Love me, love me, say that you love me! Do the Cardigans count as a one-hit wonder? Let's find out! (Support Todd on Patreon! / toddintheshadows ) (Reupload)
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@LukeLeonettiYouTube4 жыл бұрын
“They Picked That Title So Fall Out Boy Couldn’t Get To It First” is my favorite Panic at the Disco song
@babscabs19874 жыл бұрын
I cant tell the difference between fall out boy and panic at the shitsco.
@stillmainingfox68814 жыл бұрын
@@babscabs1987 the vocalists are completely different
@galleryofrogues4 жыл бұрын
Nah that’s actually a Cobra Starship song 😂
@crimsonwizahd23583 жыл бұрын
"They Picked That Title So Fall Out Boy Couldn't Get To It First Is My Favorite Panic At The Disco Song", by My Chemical Romance.
@1rhpsfan3 жыл бұрын
TRUTH!
@MaxtheFinger4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely true story: when 'Love Fool' was at the top of the charts, an interviewer was talking to Nina and asked about the origin of the band. Her response was something like, 'the record company found us all at a modeling agency and taught us how to play instruments.' Twenty years later, I realize that Nina had a wicked sense of humor!
@richardroberson25644 жыл бұрын
That's just life in Sweden.
@stefan10244 жыл бұрын
Especially since music education is huuuge in Sweden, every kid learns an instrument.
@browncoat6974 жыл бұрын
@thenoosehangsfromheaven S U P P O S E D L Y I like to imagine they all have melodic death metal side projects
@kevdmiller4 жыл бұрын
@@browncoat697 ...that cover a lot of Burt Bacharach. :D
@adorabell42534 жыл бұрын
@Pino Petit - Amateur in Spirit Black Metal is Norway. Sweden has Power Metal.
@carlkolthoff54023 жыл бұрын
As a swede, it's weird to hear someone refer to Cardigans as one hit wonders. I realise this is their home country and all, but here they stayed relevant for a decade and had multiple songs in frequent rotation on mainstream radio. Their three last albums charted number one in Sweden. Hell, I've even seen Nina on tv twice this week. Very much loved and not at all forgotten.
@h8today Жыл бұрын
I don't think most Americans would consider them 1 hit wonders. They had at least 4 songs that got regular air-play.
@DashingPunkSamurai Жыл бұрын
I would LOVE to see more of Nina on my tv.
@simplebastard6805 Жыл бұрын
@@h8today Hard to be a one-hit-wonder when the entirety of your second album is a tour de force. The Cardigans definitely aren't a popular band in the US, but anyone that was alive in the 90s knows 'First Band On The Moon' as several of the songs from it got a ton of radio playtime.
@edgelordweeb9624 Жыл бұрын
They're still well remembered and loved in indie pop/twee pop circles, so that's something.
@cappantwan2978 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, Todd also didn’t think they were, but a request is a request
@LeanneModenPoet3 жыл бұрын
The Cardigans were definitely not one-hit wonders in the UK: "Carnival", "Love Fool", "Erase/Rewind" and "My Favourite Game" all had quite a lot of radio play. Great band.
@pizzatitty693 жыл бұрын
My favorite game was on the gran turismo 2 game.
@metetural91403 жыл бұрын
@@pizzatitty69 is that your favourite game?
@zig1313 жыл бұрын
Yes Erase/Rewind was definitely noticeable by it's absence from this video. I really like For What It's Worth. Unfortunately My Favourite Game has been played to death for me.
@wes87232 жыл бұрын
They were definitely not a one-hit wonder in the whole Europe .. their singles charted in Top10 in many countries around the Europe
@MD0K2 жыл бұрын
my thoughts exactly
@vin-cc9nk5 жыл бұрын
now I'm imagining how it would be if black sabbath covered lovefool
@IvyLeather134 жыл бұрын
Definitely a Dio era song.
@Firguy4 жыл бұрын
I like their cover of Iron Man a lot better than the original.
@Saintnick903 жыл бұрын
I think it would make for a great country cover.
@RobRandomVids3 жыл бұрын
FINISHED WITH MY WOMAN CAUSE SHE COULDN’T HELP ME WITH MY MIND!
@joshuacoleman80003 жыл бұрын
I can totally see Ozzy Osborne singing Lovefool!
@lexsmithee6525 жыл бұрын
One hit wonder is kinda weird to watch as a european, spesifically a scandinavian. All of these british, german and swedish groups are stuff i literally couldn't get away from
@jannikolaiisfort5 жыл бұрын
Im from Germany and I feel exactly the same. lol
@ADADEL15 жыл бұрын
It's a big ocean, and not everything survives the trip. I imagine that you guys would consider some bands one hit wonders that I had to hear to the point of disgust.
@Veliladon5 жыл бұрын
Australian here. All these one hit wonders in the US and it's like, "they had two #1 albums and half a dozen singles in Australia?"
@kakapofan65424 жыл бұрын
@@Veliladon New Zealand doesn't get enough coverage for one hit wonders in the US to be possible. You have to be truly good to get week known outside of here
@sandyamaulana23174 жыл бұрын
I'm Indonesian and The Cardigans are pretty big and inspiring here. I'm not a big fan, but I can at least name three of their hit songs from the top of my head.
@freedom_mayor3 жыл бұрын
HOLY SHIT. That Sunday Bloody Sunday cover made me realize how much they sound like Japanese indie music. makes total sense that they would be big in japan.don't know if its a coincidence or how many japanese bands theyve influenced.
@Electrolux219 Жыл бұрын
Yeah their stuff reminds me of Lamp. Very Shibuya Kei.
@finnaboing Жыл бұрын
people do seem to generally agree with you on that actually
@swirlingfudge11 ай бұрын
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
@shinhell7 ай бұрын
Oh totally one of the big european bands that would go together with Shibuya Kei. you can still find a bunch of their albums in Disk Union, Japan’s main record/cd store.
@harish11054 жыл бұрын
I've heard Todd joke about how Swedish music is either bubblegum pop or death metal in two different videos and I still laugh. Abba or Amon Amarth. Nothing in between.
@devenscience88944 жыл бұрын
Though he did quickly flash The Hives, who are way underrated, and in-between.
@NightmareLyra4 жыл бұрын
Isn't Ghost basically just a combination of those two? :P
@apanapandottir2054 жыл бұрын
@@NightmareLyra lol
@truedarklander4 жыл бұрын
HM 2 fueled Gothenburg and Stockholm Death Metal are bops
@bmorehobo4 жыл бұрын
Swedes write hit songs. Look at ABBA and Max Martin.
@MrODigga4 жыл бұрын
"If Billy Ray Cyrus is a one-hit wonder, then so are The Cardigans." Well this sure is hilarious in hindsight.
@freakfoxvevo79154 жыл бұрын
Oh god, now the Cardigans are gonna collaborate with a Souncloud rapper and go to #1
@mammamiaculpa4 жыл бұрын
rewatching this episode now and i was just about to comment the same thing!
@mammamiaculpa4 жыл бұрын
@@freakfoxvevo7915 i'd love to see that ngl
@UBvtuber4 жыл бұрын
"Does that make this video utterly hilarious in hindsight? OH YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!"
@NaSandJayZ4 жыл бұрын
I mean, it's technically not HIS song, he'll even say as much. Does being a featured guest count? Guess it depends on how strict or loose we're being about it
@Novotny724 жыл бұрын
"human tuba, tom jones" - first proper belly laugh in I don't remember how long
@allenschmitz96443 жыл бұрын
More like Trombone.
@GD10822 жыл бұрын
It's not unusual.
@user-vn1zb9ov8dАй бұрын
I understood 'human tuber' as in 'he looks like a potato'. as opposed to 'human tuba' 'he's a fucking large farty brass instrument' I guess I'm more visual than audio.
@mooncalf1912 жыл бұрын
I unironically and unapologetically love that Talking Heads cover they did with Tom Jones. It slaps. Fight me.
@skakirask3 жыл бұрын
The Cardigans were indie pop before "indie pop" became a genre in the late 00's/2010's.
@SpaceCattttt3 ай бұрын
Indie pop is several decades older than that, child...
@dusty20802 ай бұрын
Indie Pop has been around since at least the '80s, but yeah this definitely sounds like 2010's Bedroom Pop stuff
@Painocus5 жыл бұрын
"A shiny, happy presentation of something that is actually kinda dark." That describes a fairly good chunk of Scandinavian pop music in-general to be honest (including ABBA).
@MartijnterHaar4 жыл бұрын
With ABBA's The Visitors as the ultimate example. Although The Day Before You Came is just straight up heart wrenching.
@tintomara62094 жыл бұрын
Yeah that is a tangible thing,that Nordic angst.Even when I was a young brirish kid back in the seventies I detected a definite melancholy undercurrent to a song like Dancing Queen for example,supposedly a happy song right?
@darganx4 жыл бұрын
Ingmar Bergman.. melancholy is in the blood..
@robertcajucom32034 жыл бұрын
Nords
@YouCanCallMeXoe4 жыл бұрын
@@darganx "Melancholy is in the blood..." that right there's a fucking album name.
@cartmann945 жыл бұрын
KZbin copyright bots: Fool me! Fool me! Go on and fool meeeeee!
@kduhtdkzrt5 жыл бұрын
Acutally, Google Bots: theres 10 seconds of non-talked-over music in this 20 minute video review. That copyright claim is totally legit!!!!!1!!2!!ELF!!
@Nobody-uj8oo5 жыл бұрын
heheheheh.....
@MissAshley423 жыл бұрын
Of all things, this song will forever remind me of Daria. Yes, Daria. It was one of the many songs of the time used for scene changes, and of them all, it's the one that most quickly transports me back to that era and my mindspace then.
@mytimetravellingdog Жыл бұрын
It's a big reason why if you want to watch Daria these days you have to go to pirate sites and get the tv records not anything on streaming or the dvds which had all the licenced music stripped out. Daria is great. Accepting a bit of visual quality loss for that soundtrack is more than worth it. It makes a big difference to the show and so definitively puts it in that late 90s very early 00s space.
@melm4251 Жыл бұрын
@@mytimetravellingdog absolutely, my awful quality rips of original Daria i torrented a decade ago are some of my most prized possessions haha
@thekernel69 Жыл бұрын
@@melm4251may I suggest the fan made version of daria, basically people took the dvd version and re added the og soundtrack using cd audio
@j_go.3 жыл бұрын
"Erase and Rewind" is the kind of hidden gem from them.
@sonikmuff4 жыл бұрын
I love the Cardigans. All of their albums are just underrated pop classics. Their Black Sabbath covers are top notch, they truly owned those songs in their special way.
@BeniRoseMusic4 жыл бұрын
It's so heartbreaking to me that such an incredible band got lost in the mix. Everyone knows this song, but just a step further is a world of wonderfully moving music!
@mantisbog4 жыл бұрын
@@BeniRoseMusic It also doesn't help that Todd is a fucking moron who doesn't actually know anything about music..
@thexalon4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the Cardigans playing Black Sabbath is almost like Weird Al doing polka versions of everything imaginable.
@jongilbertson21063 жыл бұрын
@@thexalon So you are saying that they are just pure genius. I agree.
@kayla32462 жыл бұрын
@@mantisbog I need some fine wine. And you? You need to be nicer.
@helios58684 жыл бұрын
"I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer" has legitimately become one of my favorite songs of all time since first seeing this episode for the first time.
@eamonndeane5873 жыл бұрын
I suspect that the Song is relatable to a Ton of Dissatisfied Housewives .
@goldfishon-steroids49462 жыл бұрын
It’s such a good song
@stellaVista Жыл бұрын
Should be a double A-side with You Only Say You Love Me When You´re Drunk by Pet Shop Boys.
@soundtrackcitypodcast83063 жыл бұрын
Their song "Erase/Rewind" was also featured in the prom scene from Never Been Kissed in 1999, also really melancholy but I dug it!
@beaudure014 жыл бұрын
“I Need Some Fine Wine (etc)” is awesome. “You’re foul in clear conditions, but you’re handsome in the fog” is a great line. “For What It’s Worth” is also beautiful, even if the video is darrrrrk.
@gingerkid10484 жыл бұрын
Don’t underestimate what catnip the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack was to teen girls in that era. Even I a devout punk couldn’t resist and this swapped with The Crow soundtrack for when I needed to lighten up.
@darrellcovello79174 жыл бұрын
And the Dangerous Minds soundtrack when your feeling like a gangster
@Spiderific4 жыл бұрын
Both great soundtracks honestly
@ytndndrummer4 жыл бұрын
As a male I had both soundtracks in constant rotation for that year.
@weebunny4 жыл бұрын
It had that excellent Radiohead song...
@Spiderific4 жыл бұрын
@@weebunny Yes! Talk Show Host! Great song
@sarche6965 жыл бұрын
"Certainly compared to our current hellscape dystopia, the 90's seems like living 24/7 in candy land" hahahaha not if you're from the Balkans.
@emilialeonetti90794 жыл бұрын
Panda Or Rwanda.
@Currrby4 жыл бұрын
@@emilialeonetti9079 Panda or Rwanda sounds like the easiest game of all time
@HSMiyamoto4 жыл бұрын
I thought about Kosovo 1999, too. I followed every day of that conflict via BBC World Service.
@indigonile6734 жыл бұрын
Ditto South Africa in the early 90s, when we didn't know if we were going to have a democracy or a civil war.
@babscabs19874 жыл бұрын
That comment took a wicked left turn lol
@highland_persuasion3 жыл бұрын
Lovefool is THE pop song of the 90's. That sunny, indie sound they had with their first 3 albums - no other act has sounded like that up until today.
@goldfishon-steroids49462 жыл бұрын
Not even today, I’ve listened to indie music recently haven’t found anything that reminds me of their songs. Then again that’s just my opinion
@jinxrlm Жыл бұрын
@@goldfishon-steroids4946 Check out Les Ailes for a fun rabbit hole of cardigan-esque music
@viralgayguy8 ай бұрын
@@goldfishon-steroids4946 The band Gregory and the Hawk really reminds me of them, especially the song Oats We Sow. I really recommend their song For The Best.
@claytongoode57152 жыл бұрын
Undoubtedly this song reached it's fullest potential when used in Hot Fuzz.
@AydarBMSTU Жыл бұрын
Collab with the Killers?? Awesome!
@RandomNonsense19859 ай бұрын
I sat through two hours of so-called acting and their kiss was the only convincing part.
@paulmcgrath61188 ай бұрын
Ha ha
@charliedawson48775 жыл бұрын
I love how Todd just doesn't give a shit and straight up says he doesn't want to do these Requests.
@thrownstair3 жыл бұрын
Todd used to come off as so conceited to me say, five years ago. Now I too am older, more cynical, more depressed, I empathise with him completely.
@cruzgomes56602 жыл бұрын
@@thrownstair y'all's loss not mine lol
@electricdevil24224 жыл бұрын
"My favorite game" begins my favorite Playstation 2 game - Gran Turismo 2. And I still get chills watching that opening.
@SlotCarCast4 жыл бұрын
This 100%. Had never heard of the cardigans until GT2.
@mattjones19924 жыл бұрын
Electric Devil the gt version is so different from the original. I wish the GT version was on streaming
@RobertSeeJen4 жыл бұрын
Playstation 1 friend :)
@seanseanston4 жыл бұрын
Yep... and of course they say that The Cardigans' album Gran Turismo may have actually been named after the game. I mean, kinda must've been though I can't remember seeing that it was ever actually confirmed. Still, I hated that GT2 had no Feeder wtf :( Gran Turismo just never quite feels like full Gran Turismo without Feeder.
@mattjones19924 жыл бұрын
seanseanston myself and everyone I know. Wouldn’t be feeder fans if it weren’t for gran turismo
@BigWilly3323 жыл бұрын
As an instrument nerd, they had absolutely amazing taste in instruments, a rickenbacker 360 and thunderbird are both amazing instruments
@richardwhitehead404 жыл бұрын
"But, love is inherently humiliating, isn't it...?" Indeed, sir. Indeed.
@MichaelTries5 жыл бұрын
Todd, I honestly think you could adapt to the more than a one hit wonder case. I love getting the band growth history and cultural significance because those are things that affect the listening of the song, and not being around for the release takes that away! You really fill in a blank that is really nice!
@nooneknows785 жыл бұрын
Michael Oppmann he kind of expands on something like that in his S Club 7 review
@MalloonTarka5 жыл бұрын
Hey Todd, if you see this: 100% this. I can personally attest that my music taste has expanded dramatically because of your and rap critic's reviews. There have been quite a number of times where you offhandedly mention a song and I go "Yep, that's going on the playlist." Seriously, I love learning about music history from you. I especially love you talking about thing you've only just researched yourself, since it means a whole new list of genres and songs for me to peruse.
@skyheartstar65105 жыл бұрын
I think one of the reasons he picked One Hit Wonders is because 1) he’s really fascinated by them and 2) they’re not as documented as bands with more than one remembered hit. I love his style and totally get why you want more from him specifically. Maybe you could ask him if you can commission something like that from him, maybe get a group together to pool money for it.
@heathermiller60465 жыл бұрын
@@MalloonTarka Music history lol. I'm curious as to your age, 'cause I heard this music in my childhood. I'm not making fun, it's just interesting to hear what a different generation thinks of music I grew up listening to (I was 7 when this came out). 😊
@MalloonTarka5 жыл бұрын
@@heathermiller6046 Heh, I was just about conceived at that time, but I wasn't just referring to this song. I was also referring to the stuff Todd has covered from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. "Fire", "Eve of Destruction" etc.
@surem83195 жыл бұрын
In Denmark, their song "erase and rewind" was also really popular. I remember listening to it on the radio pretty often before school when I was younger. :)
@RatelHBadger5 жыл бұрын
And New Zealand
@wolfpurplemoon5 жыл бұрын
and the UK!
@AthenisKS815 жыл бұрын
I heard it a ton in the US too, partially because it was used in a movie called The Thirteenth Floor that was similar to The Matrix, but using a film noir sci-fi setting (and they were released only a few months apart).
@Outoinen5 жыл бұрын
And in Finland.
@blinski15 жыл бұрын
And in Poland. Carnival was the first big hit if I remember well, in 1994. This collabo with Tom Jones was played to death! I never considered The Cardigans as one hit wonder, I remember them existing the whole second half of the 90's.
@QuitteProQuo Жыл бұрын
can't believe you never once mentioned erase/rewind. such an awesome song and was definitely a lot both on tv and radio, at least in Europe. to me, it's what late 90s sound like
@leonconnelly53034 жыл бұрын
"It's like if Lou Begas second song was about his heroin addiction" best Todd line ever
@denisehiggs89384 жыл бұрын
Erase rewind. That was released after my favourite game. It’s brill. How can you forget that one??
@StevenQ744 жыл бұрын
That was their best song kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIiyiqGsap51n5o
@toriagalaxy15664 жыл бұрын
Yes! thank you
@lovfro4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking exactly the same. I'm pretty sure it charted several places in Europe and was in Grand Turismo and the soundtrack for The 13th Floor. It also seemed to play at every uni party I attended at the time and played in the student clubs ad bars in town.
@richardroberson25644 жыл бұрын
He also didn't talk about carnival.
@keeneboy77004 жыл бұрын
Also on the soundtrack to the great cheese ball movie "Never Been Kissed."
@GlorianaLovejoy5 жыл бұрын
I hear "Lovefool" and think of those plastic 'lunchbox' purses, tiny backpacks, metallic lipsticks, dudes in bowling team shirts, gals in shiny clothing, and roll-on perfume that smelled like a flower barfed up a bunch of sweettarts. These are not fond memories for me, but I was wearing lime green jeans with patent leather boots at the time, so who the fuck am I to be judging anyone. Good tune, though.
@rgoodwyn5 жыл бұрын
So much this. I do have vivid memories of wearing a lot of huge jnco shorts, big johnson and no-fear t shirts in this era. Dark times they were...
@mambimoisture70545 жыл бұрын
These are all the best things ever.
@qwertyTRiG5 жыл бұрын
I almost want to ask for a photo of you in those jeans. They sound awesome/terrible.
@lisaclemente83115 жыл бұрын
Also butterflies clips that you decorate your hair with.... And ultimately get stepped on and brake into pieces. Smh!
@thelazycrafter4u5 жыл бұрын
You are describing 6th grade to me.
@UnorthodoxIndividual4 жыл бұрын
"Long Gone Before Daylight" is a fantastic album This band is underrated as hell.
@walterxbenjamin2 жыл бұрын
It also came out of nowhere. I remember it making album of the month in a German magazine and everyone being caught completely off guard.
@jeanmichellelaurent2 жыл бұрын
Especially “for what’s it’s worth” I wanna drive in the desert on a may/June afternoon to this song
@Bluemudphoenix2 жыл бұрын
Ridiculously underrated. “Gran Turismo “changed me. “Long Gone Before Daylight” is as good as they come
@sebastianklasson36134 жыл бұрын
The Cardigans is from my hometown and my mom's friend saw them live at a university thing when they where just starting and apparently pretty much everyone in the room thought that Nina had a bad singing voice. So she was very surprised when they found success(This is all according to her).
@Chatman6664 жыл бұрын
Am i the only one who thinks that "Iron man" es f*cking brilliant?
@tintomara62094 жыл бұрын
The Cardigans version of Ironman is freaking amazing!
@oddioblinker4 жыл бұрын
Nope love that cover
@MrBeenReadyy4 жыл бұрын
that was how i discovered the cardigans, imo the best version of the song outside the original. i really wish Marvel would have made use of it in the iron man films
@michaelfarrow58174 жыл бұрын
The Tom Jones collaboration was part of a covers album that Tom Jones did. So every track was with somebody who was a big name in the British charts at the time. It’s delightfully strange. Tom and the Stereophonics cover Eric Burdon, Tom and the Divine Comedy cover Portishead, Tom and the Pretenders cover Iggy Pop, TOM AND PORTISHEAD COVER A NEGRO SPIRITUAL. This album went quadruple platinum in the UK and got a 4 1/2 star rating from allmusic. You cannot tell me, Mr In The Shadows, that this doesn’t intrigue you just a little.
@stevemadden36424 жыл бұрын
That sounds pretty fucking awesome actually. Partly because I really enjoy Tom Jones
@V4Now3 жыл бұрын
The stereophonics duet was fun
@_tardigrade2 жыл бұрын
I bought that cd and enjoyed it a lot. Stil do from to time.
@michaelfarrow58172 жыл бұрын
@@_tardigrade it's very much of its time, which somehow makes it more charming.
@_tardigrade2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelfarrow5817 💯
@Spark_Chaser2 жыл бұрын
My big memory of their second hit is the opening to Gran Turismo 2. That song came out of the speakers and I was stunned to hear the Cardigans jamming at that level.
@mryett8 ай бұрын
Lovefool is the sheer pop-song perfection. Disco beat, love, love and more desperate unrequited love, hooks, sounds like it was sung over the phone response, the snare before launching into the chorus, and so much more. It is the greatest pop-song EVAH!
@ColeStudiman5 жыл бұрын
Hey, this is the episode that got me into The Cardigans. Love you Todd, God level content
@fun2building5 жыл бұрын
Same, I adore their first three albums now
@CrisSelene5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, after viewing this (a second time, now) I wanna go through all their discography just to see what good stuff they have besides "Lovefool" and "Losing My Favourite Game"
@ToasterBrain517025 жыл бұрын
Todd can be good for finding artists
@Malkmusianful5 жыл бұрын
I adored the Cardigans before this episode and I loved how Todd didn't just mock the song's use in Romeo Plus Juliet but instead celebrated the band, even down to their edgier-but-poppy stuff like "Been It" and all of Gran Turismo Cardigans are amazing
@sa_exploder5 жыл бұрын
This is my first time watching the episode, and I have to say, I'm going to check them out now. I had no idea the band that made "Lovefool" was the same band behind "Favorite Game"... and I had always kind of liked "Favorite Game" when I heard it on alt rock radio, but I was never inspired enough to check out the rest of their work. I will correct that now. edit: oooh, and they also did "Erase and Rewind"... another local alt rock station classic that I like, but never actually bothered to research.
@corsaircarl95825 жыл бұрын
Ok, so no one else gonna say it? That woman has the prettiest blue eyes...
@rateeightx4 жыл бұрын
Eh, They're Not Green, Or Gold, For Blue They're Pretty Decent.
@TheStarBlack4 жыл бұрын
She has the prettiest everything!
@ronnelson78284 жыл бұрын
🇸🇪 Ya sure, Ya betcha! 🇸🇪
@53subscribersnovideos353 жыл бұрын
Oh, she's from Sweden, they all look like that.
@stefanpredoi4564 Жыл бұрын
I literally never thought of this as a happy song. The very indie vocal delivery combined with the minor seventh chord stabs always made the irony of the song apparent. I can imagine the Magnetic Fields putting it on 69 Love Songs.
@SonofMrPeanut Жыл бұрын
Taking roll call for everyone who came here after Last Week Tonight's Trash episode.
@theadvocate4698 Жыл бұрын
I was so happy to see her! oliver is a genius!
@severeerror525 жыл бұрын
Also of note: "My Favourite Game" was used in the intro to PS1 mega-seller Gran Turismo 2, and the name of the album was...Gran Turismo.
@hiimemily4 жыл бұрын
Rumor has it that the first Gran Turismo was indeed their favorite game, and they would play it a lot while they were on tour.
@deanchur4 жыл бұрын
Dunno how he missed that, having that song in the game exposed the song to millions of people
@PAINNN6664 жыл бұрын
@@deanchur I think he doing it on purpose. I mean it's not one hit wonders if they have two.
@marcoscarrasco924 жыл бұрын
For some reason, they were big in Mexico. I hated Lovefool, but adored almost everything that came after it.
@sailis18093 жыл бұрын
Cardigans were huge in the UK/Ireland back in the mid/late 90's, such nostalgia when I hear them!
@josron60883 жыл бұрын
The Cardigans was one of the best bands out there. I was surprised how deep there discography goes.
@RDMacQ5 жыл бұрын
You don't think that there is a better representation of the Bubblegum 90's than THIS song? Have we completely forgotten about Aqua and Barbie Girl?
@guillermodebaskerville71174 жыл бұрын
RDMacQ i think he meant GOOD, not SUCCESSFUL
@guillermodebaskerville71174 жыл бұрын
@Michael Persico I'd love to watch that
@TheStarBlack4 жыл бұрын
Yeah this isn't bubblegum at all. It's just a sweet sounding song.
@SeanStrife4 жыл бұрын
...I think it's for the best we do forget it. I hate that song as much as I hate the fucking Macarena but, weirdly enough, I've kinda dug Aqua's work outside of that song.
@Aster_Risk4 жыл бұрын
I think it's because it's that clash of bright colors and sugary poppiness with the sadness of the meaning of the song. The 90s was a mixture of some very dark and light stuff coming together.
@thecartoonroom84695 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing the band justice-they're such an autonomous, unique, and talented band who really did deserve better. Even the sugary goodness that is "Lovefool" has some subversive lyrics for its sound, and they have entire albums' worth of good content.
@tommyweigle4 жыл бұрын
The Cardigans have been one of my favorite bands since high school when I came across the First Band on the Moon CD in my dad's collection. They really mean a lot to me. I doubt you're reading comments on a video from 18 months ago by now, but I just want to say thank you for this video.
@nikolaimather19392 жыл бұрын
i discovered that album in my dad's collection too!! this video made me feel so happy and nostalgic
@1cattails Жыл бұрын
The Cardigans is soooo greattt, I just love all of the songs!!
@1cattails Жыл бұрын
Hey!! I love sick&tired, too!!!!
@Kellerwerks4 жыл бұрын
You are remiss to have not mentioned "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough", the duet that Nina did with the Manic Street Preachers. It peaked at number 2 in the UK, number 1 in Scotland , and was in the top 10 in Ireland and Norway.
@Pining_for_the_fjords4 жыл бұрын
As a fan of the Manics I agree.
@danpreston5644 жыл бұрын
And is one of the best songs the Manics ever wrote.
@Spiderific4 жыл бұрын
Hells yeah
@HolyGoddessMotherAnne2 жыл бұрын
The Manics were brilliant,I love their cover of suicide is painless.
@calmbbaer11 ай бұрын
The Manics were a non-entity in the States. None of their songs charted, not even on the alternative charts. Their albums were released in the US, but they didn't chart, either. And because they were so ideological, I don't think they ever did ads, soundtracks, etc. The only people here who heard them heard them was through word of mouth, which sometimes meant just buying their albums and hoping their British pop translated to U.S. ears. I must admit that, for me, they did not; after 4 of their first 5 albums, all I remember of them is "A Design for Life" and "If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next." I never heard "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough." But I loved Gran Turismo.
@TalkSickMass4 жыл бұрын
"My Favorite Game" is one of the greatest opening tracks for a video game.
@sodaandcookies14 жыл бұрын
gt2 right? lol
@zbr764 жыл бұрын
It's one of the greatest SONGS ever recorded. Full stop.
@kylesoler41392 жыл бұрын
Outside of Just A Day by Feeder.
@BeniRoseMusic4 жыл бұрын
The Cardigans will always and forever be the band that deserved better. The fact that such an incredible band got lost on so many people is heartbreaking to me, it'd be like if everyone knew about naps but didn't know you could sleep for 8 hours at night! Long Gone Before Daylight will forever be in my Top 10, if you haven't heard it, go lay down in a dark room and put it on.
@Captainoneliner2 жыл бұрын
I looked through as many comments here as I could to see if anyone appreciated your Katamari Damacy reference and didn’t see any. One of the best games ever.
@philly_sports15585 жыл бұрын
Nina Pearson looks vaguely like "Veronica Mars"-era Kristen Bell. Maybe I believe that because I've been recently watching that show and it's the only thing I can think about currently.
@AsianFruitSalad5 жыл бұрын
No, it's not vague, she's the spitting image of Veronica Mars in this music video. I had to pull up images of the two of them side by side and I can barely tell them apart, the resemblance is uncanny.
@BrianMcD864 жыл бұрын
Not crossed eyed enough
@Chudhole4 жыл бұрын
Early cardigans albums are really good. And I always felt Gran Turismo was killer. I remember a bunch of bands doing that sound in the 90s
@Chudhole3 жыл бұрын
@Luke I felt like the later records didn’t have the same bite as the early stuff but it’s hard to compete with emerdale.
@cb-wi1cq4 жыл бұрын
Whoever donated in patreon for this episode: thank you. The Cardigans are have been my favorite band for the last year and a half bc of this video specifically. Also thanks to Todd in ye shadows of course!
@wolfhawk19994 жыл бұрын
This really makes me want to check them out. They sound like great songwriters
@DinsdalePiranha674 жыл бұрын
Funny how Sweden's musical exports are either saccharine throwaway pop or some variant of extreme metal... And for some crossover, the Cardigans did record a cover of "Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath."
@Youfoh4 жыл бұрын
You deserve way more followers. The internet is sleepin.
@TheMiuToo8 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite songs of all time and favorite groups!
@waynechapman98233 жыл бұрын
I'm a fan of the Cardigans (well, I've got two of their albums, at least), and one thing you need to know about them is that founding members Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson were very much into heavy metal. In other words, their Black Sabbath covers aren't meant to be a joke, although they obviously appreciate a spot of irony as "Lovefool" clearly demonstrated. One song from their album "Life" that I really dig (more than the others, anyway) is "Daddy's Car," and I'd recommend that everyone who hasn't heard it take the time to check it out immediately. I would gladly listen to anything that comes out of Nina Persson's mouth. She could probably make projectile vomiting sound winsome and sweet!
@JacquesBlacques10 ай бұрын
I'm two years late but THIS COMMENT RIGHT HERE!!
@ggggfan15 жыл бұрын
Todd in the Shadows: Resurrection
@TooTsaka5 жыл бұрын
*Resurrect Erection
@diamondaxestudios55915 жыл бұрын
Man, I didnt realize copyright would be so harsh on a bunch of sweaters
@Evergladez3 жыл бұрын
Still one of my favorite bands, such unquie and creative choices in all of their songs.
@lemonworm2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this one Todd, after this video The Cardigans have become one of my favorite bands of all time. They have such a unique vibe and sound that hits me just right.
@JusticeChrist4 жыл бұрын
MY old indie/punk band covered this back in the early 2010's. It somehow fit our music and style perfectly played almost entirely straight. It's a legitimately great little chameleon of a song.
@ZeusCannonBen5 жыл бұрын
I never really knew much about The Cardigans except for My Favourite Game (fitting because that's how I describe Gran Turismo 2, which is where I heard it). I'll have to check out some more of their discography.
@robertoesquivel44475 жыл бұрын
Dude do it, they're HIGHLY underrated and I'm shaken that no one here in the threads is standing up and saying anything about it. Listen to their first album Emmerdale
@dallasshumaker6148 Жыл бұрын
I love this episode. I loved the R&J soundtrack, and the rock hit from the band. It is always fun remembering and learning more about these musicians. I have a road trip planned in February and will be listening to all your one hit wonderland episodes on the trip.
@billtell50123 жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to Kiss as a child. As I got older Faith No More/Mr. Bungle became my guiding light along with other creative, heavier bands. But before Lovefool came out they had a single called Carnival that I really liked. Enough to buy the LP it was on.
@thelazycrafter4u5 жыл бұрын
I remember the tv commercial for "Grand Turismo" it showed footage of "Lovefool" and asked if you remembered the Cardigans then played footage of "My Favourite Game".
@starsandspit4 жыл бұрын
Carnival was a bit of a hit. Not a smash hit like Lovefool, but thanks in-part to being on the Austin Powers soundtrack it garnered some attention.
@lucymorrison Жыл бұрын
thank you for helping me discover this band!! they're so good and you can absolutely tell they love what they do
@chriscuthbertson4 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to 'Life' on repeat in the mid 90's. I'm in the UK so that probably explains it.
@ironmaster64965 жыл бұрын
Once again THANK YOU for presenting me this awesome band and especially their song Rise and Shine (which became one of my all Time favourites)
@KTKZon584 жыл бұрын
Emmerdale, First Band on the Moon, and Gran Turismo are 3 of the greatest albums of the 90s, and nobody can convince me otherwise
@BrokamaGay4 жыл бұрын
I took it upon myself to listen to their greatest hits and I ended up loving lots of their early stuff. It's bubbly and saccharin and I can't get enough (Carnival for the win)
@betteryearentertainment40048 күн бұрын
Sometime in 2014, KODA-FM (Sunny 99.1) in Houston expanded its playlist to include a whole ton of Eighties and Nineties hits. Miserable as I was that summer, it was a very important time for me. That's how I first heard "I Can Dream About You" (or was that added the previous summer?), "Faith," "Father Figure," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" (one of the few pre-Eighties songs they played), "Only Wanna Be with You," and, of course, "Lovefool." That was one I instantly fell for. A few years ago, I bought the album it came from ("First Band on the Moon") at Half Price Books. I wanted to play "Lovefool" on the way home, but Dad didn't want that earworm in him. Oh, and "Black Letter Day" sounds like something that would be used in "Pumpkin." You know, the movie where Christina Ricci falls in love with a disabled kid and everyone hates her now? Yeah, that movie.
@Gadzinisko5 жыл бұрын
I'll gladly watch this again. Video that introduced me to this great band and made me a fan.
@SABRMatt20104 жыл бұрын
You have a fanbase that is your age...you're going to get a lot of requests from the 90s. :)
@V4Now3 жыл бұрын
Best decade 👍🏾
@metetural91403 жыл бұрын
@@V4Now as a metal head I can wholeheartedly say fuck no to that. Well the late 90's atleast. Early 90's were pretty good
@V4Now3 жыл бұрын
@@metetural9140 hey, that decade had almost every genre hit the charts or get a bigger fan base. It was one of the most diverse and experimental decade.
@PiousMoltar2 жыл бұрын
@@metetural9140 As a fellow metalhead I disagree wholeheartedly. It was late 90s metal that got me into metal... no... got me into music, period. Yes, nu metal. Korn, Limp Bizkit. Still two of my favourite bands to this day. And Machine Head. Then In Flames were my fave band for a while, Colony through to Reroute are amazing. They're not so good any more though. But from there I got into loads of melodic death. And just death in general. Technical death metal especially. But yeah, getting back to the late 90's... Fear Factory? Nevermore? Testament!?
@PiousMoltar2 жыл бұрын
Okay I know all those bands started before the late 90s... Fear Factory, okay they were going downhill in the late 90s but were still awesome. But Nevermore were going uphill in my opinion and Testament released my personal favourite, The Gathering, in 99. It's the perfect blend of groove and death and thrash. It's just metal as fuck.
@ninachristin21644 жыл бұрын
The pool scene song of Lovefool is in The movie : Cruel intentions 😉
@TheMr.L01 Жыл бұрын
Dang, this episode really made me want to check out this band (more so than most). Funny that you made the Katamari connection because I was also kind of making that in my head as some of the earlier clips played.
@ECL28E4 жыл бұрын
I remember this song was "played" in Hot Fuzz... after the in-movie Romeo and Juliet play
@RGS_15205 жыл бұрын
when it's a reupload of one of the best episodes so you watch it anyways
@Alex_Nason5 жыл бұрын
Oh hey RGS, didn't think I'd find you here
@Nobody-uj8oo5 жыл бұрын
and it gets taken down
@guysirius62344 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your channel thanks the office reminding me of this song. Fantastic editing. Top notch.
@benjammin76632 жыл бұрын
This video introduced me to one of my favorite bands, thanks todd!
@CasaiAgicap4 жыл бұрын
As someone who fell in love with this group and went on to explore as much of their music as possible, Super Extra Gravity (the album "I Need Some Fine Wine" is on) is easily my favorite of their albums. It's kind of incredible.
@Aster_Risk5 жыл бұрын
Time to watch this again. Gotta get those views back up.
@mmurph9 ай бұрын
I love everything about this song. It's pure pop music done right.
@whitecloak11 Жыл бұрын
Her voice is hypnotic and thanks for showing me rise and shine I love it.
@rapaore5 жыл бұрын
How did he forget Erase / Rewind?
@wolfpurplemoon5 жыл бұрын
I was coming to comment about Erase/Rewind as well!
@TheEvilPet5 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment, thank you. It's weird, cus Lovefool barely registered on my radar as a hit but Favourite Game and Erase & Rewind were my jaaaam.
@scottlapier47975 жыл бұрын
Erase / Rewind is an incredible song. I can't remember if it was a 'hit' but it is one of their best works
@Ysckemia4 жыл бұрын
because he erased it and rewinded his memory.
@rafaelsolano4944 жыл бұрын
Ditto
@henriktheonly38745 жыл бұрын
A Lot of Nordic bands get real big in Japan, No idea why
@TheBurpMan5 жыл бұрын
There is, in fact, a reason: The Cardigans and other groups from the "lounge revival" genre are pretty similar to the japanese "Shibuya-kei" genre. Look for "Pizzicato Five" on KZbin, they were one of the biggest musical acts in Japan. I'm pretty sure you will understand with just one video.
@beatsbycossack5 жыл бұрын
@@TheBurpMan interesting! The first thing I thought of when I heard Lovefool was the song Calling from the game The World Ends with You.
@YouCanCallMeXoe4 жыл бұрын
The reason is because the Japanese have better taste in popular music than America. :P
@grisflyt4 жыл бұрын
@@TheBurpMan Very late reply, but that's not the reason. Many different Swedish bands and musicians have had success in Japan. Jazz singer Monica Zetterlund is quite big there. That goes back half a century. But the 1990s was probably the "Swedish decade" in Japan, with Cardigans, Pandora, and Meja having their largest market there.
@richardroberson25644 жыл бұрын
@@YouCanCallMeXoe Bruh
@dirtyjose326315 күн бұрын
As a tween or so at the time of release, I had completed what used to be a rite of passage: signing up for mail order music purchase service with the promise of many albums for just a dollar (perhaps less, don't recall). I had selected the best of what rock or metal I could muster from the selections available and still had one left to go, so I let my little brother pick one. He picked this album. He listened to Lovefool twice and never touched it again. I grew curious at the Iron Man cover and gave the rest of it go. It is one of my favorites, and so is the band itself. Thank you Columbia House for having such an easily exploitable service back in the day!
@bribook694 жыл бұрын
I think I've found my new favorite KZbin channel. I just love everything about this.
@shaneg90814 жыл бұрын
"Love Fool" was done somewhat ironically and they hated that it became their one really big success.
@richardroberson25644 жыл бұрын
Funny since they made it one of the catchiest songs of the 90s.
@umbram80735 жыл бұрын
Do Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches! It was a weirdly sample heavy song to have weathered a chunk of time in the radio airtime
@averagebritishguy70825 жыл бұрын
Not a hit in the US. It isn't even their biggest hit in a majority of countries.
@rnbmeister4 жыл бұрын
Their 'one hit' track would be "Since I left you" if you were asking me. But I wouldn't call them one hit wonders.
@RickyMacHatton3 жыл бұрын
And possibly the greatest music video of all time
@kevingriffin8854 Жыл бұрын
This band has so many great songs. While I was aware of Lovefool, I was 12 in 1996, it was hearing Carnival way later in life that made me a fan.
@dwilliams21 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy these vids, just wanted to let you know. They're like, perfect to enjoy during a lunch break, engaging and interesting. I had no idea about the Cardigans but from your video, I learned they're LEGIT!!!