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.
If you get rid of the first sentence in this comment it'll be an awesome, heartfelt compliment that will let your main sentiment of appreciation shine!!
For those wondering, Freedy is still living in Hoboken and playing in smaller venues throughout the city. I was lucky enough to see him in an extremely intimate venue (Guitar Bar Jr.) last fall and he was awesome. It was a great set and his banter was interesting and fun. Of course he ended with Bad Reputation. Awesome night all around.
I felt much the same way. Recently though, there are a lot of great bands picking up the torch of what was great about that era of left-of-center rock. Check out bands like: Pity Sex: (Songs: Keep, Burden You), Moaning (Songs: Tired, Artificial, Misheard) , Alvvays (Songs: Adult Diversion, Party Police, Dreams Tonight), Mitski (Songs: Francis Forever, Your Best American Girl, I Bet on Losing Dogs), Beach House (Songs: Myth, Lazuli, Beyond Love, Days of Candy, Lemon Glow, Girl of the Year), Our Girl (Songs: Our Girl, It's No Big Deal, Sleeper, Level). Preoccupations (Songs: Disarray, Espionage). There is always new good music if you keep listening, these are all new current bands that would have been comfortable in the company of the 90s greats.
This is one of those songs you can hear a million times and still love the hell out of it!! Everything about this song is perfect. Still sounds new and yet it's over 20 years old.
I'm so with you man. This song made me buy Perfect World made me get Can You Fly caused me to steal Never Home then Blue Days Black Nights...yep, I love FJ
@@thefutureofscience8365 LOVE this song(whole album,bought when 1st came out and still love), but you must not have been alive in the 1960's and 70's if you think 1994 was the best year ever for music! Just about every year between 1963 and 1975 were the best years for music, couldn't even pick one they were all so great...Sorry, but just a fact! 😎
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.
So glad to have found Freedy Johnston after watching the Smart Studios documentary and hearing Butch Vig talk about This Perfect World. Such wonderful work 💕.
I love your channel name and avatar! :D Raven is my favorite fictional character and this version of her is my favorite. Sorry I know it's random but it's always a treat when I see another Raven fan!
Toured a lot in Holland during early 90's. Nice guy, friendly band, great songs, I remember the bassplayer, he did'nt play it, he rode it.. Freddy, call me..
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?
Looking in the crowd, your face is everywhere-Reminds me of a boy that lived around the corner from me. When I moved away that was how I felt. Don't you think I've heard the talk? Nobody's going to tell me who to love- He was older than me so it was frowned upon.
That's cool. Several years ago I found the bowling alley where Roy meets Ishmael (Lancaster Bowl in the movie). It is actually in Mars, Pennsylvania and across the street was a liquor store that was Calvert Munson's gas station in the movie.
My parents had this on repeat many times while in the car...used to be annoying, but I just started to think about this song and how much of a good song it actually is!
This song is simple, yet that's what makes it so full...a few harmonic notes capping off the lines in the chorus...I know everybody has a story, but I heard this sitting upstairs at a McDonald's facing Macy's NYC @ Christmas time, (that's Herald Square)...just me, coupla cheeseburgers, coke, fries...the usual few fellow humans in their own world, too...hey, I was born in 1958; I've got a million stories like this, yeah?...anyway, this song will never quit...and the video is most excellent too! Thanks, Freedy, for making them both!
Great guy. great song. I met Freedy in Connecticut back many years ago. we were both playing near Chaney hall and staying at the same B&B. We talked in the parking lot for a while. He was such a good guy. wish I had a chance to work with him. Wonder where he is now. Such a talent!
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.
this actually came on fm radio tonight. the radio is really one of the few good things about NC. I haven't seen King Pin in years, so I didn't even remember that this song was even in it.
I forgot how much I love this song. A jangly folky gem. A snapshotpostcard from the Aaa late early mid 90s... Love the black and white Fellini esque NYC imagery complete cast of characters. Part of the joy of it for me is the song feels like its always been there... Freedy just plucked it out of the seraphimic air fully formed for us to enjoy. And the vocals are so easy, he never has to sell it. Thank you sir for doing so, because it somehow makes me happy.peace.
Some say artists are allowed glimpses into the Akashic Record which, in theory, holds it all - for example, complicated math problems are only discovered, not 'invented', have always existed and always will
Criminally overlooked.
Taylor he has been criminally overlooked. Great artist.
Yes, Keith. This man has some great songs.
Scott this cat has been good for years.
Agreed. Part of the amazing alt 90s.
Fell in love with this song when I was 18. Still love it now as then.
Always loved this tune...still sounds stellar in 2024.
Kingpin 1996 ! Brought me here
kicking and screaming brought me here! Boy am I grateful.
This song is so good, it changed my life from the moment I laid ears on it. What a gem
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.
Freedy Johnston is so incredibly underrated... I'm just glad I know his music and get to listen to it. SUCH a privilege!
If you get rid of the first sentence in this comment it'll be an awesome, heartfelt compliment that will let your main sentiment of appreciation shine!!
For those wondering, Freedy is still living in Hoboken and playing in smaller venues throughout the city. I was lucky enough to see him in an extremely intimate venue (Guitar Bar Jr.) last fall and he was awesome. It was a great set and his banter was interesting and fun. Of course he ended with Bad Reputation. Awesome night all around.
Read this 7 years later after watching "kicking and screaming". Cheers.
This song is a hit today...what gives??
It's hard to believe this is 20 years old.
Love the 90's forever, people. It was the last true, great American decade.
Definitely the last great decade for music..☹
Agreed. Loved it so much.
I felt much the same way. Recently though, there are a lot of great bands picking up the torch of what was great about that era of left-of-center rock. Check out bands like: Pity Sex: (Songs: Keep, Burden You), Moaning (Songs: Tired, Artificial, Misheard) , Alvvays (Songs: Adult Diversion, Party Police, Dreams Tonight), Mitski (Songs: Francis Forever, Your Best American Girl, I Bet on Losing Dogs), Beach House (Songs: Myth, Lazuli, Beyond Love, Days of Candy, Lemon Glow, Girl of the Year), Our Girl (Songs: Our Girl, It's No Big Deal, Sleeper, Level). Preoccupations (Songs: Disarray, Espionage). There is always new good music if you keep listening, these are all new current bands that would have been comfortable in the company of the 90s greats.
Every decade has great music. People simply quit looking for it as they get older, longing for 'the good ol' days'
@@briancolorado1584 It ain't just the music.
This is one of those songs you can hear a million times and still love the hell out of it!! Everything about this song is perfect. Still sounds new and yet it's over 20 years old.
Bret Bailey thats the case with me freedys masterpiece
I'm so with you man. This song made me buy Perfect World made me get Can You Fly caused me to steal Never Home then Blue Days Black Nights...yep, I love FJ
spot on this song is embeded into the fabic of who i am now
Mr. Bailey, I could not have said it any better! Amazing Song!
@@thefutureofscience8365 LOVE this song(whole album,bought when 1st came out and still love), but you must not have been alive in the 1960's and 70's if you think 1994 was the best year ever for music! Just about every year between 1963 and 1975 were the best years for music, couldn't even pick one they were all so great...Sorry, but just a fact! 😎
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.
Still great
I remember this song in the movie Kingpin. The 90s were great!
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.
Here's another song you will listen to for the rest of your life if you're lucky enough to hear it once
Anybody here during quarantine?!
For me, it's from a time when things were just different. This song is the 90's of this genre.
This man sings my soul, my life, my night; he knows my/ everybody's struggle.
I first heard this gem in kingpin when I was a kid, it gives me chills it's so good freedy thank you.
Great soundtrack and film
A millionth rewatch of Kingpin brought me here
This is such a kickass song.
Been breaking down...awsome
well said.
This song was featured in these two movies:
-Kicking and Screaming (1995)
-Kingpin (1996)
Why this song is not in the Pantheon of Greatest Rock Songs Ever is beyond me- it really can't get much better than this.
My theme song..My first love in 94.. I was 14 in Lincoln City Oregon.
I was 16 in a small shit hole town I west Tennessee, where I grew up and I'm still there,lol. I definitely remember the girl I was with at that time.
nihl hinz mine, too.
nihl hinz - I was 14 in Wisconsin. We grew up too fast, didn't we ?
Thought it was 96
94
I’m in love
So glad to have found Freedy Johnston after watching the Smart Studios documentary and hearing Butch Vig talk about This Perfect World. Such wonderful work 💕.
I love your channel name and avatar! :D Raven is my favorite fictional character and this version of her is my favorite. Sorry I know it's random but it's always a treat when I see another Raven fan!
Toured a lot in Holland during early 90's.
Nice guy, friendly band, great songs, I remember the bassplayer, he did'nt play it, he rode it..
Freddy, call me..
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 dropped my fork. This song cut to the center of me. Wow
...don't you think I've heard the talk...nobody's gonna' tell me who to love...
The girl at 2:52 ... just... whoa.
makes me nostalgic, gotta love the 90s:)
Looking in the crowd, your face is everywhere-Reminds me of a boy that lived around the corner from me. When I moved away that was how I felt.
Don't you think I've heard the talk?
Nobody's going to tell me who to love- He was older than me so it was frowned upon.
Your comment gave me the feels hardcore.
Since I posted this I've reconnected with my crush , 21 years later.
This songs has that power to take you to the feeling of the free world.. before being hooked to our phones and crazy intermet
Kicking and Screaming
Kingpin is just full of great music. Love the fact that I live like 10 minutes away from ishmaels Amish house.
That's cool. Several years ago I found the bowling alley where Roy meets Ishmael (Lancaster Bowl in the movie). It is actually in Mars, Pennsylvania and across the street was a liquor store that was Calvert Munson's gas station in the movie.
@@glenbard657 rad!! Im the original Munson!!
@@Mr.300kingpin Don't get Munson'd in the middle of nowhere
I had not heard this song for such a long time until today. This is one of the greatest forgotten songs of all time.
Completely underrated.
seriously underrated song...
The rarest songs are often the best.
I'm a HUGE hip-hop and r&b fan but this song is in my top 10 fav songs OF ALL TIME.😮 #Respect
Can,t get enough
Kingpin!
My parents had this on repeat many times while in the car...used to be annoying, but I just started to think about this song and how much of a good song it actually is!
Haha awesome! Sounds like you have cool parents!
The whole album is really good, and holds up
yeah
On repeat forever & ever...
This song is simple, yet that's what makes it so full...a few harmonic notes capping off the lines in the chorus...I know everybody has a story, but I heard this sitting upstairs at a McDonald's facing Macy's NYC @ Christmas time, (that's Herald Square)...just me, coupla cheeseburgers, coke, fries...the usual few fellow humans in their own world, too...hey, I was born in 1958; I've got a million stories like this, yeah?...anyway, this song will never quit...and the video is most excellent too! Thanks, Freedy, for making them both!
Seven years disappear bellow my feet....
I saw him at a place called 7 Willow Street in 94 or 95. Always liked this song. Glad he's still playing but should have been bigger IMO.
WOW 7 WILLOW WOW
This perfect world being released on LP, limited edition as we speak. Look it up and get a copy!
Graduated college when this came out. Always reminds me of those days!
I've loved this song since it came out. Never gets old...
...Been breaking down...do you want me now?
cool song...
So sweet so moving! :)
this was on the radio a bit in the mid to late 90s too wasn't it? fuckin great song.
SONG IS SO UNDERRATED
This song is so great. I hope this guy is still writing songs.
classic
Great guy. great song. I met Freedy in Connecticut back many years ago. we were both playing near Chaney hall and staying at the same B&B. We talked in the parking lot for a while. He was such a good guy. wish I had a chance to work with him. Wonder where he is now. Such a talent!
I'm here because of kingpin. The Farrelly bros have the best soundtracks in their movies
Absolutely Hell yeah!
Same here
I'd rather get MUNSONED......
Same!
Just watching kingpin and heard this song as I was dosing off. Love love love it
"Nobody's gonna tell me who to love." So simple, so powerful!
Stay well and safe cuz.
Yes, Freedy, I want you now
I’m obsessed, how can I meet this guy??💕
I still listen to this song... every 7 years.
This song is just about perfect.
Sweet doggy!so cute!
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.
There is tons of music like this from the 90s and early 2000s but definitely not nowadays
this actually came on fm radio tonight. the radio is really one of the few good things about NC. I haven't seen King Pin in years, so I didn't even remember that this song was even in it.
Makes me cry
I love the Hell out of this song.
On every playlist I have ever made.
great songs are timeless... just like this gem... LOVE IT!!!!!!
I miss my city. :(
I hear your music and My Heart just aches. It is very touching. Thank you!
Freedy still hits me in the feels like no other.
Mr. Munson!!!!
Love the Hell out of this song!
I forgot how much I love this song. A jangly folky gem. A snapshotpostcard from the Aaa late early mid 90s... Love the black and white Fellini esque NYC imagery complete cast of characters. Part of the joy of it for me is the song feels like its always been there... Freedy just plucked it out of the seraphimic air fully formed for us to enjoy. And the vocals are so easy, he never has to sell it. Thank you sir for doing so, because it somehow makes me happy.peace.
Some say artists are allowed glimpses into the Akashic Record which, in theory, holds it all - for example, complicated math problems are only discovered, not 'invented', have always existed and always will
He has a nice way of changing chords with his voice.
Great, great song.
The video is what New York City must look like to an outsider. It's a great song, and the lyrics are amazing in what they say and what they imply.
The Perfect Song.
Wow it's been way to long since I heard this song.
love this song. i was randomly humming it so i looked it up! Miss the 90s.
nice!
This is THE most 90's song ever...awesome
Class track 👍
Dude I just discovered this song thanks to spotify, crazy! I love it
Honored to be performing with Freedy this Sat, May 26th at The Mint in LA.
Hope you will come see our group The Burn Riffs as well. Love his music.
30 years later. Still love this song and album
Why does this hit me in the feelings *so* hard?
nobody's gonna tell me who to love...
Here It Is. The Song That Introduced Me To FREEDY. Now "This Perfect World " And "Can You Fly" Are Two Of My Favorite Albums. Love You FREEDY.
❤☺
Noah Baumbach's "Kicking and Screaming".