@@alexg4462 at the very least, I'd bounce up and down on my barstool! My husband has so many splints and braces for his joints that he looks like a low rent cyborg.
You should have a camera in there and film it every time it drops. Different nights for months, then string it together in a video of all the different crowds.
I love how you weren't ready for that drop. None of us were man, none of us were. Even now, that intro summons our souls, and it hits each time like the first time.
Yeah the Irish embraced hip hop earlier than just about any white group. There's a saying, "The Irish are the blacks of Europe, Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland). Yes a lot of Irish are as racist as any group, but they've also been treated as badly as any group in Europe for centuries, so it makes sense that they embraced the hard core sound.
Back in the day when you would hear this in the club, not one person would be standing still. It's one of the ultimate party song and goes hard as hell too.
100% truth you said Stoogler, I am a 1978 boy and the 1990s was the cream of music evolution. The whole decade brought out genres after genres, in high school in the UK I would mix with the rap crew,brit pop crew grunge crew dance crew it was crazy but so cool.... ❤2ALL StaySafe ✌👍🤜🏽
it takes real courage to experience new music and be open to it in front of people. thanks for being brave and bridging gaps. we are all americans loving music here.
Don't tell him about house of pain n cypress hill in the same show! He might not be able to handle that excitement! Him watching jump around is enough for him today! 😂
It is so cool seeing young people hearing iconic songs for the first time and enjoying them!! As for me, I've been jamming to this song for 31 years. I'm old enough to remember nightclubs and bars BANNING Jump Around where I lived. The reason for this was because people would "Jump Around" and spill alcohol all over other party goers or knock other people down... Which would cause fights, stabbings, and gun play 😬 So they banned the song 😢 But not just Jump Around... "Insane In The Brain" by Cypress Hill also got banned in clubs for the same reason. Those two songs got people PUMPED UP!!!!
As a 46 year old I LOVE SEEING the young generation VIBIN OUT TO what we listened to! ❤ Most younger folks don't realize WE SAW EVERY 1ST THERE WAS AND NOW WILL BE IN HIP HOP!!❤❤❤ WE AS HUMAN BEINGS HAD NEVER seen , heard anything like HIP HOP!!! I WAS THERE AND I LOVED IT! Check out the rap Duo 3RD BASS POP GOES THE WEASEL & THE GAS FACE!! Shout out MC SERCH and PETE NICE and DJ RICHIE RICH!!! ALSO EIGHTBALL & MJG PIMP IN MY RHYME
House of Pain was part of Soul Assassins, as well as Cypress Hill. Everlast was thinking about givin up on hip hop and the song Jump Around was givin to Cypress Hill. They really weren't feelin it and they passed it onto Everlast and his group House of Pain used it and it blew up, the rest is history
The Beastie Boys were white and were making a name for themselves in NYC in the early days of rap. Don’t worry about thinking an artist is a different color or doesn’t look like you thought they would, I think it’s human nature to form a picture in your head of who you’re hearing.
Shamrocks and shinnanguns great album. This was definitely the song a DJ played in the bars for close to 2 decades to get the bar hopping and in a good mood for the night.
I saw House of Pain in Honolulu with Cypress Hill and Naughty By Nature in around the same time. Naughty By Nature was by far the best of the groups but they were all awesome. I never saw an official Funkdoobiest concert but they were in Honolulu and showed up to a private party to battle with local Hawaii rappers. Both sides were good battle rappers and there was such an awesome vibe in the room that night.
Oh wow, your reaction was fantastic 🤩You are definately not the only one surprised when they see they video 😱😲😂I bought this "album/cd " when it came out in 1992 and have loved it ever since. It was also the 1st song the DJ played at my Wedding reception. You gotta move when this tune comes on.
Back in the day, there was this hiphop/d&b/breaks magazine called "Knowledge", which encompassed history and knowledge about the hip hop community and it's influences. The hip hop community was all about knowing their roots and the history of their influences. It seems nowadays that a lot of this mentality has disappeared except for in the most underground hiphop communities and I find it so refreshing that the younger generations find an interest in the knowledge of the past of hiphop. Looking into it now, the magazine still exsists as Kmag, but has diverted to be mainly d&b focused.
Matt was a friend of theirs. Everlast “whitey ford” is the main dude. HOP only had 3 albums. The first was dope, with production mainly from DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill. They were all friends. Everlast went on to make great albums and a lot of acoustic guitar stuff, with a little bit of rhymes and beats. Still doing it today, after he almost died years ago. Definitely check out his catalog. Good shite!
I was a young DJ playing parties for high school and collage kids when this song dropped. We didn't have a lot of music video exposure at that point, so we didn't know if they were white or black or what either, but it didn't matter what color they were - because we just loved it! (no dis-respect)
when they were touring with Cypress Hill, they booked at a college stadium, they checked the foundation after and found major cracks running through the whole building
To hear and realize for the first time who House of Pain is, is dope. But wait until you hear the lead rapper in this song with Santana as Everlast on the track, Put Your Lights On.
Track Information Personnel: Everlast: Vocals Danny Boy O'Connor: Vocals DJ Lethal: Scratches Lyrics by Erik Francis Schrody (Everlast) Produced by DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill) Samples: Bob and Earl - ”Harlem Shuffle” (1963) (The Horn Fanfare Intro) Junior Walker and the All Stars - ”Shoot Your Shot” (1965) (High-Pitched Saxophone Squeal at the Beginning of Every Bar) Chubby Checker - ”Popeye (The Hitchhiker)” (1962) (Piano Riff) Recorded: November 1991 - May 1992 Single Released: on May 5, 1992 Album Released: July 21, 1992 Tommy Boy Records
I was 1yo when this song came out, but I heard it all throughout my childhood in the 90s and early 00s. Such a huge hit of nostalgia every time I hear it, and seeing your reaction and pure enjoyment brought a smile to my face. Love this song ❤️
My 15 year old twin grandbabies jam to this song when we are chillin in my ride, heads bobbin in the back seat😅 Indigenous grandma, OG veteran. We are still here✊💯⚡❣
good honest reaction....glad you enjoyed this old school jam from my era growing up....the video clip itself is awsome well put together and the rhymes were insanely good,,,,some awsome music from that era....thanks for the reaction, i will sub to your channel.
BTW it came out around 1992. There was also a pretty good white rapper group that came out around then called wait for it.... young black teenagers 😆. The track is called Tap the bottle you should check it out.
Brings the memories back. Was in a packed bar in East London, really drunk. This came on and everyone was jumping. Only thing is, we slipped on spilt beer and fell over and broke my cousins knee LOL. Those were the good ol days 🙂
Just like my surprise finding out the lead singer of Sevendust was black..lol. back in the day, saw them on a "metal and ink" tour. He came out shirtless, braids and belted out the song Black... Made my hair stand on end. It was awesome!
Yes, that was like it was. I was about almost 14 at that time and was in love. He was my pretend boyfriend. We only had a TV a short time and it was black and white then. Everyone was in front of the TV to see the Ed Sullivan show. Elvis music made you get up and scream, dance, cry. Love love your reactions to Elvis. Please continue this journey. You will be amazed how diversified Elvis music is.
They were shopping this song and Ruffhouse wanted it but house of pain didn’t like the deal so they kept shopping. In the meantime Ruffhouse put out “jump” by Kris’s Kross to try to squash jump around. Didn’t work. That’s why at the end he says “this is dedicated to Joe the biter Nicolo” he was a Ruffhouse exec
Best part of the House of Pain mythology is that they're from Boston, or even Irish-American. They're from LA and good friends with Cypress Hill etc. I think the label (Tommy Boy) was like, "well, you're white, the beat samples a bagpipe. fuck it." Funny as fuck to see people from Boston, or even Ireland, claim this group when they're from Woodland Hills in LA county. But, fuck it, it's a BANGER.
Everlast was in Ice T's Rhyme Syndicate in the 80's. He had cred prior to House of Pain. If you haven't checked out La Coka Nostra, that shit is fire too.
You gotta be effing kidding me! For the last thirty odd years I legit thought these clowns were Irish-Americans from Boston. I feel violated and vulnerable right now... And yet, like you say: Still a mf banger
I bounced in Boston bars in the 90s for extra money. We would ask the DJs to not play this song. Though i loved it, the place would get absolutely crazy whenever it was played.
Unique perspective: im a 41 white dude from north dakota. The 88 to 93 era of mtv that is often seen as a gentrification of rap by the bronx (who created the art and deserves respect, but not full ownership) but like it literally for me brought me my favorite art form. ... When this album came out it was so absolutely subversive and outside the box. It was cypress hill meets dropkick Murphy's before dropkick was even a thing.
Matt Champy was a friend of the members of House of Pain. House of Pain consisted of Everlast (lead lyricist), Danny Boy, and DJ Lethal (who later on was the DJ for Limp Bizkit).
The frontman is Everlast. He sang the song the called "What It's Like". The Beastie Boys are 3 Jewish dudes from NYC. Their first album "Licensed To Ill" was released in 1986.
OK, little history lesson from an old hip hop head. The Horn sample at the beginning of the song (not the casket carrying video intro) is from a song called "Harlem Shuffle" by Bob & Earl from 1965. The lead rapper Everlast had a solo career before this when he was part of Ice T's Rhyme Syndicate in 1990, unfortunately his debut album didn't do too well so he joined forces with DJ Lethal and Danny Boy in 1992 to form the Irish-American Trio House of Pain (even though DJ Lethal is actually Latvian-born!). He then changed his Name to Whitey Ford and released another solo album in 1998. His Real name is Erik Schrody, Matt Champy is just the guy who uploaded the video lol!!!
the song came out in 91 or early 92 cause it was my senior yr in high school. Back then cds came in a box (little fact for all the young ppl), the rapper is Everlast, went on to have beef with Em.... well we all know what happens with that😃 Em did 2 diss tracks, pretty much ended it
@@Jayizzo007 Yep! I remember jamming out to this in Junior high on my Walkman. I don’t know why it seems so strange now that I had this on tape, maybe because CD’s became so popular soon after, but I remember specifically having this tape and the Offspring on tape and memorizing all the lyrics on the readout. Good times
Fun Fact: if you were a teen in the 90’s, you still know the lyrics by heart
OF COURSE!!!
oh yeah.....lol...
True fact
I know every word to this, Bone Thugs, The Fugees, and 2Pac. We don’t need to discuss the Spice Girls or Jewel…. Lol.
can confirm.
Play this song in any bar with people over 40, and you will see them all jump, without fail!
@@alexg4462 at the very least, I'd bounce up and down on my barstool!
My husband has so many splints and braces for his joints that he looks like a low rent cyborg.
EPIC!!
You should have a camera in there and film it every time it drops. Different nights for months, then string it together in a video of all the different crowds.
Yep ,with our crickety cracks and bad backs.
We can make it about a minute. Just happened at a wedding 😂
I love how you weren't ready for that drop. None of us were man, none of us were. Even now, that intro summons our souls, and it hits each time like the first time.
"This is that song?" 🤣🤣🤣
I remember buying this single. Shamrocks and Shenanigans was the B side.
Fucking preach, mate.
Still grabs me and rough rides my arse dry. Fucking. Epic. Still.
Just over here vibing in my gen x bubble. Ignore me.
Yeah the Irish embraced hip hop earlier than just about any white group. There's a saying, "The Irish are the blacks of Europe, Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland). Yes a lot of Irish are as racist as any group, but they've also been treated as badly as any group in Europe for centuries, so it makes sense that they embraced the hard core sound.
I'm a metalhead, but that doesn't matter because this song is classic fire 🔥.
Same here. There's 'classics' and there's CLASSICS.
Me too
It crosses all genres worldwide.
In the 90s House of Pain and Cypress Hill were as much metal as they were hip hop
The singer for House of Pain went solo under his name Everlast and did that song called "What it's Like". Great song.
He also does an acoustic version of jump around as Everlast
Love it!@@kevinlove6336
He went by Everlast in House of Pain.
@@johnjohnmcclane1818 Oh nice! I never looked up the individual member names of H.O.P.
Another one of the group went on to be DJ Lethal and joined Limp Bizkit.
I love when the younger generation realizes..."Its THAT song" 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤙🏼
Back in the day when you would hear this in the club, not one person would be standing still. It's one of the ultimate party song and goes hard as hell too.
This is one of those that, when I hear a reactor say, "I've never heard this," I say, "Just wait."
What a time to be alive. The absolute best years of my life. 90-95. Music just isn’t the same these days.
100% truth you said Stoogler, I am a 1978 boy and the 1990s was the cream of music evolution. The whole decade brought out genres after genres, in high school in the UK I would mix with the rap crew,brit pop crew grunge crew dance crew it was crazy but so cool....
❤2ALL
StaySafe
✌👍🤜🏽
💯
everlast, danny "boy" o'conner, and dj lethal. fuckin legends.
it takes real courage to experience new music and be open to it in front of people. thanks for being brave and bridging gaps. we are all americans loving music here.
Got my first concussion in the pit at this concert. 😃 They opened for Cypress Hill ❤
Cypress Hill/House of Pain/Funkdoobiest. Great show. The Bomb Favtory in Dallas was dubbed “the Bong Factory” that night.
Man, you are LUCKY to have seen that bill. Musta been AWESOME.
@@superred5 What I remember of it, yes! 😄
Don't tell him about house of pain n cypress hill in the same show! He might not be able to handle that excitement! Him watching jump around is enough for him today! 😂
thats crazy😂
It is so cool seeing young people hearing iconic songs for the first time and enjoying them!! As for me, I've been jamming to this song for 31 years. I'm old enough to remember nightclubs and bars BANNING Jump Around where I lived. The reason for this was because people would "Jump Around" and spill alcohol all over other party goers or knock other people down... Which would cause fights, stabbings, and gun play 😬 So they banned the song 😢 But not just Jump Around... "Insane In The Brain" by Cypress Hill also got banned in clubs for the same reason. Those two songs got people PUMPED UP!!!!
you know from back in the day when this dropped people just went crazy Stupid hahaha so many good weekends...timeless banger track!
Man I was like 11 when this came out wandering around like a boston gangster in rural colorado with this is my sony sports walkman lol.
About 20 years ago was in a bar in Boston at around 1:00 AM and this came on; was insane!
Funny thing is when they find out ITs actually Everlast
Same! Love seeing it!
As a 46 year old I LOVE SEEING the young generation VIBIN OUT TO what we listened to! ❤ Most younger folks don't realize WE SAW EVERY 1ST THERE WAS AND NOW WILL BE IN HIP HOP!!❤❤❤ WE AS HUMAN BEINGS HAD NEVER seen , heard anything like HIP HOP!!! I WAS THERE AND I LOVED IT! Check out the rap Duo 3RD BASS POP GOES THE WEASEL & THE GAS FACE!! Shout out MC SERCH and PETE NICE and DJ RICHIE RICH!!! ALSO EIGHTBALL & MJG PIMP IN MY RHYME
Almost 42, same vibe I'm feeling. Dancing at my fucking desk this morning.
born in 71, watching the new generation go bonkers for what we all did! Hip Hop punk rock, that is how it was!
46 here, too (47 next week) and can absolutely confirm the vibe check here.
im also 46 and i feel the same......you speak 100% truth 🔥🔥🔥🔥
47 here👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎯
House of Pain was part of Soul Assassins, as well as Cypress Hill. Everlast was thinking about givin up on hip hop and the song Jump Around was givin to Cypress Hill. They really weren't feelin it and they passed it onto Everlast and his group House of Pain used it and it blew up, the rest is history
DJ Muggs offered it to Ice Cube after Cypress Hill turned it down too.
80's and 90's was awesome . i'm glad i was part of that era
some tracks NEVER get old my guy .... we knew how to bump it back then
Proud Irish BOYS!
Except for the DJ. He's Latvian...😉
Nothing to make me feel more like a childless grandfather than watching this.
House of Pain was legit.
Brooklyn in the 90s…and yes…it comes on today….the place goes crazy!
The Beastie Boys were white and were making a name for themselves in NYC in the early days of rap. Don’t worry about thinking an artist is a different color or doesn’t look like you thought they would, I think it’s human nature to form a picture in your head of who you’re hearing.
'Galvanize' would have been another suggestion, we were dam lucky in the 80s & 90s.........
regards alls LEGENDS
Young Black Teenagers tap the bottle
Everyone thought Rick astley was black before the music video dropped
Ya just like I assumed Tate was white when I saw his chess accolades... not racist at all
The Beastie Boys are Jewish, not "White". Stop giving White people credit for our accomplishments
Its an instant mood to positive shifter wherever your at 😊
Man, there are brothers of all kinds.
Those bagpipes take you out every time!!! I work in Hospitality and the dance floor is packed at wedding receptions when this comes on.
Imagine making a song thats enjoyed for generations. I mean many do but few are so universally liked
Shamrocks and shinnanguns great album.
This was definitely the song a DJ played in the bars for close to 2 decades to get the bar hopping and in a good mood for the night.
I was in high school when this came out. What a great era the early 90’s were 🔥
Saw them live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow in 1993 with Cyrpess Hill and Funkdoobiest. They killed it. Stole the show.
I saw House of Pain in Honolulu with Cypress Hill and Naughty By Nature in around the same time. Naughty By Nature was by far the best of the groups but they were all awesome. I never saw an official Funkdoobiest concert but they were in Honolulu and showed up to a private party to battle with local Hawaii rappers. Both sides were good battle rappers and there was such an awesome vibe in the room that night.
Never at a club that didn't go mental when this was played back in the day...
Hey, I’m 70 and this is in my playlist! Love it.
This song is still fire!! It dropped in 1992, the year I had my daughter!! It feels good!!
Im from new york and this song is still referred to as irish national anthem for irish gen x'ers
All of house of pain’s albums are straight 🔥
Everlast ( the MC) did rock later on and the Dj lethal went on to be the dj for limp bizkit.
oh sick didnt know he was dj for lb
This dropped in 1992. I was 20 years old and I bought the 12 inch single on vinyl. I still have it and it's still in good shape.
My nephew (RIP Eric) used to say thiscwas the Irish Nation Anthem😂
Back then it was lol. RIP to your nephew, he was right.
The University of Wisconsin also uses it as an anthem, and the students literally jump to it at sports events and commencement.
I enjoy watching young people learn about the music of the past.There are great artist from then. Good job expanding your musical horizon.❤
Love his face when he realised what he was hearing 🫡
The whole album is great. "Top o' the mornin' to ya" is sick. I was in high school when this dropped. This song still gets people moving.
The venue in Camden back in the day where they played with Rage Against the machine and I forget the other groups was awesome.
It would take your lifetime to uncover all the cool music good luck 🍀👍🏾
First time i ever heard this was at Nottinghill Carnival in London over a big sound system, the entire street erupted. One of my favorite memories.
I'm 65, and still love this song!😮
Oh wow, your reaction was fantastic 🤩You are definately not the only one surprised when they see they video 😱😲😂I bought this "album/cd " when it came out in 1992 and have loved it ever since. It was also the 1st song the DJ played at my Wedding reception. You gotta move when this tune comes on.
Back in the day, there was this hiphop/d&b/breaks magazine called "Knowledge", which encompassed history and knowledge about the hip hop community and it's influences. The hip hop community was all about knowing their roots and the history of their influences. It seems nowadays that a lot of this mentality has disappeared except for in the most underground hiphop communities and I find it so refreshing that the younger generations find an interest in the knowledge of the past of hiphop.
Looking into it now, the magazine still exsists as Kmag, but has diverted to be mainly d&b focused.
Matt was a friend of theirs. Everlast “whitey ford” is the main dude. HOP only had 3 albums. The first was dope, with production mainly from DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill. They were all friends. Everlast went on to make great albums and a lot of acoustic guitar stuff, with a little bit of rhymes and beats. Still doing it today, after he almost died years ago. Definitely check out his catalog. Good shite!
I think it's funny how many people thought these guys were black lol. I'm 52 and been jamming to this since it came out. Good party song.
Just to clarify, this song was released in 1992, not in the 80’s.
Tell him👍🏿
White dude here. 84 hs grad..😊 love your channel. RESPECT!
I was a young DJ playing parties for high school and collage kids when this song dropped. We didn't have a lot of music video exposure at that point, so we didn't know if they were white or black or what either, but it didn't matter what color they were - because we just loved it! (no dis-respect)
Ahhh yes, this came out in 92', my sophomore year this bumped at many of our football games! ❤️🔥
when they were touring with Cypress Hill, they booked at a college stadium, they checked the foundation after and found major cracks running through the whole building
An honest reaction to a song... I love it!
My son played football in high school and they would play this on some 3rd downs and it was so hype! The whole sidelines and stands were jumping.
To hear and realize for the first time who House of Pain is, is dope.
But wait until you hear the lead rapper in this song with Santana as Everlast on the track, Put Your Lights On.
I would add .........
'INFORMER' by Snow !!
We were lucky back then.
Kind regards Legends
Love your reaction! Priceless!!
Nothing wrong with not knowing. Respect for appreciating quality while still learning.
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It was a mega hit here in Denmark
Track Information
Personnel:
Everlast: Vocals
Danny Boy O'Connor: Vocals
DJ Lethal: Scratches
Lyrics by Erik Francis Schrody (Everlast)
Produced by DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill)
Samples:
Bob and Earl - ”Harlem Shuffle” (1963)
(The Horn Fanfare Intro)
Junior Walker and the All Stars - ”Shoot Your Shot” (1965)
(High-Pitched Saxophone Squeal at the Beginning of Every Bar)
Chubby Checker - ”Popeye (The Hitchhiker)” (1962)
(Piano Riff)
Recorded:
November 1991 - May 1992
Single Released:
on May 5, 1992
Album Released:
July 21, 1992
Tommy Boy Records
I was in the 7th grade when this song game out and can recite it to this very day some 33 years later.
I was 1yo when this song came out, but I heard it all throughout my childhood in the 90s and early 00s. Such a huge hit of nostalgia every time I hear it, and seeing your reaction and pure enjoyment brought a smile to my face. Love this song ❤️
From my teenage yrs😊😊😊
Spent those years in the clubs. Only had to be 18!!
Hey,,,, this is Boston Massachusetts at it's finest,,,,,, and it's still the BEST
They're not from boston thou. LA
My 15 year old twin grandbabies jam to this song when we are chillin in my ride, heads bobbin in the back seat😅 Indigenous grandma, OG veteran. We are still here✊💯⚡❣
I so love your reaction!!! You made me smile and enjoy the song all over again myself. Thanks dude
good honest reaction....glad you enjoyed this old school jam from my era growing up....the video clip itself is awsome well put together and the rhymes were insanely good,,,,some awsome music from that era....thanks for the reaction, i will sub to your channel.
BTW it came out around 1992. There was also a pretty good white rapper group that came out around then called wait for it.... young black teenagers 😆. The track is called Tap the bottle you should check it out.
Exactly
I miss happy music like we used to have. It was all about partying and dancing . Different times for real.
The music, the lyrics, the energy, the video... It's one of those super-rare moments in life when you practically captured lightning in a bottle.
The song says it came out in 92 the memoriam proves it!
This a 1990’s anthem. It is that song.
and it was worldwide - even in my children parties in germany we jumped around (OFCOUUUUURSE WE DID) ;)
Shout out to DJ muggs on this album. Killed it with the beat.
Brings the memories back. Was in a packed bar in East London, really drunk. This came on and everyone was jumping. Only thing is, we slipped on spilt beer and fell over and broke my cousins knee LOL. Those were the good ol days 🙂
Just like my surprise finding out the lead singer of Sevendust was black..lol. back in the day, saw them on a "metal and ink" tour. He came out shirtless, braids and belted out the song Black... Made my hair stand on end. It was awesome!
what a great reaction from someone my age when this came out. so nice to see. yes bruv us oldies was rockin it! much luv fella, peace.
Shout out to the Irish boys from south Boston
Yes, that was like it was. I was about almost 14 at that time and was in love. He was my pretend boyfriend. We only had a TV a short time and it was black and white then. Everyone was in front of the TV to see the Ed Sullivan show. Elvis music made you get up and scream, dance, cry. Love love your reactions to Elvis. Please continue this journey. You will be amazed how diversified Elvis music is.
They were shopping this song and Ruffhouse wanted it but house of pain didn’t like the deal so they kept shopping. In the meantime Ruffhouse put out “jump” by Kris’s Kross to try to squash jump around. Didn’t work. That’s why at the end he says “this is dedicated to Joe the biter Nicolo” he was a Ruffhouse exec
That trumpet call that kicks off the tempo change is sampled from "Harlem Shuffle" by Bob and Earl
i think it is so cool to share with the young generation what we had bcak then. And it is cool to see they appreciate it
This song was HUGE in the early 90s. HUGE!
Best part of the House of Pain mythology is that they're from Boston, or even Irish-American. They're from LA and good friends with Cypress Hill etc. I think the label (Tommy Boy) was like, "well, you're white, the beat samples a bagpipe. fuck it." Funny as fuck to see people from Boston, or even Ireland, claim this group when they're from Woodland Hills in LA county. But, fuck it, it's a BANGER.
Everlast was in Ice T's Rhyme Syndicate in the 80's. He had cred prior to House of Pain. If you haven't checked out La Coka Nostra, that shit is fire too.
I think two of them do have Irish ancestry but one of them's Czech.
Yeah I still don't get the whole Boston thing Everlast was born on Long Island and Lethal is from Latvia
@@urthboundmisfit your only iris if your blood is 95% alcohol.
You gotta be effing kidding me! For the last thirty odd years I legit thought these clowns were Irish-Americans from Boston. I feel violated and vulnerable right now... And yet, like you say: Still a mf banger
I bounced in Boston bars in the 90s for extra money. We would ask the DJs to not play this song. Though i loved it, the place would get absolutely crazy whenever it was played.
Unique perspective: im a 41 white dude from north dakota. The 88 to 93 era of mtv that is often seen as a gentrification of rap by the bronx (who created the art and deserves respect, but not full ownership) but like it literally for me brought me my favorite art form.
... When this album came out it was so absolutely subversive and outside the box. It was cypress hill meets dropkick Murphy's before dropkick was even a thing.
Came out in ‘92 - they were 2 white guys proud of bring Irish, that’s why it’s all Irish stuff in the video, Everlast, Danny Boy, and DJ Lethal
This song is legendary 🔥🔥🔥❗
I still got the CD the song is on.. Shamrocks and Shillelaghs 💚☘️
Matt Champy was a friend of the members of House of Pain. House of Pain consisted of Everlast (lead lyricist), Danny Boy, and DJ Lethal (who later on was the DJ for Limp Bizkit).
Shamrocks and shannigans. What an album.
I love how his buddies keep pulling him back from the camera, the way you pull back a friend from getting into a fight.
This song will never be old , always gets me hipped up
The frontman is Everlast. He sang the song the called "What It's Like". The Beastie Boys are 3 Jewish dudes from NYC. Their first album "Licensed To Ill" was released in 1986.
OK, little history lesson from an old hip hop head. The Horn sample at the beginning of the song (not the casket carrying video intro) is from a song called "Harlem Shuffle" by Bob & Earl from 1965. The lead rapper Everlast had a solo career before this when he was part of Ice T's Rhyme Syndicate in 1990, unfortunately his debut album didn't do too well so he joined forces with DJ Lethal and Danny Boy in 1992 to form the Irish-American Trio House of Pain (even though DJ Lethal is actually Latvian-born!). He then changed his Name to Whitey Ford and released another solo album in 1998. His Real name is Erik Schrody, Matt Champy is just the guy who uploaded the video lol!!!
The lead singer is Everlast if I'm not mistaken. He also made a rock album called "Whitey Plays The Blues",
I have loved this song since the start, especially the Bob and Earl sample
Thx for respecting the song and not pause it in middle, etc...Apprecite it, dude ! It's a gift from our era !
Yeah, a lot of people say they've never heard this song, the when it starts, they've all heard it.
literally EVERY reaction is the same! as soon as the bagpipes hit, every face gets a smile.
Every 90’s high school warm up basketball song.
the song came out in 91 or early 92 cause it was my senior yr in high school. Back then cds came in a box (little fact for all the young ppl), the rapper is Everlast, went on to have beef with Em.... well we all know what happens with that😃 Em did 2 diss tracks, pretty much ended it
Tapes still existed too! More portable on your walkman!😂
@@Jayizzo007 Yep! I remember jamming out to this in Junior high on my Walkman. I don’t know why it seems so strange now that I had this on tape, maybe because CD’s became so popular soon after, but I remember specifically having this tape and the Offspring on tape and memorizing all the lyrics on the readout. Good times
Only my rich friends had CD players 💯❤️😄
DMX vs em Everlast vs em icp vs em a million other artists vs em lol😅😅
Those song is just timeless