ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Butterfly" by Crazy Town

[@tromtendo1981]

Fun fact for chart nerds: These guys are on the short list of artists who had a #1 hit and never had any other chart entries on the Hot 100. There are about 13 of them.

[@whenwhen2284]

They honestly didn’t really deserve another hit.. or a hit at all

[@plagueofangel8694]

Who were the rest

[@witchflowers6942]

@@whenwhen2284 you cannot deny the power of *”sugar,* *baby”*

[@whenwhen2284]

@@witchflowers6942 s u g a h b a b e h

[@eliasmg9144]

@@plagueofangel8694 I'm curious too

[@DukeOfAllPixels]

"I WANT TO BE LINKIN PARK" is getting into Nirvana killed my career territory

[@JovanaSanchez000]

The comparisons are noticeable....

[@StraightPunkEdge93]

Lol that's very spot on

[@afterdinnercreations936]

"Why couldn't this late-90s rock group make it, in the end?" [Smash-cut to "One Step Closer"]

[@megamage911]

Oh 100% And in most cases it's equally as funny too.

[@jersydvl]

These guys are literally the ONLY band I have ever seen get booed off stage at Ozzfest.

[@typicalfurry2747]

Wheres the clip

[@xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx]

That's punk rock as fuck

[@jersydvl]

@@xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx it's sad and pathetic. Everyone hated them here in NJ. Can't say Im surprised. The song is awful.

[@bingusk1]

Like when Dylan went electric

[@jpgommers7859]

@@bingusk1 except Dylan had a career spanning the next 4 decades.

[@varsoonhks3211]

There is nothing more late 90s cursed than the line "you got me sprung with your tongue ring."

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

I always thought he was saying “Yogurt on my tongue that you’re dong brings.” 💦

[@UBvtuber]

He was bricked up as the kids say these days

[@rse1113]

Sorry, my tomagatchi was going off next to my see-through iMac while i was sitting in my inflatable chair. What’d you say?

[@hiimemily]

I knew this day would come, and I feared it would be this soon. Rest in peace, Seth "Shifty Shellshock" Binzer.

[@lokilokason]

Same. Mainly because of the stuff I learned in this video. Rest easy, Shifty.

[@stephaniewozny3852]

I _ran_ here after hearing the news.

[@DooneyDoom]

I came here after hearing the news.

[@lokilokason]

@@stephaniewozny3852 ​ @DooneyDoom same!

[@equasimilione6493]

I suppose in the spirit of his music we should make a really tasteless reference to his death?

[@seamusburke639]

This is true: Linkin Park's first DVD has interviews with fellow bands they were on tour with at the time (Slipknot, Disturbed, etc). They were apparently on tour with Crazy Town too, and you can see the wheels turning in Shifty's head as they're talking to him to rip off their sound for their next album. Either that or it was blind panic that their "thing" was being done way better by somebody else. Also, Jack Osbourne straight up admitted that Crazy Town paid to get on the Ozzfest bill, not because they were invited due to their success and their popularity (mostly because they had none at the time). Watch clips of Crazy Town at Ozzfest some time. The crowd just DOES NOT CARE.

[@_Only_Zuul]

i want to see this video interview.

[@andu1854]

They also really suck, so there is that

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

Always knew Jack was a sellout- literally

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

@@KahlessTheUnforgettable Jack had nothing to do with Ozzfest bookings in 1999 lol he was a kid. But that is a true story

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

@@dustywaynemusic6297 Well if he wasn’t involved in booking and/or was still a child I’d take anything he said with a grain of salt. As a matter of fact; I’d take anything anyone in his slob family said as a lie until proven otherwise. Of course; the Osborne family being slovenly hogs doesn’t negate the members of Crazytown being trannys.

[@sharonoddlyenough]

Ooh, that Robin Williams line just burned any goodwill I had for this band

[@dafttassia1960]

The inxs one was enough for me

[@theblocksays]

@@dafttassia1960 all their cringy pop-culture reference name-dropping in the lyrics "We shall take the high-road lads, instead of the Micheal Bay asteroid, I Shifty shall use the film titled Deep Impact, when making innuendos to smashing a ho." *sarcastic chef's kiss*

[@louisduarte8763]

I never had any for them to begin with.

[@SkyExplosion]

​@@louisduarte8763 their lyrics are garbage

[@Saintnick90]

Two things that make this especially bad: 1. It's such a hamfisted rhyme. When they say "Williams," it wrecks the meter. 2. The same song also sees them namedropping Amy Winehouse and Heath Ledger. Jesus, fuck you Crazy Town!

[@YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

*DROWNING IN MY FLESH* *THESE CUTS DON'T APPEAR TO BE MENDING*

[@willowwisp2981]

Maybe they'll start Mendes-ing if you get stitches.

[@vitorafmonteiro]

Todd's reaction at the "almost pulled a Robin... Williams" line was beautiful.

[@lilyofthevalley2048]

I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song. It was at a minor league baseball game, and every time the home team was up to bat, they’d play the hitter’s favorite song. One guy, who was up to bat several times, had this one, and it drove my father absolutely nuts. It’s been a running joke in our family for the 20+ years since.

[@sofiipote7]

I read hitler's favourite song I was very confused for a moment until I realised it didn't make any sense and read again lol

[@lilyofthevalley2048]

@@sofiipote7 🤣 I can see how that would be very confusing.

[@uglyaniimals]

no shade but imagine having this as your favorite song

[@mj.l]

@@uglyaniimals this was definitely hitler's favourite song, m'lady

[@rocklobsterjwt]

You know what? "Butterfly" doesn't seem so bad, now that I've heard the rest of their work.

[@zhaulots1958]

I cracked up when I saw the inserted clip from the 'Pretty Fly for a White Guy' video at 6:03 Todd, you're a cruel but fair tyrant.

[@Arcademan09]

I was convinced that was part of the original music video

[@JamesYatestrickysnugglemuffins]

Fun fact, just this month Crazy Town booked an entire tour but no called/no showed many of the dates. My local bar booked them and I helped prep for the show and they never showed.

[@Flowtail]

James Yates That... doesn't surprise me I feel like this kind of music is most tolerable when middle schoolers are listening to it, and as they get older it gets less and less endearing Shifty and Epic don't seem like they ever stopped being middle schoolers

[@Djlemo78]

James Yates that was cause shifty's dad went into hospital.

[@Flowtail]

Liam Prentice ouch..

[@shirleyturman7934]

😬

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

@@Djlemo78 OMG! Is/Was he okay?! Who knew you could actually get sick/die from embarrassment!! RIP Shifty Sr. 👼

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

That RHCP loop is infectious. You can't help but love it.

[@markjames8664]

John can do more with two or three notes than most guitarists do in a whole song. The intro to Black Summer for instance, you immediately know it’s him.

[@phoboswhiplash]

I agree, but Petty Little Ditty ia beautiful, feela like a trip building up

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

I can help.

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

@@phoboswhiplash It sure does feel like a trip- a commercial flight to be exact ✈️

[@TheJbhmetal]

funny how the only good part of their only hit is what they are not responsible for at all.

[@grizzlygreenwood2989]

That Robin Williams line was just... I don't know how some people's thoughts are processed that way.

[@Evelina_412]

+Jonathan Bullas You just have to have a particularly fucked up mind... Trust me on that one, I actually chuckled at it before thoughts about what a terrible person I am kicked in.

[@jk844100]

They're probably trying to pull an Eminem and deliberately say things that piss people off.

[@ManOutofTime913]

Or they could just be terrible lyricists and the only way he could relate to the world that he almost killed himself was through the recent suicide of a beloved celebrity. At least he wasn't bragging about himself... I think.

[@BalloonSage]

I met Shifty in 2001 at Venice Beach and he was really friendly, but he has always been astoundingly self-destructive. Doesn’t even pay child support for his kid, either.

[@LewdScoff]

What line? Have i missed something?

[@direcircumstances]

This video didn't make me want to listen to Crazy Town, but it did make me want to revisit Hybrid Theory and appreciate how good Linkin Park was.

[@wernerfuhry]

same

[@KingofCrusher]

linkin park fucking sucked. the monkey-eared guy is one of the worst "rappers" of all time.

[@motorcycleboy9000]

Fuck.

[@fromthebackseat4865]

Meh

[@Karmy.]

Hybrid Theory and Meteora are great

[@lainecommon3516]

I actually feel kinda bad for them.. When they were just starting to get big I was a young teen and they were touring with my favorite band at the time (Orgy).. They remembered me from show to show and they all were nothing but 100% upstanding, sweet, helpful guys. Shifty even got me Jay's autograph when he wouldn't come out of the bus. I was really sad to see how drugs got the best of him. I hope he's doing well now, regardless. My best friend who went to these shows with me ended up ODing in her early adult years and one of my favorite photos of us is with Epic. I miss those times a lot.

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

Guys with a song like “Revolving Door” were nice to girls that went to their shows?! Wow, who woulda thunk it?!

[@WhyDoIKeepFuckinUp]

Now he’s back on drugs and under arrest, unfortunately.

[@miskatonic6210]

You are what's called an unreliable narrator. I guess you and your junkie friend didn't know what sweet and decent behaviour even is.

[@Knightmare7200]

shifty just died

[@lainecommon3516]

@KahlessTheUnforgettable we were like, 13 to 16. It wasn't about "that" lol. They treated us like daughter's.

[@erravi]

Whenever I hear or read "Crazy Town" I think "Lazy Town" someone help me ̶s̶p̶o̶r̶t̶a̶c̶u̶s̶ ̶i̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶

[@marywalker9987]

? "

[@lucygregory1416]

do what you want cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!

[@J1428753]

*N O W L O O K A T T H I S N E T*

[@EleventhFloorBelfry]

Ugh, let's try something else...

[@erravi]

J1428753 W H A T A R E Y O U D O I N G

[@leeoliver9322]

When he said they reunited and made their third album, I actually wanted to look it up, just to see what it might sound like. then he played the Robin Williams line ... "Yeah, I've heard enough." Someone needs to tell these guys there's a difference between 'edgy' and 'tasteless'

[@SeanStrife]

I remember when these jokers played Ozzfest back in 2001. I went down to Atlanta to see it, and they were on the main stage with Black Label Society, Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, and a reunited Black Sabbath. I think they were so worried about losing credibility with the rocker crowd that they literally played every song as heavy as they could... yes, even Butterfly. And yes, a heavier version of Butterfly is exactly as terrible as it sounds... it's about as bad as Vanilla Ice's rap metal remake of Ice Ice Baby. That said, I don't think going exactly the way Sugar Ray went would've worked for Crazy Town: they should've either looked to be the rap metal equivalent of a boy band... or they should've done what Lil' Wayne is doing now: just being as gross, vile, and perverse as can be (hell, in one of the songs that they tried to release as a single before Butterfly, they talk about circle jerking.) They fucked up trying to become Linkin Park 2.0.

[@realm23x73]

I went to Ozzfest 2001 I wasn't watching them play the main stage during their set..damn maybe I should of..

[@SeanStrife]

@@realm23x73 Oh, their set was a fucking glorious trainwreck.

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

I was at Ozzfest that year in Seattle area, was not into most of the acts, but got my Sabbath fix!

[@tyblazitar]

I mean Limp Bizkit named their band after a circle jerking ritual, so that gimmick was already taken.

[@namebrandmason]

This. They would have had a better chance at longevity had they stuck to their guns and been the party dufus band. There may actually be enough Hed (PE) fans for a second.

[@mesousagaby740]

Obscure fun fact regarding their second album, Rivers Cuomo did a guitar solo for one of their songs during a period where he kinda just gave guitar solos to other nu metal bands like "Stupid Girl" by Cold.

[@jamesrichie7844]

The last song on Pinkerton is called Butterfly 🤔

[@BONESTORM2501]

Not going to lie. Never stopped listening to korn. As I have opened my musical horizons to different places that band still sounds good to me

[@PiousMoltar]

Korn are my favourite band man. They were, and then my tastes expanded, and they kinda got shit. But then those other bands (Machine Head and In Flames to name the big ones) got shit and Korn got better again. So yeah. Favourite band.

[@johnindigo5477]

The best nu metal bands were pretty experimental by the days standards and managed to combine alternative metal with desparite genre influences.

[@pittland44]

There are a couple of Korn songs I still enjoy. One of my favorites is their cover of "Word Up." They just took the song to another level.

[@georgejamestaylor7572]

@@pittland44 Yeah, bruv! Korn's version is a rip off a Scottish band called Gun!! It several years earlier & I imagine both on KZbin?!!!

[@Moowe291]

Korn is great, I never cared that people don't like them. You can dislike them for personal taste, understandable. But call them bad and you're trying to exaggerate that dislike.

[@NinjaPaperMario]

Surprised he didn't make a joke about that D.A.R.E. shirt, unless I missed one.

[@IceDragon064]

+Ruler3995 Yeah, D.A.R.E. and Misfits shirts, that brought me way back.

[@stonekold10x]

+Ruler3995 That is the joke wearing the D.A.R.E shirt :P

[@epirus500]

+stonekold10x eg a gorrilaz reference

[@StudioInkblot]

+epirus300 No, a joke about his ironic drug addiction.

[@NinjaPaperMario]

StudioInkblot That's kind of what I was going for.

[@chavesa5]

Watching in memory of the man who couldn't overcome drugs, and the cheap shots I don't regret taking

[@cartmann94]

Well. that first meetup of Shifty with Sid and Nancy in the afterlife is going to be interesting.

[@KoalaTulip47]

And Robin Williams

[@joshuacoleman8000]

And the guy from INXS.

[@mj.l]

sid would steal his wallet and sell him draino

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

RIP Seth. I didn't realize 3 of these band members now are dead. That's rough, as much as this is a favourite TITS of mine.

[@donovanlocust1106]

One of them being DJ AM

[@BassbaitGG]

I still listen to Hybrid Theory a lot. And Meteora, the follow-up. They are genuinely great albums that transcend being just Nu Metal and work as pop/rock songs.

[@pentexsucks43]

6 years later and you're still correct

[@Uhohlisa]

@@pentexsucks43 you’re both horrible people with horrible taste in music

[@ivankuzin8388]

@@Uhohlisa Hey, add me to the list! :D

[@grimsqueaker437]

@@Uhohlisa …why did you feel like that was an acceptable thing to say to two strangers…?

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@Uhohlisa ow the edge

[@trmblingblustar]

Why do I automatically smell cigarettes and b.o. when I see Shifty talk?

[@thegayghost872]

trmblingblustar it’s your fuckboy detector going off

[@Logan912]

I smell Axe bodyspray

[@Anomaly188]

It'd be more like that dope sweat stink.

[@msdwyer80]

Guy definitely reeks of weed and Axe

[@Royamccray15]

@@msdwyer80 with a little bit of weed and trailer park.

[@Raubers]

Shifty Shellshock - too crazy for boys town, too much of a boy for Crazytown.

[@pittland44]

I didn't burn down the school. It was The Butterfly I tell you! The Butterfly!!!

[@crazyluigi6664]

I'd say that's a fair assessment on the song in general. Even as stupid as it may be, it does have this feeling that makes it easily listenable (even if it was mainly derived off of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and very unique for its genre in the first place (which is why I don't really talk shit back against nu-metal because I honestly felt it could have more interesting sounds and fascinating ways of taking itself to the masses than what we actually had). Although I now have to wonder how that Starry Eyed Surprise holds up now after all those years of not being played for those commercials...

[@wolfheartdarnell324]

RIP Shifty Shellshock. We're all surprised it didn't happen sooner.

[@MooImABunny]

Ooouf

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

As a nu-metal kid at the time, I can attest putting 'Toxic' out before 'Butterfly' was the right move as far as acquiring cred within the scene. Every nu-metal kid I knew (myself included) HATED Butterfly with a passion, and loved a lot of songs that sounded just like Toxic (Rollin', anyone?)

[@TruFalco]

I JUST watched this video yesterday, and Shifty was just found dead today, absolutely wild.

[@cassandralyris4918]

People find this and Sid and Nancy "romantic" like way too many people find the relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn romantic.

[@louisduarte8763]

I felt compelled to watch this one again, after hearing about Shifty's death.

[@fnmiln8558]

Had to come back and say RIP Shifty Shellshock. 🙏🏾😞

[@politixsucc4717]

I unapologetically love this song. And I actually found out that Crazy Town had some sad abuse problems on the 2000s. Seth, thankfully has recovered and even did a 2021 version of Butterfly.

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

Sad abuse problems? Like he was molested by another man in the 2000s? What do you mean?

[@HolyGoddessMotherAnne]

@@KahlessTheUnforgettable drug abuse.

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

@@HolyGoddessMotherAnne Oh wow! I never would have guessed! Any idea what? Was he sniffing glue by any chance? He’s got an odd look to himself; like he interrupted his growth cycle- sort of looks like a “tall midget.” I’ve read this can be symptomatic of inhalant abuse…

[@HolyGoddessMotherAnne]

@@KahlessTheUnforgettable Various kinds of substances.

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

@@HolyGoddessMotherAnne Oh yeah; not that surprising at all! I’m sure he was likely into model glue, latex house paint chips, glade air freshener, Renuzit carpet cleaner- basically all the big ones. He has, what is referred to in the medical literature as; “midget face.” It’s the number one indicator of household inhalant abuse. This is not related to the condition that drove Chester Bennington to suicide; “child’s body,” though they are easily confused.

[@BassbaitGG]

Next you have to review the worst "rapping white guys from the late 90's/early 00's" LFO - Summer Girls. Good luck.

[@zombieedrea]

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK GOT A BUNCH OF CHICKS, CHINESE FOOD MAKES ME SICK~

[@Tommy_Wimmer]

+John Samson Girl on TV? I used to hear that song a couple times on Radio Disney.

[@modtick]

+BassbaitGG dose smashmouth count i mean there lead kinda rapped

[@StudioInkblot]

+Tim H. They weren't one hit wonders.

[@rubberwoody]

+stolenbaby2008 had a bunch of *hits

[@VanguVegro]

RIP Shifty. Also, I don't know how they managed to nail the "AI art" look in the video decades before the fact. Even some AI art doesn't look as much like AI art than that video! It's crazy. Maybe even... crazytown!

[@SliderGamer55]

I'm always happy when you do reviews on songs I grew up with. Anything from that late 90s to early 2000s era especially.

[@Filmation77]

13:43 For those who don't know RIP Lead singer Shifty Shellshock

[@njdevs1987]

I would have tried to work in the line "too crazy for boystown too much of a boy for crazy town" Simpsons line but it was the butterfly works as well.

[@SemiIocon]

RIP Shifty. May you stay sober in heaven.

[@christianouellette1006]

Ben Stiller and Gay Billy Idol

[@TheJovian16]

HOLY SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT!!!

[@jedjen7473]

As opposed to "straight" Billy Idol? Clearly Idol is not straight

[@kabronex9877]

@@jedjen7473 idol smashes puss 24/7 brah

[@jedjen7473]

@@kabronex9877 😂🤣😂🤣

[@JeonardShadby505]

RIP Shifty, whom I genuinely hope did not pull a Robin (Williams).

[@morphman86]

Number one way to ensure I'll hate your band forever: Make a joke about a recent suicide. Crazy Town did it twice in three albums!

[@RacingWorldTV202]

The Richard Cheese version of Butterfly was icing on the cake 😂

[@gentlemanjared]

RIP Shifty It was a great musical punchline for twenty years

[@noelleelizabeth9991]

Starry Eyed Surprise is an underrated gem, I literally never would have guessed that the guy from Crazy Town was the vocalist (I always thought it was just Paul Oakenfold lmao).

[@KahlessTheUnforgettable]

I read your first sentence too quickly and read it as “underrated phlegm.” Which, had I been correct; I would agree with. 🦠

[@celeritas2-810]

I agree, I always liked that song

[@jeffbrehove2614]

I knew those two songs sounded too familiar! Love Starry Eyed a little more than Butterfly.

[@habadasheryjones]

I lost my shit when Todd brought that song up because that snippet from the soda commercial has followed me through the years. I was humming the lyrics today when I watched this video and I was all "Shifty is responsible for this ear worm?!?"

[@sctpoch]

"Butterfly" is the favorite song of that one girl you knew in high school who maybe was a good person deep down but who also made way too many bad decisions for anyone to really be sure.

[@JonathanLedbetter]

Shifty and DJ AM are now reunited 😞🥀

[@Romax-pg2is]

With Rust Epique

[@dancoroian1]

The lyrical stylings always cause me to lump this together with Frankie J & Baby Bash's "Suga Suga," a one-hit wonder in its own right!

[@thebowiththemost119]

That’s not true. He also had cyclone. Though the best part of that song was T-Pain

[@FriendofDorothy]

Used to see the album advertised at a bus stop every day on my way to work when they were promoting it. I finally got curious and took a listen even though I was no fan of that genre. I really liked "Butterfly". I was heavily into dance music at the time so I just related to it as a hot little rock/ dance music tune. I also later bought Shifty's dance hit (semi-hit?) "Starry Eyed Surprise", which is a lot of fun. Their problem, as I think you mentioned, was that they were all about fun, ,sex, and partying, so they couldn't possibly conjure the epic angst and all too real darkness of Linkin Park.

[@MetroPolo1]

The minute the guy from the Offspring's video showed up, I just lost it ^^ LOL!

[@crak6776]

RIP Shifty

[@roolaing]

Weezer have one of the greatest songs in the world on their second album, before they went megapop. It's called butterfly. And it's beautifully delicate, like a butterfly.

[@rhubarbdude3347]

Yesterday I went outside, with my mama's mason jar...

[@psycho_dog33]

That song rips my heart out whenever I relisten to Pinkerton.

[@mauswaffles]

they didn’t go megapop, weezer even in their worst was never “megapop”

[@LikeFourOrFiveOtherNames]

Jesus that Deep Impact joke was phenomenal. Todd is such a damn good writer.

[@missimtrying]

I am 28 years old and up until right now when I’m writing this comment; I believed that this was performed by Sugar Ray.

[@Azav312]

They found him slumped. RIP Shift Dawg

[@DooneyDoom]

The Story sadly Ended the same way it begins. RIP Shifty Shellshock.

[@paavopalantera9583]

Todd, it's amazing how time after time I watch and listen you bashing my favorite genre (Nu-Metal) and I still like the videos none the less. Keep up the good work man but know this: the genre is still very much alive and having some success with acts like SlipKnoT, KoRn and Five Finger Death Punch. Cheers from Finland!

[@zombieedrea]

I remember that Starry Eyed Surprise song! It was in a commercial for Nickelodeon. yeah, kinda proves that that song wasn't very...mature, I guess?

[@lurgertor]

Oh man, this song is probably my biggest guilty pleasure of all time. I thought I might've out grown it as time went on, but no now when I listen to it I get big nostalgia pangs.

[@8rickey]

RIP Shifty...I guess he wasn't really in a better place.

[@ApoptosisNecrosis]

honestly when you say a song from the 2000's called butterfly i just think of the SMiLE song... (also i never actually heard the crazy town song that i can remember? which surprises me considering i was into that genre back then..idk)

[@jeremyschep3589]

There are a lot of youtubers with their own unique gimmicks but yours is by far my favourite. Great vid also. Keep it up dude!

[@drksideofthewal]

It's funny, I've never heard "Butterfly" before, but I have heard "Starry Eyed Surprise."

[@morphogenetic_]

I thought this was gonna be about Butterfly as in "aye aye ee aye I'm your little butterfly" :'( guess I'm just a weeb

[@retrozaid1600]

Or a DDR player

[@ensignabby]

This review definitely reminded me of how much I love Linkin Park.

[@Anomaly188]

Meanwhile I routinely feel embarrassed whenever I say that I did too. But I grew up and the angst wore off and now I can't even think of Linkin Park without cringing or laughing with derision. I remember when whatever album "What I've Done" was on dropped and that song got air play. I was beyond done with LP by that time and when the chorus line would hit I'd routinely replace "I face myself," the next line in the song, with "I shit myself," as a way to mock the song and make myself laugh.

[@BA-vv4jy]

Yikes... Do you realize you said that out loud?

[@ShersterQ]

@@Anomaly188 Big yikes from me man

[@owelofminerva]

I'm a nu metal fan and I don't really like LP *shrug*

[@chrislondo2683]

Craptastic13 in fact What I’ve Done was the first Linkin Park song I’d listened to at six

[@dynaboyjl.4220]

Also, looking back, "Starry-Eyed Surprise" seems like an alright song but it resembles a less-catchy "Steal My Sunshine", which makes me wonder why it hasn't been covered here yet.

[@Temp-nj8rm]

You know, hearing bands like crazy town make me respect bands like linkin park and korn a whole lot more.

[@drygnfyre]

Linkin Park was smart to see the nu-metal trend was ending and as soon as their second album moved away from that sound and remained relevant. They also really seemed to have genuine depression or hard lives, whereas Crazy Town's "Drowning" was so forced it hurt.

[@gabisyderas1855]

i actually like early 2000 new metal(sonnically,i love the low,bass heavy,intense drum songs.)but i totally see why it is so hated,even though i enjoy it

[@gabisyderas1855]

also,i love the contrast of rapping with the metal stuff

[@krystalalien3344]

you're not the only one who likes Nu Metal, I love it too, but I don't understand why everyone hates it

[@gabisyderas1855]

Krystal Alien maybe its a style that got old quickly. Or maybe there where just too many wack lines for them. Or they where reacting negativelly to a new genre before getting to really know it because they where fans of "real" rock/rap,who knows

[@gabe_s_videos]

Agreed. It's an acquired taste, and there's for sure a lot of posing by suburban white kids going on it in, but as a self-proclaimed angry white boy, I can relate to it.

[@kimifw58]

I think it would have lasted longer if it had more black rappers. I mean, I don't think that should matter, but many people would disagree. The hip-hop industry is quite racist when you think about it.

[@1cioda]

Anyone coming around after shifty passed away unfortunately?

[@illmsg77]

Inevitably?

[@aiberlane3390]

Another song that was on the radio NONSTOP for about a year. I liked it at first, but nobody wants to hear the same song over and over. But now it has a charming nostalgic quality.

[@caminandoyflotando]

I kept waiting for that "The Simpsons" butterfly scene...

[@cyandinomashups]

The drums in Butterfly are also sampled. They're from It's A New Day by the Skull Snaps. You probably know the drums already.

[@WhyDoIKeepFuckinUp]

Shifty samples a ton of stuff.

[@russelladams6517]

Yup they should of just went full on Rap might of been better for there career

[@mihalyponyiczki1855]

What I really hate about this song is that they sampled Pretty Little Ditty, a really great Red Hot Chili Peppers jam

[@ColeslawVariant]

Mihály Ponyiczki if anyone cares the clip of flea and john is from Psychadelic Sexfunk (Live from Heaven). A great video!

[@MsAngrybutterfly]

I have been trying to put my finger on what I hated so much about this song for years, and I just realized that was it!

[@kevinstrident]

I always liked to change the lyrics up a little. "Hey, suga mama, come and dance with me. The smartest thing you ever did was take the pants off me."

[@Brillemeister]

RIP Shifty. Thanks for the 5th grade gym class memories.

[@5sieben2.15]

R.I.P Chester

[@etovakala]

RIP Shifty Shellshock

[@henrykester7915]

R.I.P. Shifty Shellshock

[@dynaboyjl.4220]

Second OHW in a row I'm not super familiar with it, but I'm a huge fan of negative OHWs and ones from around this time period, so I am definitely hyped. Well, this went basically exactly where I expected this to go. I like that you chose a group with a much different--if similarly doomed--career path than the other nu-metal band you covered, and props for the rare Richard Cheese inclusion.

[@caidema]

Even to fans of nu-metal and hard rock Crazy Town was a joke.

[@WhaleManMan]

R.I.P. to Seth. 🦋

[@DigitalDevil]

Mariah Carey had a whole ALBUM called "Butterfly" lol. Crazy Town is also a pretty lame band name in itself.

[@Petit784]

@@kostajovanovic3711 Mariah is certainly nu metal

[@IsiahTomas]

This is exactly the reason why no R&B group should have ever called themselves Pretty Ricky

[@HennaK17]

They stole Dan Avidan's wedding vows...wait...

[@kellyhh2519]

HennaK17 I LOVE YOU

[@mcj88]

Crazy Town I know about in a very roundabout way: one of their guitarists on "Butterfly", Charles "Rust Epique" Lopez, quit the band in 2001 and started fronting a new band, pre)Thing, in 2003; they released their only album, _22nd Century Lifestyle,_ in 2004, and a couple of their songs, most notably "Can't Stop", wound up on the soundtracks of a few WWE games that year; that's how I know of them. As a nu-metal song, it was... fine; it wasn't anything I was gonna seek out myself, but I liked it enough to use as my created wrestler's entrance music in one of the aforementioned WWE games. As I learned years later though, there was a reason the band only released one album: Lopez died two weeks before it even came out, of an aortic rupture at the age of 36.

[@librasky]

U from Modesto ?

[@DooneyDoom]

​@@libraskyIk he's from Stockton.

[@librasky]

I knew him from playing in bands from the central valley

[@DooneyDoom]

@@librasky I didn't even know about one of the crazy town members from Stockton until recently. It is beyond me.

[@roarshach13]

I loved absolutely every second of this episode because I know every song he named off their first album. My stepdad had it on repeat in his truck every time we went anywhere. So I became more intimate with it than anyone probably had a right to be. I am so happy he mentioned "revolving door". That's actually my favorite song on that whole album. Just so much fun with this ep. Oh, and Butterfly's ok I guess. I've never been a "hit" kinda guy. I always tend to like less appreciated songs on hit albums.

[@saberreiter8569]

Well..... RIP Shifty.

[@ArthurCrane92]

2:55 I immediately read that as "schwifty".

[@MrLCGO]

Maybe, if they got more schwifty in there, they wouldn't have been a one hit wonder

[@connordavis4766]

+Arturo Garza WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB

[@minefilms1122]

+Arturo Garza i dont get it

[@ChadVanHalen5150]

+Aaron Gosselin You just need to get schwifty

[@MinePro101]

+Arturo Garza SHOW ME WHAT'CHA GOT

[@sledzeppelin]

I am still filled with rage every time I have to look at Fred Durst.

[@evilmasterstudios]

I remember my local Rock station playing Toxic after Butterfly fell off the charts. Once the song finished, the DJ declared “Don’t worry folks, You’ll never hear that trash on my show again!”

[@kimifw58]

I love watching these videos. They remind me of music I heard years ago and forgot about.

[@johndavis48076]

RIP Shifty.

[@thasneakyninja1453]

Funny when Todd started playing their before the hit stuff I was alreayd like: "Wow they kinda sound like a very bad version of Linkin Park." So it's kinda funny that they tried to rip off Linkin Park later in their career.

[@Nikoshasib]

RIP Shifty. You shell shocked us all.

[@spicymemes7458]

RIP Shifty 😢

[@douglasfazzani269]

RIP Shifty Shellshock :-(