ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling

[@EmperorTigerstar]

This song ranks number one out of "generic songs I always faintly hear in the background when walking at a mall or shopping center."

[@pirat9750]

EmperorTigerstar wow certainly didn’t expect to find you here

[@bidifgiv1698]

Oof this is so true

[@lkjhgfstudios5863]

Daughtry - Home

[@EzeKry]

Yeah why are you here

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Fitting description and the song works for a decent walking track

[@ECL28E]

"They're all adorable..." What every rock-band wants to be described as

[@snowflakesandroses]

This had me cackling!! 😂😂 thank you for the laugh lol

[@ltjjenkins]

What a way to hit the stage...

[@christopherwall2121]

Yeah, thanks for that boost to our rock star image, Rosie.

[@seamusburke639]

The show every rock band wants to appear on...Rosie O'Donnell.

[@tybullock1841]

i feel like the flaming lips wouldnt mind it

[@YourCrazyOverlord]

"Kidz Bop Pearl Jam" is the most savage of insults

[@ECL28E]

Maybe if Cobain had not committed suicide, we might not have had the onslaught of post-grunge, hunker-dunker-dank rock

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Being subjected to Pearl Jam is one of the most savage aural *assaults*. Maybe I'm a little bit more jaundiced, having been born and raised in the shadow of Seattle - I prefer the equally legendary bands of my birthplace of Tacoma - the Sonics, The Wailers, The Ventures...

[@fangsabre]

@@ModMokkaMatti at least Pearl Jam came up with a couple interesting songs. Like 2.

[@Ramonatho]

​@QuadMochaMatti as much as I do like pearl jam I find it so strange that they're even enough of anything for you to be upset by them, they could have been just another forgotten nobody band if they didn't get lucky, not even good enough to be hateable in my mind

[@mikesum32]

@@ModMokkaMatti jaundiced or jaded?

[@shawnheatherly]

A song I constantly forget exists, but immediately recognize.

[@Karmy.]

Ikr

[@vectorequinox6202]

same

[@Adamant_Consternation]

It's so forgettable it's memorable.

[@graciegj63]

I can't help but think of the mad tv version of this song. It's too funny.

[@rickc2102]

Exactly why I clicked on the video. I was like, oh, a ohw I don't know, until 10 seconds in and it was like, oh, them. Oh yeah. 😑

[@ThePi314Man]

Is it just me, or is it really strange to hear this Creed sounding baritone voice coming out of some Aaron Carter looking teenager?

[@megamage911]

Oh yeah, it throws me off every time honestly.

[@Kochiha]

I thought this was a Creed song for a long time.

[@Catglittercrafts]

I had the biggest crush on him

[@justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145]

My thoughts exactly.

[@joeywalker2061]

Its impressive if you ask me good voice just bad song writing ability.

[@TheActualCathal]

"The boybandificarion of grunge" is a line so great that this song bookends the whole genre for me now.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Happened to hair metal (Poison, Nelson), happened to grunge (The Calling), happened to emo (I don’t give a crap bc emo sucks).

[@evancollins4048]

@@littlekingtrashmouth9219 lol at that last part, did you just step out of 2004?

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

@@evancollins4048 no but It would be nice

[@afterdinnercreations936]

@@littlekingtrashmouth9219 Hair-metal were just boy-bands who could play guitar.

[@atomdecay]

​@@littlekingtrashmouth9219The "boyband" versions of Emo bands would be those lame ass bands fronted by pretty boys like Escape the Fate or Pierce the Veil, where the GOOD Emo bands would be Thursday, From First to Last, Coheed & Cambria, Beneath the Sky, etc. Ever heard a song called 7861? THAT is some good Emo music.

[@loganrenfrow2544]

For the record, Hootie and the Blowfish aren't singing about literal dolphins, they're singing about the Miami Dolphins so it isn't that weird of a lyric and if anything makes them sound like even more of a bar band.

[@hiimemily]

That was back in the Marino days, when they at least consistently made the playoffs. Can't imagine how Darius felt about the crappy mid-2000s Dolphins.

[@MrDeathpilot]

Well, that explains why the Dolphins make him cry.

[@redherronrecords]

True, but it's fun to think of darius being so overawed by the beauty and majesty of dolphins that he is moved to tears.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

​@@hiimemily Dolphins haven't won a playoff game since the year 2000. So your comment should be.... I wonder how Darius Rucker feels about the crappy 21st century Dolphins. I

[@samanteater]

​@@RenaldyCalixteHey, they might do it this year! Maybe.

[@LPSRainbows1]

Okay so I got a story involving this band. For context, I live in an irrelevant Brazilian city of 500k people. It may sound big, but it's merely the 35th city by population in the country. We get absolutely no notable musical events. The most we get are national acts. International acts only go through Rio and São Paulo mostly. A few years back a big event started to be advertised. They were hyping it up because an INTERNATIONAL band would be performing, but they left who it would be a mystery. Buzz all around about who would perform. It was The Calling. And Sean Kingston.

[@JK-gm6kk]

I'm in a city in the US with 48k people, and I'm not sure it's much better. Especially since last year with covid

[@Diana-mu7pc]

Wait, were the Calling and Sean Kingston performing on the SAME STAGE on the SAME NIGHT?

[@f.f5771]

@@Diana-mu7pc in Brazil?

[@walmorcarvalho2512]

And it would make complete sense, this music sold like crazy back then.

[@JulianPerez-zv6os]

@A S Burlington's greatest sons, Phish

[@PlagueWood]

Do you ever think Eddie Vedder ever gets tired of hearing people trying to copy his voice for alternative bands?

[@mrcliff3709]

I imagine so

[@FIXTREME]

I'm sure Jim Morrison would have grown even more tired of it, but he's dead

[@havensmith6371]

If I had Eddie Vedder's voice I'd get tired of listening to it too.

[@IsiahTomas]

Yeah. I hope I'm never gonna be the guy he meets face-to-face who breaks that straw.

[@metaldude4563]

One of my favorite interviews I've ever watched: this guy is interviewing Scott Stapp from Creed and he says "you know a lot of people have accused you of copying Eddie Vedder's vocal style". To which Stapp responds "yeah I hear that a lot, it's just because we're both tenors" Newsflash Scott, you can be a tenor and sound nothing like Eddie Vedder

[@ZanraiKid]

Wait, which song is thi- Todd starts playing the chorus OH SHIT SON.

[@Mauricekaip]

ZanraiKid literally, my reaction.

[@amberb7547]

I thought this was a Lifehouse song.

[@larryknicks]

Glad we're not alone in this...

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Same here.

[@patricklauer4452]

ZanraiKid same!

[@happysillygoofy]

My favorite music critic: “I will never understand music”

[@shruglifecomedy5709]

i remember buying a best of creed album in a gas station and trying to find this song on it just to annoy my friends, but i had no idea it wasnt creed, so i listened to an entire creed album for nothing.

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

A little late but I offer my condolences

[@kaimarie7823]

For real! I wasn't watching when this started playing and i was like "what?! I thought With Arms Wide Open woulda been their big hit! I had no idea it wasnt Creed

[@atomdecay]

​@@kaimarie7823 Um excuse me but Creed is NOT a One Hit Wonder. Not even close.

[@dadgonegamer2654]

You poor bastard. I’m so sorry.

[@Morbos1000]

This is one of those songs that is perfectly fine as generic filler on a rock station where it is good enough to not change the channel but also not something you'd turn the volume up on.

[@DeepCDiva]

Oh God that's so true it hurts

[@bingobongo1615]

I loved this song as a kind and I still like it very much. Adrienne however is a really great song.

[@awookieandagerman]

I'd change the station if I knew someone else was playing something better though.

[@KT-Buf69]

I could never leave this on the radio

[@cccristol]

Lol exactly

[@itsbosh3345]

We've all been waiting on that All The Things She Said by t.A.T.u episode, there's SO much history behind that group and that song it would make for a hell of a OHW.

[@henrycurtis3652]

Seconded, t.a.t.u. are a goldmine.

[@Hulavuta]

Yeah this would be amazing, the whole lesbian hoax and all that. Man the lore runs so deep.

[@kaydwessie296]

Oh man so much problematic fun

[@МарияРоманова-в5у3м]

It’s fun because I’m from Russia,and there they were big stars here for a couple of years and had a ton of hits😂

[@AzulianaKitty]

They were pretty big thing around half the Europe back then. I don' t consider them OHW. All the thing she said wasn' t even their first big hit. That was Nas nedogonyat.

[@saraw6446]

Can we just appreciate the genius of calling a movie "The Gingerdead Man" ?!!

[@jooree7696]

I know a guy who watched the movie. He said it's complete insanity

[@saraw6446]

@@jooree7696 😳

[@j.d.t.5761]

The Phelous review.

[@witchflowers6942]

@@jooree7696 im a gal who watched it. it’s a slap in the face in movie form. it’s painful.

[@ThePastushuk]

I had horrible flashbacks hearing that name again

[@blazicgd]

I can't wait until One Hit Wonderland: "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter

[@woodywyatt557]

Or 7 days by Craig David

[@tylerwickord7450]

"Collide" by Howie Day should make it too

[@keithmaclennan1932]

@@woodywyatt557 7 Days was his second hit, after Fill Me In

[@woodywyatt557]

@@keithmaclennan1932 oh yeah forgot

[@ashleymatthews1011]

Speak it into existence

[@starckie]

Alex Band is what Link would look like if they set a Zelda game in the early 2000s

[@ro_the_lion]

headcanon accepted

[@MrRogerogerio]

Now I wanna see Zelda set in the 2000s!

[@BEEEELEEEE]

That idea's not too far off from some of the early concept art for Breath of The Wild. They had him in jeans, fingerless gloves, a track jacket, and this weird green striped Santa hat. Gave him a chopper and sick guitar.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

He looks kinda like Cloud Strife

[@RocketRoketto]

Lmao

[@wanderingstars4121]

OHHHHHH, his dad was the guy that made the movies that convinced me to cancel my netflix subscription

[@wendynerd1199]

Not even going to lie - I totally thought The Calling were a Christian band. Their name even sounds like it.

[@HeatherShambles]

I'm pretty sure "Our Lives" got heavy airplay on the Christian radio station in my hometown.

[@youmaboi5279]

You might be confusing them for Lifehouse, which had a hit around the same time and had a similar sound. I still confuse them.

[@dustycrustyhomelessman1648]

holy shit I can't unhear that now

[@graciegj63]

Creed sounds like them too. Mad tv had a music video spoof of the song too.

[@wendynerd1199]

you ma boi No, I knew they were different bands. I just thought they were in the same genre.

[@Funnyfish66]

Thats not the face i thought would have that deep voice

[@Malkmusianful]

I can picture that I've seen a lot of babyfaced people have bass or lower baritone voices or they've faked having such a range

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

The Pyrocynical Effect

[@Feasco]

Yeah, I always pictured someone a bit older

[@manjackson2772]

you can't see todd's face though?

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

@@manjackson2772 I think we mean the band's singer

[@CmacDaMan09]

Wait...that boy's dad was behind Puppet Master? That's a bigger deal than I think Todd thinks it does. XD Not calling the series classic, but BOY it has a following out the ass, even now.

[@SockMonkee16]

Yeah, that kind of blew my mind, too. It doesn't seem like this kid is worthy of being heir to the Puppet Master dynasty. And the Band empire also already has a great musician. Richard Band did the Re-Animator soundtrack, for cripe's sake.

[@typacsk]

He was also the producer of "Laserblast," of MST3K... fame.

[@rivkamaria6555]

Proud of that guitarist though. He survived beyond the wall, became King in the north and has a really cool girlfriend now I've heard.

[@MilanKell]

Goodness, thank you! :D When Todd never made a joke about this guitarist LITERALLY being Jon Snow, I wondered if I was just seein' things! XD But looks like I'm not alone there.

[@garrickdeanlucasan9304]

The dead red head or the batshit crazy dragon riding aunt?

[@NexusKin]

I get it, because he looks exactly like Kit Harrington.

[@fzysknr]

I didn't know the Band family legacy of mediocre-yet-profitable crap had gone into its third generation. Charles Band's own father, Albert, was making B-movies well before anyone had even thought of doing multiple direct-to-video horror franchises based on tiny creatures and/or Tim Thomerson.

[@tegantalks9612]

Let’s be honest, Wherever You Will Go got really big because of 9/11. It was the perfect sentimental song for that time when people were processing the loss and coming to terms with a national tragedy. It came on the charts in May 2001 but appeared to have a spike in the weeks following 9/11.

[@joshthefunkdoc]

Yeah, i'm really surprised Todd never brought that up, but maybe that's how little he cares for this band lol

[@tegantalks9612]

@@joshthefunkdoc I’m just surprised it took Todd 17 years to realize this song was about loss. I was 7 when this song came out and I’ve always known it was about death and loss lol

[@shinyskunk]

"I will never understand music." --Todd, who has been reviewing music for a decade.

[@frostyguy1989]

A more apt phrasing would have been "I will never understand people." 'Cause have you met people? They make no fucking sense.

[@joelbaldwin4051]

Chris Russo And who's a quite talented pianist.

[@dlbkelly1]

Yes, Alex Band as a solo act seems tailor made for Twilight. Except that Twilight had some shockingly good music, the movie soundtracks were all Bon Iver & St Vincent, Beck & Bat For Lashes, Radiohead, Florence + The Machine.

[@Champiness]

I still remember sometimes that most people out there only know the Noisettes for their song from a Twilight sequel

[@tania8825]

I had a recurring joke when does movies came out, I looked at the soundtrack track lists and inmediately told my friends "If anybody cared to make their job in this movie, and was good at it, was whoever choose the songs that were going in this cds... that and whoever dressed the bad vampires in the first movie" (I am competel serious)

[@dvt1393]

All four of the soundtracks are staggeringly good. I still go back and listen to them semi-regularly. Seriously, the best thing to come out of any Twilight related media was the soundtracks.

[@brendanmccabe8373]

moviesforme the amount of times I’ve looked up a song and got the twilight soundtrack version

[@camoufleur]

Muse and Bruno Mars

[@direcircumstances]

Thank you for acknowledging how physically beautiful Kurt and Eddie were.

[@coryleaver31]

I wasn't even aware this band failed. My mom cranked this album in her car for years. I just assumed they were a massive success.

[@cremetangerine82]

Do you still speak to your mom?

[@DoodooSwaggy]

@@cremetangerine82He’s mad cause I fucked her

[@NexusKin]

Technically, their debut album, "Camino Palmero," was actually a hit, mostly due to this song obviously, and managed to sell some decent numbers. Their follow-up album, "Two," was the one that was a flop, since none of the songs managed to achieve a similar level of success as that previous hit.

[@ro_the_lion]

You got it backwards, though: the narrator is the one who's going to die. He's worried about it. either because he's terminal or just generally anxious about the thought. But the song is about the stress of not being able to protect her after he is taken away from her against his will. So the video's visual is her dealing with that loss and getting his name tattooed and trying to get on with her life alone. It's honestly pretty touching from that angle.

[@katatat2030]

That makes a lot of sense to me

[@tegantalks9612]

I always knew this song was about loss, which is why it got so big after 9/11 because a lot of people connected with the sentiment of the song.

[@emotionalsupportgoblin]

I literally took it as the narrator is the father of a young child and was comforting her about his death, like I'll always be with you so don't worry not necessarily a terminal father but like maybe a dad of a young kid who's been shaken by the death of someone else so began 'wonderin' what happens to her when he dies Would at least be a good song for a life insurance ad

[@amyrat151]

@@tegantalks9612 I'm surprised Todd didn't bring that up. I remember this as a 9/11 song, specifically. I guess that's why I don't hate it. I know it sucks but it seemed to capture a great loss, while still a need to feel hope. I don't know.

[@Okaydokay2638]

He said the song is about his uncle. The narrator is his dying uncle.

[@lifeatpaddyspub]

i've watched this review so many times i just really love the way todd eventually gives into the song he hates so much and says "...and yet there's something about it, isnt there?"

[@NexusKin]

Me too. There's always something about these songs in the end that makes them resonate with people. That's why they ended up becoming hits.

[@bradwolf07]

Hey Todd, one small bit of trivia for this song; this song almost became the theme song for the Star Trek show Enterprise. But in thr end the studio went with a more generic pop song (No Todd, I'm not joking)

[@kaydwessie296]

Faith of the Heart was generic as shit but it doesn't suck as an intro. This sure as fuck would've.

[@blacktallsmart1914]

Holy shit and people give faith of the heart a ton of crap. This would have been an absolutely horrendous intro song for enterprise.

[@batfleckforever3594]

I remember them using this song in the promos leading up to the premier of the show.

[@IsiahTomas]

@@batfleckforever3594 *shiver*

[@batfleckforever3594]

@@IsiahTomas Yeah, it was a pretty traumatizing experience. 😁

[@BJRyan-bw4ny]

This song makes me feel like I'm either riding in a Honda CR-V to summer camp in Aurora IL or playing NFS Hot Pursuit 2 and damn that's powerful

[@yukpuddle]

"The Gingerdead Man" sent me into a ten-minute straight laughing fugue

[@cremetangerine82]

Voiced by Gary Busey!

[@NightbaneGames]

I will not stop thinking about Evil Bong after this video.

[@gamerguy425]

..... they get even worse if you look them up on wikipedia, but JESUS they are flooding my mind now over this crap.

[@graciegj63]

I forgot that movie existed. 😅

[@LS-im6uc]

All those films look amazing!!

[@davidmonypeny5734]

Was that Tommy Chong with the chainsaw? Great casting.

[@hallamhal]

That's the band name they SHOULD have gone with!

[@danstiver9135]

Alex Band’s weirdly plucked eyebrows still crack me up to this day.

[@Manual8765]

I just gotta say, I love how rewatchable your content is. You have such a neat way of explaining the backstory, the reasoning behind your opinions and whatnot and its so fun to watch. I may not agree on some of your opinions, but your personality, your comedy and your knowledge and research makes them just a compelling. Never stop doing what you do!

[@Thraim.]

Wait... this *wasn't* a Nickelback song?!

[@justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145]

AdalRoderick I personally thought it was a Creed song.

[@JoeSixThreeOh]

Speaking of Nickelback, Todd should check out “Wasting My Time” by default, who IIRC were managed and/or produced by Chad Kroeger on their one and only album.

[@StormyKopaAMVs]

@@JoeSixThreeOh Was their band seriously called "Wasting My Time"? That's too funny.

[@JoeSixThreeOh]

Stormy Kopa No, that was the name of their single; their band name was, no shit, Default. The most generic name for a generic band popular for a generic rock song.

[@dvt1393]

@@JoeSixThreeOh Huh, your comment reminded me of that band that I haven't thought about in like 15 years, and I'm shocked that they have actually released 4 albums! Like you, I was sure that they only had one. I guess that's an indication of how well their career has gone. 😂

[@GenerationWest]

This song is still in my collection from my Talon Mix volumes from Smallville, haven't listened to it in awhile... It's so early 2000s, I love it.

[@MatthewCobalt]

My dad has been reliably singing this song for years now. Seriously, he’s had this on his regular karaoke lineup from my birth to today. In fact, he just sung it a few weeks ago he love it so much.

[@TheSaltyLibrarian]

If late 10's rock is the soundtrack for commercials, then early 00's rock was the soundtrack for a million airport montage scenes at the end of terrible mid-00's movies made by 40-something directors.

[@jeanclaudevanswag]

RaymondtheA.I. Damn straight.

[@knowyourroleboulevard7119]

Yellow bedletter was used in the ending scene of FRIENDS as Rachel boarded the plane.

[@RobJaskula]

Love Actually

[@oculttheexegaming2509]

I remember hearing "Wherever You Will Go" at the beginning of "Coyote Ugly".

[@ezwriter5589]

I believe "the guy from The Strokes whose dad was a big music mogul" is probably Albert Hammond, Jr., whose father, Albert Hammond, besides being a 70's one-hit wonder himself ("It Never Rains in Southern California"), was a big, big songwriter and producer in both the English and Spanish pop markets. His writing credits include "The Air That I Breathe", "When I Need You", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" , "Don't Turn Around", and "One Moment In Time", so he definitely had some big time connections.

[@Annafyz]

Wow, i am a strokes fan, and i never knew this bit about Albert's dad. Guess all the news were about Jules because he was a frontman and the face of the band. Also, i bet each The Strokes member had some kind of connections, cause there all were rich privileged kids growing up

[@TheBrettAbides]

I loved "Love Actually", but my least favorite scene included this song, because it totally nailed down early 2000s Midwest Mediocrity too well.

[@Emilylucy505]

YES! That’s part of the reason this song bugs me is because it’s in that scene 😆😆

[@lillianward2810]

YES. I knew it was in a movie I couldn’t place.

[@83croissant]

They’re not a Christian Rock band? They sound like a Christian Rock Band

[@wratched]

I think you mean "They sound like Creed."

[@XMIKE920]

They are not Christian Rock but they definitely sound like a carbon copy of Creed, which is enough for me to dislike them on those grounds alone.

[@SuperDevolution]

It's the bad Eddie Vedder impression. All Christian rock bands sound like they're imitating Eddie Vedder.

[@macsnafu]

There's a different band called The Call en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_(band)

[@dvt1393]

That's the biggest surprise for me from this video. I thought that they were a Jars of Clay type situation where they were a Christian band that got a fluke crossover hit. Never would have guessed that they weren't a Christian band.

[@alluneedislessthan3]

It’s interesting to me that Todd and I have very different taste in men. Now I can finally rest easy that Todd won’t steal my boyfriend.

[@jweigle23]

I fucking love the comments on Todd's videos hahaha

[@TheSaltySeaman]

He def likes a burly mans man.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

His video from Take On Me had so many hilarious jokes on that.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

Wait is Todd bi? I doubt he's gay obviously.

[@gdkeen3307]

I always thought this was one of those vaguely-spiritual songs from a christian rock band flirting with the mainstream

[@IckyNeko]

Todd, you hate how he looks because he's so clean compared to early grunge, late rock. He looks like he washes his hair every 12 minutes and shaved two seconds before he went on stage. Perfect make-up, brand name "distressed" clothes. The comparison to Hanson is perfect, he looks like an eight-year-old who has been dressed up by his parents for a talent pagent.

[@henrycurtis3652]

The eyebrows alone are grotesquely overdone.

[@ishishis]

He looks the lead kid from from that Disney Channel show, Austin and Ally.

[@tania8825]

@@henrycurtis3652 overdone eyebrows were par of the course in the 2000s XD Normally in women but I am sure many men did and told nobody about it and became a eyebrow edition of "don't ask don't tell"

[@murciadoxial8056]

They are so plastic and generic that they could be outrocked by hanson...

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

he looks cute. don't hate.

[@Jaspertine]

Featuring that song you thought was by Lifehouse.

[@fallencrusade6924]

This song and the Calling is a guilty pleasure for me. I can't help it, I was really young and associate it with good memories. Forgive me Todd. 😂

[@snarkknight2092]

I kept expecting it to transition to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." Damn 4 Chords Song.

[@stephenemmett9753]

I also expect myself to transition to that Dear Evan Hansen song, "You Will Be Found" Y'know, "even when the dark comes crashing through..." - has the same four chords.

[@RapCritic]

OH! These were the guys that were parodied on MAD TV: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6WZZIupgr99l9U That's... literally the only way I remember these guys: being called out for ripping off other people's styles.

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

Man, seeing anyone other than Todd who used to be with Channel Awesome is just... surreal and strange

[@anthonydeadman]

@@CarlsCozyCorner It's almost like they're able to move on past something they were previously a part of. Pretty crazy I know.

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

@@anthonydeadman yeah ik it's just trippy to think about.

[@JP-ve7or]

That was glorious, thank you

[@thomasgillespie17]

Todd, watch what you say about Silverchair. We're very protective of them down here in Australia.

[@manifestgtr]

Dude, I live in New England and even *I’m* protective of silverchair for godsake…

[@jackiethompson9677]

What ya gonna do fly 26 hours to a foreign country to die in a hail of gunfire because you know we have rifle trees by they grove and streams of ammunition and gasoline along side every street and we're all road rage psychos....better bring you an army of drop bears and a suit case of tinnies

[@queencerseilannister3519]

American here, my friends and I LOVED Silverchair.

[@memyself3510]

Neon Ballroom is one of my all time favorite albums

[@NexusKin]

I'm not really that familiar with Silverchair, but I do know about Silverstein.

[@idongesitusen5764]

The background song to almost every t.v. teen movie love scene of the 2000's.

[@andrewforsyth2351]

Please review Mambo no.5 by Lou Bega

[@eddiedingle767]

Andrew Forsyth We don’t want to watch Todd kill himself

[@Hotmanlion12]

I think he would literally rather die

[@FullMetalMudcrab]

...no

[@eddiedingle767]

Hotmanlion12 If he reviewed that song, he would have to review the Disney remix, where Lou Bega replaces girls names with Disney characters. “A little bit of Mickey in my life, A little bit of Daisy by my side,... Huey, Dewy Lewy, can’t go wrong A little bit of Goofy makes life so fun”

[@125loopy]

@@eddiedingle767 omg Todd pleeeeeaaaasee

[@wfbgenius]

The lead single from their second album was the song my middle school class used for our graduation to high school. That’s how impressive it was: a bunch of 8th graders said “Yeah, these ARE the years of our lives.”

[@annabeth5649]

This went big because it came out in 2001, when judging anything around that time you have to remember what kind of music became big after September 11th. UPN already using this song in every Enterprise ad (so much so I thought it was going to be the theme, and years later forgot it wasn't). So yeah a song about leaving a love one behind that's going to be big, when we have military shipping out to Afghanistan. It was sentimental at the right time and already in everyone's ear, like that damn Enya song. Most people who heard it on the radio didn't even know what the band looked like.

[@gamerguy425]

Hmm, I don't remem- *hears piano opening OH GOD THAT ONE, HE'S FINALLY GETTING TO A "CREED" type band

[@PunkExMachina]

The calling has 3 million monthly visitors on Spotify im shocked

[@heathercameron1485]

The only reason why I've heard of The Puppet Master is because it stars Mark from The Room.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

God, I hope Greg gets to be in better films some day.

[@NeoGraena]

Oh hi Mark

[@Timliu92]

Hahaha, what a story Heather.

[@joeyjoejoe1394]

@Tim Moroz the fifth one lol

[@typacsk]

Todd didn't make this connection, but Charles Band was also the producer of "Laserblast," which I suspect some of the folks in this thread may be familiar with

[@DendyJungle]

Todd u gotta fix your sound mixing. Your voice is so quiet and the music is way too loud. I'm having to turn the volume up and down just to get through it.

[@kaydwessie296]

I thought it was just cause I'm on my phone lol. For once it isn't

[@Unotuchable]

His sound mixing has always been a problem, don't watch the Cinemadonna stuff because the opening will deafen you.

[@ChopGod23]

Not gonna lie. I love this damn song. Always have, never actually looked into it but it was always on when I was a kid and it was on a rock CD compilation commercial I used to love.

[@admiralandy5120]

Fucking same man

[@misterhatman5771]

Any one else want to sing "Can you feel the love tonight" right after the intro? Or have I been listening to too much Axis of Awesome?

[@feldspar1000]

FUCKING THIS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VIDEO.

[@kidzoom221]

Immediately. And I haven't seen or heard any of their stuff in like 2 years.

[@ghivifahmi4252]

@@kidzoom221 they disbanded last August :(

[@DustinIsHappy]

From the second I heard him playing the intro all I could think was the four chord song from Axis of Awesome

[@GroteB]

'...aaaand she wiiiil be loved!'

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

I've been waiting way up high and down low for this song!

[@spencexxx]

27 likes? 27/6,000,000,000 people think you are funny.

[@Karmy.]

Sams

[@T0xXx1k]

You retract your statement on silverchair immediately. Frogstomp is still amazing. Radish on the other hand I want to defend but I can't.

[@Unotuchable]

Eh Frogstomp and Freak Show are very much products of their time and the lead singer is a bit embarrased by them and considers Neon Ballroom to be their first album that they're proud of.

[@jeremybean-hodges6397]

I get why Frogstomp is beloved, but Diorama is an excellent pop/rock album.

[@russianboss0378]

I coulda sworn this was a Creed song

[@yoshikinglovesyou]

They sound like a discount Creed, as if Creed wasn't a discount Nickelback already.

[@tolchok89]

And yet, Alex Band is still a better singer than Scott Stapp.

[@PsychicGirl]

Or Collective Soul

[@tolchok89]

*pouts* I still like the song "Shine".

[@zdoggzero6595]

Nicole Llih that bit is still hilarious to this day

[@alexleslie2898]

Ill be honest, when you mentioned he had a minor hit named "tonight," I expected Hot Chelle Rae to start playing and find out he was the bassist or something

[@DustinIsHappy]

Glad I’m not the only one thinking that. Although that song was tonight tonight, not just tonight

[@Seth9809]

Same.

[@FromElsewhear]

I was thinking more of Tonight (I'm Fucking You) by Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris.

[@patricklauer4452]

Alex Leslie SAME!

[@Iridescence93]

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of that :)

[@woodrobin]

I had always assumed that the viewpoint character in "Wherever You Will Go" was dying, and knew the girl he loves was going to be grieving him, and wanted to know she'd have love in her life after he was gone, rather than pining after him and denying herself happiness.

[@charlesclark3840]

I believe I have never heard this song before watching this, and that is what I got from it almost immediately even though I hadn't heard the complete lyrics. I was puzzled why Todd was thinking it was about a breakup.

[@MrDeathpilot]

@@charlesclark3840 It's probably because the video was about a breakup. I knew this song well before I ever saw the video and I would've never come to that conclusion.

[@FaeQueenCory]

10:40 “Torn” would make a good One Hit Wonderland.

[@nathanalbright]

I've never considered Natalie Imbruglia to be a one-hit wonder. She did have a couple more airplay songs off of her debut album, but Torn is about the only song of hers I can't stand.

[@denisenova7494]

YES

[@davidmonypeny5734]

As would Lisa Loeb.

[@Pillowvp]

That would be my number 1 request right now.

[@RatelHBadger]

Isn't it a cover?

[@thischarmingmothman7962]

Never clicked on a video alert so fast in my life.

[@cartersparks7580]

thischarmingmothman same

[@Hobojoe4464]

Yay new tits. Stoped what I was doing as soon as the notification popped up.

[@zoebailey]

Yeah I've been waiting for this one for years

[@TSFboi]

Anyone think the chorus sounds like that part in Pink's "Who Knew"? "Our last kiss, I'll cherish, Until we meet agaaainn"

[@emilypollock7990]

Goddammit I can't unhear it!

[@dragonpullman23]

"Who Knew" is also likely a 4 chord song.

[@helloitslbo]

I loved The Calling when I was younger and I still listen to several of these songs regularly.

[@pmunkyandpals11]

I never expected that voice to come out of that face

[@patricklauer4452]

pmunkyandpals11 same

[@TRIARII117]

considering the message of the song, it fit in at the time. between 9/11, the war on terror and the war in iraq in the following years, i would say it resonated strongly with a lot of people. not saying its a great song, but it worked given the setting

[@KayleeCee]

I seriously thought that Todd was fucking with all of us with those movie trailers, but they're all real! Goddamn it, those movies exist! I can't stop laughing! There's even a crossover movie with The Evil Bong vs. Gingerdead Man.

[@cmmosher8035]

Ha. I grew up in the 80s watching Charles Band movies because they were all over the VHS shelves at the local corner store.

[@drpibisback7680]

Not only that, but It's an insane looking movie. Freddy vs Jason ain't got shit on Evil Bong vs Gingerdead Man.

[@that_chem_guy]

Full Moon Entertainment, baby. You would be so surprised by what they have

[@badchannelname]

The first and last time someone called Charles Band a powerful movie executive

[@cabbelos]

Powerful movie executive called Charles Entertainment Band

[@typacsk]

"Ah, the Charlie Daniels Band is now the Charles Band." -- Tom Servo

[@garboil]

Fun fact: Cat Stevens “Wild world” was actually written about Himself! It plays as an opposite from his other song “pop star” on the same album.

[@writerspen010]

This lead singer looks like a blond Drake Bell, and his father looks like David Cassidy (may he rest in peace) 🤔

[@starphaser]

I remember when I listened to Adrianne the first time and thought "hey, you know what? the best part of this song is the ending, where the band just seems to be jamming out". it still is the best part of that song.

[@2kano113]

16:54 "one of the few songs where Chad dials it back and doesn't sound so terrifying" being said as Alex Band flies through the air on the last word makes me lose my shit inexplicably.

[@GurdevSeepersaud]

It's funny, I know Todd corrected himself on what the song was about, but even as a kid I never saw this as a love song. I always loved it because it made me think of a parent singing this to their child. That 90's Vedder style of singing makes you think the singer is way older and more experienced than he actually is.

[@aramkesoon]

Lead singer: Draco Malfoy Guitarist: Jon Snow

[@themoviedealers]

WHOA! Was not expecting Charlie Band and Gingerdead Man to make an appearance. It's like this show suddenly turned into RedLetterMedia or something.

[@runningcommentary2125]

I had to stop the video to roll around laughing for several minutes when he mentioned 'Evil Bong'.

[@brandievan2678]

Me too!

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

I Googled it thinking it was a joke. It's real, came out in 2006, and has 3 sequels.

[@anthonydeadman]

I lost it at "Gingerdead Man"

[@peteranderson037]

The Calling is part of what Rick Beato would call a faceless rock band. There were a million of them in the late '90s and early 2000s and even though you may remember their songs none of them had enough personality to warrant anyone learning the names of the drummer, bassist, or even lead singer. Their militant blandness helped kill rock as a major music genre for good. From Chuck Berry through Elvis and The Beatles to...this.

[@nathanalbright]

These guys were even more bland and less worthy of interest than Marcy Playground or Fuel or any other number of groups.

[@Karmy.]

@@nathanalbright are you shitting me?! Marcy Playground kicks ass and I will NOT tolerate any of that slander!

[@drpibisback7680]

@@nathanalbright Fuel is a name that fucks with me, because there was an actually good post-hardcore band from the bay area in the 90s with the same name.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

​@@nathanalbright Hip Hop still persists as a genre on the strength of the personality of its female artists. Most notably Cardi B and Meghan thee Stallion. Whereas the majority of male artists under the age of 30 are as faceless and bland as these early 2000 radio rock bands.

[@phastinemoon]

I remember this song from the commercial for Star Trek Enterprise. But, tbh, I’d heard it on the radio LONG before that, and I still unironically love the album

[@SkellaBella1396]

Alex Band looks ENTIRELY too pretty. I always expected the lead singer to be a musclehead olderguy...

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

Silverchair actually evolved into a prog rock band in the end, now their singer is in a new wave band.

[@Malkmusianful]

Silverchair started to go prog on Neon Ballroom and completed the transition on Diorama They went to straight-up fun art rock like Roxy Music on Young Modern, though half of the album maintained the prog aesthetic I wanted to hear what they were gonna do next - what if we got the Here Comes the Warm Jets of Australian post-grunge

[@emmakatenotcake]

Then Daniel Johns cooked himself into oblivion.

[@patricklauer4452]

The Neon Chimp Channel I love Sliverchair

[@jackko21]

They started good on frogstomp then one or two good songs on freak show then the next 3 complete fucking shit then Daniel sold out and made shitty dub step then Daniel got high on cocain

[@Malkmusianful]

@@jackko21 look, I like Freak Show as much as the next guy and I'm defend it with my dying breath, but Frogstomp is mostly okay. Just okay. The band got a lot better with Neon Ballroom.

[@AnodyneJS]

First, while I recalled the song, I was definitely on Team Thought That Was by Creed. Shows how much attention I paid to the Adult Alternative acts by then. Second, I remember the abduction story, and happen to live about 30 miles from Lapeer, Michigan, where he was dumped. After seeing details of his life and career, I can't stop thinking about what was going through his head right then. Just so people can get their heads around it, Lapeer is the county seat of rural Lapeer County, up in the Thumb region of Michigan. While it is only maybe an hour north of Detroit, it's part of a mini-peninsula of its own, so it's literally on the way to nowhere, and has a population of around 9,000, at the most. This guy, who grew up in a privileged neighborhood of L.A. and had a Top 5 single when he was only 20 finds himself abducted, and then dumped by some train tracks in a backwater town in farm country just 12 years later, must have had a serious case of What Have I Done With My Life syndrome.

[@GoodVolition]

That four chord structure exists for a reason.

[@zzcolby27]

Always thought it was a Creed song. The dude's voice in "Wherever you will go" sounds the same as the vocals in "My Sacrifice"

[@Squato]

Fun side to that. Madtv did a skit at the time where The Calling plays before Pearl Jam cuts in with their same sounding song before Creed jumps in to call them both lazy for trying to steal their sound. All of this while they float on a set that is a mash-up of their music videos at the time. Ends with Ray Charles randomly floating in and calling them for trying to steal HIS thing.

[@lkjhgfstudios5863]

It also sounds very similar to One Last Breath

[@djangomarkov7948]

If anyone is wondering what @@Squato is talking about, because I was kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHTVhZ6oasmjabM

[@cedarflags]

I love this song so much. Can’t wait for Todd to praise this!! Oh...

[@MrJacobrabbit]

Ikr

[@SWLinPHX]

LOL

[@Kaleidoscopikc]

UNTOUCHED BY THE VERONICAS HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA TELL YOU TO DO THAT ONE 😫

[@quackmeister1238]

Down in Australia and New Zealand they had a bigger hit in the mid-00s with 4ever, probably only known by Americans for it's use in 2006's She's The Man.

[@lunatikkrazieazylum6226]

@jockadoobee Man, fuck you.

[@SRLovesPandas1]

I think you got to request on Patreon

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Wait the Veronicas or the Donnas? Or is they Veruca Salt? I’m getting confused now

[@KittyMeow1984]

If I remember this song/band at all, it's because they marked the exact time I quit listening to contemporary/top 40 music stations. Back in summer 2001 in my country, you couldn't turn on the radio for ten straight minutes without this goddamn song popping up at some point, and the fact that they kept saying they were the next Nirvana/Soundgarden didn't help either.

[@kaydwessie296]

Well obviously they were too shitty to do that. But yeah seriously who said that? I just wanna "talk"

[@richardpreston7333]

Am I the only one who started replacing The Calling's lyrics with "Hunger Dunger Dang" after Todd used that phrase?

[@KoopySandwiches]

This sounds like Christian rock.

[@theoneguyoverthere]

What does, the lyrics or the name of the band?

[@BADeByrd]

I really thought this was a Creed song for the longest time, which falls into the same genre as well.

[@DaremoTen]

Yes.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

theoneguyoverthere The song does sonically.

[@gregorywiederecht]

Funny you mention that. I remember hearing one of the follow-up singles on the local Christian rock radio station when I was a kid

[@emilywhite1429]

Ok but forget The Calling, I want to hear more about the life and times of Radish!

[@DrAntronic]

Haha. That "Jake" tattoo was made to be regreted!!

[@rickc2102]

Shouldn't that be "regerted"? 😜

[@RC99_Productions]

The Calling sounds like Creed before they reached puberty. In all seriousness, I myself still enjoy this song.

[@ori4980]

"The non-union Mexican equivalent of Chad Kroeger." Well done, Sir.

[@DropNinety]

ori The Simpsons reference.

[@maxmatson1578]

Silverchair's first album "Frogstomp" is one of my all-time favorites!

[@cremetangerine82]

To their credit, Silverchair’s Daniel Johns did sound like he was an adult (despite being 15), sound like they were better songwriters and instrumentalists. Hell, even with the nepotism that launched The Strokes’ career, they do have an album on “Rolling Stone” in their “Top 500 albums of All Time” (at number 114 on the 2021 list). I can’t even use the “they’re not even old enough to legally drink” excuse either. Nas released his first album “Illmatic” when he was 20! It’s at number 44 on aforementioned Rolling Stone’s list! The Calling just sucks massive donkey dick.

[@jimboa20]

I legit like this song unironically. And no, I have no idea why.

[@christinekirby1]

Same

[@caitlinerickson7355]

jimboa20 I saw this theory that really predictable songs can be pleasing simply because when your brain guesses what’s coming next, and is right, it releases endorphins to ‘reward’ you for being good at patterns

[@bingobongo1615]

Its emotional just in the right simple way for me.

[@Karmy.]

Same

[@NWCountryGirl17]

I like it too and best reason I can think of it reminds me of the simple easier time