sperm in 2005

[@tvnorminstudio3080]

Shadow the Hedgehog was released in 2005. The pinnacle of early 2000s edge. Thanks, GameCube.

[@pokepatrick1]

You are now obligated to write another one in 2044

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

The torch will be passed In 2044 there will be a new blast

[@Dylan-Frost]

Personally I think we need a 1995 song

[@Smapti]

Tay-Tay, Beyonce Way before Robokanye There was BTS and bro-rock And music still on TikTok His kids begging no more Please get off of the dance floor Because he's still living for 20, 20, 2024

[@TheUpgradeSolution]

@@Smaptirobokanye got me. Very nice

[@amirhaikal6672]

2025 coming soon.

[@adonutstar]

This just popped up on my homepage, and I'm so glad I clicked on it. Well done! As someone in high school when the song came out, it is super wild to see updates/parodies(?) of this song 20+ years later. (yes, there is more than just this one!) And, what's cool is all these updates aren't even updating the original song! The original was by SR-71 in 2004 and covered by Bowling For Soup the same year. Bowling for Soup's version changed some of the lyrics of the original SR-71 song to different 1985 references.

[@timkeyskeys462]

1985 was originally a SR-71 song, and bowling for soup covered it and somehow got bigger than the original.

[@devonyoung196]

It's cause the bowling for soup cover is better than the orginal SR-71 version

[@carolej339]

​@@devonyoung196they sound really similar imo idk about that

[@BigFatCone]

@@devonyoung196 Nah, but they have an epic video. SR-71, not so much.

[@sponk6192]

That Mike Myers clip fucking kills me every time.

[@hayaokakizaki4463]

Kanye was right in that specific clip though

[@carlosemilio5180]

​@@hayaokakizaki4463 It was still extremely out of pocket. Not that i care

[@MysticMorigan1998]

Kanye is crazy. Like, he seriously needs medication and therapy. I mean he was right, and it was fucking hilarious seeing Mike and Chris Tucker trying to reign it back in

[@Arkiasis]

​@hayaokakizaki4463 well Bush didn't care about anyone. Didn't care about the soldiers he sent to die in Iraq. Didn't care about the civilians killed in Iraq. Didn't care about Katrina victims. Anyone who even DARES to nostalgize Bush should be slapped. Politically the 2000s was awful.

[@SampleHalo246]

Crisis: Achieved. The amount of references I had completely forgot until they flashed up on the screen is insane. I'll be 30 this year, which I'm told isn't even that old. But man does it feel like it. The one positive to take away is having cameras and the internet in the early 2000s gives a unique window for nostalgia that previous generations didn't quite have with still photos and writing. Great cover/parody man. Brought me back if only for a minute.

[@matthewrhodes3804]

Gonna be 30 in a few weeks. This video really got everything.

[@Amins88]

For me, 30 didn't really feel like I was in my 30's. Just another year of my 20's. 31, though...

[@willd7033]

Dude. I wish I was in my 30s again. You ain't old yet. It gets worse! lol

[@redfailhawk]

I'll also be 30 this year. This song hit where it hurts. It feels so weird to be called out on THIS level.

[@andrewlikesmetal1095]

With how fast technology jumped in our childhood I really thought we'd have cooler stuff by now. It seems like technology has stagnated and the only improvements were adding more cameras and touch screens on stuff in the last 10 years or so. Kids can't conceptualize how crazy the jump from analog media to digital was, it was absolutely insane.

[@RavenStarMedia]

I keep coming back to this because of how amazing it is. All the references really hit home.

[@mathautist]

I was in high school in 2005. I remember binge watching That So Raven when I wasn’t supposed to. Madden was the game to play. 2005 Warped Tour was one of the last good Warped Tour lineups.

[@TheNobleShade]

Most parodies of 1985 aren't very good, but this one is phenomenal. And you put a wide berth of 2005 stuff in here, I didn't expect to see a clip from Fire Emblem 9.

[@nicholasweaver2374]

I didn't expect the coronation of Pope Benedict XVI.

[@johnindigo5477]

This one's great kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnOvkKZ5q5d9d7Msi=-qAdZ5SRhUoYNGyd

[@bigevilshark1958]

I missed that holy crap

[@casualcaptor7826]

I think it's because the other ones were made too close to the year they were about, like one literally had "way before [artist whose first hit came out 2 years later]"

[@Anonymos185]

Where is the clip? Completely missed it lol

[@sadratboypa]

The Star Wars Battlefront 2 clip is what really made me crumble to dust

[@isabellegrimes9366]

Tell me about it… but hey, did you hear it’s getting a remastered multiplatform release with 64 players, expanded Hero vs. Villains, & the Xbox DLC maps? :D UPDATE: ITS NOT LIKE THE SIMULATIONS

[@JohnDoe003]

We've captured the outpost!

[@HannibalPoptart]

IN GALACTIC CONQUEST...

[@isabellegrimes9366]

@@JohnDoe003Watch those wrist rockets!

[@xaviervillarreal5391]

I can still here the doodleoot the OGs will know

[@Warriorx269]

The 2020s suck. Bring back the the 2000s

[@bcreekm]

Playing Re4 as a junior in highschool while drinking surge... swapping to tony hawk... heading to the mall with friends... 2005-2006 was just peak.

[@BigFatCone]

2024 you'll be playing RE4 again.

[@actionfirst]

I remember hearing 1985 as a kid and thinking it was some far-off distant era but hearing 2005 in this context is just wow... enjoy what you've got now for sure, you'll always still have the things you once loved and there will be plenty for you to love in the future too. Excellent job

[@TurtleShroom3]

I was twelve in 2005 AD. It never hit me that the "1985" song was the same distance as this until you hear this.

[@beetdigger1975]

Thanks for clarifying, I thought you were going to say you were 12 in 2005 BC

[@baeram]

I literally had this same idea. So glad someone made it. You nailed it tbh

[@princeT25]

Amazing! Could we get an updated version of "If I had a Million Dollars" by the Barenaked Ladies that takes into account the current economy and how far a million dollars would go now?

[@joyfulnoize6958]

Fcking YES xD The 'I'd buy you a house... but like a tree house, not a real house' line would still work

[@nathgee2074]

as someone young enough have always considered motley crue and bands like nirvana classic rock, subbing in weezer for that line definitely highlights the shock of taking something that you have a distinct impression of and it not being represented like that in the mainstream anymore

[@stevenpatrick7619]

Nirvana and Motley Crue are in two completely different genres and neither are classic rock

[@nathgee2074]

​@@stevenpatrick7619Yes' that's the interesting part -- both are old rock bands from over 30 years ago and therefore I perceive them as classic rock because I wasn't alive back then. But that's what the line is getting -- it doesn't sound weird to me to call motley crue classic rock. I don't think I can even name a motley crue song, it's just old music, ergo, classic rock. but shifting the perspective to a band that i know and am familiar with -- calling weezer alternative pop -- I'll have the same reaction that you have of my statement. "Of course they're not alternative pop, what kind of nonesense is that? Have you even listened to Say It Ain't So?" And including nirvana in my original comment was bait cause i think is funny when people don't realize how old nirvana is. They're grunge but since their stuff came out over 30 years ago, they're just classic rock. Back in the 80-90s, the beatles were considered classic rock. Well, guess what? That's the same time difference as now and 1990 when nevermind came out. it's all classic rock.

[@HistoryNerd8765]

​@@nathgee2074 I've got your exact sense of classic rock. Green day sounds brand new to me.

[@SpaghettiEnterprises]

​@@nathgee2074I think this was super well-articulated!

[@areyouokayanniebecauseIam]

​@@nathgee2074You're making up your own definition based on your perception but it's not factual. Classic rock isn't a genre so it's not comparable to alternative pop. The genre is actually called arena rock. The Beatles have never been put in that bracket, because their music is completely different. When a band passes a certain age and is in the general domain of rock, it doesn't mean it's automatically classic rock. Elvis obviously is not classoc rock is he? Turn on a classic rock radio station or a playlist on Spotify curated by someone who knows what they're doing and it ain't gonna play the likes of Nirvana, either, so your "bait" is nonsensical. Motley Crue, fair enough.

[@fordandk4840]

I was listening to a classic rock station recently and heard Linkin Park, Jet, and 3 Doors Down, and it made me finally understand the significance of that Motley Crue lyric from 1985.

[@DiddlyDoink]

How is this not viral? This shit is good, sounds good, good lyrically and actually improves the BFS version, helping me understand what I was belting out into a singstar mic back in the day

[@ziggy_425]

That lowkey clip of the ultimate showdown song in the background makes this whole song for me lol! This was better than I thought it would be. Great job!!

[@WyattSidwell-ce6lq]

Looking back, Springsteen and Madonna wasn't too long before nirvana

[@Lexivor]

Kurt Cobaine was only 9 years younger than Madonna.

[@assmane999]

Blows my mind that we’re getting so close to KZbin’s 20th birthday. I remember when it first went live. Feels like a few years ago.

[@amandavaldorian]

I know right? I keep saying, "Well, KZbin hasn't been around very long." 20 years!? My how the time has gone by!

[@JohnDoe003]

20yrs listening to Doja cat is the only thing that lasts a long time. And YT will barely make it to 20. It's the Facebook of video platforms. "It never leaves!"

[@assmane999]

@@JohnDoe003 So confused what you’re trying to say here. If you’re saying KZbin won’t last long past 20 years, that’s a bad take.

[@JohnDoe003]

@@assmane999 YT like Facebook is only still around b/c the old people still need something to use. Rumble & other video sharing platforms are the future, or at least offer more freedom like the og YT had.

[@JacF6734]

“I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!" ― Abe Simpson

[@skratchisrandom5596]

As a 2005 baby, using this song at all my birthdays now. No other choice

[@PonyRx]

Only if your parents say it's ok. It belongs to them! 😂

[@sigsour5421]

But you don’t remember it, that’s the whole point

[@grace5033]

@@PonyRx another 2005 baby here. We're adults, do the math

[@sampuhhupmas5666]

@@grace5033 Kind of weird to think about, I still have to manually remember that I'm an adult

[@grace5033]

@@sampuhhupmas5666 same

[@NomZombie]

As a person who graduated HS in '04, this will go nicely on my playlists next to Sub-Radio's "1990-something."

[@chayden153]

Sub-Radio is so freaking good! Stacy's dad is so good

[@Triga8bit]

Make sure to turn the quality to 144p for the authentic experience

[@kelleren4840]

Lolol. Also open the video and come back in 30 minutes to give it time to buffer.

[@JoeSkylynx]

@@kelleren4840and remember when 1gb downloads took over a day or two if you were lucky... Only to then get a fucking game launcher which made you install another 2gb update.

[@LegaIX-lg6lz]

Born in ‘06 here - Using a clip from Sum-41s “Pieces” hurt me, I forgot how sad that song was.

[@jacobbeyer1800]

This is so getting shared with my guild mates and friends. Well done!!! 💯

[@kohakustella]

Now your comment is sending me to 2005. Where are my guildies now?...

[@MCFawful]

That Smosh clip gave me a false sense of nostalgia holy

[@Flyingwithoutmings]

Why a false sense?

[@AN456d]

​@@FlyingwithoutmingsI mean it's probably nostalgia but he might mean that they're not actually gone, in fact, smosh are just doing the adult version of their childish and immature stuff

[@thatssovenus]

​@@AN456d yeah I still wouldn't really use "false sense" in that context

[@flossimoth]

@@AN456d I interpreted it as getting a sense of nostalgia for something you never really experienced. nostalgia isn't a term for things that are gone, but for the fond memories of something you experienced in the past. so feeling a sense of nostalgia for youtubers you never actually watched could be described as a 'false sense of nostalgia'

[@GmNdWtchr96]

​@@flossimothThere's actually a term for that. It's called "anemoia."

[@Hottactioncop]

1980 will forever be 20 years ago for me

[@alexanderhobbs5963]

Right ?!?!? 30 years is the 70s

[@Hottactioncop]

@alexanderhobbs5963 it's weird because I know better too but it's like it's hard coded in my brain

[@alexanderhobbs5963]

@Hottactioncop same man i totally agree with you.. i turn 32 next month... Like that Song from the Tony hawk game. Goldfinger "superman" So here I am Growing older all the time Looking older all the time Feeling younger in my mind

[@Vasileva85]

I’m almost 40 and I still wake up thinking “wait, 2007 was how long ago?”

[@Swordkiller55623]

Amen to that...

[@Kandiifl00f]

Is Steve’s mom named Debbie by any chance?

[@Nick94MI]

I was just thinking the other day how music I listended to as a kid in the early 00's is now how 80's music was when I was a kid.. crazy where the time goes s

[@gentlemangamerec7025]

The weezer line was especially cheeky. This is a loving ode to that era. Excellent work!

[@acekoala457]

Technically the clip of AAR's Move Along is a Bionicle Reference

[@scottovegtable]

I had to stop it. This hits me right in the heart. Like I was 15 in 2005 bro. Omg...

[@fungdark8270]

Same, my school had this thing they were trying out during the period between class, when there was 1 min left before the bell, they’d start playing a song over the intercom. They loved to play this

[@tahseenkhan3629]

And i was about to say "so youre only 25" like DAMN it's really been almost 20 years

[@ThatCoalSoul]

Where is everyone?! THIS SHOULD BE GOING VIRAL AS FFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tomasavendanozacarias5205]

i am happy to be old enough to understand this and still not old enough to genuenly miss it

[@DarkSnP]

Oof I felt that.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

I think I'm almost there. Give it about 2 or 3 more years and I'll feel turbo nostalgic. I already feel mad nostalgic for 2002/2003

[@Nagasakevideo]

Same

[@qstionblomens6138]

I was there and you’re not missing out

[@retronymph]

Same but idk despite being 4 at the time I still have a weird sense of nostalgia for it

[@inthetoyroom4life]

Sometimes nostalgia isn't fair.. I know this is a parody, but I'm still like, "Damn, i miss it"

[@henryaung7229]

This is actually insanely good

[@The2wanderers]

Thanks for making me feel old.

[@RaccoonRevolution]

1985 was originally released by SR-71, not Bowling For Soup. BFS's version is a cover. That's not relevant to anything, but I figured since nobody else was gonna say it.

[@micahbauman866]

Somebody should have said it.

[@potatoesriceandbread]

Wait, it wasn't written by the guy from Fountains of Wayne?

[@rattypie]

that's Stacy's mom​@@potatoesriceandbread

[@BarrackObamna]

Black Magic Woman was originally released as a Fleetwood Mac song and Santana made the cover that everyone thinks is the original. Not relevant at all here, but since we’re bringing out music trivia.

[@WONDERBOIY]

@@potatoesriceandbread Yeah as someone said, that's Stacy's Mom, BFS covered it because so many people thought it was their song.

[@mazda9624]

This was so expertly crafted. Not even 2005 views yet, and you already know that this video is going to be viral.

[@samyakjain727]

Called it. Good job :))

[@alice20001]

Dude this is so amazing 🤩 I can’t even begin to fathom how hard it is to write and perform a song like this ❤

[@GrahamSlam]

such crisp production on the vocals.

[@reebexa57]

I firmly believe a new Guitar Hero would save the world

[@chayden153]

Yes! It'll bring everyone together like the first two weeks of Pokemon Go

[@ChristmasPterodactyl]

The (guitar) hero we need...

[@innocentrage1]

There was one in 2015 called guitar hero live. It really was the beginning of the end for the country

[@JohnDoe003]

"You have chosen instantaneous death!"

[@ec4145]

The WoW clip at the start was so unexpected, and such a gut punch. 2005, were you really that long ago?

[@BrootalMetalBanjo]

Another lifetime ago

[@witchyix]

this is unfortunately so well done i can't look away from the impending crisis 10/10

[@blastingsound]

that clip of "the ultimate showdown" in the backdrop caught me off guard ... this hits too hard X,D

[@CassieMakesArt]

I was about to be upset if there were no MCR references.. and then I see Helena in the background. subbed. Also love that you included Jack Johnson. 💜💜 '93 baby here... feeling old af right now.

[@Orenjen]

Same I was waiting for the MCR reference!

[@Axqu7227]

92 here, and hard agree! Green Day was my first concert

[@CocoBro97]

This video makes me feel like I’m watching classic KZbin, it’s like the quality of shoes from way back in the day

[@champagnesupernova1839]

this makes me feel old

[@rko2016]

Jeez, i always found the original to be a quirky song about a time so far away from my knowledge but damn, this really hit home. I completely undersstand how the generation before me must have felt. Thank for this, cobb. It was a really nice surprise.

[@metalopod343]

can't wait to show this to my 40-year-old coworker

[@ReganSkye2010]

This was great. I was smiling the whole time! Thank you for making this!

[@JustinProper]

1985 was the first song I remember falling in love with. You just brought me back to my childhood in an unexpected full-circle. Bravo!

[@AngelLoeza]

Babe wake up billy just dropped a track [Im out of my meds]

[@impishlyit9780]

This is actually a crazy good rewrite, so accurate. Nice work as always, Billy.

[@sLifestyle-ny9sx]

Can’t wait for “2015” because that’s where I’m gonna be stuck forever. God I miss fidget spinners and my Wii U

[@havox30]

I think I'll just listen to this on repeat all day at this point.

[@AaronAnaya]

I was still a child then, but 2005 does feel like almost 20 years ago. It was actually very different than today. The only thing I genuinely miss was the internet being something only some people chose to engage with and not just another omnipresent part of our lives.

[@nikkireigns]

Omg I loved the internet back then. It was like the Wild West

[@fungdark8270]

I remember getting cable internet and being amazed that flash clips any took a few seconds to load

[@AmazingRebel23]

I miss when I didnt have to go to 4chan to find people my age on the internet. Everywhere else is nothing but people who just turned 13.

[@fundgydirt]

Peach cobbler back at it again

[@miyukiye3795]

This goes so unbelievably crazy

[@GeminiS...]

Love the video dude. It was a nice trip into what was. Also reminded me of some old memories you didn't have in the video or lyrics. Thanks for that.

[@layne05]

As someone born in 2005, this parody is oddly nostalgic. Oh, and when DID Weezer become alternative pop?

[@skubae4616]

bump.

[@lucasp7931]

probably since ratitude, although the only other more pop oriented record since then would be pacific daydream. maybe black as well.

[@Kolbatsu]

Oh man youngster. 2005 was a year for sure.

[@bonecanoe86]

People really need to stop being born so late, I mean damn.

[@layne05]

@@Kolbatsu I know it for two things, being the year the first Lego Star Wars released, and being my birth year.

[@Jimbeesbee]

another banger by the cobber

[@roger_pike]

This is simply AMAZING! Congrats. I love the original song and you did a great job updating it. Hope Bowling For Soup gets to see this and praise you themselves. Cheers from Brazil, Billy.

[@omarsaleem1107]

Shaking and crying as I watch this on my Nokia Sidekick

[@Aegon6]

Do you wonder if in 2044 that someone will do a parody of this parody? And call it 2025? I guess we'll find out if there's anything next year to actually be nostalgic about 😂

[@JohnnyScribe]

Ouch… this hit just a little too close to home

[@clippygoat]

This fucking hits even as an early 00's kid

[@Xnate13X]

Love your songs and was so happy to click this one BUUUT.. No reference to Hot Topic, malls full of emo/goths on Friday nights, feathered hair on emo girls, instant messaging, myspace or the queen herself, Amy Lee (Evanescence). :( Overall, it was still decent. Thanks for adding in WoW! No RuneScape clip though :( Still enjoyed it and happy to have listened. Miss these days, man. :,(

[@bartholen]

Only so much you can fit into the song while keeping it the same length as the original.

[@johnindigo5477]

This one mentions all that kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnOvkKZ5q5d9d7Msi=-qAdZ5SRhUoYNGyd Manic panic in in the first line

[@gunnaryoung]

"When cameras still had tripods" is probably the thing I miss the most.

[@DmDrae]

They came back. Streamers.

[@marcusmoonstein242]

I was a teenager in1985 and in my 30's in 2005. This hits me twice as hard.