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The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job? [1999] (song.link)
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[–] poppichew@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm a goob, and I really actually love The Offspring. This song though, has always been too er...campy to me? Just never really liked it. Which is kind of funny, considering how much I like I Choose. I think this song has calypso drum which is cool but there's jut something about it that annoys the shidiggle outta me, same way Original Gangsta does. Eh.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Okay...

  1. Don't ever badmouth "Original Gangster" again, lol
  2. Yeah, this song is kind of campy, but I guess, for me and my friend group, we all kinda knew "that person" the song was about. He or she was dating at least one person in the group, so the song really struck home.

I hope #2 wan't too oddly specific lol.

Edit: Lol, Original Prankster, not "Gangster". Surprised nobody corrected either of us .

[–] poppichew@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Hahaha, I knew I'd get it for going against the Spring, but I really do love the band. When I was younger and I was introduced to Alternative they were one of the first bands I ever heard and I really fell in love. I had only a couple of their albums, but I really loved them and damned if I didn't live by them for a while (Ixnay and Americana). I like the funky little instrumentals for Original Gangsta by the by. I just didn't get the song, same kind of thing for like...Weezer's Beverly Hills. I mean it's for sure California rock but like...what? Just isn't my cup of tea I guess, but also like...I am a sadist and I don't like The Office (it actually hurts me to watch). So like maybe it's just like not in me to be down with this kind of stuff. Idk.

I actually totally know what you mean here! For my friend group it was blasting this cause we don't like no bum ass bitches. At least, it was kind of the sentiment while jamming out to Get a Job. Different genres though, so it might sound like screeching cats to your ears just a heads up.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The camp is kinda the great part of it. They bring a certain tongue in cheek vibe to a lot of songs, but they lean hard into it with this one, and it was very refreshing at the time.

Not saying that to change your mind, just reflecting on my inner experience of the track.

I'm not certain I would feel the same way if it was new now, because the music landscape has shifted to a less, I dunno, overly serious standard than it was then. There's more room for fun songs currently, so maybe hearing this one, the camp could read as too much, I dunno.

[–] poppichew@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I figured a song either vibes with you or not. Tons of folks have loved a ton of songs that I have tried to get with and felt absolutely nothing from. I think this is one of them. I love The Cranberries, but I hate Linger. It makes me want to pull the hair from my head. I think this is my Offspring Linger. I think this song was from Americana right? Yeah, I listened to that cd like craziness when I was younger. As a professional fidgetter though, truth be told - the later you got on a cd the more likely I'd end up passing you by unless I found the album an absolute banger. I mantra-d the dick bits of She's Got Issues into my ears on repeat to the point that I can sing it forwards and backwards and it was probably just my very gay self trying to escape my body at the time because I loved singing about gals and that's the same damn reason why I can sing Teenage Dirtbag even without having heard it in probably twenty years as well.

I hear what you're saying. I do like weird/experimental/campy jams too! I think my favorite fuck around song is Panda, Panda, Panda which I always end up playing if I get new audio-playing things of some kind (speakers/headphones etc.) I just really think there's a disconnect between me and the jam is all.

P.S. - It's why I can't listen to that one band the Blackhawks play cause I liked them plenty fine before but after a while their jams just became cringy to me because I associate it with assholes >.>!