Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputaion (Video Version)

[@kendot4]

Criminally overlooked.

[@kendot4]

Taylor he has been criminally overlooked. Great artist.

[@kendot4]

Yes, Keith. This man has some great songs.

[@kendot4]

Scott this cat has been good for years.

[@Fredcat123]

Agreed. Part of the amazing alt 90s.

[@jasonmorris9683]

Fell in love with this song when I was 18. Still love it now as then.

[@antonettengali1775]

kicking and screaming brought me here! Boy am I grateful.

[@user-uj3zk2cx8t]

This song is so good, it changed my life from the moment I laid ears on it. What a gem

[@Genital_Grinder]

Kingpin 1996 ! Brought me here

[@thecharlesfoley]

Always loved this tune...still sounds stellar in 2024.

[@AlishaArlene]

Freedy Johnston is so incredibly underrated... I'm just glad I know his music and get to listen to it. SUCH a privilege!

[@sateachingonline8421]

If you get rid of the first sentence in this comment it'll be an awesome, heartfelt compliment that will let your main sentiment of appreciation shine!!

[@Cschwanz]

I saw him in about 1996 at first avenue in minneapolis....he came out and played this song first and then said "okay, there you go - most of you guys can leave now" LOL, I always loved that one.

[@bretbailey1116]

This is one of those songs you can hear a million times and still love the hell out of it!! Everything about this song is perfect. Still sounds new and yet it's over 20 years old.

[@chrishemmer2486]

Bret Bailey thats the case with me freedys masterpiece

[@bogabild]

I'm so with you man. This song made me buy Perfect World made me get Can You Fly caused me to steal Never Home then Blue Days Black Nights...yep, I love FJ

[@reapersclips7930]

spot on this song is embeded into the fabic of who i am now

[@Retired-sw5ye]

Mr. Bailey, I could not have said it any better! Amazing Song!

[@lisadc4681]

@@thefutureofscience8365 LOVE this song(whole album,bought when 1st came out and still love), but you must not have been alive in the 1960's and 70's if you think 1994 was the best year ever for music! Just about every year between 1963 and 1975 were the best years for music, couldn't even pick one they were all so great...Sorry, but just a fact! 😎

[@LizBoyle]

I've been having a hell of a day, ready to snap, when "Bad Reputation" comes on RadioFreePhoenix, and all is well with the world again. Rock and roll soothes my soul. Ahhhhh. Thank you, Freedy.

[@phibeslives4048]

It's hard to believe this is 20 years old.

[@thomasam25]

For those wondering, Freedy is still living in Hoboken and playing in smaller venues throughout the city. I was lucky enough to see him in an extremely intimate venue (Guitar Bar Jr.) last fall and he was awesome. It was a great set and his banter was interesting and fun. Of course he ended with Bad Reputation. Awesome night all around.

[@randomguy-]

Read this 7 years later after watching "kicking and screaming". Cheers.

[@Chris_Mann_2020]

It's one of those songs that you hear a little snippet of it echoing around a corner or something and it just sticks in your head. It's haunting.

[@ermmartin7479]

This man sings my soul, my life, my night; he knows my/ everybody's struggle.

[@goiastr7760]

Still great

[@BasswipeNC]

This is such a kickass song.

[@DireSwift]

For me, it's from a time when things were just different. This song is the 90's of this genre.

[@ChildofAzarath]

So glad to have found Freedy Johnston after watching the Smart Studios documentary and hearing Butch Vig talk about This Perfect World. Such wonderful work 💕.

[@sonikku1011]

I love your channel name and avatar! :D Raven is my favorite fictional character and this version of her is my favorite. Sorry I know it's random but it's always a treat when I see another Raven fan!

[@yodhin79]

Love the 90's forever, people. It was the last true, great American decade.

[@lisadc4681]

Definitely the last great decade for music..☹

[@Fredcat123]

Agreed. Loved it so much.

[@vampeiyre]

I felt much the same way. Recently though, there are a lot of great bands picking up the torch of what was great about that era of left-of-center rock. Check out bands like: Pity Sex: (Songs: Keep, Burden You), Moaning (Songs: Tired, Artificial, Misheard) , Alvvays (Songs: Adult Diversion, Party Police, Dreams Tonight), Mitski (Songs: Francis Forever, Your Best American Girl, I Bet on Losing Dogs), Beach House (Songs: Myth, Lazuli, Beyond Love, Days of Candy, Lemon Glow, Girl of the Year), Our Girl (Songs: Our Girl, It's No Big Deal, Sleeper, Level). Preoccupations (Songs: Disarray, Espionage). There is always new good music if you keep listening, these are all new current bands that would have been comfortable in the company of the 90s greats.

[@briancolorado1584]

Every decade has great music. People simply quit looking for it as they get older, longing for 'the good ol' days'

[@graceonthewater]

@@briancolorado1584 It ain't just the music.

[@zbull8014]

Been breaking down...awsome

[@ryanmcnabb306]

I remember this song in the movie Kingpin. The 90s were great!

[@ShikagoMale1]

Why this song is not in the Pantheon of Greatest Rock Songs Ever is beyond me- it really can't get much better than this.

[@sarahdiane24]

I first heard this gem in kingpin when I was a kid, it gives me chills it's so good freedy thank you.

[@MysTicBiGz]

Great soundtrack and film

[@bnegs521]

I had not heard this song for such a long time until today. This is one of the greatest forgotten songs of all time.

[@tarathetarantula]

I started to fall asleep last night, dozing off. I started to hear this song play in my head. Haven't heard it for years...why this came in my head, who knows?

[@TheStoneHavenProject]

well said.

[@joeshmoe005]

makes me nostalgic, gotta love the 90s:)

[@jennaevans7029]

I’m in love

[@jenesaisquoijones5423]

I'm a HUGE hip-hop and r&b fan but this song is in my top 10 fav songs OF ALL TIME.😮 #Respect

[@pinksunami]

So sweet so moving! :)

[@kennygr8ify]

Anybody here during quarantine?!

[@poisoniroseify]

Looking in the crowd, your face is everywhere-Reminds me of a boy that lived around the corner from me. When I moved away that was how I felt. Don't you think I've heard the talk? Nobody's going to tell me who to love- He was older than me so it was frowned upon.

[@dustjunky2000]

Your comment gave me the feels hardcore.

[@poisoniroseify]

Since I posted this I've reconnected with my crush , 21 years later.

[@Dra741]

Here's another song you will listen to for the rest of your life if you're lucky enough to hear it once

[@johngrim2]

Completely underrated.

[@nihlhinz488]

My theme song..My first love in 94.. I was 14 in Lincoln City Oregon.

[@jasontharp2983]

I was 16 in a small shit hole town I west Tennessee, where I grew up and I'm still there,lol. I definitely remember the girl I was with at that time.

[@MamaJohns3]

nihl hinz mine, too.

[@yodhin79]

nihl hinz - I was 14 in Wisconsin. We grew up too fast, didn't we ?

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

Thought it was 96

[@nokomisjeff]

94

[@Ash-jx1dt]

This songs has that power to take you to the feeling of the free world.. before being hooked to our phones and crazy intermet

[@BeavisChipolte]

Kingpin!

[@rjsmith8272]

This song is simple, yet that's what makes it so full...a few harmonic notes capping off the lines in the chorus...I know everybody has a story, but I heard this sitting upstairs at a McDonald's facing Macy's NYC @ Christmas time, (that's Herald Square)...just me, coupla cheeseburgers, coke, fries...the usual few fellow humans in their own world, too...hey, I was born in 1958; I've got a million stories like this, yeah?...anyway, this song will never quit...and the video is most excellent too! Thanks, Freedy, for making them both!

[@rickhack9]

Honored to be performing with Freedy this Sat, May 26th at The Mint in LA. Hope you will come see our group The Burn Riffs as well. Love his music.

[@aaronsutton5443]

The rarest songs are often the best.

[@RickyVacca]

Great guy. great song. I met Freedy in Connecticut back many years ago. we were both playing near Chaney hall and staying at the same B&B. We talked in the parking lot for a while. He was such a good guy. wish I had a chance to work with him. Wonder where he is now. Such a talent!

[@MamaJohns3]

I've loved this song since it came out. Never gets old... ...Been breaking down...do you want me now?

[@anonymousone2843]

Graduated college when this came out. Always reminds me of those days!

[@pinksunami]

I hear your music and My Heart just aches. It is very touching. Thank you!

[@bornofsource9419]

seriously underrated song...

[@stronger_than_dirt]

this actually came on fm radio tonight. the radio is really one of the few good things about NC. I haven't seen King Pin in years, so I didn't even remember that this song was even in it.

[@Christopher8008]

I forgot how much I love this song. A jangly folky gem. A snapshotpostcard from the Aaa late early mid 90s... Love the black and white Fellini esque NYC imagery complete cast of characters. Part of the joy of it for me is the song feels like its always been there... Freedy just plucked it out of the seraphimic air fully formed for us to enjoy. And the vocals are so easy, he never has to sell it. Thank you sir for doing so, because it somehow makes me happy.peace.

[@cvoelter]

Some say artists are allowed glimpses into the Akashic Record which, in theory, holds it all - for example, complicated math problems are only discovered, not 'invented', have always existed and always will

[@nathanbush6781]

My parents had this on repeat many times while in the car...used to be annoying, but I just started to think about this song and how much of a good song it actually is!

[@Christopher8008]

Haha awesome! Sounds like you have cool parents!

[@ouackstrax]

The whole album is really good, and holds up

[@ronaldsneek]

Toured a lot in Holland during early 90's. Nice guy, friendly band, great songs, I remember the bassplayer, he did'nt play it, he rode it.. Freddy, call me..

[@kdwestbrooks]

I Actually saw this video the one time MTV played it.And VH1 played it twice.Thankfully I loved it immediately.Later got the album "This Perfect World".I love that album soo much.Later got "Live At McCabes".some great stuff on there.And "Can You Fly" I love that album immensely.Freedy's a Great American Classic.I wish he was bigger but I feel privileged to recognize his talents & to listen to him.That's my baby!

[@heatheredmonds9767]

On repeat forever & ever...

[@mike64792]

This song is so great. I hope this guy is still writing songs.

[@dandieelyon]

I think this song came out in 92 or 93. I remember hearing it on an indy station in Colorado, and I went out and bought the album that day. The whole thing is great....

[@andrewleibs]

"Nobody's gonna tell me who to love." So simple, so powerful!

[@anthonycortese4642]

I saw him at a place called 7 Willow Street in 94 or 95. Always liked this song. Glad he's still playing but should have been bigger IMO.

[@TheSebastianthurston]

WOW 7 WILLOW WOW

[@willowsage33]

...don't you think I've heard the talk...nobody's gonna' tell me who to love...

[@SynymynBuhnz]

I still listen to this song... every 7 years.

[@jhouk88]

Kingpin is just full of great music. Love the fact that I live like 10 minutes away from ishmaels Amish house.

[@glenbard657]

That's cool. Several years ago I found the bowling alley where Roy meets Ishmael (Lancaster Bowl in the movie). It is actually in Mars, Pennsylvania and across the street was a liquor store that was Calvert Munson's gas station in the movie.

[@Mr.300kingpin]

@@glenbard657 rad!! Im the original Munson!!

[@Rizzo5785]

@@Mr.300kingpin Don't get Munson'd in the middle of nowhere

[@Packlover]

Just watching kingpin and heard this song as I was dosing off. Love love love it

[@Benioff1]

This song was featured in these two movies: -Kicking and Screaming (1995) -Kingpin (1996)

[@pinksunami]

Sweet doggy!so cute!

[@bgates87]

The girl at 2:52 ... just... whoa.

[@gabriellagenovese5378]

Love the Hell out of this song!

[@destiny66]

Kicking And Screaming brought me to the Newbury Comics... to buy this CD... 11 years ago. Still a great fucking tune. One of the best sing-song chorus melodies going.

[@ttaz4dqm]

This is THE most 90's song ever...awesome

[@ShowNobodyWatches]

One of my all time favorite writers and artists. Freedy is the MOST underated artist ever. I was a radio personality for 15 years and now V.P. for a record label for the last 4 years. I just wish there were more music like this.

[@bethanyfregans6138]

There is tons of music like this from the 90s and early 2000s but definitely not nowadays

[@fizzygillespie]

This song is just about perfect.

[@applepitz]

great songs are timeless... just like this gem... LOVE IT!!!!!!

[@maudemathildeh335]

I love the Hell out of this song.

[@Ultamami]

A millionth rewatch of Kingpin brought me here

[@llcoolray3000]

Seven years disappear bellow my feet....

[@maureengallaghernyc]

Dude I just discovered this song thanks to spotify, crazy! I love it

[@juzagirlntheroom2692]

Freedy still hits me in the feels like no other.

[@redwoodjimmy]

This song ties Kicking and Screaming together in the most poetic of endings...

[@freddiemangood5109]

Class track 👍

[@tia8007]

Makes me cry

[@angeldesigns1385]

Years later still one of my favorite songs. The older it gets, the more touching it is can't say that for many other songs ✨✨✨

[@shmoeburger76]

i mean come on when the bass and drums kick in at 0:18, you know this song is going to devastate.

[@Kwebster728]

Here It Is. The Song That Introduced Me To FREEDY. Now "This Perfect World " And "Can You Fly" Are Two Of My Favorite Albums. Love You FREEDY. ❤☺

[@tikher]

cool song...

[@AnonPerson2005]

love this song. i was randomly humming it so i looked it up! Miss the 90s.

[@pepesilvia79]

Dang! I almost forgot about this song. Jeez, it brings me right back!

[@lgnickee]

Wow....that really takes be back to simpler times and old loves. Great vid. Thanks

[@jonathanzuckerman520]

The video is what New York City must look like to an outsider. It's a great song, and the lyrics are amazing in what they say and what they imply.

[@drowningin]

i nearly forgot this song to history. then i saw the movie on tv and was reminded of it. now i cant get enough. hope i dont forget it again

[@hayduke1312]

Super talented and super underrated.

[@MyEnemy]

Great, great song.

[@danno321s]

He has a nice way of changing chords with his voice.

[@dio2720]

Excellent, a forgotten gem

[@howcanipickaname]

Thanks Freedy...timeless song!

[@fisher2521]

McQuinn and McGuire would be proud of this composition and lyrical arrangement. Thanks Freedy!

[@acmepackersfan1809]

SONG IS SO UNDERRATED

[@Michijere77]

This perfect world being released on LP, limited edition as we speak. Look it up and get a copy!

[@jcb83az]

30 years later. Still love this song and album

[@crimplemania]

Kicking and Screaming

[@jgwentworth34]

this was on the radio a bit in the mid to late 90s too wasn't it? fuckin great song.

[@dbykillstheradiostar]

Freedy you rule! Even death rockers and punks love this song! One of the best memorable songs that came out of the mid 90's, totally haunting yet so perfect! Recently saw the movie "Kingpin" on cable which is a favorite of mine and i love the scene where they play this! You are VERY underrated my friend! CHEERS!!!!

[@TheLittlestCarnivore]

Yes, Freedy, I want you now

[@jameshazard7295]

I'm here because of kingpin. The Farrelly bros have the best soundtracks in their movies

[@jeffreynelson2274]

Absolutely Hell yeah!

[@chasechase1925]

Same here

[@rosecantu9388]

I'd rather get MUNSONED......

[@koukimonster6957]

Same!

[@alans61377]

WGTZ Z-93 in Dayton, OH. used to play this for awhile in early 1995. AWESOME tune!

[@tatumamour9951]

for real! Love this song!