Kicking And Screaming brought me to the Newbury Comics... to buy this CD... 11 years ago. Still a great fucking tune. One of the best sing-song chorus melodies going.
The old guy is the (late) Richard Avedon, arguably the best photgrapher of people in the 20th century. How Freedy got him in this video, I don't know, but bravo! It makes a classic song a classic tie-in about exposing ourselves on many levels.
I started to fall asleep last night, dozing off. I started to hear this song play in my head. Haven't heard it for years...why this came in my head, who knows?
I remember seeing this video on this VH1 show, growing up. I wish I could remember the name of it? They played the Jayhawks, early Wilco stuff, this, etc.
@79kassius Was it 'Crossroads'? Came on like 11 p.m. weeknights? I believe that's where I first heard this song, as well as the stuff you mention, e.g., Jayhawks TTGG, Wilco A.M. etc. Makes me nostalgic for the 90s, or my youth, or both.
I Actually saw this video the one time MTV played it.And VH1 played it twice.Thankfully I loved it immediately.Later got the album "This Perfect World".I love that album soo much.Later got "Live At McCabes".some great stuff on there.And "Can You Fly" I love that album immensely.Freedy's a Great American Classic.I wish he was bigger but I feel privileged to recognize his talents & to listen to him.That's my baby!
I've been having a hell of a day, ready to snap, when "Bad Reputation" comes on RadioFreePhoenix, and all is well with the world again. Rock and roll soothes my soul. Ahhhhh. Thank you, Freedy.
I saw him in about 1996 at first avenue in minneapolis....he came out and played this song first and then said "okay, there you go - most of you guys can leave now"
I first heard this song on the closing credits of "Kicking & Screaming", Noah Baumbach's first movie from 1995 (not the Will Ferrell movie!) which is one of my favorite flix.
@tjsbigidea Brilliant song, brilliant artist, brilliant movie, brilliant cast, brilliant director! Top to bottom brilliant! Can't get enough of this song or movie! The mid-90s are missed. It was a time when the pinnacle of achievement in the arts (especially movies and music) were reached IMO. I only realize now that I neglected those times. I feel like such an @ss.
@capnspl0tch Agree, completely. I was an adolescent then and didn't like good music. Weird how the worst stuff then becomes the best now.
I bought a Snoop Dogg CD when I was 13 for seventeen dollars and started realizing then that I didnt like buying a CD and getting a whole CD of filler for one song from the radio.
i was looking through my dad's old tapes and found a mix with this song on it. i love music like this. i was born in 93, and i think some of the best stuff came from the 90's.
some years ago i lived near a discount used music store and this is one of the albums i never heard of but i bought it anyway. i think i payed $2. this song alone was worth the investment.
@coronet67 I am in total agreement with you! I love those songs that have that beautiful eeriness and haunt you in a good way. I especially love it when it's an artist that I've never heard of that makes me search frantically for it and makes me appreciate it all that much more when I DO find it although this song was easy to find because it was at the end of the movie Kicking and Screaming. LOL! This song could be my personal soundtrack!
One of my all time favorite writers and artists. Freedy is the MOST underated artist ever. I was a radio personality for 15 years and now V.P. for a record label for the last 4 years. I just wish there were more music like this.
I'm sure you don't mean that people like me are the reason there isn't more music that I like. That wouldn't make sense.
Radio stations play what people buy. Record labels market what people buy. When they market artists that don't sell...they lose money. People like you, me and other REAL music fans have to request the songs at radio, buy the CDs or downloads and buy the concert tickets.
I've been in the music business (on the management side) for ten years. I wasn't referring to YOU specifically, but you're well aware that people like things in pretty little shiny packages (Freedy doesn't fit this mold). It's absurd to say that radio isn't partially responsible for this. Radio (and record stores - do they still exist?) formatters kill artists like Freedy. I blame the masses mostly, not you, dude. But your (what people buy) hands aren't totally dry.
There is alot of good music out there that does not get recognized. But if it doesn't make a profit to market and produce it than nobody is going to do it. That's the difference between "music" and the "music business." I agree with you on almost all of your points. But... People complain about BP and continue to be gas hogs. People complain about paparazzi and buy the magazines.
People complain about crappy radio and don't support their favorite artists.
Was in a starbucks today and they were playing a freedy Johnston song...It wasnt this one..but sounded similar...made me come look this up here..had forgotten all about this song..loved it when it first came out.
@dbykillstheradiostar I agree and I love punk and metal! Brilliant songs are brilliant songs and can transcend people's tastes in musical genres. That's how you know it's brilliant! And yes, Freedy does rule!
god this takes me back. they used to play this on the alternative rock station - 93.7 The Edge - when i was in middle school. and i would tape record the songs off the radio. i thought i was so cool.
Woah, really? what's it like being psychic? I bet it's really fucking cool. What am I thinking right now? If you guess "Leroybrown505 is the biggest fucking idiot that I've ever even heard of" you're right!
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Buahahahahahahahahaha, I made that comment a year ago, why are you responding to something that fucking old? What the hell is wrong with you? Did you really think I'd get all defensive, over something I wrote that fucking long ago? You're a fucking idiot.
Hey obviously I don't care how long ago you wrote it. Your a year older now so that goes to show that you will be old one day so don't hate on old people. lol its whatever anyway cause I left my youtube account logged on and my friend got on a wrote the comment to you. Im not that rude but, it's not good to call out somebody because of age
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Yes, during the closing credits if I remember correctly. Great movie. You may not be aware of this, but Noah Baumbach, who wrote and directed Kicking and Screaming, co-wrote "The Life Aquatic (with Steve Z.)" with Wes Anderson.
The shot of the little girl running through the trailer park and her seemingly abusive father pulling his belt off presents an intriguing and yet disturbing image of poverty and working class reality.
I love this video... there's so much going on in it, and so many subjects and emotions are being presented, that you can watch it a hundred times and still come away with something you hadn't thought about before.
I think this song came out in 92 or 93. I remember hearing it on an indy station in Colorado, and I went out and bought the album that day. The whole thing is great....
god...who is this guy????? never heard of his music til i saw "kingpin".....but, god....this song is sooooooo fahking sweet...i play it on my acoustic for like, um, all day......sweet vid....thankx....peace.....B
i heard it for the first time a week ago, and my band decided to play it the first time they all heard it. It's one of our most requested songs! Great job, Freedy!
I remember first hearing this song on a free CD included in a KROQ calendar 1994? 1993?(106.7 fm Los Angeles). It's been a favorite of mine since then!
When you watch the Farrelly Bros. movie "Kingpin", the reason why this song is in it is because when you look at Woody Harrelson's character, "Roy Munson" then think about this particular song, it really makes sense. He was setting himself up to ruin his life only to blame it on Bill Murray's character, "Ernie McCracken", but he didn't make the decision in the begining of the movie, (the money games with the priest) Roy did and years later finally realized it.
its really a good flick. As funny as it is, it really teaches the viewer something about regretting things in the future when you don't think about the present things that you are doing.
Came out in 1994 and was little known then until the movie Kingpin. I have the album entitled, "This Perfect World". It really is a good album. I still listen to it.
Except the destroying of life part....not me. I've gotten mine back on track since my divorce fortunatley, but I have ruined relationships during the process.
This song is supposedly about how we tend to do stupid things that we will regret later in life like hurting the ones we love, or alienating people we knew only to have a "bad Reputation" and then realizing as we got older that it's too late to turn back so credibilities become somewhat questionable at best and relationships were destroyed and ultimatley destroying our own lives in the process. This song could definatley be true for my own life.
Like this if you know this song from the best movie ever" kingpin."
sethlu87 10 hours ago
Would like to see FJ added to 30a Songwriters Festival!
j1albertftwayne 2 weeks ago
This song makes me wet.
MPL029 3 weeks ago
Kicking And Screaming brought me to the Newbury Comics... to buy this CD... 11 years ago. Still a great fucking tune. One of the best sing-song chorus melodies going.
destiny66 3 weeks ago
gangsta gangstd
antoeknee333 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
best ever... not doubt son
antoeknee333 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
love this song... still listen to it often...
princessspogo 1 month ago
He has a nice way of changing chords with his voice.
danno321s 2 months ago 3
WGTZ Z-93 in Dayton, OH. used to play this for awhile in early 1995. AWESOME tune!
alans61377 2 months ago
The old guy is the (late) Richard Avedon, arguably the best photgrapher of people in the 20th century. How Freedy got him in this video, I don't know, but bravo! It makes a classic song a classic tie-in about exposing ourselves on many levels.
HF11230 4 months ago
Saw this song in the movie "Kingpin".
LWG1970 4 months ago 2
@LWG1970 YEP
binhterry1 3 months ago
song brings back memories
katdg22 4 months ago
I started to fall asleep last night, dozing off. I started to hear this song play in my head. Haven't heard it for years...why this came in my head, who knows?
tarathetarantula 4 months ago
@tarathetarantula Same with me. Over and over in my head while I was trying to fall asleep.
sslaws 4 months ago
@tarathetarantula That's kind of how it came back to me. It's one of those songs that buries in your subconcious I think.
utopiachild71 1 month ago
college in the 90s
YourActivismTube 5 months ago 4
One of the best melodic songs ever. Absolutely amazingly perfect.
groptimum 5 months ago
@groptimum i concure.also extremely relate-able .
robinkirs 5 months ago
this reminds me of Kingpin!
A7Xrev19 6 months ago
Excellent!
jjmcduff 6 months ago
I remember seeing this video on this VH1 show, growing up. I wish I could remember the name of it? They played the Jayhawks, early Wilco stuff, this, etc.
79kassius 6 months ago
@79kassius Was it 'Crossroads'? Came on like 11 p.m. weeknights? I believe that's where I first heard this song, as well as the stuff you mention, e.g., Jayhawks TTGG, Wilco A.M. etc. Makes me nostalgic for the 90s, or my youth, or both.
tabroocks 6 months ago
I truly believe you cut like 45sec out of this song you'd have had a perfect track.
This song begs to be covered by someone great BTW. I'd love to hear REM do it.
enochjames 6 months ago in playlist Best Music of the 90s
7 people are crumdumbs
Bellinghamspence 7 months ago 2
@Bellinghamspence that is now my new favorite insult, thank you :)
izziebarrie 6 months ago
This song just popped into my head after not hearing it in forever! I forgot how great it was.
Theresacarroll9 7 months ago 3
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tandorkus 7 months ago
Yay! for Kansas talent!!! whoo hoo!! he's from kansas.
1225grl 7 months ago
I still have this CD, 16 years later.
Pinhead554 7 months ago
Jason Ross covered this awhile back and did an amazing job! This song rocks!
Corporateslaves 7 months ago
totally reminds me of middle school ! Love this song!
k8ogr8 7 months ago
I Actually saw this video the one time MTV played it.And VH1 played it twice.Thankfully I loved it immediately.Later got the album "This Perfect World".I love that album soo much.Later got "Live At McCabes".some great stuff on there.And "Can You Fly" I love that album immensely.Freedy's a Great American Classic.I wish he was bigger but I feel privileged to recognize his talents & to listen to him.That's my baby!
kdwestbrooks 8 months ago
inspiration for munson on movie Kingpin
mecasmer 8 months ago
I've been having a hell of a day, ready to snap, when "Bad Reputation" comes on RadioFreePhoenix, and all is well with the world again. Rock and roll soothes my soul. Ahhhhh. Thank you, Freedy.
LizBoyle 8 months ago 2
Isn't that Fred at 0:24
einbischen 8 months ago
love this song hope one day ill be as good as him
memery8551 8 months ago 2
can't believe only 114,595 views.......thought it would have way more
29johnmj 9 months ago
awesome hook...
IMSTEVEERB 9 months ago
cool song!!!
benpaul32 9 months ago
Watching The Atheist Experience helped me discover this gem of a song. It is so beautiful.
MrIsaiah722 10 months ago
Happy Saturday.....all!
ZJProz 10 months ago
great song , the first time i heard it was on the current 89.3
chidocq 10 months ago
... until I close my eyes ...
Thank you for posting!
MeggyMichelle 10 months ago
Bad Reputation
I got a bad reputation
keep that in mind
when you cuss me
and when you cuss your own kind
M.S. Morrison
michaelsmorrison 11 months ago
Great song.
JKTube 11 months ago
This song always takes me to my happy place.
fizzygillespie 11 months ago 2
Should of gotten more airplay on the major radio stations.
RobRobertTheMusicMan 11 months ago 46
Oh, come on it wasent that bad, you still owe me two mounths rent so i would practice your tongue exercises if i were you.
Love4Titts 11 months ago 18
...don't you think I've heard the talk...nobody's gonna' tell me who to love...
willowsage33 1 year ago
@willowsage33 Does he love a man?
09jpick 7 months ago
nobody's gonna tell me who to love...
willowsage33 1 year ago
love this song!such a talented artist!
33smokechic 1 year ago
Super talented and super underrated.
GRANTxxHATESxxYOU 1 year ago 2
I saw him in about 1996 at first avenue in minneapolis....he came out and played this song first and then said "okay, there you go - most of you guys can leave now"
LOL, I always loved that one.
schwizzler 1 year ago 3
Song reminds of of Dawson's Creek for some reason.
southport97 1 year ago
makes me nostalgic, gotta love the 90s:)
joeshmoe005 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing song.
mqmninezero 1 year ago
Mr. Munson!!!!
xcelerator67 1 year ago
Matthew Sweet
HarryRatio 1 year ago
this video fits this song perfectly. it captures the tone nyc in the early 90's.
JustDaveMusic 1 year ago
Ahh... the 90s. What a great decade for music.
braddyboy82 1 year ago
I first heard this song on the closing credits of "Kicking & Screaming", Noah Baumbach's first movie from 1995 (not the Will Ferrell movie!) which is one of my favorite flix.
This song has stuck with me ever since!
tjsbigidea 1 year ago
@tjsbigidea Brilliant song, brilliant artist, brilliant movie, brilliant cast, brilliant director! Top to bottom brilliant! Can't get enough of this song or movie! The mid-90s are missed. It was a time when the pinnacle of achievement in the arts (especially movies and music) were reached IMO. I only realize now that I neglected those times. I feel like such an @ss.
capnspl0tch 1 year ago
@capnspl0tch Agree, completely. I was an adolescent then and didn't like good music. Weird how the worst stuff then becomes the best now.
I bought a Snoop Dogg CD when I was 13 for seventeen dollars and started realizing then that I didnt like buying a CD and getting a whole CD of filler for one song from the radio.
CrownVicNiick 10 months ago
suddenly your face is everywhere...
joyceannpumpkin 1 year ago
i was looking through my dad's old tapes and found a mix with this song on it. i love music like this. i was born in 93, and i think some of the best stuff came from the 90's.
CosmoLewis 1 year ago 6
I didn't read previous comments but I first heard this in the movie Kingpin... love this song
Susiq76 1 year ago
just heard this on wjrr orlando, dang i was a freshman in high school last time i heard this great tune...
rollasparkz 1 year ago
gracias keaginsdad!!were r u???saludos desde alaska!!!
locogol 1 year ago
jajajaj!!! amigos temaso!si, ese es el anio!good memories!!
locogol 1 year ago
I love this song!!!!!! Question, who knows what year this song came out? I was in Argentina at the time and I want to know! Q pedaso be tema.........
locogol 1 year ago
@locogol It was summer 1994
KeaginsDad 1 year ago
This song completely describes myself right now. I first heard it at the end of Kicking and Screaming.
TannerEdman94 1 year ago
This song is very 90s to me....love it!
cauthoncrazy 1 year ago
cant stop playing his song, i just got a hold of this song hopefully the rest of his music is as great love it alottt
sosbarbie 1 year ago
@sosbarbie HIs albums are awesome! I strongly encourage you to check 'em out!
capnspl0tch 1 year ago
some years ago i lived near a discount used music store and this is one of the albums i never heard of but i bought it anyway. i think i payed $2. this song alone was worth the investment.
GM0530 1 year ago 3
this is my life song
J8neSez 1 year ago
another song that brings me back. hey,i like singer/songwriters.
chadreddogstevens 1 year ago
dayum i love this song.one of the best ive ever heard! *^_^*
J8neSez 1 year ago
It's one of those songs that you hear a little snippet of it echoing around a corner or something and it just sticks in your head. It's haunting.
coronet67 1 year ago 2
@coronet67 I am in total agreement with you! I love those songs that have that beautiful eeriness and haunt you in a good way. I especially love it when it's an artist that I've never heard of that makes me search frantically for it and makes me appreciate it all that much more when I DO find it although this song was easy to find because it was at the end of the movie Kicking and Screaming. LOL! This song could be my personal soundtrack!
capnspl0tch 1 year ago
i mean come on when the bass and drums kick in at 0:18, you know this song is going to devastate.
shmoeburger76 1 year ago
Reminds me of Kingpin....and also makes me cry :(
crissyoi 1 year ago
Damn great song.
1padget 1 year ago
One of my all time favorite writers and artists. Freedy is the MOST underated artist ever. I was a radio personality for 15 years and now V.P. for a record label for the last 4 years. I just wish there were more music like this.
ShowNobodyWatches 1 year ago 2
@ShowNobodyWatches
Radio programmers and record label execs are two of the reasons there isn't more music like this.
tnboltsfan56 1 year ago
@tnboltsfan56
I'm sure you don't mean that people like me are the reason there isn't more music that I like. That wouldn't make sense.
Radio stations play what people buy. Record labels market what people buy. When they market artists that don't sell...they lose money. People like you, me and other REAL music fans have to request the songs at radio, buy the CDs or downloads and buy the concert tickets.
Money talks.
ShowNobodyWatches 1 year ago
@ShowNobodyWatches
I've been in the music business (on the management side) for ten years. I wasn't referring to YOU specifically, but you're well aware that people like things in pretty little shiny packages (Freedy doesn't fit this mold). It's absurd to say that radio isn't partially responsible for this. Radio (and record stores - do they still exist?) formatters kill artists like Freedy. I blame the masses mostly, not you, dude. But your (what people buy) hands aren't totally dry.
tnboltsfan56 1 year ago
@tnboltsfan56
I just realized they labelled this song "Bad Reputaion". Can you not even spell the title of your song correctly, Freedy? ;)
tnboltsfan56 1 year ago
@tnboltsfan56
There is alot of good music out there that does not get recognized. But if it doesn't make a profit to market and produce it than nobody is going to do it. That's the difference between "music" and the "music business." I agree with you on almost all of your points. But... People complain about BP and continue to be gas hogs. People complain about paparazzi and buy the magazines.
People complain about crappy radio and don't support their favorite artists.
ShowNobodyWatches 1 year ago
@ShowNobodyWatches
We're in total agreement. Shoot me a message next time you're in Nashville and I'll buy you a beer (or two).
tnboltsfan56 1 year ago
i know freedy
MattChewify 1 year ago
Thanks! Great song. Love Freedy's work.
benzodiazapines 1 year ago
Beautiful, brilliant......great stuff Freedy!
mikemanitou 1 year ago
Seven years disappear bellow my feet....
llcoolray3000 1 year ago
you are still ahead of your time
clintanddana 1 year ago
Yes, great song. I saw Johnston at a concert in a small venue in New York City in 2002.
And he didn't perform the song! I wasn't the only one who was let down.
Since then, I learned never go to a concert expecting to hear one song.
dcavalli9 1 year ago
This really is one of those songs that never gets old I've listened to it 3 times in a row.
Tobsy1981 1 year ago 3
The Perfect Song.
mstech1 1 year ago 2
Was in a starbucks today and they were playing a freedy Johnston song...It wasnt this one..but sounded similar...made me come look this up here..had forgotten all about this song..loved it when it first came out.
MPL029 1 year ago
Always liked this song - almost forgot about it. Thanks for the post!
pucksterz12 2 years ago
McQuinn and McGuire would be proud of this composition and lyrical arrangement. Thanks Freedy!
fisher2521 2 years ago 3
Great, great song.
TheWholeYearInn 2 years ago 9
One of my favorite songs of all time
chesapei 2 years ago 5
This is easily one of the greatest American songs of all time. I love this song so much. Mr. Johnston is an incredible music talent.
ShikagoMale 2 years ago 72
1:34-1:38 filmed "up the Hill" in CarteretNJ. Almost makes growing up there worth it. Tommy M u were right!!!
drivebyfluffer 2 years ago 2
damn advertisements
44eelz 2 years ago
Finally! It's back!
Benioff1 2 years ago 3
and it isn't just talk talk talk
laceyjanae13 2 years ago
"Nobody's gonna tell me who to love." So simple, so powerful!
andrewleibs 3 years ago
so underated
mrlake002 3 years ago
this song still moves me-the world is falling apart-still gets a tear sometimes
infomaggot 3 years ago
This song was in a movie? I know it from high school.
tashahb79 3 years ago
This song was featured in these two movies:
-Kicking and Screaming (1995)
-Kingpin (1996)
Benioff1 2 years ago
@tashahb79 it was in kingpin
S9RAD 2 years ago
Freedy you rule!
Even death rockers and punks love this song! One of the best memorable songs that came out of the mid 90's, totally haunting yet so perfect!
Recently saw the movie "Kingpin" on cable which is a favorite of mine and i love the scene where they play this!
You are VERY underrated my friend! CHEERS!!!!
dbykillstheradiostar 3 years ago 3
@dbykillstheradiostar I agree and I love punk and metal! Brilliant songs are brilliant songs and can transcend people's tastes in musical genres. That's how you know it's brilliant! And yes, Freedy does rule!
capnspl0tch 1 year ago
god this takes me back. they used to play this on the alternative rock station - 93.7 The Edge - when i was in middle school. and i would tape record the songs off the radio. i thought i was so cool.
grantaclause 3 years ago 3
oh yes 93.7 from minnesota ,right? after that they became 93x, the edge was awesome, i also taped this song.
tropicjester12 3 years ago
one of my favorite songs that they played at the bon-ton when i worked there
adamsa83 3 years ago
thats funny a bunch of people heard it on kingpin and came to check it out
leroybrown505 3 years ago
Really what tipped you off? Was it those last 5 comments about how they heard it from kingpin? No, I bet yer psychic.
Valkes 3 years ago
yeah
leroybrown505 3 years ago
Woah, really? what's it like being psychic? I bet it's really fucking cool. What am I thinking right now? If you guess "Leroybrown505 is the biggest fucking idiot that I've ever even heard of" you're right!
Valkes 3 years ago
im watching kingpin now and it sounded like a good song so i came and got it lol on LW
leroybrown505 3 years ago
Kingpin! What a great movie
5267hampton 3 years ago 2
great song ,havent heard this since 96 ,god im feeling old hahaha
tropicjester12 3 years ago 3
That's cause you are old.
Valkes 3 years ago
ijust left my wife of 7yrs this song made me cry
bhx9fe 3 years ago 2
That sucks, mate...
godsproprietor 3 years ago
BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Way to live up to the statistic man.
Valkes 3 years ago
fuck you youll be old one day too fag
amandapanda1116 2 years ago
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Buahahahahahahahahaha, I made that comment a year ago, why are you responding to something that fucking old? What the hell is wrong with you? Did you really think I'd get all defensive, over something I wrote that fucking long ago? You're a fucking idiot.
Valkes 2 years ago
Hey obviously I don't care how long ago you wrote it. Your a year older now so that goes to show that you will be old one day so don't hate on old people. lol its whatever anyway cause I left my youtube account logged on and my friend got on a wrote the comment to you. Im not that rude but, it's not good to call out somebody because of age
because you will be that age one day.
amandapanda1116 2 years ago
I hate to hear that but you'll find your right way!
thordis517 3 years ago
ifuc1n love this song
bhx9fe 3 years ago 3
One of the most beautiful songs ever. Ever.
thordis517 3 years ago 5
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This is one of the greatest songs ever!!!
matthewdds 3 years ago
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afirocs 3 years ago
I worked in an indie record store several years ago here in KS and we always listened to Freedy. What a lovely flashback : )
kellsbells666 3 years ago
Tommy Lee Jones makes a guest appearance at 1:30.
ThiefInLaw 3 years ago
That wasn't him!
Benioff1 3 years ago
great song
i always thought i would end up like one of the guys in this video.
lol I guess I did.
iamsilverback 3 years ago
this song is so good i heard in a store once then again in king pin , finally i chaised it down
lisann428 3 years ago
'Reputation' is misspelled, although this does show up on searches for this song and artist anyway. Just thought you should know.
Also, cool song.
LordNifty 3 years ago
HA HA I love the mean mug he gives on 2:16, its priceless.
kidrodelo5 3 years ago
Did anyone else first hear this song in the movie Kicking and Screaming (1995) than in Kingpin?
Benioff1 3 years ago
Yes, during the closing credits if I remember correctly. Great movie. You may not be aware of this, but Noah Baumbach, who wrote and directed Kicking and Screaming, co-wrote "The Life Aquatic (with Steve Z.)" with Wes Anderson.
hooskerdu1 3 years ago
Yeah. I long since knew that.
Benioff1 3 years ago
Yea just heard it while watching Kingpin and IMDB'd it.
procyclist1988 3 years ago
same here lol
pimpacious 3 years ago
i never heard this song until i watched the movie, "kingpin".....this is probably the best acoustic song that i have ever heard... B
briantfenton 3 years ago
man i loved this song... soo many memories
qaylin 3 years ago
Brings back memories of watching my favorite movie Kingpin. Quite an amazing song also, he has a great voice!
crimelord90 3 years ago
video reminds me of diane arbus
roark77cos 3 years ago 2
The shot of the little girl running through the trailer park and her seemingly abusive father pulling his belt off presents an intriguing and yet disturbing image of poverty and working class reality.
I love this video... there's so much going on in it, and so many subjects and emotions are being presented, that you can watch it a hundred times and still come away with something you hadn't thought about before.
SteelyDMan 3 years ago
You're the Best Freedy.
pbednar71 3 years ago
KING PIN! LOL
Snapdoggydogg 3 years ago
I think this song came out in 92 or 93. I remember hearing it on an indy station in Colorado, and I went out and bought the album that day. The whole thing is great....
dandieelyon 3 years ago
god...who is this guy????? never heard of his music til i saw "kingpin".....but, god....this song is sooooooo fahking sweet...i play it on my acoustic for like, um, all day......sweet vid....thankx....peace.....B
briantfenton 3 years ago
great song i also heard it on kingpin and never heard of him before either but i love this song
vnjegds 3 years ago
was this song ever a big hit?
KyleTheGreat13 3 years ago
what an amazing guy.
gorramdoll 3 years ago
this is such an amazing song!
i heard it for the first time a week ago, and my band decided to play it the first time they all heard it. It's one of our most requested songs! Great job, Freedy!
KyleTheGreat13 3 years ago
I remember first hearing this song on a free CD included in a KROQ calendar 1994? 1993?(106.7 fm Los Angeles). It's been a favorite of mine since then!
latinanerd 3 years ago
once again, rock video monthly -
passive27 3 years ago
Rent the great movie "Kikcing and Screaming" from Noah Baumbach immediately!
Benioff1 3 years ago
anthony green does an awesome cover of this
savestheday86 3 years ago
what a song. wish i'd written it.
ThatsNotEvenAWord 3 years ago
This song rocks! Great use of it in Kingpin!
Rusbuc1985 3 years ago 3
When you watch the Farrelly Bros. movie "Kingpin", the reason why this song is in it is because when you look at Woody Harrelson's character, "Roy Munson" then think about this particular song, it really makes sense. He was setting himself up to ruin his life only to blame it on Bill Murray's character, "Ernie McCracken", but he didn't make the decision in the begining of the movie, (the money games with the priest) Roy did and years later finally realized it.
ems7276 3 years ago 4
i nearly forgot this song to history. then i saw the movie on tv and was reminded of it. now i cant get enough. hope i dont forget it again
mushy85 3 years ago
its really a good flick. As funny as it is, it really teaches the viewer something about regretting things in the future when you don't think about the present things that you are doing.
ems7276 3 years ago
It really is a well made soundtrack. This and Perfect World (and others) are chosen at just the right moments.
CharvakaJim 3 years ago
Great song.
I hadn't heard it in years.
hillerm 3 years ago
Came out in 1994 and was little known then until the movie Kingpin. I have the album entitled, "This Perfect World". It really is a good album. I still listen to it.
ems7276 3 years ago
Except the destroying of life part....not me. I've gotten mine back on track since my divorce fortunatley, but I have ruined relationships during the process.
ems7276 3 years ago
This song is supposedly about how we tend to do stupid things that we will regret later in life like hurting the ones we love, or alienating people we knew only to have a "bad Reputation" and then realizing as we got older that it's too late to turn back so credibilities become somewhat questionable at best and relationships were destroyed and ultimatley destroying our own lives in the process. This song could definatley be true for my own life.
ems7276 3 years ago