i remember when my dad was on hospice in the living room in front of me, 5 months, 2017, and he cut off all my scared family who was bickerin n shit, "would yall shut up, id like to listen to what nicks got playin." ill never forget that. bless what you do, mad love fr.
@@wasabi9695 why is my comment not showin up, fuck you ya piece of garbage, the shit happened, is there a damn messaging thing on youtube would you fuckin message me right now please? ya. fuckin. cunt.
I remember when I got out of rehab like five year ago, I drove over two hours by myself to go to an Against Me show alone in Buffalo. I cried the hardest ever in my life when they played this song. Recovery is so incredibly hard, but so totally worth it.
I think you earned every drop of those tears. Be well and don't stop...starting is the hardest part and you're past it. I'm actually moving to Buffalo from Phoenix next month. I would consider myself fortunate to bump into you sometime, but you take care of yourself, you have a good heart. with love.
You and me both. My family wasn't exactly supportive, telling me I wasn't welcome to stay to flat-out calling for my suicide. Still not in a stable frame, but slowly doing better. We got this shit called life down together, as long as we support each other there IS another side to the bridge.
I'm 10 years sober and I just teared up reading your comment. I forgot I was actively using when I first heard this song. Whoa, what a ride life can be.
Laura let me enter the Against Me! concert in my hometown because I was broke and didn't have a dime to pay for the ticked. I respect her so much... WONDERFUL human being!
I went to see Against Me on the Fat Wreck Tour years ago, around the Cavalier Eternal era. The show was sold out and they hung out in the parking lot giving kids bits of their equipment to take in so they could sneak in to the show. Did it till they had no more gear. Giving kids like one cymbal and shit haha.
Shows they are really in it for the music and their fans and not just the money. Small things like that shows who they really are. They are not that well known, or huge money makers but have huge hearts for the little guy. Always makes me happy when I hear when my idols are truly good people I loved against me! For the past 13 years I hope they never lose there fighting spirit now more then ever. I'd love to here the thoughts on 2020...?
Addict of over 20 years. I've had multiple brief periods of sobriety all ending in relapse. My brother passed away at 38 years of age in 2017 of natural causes and it sent me into an even more dangerous spiral because I was laden with so much guilt. Why him and not me? My drug use became out of control. I have seen things no one should have to see, experienced scary situations, scary people, scary people with weapons threatening my life....shit you literally see in movies. Shit that many other souls have not been fortunate enough to walk away from alive. Fast forward to today and I am 97 days sober from the drugs I once thought I couldn't live without. I haven't been sober this long in about 10 years. Once I was ready, that was it. I said , fuck it , no substance is going to control me anymore so I took it another step further and quit smoking cigarettes as well and I'm 39 days without the cancer sticks controlling my days anymore. I feel great. Since December 15, 2023 when I weighed about 100lbs, to weighing 124 lbs today. I can breathe, eat, enjoy my family, my kids, my friends. I am gaining trust back, making amends for past wrongs I did to people I care about. Life is finally starting to feel normal, rewarding and happy. I don't hate what I see in the mirror today. It is possible. You can do it. Don't be ashamed to get the help you need. And if you are someone struggling today know this....I love you!❤ I may not know you, but I love you and am rooting for you all!!❤❤❤❤
love this song. found out our neighbour is fighting a damn hard battle. alcohol and others, working like a motherfucker but lost his wife and children. best mate in intensive care. hitting at least a litre of vodka a day(both of them). now his mts in intensive care-dying, hes struggling. also love this band. cant believe the lead singer has had his demons and wants to be a chic. wtf life is a struggle for all of us, not judging, just struggling with it. i dont agree with pronouns, but i respect each persons struggles and identity... holy sheet. any way... against me still finnnnnn rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when i first heard this song i got misty eyed, made my mind click "time to wake up dude, your daughter is 10 and you dont have a career". Now things are wonderful, i still listen and love this song. thank you so much for publishing this masterpiece.
Congratulations! Don't give up the fight, it eventually gets easier. Take motivation and inspiration from whatever you can, this song is a great one! 6 years, 3 months as of tomorrow here :)
I saw them for the first time 2 weeks ago at the GWARBQ in RVA. During this song this guy a few years older than me grabbed me and pulled me into a bear hug and we both screamed these lyrics while tearing up. At the end of the song we both gave each other a huge hug and I never saw him the rest of that day. If you see this sir, you smelled like sweat but you gave one amazing hug. This band does beautiful beautiful things.
Many many years ago I saw against me when they opened for alkaline trio and as with most opening bands most people weren't that into them. But me and a small group were there for against me and I remember one dude in particular who sounds just like that we were arm in arm singing at the top of our lungs to every song and at the end we gave each other an embrace that I'm not ashamed has me tearing up right now. This music and you people mean alot to me. Be strong and healthy and know you are loved.
When I come back to this song and seeing my comments... 6 years back.. 4 years... 3.... Commenting about addiction, getting clean, and love for this song. Welp, here's another comment to see after another few! Thank you for this song- I could not have gone through without it.
This song means so much to me, as a struggling heroin addict of 11 years... it hurts me to hurt my family knowing what I am and lets face it, it's possible but must of don't get out alive... love you guys, you're an inspiration
thought I'd drop in and say I made it! I got better after 2 or 3 months and I no longer want to go back and start again with the shit. im so glad that I survived the horrible addiction without the desire to go back. thank u Laura Jane grace for this amazing and awesome song and thank u for everything you've done to my chaotic world and putting everything into a way out for me. I now live with the knowledge of how to be happy.
30, single, regularly high or drunk, still sometimes making it home while the sun is coming up. Yeah this song really hits harder over time. Hope they tour again. Lost my voice the last time I saw them and would love to do that again.
I remember hearing this song played on KROQ back in like 2007-08ish. Was only in Jr High. Never looked into the lyrics, and Holy hell what a song this is.
so much hate for Laura- when i got into punk i thought it was full of open minded people and full of people against the powers that be in our society- seems nowadays, or outside of the scene i was part of, there's no less bigotry and idiocy in the punk scene than in general society- it's depressing how uncapping and vitriolic and aggressive people can be against things they don't understand
well yeah. we will forever deal with bigotry in every scene of every society. I don't dress punk so people might say I'm a poser let's say, but what moved me to punk was nov. 30 1999 so the dress has nothing to do with it for me. it's ideals. but that is a form of bigotry. I didn't like the change but I support his decision and against me was once my favorite all time punk band...so the music is great. I think everyone as well as said tom/laura should quit fucking talking about it at all. you don't want to make it a big deal, then stop making it a big deal.
i always thought the opposite. punks being the most closedminded aholes. never made friends with punks at my school. the only one i hung around got kicked out of school tried to pin what he did on me. also even most of the self proclaimed punks i met have unvaried shit taste in music too. all the reasons why i would be embarassed to attach myself to that label. but pretty much thats what i am. its the music i always come to and i love most of it. musically punk is such a broad open thing.
+Toby B I agree. mostly it is a bunch of people willing to yell "stick it to the man!!" or "overthrow the government" but not align themselves with the feminist movement, or address/acknowledge racism/sexism/homophobia etc... like what are you rebelling against then?? lol bunch of (mostly) white male "anarchists" without a cause.
I remember them playing this in 08, opening for Foo in Winnipeg! I thought the drummer looked like a crazy, drunk Amish dude and he held a groove like nobody else! Awesome!
Fucking right! I introduced my little cousin (okay he was 23 at the time so I guess he wasn't that little) to her music. Little dude lit the fuck up, she realty helped him with his transition to being a guy. Way more than I personally could have... Now time for me to do the same and quit being a drunk.
@@williamwoods3941 Ay fucking that's the shit I like to see! Family that isn't just accepting, but actively supportive of transfolk. Good luck with sobering up mate, and big love for being good to your cousin like that, absolute King move.
GOD!!! I grew up in Gainesville Florida and saw Against Me once there. Hearing this takes me back to a much sweeter time in life. I hope all of you out there are well. I love you ALL.
"You reach a point where there's not a lie in the world that you could use to make the boys believe you're still in your twenties." The flow and pulse of that line is so hard hitting and infectious. You can't NOT love this song.
It’s so cool to see all of the positive things said about this band. My uncle used to manage e band before it got super big and when I was a baby I was on the tour bus for them. I don’t know much about them, so it’s super cool to see their pretty awesome people haha!
This band has helped me so much. I discovered them just after I came out - around 2 years ago - and they help me so much with their lyrics and I couldn't express enough love for this band
I remember seeing them at a show in Seattle when I was 21… 17 years ago. It was a first date with one of my favorite people. We were in this crowd of thousands, but he still managed to pull me in and do this crazy mashed up ballroom dancing with me through this whole song. One of the best moments of my life. Will never forget it.
i saw her live last sunday, and she is awesome. She seems so much more happy on stage and it just makes for a better show. Thats Right! Against Me! Just Got Better!!!!
All the elitist 'punks' in the comments make me laugh, fighting about what punk is is the absolute opposite of punk. As long as someone isn't harming themselves or anyone else, who gives a fuck about what they do with their lives? I commend Laura for having the courage to come out and transition. As for the song? It makes me fucking happy and I can't help but smile whenever I listen to it. I've fallen in love with these guys.
Laura coming out is punk as fuck - and what will hurt those "old school" gatekeeping punks most is that back when she came out as trans Brain Falllon - frontman of The Gaslight Anthem and devout Christian - was the first to publicly support her.
This song takes me back to my teenage years. Repeat was such a great friend to listen to a great song over and over. His rock voice is just wonderful and his skill on the guitar is awesome to listen too. I love his acoustic pieces. I just may go back through Against Me's discography and enjoy.
I have a loved one who struggles with addiction and I don’t how to handle it it all, but this song has been helping getting me through everything. Thank you.
@@hubtubby so you are saying he should have just dressed the part of female rather than feel the person he wants to be? For the sake of others? That’s the point, he wasn’t happy who he was. He was in turmoil. You try having some turmoil in which it consumes you until you can’t take it any longer and you need to be free!Some people have to physically change. Good for him to break free and to be who she became! Like Laura said on interview with George Strombolopolis “I don’t have to compartmentalize who I am” That must feel so liberating! Rock on Laura you deserve much support and love and respect as before this transformation!
@@sweetlady6059 What are the things that only females can do, that made him want to go through all that? Did he want to wear makeup and think only women can wear makeup? Is he actually being sexist? Did he just want to sit when he pees? Did he just want to wear a bra or have long hair? Did he just want someone to put a cock in him? For someone who had such great songs like stop! It really seems he didnt take the time to think. Money and surgery shouldn't be the answer. This is just a "faux punk" version of a spoilt woman filled with plastic.
Laura jane is so inspirational to me. I remember listening to this song a decade ago and feeling a connection immediately and then listening to the other Against Me catalog
My neighbor was blasting this song late one night. I got up & went over there and said, “What is that SONG”??? It’s like my life story and I LOVE it!!!” They invited me in and we’ve been friends ever since
lol you must be too if youre seeing me! haha my love for this band cannot be contained to one comment :P my fav band is angels and airwaves and atom used to be their drummer. i was so happy when he said hed be drumming for AM! and laura is my role model so im passionate about it haha!
Have you ever discovered music you loved, and then realized that you just couldn't stand the sound of it? Some of you willbe able to follow that this band reminds me of someone who I love, but don't speak to anymore.
Man, I just discovered this band today after watching Ben Lee play an acoustic cover of it on Australian radio (Like a version). I cant get the tune out of my head (nor the lyrics). Killer recording.. like a wall of sound and angst that just smashes head first into you.
you know what? when I was an addict and 28 years old I swore this song was my life. And now when I hear it it still is a part of my life that I will cherish because it got me through that, made me feel I was more than what I felt. Thank you Against me. I am better now, and I have a husband who asks for the privilege. I can still hear the rebel yell as loud as it was in 1983. When I was born. This was my anthem when I was sick, and still I cared about myself because of your lyrics and got out. I am better, healthy and loving myself completely now. You know what I mean. 7 years.
ive been battling a crippling addiction for over ten years and tomorrow is the day I get to go to a quality program to get clean and I'm so happy... this song means so much to me right now... Im so happy I'm finally ready to be done with this and I can put it in the past... it took a long time but I have had very little control over my life and I'm finally taking my life back 🥲💪 I've got a long road ahead of me wish me luck yall
you missed some amazing music in the early 80's....Adolescents, Descendents, Circle Jerks, X, The Dickies, by 84 it started turning and not in a good way
I didn’t become a fan until after Laura transitioned so going back and watching the old videos really throws me off. She seems so much more comfortable with herself now. Anyway there’s something truly cathartic about the way she yells “they don’t know nothing about redemption!!!!!!“ great song.
I've been a fan since the Crasshole record and I totally agree with you. I love seeing her now taking center stage when she was so opposed to it in the early days.
When i got home from the middle east after 11 months, this was my jam to cope with my PTSD. The song just painted a picture that was simplistic and pulls at those strings everybody has of not being wanted and being ok with being alone. Band is awesome and frome naples FL which is 30 minutes from me
@@Astrochronic damn, dude. You have a lot of unresolved issues that you are trying to pin on other people instead if working through them. Pretty transparent and nasty. I hope you can find what you need before you hurt anyone else.
This is one of my favorite music vids and songs ever. Beautiful, Beautiful. Y'all are already an important part of my musical journey. One day i will reach the same heights or higher. I promise y'all.
I can't stop thinking about laura, not being out (I think) and Just like,,,, hiding her pain and all this..... I know the feeling. It's really awful and painful. She has really come a long way! and I'm happy for her :)
I have listened to this song over 1000 times in the last 6 months. Ive been a college student & stay at home dad to our 4 kids. My wife hadnt given me much thought or attention in over a year (sexless marriage), and I felt used & unwanted. I made it through a suicide attempt in October. My wife asked for a divorce 6 days after I was released from the hospital. Then she cheated on me with my friend, and accused him of rape. Then she took my kids through CPS, because of my mental illnesses. (PTSD, ADHD, GAD & OCD). Laura Jane Grace is revolutionary and speaks to my pain and gives it a safe place to go. Thank you, Against Me!, for keeping me here. Thrash Unreal, Black Me Out, & FML666 are constantly playing for the energy I need. All of "Against Me!" Is my anthem now, and has been for almost a decade.
@@southpawdj Thank you for the kind words, fellow Mike. I have gotten loads of surprisingly good news recently.. so you were right! Continue being awesome, my dude!
@@Arkangelz87 figured I'd join in on the Mike fest here and echo Mr Crockett's sentiment, for you to hold on, wishing you all the best! And after reading your subsequent reply, I'm quite pleased to hear things have seemingly started to take a step in the right direction for you as of recent! Very nice!
As someone who very nearly fell into addiction via opioid use, I have nothing but respect for those who have to fight this. I know you are much stronger than you think you are. Keep fighting
I'm a hospice nurse and had a dance party with a dying man to this song today and I think it will go down as one of the best moments of my life.
i remember when my dad was on hospice in the living room in front of me, 5 months, 2017, and he cut off all my scared family who was bickerin n shit, "would yall shut up, id like to listen to what nicks got playin." ill never forget that. bless what you do, mad love fr.
@@nickjackson7131 I really needed that today thank you - love to you too
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@@nickjackson7131 makin shit up for attention 😂
@@wasabi9695 why is my comment not showin up, fuck you ya piece of garbage, the shit happened, is there a damn messaging thing on youtube would you fuckin message me right now please? ya. fuckin. cunt.
I remember when I got out of rehab like five year ago, I drove over two hours by myself to go to an Against Me show alone in Buffalo. I cried the hardest ever in my life when they played this song. Recovery is so incredibly hard, but so totally worth it.
Stay strong Sari
I think you earned every drop of those tears. Be well and don't stop...starting is the hardest part and you're past it. I'm actually moving to Buffalo from Phoenix next month. I would consider myself fortunate to bump into you sometime, but you take care of yourself, you have a good heart. with love.
Keep at it! We're proud of you.
You and me both. My family wasn't exactly supportive, telling me I wasn't welcome to stay to flat-out calling for my suicide. Still not in a stable frame, but slowly doing better. We got this shit called life down together, as long as we support each other there IS another side to the bridge.
I'm 10 years sober and I just teared up reading your comment. I forgot I was actively using when I first heard this song. Whoa, what a ride life can be.
Laura let me enter the Against Me! concert in my hometown because I was broke and didn't have a dime to pay for the ticked. I respect her so much... WONDERFUL human being!
That's just fuckin AWESOME!!!
I went to see Against Me on the Fat Wreck Tour years ago, around the Cavalier Eternal era. The show was sold out and they hung out in the parking lot giving kids bits of their equipment to take in so they could sneak in to the show. Did it till they had no more gear. Giving kids like one cymbal and shit haha.
Shows they are really in it for the music and their fans and not just the money. Small things like that shows who they really are. They are not that well known, or huge money makers but have huge hearts for the little guy. Always makes me happy when I hear when my idols are truly good people I loved against me! For the past 13 years I hope they never lose there fighting spirit now more then ever. I'd love to here the thoughts on 2020...?
Cool! But it's still "he" and "him"
@@ROCKaholic and what gives you the right to decide?
Addict of over 20 years. I've had multiple brief periods of sobriety all ending in relapse. My brother passed away at 38 years of age in 2017 of natural causes and it sent me into an even more dangerous spiral because I was laden with so much guilt. Why him and not me? My drug use became out of control. I have seen things no one should have to see, experienced scary situations, scary people, scary people with weapons threatening my life....shit you literally see in movies. Shit that many other souls have not been fortunate enough to walk away from alive. Fast forward to today and I am 97 days sober from the drugs I once thought I couldn't live without. I haven't been sober this long in about 10 years. Once I was ready, that was it. I said , fuck it , no substance is going to control me anymore so I took it another step further and quit smoking cigarettes as well and I'm 39 days without the cancer sticks controlling my days anymore. I feel great. Since December 15, 2023 when I weighed about 100lbs, to weighing 124 lbs today. I can breathe, eat, enjoy my family, my kids, my friends. I am gaining trust back, making amends for past wrongs I did to people I care about. Life is finally starting to feel normal, rewarding and happy. I don't hate what I see in the mirror today. It is possible. You can do it. Don't be ashamed to get the help you need. And if you are someone struggling today know this....I love you!❤ I may not know you, but I love you and am rooting for you all!!❤❤❤❤
love this song. found out our neighbour is fighting a damn hard battle. alcohol and others, working like a motherfucker but lost his wife and children. best mate in intensive care. hitting at least a litre of vodka a day(both of them). now his mts in intensive care-dying, hes struggling. also love this band. cant believe the lead singer has had his demons and wants to be a chic. wtf life is a struggle for all of us, not judging, just struggling with it. i dont agree with pronouns, but i respect each persons struggles and identity... holy sheet. any way... against me still finnnnnn rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, i ugh really needed to hear that
when i first heard this song i got misty eyed, made my mind click "time to wake up dude, your daughter is 10 and you dont have a career". Now things are wonderful, i still listen and love this song. thank you so much for publishing this masterpiece.
Just got out of treatment yesterday and I have 29 days sober! Somehow this song just happened to play on my streaming service. So glad it did!
Congrats, buddy! You can do it❤
Random person listening
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"they dont know nothing about recovery.." chills everytime
They really don't doe.
James and Laura's vocal harmonies are one of the best parts of Against Me. I absolutely love James vocal style.
Sam Warren does she sing the same way now
yes she does.listen to transgender dysphoria blues
DirtyGhettoKids
96 days clean and this song is what's keeping me going.
Congratulations! Don't give up the fight, it eventually gets easier. Take motivation and inspiration from whatever you can, this song is a great one! 6 years, 3 months as of tomorrow here :)
Congrats man. I'm trying to get through it now and this song has been on repeat
Keep going both of you I believe in you ❤
I hope you're all still staying strong and doing good. I got just over 6 months myself. Fight the good fight. I believe in you. ANYONE can get clean.
Pulling for all of you. You got this!
10 years later and it still feels so good to just scream this song out on a ride home!!
Mollie Hayes that’s what I’m doin now!!
I saw them for the first time 2 weeks ago at the GWARBQ in RVA. During this song this guy a few years older than me grabbed me and pulled me into a bear hug and we both screamed these lyrics while tearing up. At the end of the song we both gave each other a huge hug and I never saw him the rest of that day. If you see this sir, you smelled like sweat but you gave one amazing hug.
This band does beautiful beautiful things.
Try going to a Japandroids show :D
Many many years ago I saw against me when they opened for alkaline trio and as with most opening bands most people weren't that into them. But me and a small group were there for against me and I remember one dude in particular who sounds just like that we were arm in arm singing at the top of our lungs to every song and at the end we gave each other an embrace that I'm not ashamed has me tearing up right now. This music and you people mean alot to me. Be strong and healthy and know you are loved.
I’m so fuckin late but Eyy live in rva and I love seeing ppl from my city having dope experiences like this I wish I could’ve been there
Isn't the lead singer a tranny now?
Sounds gay
When I come back to this song and seeing my comments... 6 years back.. 4 years... 3....
Commenting about addiction, getting clean, and love for this song.
Welp, here's another comment to see after another few!
Thank you for this song- I could not have gone through without it.
Keep it going
I still find myself listening to this song on repeat every now and then. Ever since its release just a great tune
This song means so much to me, as a struggling heroin addict of 11 years... it hurts me to hurt my family knowing what I am and lets face it, it's possible but must of don't get out alive... love you guys, you're an inspiration
Keep on man .
Some people need a run-in with real trial and tribulation before they realize Heroin is one of the easiest substances in the world to quit.
Stay strong brother
Me too...
@Zdiddy7
Clesrly he hasnt
This was my anthem at 19. I'm 34 now and I still consider it to be mine
Same
its nuts!!! i used to lose my mind when this would come on xm. i had a miata and id turn it to 11. im 42 now.
@@alyssaparker7811 did we just become best friends
@@sammaysam8953 no
I feel this
thought I'd drop in and say I made it! I got better after 2 or 3 months and I no longer want to go back and start again with the shit. im so glad that I survived the horrible addiction without the desire to go back. thank u Laura Jane grace for this amazing and awesome song and thank u for everything you've done to my chaotic world and putting everything into a way out for me. I now live with the knowledge of how to be happy.
BACKSTABBED TO THE FRONT proud of you ❤
hey dude, I hope you're still doing well.
A year sober today, and boy does this song mean more to me than ever. The energy of Against Me! is eternal
30, single, regularly high or drunk, still sometimes making it home while the sun is coming up. Yeah this song really hits harder over time. Hope they tour again. Lost my voice the last time I saw them and would love to do that again.
I remember hearing this song played on KROQ back in like 2007-08ish. Was only in Jr High. Never looked into the lyrics, and Holy hell what a song this is.
so much hate for Laura- when i got into punk i thought it was full of open minded people and full of people against the powers that be in our society- seems nowadays, or outside of the scene i was part of, there's no less bigotry and idiocy in the punk scene than in general society- it's depressing how uncapping and vitriolic and aggressive people can be against things they don't understand
freedomwrench - nice comment- in that case, i'm still punk , and always will be :)
+Toby B and that's probably why she wrote the bridge in "Teenage Anarchist".
well yeah. we will forever deal with bigotry in every scene of every society. I don't dress punk so people might say I'm a poser let's say, but what moved me to punk was nov. 30 1999 so the dress has nothing to do with it for me. it's ideals. but that is a form of bigotry. I didn't like the change but I support his decision and against me was once my favorite all time punk band...so the music is great. I think everyone as well as said tom/laura should quit fucking talking about it at all. you don't want to make it a big deal, then stop making it a big deal.
i always thought the opposite. punks being the most closedminded aholes. never made friends with punks at my school. the only one i hung around got kicked out of school tried to pin what he did on me. also even most of the self proclaimed punks i met have unvaried shit taste in music too. all the reasons why i would be embarassed to attach myself to that label. but pretty much thats what i am. its the music i always come to and i love most of it. musically punk is such a broad open thing.
+Toby B I agree. mostly it is a bunch of people willing to yell "stick it to the man!!" or "overthrow the government" but not align themselves with the feminist movement, or address/acknowledge racism/sexism/homophobia etc... like what are you rebelling against then?? lol bunch of (mostly) white male "anarchists" without a cause.
I watched this video as a cis male after reading Laura's book.
Now, I am watching this as a trans woman after reading Laura's book for the 4th time.
Good for you, hope you're happy with your life. Laura is very inspiring.
@@Cavi587 She really is
i was a little girl when my dad showed me this band in the 2010s, i’m a man now lmao
@@limp6izdick808 Awesome! Hope you are still rocking to these amazing songs.
I remember them playing this in 08, opening for Foo in Winnipeg! I thought the drummer looked like a crazy, drunk Amish dude and he held a groove like nobody else! Awesome!
I am 60 yrs old and i grew up with punk real punk.. and this as real as it gets Cheers to my punk family
STFU
This woman has taught me more about gender, sexuality, addiction and real world problems than school ever did.
Preach it brother
Fucking right! I introduced my little cousin (okay he was 23 at the time so I guess he wasn't that little) to her music. Little dude lit the fuck up, she realty helped him with his transition to being a guy. Way more than I personally could have... Now time for me to do the same and quit being a drunk.
@@williamwoods3941 Ay fucking that's the shit I like to see! Family that isn't just accepting, but actively supportive of transfolk.
Good luck with sobering up mate, and big love for being good to your cousin like that, absolute King move.
IF you think that is a woman, you need to go back to school. Never mind....learning is not your problem. Rationality is.
@@williamwoods3941 HIS music.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Just hits so hard and so close to home for me. Love it.
GOD!!! I grew up in Gainesville Florida and saw Against Me once there. Hearing this takes me back to a much sweeter time in life. I hope all of you out there are well. I love you ALL.
Before being trans was a thing being widely talked about, Laura made me aware. Love this person. Love this band.
"You reach a point where there's not a lie in the world that you could use to make the boys believe you're still in your twenties."
The flow and pulse of that line is so hard hitting and infectious. You can't NOT love this song.
listened to this band since the start, didnt give a shit when he became Laura, still an amazing front woman and vocalist! still one of my fav bands
When she became Laura (idk if it was just a mind fuck, happens to the best of us)
Laura always was, sometimes the best approach is to stop talking
I’m watching this around 15 years after this song and video came out. Still an absolute fucking banger.
She is the epitome of punk rock...
This is the happiest drummer I've ever seen. Also this song makes me feel sad for feeling good and vice versa. Love them so much.
Haha it's Warren I knew him in high school he's super funny!
Sometimes a party takes you places that didn't really plan on going........love it and lived it
It’s so cool to see all of the positive things said about this band. My uncle used to manage e band before it got super big and when I was a baby I was on the tour bus for them. I don’t know much about them, so it’s super cool to see their pretty awesome people haha!
Wow holy fuck. What a voice. First time listening to them, this is beast.
This band has helped me so much. I discovered them just after I came out - around 2 years ago - and they help me so much with their lyrics and I couldn't express enough love for this band
I remember seeing them at a show in Seattle when I was 21… 17 years ago. It was a first date with one of my favorite people. We were in this crowd of thousands, but he still managed to pull me in and do this crazy mashed up ballroom dancing with me through this whole song. One of the best moments of my life. Will never forget it.
This is a badass song that's all there is to it. One of my favorite songs of all time
Amazing song. One of my favorite songs of all time.
i feel so bad and ashamed for failing and becoming an addict. This song always helped, thanks laura
I was an addict and now i'm a hospice nurse. Every day you wake up is another chance to start your whole life over. If you can breathe you can fight.
This song hit when I was 14, it hits just as hard 2 days before my 24th birthday, and it hits harder everytime I rediscover it
i saw her live last sunday, and she is awesome. She seems so much more happy on stage and it just makes for a better show. Thats Right! Against Me! Just Got Better!!!!
All the elitist 'punks' in the comments make me laugh, fighting about what punk is is the absolute opposite of punk. As long as someone isn't harming themselves or anyone else, who gives a fuck about what they do with their lives? I commend Laura for having the courage to come out and transition.
As for the song? It makes me fucking happy and I can't help but smile whenever I listen to it. I've fallen in love with these guys.
again....live your life and I will live mine....so simple
Pretty sure being yourself in the face of a bunch of ignorant pissbabies is the most punk thing you can do.
"1, 2, 3, 4 who's punk? What's the score?"
Laura coming out is punk as fuck - and what will hurt those "old school" gatekeeping punks most is that back when she came out as trans Brain Falllon - frontman of The Gaslight Anthem and devout Christian - was the first to publicly support her.
So you dont know what punk is, who cares
This song takes me back to my teenage years. Repeat was such a great friend to listen to a great song over and over. His rock voice is just wonderful and his skill on the guitar is awesome to listen too. I love his acoustic pieces. I just may go back through Against Me's discography and enjoy.
Just want you to know, the vocalist is now a woman named Laura Jane Grace, still has that same excellent voice you remember though!
I have a loved one who struggles with addiction and I don’t how to handle it it all, but this song has been helping getting me through everything. Thank you.
I remember getting to open for these guys at a house show in Gainesville and it's still my favorite show I've ever been a part off
Heard at a hospital after losing my first kid at 18. Im 31 and still here 🔥
Sorry about your child. I lost a child too in my younger days. Hang in there!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
i just discoverd this song. what an absolute banger.
One year sober as of yesterday. This song kind of brings my mind to the past in a really great way. I love it so much
Pre Luara days are so punk because you could feel that anger and punk attidude pouring through every word. You're a legend Girl
I prefer the Tom days, i think people should be happy how they are without having to transform
@@hubtubby so you are saying he should have just dressed the part of female rather than feel the person he wants to be? For the sake of others?
That’s the point, he wasn’t happy who he was. He was in turmoil. You try having some turmoil in which it consumes you until you can’t take it any longer and you need to be free!Some people have to physically change. Good for him to break free and to be who she became! Like Laura said on interview with George Strombolopolis “I don’t have to compartmentalize who I am” That must feel so liberating! Rock on Laura you deserve much support and love and respect as before this transformation!
@@sweetlady6059 What are the things that only females can do, that made him want to go through all that?
Did he want to wear makeup and think only women can wear makeup? Is he actually being sexist? Did he just want to sit when he pees? Did he just want to wear a bra or have long hair? Did he just want someone to put a cock in him?
For someone who had such great songs like stop! It really seems he didnt take the time to think. Money and surgery shouldn't be the answer. This is just a "faux punk" version of a spoilt woman filled with plastic.
@@sweetlady6059 way to be on the wrong side of science
@@hubtubby why exactly are your preferences relevant to how other people live their lives?
Laura jane is so inspirational to me. I remember listening to this song a decade ago and feeling a connection immediately and then listening to the other Against Me catalog
Just got back from their concert! She's so awesome live!!!
My neighbor was blasting this song late one night. I got up & went over there and said, “What is that SONG”??? It’s like my life story and I LOVE it!!!” They invited me in and we’ve been friends ever since
That's such a lovely story.
Love all of Laura's work and revisiting this song. I came out as trans a few years back and belting this back thing helped with frustration.
i love this song so much because she so obviously wrote it about herself. it gives me the chills.
you are on like all their fucking video comments man xD
lol you must be too if youre seeing me! haha my love for this band cannot be contained to one comment :P my fav band is angels and airwaves and atom used to be their drummer. i was so happy when he said hed be drumming for AM! and laura is my role model so im passionate about it haha!
so many of her lyrics are like this.. hinting or even outright telling us.
yep every record including the demos
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This song is about a friend and her follow up song is sad in the next album. "Because of the Shame"
Have you ever discovered music you loved, and then realized that you just couldn't stand the sound of it? Some of you willbe able to follow that this band reminds me of someone who I love, but don't speak to anymore.
Damn! 😢
Man, I just discovered this band today after watching Ben Lee play an acoustic cover of it on Australian radio (Like a version). I cant get the tune out of my head (nor the lyrics). Killer recording.. like a wall of sound and angst that just smashes head first into you.
you know what? when I was an addict and 28 years old I swore this song was my life. And now when I hear it it still is a part of my life that I will cherish because it got me through that, made me feel I was more than what I felt. Thank you Against me. I am better now, and I have a husband who asks for the privilege. I can still hear the rebel yell as loud as it was in 1983. When I was born. This was my anthem when I was sick, and still I cared about myself because of your lyrics and got out. I am better, healthy and loving myself completely now. You know what I mean. 7 years.
No grapes were harmed in the making of this music video.
^ this
+Mike Junior hahaha! great comment
lies.
only people
LOVE this track!!
ive been battling a crippling addiction for over ten years and tomorrow is the day I get to go to a quality program to get clean and I'm so happy... this song means so much to me right now... Im so happy I'm finally ready to be done with this and I can put it in the past... it took a long time but I have had very little control over my life and I'm finally taking my life back 🥲💪 I've got a long road ahead of me wish me luck yall
Thanks Laura for all of your inspiration! Thank you for helping my brother and I though some tough times
I'm turning 50 this year but I can still hear the rebel yell just as loud as it was in 1983....
Happy late birthday for last year, and happy early/late birthday for this year!
you missed some amazing music in the early 80's....Adolescents, Descendents, Circle Jerks, X, The Dickies, by 84 it started turning and not in a good way
Song still blows up my system everything i hear it! Love it!
54 years old and still love this band!
Always been a Against Me! fan, always will, whether its Tom or Laura. Keep the music coming!
I love this song! So much!!!!
I love this band!!!!
We win Laura 👌 I always come back to this song love it
I didn’t become a fan until after Laura transitioned so going back and watching the old videos really throws me off. She seems so much more comfortable with herself now.
Anyway there’s something truly cathartic about the way she yells “they don’t know nothing about redemption!!!!!!“ great song.
I've been a fan since the Crasshole record and I totally agree with you. I love seeing her now taking center stage when she was so opposed to it in the early days.
I’m not diehard fan-in fact I couldn’t name another song by them. I had no idea the singer transitioned. That’s cool.
As an addict, this song cuts through me so much- it applies to so much of me. I get goosebumps listening to this- always.
I like how u commented on this song 6 years ago. And then again 4 years ago. Well, now it’s been 4 years, care to say something again?
Geez... This song brings back LOTS of memories...
When i got home from the middle east after 11 months, this was my jam to cope with my PTSD. The song just painted a picture that was simplistic and pulls at those strings everybody has of not being wanted and being ok with being alone. Band is awesome and frome naples FL which is 30 minutes from me
This helps me stop drinking.i can't explain it it just does.almost 2yrs sober.ty guys.
"no mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna grow up to be a junkie"
ba ba ba ba ba ba da ba da
But if she does you still love her!!! XO
@@roseannafox6218 If she does, you failed as a parent.
@@Astrochronic damn you suck as a human bud
@@Astrochronic damn, dude. You have a lot of unresolved issues that you are trying to pin on other people instead if working through them. Pretty transparent and nasty.
I hope you can find what you need before you hurt anyone else.
This is one of my favorite music vids and songs ever. Beautiful, Beautiful. Y'all are already an important part of my musical journey. One day i will reach the same heights or higher. I promise y'all.
2017 and I'm still digging this.
In my opinion the best punk band ever....i love their sound so much...so much power!!
I can't stop thinking about laura, not being out (I think) and Just like,,,, hiding her pain and all this..... I know the feeling. It's really awful and painful. She has really come a long way! and I'm happy for her :)
Love this song!!!
Such an incredible band 🎉
Best punk band ever. Laura is a legend.
Nothing like drowning out your roommates obnoxious titanic music with this song...
+Talya Barrett *Oh Yeah!*
🤘🤘🤘🤘
Word!
So great when pops on TH-cam or playlist. EPIC! ...the song. The video. 🔥🔥🔥
This song still hits the spot 🥺😭❤️❤️
i love this song man!
very much
yay
Thanks Evelyn
i love this song and this band so much
I love this song for everything it is.
I have listened to this song over 1000 times in the last 6 months.
Ive been a college student & stay at home dad to our 4 kids.
My wife hadnt given me much thought or attention in over a year (sexless marriage), and I felt used & unwanted.
I made it through a suicide attempt in October.
My wife asked for a divorce 6 days after I was released from the hospital.
Then she cheated on me with my friend, and accused him of rape.
Then she took my kids through CPS, because of my mental illnesses. (PTSD, ADHD, GAD & OCD).
Laura Jane Grace is revolutionary and speaks to my pain and gives it a safe place to go.
Thank you, Against Me!, for keeping me here.
Thrash Unreal, Black Me Out, & FML666 are constantly playing for the energy I need.
All of "Against Me!" Is my anthem now, and has been for almost a decade.
Keep moving forward brother. It does get better.
@@southpawdj Thank you for the kind words, fellow Mike.
I have gotten loads of surprisingly good news recently.. so you were right!
Continue being awesome, my dude!
@@Arkangelz87 figured I'd join in on the Mike fest here and echo Mr Crockett's sentiment, for you to hold on, wishing you all the best!
And after reading your subsequent reply, I'm quite pleased to hear things have seemingly started to take a step in the right direction for you as of recent! Very nice!
@@mikematheson6206Checking back in to say that my life has been gradually transforming for the better.
Thanks for being a bro, Mike.
-Mike C. ✊️
As someone who very nearly fell into addiction via opioid use, I have nothing but respect for those who have to fight this. I know you are much stronger than you think you are. Keep fighting
this band deserves my clap! salute and hats off as an oi. viva against me! your works are art I treasure.
just love this song so damn much
This song is so uplifting but saddening at the same time and I can’t get enough of it today for some reason
I know what you mean. It's a weird contrast.
Love the band the lead singer is amazing and love the yelling way of singing makes you listen. Rock on girl! 🤘🏻
Its a guy.
@@Astrochronic but the singer is a girl?
@@XtremeDestroyer no, he is a guy.
@@Astrochronic I only see a girl singing! Idk who this guy you're talking about?
@@XtremeDestroyer I love you
Emily Is Away 3 Brought Me Here And I'm Forever Grateful!!!!
there are too much memories and great moments to recovery !
This song stops me from having my Autism-related meltdowns.
Is that why you like trains
@@jensmalzer6344No. But your comment reeks of ignorance and stupidity. Are you a Trump supporter?
I feel so proud of this band!
Love the classic against me! songs
i love you guys SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much