The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So | Reaction!

I don't hate to say that this song is an absolute banger! Howlin' Pelle immediately grabbed me, while the rest of the band killed it as well! I love their attitude and aggression.
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[@Kevvinm]

I’ve been seeing live music for 40 plus years and they are one of the best live bands on the planet!

[@InsignificantNick]

They seem like they'd be an amazing live band!

[@astrafaan]

TOTALLY agree - although I have a severe weakness for Babymetal 😁

[@Scott_Forsell]

My dude! Perhaps my favorite song ever! This is perhaps best listened to at 11 volume. Baste in it. Let it bathe you in righteous rock!

[@marcharley6465]

I have to agree with kevin M's comment. I saw The Hives at a music festival about 10 years ago and didn't have high expectations but they were really exciting and great fun.

[@soulska75]

the hives are amazing. a bunch of super kind nice guys as well. from out the gate i was on to them and scored tickets to thier first US gig off the official websites message board. ended up getting sammed, Niklas Almqvist got a hold of me and put me and my wife on the guest list. never forget that... long live The Hives.

[@spacetoilet]

Always love this song it’s super catchy and it has crazy like overdriven vocals and overdriven guitars really good song!

[@sexpistol7712]

The hives are fantastic, this song is so damn good .

[@Mayo2205]

Cool Band, Cool Nicknames... this band is awesome live. I saw them in 2009 or 08. I have to say it was the most crazy concert i even seen. A bunch of very good albums and in the stage, always, always wears a cool uniforms.

[@cestusfr]

Other bands from that era i loved with great lyrics was Maxïmo Park, the album "A Certain Triger" is amazing! I also like Metric a lot. Albums like "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?" or "Live It Out" PS: If we inspire you sometimes in the comments, You inspire and help us discover new bands too! Thank you for that. Have a nice weekend.

[@glenngastonjonsson7954]

Watched your reaction again. You were for real happy and blown away 'cos you discovered something new and exciting. Unusual at yt. Thanks again.

[@kevind4850]

I also love this song, which has long had a place on my playlists. Still transmits its energy every time I hear it - never bores. I agree that the video was great, too. "Sounds like he really doesn't hate to say that" - I laughed at that!

[@AJAXKID123]

Oh, wow! This is such a good one and 3:15 is glorious! 👍

[@allsorts9909]

To me this is the best track of the century so far….

[@richardarnold5279]

Unreal band. Got that record in high school in the early 2000s. Blew me away. Hives sound, imo, can be summed up with three records: The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics (1965) Devo - Q Are We Not Men A We are Devo (1978) Saints - Eternally Yours (1978)

[@mhayes3663]

I suggest the proto punk Dr Feelgood back in 1975, kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3nQaKh_eJ1nj68 featuring the late Wilco Johnson's inimitable guitar lead and rhythm at the same time! This track is live enough to capture the raw energy that would inspire the likes of the Pistols, Clash, etc. and probably The Hives and Arctic Monkeys tourin Europe together in '23. Enjoy!

[@DJChipsandGarlic]

seen them live a few weeks ago. wow the energy and banter

[@ijustneedmyself]

So, I completely forgot this song came out in 2000. I'm starting to realize this was actually my gateway song to the rock revival of the early aughts 😮 All this time I thought it was the Strokes, but it was actually the Hives!

[@AJAXKID123]

There was a little glimmer of old school punkiness, wasn’t there? I was 30 when this came out and when I first heard it, I was struck by how this new song made me feel a bit nostalgic.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

sounds nothing like The Strokes!

[@ijustneedmyself]

@@AJAXKID123 Definitely! That's cool 😀

[@ijustneedmyself]

@@thesoundlikechameleons2082 You've misunderstood me. I wasn't saying they sound like the Strokes. I was saying that the Hives were actually my gateway, not the Strokes which is what I'd been thinking for a long time now.

[@patrickmaloney6440]

I urge you all to watch their KEXP set! It's superb!

[@evegasse6999]

The Hives are so underrated, people only know a couple of songs but they genuinely don't have a bad album. Top notch. Can't wait fot the new album in August.

[@glenngastonjonsson7954]

The Hives. Extra special. Thanks!

[@InsignificantNick]

They're certainly special.

[@glenngastonjonsson7954]

@@InsignificantNick They were better live btw.

[@Alex58399]

I discovered The Hives in the mid 2000s while playing Gran Turismo 4 on my PS2. The songs on the European version of the game were B is for Brutus and Uptight, both from the Tyrannosaurus Hives album I have yet to see them live! 😮

[@kimn9802]

If you don't want to get up and run around like your head's on fire when you hear this, you're dead.

[@hansreftel4271]

Howling Pelle and the Hives!! Great stuff love that you like them .. Since you like swedish rock check out . down in black. by mustasch

[@johncarr2806]

Try " Tick Tick Boom " next, great song.

[@jb8280]

I predict this will be your #1 2023 reaction song…;) Boo…you must listen to “Two-Timing Touch & Broken Bones”. One of the Hives best. I love their more punky short songs like “Die, Alright” and “Untutored Youth”, but they are like a minute or two long. “Tick Tick Boom” will grow some hair on your chest too. A great single up there with Two-Timing Touch and Hate to say I told You so….kisses.

[@InsignificantNick]

I've got enough hair on my chest, but I'll chance "Tick Tick Boom" anyway!

[@jb8280]

Oh do you now…👀. I wish I did…lol.

[@TheHesK9]

The Hives are supporting the Arctic Monkeys on their UK Tour atm

[@ekadow]

Oh yeah, FAB....!

[@LS-wn5cd]

If you're liking this then also check out Dandy Warhols start with "Bohemian Like You" they originated around the same time as The Hives.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Throw in a🥄full of The Rolling Stones and a sprinkling of 60s garage music and I give you... The Hives! I saw them once or twice at Leeds Festival in United Kingdom (after the infamous riots) I was there too! many years ago. They were always upbeat, daft, fun and posers! but made a few good songs. I believe they are Swedish. - C

[@diogenesagogo]

Just watched a Stones video from the early 60's .......... that's it!!

[@alancawthorne9227]

I hear The Stones coming through

[@Jon.Ninety]

reminds me of franz ferdinand :)

[@cestusfr]

Another great band coming from that time!

[@chapmancarruthers]

2:49 what are you saying here, that you don’t like porn master flash’s bass thumping?

[@InsignificantNick]

I said "omg" bc the bass was orgasmic.

[@chapmancarruthers]

@@InsignificantNick right on. Your commentary on this one was dope. Keep on keeping on!

[@garethgriffiths1674]

Released in 2000, the main riff reminds me a bit of Blur's Song 2 from 1997. But I prefer this song, almost as if this is the song Blur's song could have been if they had tried a bit harder.😉

[@Scott_Forsell]

The first time I heard Song 2 I was somewhere in the NW suburbs of Dallas trying to find my sorry butt to a contract work gig. Late 90s. I had a MapQuest printed out route map. Flown in the night before. I was all sorts of discombobulated. Morning traffic. Song came on in my rentacar radio and it both chilled me out and righted my compass. Man, you do not not want to walk in the door frantic, sweaty, and unsure. First impressions stick. You want to exude humble competence and confidence, but not cocky. You def do not want show up sweaty, confused, and cranky on your first day. Listening to Song 2 for the very first time at volume 11 at 7:30 AM was cathartic release before showing up at a contract gig was perfect timing. I unclenched. I relaxed. I rocked out on the way. That song sharpened me. I focused. I didn't have to fake. I felt competent.

[@mrdarren1045]

One of the best non British britpop bands