THE DECLINE - a punk rock symphony

[@chuckelator]

This is brilliant. As someone who considers The Decline the GREATEST and most well-written punk rock tune EVER, hearing this treatment of it really just floors me. So powerful, and so well done. Great job!!!

[@NicholasBenjaminAmato]

Likewise, mate. Likewise.

[@SuperbowlJoel]

chuck ware agreed. greatest punk rock song of all time. and that is an understatement.

[@wrarmatei]

Why do kids always confuse subjective enjoyment with objective quality? The Decline is an excellent song, but saying it is the best punk song ever is callow and ironic. Punk's too diverse for anyone to be in a position to say what's the best, plus what makes a composition objectively good and why? The last part is still debated for a reason. (Examples of punk's diversity: Hot Cross, Off Minor, Discharge, Yaphet Kotto, Nation of Ulysses, Sonic Youth, Suicide, Pavement, Bad Brains, Combatwoundedveteran, The Vaselines, Algernon Cadwallader, Make Do and Mend and La Dispute.)

[@WeaponsOfMattsDestruction]

wrarmatei "as someone who considers.." .. kind of negates any argument. I'm not in disagreement from the point you're attempting to convey, but the original statement clearly pointed out that it was of his personal opinion.

[@dannymayk2024]

Nope. Its americana and liberalism the movement defined. Pure art.

[@migr5484]

That even shows once more how brilliant and unique Fat Mike‘s songwriting is!

[@kolortv]

Wow, let me try to type this. A long time fan of NOFX and also into orchestras and all instruments, this hit the spot. First came the goose bumps, next came the tears. What a fantastic thing to do, and to record and share with the world. I wish you all the very best. Thank you again.

[@meneher2an]

a masterpiece created from a masterpiece.

[@johnbrown6739]

I bet the guys from Nofx are extremely humbled by this, including Spike who sang backing vocals and Lars from Skanking Pickle who played trombone on the original recording!!! So beautiful!! I have so much respect for whoever created this and am very grateful B.A.Z, for sharing this with us!! Many Thanks!!

[@mikejandrews]

This really highlights the quality of the music that NOFX achieved with this song. I've moved past their brand of music for the most part, but The Decline always succeeds in impressing me, no matter how many times I hear it.

[@slackalmighty3598]

I love how the conductor plays the Xylophone. Great stuff, gives me goose bumps everytime I hear this peice. Love all the comments on this, glad to see so many NOFX fans broaden there minds.

[@paulomac1364]

Remember when this song first came out? I was 16 yrs old, living in Florida, sooooo INTO music, and had already been into Fat Wreck Chords stuff since '94 This song came out, and blew Everybody away! ...Everybody had it. Everybody talked about it... and that's the double-truth, Ruth!

[@JoseSantos-fx2vg]

Drummer knew the lyrics and couldn't hold himself heheh

[@xvxvxox]

Indeed

[@letsgetscabs367]

This makes me cry - usually The Decline invokes tears of desolation; this verson does that but too tears of beauty and hopefulness

[@How-to-exist]

This is my only funeral request. It makes me cry. Music never makes me cry.

[@christianbabylon8763]

I hope you're not planning to have your funeral in the foreseeable future.

[@NicholasBenjaminAmato]

"The Decline" sometimes makes me. Especially when I saw it live. ;)

[@How-to-exist]

They messed it up both times I saw it live, still the best though, maybe even better.

[@NicholasBenjaminAmato]

dana merizzi Haha, did they? Not when I saw 'em. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYOxo32qnbB7f9E

[@How-to-exist]

I wish I still had my video, there was a 20 minute accordion solo at one show.

[@guillermorosario4578]

The Decline is a Masterpiece; punk or not!

[@lamyamah6872]

YEAHH What they did is amazing. So Brilliant... really. I'm so proud of being one of the musicians in the orchestra haha X) The arrangement, the video... perfect. Thank you Bravo, c'est super :D Je suis trop contente d'avoir pu participer à un projet comme ça ^^ Merci

[@andycopland3179]

Lamya Mah Merci, Lamya. That was great and really made me smile. I love this album.

[@lagwag0n]

You guys did great.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

Beautiful!

[@mathiascameron7226]

Félicitations! c'est vraiment formidable! Great work!

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

Which instrument did you play?

[@jessiemorrison1984]

Imagine the countless hours re writing this music . This was amazing. And the decline is Def one of the best punk songs ever

[@danielc9320]

Yeah cried too, no surprise 15 (16) years the original made me weepy too, greatest punk song elevated and honored in the most incredible way

[@sk8likeachamp]

+Dan EC I would say Greatest Album ever :)

[@pheymee88]

yes, this is punk rock. and they wrote a fu*king symphony. i mean NoFX, not the Orchestra, but they did the great job anyways. and thank You, i actually cried (almost 4 times but tears went down in part "And so we go, on with our lives, we know the truth, but prefer lies [...] He's got his, and I've got mine, meet the decline". No sarcasm, thank You. It was amazing, I'm still droppin' tears and YOU give me an amazing moment in my life that won't be repeated again. Thank You.

[@FabricioBertassi]

Amazing!!! Awesome!!!! Congratulations to every single person that participated

[@biggarstouchofgrey]

Symphony Punk...Gotta Love It!

[@emanuelharrison3285]

Brilliant Absolutely brilliant I'm so thankful to be alive

[@virgilscipion]

Just awesome. I saw the live at Red Rock, NoFX with BAZ. KZbin adviced me this one.... Good bot ! :) It's excellent !

[@ElDannySA91]

That actually might be the most beautiful thing I've never heard.

[@under_artist]

8:16 she got that "im going to sit on his face later" look.

[@therevolution91]

Matty That what?

[@TheFatSteez]

@@therevolution91 That "im going to sit on his face later" look.

[@bragtime1052]

Weirdest comment I've seen in a while lol

[@Cowmic]

Waouh, y avait 300 vue hier soir quand je l'ai partagé... Et maintenant 30 000 :o C'est bien mérité je dis, quelle superbe travaille. Merci pour ce superbe moment. BAZ, you are PUNK ROCK !!!

[@EricScottMelvin]

I am floored. it's just amazing

[@EricScottMelvin]

I especially like when Baz plays the xylophone.

[@nemuchan]

Eric Melvin it is now officially called a Zylophone

[@lt3063]

nemuchan so what comes under X when kids learn the alphabet now?

[@JamesBiggwither]

Epic. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@gnr311182pj]

Sitting on my porch,early AM Saturday morning enjoying what only music can bring me.. I must share this..the world would be a better place if music could touch everyone

[@redfiveroe1138]

Can't believe I'm just now finding this The Decline has been one of my favorite songs since the first time I heard it

[@finkaaltra]

Bravo pour cette idée, et pour le rendu! C'est vraiment classe! Et NOFX qui le partage et remercie en français... Extra!

[@julibus7145]

Que lindo! Felicitaciones 🎉 B.A.Z.

[@zupezupejavi]

UNA JOYA....EN SERIO...MUY BUENO...

[@Cavalerapepe]

Simply EPIC...thats all...no more words.

[@fanf1985]

NOFX... The Decline.... You playing this legendary sound. Thanks. You re the best.

[@zaxapitsa]

0:51 a life of music studies to do the melvin scream, hilarious

[@MistaMahoney]

"melvin scream" lmao

[@oliviertuaillon815]

Bravo Baz et Mr Fifi, c'était très agréable et excitant de jouer ca!

[@brianeggo]

You guys just won the internet for today. Felicitations!

[@OmarEliasomareliax]

This is an amazing job, I had tears during the song, a lot of good emotions, The Decline is definitely art. NOFX fan forever.

[@LuisEnriqueBravoVillalpando]

Excelente!!! Magnifico!!!

[@xinoon87]

AWESOME!!! THE BEST SONG OF PUNK ROCK IN THE WORLD!

[@nathanfmelo]

Absolutamente sensacional!!!!!

[@ergoth154]

Almost brought tears to my eyes, beautiful done. I was singing every word! Makes me wanna break out my NoFX cds from under my bed.

[@piercedtattoo]

This is completely amazing. My total respect to all involved.

[@dallasrightmyer5350]

Brilliant! Amazing! Other Adjectives!!!

[@CyborgEquis]

tears ran over my cheeks, ''The Decline'' reminds me when I was young and happy with my brother... thank you very much

[@MrParkerPeters]

Incredible. I'm speechless. I love The decline, it always makes that 18 minutes worth listening, and you guys just made a masterpiece from a masterpiece, such talented people.

[@NipplesOfDestiny]

Great performance amazing musicians! Look fruity but amazing bro!

[@odie7094]

Ive watched/listened to this no doubt over 100 times sense it came out. My Buddy and I just cant get enough.

[@MyNameIsBertram]

This is amazing. I love it, and I hope Mike, Hefe, Eric and Erik do too :)

[@davidwest4175]

I heard Hefe lold at it

[@nalankadi1654]

What a great part at 7:25. You expect another hard hit of the horns and percussion, but instead you get this beautiful rising sound from the woodwinds/strings. Best part of the song I think.

[@mikewalker9734]

Absolutely beautiful,... Bravo!

[@brandonfbomb_2327]

This is one of the 3 best musical experiences of my life ❤️ ♥️ 🙌

[@lehrerayne]

Good job people! Well done. Thanks for sharing!!

[@KO-ul7id]

Nice work! And good shooting on cam. "I never thought IT could. I see IT so many times." from Japan.

[@vudutoy3591]

yessssss!!!!!!!! MOST EXCELLENT.

[@RustyVaperGameplay]

The Xylophone guy killed it!!! SO AWESOME!!!

[@vagrantdead79]

This gave me goose bumps! Great cover!! #nofx #fatwreckchords

[@griffinlanning5713]

I have no words for how amazing this is! The punk rocker in me is amazed and the band nerd in me is full of emotions and can't stop crying! This is beautiful. Thank you so much for this!

[@VamosJunge]

Totally Awesome.. Best April fool ever.

[@Poluvolej]

Beautiful, Thank you very much!

[@emanuelloliveira_]

homenagem merecida a esse clássico. é de arrepiar.

[@Chunkydudeman]

BRAVO!!!!!! SUPERBEMENT EXÉCUTER WOW BRAVO!!!

[@jesseequihua9449]

I'm impressed... as a huge nofx fan and this song being my all time favorite nofx song ever... way to go mr decom-poseur!

[@toddruble2205]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you.

[@joaodiaspoa]

thumbs up fot the nofx bass drum guy!

[@sebpabst835]

João Rodrigo All the credits go to Baz, he's the one who made this possible. We're playing his orchestration but he's the "genius".

[@lamyamah6872]

Seb Pabst Agree. He is amazing, we did nothing but play.

[@Scottcollins1983]

Seb Pabst Are you playing in this?

[@sebpabst835]

Stacynow yep!

[@Scottcollins1983]

thats cool, you all did such a great job.

[@InJesusMyLife]

Awsome job, well done. May the Lord bless you guys, best regards.

[@schtoobs]

Great stuff. I wouldn't mind seeing more punk covers in this fashion.

[@limbo182]

WOW this is soo amazing. one of my faverit songs in a symphony. Well done. Thanks B.A.Z and his team !!!!

[@luucasvelho]

what a awesome version for this music! congratulations!

[@staticPR704]

NOW THAT WAS AWESOME! great musicians and great orchestrator

[@oswaldex1000]

14:13 that moment when you realize you are hearing an epic piece of art!

[@cazmichalak541]

Try 12:38

[@MaxRougier]

This is beyond epic. Amazing work !

[@AvianSavara]

Well.... I'm in tears now... thanks for that ;)

[@nightboiii]

you arent alone buddy

[@joelroblin4665]

Yep. I want this song playing in my last 18 minutes during WW3.

[@georgesorwell6497]

moi aussi :)

[@therevolution91]

Maxime Boileau 😭 Punk rock took over the 🌎!!! 🤘

[@therevolution91]

Joel Roblin Same! But first I want to shit in a few Bilderbergers & politicians mouths on live TV when I have diarrhea next time!!! 🤘

[@luizsoares4928]

Awesome!!!! I love it.

[@jcnoel6248]

That's just awesome! Very good job guys! Congrats.

[@NRD1985]

Just for the cause. Love it, a great tribute to a great piece of music, punk or otherwise.

[@Liam-oy1hm]

Amazing. Well done

[@LucasSilveira88]

EPIC!! nice job guys!!

[@Aszweezer]

Brilliant song selection Baz! This is beyond awesome!!!!!!!!!! Glad to see your teams mashed with NOFX at Red Rocks!!! Needs more of this in future!!

[@MikeP2055]

Outstanding! The entire thing is great, but how dope is that xylophone part?

[@leifsargeant7922]

Ok, I think this wins the internet today. Truly epic!!!

[@borismarte7518]

Simply awesome.

[@grutfrut5817]

Damn, that's great. Thanks to Baz and every musicians.

[@nathaliedenis6713]

God bless YOU, my son. You save my life 🙏💖 Amazing is such a poor word! you bring the 🌞 missing in my life!

[@lacesoutchris]

lol i read the comments and thought "this certainly is wonderful, but I don't think I could be brought to tears without the vocals" 5 minutes later I start crying..... This is a masterpiece!

[@forastero89]

Amazing

[@damienconegero2611]

Juste, Respect, je suis un grand fan de cette musique, de ce groupe, tout comme je suis un grand fan de musique classique !!

[@joniturralde6546]

Excellent!!

[@damage.0776]

Millions of feelings inside my deepest, but only a word for this: RESPECT!

[@KyleDucky3]

This is absolutely amazing, I'm so happy to hear this!!!!!!!

[@elemnt4lyf]

It was amazing the first go. Better each play through.

[@DvnxnPs]

a war cry, and a swan song for us all. Thank you. Beautiful work.

[@yittmashups]

Most chills per minute I've had on KZbin yet - bravissimo!

[@trebuchetgunt2432]

Very impressive undertaking! You guys really nailed some of my favorite parts! So hard to compare a live orchestra with efforts in a studio but you should be proud!

[@NoiseRedemption]

Smashing performance! Gracias.

[@JasonWaltonGoPanthers]

This is indescribably amazing. Great job!

[@joseantonio602]

I can´t describe the feeling, of listening to this master peace, i grow up listening to NOFX in Mexico, and made me see the world in a whole different way, and i think that its a gift for all the future generations out there, to appreciate and incarnate that sound to your every day life. The future belong to us !

[@jamiemorrison1199]

I have waited for this for years, and you did it BRILLIANTLY! Thanks BAZ!

[@allisonawesome]

Marvelous. Great work.

[@kristopher0521]

Brilliantly chilling!

[@danigonzalez4299]

Thank You / Merci / Danke / Takk / Gracias / Gràcies for this superb 20 minutes of wonderful music that might have costed you weeks or months to practice and plan. Also for creating this masterpiece of a version from is what many will say the best punk rock song. It really (as said by chuck ware) floors everyone that loves Nofx and The Decline which might be a modern classic of the genre, music and a future classic for those who come after. You made my day, everyone of you. MERCI!

[@MrWaive]

Bravo!!!v'est vraiment fort!!!