The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk (Official Music Video)

The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
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[@tilley31]

That riff and bass line were tatooed into my brain in 2004 and they have been playing on a loop since. No, I don't want it to stop. Ever.

[@peter10245]

Year I am a Bass Player myself. The Bass is pushing this Song like a Freight Train. Once it rolls there is no stopping.

[@centralscrutinizer9591]

This bass player is the bomb!!

[@rossmethven2]

I’m not a bass player, but I’m with you bass players

[@raf.raf.]

Hell yeah!

[@jurelle]

Same. I regret nothing.

[@cheeeeeeeef]

The early 2000s weren't ready for the Hives.

[@HEAVYDIAPER]

But our kids are gonna love em!

[@tsurek]

Too much good music in the early 2000s

[@GoOKuSj33]

@@tsurek LMFAO.

[@phishcatt]

@@tsurek The whole garage revival produced a lot of awesome music that was and still is under the radar.

[@thomasfilmer9717]

Still gets pumped when I hear it! Miss this era so bad, Hives, Vines, Stripes, Strokes, etc. So many great bands, really kicked rock music in its ass at the time.

[@bastiaanbosch7093]

Many "es"

[@daverichards9141]

Hot hot heat, the von bondies, the killers...

[@casey2173]

Frank ferdinand

[@bastiaanbosch7093]

@@casey2173 Franz, Not Frank

[@casey2173]

@@bastiaanbosch7093 yeah I’m pretty sure the band was called frank.

[@peanutbutterandtelly3807]

I respect anyone who starts a song by just screaming

[@MrDedpool1]

Pearl Jam, Do the Evolution Tool, Hush

[@Neri__Perez]

@@MrDedpool1 XD

[@jwanbesande2734]

@@MrDedpool1 Them Bones by Alice in Chains

[@joakimhillman1801]

Crazy train ozzy osbourne

[@eversongomes5019]

Kkkkk

[@Kegz]

this band changed my life. so thankful for the memories and the feelings inter-weaved. Truly a gem.

[@MyShortsAreWet_]

same

[@alexyacovelli7192]

Saw them play like 4 times in NYC. I miss them.

[@lostcat9lives322]

White Stripes beat them to it.

[@theduckfromthejoke152]

​@@lostcat9lives322Those things happened at the same time... But neither of them could beat each other because they built the moment.. Unless you're not really into having your testicles drop.. Because what i'm hearing is you only wanted your left nut to drop... But don't you want both of them???

[@seamusburke639]

People like to point to "Hate To Say I Told You So", but to me, this is the definitive Hives song. It's so simmering, such controlled chaos before it just explodes during the chorus.

[@intermonkey88]

I get where you are coming from but I'd actually call the definitive hives song "B is for Brutus" it't got that sick riff and driving rythm section and the classic insults to the subject's intellegence that I've come to love from The Hives. That or maybe "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones"

[@artemy_kurilko]

@@intermonkey88, what about Tick Tick Boom? I personally think it's the most The Hives-ish song

[@gabe_s_videos]

Controlled chaos is the best word for it. You can’t write music like this. You can only play it, and you can only perfect it by playing it more. It can’t be taught, it can only be felt. This is real rock n roll.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Tick tick boom.

[@howdyimhunner]

Preach.

[@peter10245]

The Bass is the real Engine of this Song.

[@unaffiliatedperson]

this song has aged like fine wine.

[@PeetandArtie030]

agree and agree and agree

[@MrQuicksort]

I don't drink wine, but this is still my favorite song of The Hives \,,/_

[@noogie1]

Yes Sir, those who are smart, let's end FoxNews without violence, but by simply ignoring them.

[@kidstereo4127]

Facts!!!

[@curt6683]

this is one of those timeless riffs like seven nation army or the seeker that will NEVER get old

[@omgleah]

Early 2000s neo-garage rock was my bread and butter and still is. Best time for music in my life, I'm 40.

[@finkboy66]

The more you listen the better it gets.

[@MasaM-c2c]

On the contrary

[@awip121]

I completely agree @ketti

[@tfbjwi]

True that!!!

[@stuboy1992]

One of the greatest live bands ever.

[@barrylann]

saw them in 2007 in New Orleans...one of the best live shows I've ever seen. The whole band was pure energy for 90 minutes! Then they all hung out with the crowd in the street after the show.

[@danielleclair1360]

I been playing air guitar for 35 years and I can say with absolute certainty that this is one of the best riffs ever created in rock and roll. Top100 EASILY.

[@Hanspeter-ql7nf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3zYgYSwndBrqLs

[@GeorgDub]

what about this? 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZC4lmaGi6dnqtk

[@GeorgDub]

and this from Ukraine kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmOTanWwgsd_b7M

[@GeorgDub]

I think top100 is nonsense, music is not a race or a sport .. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXykiK1ql66Ygsk

[@cacaman15]

I went to a The Hives concert, best concert ever.

[@delphinek2]

I envy you

[@jocelyngarcia1864]

Totally! Such a great attitude ♥

[@pjishomo]

Saw them at Dour festival in Belgium a few weeks ago. They were really good but the best ones were Cypress Hill that night. But i liked them allot. Espescially the lead singer. Love his enthusiasm :D

[@IndyX]

I've seen them twice: once in my home town and once in Vegas. The Vegas one, the band were playing at a pool and at the end, EVERYONE (including The Hives) were in the pool

[@pvtrichter8816]

+cacaman15 I worked behind the scenes as a techie at a HIVES concert fully in agreement here one of the best live bands I've ever seen !!! BRILLIANT!!

[@bourehimyoussef111]

Whispering in the drummer's ear by shouting is the funniest part

[@Idontknowmaybejohnsmith]

I always lol at that

[@DerOberfeldwebel]

Not whisperi9ng, but talking aside. Its a theatre thing.

[@IDieHardForever]

Who else is just discovering this guys. Wtf it's all so fantastic

[@dj-um7el]

Been listening to em for a few years and I'm glad they're getting more recognition!

[@123owiepqoq]

I rememeber listen to their songs in a restaurant ten years ago, when i was a kid, but i did don't know what they were called until a week ago. I love their songs.

[@evegasse6999]

Been a fan since I was 18 years old and I'm now 41. Welcome to the Hives.

[@fernandomancilla4288]

i saw them back in 2013, they open for AM in Chile

[@HowlinAdamJames]

The Hives in 2004 was just amazing. The look, sound, swagger of this band will never be seen again.

[@chuckeecheeze4649]

I thought they sucked in 04. I realize I was, so very mistaken. I'm getting ready to call them my favorite band ever. I feel like they should fight Korn in a wrestling match, and you already know that Chubs McBaldy on bass is getting the pin. No not Fieldy, dumass, not Fieldy.

[@alejandrojoseflores4041]

ዩ▫️▫️▫️🏷️

[@foxracer1703]

Right before or right as the whole industry changed unto this conglomerate streaming website stuff. When you watched or waited for the video on TV or listened for the song to be played on the radio. The dawn of sms messaging...blasting this in the minivan on your learners permit....

[@SteveDorrans]

Not true. I'm seeing them next week.

[@laurielyden7327]

I got to see them live that year at a small venue in Columbus. Had a spot in the front, crowd surfers kept coming over the top of our heads, it was crazy! Their singer has a strut and stage presence like a young Mick Jagger. Absolutely electric!

[@LexussDaines]

I love Christy Hemme, and this song still makes me think of her fiery entrance!

[@mahdisassi7280]

Me too

[@Obkool27]

For real

[@alejandrojoseflores4041]

፬bkool27◾🇺🇸⚔️🎄➖

[@inderjeetuppal6462]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@ianbenson1254]

How is a band this good not ultra-famous?

[@fuckamericanidiot]

Anyone who was into alternative music at all in the 00's knew who they were. They did pretty well for themselves.

[@dingenshier]

When that song came out, they were! But it's from 2004 I guess...

[@kylejscheffler]

Just release a new album already!

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

@Megan Shell their first album was 1997.

[@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities]

Sometimes the best most creative most obvious of music are always in the back, And sometimes everything opposite to that is always out the front

[@RKSidd]

In the spirit of 70's punk rock, they kept all vocals as they were...unrefined, energetic with no autotune to take out the soul

[@trevorastley1727]

The lead singer is so entertaining and bonkers. if only you could bottle that. A Great band with great characters.

[@omaedotdotdot1694]

I love that bit where he's whisper-screaming to the drummer, and the drummer's paying full attention. Just the madness of it.

[@brucefoster8937]

The Hives are everything a rock n' roll band should be.

[@calbar8793]

What? Watered down emulations of bands from yesteryear done by upper middle class white washed swedes, down to mere caricature? These guys are the B level globetrotters of rock music. Completely soulless and vapid

[@Halloffamer-km9qw]

And divas

[@BeastyBite]

@@flynncarter229 the bassline is driving like a train, the bassist dr. matt destruction is iconic. don't know what you talking about.

[@rockisheaven]

Finally getting to see them play this live last night was incredible. Well worth the 20-year wait!

[@suemich2319]

Same here! Loved Veni Vidi Viscious and then dropped the ball for 20 years (me, not them). We saw them in Detroit this past September and it was a revelation. What a fantastic band.

[@dannyg4137]

I remember this song when it came out and never noticed that "trouble" and "treble" change in the background at 1:52. I have no idea what it means, but its there.

[@robvdb9478]

you got spy eyes 😄😄

[@jackcollins9234]

was lucky enough to see watch them last week, best live performance i’ve ever seen

[@coldblooded005]

Really, they're still performing live shows?

[@jackcollins9234]

@@coldblooded005 i saw em at a festival, not sure if they r touring

[@raven-wf9so]

Last night Helsingborg ❤️✌️🇬🇧

[@powerdude_dk]

That riff melts into your brain! .... awesome.

[@nitrodubs8966]

I'm 27 and all the post-punk revival/garage rock (whatever you want to call it) became big when I was just getting into music in early 2000s (I was in elementary school). And these bands made me take up playing guitar and I followed them throughout junior high, high school and even to today. Upbeat stripped down rock n roll is the best rock n' roll. Long live the Hives, the Strokes, White Stripes, the Cribs, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol etc etc. I am proud to have grown up with these bands and still be into them. Hard to even pinpoint the genre or "scene" if you didn't witness it, but I see it as a definite group of bands as distinct as punk or new wave or other historical musical movements and I am proud to have grown up with it.

[@1nnu3ndo]

These bands you mention were major just when I started hitting the (good) clubs around age 18-24. Fantastic time in music, perhaps distorted a bit by my great time as a student. Most bands you mention are considered 'garage rock revival' but I agree that bands like Franz Ferdinand and Interpol are also part of the same movement, so I just like to call it the rock revival of the 00's. Rock was less mainstream in the late 90's when it was all boy bands, R&B and Hip Hop, then these bands came along and by around 2006-2008 had died out again. There are still loads and loads of fantastic bands that make music just as great as these bands, they're just not mainstream anymore. Which in it's own isn't a bad thing, but good music being mainstream does help good music get the attention and success it deserves. I'm still hoping rock music picks up again in whatever form.

[@dingenshier]

It's Indie Rock/Alternative. Loved it so much! Mando Diao, The Kooks, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party.... ❤

[@dingenshier]

Here are some of my Indie Favourites as a playlist kzbin.info/aero/PL2w_WUrJWpNJMwWM1VqGq-SGa11u183qd

[@markpetersen2469]

How about The Cramps?

[@markpetersen2469]

@@dingenshier ... and The Cramps.

[@jowa227]

00:51 He went full Jagger

[@smallzeescales4127]

You never go full Jagger lol

[@FWFWFWF]

The more I watch it, the more I see New York Dolls

[@jessegoonerage3999]

He's got those moves like Jagger.

[@rogerdixon5204]

He was already half-way there!

[@RafaelGomes-td2ln]

AC DC Bon Scott

[@macwilliams3280]

I can't get enough of this video. The guitar works are animated and it's unexpected how the frontman walks up the wall like it's a sidewalk. Of course the guitar work and the animated frontman were sharp too in tick tick boom

[@Ryderman2000]

What a tune. Everytime i remember it exists and come back to it, it just rocks my frickin' world.

[@fewpoundcory]

when i bought my first guitar in 2004, i downloaded this song and tried to play it. realized it couldn't. forgot about it for 19 years and just now found it again. Realized I can play it now.

[@drewpolaris812]

This band is great!!!! What a show at the House of Blues in Cleveland, March 13!! This is one of the best live bands I have ever seen. This song is an example of how they perform in concert. High energy!!!

[@JohnnyConscious]

Absolutly one of the best High-Energy-Rock'n'Roll-Songs

[@theJOAQOX]

I'll just never get over the your uncle's band playing at a wedding vibe they give off. I live for the moment I can see them live again.

[@danielescalante7066]

The show in México City was amazing. The best concert I've attended.

[@pal57898]

Yo también estuve ahí, se robaron la noche

[@zairasanginez1137]

Si! Prácticamente los AM le cerraron a The Hives

[@germannavidad7975]

De acuerdo... se rifaron más que los AM

[@hernan0886]

No pude ir, pero vi los video y me arrepiento, se ve que hicieron un gran performance

[@sandraheredia6131]

fué increible!!!

[@gingerjesus2721]

They are like a cover band of every band at once. An absolute original blend of everything.

[@jeanmichelwolter3245]

1fois ,2 fois ,3fois ...je ne m'en lasse pas ...du rock du pur son et quel talent!!!

[@james7095]

Pelle Almqvist One of the single most underrated front men in music history and one of the loudest bands I've ever heard live .... Salute

[@martinperlstam9389]

This performance is fkn up with the best Jagger or Iggy Pop stuff. You can't get that magic unless you really invest your heart.

[@CopyrightThis723]

Saw this band live in Wolverhampton in about 2007ish. It was the most drunk I’ve ever been off 20/20 fortified wine of all the inappropriate drinks. It was a hell of a night and despite being literally paralytic and loosing a shoe by the end of it I can still remember that the band gave an absolutely incredible performance. Stands out as one of the best concerts I’ve been to and I can hardly remember it.

[@raven-wf9so]

One of the best live bands I’ve ever seen and continue to see !

[@curtisjoseph]

How did I hate this song 20 year ago? Total banger!

[@candle2003]

i love this song

[@zakgamer3545]

yep me too!

[@samvandermeulen6398]

man you are catching my vibes

[@garfieldarbuckle8613]

♥️

[@puptorious13]

2023 and I'm here loving this song still. It's a.. It's .. A Banger!

[@lmackinnon80]

A really great energetic, brilliant rock song - gets you going and uplifting!

[@TheSlenderBassist]

love how the drummer is so stone-faced towards the last breakdown, props to such an awesome band for making my high school days much more rad

[@ancapikitty]

This song still exists, and more people should listen to it! I LOVE this song. Not only does it sound so good and rock so hard. The lyrics are also so fire, and so honest!

[@JP-dt3ye]

I just found out about it cause of the movie freaky friday

[@ancapikittyandfriendsplayg]

@@JP-dt3ye Well that's one way of discovering amazing songs like that

[@dwaynewhite1669]

Don’t get me wrong; I love the Hives, but what I love the most about them is the fact that not one of them look as though they belong in a band.

[@storiesforfunnn]

The singer used to be a postman

[@cupcakeispie]

Espesh Pablo Escobar on bass over there...

[@bmjames]

@Ali S Yeah he definitely reminds me of Mick Jagger. Not just the way he looks but the idiosyncratic awkward moves, like the one at 2:12

[@mrbadexample7702]

@@bmjames You think that's coincidental? ;)

[@mrbadexample7702]

@@storiesforfunnn This is too good to research, this is now a funadmental truth of my universe.

[@curiousorange1982]

This song has a tremendous riff. The Hives were killer at them.

[@kvv8197]

Definitely one of my favs band when feeling bored but need to complete the job, it gets you in the mood.

[@PerryNoydicus]

Mick Jagger called... he wants his swagger back

[@Loonaticx]

He can't have it 😂

[@leocomerford]

Was he annoyed or flattered by this tribute, I wonder? "Walk, idiot, walk"...!

[@looseygoosey23]

The sound the sound!!!!!! I always loved this one

[@underscorejojo]

I love their suits and enthusiasm!

[@Ramonatho]

I have no idea how this video got on my iPod as a kid, but I'm glad it did

[@mimoochodom2684]

Fantastic. Pure indie rock at it's best.

[@thekellyshow]

This is the video I caught on TV by chance that started my lifelong love for your new favourite band.

[@originalandfunnyname8076]

Woodstock 2016! Best concert ever!

[@jordanmousseau4895]

Man. I grew up on this song, literally. I owned this album when I was around 8-9. Had a boss-ass little CD Radio and CD's galore. Probably one of my favorite birthday gifts had to be this album.

[@TheJesseWylde]

1:08 wish someone would smile at me like mustache man smiles at guitar bro next to him.

[@CC-jt4tv]

There will never be music like this again.

[@MST3Killa]

Why? It's the same kind of stuff from the 60's. Just pick up a guitar and play.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

@@MST3Killa they werent playing this stuff in the 60's lol

[@MST3Killa]

@@GrowingDownUnder Yes, they were. Hives are pretty much a modernized version of the Rolling Stones (as many other bands have also done). It's called garage rock and it's been around for a very, very long time.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

@@MST3Killanot quite the same as they were doing in the 60's

[@MST3Killa]

@@GrowingDownUnder Oh, I guess you mean they don't literally make the exact same note for note and tone for tone songs in the early 2000's as they did 40 years prior...wow... how insightful of you.

[@perroloco2395]

You play traditional instruments, traditional chords, and somehow you find a way to sound very very singular. Congrtatulations

[@moka8267]

True for most of their songs, but the sleigh bells add so much substance here

[@marcosifran6476]

One of the few bands that carries the flag of rock and roll! I saw in Argentina and truth are devastating. Howlin' Pelle is a monster on stage!! Amazing frontman!!!

[@loschen4073]

Zeit... Gefühle... der ganze Scheiss! Muss warten! Heute muss Musik einfach mal wieder nur Musik sein! Pure Energie.

[@barbaragordon6177]

Never noticed the jingle bells in the back 🤣 doesn't sound like a tambourine

[@elcomet]

listening in 2024... 20 years of fun

[@Zeverinsen]

*Seeing them live for the first time on Thursday!* 🤟🏽 Maybe I should dress in black and white for the occasion!

[@Brickcellent]

This is pure Rolling Stones. You can see Mick Jager's influence on the singer. Great song!

[@grendel79]

Add some Devo, some late 70's Iggy Pop, sit back and enjoy

[@cynthiamoore8591]

Yeah major Stones influence, excellent. I dont care what he borrows from Mick, he's owning it. He's hot and it rocks.

[@SethKhoury]

The beat is influenced by Sonic 2's Metropolis Zone

[@seamusin1697]

Actually it has a fair amount of Iggy Pop influence as well!

[@mikedean5060]

Totally

[@argpalauanbruh]

the thing i love the most about the early 2000s Hives is Pelle's cursed facial expressions in almost every music video he looks like he's trying to make a baby laugh or smth,don't mean it in a bad way tho,ILY Pelle,you're the man

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

I have always loved this song, I especially ❤️ the added echo on the vox in the second chorus. I need a copy of this song SIGNED by the vocalist. ~ C ~ 06 - 09 - 2024

[@Niko26-t1y]

This belongs to my favorite song of the hives🎶🎵🔥👍🏿💪🏿✨

[@nopoliticalparties]

God bless. U guys rock!!!!!!!

[@jackkyros1389]

Still Kicks Ass and still on my daily playlist LOVE

[@rmcduarte]

These Swedes are really cool. One of the things I like about 'em is that the vocalist looks a lot like Mick Jagger!!!!! When he was youg!!

[@swobycoronos578]

Its funny to see how Howard Wollowitz is singing.. Great Song!

[@juniorgodim]

The Hives é a melhor banda ao vivo do planeta! Essa música no show é impossível de não pular a e gritar junto com eles.

[@danielazendejas4667]

one of my favorites bands ever..

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

Sweet

[@marquethagod1769]

I only know this song from Christy Hemme loved it

[@charlysonoman]

I LIKE THAT BAND HAVE MUCH FORCE 👌✌️👍

[@peterroberts7684]

I shall play this loud on Saturday,great tune..👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@RumoursOfFamine]

The hives are the if the queens of the stone age was good

[@IDieHardForever]

Hahaha that's funny... even if I love QotSA. They led me to this kickass shit so hey

[@carambola1980]

Essa música é perfeita para o momento atual do Brasil.

[@sami-9233]

No mundo inteiro

[@shoot_the_glass5654]

Wasn't a fan bank in the day, but the song pops in my head now and again.

[@kylestraveljournal]

July 19, 2024 I FINALLY SAW THE HIVES LIVE!! I remember when this video was new and lets just say it was worth the wait. UNBELIEVABLE live band, I had goosebumps most of the show. Why this band isn't more famous is beyond me.

[@victoriahibbert7573]

Still killing it today, brilliant band ❤

[@dj-kq4fz]

This is like my uncle's band that I never believed could really be cool. Yet here they are. Rocking it. Take a lesson from this kids, the attitude never really dies.

[@vinnydevoy2916]

Haven't heard the hives in ages, excellent

[@vladbrad1389]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Absolute awesomeness

[@Mazeltof90]

Sweden: Bringing you the music-wonder with steady beats, attitude and melody since 1974

[@Nyffs_]

This song.... all of it is awesome.

[@albertflorian9491]

A good Rock n' Roll song doesn't need bridges.

[@lacusicusi]

I really like this band and respect them for only using riffs but never guitar solos and still accomplish such brilliant songs.

[@HeyAddieImTojo]

Good memories when i was younger and visited Fagersta, Sweden, their hometown and heard them play. Great live band. Because their energy is great on stage and they don’t really sound any worse live compared to records. Unlike most bands.

[@RaeezTheDeadPoet]

2:48 I love how attentively the drummer's listening to him lol

[@swedishclix7248]

Best part for sure

[@lolnamelollastname9788]

This popped into my head randomly late on Christmas Day 2020... It's got more sleigh bells than I remember. Brings back memories

[@megacoscorria]

bogota colombia. best show ever. PREPARIDOS

[@ZepHoffman]

Jajaja acá en Arg también, a cada rato PREPARIDOS, y SEÑORITOS.

[@CristinaDiazJ]

Jajaja, también en México preparidos :P

[@megacoscorria]

Aca se proclamo como el rey y presidente de Colombia y 15mil personas lo avalamos. La mejor banda en vivo que he tenido la fortuna de observar. Shhhhh! Callense ti !!

[@tommyclement7822]

Still rocking this album in 2019!

[@antonellaaguilera4203]

Yo no les explico como odiaba esta banda hace unos años...con toda mi alma hasta que los vi en vivo...ahora me encantan!!

[@kossovian6215]

The jingle bells make this a Christmas Song. You can’t argue with science

[@anikan]

What a super song,i love it more everetime i hear it, algorithm where are you

[@claudiasilvanaigarzabal7026]

An amazing band

[@DavidsRandomPlanet]

I love ❤️