POP SONG REVIEW: "Drive By" by Train

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[@immortaluglyfish2724]

"Just a shy guy looking for a two ply" *has mental images of a Shy-Guy from Super Mario desperately searching for toilet paper in King Koopa's castle*

[@shannonshaw3063]

That's gotta be pretty difficult.

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

The Coronavirus struck the King Koopas castle

[@Zulf85]

I'm still laughing to this day at "I'm so gangster I'm so thug". It doesn't sound as whimsical and self-aware as Train seem to think it does

[@PrinzPassionsfrucht]

It is a: "so bad its good"- line, it sounds so awful it goes so far below zero that it becomes a ten.

[@applemask]

David Duke wishes he was that white.

[@danielpatternson6149]

It’s actually “You’re so gangster I’m song thug”

[@Zackeezy]

It becomes so much worse when you realize the "soul sister" he's singing about is almost certainly black, and he's making a big deal about it.

[@SYNTAAX84]

It’s supposed to come across as funny to normies like you. They were obviously joking

[@jefferyjones8399]

The singer of Train is like your friend’s dad who tries desperately to be cool but ends up being really creepy and sad.

[@heymistercarter.]

I often say that TRAIN is technically "Dad Joke Rock". And half the lines in this pretty much confirm it.

[@rashotcake6945]

don’t let your friend’s dad read this 💀

[@th3gr81]

Pat: Hey kids, I just wrote a rock n’ roll song. I got laid. Pretty cool huh.

[@ManImJustSomeDude]

A super lame Randy Marsh 😂

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Train is Walter White if he tried singing instead of selling illegal drugs.

[@csousher]

My mom taught the old keyboardist for Train when he was in high school. My dad’s friend is Kip Winger’s cousin. When he sang “remember Winger” I realized that my entire life is just six degrees of Pat Monaghan

[@matti...]

lol

[@larissabrglum3856]

Dave Barry, a popular humorist from Florida, has a name for music of the inoffensive, easy-listening, overly sentimental variety: "weenie music." Weenie music artists are often men getting toward middle age, seemingly because they feel they can no longer pull off the hard-edged rock star act they had when they were younger. Maroon 5 is a prime example of this; their early music had a bit of edge, but with each passing year, their music drifts further in the direction of weenie music.

[@gabingston3430]

Here's my favorite type of weenie music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5q5iqJ-gp18Z9U

[@anongarcia]

I love that. Going to try and find a way to incorporate 'weenie music' into my regular vocabulary now

[@haleymist09]

@@gabingston3430 i actually clicked a random link. Worth it.

[@soulbrother5435]

There is only one way to age gracefully towards weenie music is to start to play blues

[@rockrenegade]

Train’s entire career must be a prank. “If we make the music as boring as possible, let’s see what insane nonsense we can sing about before anybody notices.” It’s either completely insane or absolute genius.

[@yourlocalnerd7788]

It reminds me of the band Cracker. Except I think Cracker does it on purpose and sounds descent and goes way harder in terms of how strange their lyrics get

[@DreFromMaine8472]

@@yourlocalnerd7788my favorite song by Cracker is 1996’s “I Hate My Generation”.

[@emilyxyz]

Monahan said the lyric, "Hefty bag to hold my love" was inspired by when he used to work at a restaurant in Erie, Pennsylvania. He and his friends would sneak the owner's beer out of the fridge, hide it in trash bags in the dumpster, and then take it home and drink it when their shift was over. This made him associate Hefty bags with holding things that made him happy. When the song was released, Hefty sent him several boxes of garbage bags in gratitude for the shout-out. The "shy guy" in the lyrics came from his restaurant days, when he went to a party where he was scared to talk to anyone. A husband of his coworker, who was a very large but kind man, came up to him and called him "Shy guy."

[@candrian7]

I was most of the way through Todd's rant before I realised Hefty is a brand

[@kimifw58]

So his song lyrics are in-jokes?

[@Zulf85]

there's something quite sweet about the fact his lyrics are references to the most obtuse things in his life - it doesn't make the song better to me, but it's nice when an artist feels they could go out and write something personal even on a major label.

[@viralgayguy]

I need to know why you know this much about Pat Monahan.

[@Zulf85]

@@viralgayguy I mean...probably a fan of his work. I don't see a problem here?

[@mantistoboggan537]

After all of these years, I still think Todd's at his best when he's roasting Train lmao

[@sweesbees]

imagine the alternate universe where train became the new maroon 5 i think we got off lucky

[@rayelgatubelo]

If only! That would have been hilarious! Maroon 5 is bland. Pat Monahan is the Ed Wood of minivan rock.

[@catcat4697]

I'd take a whole train station if that meant imagine dragons would gtf off of the charts every year

[@Jaceblue04]

I honestly don't know if that would be better or worse than a new Maroon 5 single stinking up the charts every year.

[@fredroberts8275]

Train at least fun awful lyrics, they would be better than Maroon 5's blandness factory.

[@gpgp1841]

"oh the way you do me" - expresses the true romance of our times 💥

[@anonymousindividual0]

I find it weird that that line was sung by a 40 something year old man, I mean all of the lyrics suck but that’s just childish lol.

[@gpgp1841]

@@anonymousindividual0 40 going on 13 i guess :D

[@Moggetslittlesister]

This was my first ever Todd review. Hefty Bag makes me laugh to this day. I'm glad it's on youtube!! Seems to be a relatively recent un-privatization judging by the viewcount.

[@millie8943]

How did you discover his videos?

[@Moggetslittlesister]

@@millie8943 Channel Awesome lol. By the time Todd left there was nothing left worth watching on it so I followed him to youtube.

[@mrofftopic2802]

This and Hey Soul Sister are Todd's most hilarious reviews.

[@enriquegilmour]

Todd is the very best on KZbin.

[@kxa1026]

@@mrofftopic2802 Like a G6 review has entered the chat.

[@rubywest5166]

Huh, I always thought the "Hefty bag" line wasn't great... But you know, big strong bag of love, I can see it, right? Knowing it's a garbage bag brand though just makes it *CRIMINAL*

[@DerekPower]

“Your love is like ... a virus ... that you put in a garbage bag”

[@mattc2306]

Looking at the lyrics, this almost makes the song's protagonist look like a serial killer, given the mention of drive bys and garbage bags. Not to mention that the guy in the song is chasing after a girl that moved away, and this is practically a stalker anthem.

[@Aforementioned]

Bruh, "eschew" is not a synonym for "give off".

[@mattc2306]

@@Aforementioned I changed it.

[@Aforementioned]

@@mattc2306 Woot.

[@cyrileisen1324]

"Exudes" is what you're looking for, I think.

[@aacproductions996]

@@Aforementioned oh so that’s why I like it so much

[@JoshuaFagan]

I think this is the first time I've seen this one without Russian subtitles.

[@justvibin1447]

"This is vogon poetry level bad" damn Todd no need to murder the man

[@Ganmorg]

There seems to be a Hitchhikers Guide reference for every occasion

[@haleymist09]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Lee-dm7xm]

One of Todd’s funniest of all time. I’ll remember that fucking hefty bag line on my deathbed.

[@alisaurus4224]

11:46 “My love for you went viral” hits different in 2020

[@josemaria8177]

I see I´m not the only one that goes back to Todd´s classics during pandemic times

[@hugo-fr2rs]

Truly...

[@ImMimi.x]

@@josemaria8177 there's many of us

[@FernieCanto]

I actually think it hit *worse* before covid, 'cause, you know, there are *other* viruses out there that are spread through "love"...

[@catarinabarbosa2247]

i don't why this was in my recommended but i love a good vintage todd

[@anongarcia]

same, gotta pay tribute to the classics

[@TheEtherny]

Welp, now Todd knows there's at least 2k people digging through his old content willing to watch it despite it being old

[@sawbonesquad4876]

tbh I don't remember seeing this one on original upload

[@catcat4697]

I think this is the 3rd time I'm here, yes i have issues. No i don't wanna talk about it, and yes of course i blame society

[@danielpatternson6149]

I know, it’s sad how people don’t have anything better to do

[@kyletowers9662]

Pat reminds me of a parent trying to use teen slang that ends up embarrassing their kid.

[@littlestcuttlefish]

I always thought this "my love for you went viral" meant like a picture of them kissing or a sex tape or something got online and that's part of why she moved away. Hefty bag line sucks though and has nothing that can save it

[@missquinberly]

The most fascinating part about Train is their genre is just "bad lyrics"

[@blazicgd]

I mean the reason Train in 1999 and 2001 worked so well is because the music was very pretty sounding. They went from adult alternative with heavy use of orchestra to very bland and basic adult alternative

[@levyticus2760]

12:22 Back in 2012, your next upload after this was the first episode of One-Hit Wonderland. Exactly ten years have passed- And I am still desperately waiting for you to do Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” on OHW

[@Bigbadbo121]

Wow, I'm super glad I decided to do a first-to-last run of Todd's channel so I could see this. XD

[@Mk-dm5xu]

same!

[@redwaytoo]

I think the chorus is supposed to be self-deprecating, which is kinda even worse and more manipulative, like "uwu but I'm just a shy little guy, guess I'll put my love in a garbage bag because I'm such a garbage person -_-"

[@Bruhlie]

I call the genre of music described at the beginning "Scrubs Music" because when I watched the tv show Scrubs I noticed each episode ended with some song that sounded exactly like the ones in this video.

[@missquinberly]

If I had a million dollars, I'd be rich

[@lillianward2810]

That’s actually perfect

[@DestinyKiller]

I'm not entirely sure Monahan isn't trolling the people that like his music. Like, yeah, I sold out but hey, I can say the stupidest shit now and you people will buy it

[@maskofice9432]

12:00 "Stop Kony withy my love" and that's how you know this originally came out in 2012. I wouldn't even know what that meant if it weren't for internet historian

[@njujuznem6554]

Train is an objectively awful band but honestly I can't help but like them. Songs like Drive By and Play That Song always make me smile. By the way, did you know that Train did an album covering all of Led Zeppelin II? It's simultaneously the worst and best thing you'll ever hear.

[@FernieCanto]

"It's simultaneously the worst and best thing you'll ever hear. I agree with the "worst" part of it.

[@videobeagle]

Everyone eventually realizes that Train, while not good, has just fun sounding music.

[@voiceineheadphones]

@@videobeagle That is objectively false. Their music sounds like forced fun at best.

[@MBrix-up2wi]

@@videobeagle best explanation of Train ever.

[@rl1275]

@@voiceineheadphones Have you completed your 2 hours of government mandated fun today?

[@witchflowers6942]

lol omg when my dad was in middle school he wrote a terrible rap song and his friend read it and said *quote* - “yeah it’s good, like, uh ‘moon spoon june’”… reminds me of this banger

[@getschwifty5271]

Lol reminds me of my drunken freestyle 'dogs in the back, smokin crack, actin whack boutta attack' your Dad & I have similar rap styles

[@robjgolde3221]

Seriously though, there’s so much to hate about Train, but there worst part of their big singles post-2010 is the way Monahan drags out words like “deny” “drive by” “my” “hey”, etc.

[@ab.6223]

His train reviews are all my favorite, I have to watch them every time it comes up in recommended

[@NRF-ql3bq]

Same! My favorite of his is the hey soul sister one. Second is this one. And third is when he mentions 50 ways to say goodbye in another one, lol.

[@gabingston3430]

7:50 I hadn't seen that ad in like a decade.

[@squeallymaniac]

"Quick, what rhymes with spiral? Oh, that's right: viral!" He's such a lazy rhymer

[@christopherb501]

Could have been worse. If it came out now, he'd probably try to tie it into the Spiral movie.

[@moyo6606]

I just realized that Ryan Tedder ripped this song off but actually made it better with more interesting lyrics (Counting Stars)

[@timwideman8824]

Criticism of this song is totally justified. But it was written by a couple of guys named Lind and Bjoerklund, so probably just elves from the Max Martin pop song sweatshop. That’s still no excuse for Train to force it upon the world as is, of course.

[@louschwick7301]

weird that one of todd's best reviews has almost no views. weird re-upload time i guess

[@CamWithAQU]

Probably been stuck in Copyright Strike Limbo. Heck, I think I just searched for this one last month and it was still unavailable in the USA.

[@TheEtherny]

@@CamWithAQU Also, there is a reupload that has way more views so people already watched it

[@freedom_mayor]

1. hefty bag is gross 2. i didnt know this was a train song lmao 3. do garbage bags even come in 2-ply? it's associated with toilet paper which makes it even weirder and grosser.

[@nikibronson133]

I'm suddenly getting so many recommendations for super old reviews I didn't even know existed and I'm glad because I was running out of content

[@vastava]

this is my comfort video

[@enbytoon]

I’ve been thinking about Hefty Bag for OVER A DECADE NOW

[@greatrieck]

The hefty bag line gives me the same vibes as the Bedrock Gudda Gudda "Grocery Bag" line.

[@betteryearentertainment4004]

The way I see it is as follows: When Pat sings "My love for you went viral," he's basically saying his affection for this girl REALLY took off after the one-night stand. "This is not a drive by" indicates that it's not a fleeting affair, and the Hefty bag line suggests his love for her is so immense he's gonna need a big enough container for it.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Yes we understand the logic behind those lyrics but they're still terrible lyrics.

[@Lovely2291]

Train used to make wine and the only time i had it, i got so drunk i threw up red all over the couch. This is what my friend group calls getting Train Wrecked.

[@mead0wsgates]

I really liked this song when I was kid, and I think the fact that I didnt know a whole lot of english really helped with that

[@lylecohen1638]

Probably my favourite Todd video

[@typicalfurry2747]

Its the least viewed video he has lol

[@KuLaydMahn]

She probably ran when she found out he's Pat Monaghan

[@agonzalez7095]

half of train's songs out there sound like Monahan did a first draft in 5 minutes and without correcting anything decided he had the finished product.

[@leelongvideo]

"The first draft of anything is shit" Ernest Hemingway.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

​@@leelongvideoErnest Hemingway was right about that.

[@galleryofrogues]

Calling all angels! OHH, do you mean *calling all ane-gee-elles?*

[@NRF-ql3bq]

The SECOND best Todd review imo with Hey soul sister being the first! :D, XD Amazing review. We honestly need music critics in this world when these kind of songs exist, lol.

[@ManImJustSomeDude]

I didn’t think anyone hated Train more than me and then I found Pat Finnerty. #stopthetrain

[@davidheller8540]

Beato

[@FernieCanto]

I used to like Todd in the Shadows, but thanks to Pat, I realised how disreputable Todd's opinions are due to the lack of random amps, loose drums and pedal walls on his videos. And it's too late for poor Todd to even try, 'cause he can't top the Pedal Mobile. He's got a tough road ahead of him.

[@ManImJustSomeDude]

@@FernieCanto don't forget the back at the board for no reason shots. lol

[@loganharm207]

I thought the lead singer for train was jimmy Fallon until last year

[@devinq4605]

4:56 A Trainwreck-ord, if you will.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

😂....that pun is better than any of the lyrics in his songs.

[@AkoSiLuis]

H E F T Y B A G

[@dizent2885]

7 years later and hefty bag still kills me

[@DC4260Productions]

Just realised that Monahan looks like the poor man's Huey Lewis. Same goes for their lyrics.

[@superjew837]

All Train songs blend together so I clicked on this video hoping it was the yom kippur one

[@NJGuy1973]

That song offends me as a Jew.

[@robjgolde3221]

STOP THE TRAIN! STOP THE TRAIN!

[@HandlebarOrionX]

Pat Monahan sings like a terrible Adam Levine impersonator, looks like a disgraced E! host and writes lyrics like a drunk at a party desperately chasing a girl who told him "no" for the 15th time

[@Drogon7102]

274 views? Wtf how? Why did I never see this, I thought I saw all his reviews.

[@theycallmeroach1911]

There's a playist of all todds work even for the taken down ones kzbin.info/aero/PLh49uiskJWB0maU_U_ZnGLB8WCq3R-5Rh Credits who made it.

[@dellavanilla]

@@theycallmeroach1911 thank you for sharing my playlist :) justice for his unreleased work!

[@nate567987]

This needs more views

[@munjee2]

Oh shit I missed one, I actually missed one upload

[@zoeybarter3246]

I’m now realizing that so many songs I remember from growing up are Train songs

[@wmralder]

That album was the last Train album that I even partly liked. after that it was a freefall. I remember that about this time Pat fell off the wagon and it was all downhill from there.

[@SwearfoGod.]

Train, Maroon 5, Lifehouse, Daughtry, The Calling - Music for NPCs

[@joes-jv9hk]

I hate this song but I think the lyrics are fun, he really does sound like he’s lost his mind

[@KyleHillhouse]

When I first heard the piano I was singing “50 ways to say goodbye” in my head. I knew they were rip offs but I didn’t even think of drive by first over it’s instrumental it was that bad of a ripoff

[@sagecolvard9644]

Ah shit, when did this come back? Why does it have less than 2,000 views?

[@dellavanilla]

it came back months ago but it didn't post like it was a new upload, it just got unblocked after years of being blocked so it still acts like it was originally uploaded in 2015. therefore it didn't get recommended to anyone as a new video when it got unblocked.

[@christopherb501]

@@dellavanilla They should still watch it again. One of the best videos he ever did.

[@dellavanilla]

@@christopherb501 there was no notification of this coming back so ppl don't usually scroll all the way down his old videos to check out his stuff lol. it is sad that not many ppl are gonna see it

[@play-s-_______-osu]

finally it got unblocked

[@kevinforbesofficial]

i don't think Train will ever top the laziness/garbage of basing a song off "Heart and Soul" I can't think of a more phoned in shitpile than that, they might as well have just covered Chopsticks.

[@nosilladex]

Stop Kony....that takes me back.

[@DianaGohan]

5:34 - "What the what?" - Wait did amazing world of gumball get that from Todd in the shadows?

[@louisduarte8763]

I still say "groovy". Got the idea from Ash Williams.

[@LAChantrose]

#StopTheTrain

[@4ll3sb4n4n3]

One of my favorites of his

[@maxiejohnson8356]

Lmao Im not familiar with the brand and Im not a native English speaker, godamn I remember listening to these songs in middle school and never cared about the lyrics enough

[@riahlexington]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before. I love Todd. Why wasn’t this in my recommended until now. Nevermind I have seen this. Oasis aren’t adult alternative.

[@akosy129]

7:03 Does he mean Jenny Humphry from Gossip Girl is Garbage?

[@Betta66]

Jenny? Maybe. Taylor Momsen? I hope that's not what he meant.

[@BinturongGirl]

I still listen to the first two albums. If You Leave, Whipping Boy, Mississipi, Let in Roll... They're not world-changing, but they're good on a long drive playlist. This new stuff, though. Yeesh.

[@laceyleighlovell2967]

They didn't rhyme radio with stereo. They rhymed stereo with ya know. Which might be worse.

[@FromLAtoFUNland]

По поводу этого внесу и я свой коментарий. Тодд скорее всего неправильно услышал текст, поскольку везде была просто песня о любви + эта песня лучше чем "Hey soul sister" ибо тут есть ритм и мелодия.

[@williamd2989]

I'm not sure if this song is really that catchy or if Todd's piano cover at the beginning is amazing. Maybe both.

[@sydneykingmusic]

I just learned that there are seven people in this band

[@KuLaydMahn]

I still say "groovy..." Why the hate? 😞

[@Blake_murray16]

Hefty is a brand???? Well that got lost in translation

[@NotoriousLightning]

Listen, child! "Bad Day" by Daniel is great!

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

Same progression as Soul Sister but in a slightly different order so that's kinda clever by Train standards I guess.

[@OH_MY_DOGGG]

Sometimes Id like todds videos to have timed comments.

[@zubizuva]

Me being the insufferable hipster douche and pointing out the Liquid Liquid album at 3:00

[@liamdude5722]

RIP Charlie Colin

[@j.w.7940]

Lmao I get the family guy joke now! Hefty hefty hefty wimpy wimpy wimpy

[@tenworms]

Yo this video's old as fuck I know, but I have to comment because I was just so blindsided by the Trash Humpers footage. I couldn't believe it was there! Make it make it don't fake it!!

[@sirgemini5743]

and now we have lorde in her most recent disastrous album trying to sound like a poor man's colbie caillat.

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

Train make music for boring people who would pay for a guided visit to a vineyard, so the music video seems fitting

[@nate567987]

todd needs to do a another train ep they are so bad

[@RenaldyCalixte]

3:00 Its like Skip Bayless saying Michael Jordan is his favorite basketball player. Tom Brady is his favorite football player. Ken Griffey Jr is his favorite baseball player. 😂

[@lduker9731]

I laugh my ass off every time I listen to this review.

[@SALshaNoma]

Pretty sure he means viral like popular but I guess that wouldn't make for as good of a joke.