This would be great were the TI-83 far inferior to literally any 84 model (not to mention the 89 but we’re talking beginner level I suppose) due to the ability to program and the easier connection to computers in order to transfer them plus some extra functionality. (But yeah I’d use this in conversation too)
This is so weird because 2004 wasn't a long time ago when Todd made this, but now it's 17 years ago, so this music really does feel like it's eons-old.
Does anyone know why the girl says something about ATL, but then says "bulldoggin' like goergetown hoyas"? Like, is it supposed to be a misdirect or is there something I'm missing?
Fun fact: Originally Todd was going to use "I Hate Everything About You" by Three Days Grace as the bumper music, but he went with the Ruben Studdard song instead because the idea of a guy apologizing for an entire year was just too funny for him to pass up.
Another fun fact about the bumper song: it was actually released in 2003. The premise of the song is that he's apologizing in advance for all the mistakes he's inevitably gonna make in 2004. I think Todd gave it the funnier context of Ruben just apologizing for 2004
@@freakfoxvevo7915and what’s weirdest about the song: that was Ruben’s lead-off single from his debut album. Not the Coronation song he did from winning American Idol (that was Flying Without Wings), but his debut, non-Idol-related original song. AND, it’s the first song on the album too. Like, whose idea was it to make THAT the song that’d introduce Ruben as an artist? I can’t really blame Ruben for it, since he didn’t write the song (it has FIVE credited writers though), but that’s quite a way to bungle someone’s mainstream career to have that as a lead-off single.
@@joeybatmania9327 Lol I saw the thumbnail and the Jessica Simpson song popped into my head, but it wasn't until I read you comment I realized Torn was what I was thinking of.
For those in the US who got tired of hearing "Someday" on rock radio in 2004, imagine what it was like in Canada. Here we have Canadian Content requirements for radio stations stipulating that at least 50% of all content aired from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM MUST be from Canadian artists. Nickelback counted as a Canadian artist, as did all of the bands inspired/developed by them. Mid-2000s rock radio in Canada was DIRE. If you wanted to escape to a pop radio station, you got flooded with Nickelback there too; I've had times where I checked four of the biggest radio stations in Winnipeg, and ALL of them were playing the same damned Nickelback song.
@@DigitalNoodle You're right! I was looking at the TV regulations by mistake; radio stations have a 35% Canadian Content mandate, although apparently each station's license can be different; Wikipedia cites a 2017 Billboard article as saying that "...most new commercial radio stations licensed [from 2012 to 2017] have been licensed at 40%."
So let me get this straight. This is an 8-year-old video (I believe this is from 2012), talking about songs from 2004, that was re-uploaded to RU-vid in 2015, was only unprivated (copyright bullshit) in 2019, and now I am watching it for the first time. In 2020, during a nationwide lockdown to protect us from a deadly virus that is also causing the worst economic disaster in recent memory. We really do live in the strangest timeline, huh. Also now I just realized that 2012 is the same length of time ago as 2004 was in 2012. Just the thought of that is making me feel old now lmao.
I still remember when that song came out! Honestly, that song and some of the songs on this list are amongst the songs I would probably listen to if I was feeling nostalgic for the early to mid 2000’s.
2004 gave us The Incredibles, Shrek 2, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Drake and Josh, Danny Phantom, The Polar Express, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, GTA San Andreas, Half Life 2, G-Mod, Star Wars Battlefront, Halo 2, The Sims 2, Katamari Damacy, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Cave Story, Spider-Man 2 (the game and the movie), Anchorman, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Saw, The Grudge, National Treasure, Passion of the Christ, Mean Girls, Pokémon Colosseum, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, The Legend of Zelda 4 Swords and Minish Cap, and World of Warcraft. Seems they’re making up for ten things
One hit wonderland: weird follow up hits edition. Out of all places, Italy? As an American I cant picture that, maybe its because I always picture Italian culture as permanently living in a museum as opposed to a contemporary radio or something.
Oh man. That does not do credit to Italians. They're... an inconsistent people. I have a black friend who recently moved from Italy to Sweden. He said he got tired of the locals yelling the N-word at him and his children. As a (very) white tourist, though, God, I love the place. Renaissance paintings, Italidisco, and pasta for days. sighs
Milkshake was originally written for, and offered to, Britney Spears. It was turned down by Brittney's team, resulting in Kelis eventually recording it instead.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Brittany had Toxic that year, which is a fucking ear worm of a song and still holds up 18 years later, despite how much it was overplayed at the time. If you haven’t heard it in a while, it’s worth another listen.
That's probably the most notable reference about him, lol. To this day though, when trying to make light of a situation of needing to stop or get away from something, I find myself quoting the chorus of one of his songs: "Everytime I try to leave, somethin' keeps pulling me back, me back (telling me I need you in my life)", heh.
Ghiman the guy Why do you want to know? I don't hate chingy THAT much, it's just harder to convey how you really feel over the internet sometimes, you know? His voice is just annoying. It reminds me of soulja boy, another annoying rapper. Sorry if I sounded really angry when describing him, but i wasn't that serious. I still believe he's still a talentless hack though, always have. Sorry if you're a fan of his, it's fine if you like his music, I'm not insulting you personally or his fans, I just don't like chingy. There's not really as much to it as you may think. His voice is annoying, I think he's a talentless hack, that's all. I just like emphasising certain words sometimes too. Have a great day/night, and enjoy whatever music you like, don't let me stop you.
@@shawnfields2757 youre just going off really hard about the least memorable person from this video. Ive never even heard of chingy until this video, i just thought he like did some #metoo bs or something to make you go so hard about him.
Agreed. I actually unironically like Relapse but it was really hard to get into Encore. Too many songs either felt like rehashes or were just too low bro. Just Lose it was awful. Truly awful. Without Me mk II
Yep. I think a lot do people were left saying “What the fuck happened?” There are a couple great songs such as Like Toy Soldiers and Mockingbird, but the majority was bad,
@@maxpower3555 At least in Relapse Em was trying. I hate the accent he put on in so many songs, but at least he had a concept and some song were genuinely great.
But even at that, late 2010s fashion wil always be more bleh. *cough cough* Fortnite, Paul Brothers, Splash Entertanment, recent Internet sources like Facebook and Tumblr, anti-egalitarianism glorification and bullying people for treating different opinions.
Blair Bird Yeah, he had ALL of that delicious pizza, and he chooses NOT to eat it. Probably because he was pissed off throughout the song, so he's probably too heartbroken to eat the food? Who knows? I remember liking that song ironically though when it came out in 2004. But, to be fair, I was like 11 or 12 at the time. So, me and this dude i knew would listen to the song and laugh at how pathetic the guy sounded. He also looked like a bootleg Drake, even though Drake wouldn't debut until 2009. But still, he looks like a bad bootleg of Drake, from an alternate reality who escaped to this reality and made awful rap music, at least, that's what I think.
@@shawnfields2757 - Well, Drake was on a show called Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2001 to 2007 as a character named Jimmy Brooks, though his professional name was just his real name, Aubrey Graham (Drake is his middle name, but...y'know), so...i-if you were to know of him before 2009...a-and/or watch that show frequently, y-you might've even referred to Eamon as an older...whinier Jimmy Brooks...or a bootleg (pre-Drake) Aubrey Graham...? I-I don't know...
Marlon Montel Higgins Yeah, I know, Drake was an actor first, THEN he became a rapper, I've seen like 2 or 3 episodes of Degrassi, when I was younger. I didn't really care. It seemed like boring teen drama. Drake is still one of my favorite rappers despite his quality shifting all over the place. Sorry for confusing you, dude. I would say eamon is a bootleg Drake, and I stand by that. Even though eamon debuted first, barely anybody remembers him. Drake, is a great rapper who sometimes makes a lot of shitty songs, but is still a good rapper. I think his best song was Take Care. I think it's great. It's been relatable recently, because like the song, I keep trying and trying because i want to be with this girl and be there for her, but I keep getting nowhere. I met this girl 3 years ago, and we hit it off. I was trying to help her from being bullied, and I suggested we talk on another video. Which is what we did. She even gave me her number too. But, 2 years ago, I broke my phone and lost contact with her. But, 3 months ago, I tried texting her to apologize, thinking she wouldn't say anything back again, but an hour later she did, and we'd been talking again like before. But recently, like last month, she knew how I really felt about her, and she felt the same way for as long as I did, 2 years. But, she said she wasn't mature enough to be in a serious relationship with me. She said i should expand my horizons and try talking to other girls and see how my chances with them would go, which sounds like a joke to me, because I'm ugly, fat and a nerd. What kind of a girl would date me? She said she didn't want me waiting for her for another 2 years or the rest of my life. I asked if there was a slight chance we could be together, and she said maybe yes, we could be together, in some future. But, for the last 3 weeks, she hasn't been talking to me. I don't know why. She's probably finally had enough of my bullshit. I can't blame her for that. Maybe something happened, maybe her phone broke? Maybe she changed her number? Maybe she's on a trip and her phone doesn't work there? I don't know, maybe I'm just giving myself a false sense of hope. It's too bad. I really thought THIS time, she WAS the one for me. But, like before, I was wrong again.
@@shawnfields2757 - I understand. I've never lived in Canada, let alone during the show's run, so I wouldn't have caught it. Even if I were to, I wouldn't have been all _that_ interested in it, if at all, as I had more of an interest in cartoons as a kid. It wouldn't have been very age appropriate for me in the earlier years of its run, anyway. (I'm 22 at the moment, by the way.) And, I kind of do agree with you that Eamon seems like a bootleg Drake before Drake here. As for your relating to Take Care and that story that you shared, I know that you haven't asked for advice and typing of, I may not have the best right now, but all that I suggest is that you take it easy.
Marlon Montel Higgins Thanks for being cool about this dude. I ALSO wouldn't have been that interested in that show as I love cartoons. I still do. (I'm currently 25), Thanks for agreeing with whole bootleg Drake thing. I know I'm not the first to say that, but the thought just popped into my head, while i was watching the clips of that eamon idiot. I've also never been to or lived in Canada. I've only really lived in Las Vegas with my mom for my whole life. I still live with her because I've got epilepsy, so I can't really get a job or have a car. It sucks, but epilepsy doesn't bother me as much as it used to. I've had it since I was 15, so 10 years. It also caused me to drop out of high school, in 2012 though. But, I'd become so sad that year, I didn't even FEEL like going to school anymore. My best friend, Brandon forgot I existed because once he got a girlfriend, he completely forgot we were best friends. I'd known him since 6th grade. He was a nice dude too. But I guess when your friends end up in relationships, you can't have friends anymore. I mean, we lived at the same apartment complex, so, he came over to hang out everyday, not just on weekends, but after school too. We'd play Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and I'd win every time. It was fun, I saved our replays, and we'd make our own crappy stages, with crappy descriptions. He even helped me through higher difficulties on other games. The very last time we hung out, he was helping me through Devil May Cry 4's Heaven Or Hell difficulty. But once he got that call from his girlfriend, I never saw him again, and never finished DMC4 on Heaven Or Hell. We also moved that year, so I didn't even get to say goodbye. I also remember when the song Take Care came out, I was listening to the radio, and when I heard it, I immediately knew how good the song was. I discovered it at the right time, right when it came out in either 2011 or 2012. I had the CD too. I am trying to take it easy though. I asked her if we could still be friends, and she agreed, but like I said, 3 weeks in a row of her not talking to me. I thought I'd finally found the right girl for me, and maybe I'd finally know what love was, and what having a girlfriend would be like for the first time. I'm honestly and seriously thinking of just giving up on love completely at this point. I've been rejected a lot over the past 18 years I've been interested in girls. Especially with the advent of the internet. Thanks for your help, concerns and especially for the advice. Thanks for not being a dick about all of this.
Man, now that 2004 is almost 20 years ago, all of the year's songs are coming back as shitty samples, and it feels like EVEN LONGER AGO compared to its actual age than it did when this video first dropped. And I, too, spent most of 2004 listening to Modest Mouse. May their drummer Jeremiah Green rest in peace 😔
My sister and brother in law separated after he got caught cheating on her. During the first few weeks of their separation, he sent her a video of him playing guitar and singing to win her back. That song was The Reason. For fucking real. And it almost worked.
@@2-d_in_a_bag Do you really hate The Reason that much? I mean, I don't really hate it as much, but I guess I could see why it's not as fondly remembered as I'd prefer it to be. The lyrics are generic, not gonna lie. And Todd does make some good points about it. But it didn't sound that bad to me. But maybe that's just me?
Holy shit, Maroon 5's This Love is almost 15 years old. Wow M5 have basically been coasting for 15 years. Come on, just make something that at least hold up to Songs About Jane.
kelvin Nguyen You know, I've been saying that about Maroon 5 for the last few years. But, dude, I don't think they have the same talent or effort they had in 2004. I mean, c'mon, we had This Love, Harder To Breathe(I like this song), Sunday Morning( one of their best in my opinion), and of course, in my opinion, their absolute best song, She Will Be Loved. I don't think they can top that or make anything of that quality again. Plus, Levine is the ONLY remaining original member of Maroon 5 left. And they keep selling out constantly. I do want to believe they can still make good music though. I guess they keep making crap because maybe their current crap is what sells and what's popular, even though WE know it's mostly crap. Oh well, at least they're not as bad as nickelback. And, as bad as Maroon 5 are now, they're not the worst band out there. They're also not the best, because Gorillaz exist. But here's hoping Maroon 5 eventually regain SOME dignity and quality control. Have a great day/night, and remember to stay beautiful.
@@shawnfields2757 It's just amazing how they came from some of the most iconic, but not critically acclaimed music in the mid 2000s to flavorless in 2019. The closest Adam has been to genuinely charismatic was "Summers Gonna Hurt Like A Motherfucker" and that song was so poorly written that even the comments to that music video.acknowledge it.
kelvin Nguyen It really is amazing, how Maroon 5 can go from making such great songs like She Will Be Loved to boring crap like Girls Like You, and that one song you just mentioned. Of course with a song titled Summer's Gonna Hurt Like A MotherFucker, which I've never heard, it really doesn't seem like there'd be anything redeeming about it, but I liked the song Sugar. Is that song really called that though? That is one of the STUPIDEST song titles I've EVER heard. Sounds like the title of a parody song. Can't believe I'm STILL subscribed to them. I'm only really subbed because of the Maroon 5 songs that are good, are still really good, and they're still there. I don't pay attention to anything they've done recently, but I'm hoping they'll make good songs again eventually.
@@shawnfields2757 Yep, except I forgot "This" at the beginning of the title. So it's "This Summer's ..." actually. What's funny is that the song is actually produced tightly enough to let Adam's vocals shine, but the lyrics are so shit that at best it's a guilty pleasure.
kelvin Nguyen It's still one of the worst titles for a song ever produced by mankind. And I didn't even mind Payphone that much, and kind of liked that song, unironically, despite wiz kalifa being in it. Still why name a song this summer's gonna hurt like a motherfucker? Was it supposed to be a joke? Because that's what I hear. If you or anyone else does like it, that's cool. I'm just saying with a title like that, I know to stay away.
Is it worse than "Why did Kobe have to hit that raw, why he kiss that whore?" At least the 9/11 line has a veneer of social commentary, that one is just completely random and pointless nastiness.
@@firstnamelastname7244many basketball fans think the woman Kobe Bryant cheated on his wife with is a whore. Obviously I don't agree with them but they exist.
@@anthonydeadman Idk man too me it's a good song , It certainly Represented the end of Em's Peak and, he definitely was on the decline after this but this song is pretty catchy too me despite being very obnoxious at some points
I think Milkshake is the epitome of ringtone pop. I feel like the only way that song doesn’t get super annoying is if you just used the chorus as your ringtone on your Nokia back in the day.
Nah, Kelis had at least one other decently big hit with "Bossy." It hit the top 20 two years later and it still gets shouted out and sampled to this day.
@@shinyskunk Todd has made plenty of OHW where an artist had other hits of varying successes, but the big hit is still the only song people remember the artist for.
@@okagron I'd argue a lot of people still remember Bossy, though! Like, Megan shouted it out on her mixtape that came out a few months ago. But I mean it's not like I'd be mad if he covered it, either, haha.
@@shinyskunk i guess different songs hit bigger than others in different countries; i (uk) don't remember "bossy" at all, but i do remember "caught out there", "good stuff", and "trick me" (but maybe also i just stopped listening to the radio by the time "bossy" came out)
@@aclstudios that's true, but Fergie's biggest solo hits (Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergalicuous, Fallin in Love etc.) were very different from milkshake. I don't know why she didn't stick to that formula.
@@isabellamorris7902 And yet you can still listen to Ceelo Green without guilt because who gives a shit what some celebrity's opinion is if they make good shit.
i have a nostalgic appreciation for nickleback and post-grunge as a whole, and so i must confess i love someday. that being said... why did that woman step in the milk? why did she do that? who directed that music video? what?
i really don't know. maybe a tortured suggestion of "crying over spilt milk"? but that does nothing to explain the apparent significance of _stepping in the milk and leaving milky footprints._ it is a mystery.
Because the director had to seed the idea the dude was dead SOMEHOW. She steps in it and leaves milk trails, dude steps in the same milk, no tracks. Explanations make it feel dumber than it it was before.
@@sunnyquinn3888 Wow, sorry to hear "The Reason" causing so many therapy sessions. While I personally like that song, I was like, 10 or 11 back in 2004, so I went through my own traumatic experience with the song at first. But I have heard that the lead singer of Hoobastank went on to do the song "Fist Bump", for Sonic Forces, the latest worst Sonic game, but I've heard that song too, and it's really good, but I have avoided Sonic Forces, I'm naive, but I'm not gullible. Plus, the song "Fist Bump", is in Smash Bros. Ultimate, and hearing it there, pretty much means we can forgive Hoobastank for "The Reason", eh? I mean, come on, dude/lady, It's been like, 18 years since that song came out. If anything, eamon, Nickelback, Jessica Simpson, Jadakiss, Kelis, and the other artists should apologize for THEIR contributions to the Worst Songs Of 2004! Yes, even Eminem. Even though he's basically the god of rap. But, I hope your class action lawsuit goes well. Hope you can guys can get Phoenix Wright or his apprentice, Apollo Justice to help you out! And if they're not available, you can always try to hire Ryunosuke Naruhodo, the ancestor of Phoenix Wright, and his judicial assistant, Ms. Susato Mikitoba, for help. I hear they're the best possible lawyers one can imagine and have as their defence! Also, sorry if this went on too long!
Me initially when he said milkshake was bad: *shocked Pikachu face* Me after I actually listened to more than the first 15 seconds of the chorus: Oh yeah it’s trash
Kelis is a decent R&B singer, between 'Caught Out There,' 'Trick Me' and (if you count it) Calvin Harris' 'Bounce.' 'Milkshake' may be her best known track, but I will concede that it's her worst, at least in its original form. Besides, the meaning behind it is so obvious, I'm not even going to say it!
Fun fact about "Don't want you back": the record company had a gimmick where the "girlfriend" did a response song released around the same time called "F U Right Back". I'm not kidding - in the UK I could swear it was more popular than the original.
I remember it knocked the original off no1 in the uk. The only thing is ive never heard FYRB since that year while i have heard the original on radio a few times
Id say if any Em album qualifies for that it’s Revival. To me, Encore is a huge step down, but it isn’t a career killer and got an ok reception at the time. While on release Revival got tons of flack, and basically forced Em to rush-release Kamikaze.
@@rashotcake6945 recovery was something of a comeback. Was a much bigger hit than Relapse, got very good reviews and had two US no1 singles. MMLP2 kind of continued that rise.
@@mmsiphonevinyls1027 Okay that's a good point! I was too young to remember the release of Encore but now I remember hearing that it was initially received well. Whereas with Revival, *everyone* was saying it killed his career.
Damn right, I wanna trade cards / I could trade ya, but I'll have to charge... Up to $4000.00 for a mint condition 1st Edition original holographic Charizard. Someone is making a killing out there.
Did we ever find out if he passed that kidney stone? I swear, this whole song he sounds like he’s in indescribable pain and has to inflict it on everyone else.
As a Canadian, I was lucky enough to be exposed to them with their first official album, "The State". It's a good album, and if they never wrote "How You Remind Me" on their second album, they'd probably be a pretty solid underground rock band instead of an object of scorn and ridicule.
I was confused when Todd said their first song was How You Remind Me, and now I know why. Even in the US, they were on the radio with something or other from The State. I remember How You Remind Me being among their fun-but-less-interesting new stuff when it came out. I know the "remix" mentioned in this video, and always thought the joke was that they had eventually become repetitive, not that their current and first songs were the same.
Here's the thing, Nickelback is the 11th best selling band in all of recorded music history. People hate on them a lot, but I bet those same people are buying their albums. I love them for the same reason I love to read Dean Koontz. You always know what you're gonna get and it's usually pretty fun with a happy ending. That being said, Leader of Men is their best song and The State is their best album.
I owned that, too...and it got really old really fast. Bland rock songs with generic singing. It's not like being popular is some great guarantor of quality lol
For me, 'Without me' was the first rap song i liked and for a very long time the only one because everything else was the weird/awkward pop and hip-hop combinations or party type ones. Thank god for the 'Welcome to Compton' movie and MF DOOM. +
@@1101Archimedes "Why did Kobe have to hit that raw?" genius.com/amp/Jadakiss-why-lyrics Only slightly better, more plausible deniability. Maybe he wished that Koby Bryant hasn't sexually assaulted a teenager.
@@yappydog8m For me, Hoobastank's best song is "Without A Fight," which is funny because I only learned about that banger from Elite Beat Agents on Nintendo DS.
Things I realized/remembered watching this again: 1.) Eamon actually did an Italian version of that song called “Solo con te,” and I have no clue how I found it, but it makes the song way more listenable because he plays it as a shattered man waxing poetic about his lost love instead of a 12-year-old who just learned to swear and thinks a date is when you hang out with a girl at 7-Eleven after school 2.) I dodged a LOT of bullets as a kid by latching onto the local modern rock station, which played everything that was going on in alt-rock/punk/indie EXCEPT post-grunge. So I never actually heard a Nickelback song until after they were starting to finally go away, and I didn’t even know “The Reason” existed until I saw this video back in the Bliptv days 3.) That said, I did hear OF Nickelback for the first time in 2004, because my cousin said he was going to put on Nickelback in the car to annoy my other cousins. Even back then, even with elementary school-age children, Nickelback was a complete joke.
“a 12 year old who just learned to swear and thinks a date is when you hang out with a girl at 7-11 after school.” Wordy but brilliant. And so very truthful
Chingy sounds like if Waluigi retired from harassing the Mario Brothers and started a rap career. Seriously, close your eyes and imagine Waluigi rapping those bars.
Except that I'd RATHER hear Waluigi rapping than chingy. Seriously, I'd rather hear either the Mario Bros. or Wario and Waluigi rapping than chingy or that Drake looking douche, Amon or Emon, or Emanon or whatever again.
Man I miss when Todd did these. Also surprised he never did a retrospective favourites list from a previous year, it's always fun to hear him gush about songs
Also next year in 2005 would begin Chris Brown's rise to fame before his mega rage outbreak at Rihannia and an entire 2010s of mediocre music with a few exceptions and throwing tantrums in public and on social media
Yup, I'm guessing it was Jessica Simpson herself. Then again, she does seem to be outsmarted by canned foods and canned food labels, so...think of that what you will.
2004 was the year I was stuck listening to commercial radio for 40 hours a week in the job I had. I worked the evening shift when all stations that offered "no repeat 9-5 work days" could now play songs as much as they wanted. There were many songs that became truly hard to endure, and that Hoobastank song was one of them. The repeated E note of the intro was the sound to brace myself for the torture to come. I dont know why but that song got as much rotation as any song that has ever existed. It didnt help that it made the playlist for almost every FM station too: Rock enough for the commercial rock station, bland and sterile enough for the adult contemporary. Current and poppy enough for the top 40 station. The only station that wouldnt have played it would have been Concert radio as there was no Classic Rock stations then or even any Oldies stations. This was NZ radio in 2004. It was a nightmare. There were other songs that were just as ubiquitous like This Love by Maroon 5 but nothing has traumatised me more than Hoobastanks The Reason. Also Seether - Broken with the singer from Evanescence. It was hard labour hearing that 3 times every night.
Yep. Cancon made this extra fun by exposing the listener to painfully mid songs, because the guys who made it were Canadian. Search up "Too Bad" by Doug and the Slugs, and tell you wouldn't want to fucking die hearing that 3x a day.
Andrea M Exaclty. But to be fair, Aubrey Graham (aka, Drake),WAS already famous at the time, on a teen drama show that was on Teen Nick, called Degrassi: The Next Generation. I've only seen like 2 episodes, and it looked boring. So, they were both famous, it's just eamon was famous as a rapper first, but Drake started as an actor. Or maybe eamon is supposed to be Drake's evil twin from another dimension? I mean, that would probably explain why they look alike. Or maybe it's all coincidence?
The year I started secondary school, I was 12 and life was full of ~possibilities! Now a jaded 27 year old, I’m happy to hear every one of these trash songs, they make my heart happy 🥰
@@ian_b I don't think it's about nostalgia it's what was good compared to the 2010s and 2020s music majority is trash that would be nostalgia even tho those are 2 decades of trash music tv games and culture
It's weird finding random videos that you never knew existed, especially when it's a video about 2004 music Also The Reason is a guilty pleasure song for me :/ Also Encore for Trainwrecords when?
@@SeanWinters same, this just popped up on my algorithm and went on a nostalgia trip. Real talk I Used to love watching Todd back in 2010/11 especially and for a while into the 2010s. Then his cringe political views kicked in and I kinda lost interest in having any sort of opinion on contemporary pop music.
@@sunnyquinn3888 Let's hope it does. Nothing lasts forever, ESPECIALLY the bad stuff. It just takes, ironically enough, some more time. How much time? Who knows? But things will get back to normal eventually; dude. People we'd never get back to normal after y2k, after 9/11, even after as recently as last year. But no matter what, we always stuck together, as people, throughout all the bs we had to deal with. We may not know RIGHT now if time as we know it exactly will ever go back to normal, but I think it will, you just have to believe. Probably a bit corny, but I still think that's true. Nothing lasts forever, even the bad things. The annoying lockdown didn't last forever. Don't lose hope, my dude. We'll all find a way to get through it, we just got to stick through it, and never lose hope in ourselves, and not let the bad things happening right now, get to us, and focus on the positive things, and improving those, good sir/ma'am. Like Caddy used to say, "remember to stay beautiful".
@@shawnfields2369 Thank you, I really needed to hear this right now. I'm going through like, all the problems rn, but I know things will get better, we just have to hang in there until they do. Yeah, life never did go back to being exactly like it was before 9/11 but we stuck it out through that time together and eventually reached a point where at least it didn't feel like a constant crisis every single day.
@@sunnyquinn3888 You're welcome, glad to help. I hear you. I'm going through some rough problems, you're going through some rough times too. I mean, I've had epilepsy AND type 2 diabetes for years, and the epilepsy caused me to feel depressed for years; and caused me to drop out of my senior year of high school back in 2012, when I was 18. I mean, my best friend stopped talking to me once he'd gotten a girlfriend, and quit coming over to hang out so we could play Smash Bros.Brawl, but I never hated him for finding a girl and not hanging out as much, but me and my Mom did have to move out because, her ex crazy ex tried to kill her one night. Didn't even get to say thanks or goodbye to my best friend there before we left. But like I said, nothing lasts forever, ESPECIALLY the bad things. Bad things may come and go throughout our lives, but if we stick together; as a group, we can find a way through them, I promise. It may seem like what's happening right now is potentially and possibly weighing down on us as a society, but we can't let that get to us. We have to keep going, and not letting some stupid lockdown or disease get to us. Sure, 9/11 was a massive disaster that rocked the world for years, and is basically like a scar. And scars take time to heal. Sure, some of them never heal or fade, but they do eventually stop weighing down on us, as people, because we don't let it get to us, we stand together, as a people, as a society, and we always will. Whether it's 9/11(which is 4 days before my birthday), or any kind of terrorist attack, we won't let them beat us down, as a society of people. Sorry to hear you're going through all the problems, but I promise, things do heal with time. And in years from now, we'll be sitting down, talking to our grandkids and their kids, about how worried we were back in 2020, and 2021, and 2001, but how we overcame things like that, and stood together as people. Even hearing about my Grandma's death in 2019, from my Dad and his brother, didn't get me down, and while I wasn't there in person to say my goodbyes to her, my Dad and his brother were. Me and my Mom weren't there because my Dad and my Grandma, and his brother all live in Delaware now. But I'll never forget what my Grandma did for me as a kid, introducing me to the world of gaming, getting me the n64, when I was 3, and me and my Dad playing Super Mario 64 on it, good times. If it weren't for her, I probably wouldn't be a gamer in the first place, so she'll always have my eternal thanks for that. But I 100% agree, 9/11 may have changed how the world works, but we didn't give up, we all stuck it out together, and life became better, and things didn't feel like everything was falling apart, but getting better than ever before. And I'm sure we'll stick together through these "pandemics", and we'll become together, even closer than we were back during 9/11! Not a guarantee, but I'm sure we'll all be just fine! Thanks again, and again, good sir/madam, you're welcome!
"What else could I possibly do to make noise, I done touched on everything but little boys" That line pretty much sums up Just Lose It. Em had at least one mainstream Slim Shady single for every album and none of them were really good for anything other than shock value. By Encore, he'd run out of ideas for Slim and it was the height of the MJ controversy so there you go. This time it was just a bit too tasteless.
Ahhh please do more of these, Todd. It's so fun to see music critics talk about older songs, especially the worst of them. Not a lot of music youtubers do this...
@@joshuacoleman8000 From what I can tell, the worst thing he's done, aside from a few questionable lyrical changes in covers*, is get involved in the discourse (via Twitter, naturally) on a rape case where he was incredulous that it had happened, expressing some...unsavory views. * "all religions are true" in Imagine? Seriously, Thomas? seriously??
14:40 I heard for a brief second the intro to a much, much better song from 2004 (Strange ways by Madvillian) and it just brought me so much happiness to hear just those five seconds of an actually good song after listening to nearly 15 minutes of garbage. Then I heard Chingy's voice and cried as this perfectly encapsulates the nature of happiness, always fleeting, always just a moment away from being destroyed.
Christie Beck What, is it impossible to believe that NOT everyone will like the mighty Beyonce? I definitely DON'T. Her music is annoyingly repetitive. Sure, she's made SOME good songs, and she's beautiful, and has an amazing face, (like you) and body, and a really nice voice. But I'm just not a fan of hers. Sorry, but not everyone is going to like the same artists you like, ma'am. It's true. But don't worry, it's just the opinion of lonely, fat nerdy loser like me anyways. Have a great day/night, and remember to stay beautiful.
@@shawnfields2757 Bruh, he later puts a Beyonce song in a top ten list and talks about loving Lemonade and swearing allegiance to her. This part of the video was funny in hindsight to me. Chill.
Beyonce songs before the 2010s weren't first rate, but they sure were at least catchy to listen to like the Jay-Z collaborations like Deja Vu. Beyonce songs nowadays, though, yeah, they are nothing at all. *cough cough* Feelin' Myself feat. Nicki Minaj
which is why i'm hoping it makes it on todd's worst songs of 2023, well at least at the dishonorable mentions. it baffles me that they decided to sample one of the most bland songs of not only 2004, but of the whole 2000s decade. that's like if some rapper in 2035 decided to sample that boring ass lost boy song by ruth b. idk if you remember it but yeah, it was quite popular back in 2015-2016 and it was bland and boring as hell (still is for me). like say what you want about young gravy's betty (get money) and jack harlow's first class, at least the songs they're trying to sample are fun and upbeat. but creeping on the other hand, it's currently my biggest "why?" moment of 2023 so far. the reason why it probably has it's defenders is because of the weeknd's name and vocals on the song but for me, i know the weeknd can do so much better than that, the same with the producer metro boomin.
If one of the two is "Hero" it wasn't Nickelback. It was written by one guy from Nickelback, and performed by a superband of him and members of Saliva, Soundgarden, and Theory of a Deadman.
"2004 was less than a decade ago". 5 years later, and Todd's claim that 2004 has faded from memory is remarkably prescient. Though I imagine it'll be coming back soon as the early 2000s kids like myself enter their early 20s.
For a second, I thought after he said “And then there’s doing it wroOooooong”, it was going to cut to Eminem's infamous song "Fack" and when it didn't, I was like "Oh thank god!"
I know a lot of people probably don't care, but eamon has improved a lot over the years. After fuck it, he spiraled down in a cloud of mental health issues, bad luck in money management, and drug abuse. And his debut album was a headache and a half. But he came back in 2017 with much needed maturity and really good music, such as "be my girl". He then put out his next album, golden rail motel, which is a really underrated project. He grew in pretty much every area he needed to grow in. He started to sing about confessions, love, and soul instead of fat asses. Then he released an ep in 2019, which has a really good song on it, "step by step". I honestly recommend both of those albums for a listen, I think they are great projects.
What’s beyond fascinating is that Kroeger and co wrote some of their biggest hits by learning from other chart topping hits. Like they model their songs based on past chart hitting rock songs.
The music industry has been doing it for decades and you're surprised by this? As one meme correctly pointed out, "How You Remind Me" is actually much better, lyrically, than the Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye" (which blathers on and on about saying goodbye and hello). Hell, "Rockstar" satirizes the lifestyle of rockers. Also, the biggest embarrassment to Canada when it comes to music isn't Nickelback. Not by a long shot. That dishonor, arguably, goes to Bieber.
@@AdderTude I’m not surprised at all, I’m just pointing it out there that it’s something Kroeger said frankly in public. And Rockstar is indeed a funny song.
@@AdderTude…or Drake. It took a long time before I actually heard Nickelback, and I find their songs pretty much vanish from my mind as soon as they end. But, they might be okay if I could stand Kroeger’s voice.