I have to say, still one of my favorite songs of all time. I am 42 years old, grew up in the 90s, and know ALL the bands and music, and I still come running back to The Toadies, every, single, time. I still don't think they know how much they touched their fans, or how deeply ingrained into our beings their music is. They deserve nothing but the best in life! Viva Los Toadies!
Almost 42... There is no such thing as music like when we were growing up. We actually put a lot of emotion into music and our musical tastes. Etc. Am I making sense? If you know you know right?
Up there with Nirvana and Tool for me, but I'm from the great state of Texas. Bit biased... Rubberneck is probably the most under appreciated album of the last 30 yrs.
LUCKY! I’m going to have to check Ohio. This is a must see for me. I’d love to give them a hug and thank them for helping me through my teens. This was an every year album that never got old.
Yes. If you don't press play on track 1, Mexican Hariless, hear that train-like guitar and drum track building, adding bass, intensifying more, building up to that totally beautiful drop, and then let it run to the end of the album, then you just don't know what you are missing. Start to finish it's perfect.
I thought forever this song was about rape, like a few other songs from this album, but apparently it's about an actual guy who lived in their town who would literally just go and sneak into women's homes, raid their fridge, and stand outside their bedroom for a bit, then leave.
@@santirocksmore than likely it's just something the character in the song thought whole fantasizing about the woman in the bedroom, like "Ohhhh, we could get on a romantic getaway out of this place if you're bored"
The year was 1997. I was 13 at our local skate shop and this was playing and I felt like the world just melted away. If there was a time I wished to go back to its that time. What I would give to re-live my childhood...
@@primaveramugabi5328 same. When you could cobble up enough money and figure out how to score some crappy weed it was like best day ever. Man, those summer days just skating around in the 90's were precious. Those days are gone now.
Growing up in DFW during the mid 90s and learning alternative music literally saved my life. I never got to see them live but being so close to where the band was birthed and visiting possum kingdom Is bliss.
I understand your desire for the disclaimer but It shouldn't matter to anyone even if you were. We need to really get back to that. Not giving a damn what others think about our thoughts, beliefs and utterances. Peace
I graduated from UTX, Austin in 1983. WOW! Amazing music 7 days a week plus PLUS you didn't need a bundle of cash to hear and see that music! I heard some amazing bands from Texas. Dem boys could play!
Annette Randall. Yes! Let's see Raul's may have closed by then, so it was Club Foot, Duke's Royal Coach, The Beach , the Continental Club, Antone 's, Liberty Lunch....for amazing local bands and less famous touring groups. The best music I ever heard.
A massive wave of nostalgia overtakes me every single time I hear this song. The appreciation of 90's musical artistry felt after hearing this confirms that The Toadies is one of the most underrated bands throughout our generation.
I was born in 93. This is all sorta New to me but I love it being a 90’s child and spirit. I like this sound I like the name and the vibe. I’m happy these guys Could represent and illustrate such a time. And i must end by saying I miss Kurt Cobain and the similarities he contributed to the glorious sounds we call rock and roll. P.s. “the sky is blue, women have secrets.” Bruce Willis much move to all And to all a good day and night 🔴🟣🔵🟢🟡🟠
Was at a show in Nashville in about 2003 or 2004. This dude fell in the mosh pit and we all picked him up, but he had broken his arm, where it was hanging the wrong way. He kept moshing till the security came and got him. This band got me through my teenage years.
Saw them summer of 95 in Nashville, they opened for Bush on their Sixteen Stone tour. Toadies absolutely killed it, bought the album the next day and I still play it all the time.
I remember reading an interview with the singer years ago in a rock magazine. He said this song was about a real case near where the band is from where someone was breaking into houses, making a sandwich, taking a beer if available and standing outside the bedroom door listening and eating his sandwich. I think he said the guy never hurt anyone or robbed them of anything more than lunchmeat, bread, beer and privacy then again this was almost 20 years ago and I smoke alot of weed so my memories might be a bit hazy..
Yup. The song title is from the singer's hometown, Tyler, TX. He talked about how he liked hanging out with older people in his family and listening to the stories they would tell about the neighborhood. "Tyler" has a bit of mystery surrounding it - some insist it's a song about vampires - and it was funny to hear the singer's mundane explanation of it. Like literally, it's a song about a peeping tom story told by his grandmother. Either way, amazing song, great band. I had no idea there was even a video for this! (And a dumb one too, alas.)
All love to my homie John Wynn from Conroe TX who took me in when we were stationed together in San Antonio at lackland air force base. He put me up on the toadies and what songs like possum kingdom and Tyler are about. I heard a slightly darker story about Tyler but basically the same deal.
James Quirk, that reason the video was so bad was the annoying dude running around. He's the lead singer of another popular local band in the Denton Dallas band, Brutal juice. If you can find some poor live footage of them on here he was actually ptetty entertaining on stage. Used to have crowd put cigarettes out on his shaved head. I mean, can't beat that.
Toadies were heavily inspired by the Pixies, and you can tell that the intro on guitar sounds similar to Where Is My Mind?, but reversed kind of where it goes high note to low note instead of low note to high note. It's a very interesting nod to the Pixies while being able to make their own song completely distinct and awesome in a completely different way.
Hadnt listend to these guys in awhile. Finally they popped back into my head. This was a really grate band wish they had cintinued to do alot more. I agree with the pixies i was thinking i bleed for some reason
True. And more importantly, the chord progression in the verse is the same, just hitting different parts of the beat. Both chords and lead guitar are similar. If it wasn't for the chords, we probably wouldn't have picked up the similarity between the guitars.
As a teenager I had no idea this was about a rape scenario but worked perfectly being young and in love and sneaking past parents in houses to hang out with girls until sunrise. Now knowing otherwise, I honestly don't care. I still love the passion and raw energy behind it. I knew Possum Kingdom was dark but didn't realize how far their tongue in cheek/horror flick vibe went. Toadies are/were pretty fucking incredible.
why do people love dark things so much? turn to Jesus. HE is the only way truth and life. Leave this earthly evil death and turn to God for everlasting life.
I bought this CD in 1994. My daughter saw it on the rack and was amazed--"you have the TOADIES!". She was about 16; it was 2013. Always fun for mom to sneak in a little cool.
I grew up in Texas, being an immigrant I grew a great like for this band's music. i graduated from HS then got deported to my country. and from here ( my country) i still appreciate this band for getting me thru my high school years.
@@turqoiseillinois9955 yeah it sucked, but still i got enjoy a little piece of your country....from here (my country)... I'm still rock-ing these songs , from this amazing band!
I'm from Greenville SC. It's 2021. I bought this when it came out and I worked at a record store in highschool. Still play it to this day. This is one of my top 10 favorite songs ever recorded. Thank you Texas and thank you Toadies!
And she runs Through her days With a smile On her face And she runs And she waits And I wait We can drive To any place Day and night To cross this state And in the morning Into Mexico We will wake up We will wake up! We will, yeauh yeauh! I will be with her, yea! I find a window in the kitchen And I let myself in I rummage through the refrigerator Find myself a beer I can't believe I'm really here And she's lying in that bed I can almost feel her touch And her anxious breath I stumble in the hallway Outside the bedroom door I hear her call out to me I hear the fear in her voice She pulls the covers tighter I press against the door I will be with her tonight, yea I will be with her tonight I will be with her tonight, yea I will be with her tonight I will be with her, yeauh yeauh I will be with her, yea
This Toadies album “Rubberneck” and Smashing Pumpkins “Siamese Dream” were and still are in permanent rotation then and now in my life at 51 yrs old!#Toadies#SP#90’sRock#🎸💣🔥❤️🤘🏻
The Blue Album and Tragic Kingdom are 10/10 as well. 10 and Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness as well. And I will always have a soft spot for PUSA even if they aren't for everybody.
Jesus, The Toadies were/are sooooo damn good. 90s Grunge/Alt Rock was so much more than a dozen Seattle bands, The Toadies, from Fort Worth, Texas are a case in point. It's so much more than Possum Kingdom. Tyler and Backslider are songs that should have been huge hits.
Toadies first show back together was at Clicks Billiards in Tyler, TX. It hit me that they were going to play Tyler in Tyler. Greatest moment of any show I’ve ever been to. The place fit 100 people max there had to be 300 of us singing every word. Incredible.
I've heard this song thousands of times, and every time I hear it I get goosebumps at "I found a window in the kitchen..." The combination of those lyrics and the music will always cause a physical reaction in me.
I watched the Toadies play 'incognito' at a club (Proteus maybe?) on 6th Street in Austin in I believe 96. It wasn't announced and no body even knew about it until it happened. It was awesome.
While I am a SOUDGARDEN RULES bro I have listened to this amazing album on the constant since it came out. Being from the Tennessee Bible Belt as soon as I heard "Backslider" I knew I would connect hard with this band. This song is beautifully dark and I never fail to belt it out along with Vaden EVERY SINGLE TIME IT PLAYS.
I flew to Dallas to watch their first show in years on 2007 and my girlfriend was under 21 so she couldn't get in. So we went up to the top of the parking garage next door, sat on the hood of my car and fell further in love while listening the greatest band of our lives.
@@angelmorales9689 It was, unfortunately after 8-9 years together she decided she wanted to cheat on me with 2 guys at once. So yea, it seems no one is worth sharing magic like this with anymore. The world is turned to shit.
@@chrisschulz4212 ha, me neither. It was real at one point. Doesn't matter, you move on to the next and they screw you over in some different way. The world is cruel.
love this song.....it has its own meaning for each of us and interpit it as you will. That is what the artist wants from you as a fan. use your own illusion.
YES. I was in my teens when this song came out. It reminds me of when my boyfriend would come over when my mom was at choir practice. It's basically what we'd do every Sunday night. I never had a negative connotation to the lyrics of this song. It reminds me of young and forbidden love.
Saw them for the first time in 1996 at the Sunken Gardens in San Antonio. Last show was in Oklahoma City in 2019... Many, many shows in between... Denver, Austin, Luckenbach... MY FAVORITE BAND OF ALL TIME.
I have loved this song since it came out when I was a kid, and yet I never realized it was about a stalker until like 10 years ago lol. Changes the whole song once you realize how dark it is.
***** Possum Kingdom isn't actually about rape, though it does sound like it. It's about an immolated spirit haunting a lake, trying to tempt people to kill themselves and join it in the afterlife. A sequel to "I Burn". Source: "Dark Secrets of Rubberneck" - look it up here on youtube :)
I don't know why I never hear anyone talking abut the toadies, I discovered them accidentally and fell in love. I love their music- it's driving and hard, but deceptively upbeat, yet the lyrics and themes are so dark
This song really brings me back to the 90s greatest hits. Still love to live this year 2021 and again get addicted with this kind of music.--Always with ♥️ from the Philippines.👍✌️🤘😉
this song reminds me of a fateful and hastily planned road trip from southern California to central Texas. I was young and stupid enough to think love was all one needed....but my god did it feel good.
This Band, this album, THIS song. It's plods along all creepy and dark and as it rounds third you're like "oh no this is happening and there's nothing we can do to stop it." So many solid bands out of the 90's that did their thing that matter to me. But the Toadies are just a hair above the others because their songs felt like they were wild-ass Texans that'd crash your party and take over, but it wouldn't get more fun, it'd get twisted up, loud and dark. Like, someone's getting a burlap sack thrown over his head and dragged out to the woods and painted yellow, and that's just another Toadies kinda night. Dangerous. Love this band, great album start to finish and so mysterious that nothing new really materialized beyond this collection of bangers. Rock on boys.
