The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright - 7/23/1999 - Woodstock 99 East Stage

Recorded 7/23/1999 - Woodstock 99 East Stage (Rome, NY)
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[@jorgerios2866]

A song that when we were kids we only listened to the great rhythm, and now as adults we can understand more clearly its lyrics.

[@Vollification]

This song is basically the soundtrack of turning 30.

[@shanemahler6830]

Amen

[@steeezyjoey]

@@shanemahler6830 LOL

[@thisisfrankie]

Very well said my friend! I

[@mat467]

Basically pumped of kicks of their era

[@why3579]

This song hits you hard when you’re older…hmmm adulthood….

[@jenmags4343]

Totally agree 👍 I'm 42 and they were the first band I saw ever

[@why3579]

@@jenmags4343 yup.... In fact there's lots of alternatives, punk and pop punk songs really hits you hard when you're older.... In the past, I know some kids will listen to these kinda songs and get angry with their parents for nothing😂😂😂🤣but when they gets old, they laughed looking back

[@itzmurda27]

Yeah especially his voice

[@BeruCampos]

It sucks, I tell you that xD

[@pamallinder3287]

My daughter introduced your music to me, so thankful. Just true. My only child passed at age 27. But she left me great music

[@JesseRayHickman]

❤️❤️❤

[@malcolmcederberg]

❤❤❤

[@lordhate]

❤

[@Firestones3]

R.I.P

[@MarioA_]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@marianoghidara]

When bands really played live. Despite mistakes. God bless that time. I never thought that music could disappear !! how sad I feel for the present of rock and music. And with what joy and nostalgia I remember that time.

[@Lowlander-ci7is]

Hey man try Biffy Clyro, am modern rock band, there amazing live!!!!

[@lennomenno]

Imperfections proves it’s real. Not like today’s computerized horse crap they call music.

[@marianoghidara]

@@Lowlander-ci7is okk thanks bro!

[@marianoghidara]

@@lennomenno yes you are right my friend 👍

[@MyYTwatcher]

I have been to many concerts of Sabaton and I think that they are best live performers.

[@dylanrodgers4934]

Watched this live with my mom when I was about 7-8 and never forgot it…I just turned 30 a few days ago lol

[@Vollification]

We are old... XD

[@joshwall6960]

I turned 34 in November I've been been listening to them ever since their album came out

[@vegarduhre]

You have an amazing mother, brother!

[@sashacoxonsound]

@@vegarduhre +

[@DJTruth_1970]

Happy early 31st Bday Dylan. lol

[@abdulgani257]

We're lucky growing up with this

[@tommyboesch]

dito

[@Vollification]

Listening as a kid: "Cool song" Listening as an adult: "This was a prophecy..."

[@abdulgani257]

I was 5 that year and I already like this kind of music 🙂

[@manzanarmanzanar3609]

La verdad que si gracias dios por crecer con el mejor rock de toda la historia.

[@jjthor407]

He came up with some great guitar licks , and they were great live !

[@Mathi7052]

They still being great live, saw them a couple weeks ago on south america, one of the greatest gigs i've seen.

[@fesantos_guilherme]

this song makes me feel nostalgic, I don't know why, I just heard it yesterday and it feels like I lived Woodstock 99. If I could go, I would.

[@aleksandrkislukhin2021]

Эта песня навсегда в наших сердцах! Спасибо Offspring за бешеную энергетику и драйв!!! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@alexalex-cf1ic]

"Спасибо Offspring за бешеную энергетику и драйв!!! " Это точно!!!

[@MaxxFry]

Ты прекрасно написал, друг!

[@silverlond1913]

Воистину брат 😎

[@neverd9011]

мне было 13 когда услышал эту легенду, сейчас мне 29 сижу под пиво наслаждаюсь этим шедевром

[@gufronrabban3259]

Uraaaaa

[@user-jp5qx7we8v]

Man they don’t get enough credit! When I saw them at Woodstock 99 the pits were insane during this song!

[@lucasmendes6735]

How was when Limp Limp Bizkit come out ?

[@user-jp5qx7we8v]

@@lucasmendes6735 Pretty insane! I was in the very front flying! Like so many other from the night before rave activities. It hard to explain with the energy flowing through that crowd! It still gives me goosebumps till this day when I hear a Limp song! Pure madness and loved every minute of it! Good time to be alive!

[@lucasmendes6735]

@@user-jp5qx7we8v oh Man , I wish to be there too , But I was Born in 99 , So I've just seen the documentary on Netflix and HBO and that seens insane for who went there 🤘

[@user-jp5qx7we8v]

@@lucasmendes6735 yes indeed it was! The journey alone was insane and escalated rapidly once we had arrived Thursday. We had drove 1,800 miles to get there! There is a lot of stories! Some people wouldn’t believe them!But one of the most epic events I had ever been at! ✌️

[@lucasmendes6735]

@@user-jp5qx7we8v you're so lucky man , i've been in some concerts but no one of them it was like woodstock 99 in all aspects

[@sebastianalegria3401]

The more I listen to this, the better this song sounds over the years.

[@vitosposetti196]

If had a time machine i would go to this festival

[@jdfox8889]

Me too just to see the mayhem of this festival

[@benjaminndeah6924]

It was crazy when every one was throwing water bottles. Some asshole threw a full gallon and hit me right in the head and cut my eye brow open. Still I think offspring was my favorite part of that weekend. I will never forget RHCP playing Stand next to my fire as everything was burning. Great weekend, happy we survived.

[@Logoooo]

conta mas amigo de eso

[@samiam3334]

Was only 8 years old at the time and lived in Syracuse. Pissed I couldn't go

[@johnfall3655]

I'm blessed to be a 90s and early 2000s kid. Last true decade

[@pentexsucks43]

Yeesh that was rough. Instrumentally I think we can easily blame the sound mixing, throughout Woodstock 99 the live mixes were horrible, but damn these vocals.

[@blistabliss]

Thank you. Easily worst performance at Woodstock 99 besides buck cherry

[@shanelocke856]

Dexter had a bad cold during this performance too

[@DavidGScott707]

I’m guessing they couldn’t hear each other or themselves very well. But it makes me feel better about my singing in the shower

[@itzmurda27]

His voice is terrible lol

[@something_in_the_radiator1665]

doesn't look like the crowd minded one bit.

[@sebastianalmeida25]

Esta filmacion es puro amor. Lo vi en la tv desde Argentina, aca en Sudamérica Offpring es de lo mejor. Que suerte los que estuvieron ahí, algo que no olvidarán nunca en su vida.

[@JB-zh1bo]

Ese festival fue épico

[@JOSELUIZDOSSANTOSFERREIR-zv6ss]

A canção "The Kids Aren't Alright" de The Offspring é um comentário sobre as duras realidades da vida e como é difícil para os jovens seguir os seus sonhos e sair de um bairro desafiante. A letra segue as histórias de várias personagens numa única rua e reflecte sobre as lutas que enfrentam. O refrão transmite a ideia de que por muito potencial que estas personagens tivessem, as suas hipóteses eram desperdiçadas e os seus sonhos despedaçados enquanto as suas vidas se tornavam frágeis e sem esperança. Esta canção serve para lembrar que nem todos têm um "final feliz" e que a vida pode ser difícil de navegar. Na aplicação do Ensino de Filosofia em sala de aula, utilizando de outros recursos além da lousa e do pincel, podemos usar a música como um forte aliado, na análise dessa música podemos tratar do tema: A busca pela felicidade e suas complicações, o qual pode ser trabalhado na visão do filósofo grego Epicuro. “(...) Vidas frágeis, sonhos destruídos (...)”. Esse trecho visto na visão do filósofo Epicuro que tem como propósito atingir a felicidade, mostra a dor desse jovem ao ver seus amigos “destruídos”, amigos esses de uma mesma rua, um sem emprego, outro morto por overdose, outro cometeu suicido e outro apenas na mesma rua usando drogas e tocando guitarra. O conceito de Epicuro mostra sua busca de afastar-se da dor e aproximar-se do prazer, sendo essa a melhor forma de separar o bom do ruim. “(...) Nada é grátis (...)”. No que se refere a esse trecho da música pode-se notar a insatisfação em relação a noção de felicidade, onde tudo se tem um preço, nada é gratuito, e esse jovem sem seus amigos recorda dos bons momentos de sua infância, na qual tudo parecia ser tão bom. Numa sociedade marcada pelo que o ser humano é julgado pelo ter e não pelo ser.

[@colonelkurtz9911]

Потрясающие парни, живите тысячу лет!

[@mevjll]

Thank you Offspring 🙏

[@evidentlynew2213]

My generation today doesn’t know good musik, und that’s Punk Music 🔥🔥🖤🇨🇦

[@vincentohara1579]

I miss the late 90s

[@Agrompapas]

Как же хочется к нему на концерт!

[@manuelandres858]

Legendarios.... Grande The Offspring...!!!!!

[@Vollification]

Real live music :)

[@TheJinx1]

Real music!

[@jameshuyen2171]

You know if offspring is put in today lineup of rock shows I don't think people would even notice their ages

[@pavelmakarov3565]

But they will. Dexter's voice has not aged well

[@HTamas-ne1py]

I love you offspring!

[@verdecrack2865]

Una de las mejores bandas sin duda 🙌

[@pascalelavalette243]

Oui mais qu'est-ce qu'il chante faux !! Quel dommage de massacrer ce titre que j'adore....

[@xclusivasstars7365]

@@pascalelavalette243 he visto varios videos de sus conciertos y aquí el único donde canta desafinado. Quizás ese día no andaba bien de la voz.

[@neb54...]

​@@xclusivasstars7365 durante todo el concierto se le notaba mal con la voz, yo creo que estuvo de juerga el día anterior o algo 🤣🤘

[@neb54...]

​@@xclusivasstars7365 pero sin duda una de las mejores bandas 🤘

[@English-speaking]

Good music forever.

[@yankee4424]

Damn I miss the 90s.

[@goblue161]

Yes, so damn bad!!!

[@steamingsilver]

Thanks for uploading

[@user-cc4lv4qu6w]

Even if someone says it's kids' punk, I love it!

[@neverbackdawnever1397]

i love this music

[@brunovinicius3120]

Noddles 🔥

[@cesarmikan3886]

Uff recuerdo cuando compre este concierto en VHS de Woodstock 99, acá en Bogotá, que bandas the offspring, Korn, Metallica, Bush ..

[@MrSpeaker69]

Such a fun band to see.

[@isabelsilva-yd6ym]

Minha adolescencia foi ouvindo essa banda,bons tempos❤

[@dekemason]

He sings out of key better than I do...

[@jazzcat1056]

Yeah I can hear him off.

[@jaden0528]

I know he was like struggling so bad here lmao

[@CanadianHorseFace]

There was a ''Woodstock 99 Live DVD'' at the time. That performance was on it and completly remastered in the studio. Vocals and all, LMAO. So punk to re-record your live shit!

[@rockerseven]

@Psuedo W to be fair, most artists re-record for live albums, even ones you may not think. Even Metallica's S&M had some parts rerecorded for the album version compared to the actual live performance.

[@laurencezemlick1979]

I have a feeling he couldn’t hear himself at all.

[@user-sc5fd7wf1h]

Восхитительно!!!!!!!

[@vitezistine3133]

Take me back to the 80s and 90s...fuck this 21century

[@nuster7816]

And just saw them last Weekend. This guys are old.... so am i...

[@vidaljacques6505]

un super groupe d:une énergie pure ,des tubes à gogo qui ont fait danser de nombreux fans

[@rscordeiro.4403]

Passou tão rápido, deu até pra sentir o cheiro da fumaça que subia quando tocava Offspring .

[@radoslawrock]

Iconic Track

[@keithstone1321]

Crazy. I saw them in Paso Robles a couple weeks ago..they sounded exactly like the CDs. Alot different than this lol they got better with time. Great band

[@adnsaurus]

Poor singer, he was having a thpug time there, a big hug for him

[@daisy671]

I'm not entirely sure it's true or not but I read somewhere he had a cold, but yeah, not great.

[@marcosanjuan7934]

Extraordinaria canción 🎉🎉🎉

[@robertoluisvegalatorre5706]

Esto es LOCURA TOTAL,hermoso

[@mathandscience2.0]

This is an amazing song 😢😢😢😢

[@lowersaxonygreatagain8155]

the breath of best episode in our life🤪🤪

[@ManuelLopez-hm1nm]

Siempre los escucho desde los 90❤

[@user-vo4rj9cq7g]

Эх ,юность 👍👍

[@user-pu9up9ir4d]

Damn, I wish I could go there...

[@carloszenobiosilvestre2119]

The Best for the Best !! Temazo !! Hood yeard yeahhh !! Saludos desde barranco Lima/; Perú " the Charlie". !!

[@runningkirkwa2934]

Hey thanks alot!!

[@ManuelLopez-hm1nm]

A esta banda los sigo desde sus inicios gracias a este medio que se llama KZbin ❤

[@karleddy9762]

legend

[@tgap8817]

Hace más de 20 años ....

[@brancoaraujo4299]

Amo

[@oldschool5431]

It was such a different time for us then

[@user-mb7gr5in2j]

супер!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mywaveinwoodswoodperfumes]

Those days gone

[@cristiandt9964]

Great vocals

[@FernandoCampinho90]

Live, no auto tune, only real talent...

[@FernandoCampinho90]

I guess you only like auto tune...

[@amaurythewarrior]

@@FernandoCampinho90 ok, i love the offspring, but you gotta admit dexter often struggled live with high notes... I'm not sure how it is today, saw them live in 2013 or 14

[@juansebastiangiraldo92]

You know nothing Fernando Snow

[@FernandoCampinho90]

O know that i am not as dumb às the dumb ones.

[@guillermovillacorta4703]

Not bad bunny

[@MrHarizakbaralam]

Thanks for uploading thi

[@al3kp243]

Alguien en el 2024 !!!! Y la bandera de Colombia!!!!!

[@steveharris1740]

I remember these wild times. I was 19 in 1999. Kids today probably have no clue what a mosh pit is. I mean, in hindsight, they’re pretty pointless…and dumb, but body surfing was always fun. I was one of the light guys, so I surfed high and far.

[@sarabear7432]

Right? Its so fucking sad now days. I was just thinking how fun that would be in the middle of right now. I was 15 in 99 and started going to shows way younger then that now days its just not the same.

[@francoaranda6499]

16 year old here, mosh pits certainly still exist, but nowadays the youth align more with hip hop than rock, so at more wild and crazy artists like Playboi Carti’s shows the crowd goes absolutely wild like these shows from the 90’s, its not so much that moshing has died down it has just switched genres and that’s bound to happen in 20-30 years time

[@ghost_to_a_ghost]

SAME. no one cared when i crowdsurfed or even stage-dived at shows like 1996-2001 because i never weighed more than 125 lbs. man so much fun! the good ole days

[@ashvijhosdurg9030]

kids def mosh look at carti

[@xJavier009]

@@francoaranda6499 too bad paying for a rap performance is just hearing a fucking studio version of the song on high volume speakers while the "rapper" is just running around saying random shit

[@donaldlowenberg7484]

God knows i love them but he really could sing this one.. still love them !!

[@user-db6wo4eu3g]

😍❤💥

[@nathalia8381]

so cool

[@stevenseptana9605]

Dexter voice's wrecked

[@steveharris1740]

Yeah, he must have been under the weather or something, because it’s horrible.

[@bbck15]

Pretty much sums up woodstock '99

[@krzysztojkuca]

Super muzyka i piosenka

[@syaifulkurniawan23]

Like this 👍

[@harryballz4260]

When music was actually music. God I've become the old man that doesn't understand kids and the toilet sounds they call music.

[@nat-wv1hy]

when rock music was actually good, i agree. us kids are out here but it’s rare

[@_Rez_EZ]

Yeah, why listen to pop when you could listen to this?

[@steveharris1740]

Yeah, I’m with you man. 😅

[@meinlpurealloychina227]

If you have access to the internet you can easily find good modern rock music

[@MikeDPlxztc]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIWoioh8nLGpm7s

[@Zargon314]

Fire the sound man

[@unbe140]

Woodstock 99 ❤❤❤❤❤

[@GT-aRbys]

Jesus Christ I'm glad I never saw them live. Those vocals are killing how good I thought they were....really shows how good engineering is lmao.

[@matturner6890]

well Dexter's a great studio singer, he just writes songs that are way too hard to pull off live because they're all right at the top of his range. He kinda shot himself in the foot in that regard, but it doesn't look like he's bothered!

[@LegoBeachtrooper]

They sound great in every other live video I've seen, idk what happened here.

[@marcelomeirelles90]

I’m glad I saw them live just a month ago, and his voice was exactly like in the studio. You cannot judge by one video that you don’t know what might have happened there. It was the best concert of my life and they are now close to their 60s!

[@bryanbarnes388]

Apparently those kids really weren't alright

[@Thee_hercules]

Give credit to the vocal struggle, not sure how many songs he sang at 10000% before this one but your there for crisp perfect everything, it’s the performance you go for Else they could just stand there still and crack the cd on.. just like todays pop stars do

[@fendy86wxg34]

90/20 gold year, the best music caset cd,. No stupid covid bullshit.

[@urpaps]

🤘🤘

[@tacticaldatatactical]

golden days now the festivals is all about take selfies

[@uzin80]

Cool!

[@Anidominus]

Whoa! Boy, dem struggle vocals. lol. But everyone is having fun and that's where it counts. I heard this song on a commercial and remembered I had heard it years ago. Then, it was just a song to listen to when it came on the radio. I didn't know the lyrics and based on the commercial it was in I thought it was a workout anthem of some kind. When I heard it I was like, wow I have to find it and the thing that stuck out the most was the voice. Long story short I found another song with him singing and then I found this song. The lyrics were sad as hell and nothing like what I thought. But a great song none the less and there is something about his voice that allows him to sing it the way it has to be sung.

[@user-nj2ct2my2i]

привет из солнечной России !!!!рад что тоже не старею😜

[@TrePool]

I wonder how many tik tok influencers were conceived here.

[@greenleaf9274]

Fuck tik tok!

[@PiTjlang]

Such a BRUTAL, PROFOUND song.... The depth of which can only really be fully understood by those--NOW ADULTS--fortunate enough to come out the other side [somewhat] intact

[@adamek24]

24 lata temu :) prawie do woja żem szłem :)

[@etosymphoney]

if you notice, the stage still clean as fuck.

[@melissabarroso3301]

🤟🥂💞

[@madogblue]

His voice is blown out

[@EvilDavis]

:") ❤️

[@lollotaglia5005]

I want that shirt

[@josesalas6495]

Me too 😂😂

[@johnphilliptecson3793]

This is a song about how I live on a run-down trailer park , my girlfriend divorces me for a another woman who is a lesbian , my kids are growing up in the wrong way and I just wanna end this miserable life in the Trailer Park 😢

[@MoralesAlex805]

Life beautiful but it unfortunately sometimes it comes with pain. God bless

[@rychier6994]

Noodles is a rad guitar player, seriously!

[@popeyex2338]

🇨🇴

[@vladsoviet4472]

Ondeando la bandera de Colombia al fondo imortalizado el momento. cracks!

[@mariamery7025]

Fan muy buena banda desde la ranita

[@timkok1551]

🥰