the freshman - the verve pipe

[kimikaboo]

Every time I hear this song, it brings me back to the summer of 97 and cruising around with my friends in my moms Geo. Good memories.

[meteekie]

GREAT FUCKING TUNE!

[meteekie]

GREAT FUCKING TUNE!

[OTHFanatic04]

i miss the 90s, music was epic then now its turn to shit and getting worse. no emotion nothing anymore. i may have been a kid when this song came out since im 21 now but i remember when this came out.. damn! great music.

[vampireknightlvr1356]

I love this song. It's amazing-3

[TheAngel88Princess]

what the hell is wrong with you ? you really fucked your sister to this song.? You have fucking problems. You need to be shot in the head!!!

[Alpeche21]

@BYL3RxTIND3R Lol, cool

[BYL3RxTIND3R]

@Alpeche21 You think so too?

[darkinmysilence]

@BYL3RxTIND3R I fucked your sister to this song too. 

[ArtFart001]

@BYL3RxTIND3R congrats, you got to fuck something! now you finally have something in common with your friends, getting head from your sister!

[cosmos4]

excelente rola, melancólica y clasica ya.

[DavyDeckwalker]

My Spanish teacher told my class about this song. Every time I hear it now, it burns me up inside.The thought of my best friend committing suicide by Valium is just too much for me. Somehow I cant stop listening though...Thank you Mr Jung! This is awesome!

[RainPHgirl]

how could you not feel emotion while listing to this song. It impacts me every time I listen to it.

[BennyMedicina]

So many Memories listening to this....

[2goodadvice]

@vannacut27 it is an opinion that u really have no right to correct their opinion

[mtjgw]

A still haunting tune 15 years later. Digging through the lyrics and digesting them is what makes music like this stand out.

[xRECxSnakeDoc]

hands down a great song tho it gets played down at my bar all the time and a lot of people sing along

[PastTheFence1986]

Growing up, I hated this song because I felt it was terribly overplayed. Now, I kind of miss the simple, catchy, and straight forward songwriting of popular 90's music.

[DBHAYES82]

If indeed this song came out in 96 as ms (mr?) pinkcarson claims that is probably part of the reason I liked it at the time b/c I was a freshman at that time. Nevertheless, I often still come back to this one. Something stuck I guess.

[TMAGICT]

I hope my neighbors like this song :)

[SuavecitoYeah]

u.u....!

sorry...!

[5StarMudRun]

your the man!

[ostrichfeathers96]

can someone explain the "she was touching her face" part i dont really get its meaning?

[xXJosh2014Xx]

@ostrichfeathers96 Brian Vander Ark (writer and singer of the song) "When I wrote this song, The Divinyls had a song out called 'I Touch Myself.' The TV was on, she was touching her face in the video. Very sexy. So, I can't be held responsible because she was trying to be sexy, trying to seduce me, etc."

[kuwinsitall]

@ostrichfeathers96

Good question, I always wondered that too. If you go to SongMeanings . com, there's a lively discussion of the song's meaning. Some people thing it was a seduction on her part, others think she was wiping away tears. Who knows? Guess we could always ask lead singer Brian Van der Ark.  He's always out touring solo in coffee shops and stuff. :)

[instantwater1974]

this song invaded the radio. It was always playing. There was a remix that was played more often. I wonder if its up here on youtube....

[09nyborntxraised]

sucks how this band only had one good song... so much potential

[CountForsycula]

191 still think they're wise.

[thephatone1002]

I STILL don't get 'a shoe full of rice now'. I mean....really? Why would you put rice in your shoes? O.o

[dannysgrl2]

@thephatone1002 It's a reference to people throwing rice at a wedding, I believe.

[fhujsa]

@thephatone1002 People throw rice at weddings, but since they stopped the baby's breath, they've also prevented their shoes from being filled with rice.

[wotlkman1232]

One of the greatest songs in the fuckin entire world but it's a one hit wonder for this band..

[shushyman2]

had the drummer come to our school today! awesome.

[ecsisof3]

this is so sad.

[RunesInRuins]

Anal sex song.

[TheSolarena]

I didnt listen to PoPular music even in the 90's but jebus kriest you cant argue with anything between Smells Like Teen Spirit, and With Arms Wide Open. Creed marked the end of an era, ushered in by studio artist

[xxStarkissed]

Amazing song.

[alihoop9898]

Great Song _ Simple...... and good

[MrsWren79]

@nonamejoe55 LOL, that's funny. I didn't lose my virginity to that song but my son was conceived to it. Still love the song, always will.

[00glebirdG]

This song plays in my head EVERY day for about the last month...I can't figure out why? I just love it. Sad and depressing though. Another good one from the same time is "Brick" by Ben Folds

[nonamejoe55]

Good Shit..... I lost my virginity to this song my freshman year in college....

[coffey087]

@nonamejoe55

thanks for the info..

[bigdsears]

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. Remember it's not if your young or old, it's what you do with that time that define's you. But, if you're a freshman, don't worry about a thing. You're in the most creative environment you can find. There's also a slight chance you could bang a drunk cheerleader too, so you got that going for you.

[pinkcarson]

I was a freshman in '96 when this came out =) Love this song, forever!

[scaniatex]

@pinkcarson I was too!



[danienj]

@pinkcarson Me in '97 and it still fits!!

[mssarcasim]

@pinkcarson lol that's 11 years before my freshman year, i do prefer the 90s though. I WISH I grew up in that era

[ZyioScalebane]

@pinkcarson Same lol it definitely brings back memories

[doctorshifty83]

What was the other version of this song. Its way more layed back than this. I still hear them play that on the radio...but this one is better.

[jsph29]

I remeber when this was new, I was washing dishes in high school and it would play on the radio.

[wtficantgetaname69]

i feel bad for anyone who grew up in the 90's and only learned to appreciate the 2000+, i was lucky enough to have people in my life playing older music.. 60-90's there is so many people around my age who are just sheltered when it comes to good music, thinking the stuff thats coming out these days are good and talented, its quite sad, i was born in 90' and like i said im fortunate enough to have learned about the older music, i have yet to hear a great song come out in the last few years

[xtreme17nc13]

@wtficantgetaname69 I agree with that! I was born late eighties, and I feel so cheated that I was a kid into sugarpop. Luckily, we have the Internet now-a-days and I can listen to greats whenever I want.

[merrickmcbride16]

@wtficantgetaname69 ya 91' i feel ya

[xxMuSiCoo1]

@wtficantgetaname69 i was born in the 90's also well 1996, so i'm glad to know these type of music:)

[DBendo888]

great song terrible music video

[Superbranson]

This is my favorite Bob Dylan song.

[qtherissy]

@Superbranson Bob Dylan didn't write this song. The Freshmen wrote it, and it was launched in 1996. I remember when this song first came out, and there was NEVER a mention about Dylan!

[PVJohns]

@qtherissy did not The Verve Pipe play this song if not write it?

yes this is a rhetorical question.

[Superbranson]

This is my favorite Bob Dylan song.

[bigdsears]

Freshman are great for pledge season and getting the paddle, that's about it

[afbcarjrb]

I love the 90's music...grew up in a great era of music...dame i miss that...

[dynelol]

@afbcarjrb

The 90's had VERY LITTLE good music. This is one of the rare gems.

[vannacut27]

@dynelol couldnt be more wrong, the 90's in general had great music...guess your own flawed opinion is your opinion.

[feelie20]

the 90s were such a great decade for music and this song is the perfect example of that. i'm so glad i was born in early enough to appreciate songs like this. the new generation isn't gonna have any idea what good music from truly talented bands sounds like.

[SidDidntKillHer]

This is 'Grade A' good song anyway you look at it.

[merrickmcbride16]

born in 91' wish i was born in 85' to appreciate ALL the 90's music

[stopcallingmegothic]

@merrickmcbride16 You still can =D

[Aphroditeuf16]

I hated this song when it debuted but then I loved it and I have loved it since!!

[erickisgutter]

this song takes me way back

[myPAINisSELFchosen85]

@erickisgutter it takes everyone way back jerk face

[TokioKoos83]

I played this song a lot when my grandmother died and I had a fight with my best friend in the same week. So it still makes me feel sad... :( It's very nice, though.

[MrHowwierd]

omg Im old...

[EmoRedneck95]

a weeks worth of valium sounds good right about now

[EmoRedneck95]

a weeks worth of valiumm sounds good right about now

[3030DW]

This is a great song, Red Goodbye's version is way better though!

[motherhorsefucker]

freshmen ruin everything

[KReePe]

Strangely, I never actually heard this song until 2009, and ever since I've never got it out of my head... "What made us think that we were wise and we'd never comprise"...

[Tazerautos]

191 PPL dropped out of school and were never freshmen

[afrofiziks]

For a funeral? I LOVE this song, but I woulda went with Enya's "Memory of Trees" or Mozart's "Seranade for the Winds". If the church would allow it, the instrumental track ONLY, for "Green Acres".

[LosSenoraDiablo]

This song is so powerful. Was played at one of my sister's best friends funerals. Everyone was in tears, such a horrible thing to die so young and in such a cruel way. R.I.P everyone who dies before their time <3

[Tiseo100]

@LosSenoraDiablo dood that just sounds depressing, i could only imagine how it really was. Sorry about that. :))

[februarychaos]

Awesome song. Freaking love it. Although I slightly like Jay Brannon's cover better.

[l3iiSON]

Thank god i don't listen to pop, I don't understand how this was a hit.

[HuskyDiaries]

@l3iiSON Do you not understand the song?.

[AK0301]

This links to Ben Folds Five "Brick," I like that

[physigory]

Wow. This came out when I was four. That's crazy. I feel young now.

[TheMrTide]

Graduated high school in '99. Song takes me back.

[HiveDes]

I dunno why but I didn't like this song much when it first came out. Now I friggin LOVE IT!

[Gunner3210]

I only know about this song from Boyce Avenue.

[TheBroshua]

The fact that Brian Vander Ark, lead singer, wrote this song after an abortion is true but she didn't really kill herself...fiction. The fact that its fake actually makes the song worth a little less to me. still great hit for one hit wonder brits.

[forevercold88]

Is he from Bush?

[rellik433]

THREE WORDS:VERVE PIPE SUCK.......EXEPT FOR THE VILLIANS ALBUM...AND I LOVE THIS SONG BUT AFTER VILLIANS THEY SUCKED.....

[melrose985]

@rellik433 why...post on a video that they suck? CLEARLY the people who watch it like the band..so why waste a comment for it to be disliked? you're cool.

[BeyondNeptune]

it has a similar theme to Bruce Springsteen's "The River" but a lot more tragic.

[rickybarningham]

191 people are merely freshmen

[jony7779]

is this song about aids?

[cybercunt]

@jony7779 This song is based of his life experience. His girlfriend got pregnant with his baby and before he could get an input on the situation she got a abortion and she killed herself....

[jony7779]

@cybercunt wow, thats really sad. im glad you told me that, gives alot more depth to the song

[MooseheadDrinker]

This song reminds me of better times....

[dgiomett]

1996- That's when all a music video needed was a talented band performing, not all this intricate Gaga bullshit....

[slayerelmnt]

@dgiomett she writes all her own music and has a phenominal voice, seen her live and was close enough to hear her even without the mic . blew me away Just because someone has more than a t-shirt and jeans doesnt mean they arent genuine

[Kenzbabiesmama]

@dgiomett

Here Here =]

[carrottreecoffee]

love this song at age 50- also bittersweet by the verve

[carrottreecoffee]

Am 50 and love this song, along with Bittersweet

[MrMatski77]

wow what can I say......This song came out a year after I graduated high school LOL damm I'm getting old LOL!!! The 90's were good to me good times and memorys.

[formermmaman]

i loved the 90's. "Forrest Gump, WWF and WCW ROCKED AT THE SAME TIME. And people wanted to think outside the box. An era that has INDEED ended.

[AngelusDomini7]

I love this song. Always did.

[TheMizTia]

TRAVIS MCDONALD I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU OR US AND WHAT WE HAD.

[NYerintransit]

If you listen to the lyrics closely enough, you'll realize that this song is about geting fat and going off the college. :)

[maddysbamful]

if you like this youll love the jay brannon version

[lanemarkd]

Who gives a *hit. This song is dumb now I will never listen to it again

[TheCabby17]

@QweenAIPVIP  y wat up

[reenactor19th]

@QweenAIPVIP stop being melodramatic and deal. Like everybody else, pussy.

[QweenAIPVIP]

@reenactor19th First of all, your a faggot and second, you most likely don't even know what i'm talking about. Idiot.

[reenactor19th]

@QweenAIPVIP Nevermind. You are a horrible person.

[kickytown]

THIS IS A SONG THAT I USE TO LISTEN TO WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND STIL DO NOW!

[gigagroove]

Just heard of this song today, great. But some of the comments here are totally the opposite of what the song is talking about. Some of you snobs and bigots need to realize good music is good music (Rap, Rock, Country, Classical, Blues). Yes some of the vocals today are rather lame, but if we leave our racism at the door, we can feel good music and keep moving as one.

[bubble52519]

actually he is tlkin about a girl who od'ed on a drug he gave her and how it isnt his fault she died because he gave her the drugs but he still feels guilty and how freshmen and pretty much all kids think it can never happen to them

[NoBalogne]

@bubble52519 thought it was about an abortion, at least that's what the lead singer said according to wiki

[KAIYA006]

THIS IS REAL MUSIC PLEASE STOP THE RAP & R&B TRASH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE THERE IS NOTHING COOL ABOUT THE GHETTO OR WIGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xXblueXrainsXx]

he looks like a manlier not as girly cooler version of drake bell from drake and josh haha

[tamu315]

also about noticing when something is wrong with those you love based on WHAT THEY SHOW AND TELL YOU, not what you demand to see...

[smudgiemudge]

@BSANONYMOUS Actually, he was still talking about his girl. He just changed it to make it more interesting. She did not really commit suicide.

[OhNoChastity]

I think this song is incredibly sad, about a girl committing suicide over an abortion she had. How can people act like it's just about doing Valium or just simply being innocent? it's about the complete loss of innocence that becoming an adult through college can do.

[fullmoonification]

replay button rape!!! love this song, only one problem tho. i am a freshman and i do know everything about everything ;)

[sterces48]

This came out in 1996. That's 15 years ago. How old do you feel?

[k12hanchi]

@sterces48 ;A; ouch

[bloodyvampiress667]

@sterces48 Yowch! Makes me feel extremely old... Especially when they play stuff like this, and like Nirvana, on the classic rock radio stations. -__-

[SOAD1973]

@sterces48 well im about to be fifteen so i was 1. i wish i was born in 1985 so i couldve really experienced 90s music

[fdny9682]

@sterces48 old

[firetread]

@sterces48 i feel fuckin 32

[PandaRob00]

@sterces48 way to remind all of us!

[CuthbertofEld]

@sterces48 :( Thanks for that. Totally what I needed. :D But I'll take it, because I love this song, no matter how depressing it may be.

[stoopid180]

@sterces48  wellnow that you put it in perspective......old

[GuitarRockinChick18]

@sterces48 pretty freakin old..... especially since they started doing the "I <3 the 90's" on VH1

***sad face***

[Mazth]

@sterces48 Holy cow! 15 years ago. Still so alive in my memories...must have gotton older somehow :).

[katthleeennn423]

@sterces48 I don't, I was only 3 when it came out.

[MrShockandawe23]

@sterces48 old as a muthafucka lol



[daaaveed]

@sterces48 too damn old



[Lgroth01]

@sterces48 - I was a freshman ( haha) in 1997 and I would play this song all the time- then I met my boyfriend, we danced to this at the first dance of the year , we dated 8 months and we broke up . I just turned 28 , the ex and I are still friends and when we hear this song , we talk about old times and how old we are lol. Great song.

[nevaevaeva1]

@sterces48 amen man.

[NightAngelus]

@sterces48 0.o this came out that long ago wow i don't ever remember hearing it until recently.

[junior17817]

@sterces48 old lol



[BigGuyOh5]

@sterces48 Not very old honestly

[klassie08]

@sterces48 very old i was 5 then

[twaceyloo]

@sterces48 It is STILL my favorite song, I know it's depressing but oh well.

[ghooper666]

@sterces48 old

[ghooper666]

 old

[JohnMan59]

The secret to life....others say....is not how independant we can become....but rather, how INTER-dependant we allow ourselves to be. Nothing we ever posses, care about, own, create, become - EVER HAPPENS without OTHER PEOPLE. Ever.

[m122794]

Jay Brannan's remake of this song is so good. I like it tons better than this version with the same great lyrics and more of a fitting background music

[ILLINUT]

I dare say.....epic!!!!

[Gayemodude1]

song stopped me from commiting suicide it made me realize that life is worth living even though it gets hard my words to everyone out there keep on going because it always gets better

[aMUSEdRockrBabe7]

Awesome song; this band is so extremely talented, I wiould love to hear from again!!

[cbhitman1]

back when mainstream music on the radio actually had guitars

[SpinDoctor91]

this is one of my favirote songs of all time.love this tune,one of my favs.so passionate and heartfelt and powerful.this can definitly be felt one way or another.

[fakie3flip8stair]

the Valume and sleeping for a week remind me of high school.

[livershot]

I bet people confuse The Verve with this band. LOLapalooza

[Disco32er]

@livershot You caught me...

[scoobie331]

this song came out when i graduated high school and was entering college. i found it ironic that this song should come out at exactly that point in my life. listening to it now is painfull due to the memories it dreges up, hence the irony. personally, i always thought of this as generation Ys' breakfast club ending theme, but hey, that's just me.

[josephfuelling]

not the best but it reminds me of high school i like it

[UFCgirlMI]

@immyluver Oh, I am not saying that all music today is crap. The 90's had their share for sure. However, I am merely stating that most of the music available today is so overprocessed.

[bigjimmy2225]

the 90's was the best era i was born in 85 and was able to live thru the whole thing. there was no bullshit war gas price was great and there was great real music. there wasn't evan a thing called pop then just new-kids on the block now look the music is crap gas price is crap and the war is crap

[57ORY]

love this song... i just uploaded a cover if you want to see an acoustic version.. :)

[JoBroLoverEP]

isn't this the same song by jay brannan o.O

[SeriousDaOne]

@JoBroLoverEP this is the original, he just did a cover

[SimplyBreathtaking]

this is song is pure sex to the ears.

[DigitalDecadence]

Holy wow, blast from the past or what. I remember listening to this whilst gaming with my housemate in South Africa, over 15 years ago now. o_o

[codyahernek]

I keep on echoing every last word in each line in my head XD

[snilloc72]

187 ppl don't get it & cannot be helped.

[jblaze526]

Who the fuck is Chia Punkarelli??? (don't answer, I already know that's not what he says). But it sure sounds like it.

[Mrlakers4000]

@jblaze526 she a punk who rarley ever took advice

[rarst34]

sorry frankhenry393 my prayers are with you

[Donleyasd]

the lead singer came into my high school and talked about this song and what it actually means.Perry high school - my school. the drummer still lives in michigan but the singer is doing something in california