It was the perfect point of American "exceptionalism" where our mistakes hadn't caught up yet, but our culture was rocketing out of this atmosphere. Turns out when you go that far, it's a long way down.
Very bittersweet for me too, because about five years after the song came out I had such a situation where I was blind and missed a great opportunity for a relationship.
being a teenager in the late 90s was a amazing time to be a live. riding around town with good friends listening to great music. everything sounded different in the 90s, not every song on the radio sounded the same like today. We could go from listening to country, to pop, to rock, heavy metal to rap and everyone liked it. big ass cd blinders in the back seat full of different music. Damn i miss those days, we truly had no ideal how good we had it and how soon it would end
My little brother passed away last week, following our Papah who passed away 100 days before, and this is his favorite song when he was abour 18. May God be with you alwas Adi. Be with Papah together and God. We love you always ❤❤
Crazy that there was a whole resurgence of 60s/70s sounding stuff in the 90s. Just good writing and great music. I was a bit young to really appreciate it but glad to find a lot of these songs now
@Dogman tossed my salad Even I Will Never Let You Down which was from 2017 and on RU-vid is a great song. Tony S is a great writer, but I came to realize that type of music,,...a great 3 minute Verse Chorus a pop song has gone away. ...and so has melody..
I mean, hope they became a great hit, but as you can see, the cover version Camila and MGK made surpassed it by a long shot, holy shit, wonder what this band does nowdays or if they are still a band
I remember listening to this song (along with the rest of the tracks on the CD) with my friends in middle school when I was about 12 - brings back such vivid and fond memories. Now I'm 35 and I still remember it like it was yesterday.
This song spoke to me at a time when I lost out on a golden opportunity and felt like a failure.Since then I've recovered from the consequences of my procrastination, but this song is still dear to me because of my experience. Im not a religious man, but God bless to all who read this.
Very beautiful song about unhappy relationships. Fastball speaks the truth: "If you're sad, it's time you spoke up too." Don't let your unhappiness manifest, talk about it.
Yupp. 91' child. Remember sitting in the passenger seat of a blue chevy lumina with a red hood with my step mom running errands in the summer time and hearing this song on the radio as we were driving. This song takes me right back.
Yes they were. I was in high school then and it seemed at every high school graduation in the area was nothing but people fanning themselves with programs in those gyms.
i finally have the experience of a melody stuck in my head since my childhood and not knowing the name of the song. countless years later and i've found you. it's a great feeling to say the least.
Takes me back to summer in the early 00's, in my university days - sitting in the back of a friend's panel van in the carpark at the beach eating fish and chips with a few beers and the radio as loud as it will go, singing at the top of our lungs... I miss those times.
This is one of those timeless song. Heard it the first time when I was a kid and I'm still listening to this song because it makes me feel hopeful. I'm really glad that this song helps me through difficult times.
You guys just played here in Jacksonville, NC tonight along with The Nixons and Everclear. After all these years, y'all still freaking rocked it! Thank you!!
After hearing Bad Things by Machine Gun Kelly ft. Camila Cabello, I knew I had heard Camila's part before. Glad I found this song again, such a great, catchy chill song. They did good with sampling this.
Your niece is going to eventually learn that most of the music or movies she ever likes in her life are taken from earlier artists. That is just how it is these days.
Pop music always just rips off the actual talented artists who end up making less of an impact because they didn't sell out and have a PR company doctoring their music and image to something that would manipulate the public psychologically into buying their album. But what do I know I've never been famous.
@@vwharman Yeah I was referring to the hit factory style like the aforementioned artist that ripped this song off and possibly even made more money from it than Fastball. Agreed that sometimes talented artists get a big spotlight but I don't personally consider it pop music when that happens.
Yeah it's not sampling and that isn't stealing either way. They just copied the chord progression. Which also isn't stealing but it's lazy songwriting.
This song played on the radio the day I brought my 22-year old son from the hospital. It doesn’t seem like that long ago, and there’s not a day that I don’t wish he was a baby again
The organ, this whole song really, reminds me of childhood summer days in the 90s. I just think of sun, warm breezes, and being with friends. Ah, sweet nostalgia.
I love this song in a bittersweet way. The first verse he sings is sung so beautifully and then he turns it on its head and the rest of the song feels just good, when it could have been so much more.
This song makes me feel like I’m with my dad, when I was 7, me and my dad would always sing along to this and I never felt this touched hearing a song, my dad is really old now and I’m still so young, I’m crying right now, I will forever keep this in my life! I will always love my dad no matter what, god bless you
I had forgotten just how good this album really is. Heard this song on the radio the other day. When I got home I dug the CD out and I’m getting reacquainted with it. So awesome!
This song always brings me back to family. When my newborn daughters had trouble going back to sleep, I would play this while I danced with them in my arms. This and some tunes from Bread did the trick every time. 👍
So Camila gave Tony writing credits for her version of the song and he's happy because he made more money from her version than Fastball. Reminds me of Blinded By the Light by Bruce Springsteen.
I did not know that MGK and Camilla made an adapted version out of this. I am glad to have found comments on there that lead me to this. This is great! :)
Where did the last 20 years go? I was 33 in 1999, unmarried, no kids. Now I'm 54, married and with two kids in high school. What the hell just happened ... ? '-)
@@lesnash6953 It is, indeed. It's also relative -- and I don't mean the way Einstein proved, but in the way we perceive it moving faster and faster the older we get. Age 10-20 is 10 years and half our life. It's sloooow! But 40-50 is still 10 years but one-fifth of our life. It zips by, ever faster.
Such an odd choice for "our song" but my husband and I FELL IN LOVE to Fastball in college, and this was the first dance at our wedding. Sooooo excited to see y'all Thursday night in Omaha!
Kinda makes me think of how this song was used in that manner to vibe a connection between the couple Jason biggest and mena suvari in film loser (2000)
This song was absolutely everywhere in 99. I never knew it was fastball that made this until I looked up the way just recently and found this song in the comment section. Truly a masterpiece
This song to me was saying goodbye to the 90s as 2000 approached. I listened to it the night of new years 99 and I will be listening again new years 2019, saying goodbye to another decade!
@@squamish4244 Very crazy. Back when this song came out, I was 10 and my dad always said when u hit about 28 time goes fast.. It does. Seemed like I turned 21 yesterday, and I woke up and now I am 30 lol. Scary
@@squamish4244 You're Gen X. Very nice. I love ur generation for your breakthrough music, movies and culture. And yeah, It really did hit the gas pedal for me also at 25
Such a great song. Nothing excessive or crazy flashy, just a tasty piece of music with thoughtful lyrics. Solid workmanship. The archetype of the sort of song you wish you'd written yourself. An instant classic, and twenty five years later (nearly to the day) _still_ a classic.
I remember this song back when i was in high school...god i wish all those great and talented band will all make another album again...i really miss this kind of music.
Sometimes I feel like I'm drunk behind the wheel the wheel of possibility However it may roll, give it a spin See if you can somehow factor in You know there's always more than one way to say exactly what you mean to say Was I out of my head or was I out of my mind? How could I have ever been so blind? I was waiting for an indication, it was hard to find Don't matter what I say, only what I do I never mean to do bad things to you So quiet but I finally woke up If you're sad then it's time you spoke up too Was I out of my head or was I out of my mind? How could I have ever been so blind? I was waiting for an indication, it was hard to find Don't matter what I say, only what I do I never mean to do bad things to you So quiet but I finally woke up If you're sad then it's time you spoke up too Was I out of my head or was I out of my mind? How could I have ever been so blind? I was waiting for an indication, it was hard to find Don't matter what I say, only what I do I never mean to do bad things to you So quiet but I finally wake up If you're sad then it's time you spoke up too
My all time favourite tune. Is it rock? Gospel? Jam? Folksy? Classic? Alternative? All rolled into one? Take your pick. To me it's the best of all time.
Literally been 20+ years since I have heard an sang along this song, but starting with the second bar all the words kicked back in. What an amazing song!
❤this song is so on point so sad when I realized I’ve been used by every single person in my life… only when I finally grew up I realized that I can only rely on myself 😢
I am watching Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs funny comedy movie "Loser" and this was in it. I love this song so much. I miss the 90's music so much and the 1990's everything!!💕💕💕💕💕💕
Yeah I came here because of Bad Things.. I knew the words were from a song I used to love - just couldn't place it - it was driving me insane lol!!! Thank you wikipedia for reminding me of this classic from when I was 21 :-)
