LIT!! 🎵 The Offspring - Come Out And Play REACTION

[@ziggy4thefacts441]

Offspring brought humor, punk, skater, grunge n a conscience to the forefront.

[@michaelccozens]

Touch of surf-rock, too.

[@Sportsref13]

@@michaelccozens the guitar sound definitely has Dick Dale influence

[@dirtydaniel5617]

So American pie??? Lol

[@redstep-child3096]

Of the streets of San Diego.

[@sandorhartig3957]

Blast!!!

[@Zundfolge]

It's a "fun upbeat song" about how LA Gangs are murdering each other. I always figured this song was influenced by the movie "The Warriors" (with the "come out and play" line).

[@LowcountryJoe2]

They shot Cirus. Can you dig it?

[@brettkenschaft4239]

Oh yeah. Nice connection. I wouldn't have thought of that. The scene at the end under the boardwalk when the guy in the car is clinking the bottles. Heard he improvised that part.

[@ianrayner7522]

Great connection - never thought of that .... "Warriors .... come out and pla-ay"

[@MrDeengels]

Makes soooo much sense now lol 😂

[@gvbezoff]

Warriors, come out and playayyy.

[@joepaskowski9091]

Underrated lyric- By the time you hear the siren, it’s already too late One goes to the morgue and the other to jail One got wasted and the other’s a waste

[@mikemac7196]

Berto, you nailed it. I'm not talking about the singing I'm talking about the guitar beach-vibe. This had Dick Dale's signature guitar beach sound.

[@donrocktheimposter912]

Yeah you did berto... That was like a surf guitar riff and Dick Dale was the king of surf guitar. He was known for using Middle Eastern music scales and his father was actually Lebanese. So Brad was right, too with the desert vibes!

[@scottstewart5784]

@@donrocktheimposter912 the tone was beachy but the melody was Arabian nights

[@shelbysnyder8109]

There was a big deal about how the band Agent Orange said they had stole that lick from their song "Bloodstains"......but they both stole it from Dick Dale

[@whatchutalkinaboutwillard6547]

Surf punk baby 😎

[@sonjadarby1158]

Right? Dick Dale's Miserlou immediately came to mind the first time I ever heard this song.

[@barrycohen311]

The band took the song title and chorus from the movie "The Warriors" which is about street gangs. A famous scene in the film has one gang calling out to to the Warriors- "Warriors, come out to play."

[@mikeriv60]

Coney Island NY.

[@barrycohen311]

@Chief10 Beers "Why did you kill Cyrus?" ... "No reason, I like doing things like that." You are right man, a true classic.

[@schandmaske]

Where does the song title tie in to "The Warriors "as you stated it does!??? I'm just asking bc if it's true it's something I haven't known since '94. A" Simple Fact" maybe?????

[@mikeriv60]

*You warriors are good, real good... The best !! Lmao 🤣

[@schandmaske]

@@mikeriv60 soooooo where's the song title get it's name from the movie dialogue then..? I'm so confused rn.

[@sherrysmith3453]

Offspring is Southern California, they have a SoCal vibe. They did quite a few songs about social issues. This one was about kid on kid violence at school and the mentality that if you're under 18 you get juvenile punishment. Listen to The Kids Aren't Alright

[@brettkenschaft4239]

They actually did do that one already

[@DownhillDuff1024]

The song is latterly about my life

[@alynag5332]

Yup anyone from california norcal or socal should know this is such a socal vibe.

[@BlackRam17]

Grew up in SoCal, 100% you nailed it

[@BMetcalf82]

Literally every song on this album kicks ass.

[@JonnyPhive]

song is about 90's gang violence in schools, "...the Kids are strapping on the way to the classroom, getting weapons with the greatest of ease..." Live shooter events really took off in the 90's.

[@josephparker4022]

More Offspring! You'll love Pretty Fly For a White Guy, Gone Away, Kids Aren't Alright, and Self-esteem.

[@MrConstant23.]

Never ever listen to pretty fly for a white guy 🤮

[@NathanThurberMusic]

The whole Smash album is fire. I bought the cassette tape when it came out. I was probably 11. My dad took it from me after hearing the lyrics to "bad habit". Not because of the cuss words, he just really liked the album and decided to keep it. I eventually bought the cd.

[@wodm]

ha ha, cool dad

[@noodle_fc]

I had a shirt with "stupid goddamn dumbshit motherfucker" on the back in huge letters. After I bought it I realized a kid can't exactly wear that shirt everywhere. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

Same thing happened to me! My mom came in to my room to ask me a question right as the "drivers are rude" part started, then she left with the tape lol.

[@slayercfv]

I was 14 when the album came to me (a gift for a cousin) was amazing

[@paulleach3612]

I was 18, picked it up on CD. Don't think it left my playlist for a over a decade. It signaled the death knell of Gen X.

[@eddietorres1000]

The phrase, "Gotta keep 'em separated" came from when Lead Singer Holland was in medical school. At the time, the band was unsure of how to tie the parts of the song together. One day, Holland was experimenting with bacteria in vials. He left the vials of bacteria in a room to let them cool down, came back after an hour or so, and noticed that the bacteria were still warm because the two samples were interacting with each other because the vials were close to each other. Dexter thought to himself, "I gotta keep 'em separated" and decided to use it to tie the new song together. >>

[@Johnnywhamo]

It has NOTHING to do with that " In the case of "Come Out And Play", it was about gang and school violence: " "Got to keep em separate" is even sang with sort of Mexican accent. It about keeping the gangs apart so they don't "smash it up"

[@eddietorres1000]

@@Johnnywhamo this is from Song Facts

[@Johnnywhamo]

@@eddietorres1000 ...well your song fact are WRONG. Look it up elsewhere..as well just read the bloody lyrics. "The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom Getting weapons with the greatest of ease The gangs stake out their own campus locale And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal If one guy's colors and the other's don't mix They're gonna bash it up, bash it up, bash it up, bash it up" As well read comments by others that know what it's actually about. About 15 people down thread have confirmed what I'm saying

[@basedthoven]

@@Johnnywhamo Hes not saying the lyrics arent about gang violence but the lead singer did get the idea for the lyric from that experiment, the phrase was applicable to the song.

[@Johnnywhamo]

@@basedthoven ..... in re-reading that...fair enough. You're right.

[@Eric-es3vp]

The guy doing the “ you gotta keep them separated“ was an early fan of the band. They gave him the nickname blackball for the song he always wanted them to play at their shows.

[@MrKhushrenada]

This is the Offspring I love, I don't like their later stuff. Smash was one of the best full albums of the 90's.

[@nelsonmandella88]

of history :D

[@-KILLBOY]

I actually wrote them an email when I was like 15 after the release of Americana in '99 expressing my concern cause I thought they were going to sell out and become "trendy" ala Blink 182 and such, I even quoted the "I'm not a trendy asshole..." lyric from Smash.

[@dwijayacyber3971]

Ignition album so awesome too

[@hoznozhoznoz4261]

I need to get it

[@adammorway8031]

honestly compared to most bands lasting this long, I don't think The Offspring strayed too far from their beginnings. Sure, they've strayed in some ways but it was only in their sense in humor really. I thibk they still stayed in their punk roots more than most punk rock bands.

[@shelbysnyder8109]

My daughter met the lead singer at a concert and they hung for a while before he told her who he was. Nice guy.

[@barrycohen311]

From what I hear, that Dexter dude is a really good guy. I think he as a PhD or something...

[@itstheotherwhitemeat]

the lead singer is also a virologist. he also created his own hot sauce called Gringo Bandito. a few member have degrees in something or another.

[@markcastellanet9672]

Dexter seems like a decent guy.

[@hmpz36911]

@@markcastellanet9672 I just read something on him regarding the early days. The guy being interviewed was the head of an indie punk label who signed and booked the band. He was saying how it seems Dexter changed when he started making money, and basically backstabbed the guy who launched his career.

[@keymack2477]

The song by The Offspring you three need to react to is "Pretty Fly For A White Guy" but you must watch the official music video when you do!

[@bjhellstream]

Offspring was just a small punk band when this song absolutely blew up! The label Epitaph run by Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion could hardly cope with the sales. Having their office in a sketchy neighbourhood they had boxes of singles and albums on the street. Shipping them out as fast as they could! Great song, great album.

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

Lex is a genius. Coming up with a way to combine both theories… fantastic.

[@jkbezo1]

Berto great singing! The Offspring are a fun punk alt rock band. Also the Middle Eastern/surf guitar style fits California lol. Could be beach or desert. Cali has both. Good ears yall. Lot of punk bands come from California, where these guys are from. If yall ever do a live skate punk stream or any kind of punk stream, these guys would def be on the polls. They have a little hip hop feel in some of their songs too. I was in high school when this group hit the mainstream. My kiddoes love The Offspring too. Very catchy. Their music videos are pretty unique too. This song is about the gang violence which was terrible during the 90s in California. Song is socially conscience which is typical of punk music. Hip Hop's cousin in a way. LA vibe. I grew up in SoCal. Most of us listened to rap, punk, alt rock, grunge, ska punk, everything growing up. Esp us GenXers. . Their singer is a nice dude too and very smart. Multiple college degrees. Do some Cypress Hill in the future too. They are also from LA. They do rap and rock.

[@nancymjohnson]

Punk alt rock? I don’t think of them as any of those except rock. Definitely not punk. Or alternative. Just fun rock. We play them on the rock stations I have worked for.

[@nancymjohnson]

@@bugout2hills punk to me is Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols

[@hixson525]

The Offspring's singer Dexter Holland class valedictorian in 1984 has completed the molecular biology Ph. D program he started before becoming a rockstar. He put college on hold to focus on rock & roll but return to get his degree in 2017.

[@OtherMike5000]

PHS!

[@BlackRam17]

And has circumnavigated the globe in his own jet!

[@spencerific93]

Nah, that sounded like the studio version. But The Offspring always kinda had that unpolished sound, especially early on.

[@coktoe4487]

It's definitely the studio album version. 👍

[@DerEchteBold]

There's nothing unpolished about that sound, it's just about right.

[@spencerific93]

@@DerEchteBold I agree, it suits the music. It's very punk. But they aren't Steely Dan. There's definitely roughness there.

[@DerEchteBold]

@@spencerific93 You know, back then this kinda thing was already borderline too polished to still be Punk.

[@spencerific93]

@@DerEchteBold True. But compared to other contemporaneous third wave punk bands like Green Day, this was less polished. Compared to bands like Black Flag, this was pop. All about perspective.

[@sgnMark]

I have been watching this couple react for a while now, glad to see the algorithm is starting to have their back.

[@pubuapubua]

Hilarious! Somehow it sounds like a beach song and a snake charming song all at once.

[@patrickcain1455]

I like garage sound and this whole album was a SMASH for me .Underrated!!!

[@RomesThe59]

It’s about the gang violence issues in the 1990s that was going on in high schools. Not so much fighting but about them killing each other. “Kids are strapping on their way to the classroom, getting weapons with the greatest of ease”. “If one’s gangs colors and the others don’t mix they’re gonna bash it up”. “One goes to the morgue and the other to jail”. “One got wasted and the others a waste”. Etc

[@matthawkins8880]

At least two of these guys met a University of California at Berkely. I think one has a degree in Molecular Biology. These guys are ridiculously smart.

[@selfarmy3361]

I agree with little bro on the beach sound. I've always got a surfing vibe when they play that riff

[@revaflowers3115]

Dexter Holland and The Offspring are ageless.They are always a high energy band covering any number of pertinent topics of the day in the neighborhood.

[@metalmark1214]

Fun song, I love how you guys got into it, especially Berto. Others to check out that you haven't done - Gone Away and Why Don't you Get a Job

[@mosoho]

Gone Away is so good. I also like the FFDP cover of it.

[@Tully_23_32]

Gone Away is a beautiful & sad song in one. They showed the world they could be serious aswell

[@jonasturklbach2705]

Lol. They'll all love "Get a job"

[@aaronhaupert3015]

The Offspring blew my mind as a teenager!

[@kilgor1980]

Offspring is great at sending a heavy message while making it sound kinda upbeat.

[@Jubeik78]

I saw The Offspring in concert in the 90's when they toured for this album. It was the most fun I've ever had at a concert! I lost one of my shoes crowd surfing in the mosh pit and had to wait until the lights came back on after the show was over so I could ask security to find it up on stage. Someone threw it up there at some point. About 20 other people were standing there with me, all of us missing one shoe. Remember kids, always double-knot your shoelaces before entering the mosh pit!

[@dkmcbigsley]

This is one where the lyrics matter a LOT and I feel like Brad is catching what its about and Lex is just jamming..

[@juliansuarez8809]

Yes, The Offspring. They are an awesome rock band with many hits and all their videos are funny and entertaining!!

[@robertherring9277]

I used to play this as a warm up song when I coached middle school basketball lol!

[@FrLawRE]

Great punk rock from the 90s. You can't beat it!

[@josephgallagher945]

God i love the freaking Offspring. Come out & play!

[@endocry]

Your brother was right about it sounding like a beach song. That one guitar part has a strong Dick Dale surf rock vibe.

[@SeeJayPlayGames]

not the same hook, or speed, but almost the same melodic progression as Misirlou. In a Phrygian mode, hence desert vibes. And if that guitar tone isn't surf rock, IDK what is.

[@2dashville]

‘Strapping on the way to the classroom’ and ‘getting weapons with the greatest of ease.’ The song is about more than fisticuffs.

[@work7844]

Heads bobbing in sync. You know it's good when ya' can't help it.

[@joesmith8725]

Forgot to say Sen-Dog from Cypress Hill (rapper and rock music) says gotta keep em separated. They are all from LA area California.

[@acy2004]

Love The Offspring. I’d recommend you do “Gotta get away” next. This was so fun to watch. I’m gonna be sad when Berto leaves. Great reaction as always 🙋🏻‍♀️👏🏼👍🏼🙌🏼💜🇨🇦

[@p.mc.4449]

The Offspring actually performed in the movie Idle Hands. A horror/comedy with Jessica Alba. So many of their songs that you may really enjoy to react to.

[@loudmusickillsthepain648]

Beach tune. Berto nailed it yall

[@saintgaving]

the main verse hook is in the mixolydian scale, which gives it that middle eastern vibe.

[@davef113]

Love that you label what you like as "LIT". Your best videos.

[@kassandrariemersma7902]

One of my favorite bands

[@jon-pauldupont5746]

Early 90’s pop-punk at its finest! Love having Sen Dog in There to

[@AARONANKRUM]

Blew out two sets of car speakers on this song. Its awesome with such a deep message. Never stop the violence and hate unless we address the root causes.

[@briang6040]

This album came out in 1994, when I was a senior in high school. They claimed that guitar part was stolen from the TV show The Munsters intro. Great album. Check out my favorite Offspring song The Kids Aren't Alright.

[@awesomelana7227]

I saw that! 👀 Lex made the insightful analogy about the mirage and had a self congratulatory smirk 😏 😝

[@ghislainfontainebujold7834]

That part that sounds like an hommage to the pulp fiction song is in a mode called phygian dominant which makes everybody think arabic... thus sand... thus desert 🏜 Power of the modes baby

[@slayercfv]

94 this album teenhood memories and school parties... this album is a jewel all the album is amazing SelfSteem, What happend to you, Killboy powerhead

[@detroitshook]

lol you guys vibe like me and my friends and I’m 39. Love this

[@randywissler9923]

Berto hit it dead nuts with the beach sound. Definitely a Dick Dale surf guitar style in this song.

[@phillychick4196]

In the 90’s you could always wild tf out with the Offspring

[@jeffreyaverett1800]

Berto's workin' on that golden ticket to Hollywood! Excellent reaction to an excellent tune. Thanks Couch Gang! ✌️

[@mikegould6590]

Teen violence 101. "Kids bringing weapons with the greatest of ease"...basically a song about street gangs.

[@ScorpionN6887]

The offspring was used heavily in video games,crazy taxi,Tony hawk,ect in the 90s

[@TheNeonParadox]

Good observation on the guitars. A lot of surf punk riffs like that have a lineage going back to riffs from 60s rock that had heavy Indian sitar inspiration. Hippy rock took a lot from the Asian spiritualist movement of the era.

[@vonbass1300]

It is surf music....the beach was right! Wow dude, the new kid is on point

[@coreyz.2800]

Offspring has some pretty good songs. "The Kids Ain't Alright," "Gone Away," and "You're Gonna Go Far Kid" are my top recommendations since I think you may have already done "Self Esteem" (and if not, definitely do that one, too).

[@atvena]

Meaning of life...All i want

[@dannykent6190]

Offspring is a band I really like that almost exclusively plays a style of music I can't stand... to this day, I do not understand why I like them... but I do.

[@madoxlabs]

Dude I feel the same - its weird. I like Offspring's yelling singing but all the other copy bands from the 90s I cant stand at all

[@Quvan]

Bro had to "move the wires."

[@aaronwhite4954]

Top 5 90s rock alternative bands.

[@atuesdayintexas6641]

Great reaction, Offspring actually got sued for that riff by Agent Orange because it's very similar to the solo in Bloodstains

[@Gabriel_Moline]

Check the plugs, sunshine!😂

[@scottfrench4139]

Offspring were like three years behind me at my HS. A friend of mine taught "Noodles" how to be an elementary-school janitor while both were in college. The lead singer, Dexter Holland, was valedictorian in HS and has a PhD in molecular biology from USC.

[@Lige]

Berto is a great add to the team. Him and Lex's Mom should do a reaction together.

[@pauldavis2535]

Cannot believe you got it the first time

[@PMunkS]

Berto's unabashed accompanying vocals were a nice touch to the end of this reaction... thanks guys!

[@fenderfox5080]

Hey guys, I remember when this album came out and all summer at camp this CD and What's the story morning glory by Oasis were both playing non stop in the cabin I stayed in with a few friends. Crazy to think how long ago that already was, have fun while your young cuz getting old sucks.

[@futureravenable]

Saw these guys earlier this year here in London, it's just a massive party, people happy, jumping around, gets a bit rough with people moshing into each other, but it's an awesome vibe

[@fotofeary6]

There is a lounge style parody singer called Richard Cheese, him and his lounge band did a cover of this song (plus a bunch others like Gin & Juice, Enter sandman, Disturb’s Down with the Sickness, etc). I haven’t seen anyone react to him and I think you guys would like it

[@jasonjtd79dunne88]

The Surf/Middle Eastern Riff kinda always gave me a bit of a vibe of a remixed Munsters theme where they put the second part of the progression before the first.

[@charliejaworski2562]

You guys have such a fun channel. You've been on a roll with great song selections for a while now too. Thanks for brightening my days!

[@alexbonner2128]

Now y’all need to do Weird Al’s parody, He Got the Wrong Foot Amputated 🤣

[@voodoocustompickups2547]

A good friend of mine grew up with these guys and says they are just as hilarious in real life as their music

[@jamesshort8660]

When you hear the siren it's all ready too late ones in the morgue and the others in jail one is wasted in the others a waste

[@shawnk7832]

Whoop Whoop Brad's lil bro rocking this!!!! 🤣🥰

[@shawnk7832]

Shared! 🥰

[@mi.dogman4438]

Now… You’ve got a band to check out!!! One of my favs

[@scottallencarr]

Right or wrong I still hear "...Hey,yay-ay/Shut'cher'mouth/(we Gotta Keep 'Em Sepa....)" LOL

[@MartinezC.]

Hahaha Brad can't put a finger on the vibe, bruh we're you a white square in a previous life? Or just this one lmaooo

[@carlgibbons5777]

I guess GOP was still handing guns out like candy back in the 90'S as well. Some things never change.

[@CyGea]

Bad Habit is an awesome road-rage song.

[@sqidvishus]

Beach or desert (snake charmer) - you're both right. A lot of surf rock borrowed scales and modes from middle eastern music. Metal does a lot of the same because it sounds exotic. We also have western musicians using quarter tones and things like that now. Maybe someday Western ears will be used to more than 12 notes.

[@timothybarham6374]

I was 17 when this song came out, I heard it for the first time on KROQ K-ROCK in Southern California.

[@lancetucker4859]

I am also genre fluid. Y’all are my support group.

[@jamessmithsaltyarmy5210]

Back when Offspring was great! I got to see them live singing this song back in the 90's

[@longfootbuddy]

bertos right, total surfin guitar riff

[@3DJapan]

The "hey mickey" part was a cheer beat.

[@zachcampbell3229]

This whole album is 🔥

[@wendydotson8891]

It’s so funny that lex was doing those old school dance moves because I’ve always done the swim dance to the same part, which is old school too 😂😂😂

[@atvena]

Pulp fiction

[@whatchutalkinaboutwillard6547]

Surf punk vibes 😎

[@Elerad]

"Some people say Luke I am your father." That made me laugh out loud, man.

[@stonerviking4079]

You guys should do Offspring "Bad Habit" sometime. Keep up the great work guys

[@rubendelgado1865]

Offspring were such a great band. So under rated. I totally forget about them until I saw this vid clip. Thanks guys and lady.

[@wisconsinman3590]

The lead singer, attained a PhD degree in molecular biology in 2017.

[@chrisnorman1902]

It shows from their music 🤣

[@kuraban1]

I remember watching this live 20 odd years ago. They pulled a guy out from the stage for the whole song. He was dancing around on the stage like a lunatic & would come in to sing the "You Gotta Keep Em Separated" line. Was amazing!

[@camban]

Berto bops and rocks.

[@MetalMonkey]

This is one of my favourite Offspring songs. Where they always called The Offspring? I don't remember the "The" part........ Mandella effect maybe?