It's a birthday extravaganza! Birthday tips are appreciated, if you're into that kind of thing. Venmo - @ alexandermelton Cashapp - $ meltonalexander twitter - @ alexmelton Thanks my friends!
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@lowlifepunks3 жыл бұрын
Never had so much fun watching a guy play with himself.
@XxvidgamegurlxX3 жыл бұрын
😂
@carterbryantbanks3 жыл бұрын
This just might be the most brilliant witty youtube reply I’ve ever seen.
@austinalexander84573 жыл бұрын
PHRASING
@itcouldbelupus28423 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@dino-mite173 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@TBcinema3 жыл бұрын
This is the best gift I've ever received for someone else's birthday
@DancyTamang3 жыл бұрын
exactly!👌🏼😂
@Jones-eq4bs3 жыл бұрын
FOR REAL!!!
@raymondek38283 жыл бұрын
Hands down!!! Amazing dude!!!
@pulsewatcher0ad3 жыл бұрын
Well done! Best comment award goes to you 🏆
@PonderingsOfPete3 жыл бұрын
This is what it feels like to be a hobbit
@LostCompositions3 жыл бұрын
0:00 Intro 0:40 Anthem (Good Charlotte cover) 3:49 Dear Maria, Count Me In (All Time Low cover) 7:23 Stay In Love [Original] 10:50 MakeDamnSure (Taking Back Sunday cover) 14:23 Ocean Avenue (Yellowcard cover) 17:55 Best Of Me (The Starting Line cover) 22:24 Alex Pops Champagne and Sings Happy Birthday to Himself 24:04 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor Swift cover)
@estehbahn3 жыл бұрын
I appreciated this!
@BroncoJSmith3 жыл бұрын
I’m a 31yr old man... and I Fangirled hard at 17:55
@christopherhuynh50903 жыл бұрын
@@BroncoJSmith you're not the only one! The Starting Line was my gateway band into the Pop Punk Genre.
@MidwestBargains3 жыл бұрын
I can't get over how he is the entire band by himself. he's EVEN his own backup singer😂. Just simply amazing hope this blows up and the talent gets major recognition!
@TheLindsay7203 жыл бұрын
@@BroncoJSmith I’m 36 and did the same. My girlfriend had to listen to me sing the whole thing loudly.
@davedays3 жыл бұрын
This is crazy good dude.... super impressed how you put this together! Happy (late) bday!!
@gagehanson5753 жыл бұрын
Can we have a Dave Days and Alex Melton collab?!?!!
@TomTomTommyTomTommy3 жыл бұрын
"Happy Birthday, Happy Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday To Me!!"
@DominicDosdos3 жыл бұрын
that moment senpai notices you! Happy Belated Birthday Alex! :) Dave Days you rule dude!
@fplgregfrost3 жыл бұрын
Every punk band should take Alex on tour, just in case!
@22QAwareness3 жыл бұрын
@@gagehanson575 YESSSSS
@ryanbrown75083 жыл бұрын
THIS! This is exactly what pop punk punk kids “need” as we’re entering or have been in our thirties! Excellent choice of songs!
@JohnnyRebeck3 жыл бұрын
THIS! 💚
@elvenator3 жыл бұрын
Pop punk kids are also in their forties, Ryan. :)
@mrk68113 жыл бұрын
Turning 30 in December 2021. My name is Shane McCaskill and I approve this message.
@muslimmetalman2 жыл бұрын
is it weird to find this nostalgic at 25?
@LEGENDofBEANY2 жыл бұрын
Dude so true! On my way to 40 🥲
@LandonWhitsitt3 жыл бұрын
10:53 No one is “bearing with you.” We love this.
@joyfulnoize69583 жыл бұрын
Happy fcking birthday bro. All of us still stuck in the 90's-early 2000's are here rocking with you till the end!! \m/
@BestWafflesEUW3 жыл бұрын
'91 gang!
@XxvidgamegurlxX3 жыл бұрын
Damn right ✊
@RobertStoll3 жыл бұрын
See I never got why virtual concerts only cropped up now. This was excellent.
@tcerecords52533 жыл бұрын
Because unfortunately it hasn’t been monetized on a large scale/model. Which is fucking unfortunate.
@randylemaster3 жыл бұрын
And can't really be done live because of latency. It would have to be pre-recorded and put together and then released.
@RobertStoll3 жыл бұрын
@@randylemaster I'd risk the latency. I've seen streamers perform before and it works fine.
@randylemaster3 жыл бұрын
Sorry. I guess what I meant is each member performing from a different location.
@RobertStoll3 жыл бұрын
@@randylemaster That could be overcome tho, no? Like have them still in the same area, feeding into the same system? You could still do virtual then and just push out the combined feed.
@jeffmilburn97473 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'd hear anyone doing a Starting Line cover in 2020. Nice job, man!
@christianmino40733 жыл бұрын
ikr, People can say whatever but we live in a wonderful time for music, movies, tv shows and pop culture. Epically Anime and music. We have been living in a pop punk resurgance for years and it doesn't seem like it's stopping. We have people like Post Malone, MGK, Juice world (R I.P.) and a bunch more giving pop punk music love and letting it openly influence them. there's also so much more amazing things thatve been going on with music too much to keep going on about, but I'm sure you get the point lol. Anime has become socially acceptable and in some cases even COOL to watch anime. I've had friends get beat up because they watched anime and I've been ostracized from circles of friends because I got cought watching some normie ass anime like bleach and it was like I was fucking banished or thrown into exile and now people RAP ABOUT ANIME! Ontop of no longer being an outcast for liking anime, everything we ever hoped for is happening. Attack on titan is here and is going INSANE, BLEACH IS FINALLY RETURNING, Enen no shoubotai (fire force), Dr stone, Vinland Saga, Jujutsu Kaisen is an AMAZING Shoenen anime. Everyone says every year "this anime is going to get just as big as naruto, one piece and bleach" and while I won't say I absolutely think that's the case, but it definately has a shot at being that popular. Last but not least, we have the most Nostalgic anime of 2020, and which will almost DEFINATELY be the most Nostalgic of 2021 also. It's a sequel to an anime so big so many american (and also Canada and anywhere else that had adult swim but I'm not sure how big it was in the U.K ) kids used to watch it and not even realize it was anime. We now have Yashahime, the sequel to inuyasha. If you know anime you know how huge this especially because there isn't any source material (most anime take the story from japanese novels (called light novels) or manga (japanese comics) so we have no idea what's going to happen next. It's awesome when it comes to quality from everything from story to animation I would give it five stars so fuckin-A Star wars is 50/50 that last movie really sucked and had fucked with the cannon of star wars as a whole, but in particular (even though it had negative implications on the entire franchise, it affected this one story in particular trilogy the most) it made this whole trilogy and actually most of this Era just complete ASS which sucks because it had so much potential I thought everything was very decent until the "rise of skywalker" destroyed the storu for that time period in space. "Star wars resistance" was the only shitty star wars tv show and it's in that time period. everything else they've been doing is great. Rogue one, Solo, The mandalorian were all amazing. i really liked the 4 of them. star trek is AMAZING right now. Star trek picard was so amazing I don't even have any words besides watch it and bring tissues for tears of joy and sadness from an amazing show. star trek discovery got progressively better from season one until now. people forget even the next generation had an absolutely AWFUL star to where everyone thought It would be cancelled before season one ended. lol. but it got really food ad fixed a lot of the bullshit it also made fans ask for a show from a captain like and Spock because they appeared and took over discovery for a whole season an CBS agreed the show would be perfect and is in production with it now. The cartoon they released is absolutely shit, but it's not really the main focus of the writers and the show atleast adds some stuff to cannon and even though they don't say it is I think it cool for kids. All in all we love in a good time for media Don't know how I got to commenting the much about this on a pop punk video.
@stevendonnison85413 жыл бұрын
I do and always will love the starting line
@gadwingarrote60263 жыл бұрын
It shook me too really happy that someone still remembers them
@tpost1173 жыл бұрын
The nostalgia just kept smacking me in the face over and over again. Happy Bday, bro! Cheers!
@prisonmike49713 жыл бұрын
17:55 Excellent. To this day, I still consider "Say it like you mean it" one of, if not THE best pop punk album from start to finish. That and Commit this to memory.
@ethanfay93 жыл бұрын
“Hey Siri, re-define one man band to Alex Melton”
@AleZayas3 жыл бұрын
hey Siri, search google for "best Alex Meltons"
@justinashenfelter2973 жыл бұрын
This dude is a whole damn band by himself. Absolute goals in life to be as talented as you dude!
@ludwigbeethoven69733 жыл бұрын
Oof the original stay in love thing is a real hard banger ngl. Hope it comes out soon!
@AlexMelton3 жыл бұрын
It’s on Spotify! Thank you!
@ludwigbeethoven69733 жыл бұрын
@@AlexMelton Oh heck. Big wiin🥳🥳
@blasstois3 жыл бұрын
That original song was really good. I actually objectively enjoyed it, not just out of support for you. :)
@Maahn3 жыл бұрын
My dude, from one Alex to another, Happy fuckin Birthday man! And from another 30+ year old, early 30's are still absolutly awesome, don't sweat 35+, it's not that bad. Thanks for some serious nostalgia covers, and my dude, that first OG song, was my highlight of this. Absolutely stellar stuff
@chadholmes25183 жыл бұрын
Incredible. The timing - I’d love to know what your backtracking and click sounded like to queue timing. Maybe a video on that in the future? Masterful. Puts live bands with tens of thousands of production equipment to shame. Cheers and hbd.
@AlexMelton3 жыл бұрын
Definitely gonna do this
@moderndayjames3 жыл бұрын
Hell yes! This is so awesome, and never apologize for those originals, they're great
@jaediety3 жыл бұрын
I would've never expected to see you here, but it makes me very happy lolll
@lauravaterlaus63663 жыл бұрын
His original songs are just as awesome as the covers!
@overhealtv3 жыл бұрын
Man. Ocean Avenue, it's amazing how a bridge can make a whole song. Happy birthday, my dude. Keep up the great work.
@joshuas18343 жыл бұрын
Yellowcard was all about the bridges in all of their songs 😁
@maxwellgariety9083 жыл бұрын
Dude that original song was amazing. It's climbing my list of favorites every time I listen to it.
@ShootYourRadio3 жыл бұрын
That Starting Line album is was great. Glad people still appreciate it. I saw them right after this album came out. Great times.
@Connor_Measel3 жыл бұрын
Alex you’re getting us all through 2020 each video you make man. Keep up the great work! And happy birthday! Can’t wait to see your next video.
@perspicace3 жыл бұрын
The original song is so good. The covers are always appreciated but I dig the skill.
@stungun83593 жыл бұрын
Why doesn’t he have more subscribers? Dude kills it in every video
@maxb22443 жыл бұрын
I just recently discovered this channel and I think it's gotten 20k subs in that short time.
@cxssetteman18210 ай бұрын
He has 420k subs. That's pretty good considering he primarily does Pop-punk/blink-182 stuff. The subgenre is not as popular as it once was. Even the official KZbin of blink-182 has only a couple Million subs.
@HiroshimaSpirit3 жыл бұрын
This was a fun half hour. You pulled off the small room, live show feel perfectly and I know it was a ton of work to put together. Thank you!
@MicheLle-zy3xu3 жыл бұрын
Amen! He's amazing
@JohnnyRebeck3 жыл бұрын
I just found you, and damn, if it didn't bring a tear to my 30 year old eye...🤘🏼 You sir, win *all* the things.
@makobean3 жыл бұрын
Fuuuuckin ay it's midnight but now I'm too pumped to sleep. You're the hero pop punk needs
@raceface_m25793 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday! This took me back to the early 2000 days. Thanks for blessing us on your birthday!
@caspertuxen47103 жыл бұрын
Hearing the MakeDamnSure cover come on made me so happy
@winterfreshmusic3 жыл бұрын
When he started playing “The Best of Me” by The Starting Line 🤯
@mobius34663 жыл бұрын
Still have no idea why this didn't go viral. You've been grinding my guy. You deserve more recognition
@mrsir36583 жыл бұрын
That was EPIC Hope you have a great birthday dude!
@cjcoriz18583 жыл бұрын
This is as close as I’ll get to a concert this year! Love it 😎🤙
@TBcinema3 жыл бұрын
Still the best gift I've ever received for someone else's birthday
@dukeadams3 жыл бұрын
I don't know why you're not calling yourself Alex and The Meltones.
@AngelQuiroz3 жыл бұрын
I move to make this actually happen
@TristandeRobillard3 жыл бұрын
@@AngelQuiroz I second this motion.
@sh0rtbuskid3 жыл бұрын
Because he's not a Ska band. Yet.
@Chadlysings3 жыл бұрын
Dude, happy birthday and thanks for such a great set! You are amazing 👍👍👍👍
@brettgray60563 жыл бұрын
It's the spiderman pointing meme in musical form And its incredible
@mrplow13933 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait until you are able to clone yourself so I can go see Alex and the Meltons in person
@punkkid213 жыл бұрын
Or he could go and see himself. Imagine a stadium full of meltons.
@philcourtney25733 жыл бұрын
So real talk. He could pre-record the backing parts, throw them on a screen behind him then play the lead live. Similar to how he’s doing this. I’d watch it.
@mthwnicodemus3 жыл бұрын
Man, that original was top shelf. Kudos!
@farenhiet033 жыл бұрын
Still cannot get Hard To Stay In Love out of my head. So good
@carsonalexander62973 жыл бұрын
Dude! You’re so awesome! I love the blink 182 videos that you do! Keep up the awesome work!
@danigutierrezaznar38133 жыл бұрын
One man band in modern times giving a concert 🙌🏻
@Hahahahaaahaahaa3 жыл бұрын
Happy very belated Birthday from this early-30s pop-punk kid. Slowly working through every single one of your videos. Congrats on the well-earned recognition, Still in Love is so f*cking good. And Best of Me is maybe, even after so long, the song I've listened to and played the most in my life. I literally learned guitar for that album. Oof. We're getting older but we're still young.
@retroreviews12783 жыл бұрын
I discovered your channel yesterday and you have been on all afternoon yesterday and all morning today. I'm a music teacher getting through one of my LAST Zoom meetings of the school year and without your energy I don't know if I could do it!!! Strangely, not a fan of country music, but your country covers are my favorite. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@so_gnarsavage51483 жыл бұрын
Pay this man.
@MicheLle-zy3xu3 жыл бұрын
Amen
@Ghost3dOnline3 жыл бұрын
I thought we were gonna get some Sugar cult on that first lick... SUGAR CULT PLES
@N3v3rm1nd913 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for bringing back the pop punk! Loved the Starting Line cover. Happy birthday my dude.
@badrish4763 жыл бұрын
Dude, this took me back a few years. Set list, top notch -- the performance, amazing.
@thanosfilms3 жыл бұрын
You guys are awesome!! I'll be listening to this many times
@ariesmarch64303 жыл бұрын
I ❤️ this dude , Punk is never dead and will Never die 👍
@jacobmoeller50773 жыл бұрын
I come back to this probably once a month because the concept is awesome, the talent is brilliant, and the execution is flawless. I envy the ability to be able to do something like this!
@meditationaudio15183 жыл бұрын
3rd weekend watching this.. just totally awesome!! Posted this on my FB and shared with my work friends.. EPIC!
@emotivemulsion3 жыл бұрын
Been a fan since the first Taylor Swift cover and it was extremely cool that you dusted it off for this!
@MHomer54013 жыл бұрын
This is legit super impressive bud. I have a feeling your channel is about to explode. Keep being awesome.
@Henrique.Souza06013 жыл бұрын
Also, please build yourself a full album of originals and put it on Spotify! That'd be fucking amazing.
@bingsythingsy3 жыл бұрын
I watch this at least once a week since it came out. Such a great concert 🎸 🤘
@cvanims3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for giving us a gift for your birthday. This was amazing, man. You're super talented.
@AnEpicNguyen3 жыл бұрын
i just realized this is like the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah and thats AWESOME
@JohnBiddleMusic3 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Alex! Glad I discovered your channel, seriously a diamond in the rough. It’s nice to see that so many are still loving this style of music, that was the soundtrack of my life. and you’ve got some serious talent. Keep up the good work!
@timstokes1793 жыл бұрын
This is a highlight of the whole year. Keep 'em coming man!
@alexshewan3 жыл бұрын
This is unreal! Such a solid job dude. Happy belated!
@Requin873 жыл бұрын
You put stupid amounts of effort and talent into your videos. Much respect, keep it up!
@unsivilaudio3 жыл бұрын
I'm with you on TSL. If you haven't heard Real Friends...I swear they are the reincarnation. Simply fantastic.
@JordanBlythe3 жыл бұрын
This has become part of my daily work from home playlist. Though I do typically skip the happy birthday part haha. This is just tremendous, man. I love the energy you bring and the creative talent it took to pull this off is top notch.
@LordIronfist3 жыл бұрын
Mad respect for resisting the nearly certain to have been inevitable urge to have gone with "Alex and the Meltones"
@MostlyNotDps3 жыл бұрын
It's nice to finally see a band where the drummer is the most attractive member.
@thejuando17993 жыл бұрын
Dude, you remind me of a young me, thinking of all these ideas of how to make music in the digital era. For me dude, you've nailed the nostalgia vs modern and engaging factor. Keep on going man, you've got it! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Big up from Portugal
@branscoset2 жыл бұрын
This is my go to work noise. Thank you. Feels good.
@iwastoldtherewaspie3 жыл бұрын
Lead singer of Rufio, Kenny from Starting Line and this dude need to start a band immediately
@cognjt083 жыл бұрын
Man Rufio. Theres an old school name! That brings back memories! Thanks for that one!
@iwastoldtherewaspie3 жыл бұрын
@@cognjt08 hell yeah!
@Andy45433 жыл бұрын
your so close to 100k bro!!
@rrppodcast33473 жыл бұрын
Wish I was you. Actually I was you before I had four kids and a film career. So happy to to watch how awesome you are doing everything I couldn’t. I love you!
@MidwestBargains3 жыл бұрын
All of this is so awesome and very enjoyable to watch. More of these please!!!!!!
@fpul3 жыл бұрын
Awesome show! Suggestion for the band in the future: you should let that drummer try singing. He looks like he could have a good voice!
@Joeyschaefer3 жыл бұрын
Patreon? You check all the boxes, and it has been a real privilege to be in your audience!
@Joeyschaefer3 жыл бұрын
Paramore - Looking Up. How can I help it happen? :)
@doncreech3 жыл бұрын
The Starting Line material is so good; meaningful. Keep at it, keep at it
@FullofProgressive3 жыл бұрын
you had me at 'The Starting Line' and "Yellowcard'! I saw both of them back in 2002 in SF. Great memories
@tgg_music23 жыл бұрын
I'm almost 27. When I was 14, this video is what I thought I'd be doing with my life.
@XxvidgamegurlxX3 жыл бұрын
For fucking real though 🙃 damn. At least someone is living out one of our dreams
@pacificdrumma3 жыл бұрын
The original sounded like if Ben Rector went emo, in the absolute best way possible
@jakeneidecker35732 жыл бұрын
I'm a year late to the party, found you from your Worship Band Goes Emo video. Stay In Love is great, love your work!!
@rgb-plays3 жыл бұрын
This is one of those videos I would like to hit like more than once. This is fucking incredible, man. Thanks for helping keep Pop Punk alive!
@seke53213 жыл бұрын
That Taylor Swift cover slapped
@arcticwaddle3 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday!
@HEYitsTRAV3 жыл бұрын
Dude, this was excellent! What an incredible set list! Happy belated birthday!
@Kryzvlogs3 жыл бұрын
Dude this is all good vibes from start to finish. Thank you for solid content man! Happy belated birthday 🥳 !! More to come
@WaywardIllumineer3 жыл бұрын
Timestamps for terrible people that don't want to watch the whole thing: 0:00 The Anthem - Good Charlotte 3:46 Dear Maria, Count Me In - All Time Low 7:20 Stay In Love - Alex Melton (Original Song) 10:49 MakeDamnSure - Taking Back Sunday 14:20 Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard 17:43 Best Of Me - The Starting Line 22:24 Happy Birthday Interlude 23:55 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift (Alex Melton Cover Version)
@JamesFluhler3 жыл бұрын
would be funny if we found out years from now he is actually a quintuplet
@brianbaker89783 жыл бұрын
Dude, I was a fan of the covers and then I heard the first original song and i was blown away. you deserve to get a contract. Someone sign this guy! I also still wish you were my neighbor so we could jam all the time.
@CaseyTomberlin3 жыл бұрын
You played almost every song that has influenced me as an early guitar player growing up. Thanks so much for this! Hope you hit that 100k sub milestone soon!
@FeverSensei3 жыл бұрын
It wasn’t a phase mom. It’s a part of me 🤟
@danpicarel50713 жыл бұрын
MakeDamnSure was wicked good. Sooo freaking high dude, is that like the top of your range?
@JohnWaltz3 жыл бұрын
Love the pseudo concert feel of this! So great!
@Emobeefy3 жыл бұрын
Your setup is like goals. Great job, and happy late birthday. Much talent, much celebration. 💛
@brandonsoyke44673 жыл бұрын
Let's Gooooo
@EvilDude13 жыл бұрын
It's so weird how little I hear about Good Charlotte now considering they were 'the' mainstream staple pop-punk / pop-rock band of the 2000's.
@tcerecords52533 жыл бұрын
I agree. Although it’s kind of that way with a lot of the pop punk bands from that era. Blink probably the only exception but even then, their new stuff isn’t on mainstream radio as far as I know. Also, MTV died which helped Blink, Sum41, Good Charlotte, Green Day etc.
@SeahorseShimmer2 жыл бұрын
It was already going so well and then you played The Starting Line! love it
@ICExDisciple3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving me hope for this generation! First, happy belated my dude. You kill it in every cover and that original too. (Even before this video! Haha). I'll be 35 in January and I'm glad to see folks around our age can still jam pop punk happily! Makes me glad I just moved out of Texas where the only thing I can play is Texas Country. I'm excited to find some pop rock and pop punk players in Washington (east side if anyone's looking, I'm a drummer of many styles, feel free to hit me up!) Wouldn't mind being a Melton, that's for sure!
@JoshGoldOfficial3 жыл бұрын
There’s four people I hate: Donald Trump The 3 people who disliked this video
@MD-pz3cn3 жыл бұрын
Wow, so edgy dude....
@JoshGoldOfficial3 жыл бұрын
@@MD-pz3cn if I was any edgier I’d be a square. Look out, I have a leather jacket and strong opinions!
@aarongarofalo3 жыл бұрын
I still come back to this often. We need more like this!
@TheLindsay7203 жыл бұрын
Every element of this was so good but it was rad to see/hear an original and The Starting Line cover was epic. Happy Birthday man.
@jordandodge6773 жыл бұрын
Happy belated birthday Alex! Your talent is sick. Long live pop punk! I'm 37 and still listening to it weekly.