Is it just me, or is it really strange to hear this Creed sounding baritone voice coming out of some Aaron Carter looking teenager?

"Kidz Bop Pearl Jam" is the most savage of insults

"They're all adorable..." What every rock-band wants to be described as

For the record, Hootie and the Blowfish aren't singing about literal dolphins, they're singing about the Miami Dolphins so it isn't that weird of a lyric and if anything makes them sound like even more of a bar band.

A song I constantly forget exists, but immediately recognize.

This song ranks number one out of "generic songs I always faintly hear in the background when walking at a mall or shopping center."

Okay so I got a story involving this band. For context, I live in an irrelevant Brazilian city of 500k people. It may sound big, but it's merely the 35th city by population in the country. We get absolutely no notable musical events. The most we get are national acts. International acts only go through Rio and São Paulo mostly. A few years back a big event started to be advertised. They were hyping it up because an INTERNATIONAL band would be performing, but they left who it would be a mystery. Buzz all around about who would perform. It was The Calling. And Sean Kingston.

"The boybandificarion of grunge" is a line so great that this song bookends the whole genre for me now.

Do you ever think Eddie Vedder ever gets tired of hearing people trying to copy his voice for alternative bands?

My favorite music critic: “I will never understand music”

i remember buying a best of creed album in a gas station and trying to find this song on it just to annoy my friends, but i had no idea it wasnt creed, so i listened to an entire creed album for nothing.

Can we just appreciate the genius of calling a movie "The Gingerdead Man" ?!!

Wait, which song is thi- Todd starts playing the chorus OH SHIT SON.

Alex Band is what Link would look like if they set a Zelda game in the early 2000s

"The Gingerdead Man" sent me into a ten-minute straight laughing fugue

Wait...that boy's dad was behind Puppet Master? That's a bigger deal than I think Todd thinks it does. XD Not calling the series classic, but BOY it has a following out the ass, even now.

Not even going to lie - I totally thought The Calling were a Christian band. Their name even sounds like it.

This is one of those songs that is perfectly fine as generic filler on a rock station where it is good enough to not change the channel but also not something you'd turn the volume up on.

Let’s be honest, Wherever You Will Go got really big because of 9/11. It was the perfect sentimental song for that time when people were processing the loss and coming to terms with a national tragedy. It came on the charts in May 2001 but appeared to have a spike in the weeks following 9/11.

OHHHHHH, his dad was the guy that made the movies that convinced me to cancel my netflix subscription

We've all been waiting on that All The Things She Said by t.A.T.u episode, there's SO much history behind that group and that song it would make for a hell of a OHW.

I can't wait until One Hit Wonderland: "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter

I wasn't even aware this band failed. My mom cranked this album in her car for years. I just assumed they were a massive success.

i've watched this review so many times i just really love the way todd eventually gives into the song he hates so much and says "...and yet there's something about it, isnt there?"

Thats not the face i thought would have that deep voice

"I will never understand music." --Todd, who has been reviewing music for a decade.

Thank you for acknowledging how physically beautiful Kurt and Eddie were.

Silverchair was amazing. Their first album was when the singer was 16 and it is incredibly deep... for a 16 year old.

Proud of that guitarist though. He survived beyond the wall, became King in the north and has a really cool girlfriend now I've heard.

You got it backwards, though: the narrator is the one who's going to die. He's worried about it. either because he's terminal or just generally anxious about the thought. But the song is about the stress of not being able to protect her after he is taken away from her against his will. So the video's visual is her dealing with that loss and getting his name tattooed and trying to get on with her life alone. It's honestly pretty touching from that angle.

I believe "the guy from The Strokes whose dad was a big music mogul" is probably Albert Hammond, Jr., whose father, Albert Hammond, besides being a 70's one-hit wonder himself ("It Never Rains in Southern California"), was a big, big songwriter and producer in both the English and Spanish pop markets. His writing credits include "The Air That I Breathe", "When I Need You", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" , "Don't Turn Around", and "One Moment In Time", so he definitely had some big time connections.

The background song to almost every t.v. teen movie love scene of the 2000's.

I didn't know the Band family legacy of mediocre-yet-profitable crap had gone into its third generation. Charles Band's own father, Albert, was making B-movies well before anyone had even thought of doing multiple direct-to-video horror franchises based on tiny creatures and/or Tim Thomerson.

Yes, Alex Band as a solo act seems tailor made for Twilight. Except that Twilight had some shockingly good music, the movie soundtracks were all Bon Iver & St Vincent, Beck & Bat For Lashes, Radiohead, Florence + The Machine.

You actually had me for a second with the "youve probably seen some full moon studios movies such as..." because I grew up with full moon movies, i probably saw literally everything they produced in the 80s and 90s because my dad was OBSESSED. Lotsa dumb fun horror, so when you're naming puppet master and demonic toys i was like "WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH! Full moon went mainstream at some point?! It it FINALLY happening where my incidental obscure tastes are going mainstream and because of that I might stand a chance at success as an artist in this world?!?!" ...and then you mentioned gingerdead man and I realised that you were taking the piss 💯💔🥀

Todd, watch what you say about Silverchair. We're very protective of them down here in Australia.

Alex Band’s weirdly plucked eyebrows still crack me up to this day.

Hey Todd, one small bit of trivia for this song; this song almost became the theme song for the Star Trek show Enterprise. But in thr end the studio went with a more generic pop song (No Todd, I'm not joking)

This went big because it came out in 2001, when judging anything around that time you have to remember what kind of music became big after September 11th. UPN already using this song in every Enterprise ad (so much so I thought it was going to be the theme, and years later forgot it wasn't). So yeah a song about leaving a love one behind that's going to be big, when we have military shipping out to Afghanistan. It was sentimental at the right time and already in everyone's ear, like that damn Enya song. Most people who heard it on the radio didn't even know what the band looked like.

I had always assumed that the viewpoint character in "Wherever You Will Go" was dying, and knew the girl he loves was going to be grieving him, and wanted to know she'd have love in her life after he was gone, rather than pining after him and denying herself happiness.

This song makes me feel like I'm either riding in a Honda CR-V to summer camp in Aurora IL or playing NFS Hot Pursuit 2 and damn that's powerful

I kept expecting it to transition to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." Damn 4 Chords Song.

My dad has been reliably singing this song for years now. Seriously, he’s had this on his regular karaoke lineup from my birth to today. In fact, he just sung it a few weeks ago he love it so much.

The calling has 3 million monthly visitors on Spotify im shocked

Wait... this *wasn't* a Nickelback song?!

Featuring that song you thought was by Lifehouse.

You retract your statement on silverchair immediately. Frogstomp is still amazing. Radish on the other hand I want to defend but I can't.

The first and last time someone called Charles Band a powerful movie executive

It’s interesting to me that Todd and I have very different taste in men. Now I can finally rest easy that Todd won’t steal my boyfriend.

Todd, you hate how he looks because he's so clean compared to early grunge, late rock. He looks like he washes his hair every 12 minutes and shaved two seconds before he went on stage. Perfect make-up, brand name "distressed" clothes. The comparison to Hanson is perfect, he looks like an eight-year-old who has been dressed up by his parents for a talent pagent.

This song and the Calling is a guilty pleasure for me. I can't help it, I was really young and associate it with good memories. Forgive me Todd. 😂

I just gotta say, I love how rewatchable your content is. You have such a neat way of explaining the backstory, the reasoning behind your opinions and whatnot and its so fun to watch. I may not agree on some of your opinions, but your personality, your comedy and your knowledge and research makes them just a compelling. Never stop doing what you do!

Hmm, I don't remem- *hears piano opening OH GOD THAT ONE, HE'S FINALLY GETTING TO A "CREED" type band

I will not stop thinking about Evil Bong after this video.

Not gonna lie. I love this damn song. Always have, never actually looked into it but it was always on when I was a kid and it was on a rock CD compilation commercial I used to love.

Anyone think the chorus sounds like that part in Pink's "Who Knew"? "Our last kiss, I'll cherish, Until we meet agaaainn"

I never expected that voice to come out of that face

If late 10's rock is the soundtrack for commercials, then early 00's rock was the soundtrack for a million airport montage scenes at the end of terrible mid-00's movies made by 40-something directors.

I loved "Love Actually", but my least favorite scene included this song, because it totally nailed down early 2000s Midwest Mediocrity too well.

Fun fact: Cat Stevens “Wild world” was actually written about Himself! It plays as an opposite from his other song “pop star” on the same album.

10:40 “Torn” would make a good One Hit Wonderland.

The only reason why I've heard of The Puppet Master is because it stars Mark from The Room.

16:54 "one of the few songs where Chad dials it back and doesn't sound so terrifying" being said as Alex Band flies through the air on the last word makes me lose my shit inexplicably.

I always thought this was one of those vaguely-spiritual songs from a christian rock band flirting with the mainstream

I seriously thought that Todd was fucking with all of us with those movie trailers, but they're all real! Goddamn it, those movies exist! I can't stop laughing! There's even a crossover movie with The Evil Bong vs. Gingerdead Man.

They’re not a Christian Rock band? They sound like a Christian Rock Band

The lead single from their second album was the song my middle school class used for our graduation to high school. That’s how impressive it was: a bunch of 8th graders said “Yeah, these ARE the years of our lives.”

WHOA! Was not expecting Charlie Band and Gingerdead Man to make an appearance. It's like this show suddenly turned into RedLetterMedia or something.

Silverchair actually evolved into a prog rock band in the end, now their singer is in a new wave band.

Ill be honest, when you mentioned he had a minor hit named "tonight," I expected Hot Chelle Rae to start playing and find out he was the bassist or something

Haha. That "Jake" tattoo was made to be regreted!!

It's funny, I know Todd corrected himself on what the song was about, but even as a kid I never saw this as a love song. I always loved it because it made me think of a parent singing this to their child. That 90's Vedder style of singing makes you think the singer is way older and more experienced than he actually is.

I coulda sworn this was a Creed song

OH! These were the guys that were parodied on MAD TV: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9pmZrukssCukac.html That's... literally the only way I remember these guys: being called out for ripping off other people's styles.

I remember when I listened to Adrianne the first time and thought "hey, you know what? the best part of this song is the ending, where the band just seems to be jamming out". it still is the best part of that song.

considering the message of the song, it fit in at the time. between 9/11, the war on terror and the war in iraq in the following years, i would say it resonated strongly with a lot of people. not saying its a great song, but it worked given the setting

This song is still in my collection from my Talon Mix volumes from Smallville, haven't listened to it in awhile... It's so early 2000s, I love it.

Any one else want to sing "Can you feel the love tonight" right after the intro? Or have I been listening to too much Axis of Awesome?

First, while I recalled the song, I was definitely on Team Thought That Was by Creed. Shows how much attention I paid to the Adult Alternative acts by then. Second, I remember the abduction story, and happen to live about 30 miles from Lapeer, Michigan, where he was dumped. After seeing details of his life and career, I can't stop thinking about what was going through his head right then. Just so people can get their heads around it, Lapeer is the county seat of rural Lapeer County, up in the Thumb region of Michigan. While it is only maybe an hour north of Detroit, it's part of a mini-peninsula of its own, so it's literally on the way to nowhere, and has a population of around 9,000, at the most. This guy, who grew up in a privileged neighborhood of L.A. and had a Top 5 single when he was only 20 finds himself abducted, and then dumped by some train tracks in a backwater town in farm country just 12 years later, must have had a serious case of What Have I Done With My Life syndrome.

Remind me to have parents that are really big in the industry next time.

Never clicked on a video alert so fast in my life.

Lead singer: Draco Malfoy Guitarist: Jon Snow

This song was the soundtrack of primetime WB in the early 2000's.

I remember this song from the commercial for Star Trek Enterprise. But, tbh, I’d heard it on the radio LONG before that, and I still unironically love the album

I had to stop the video to roll around laughing for several minutes when he mentioned 'Evil Bong'.

That four chord structure exists for a reason.

Am I the only one who started replacing The Calling's lyrics with "Hunger Dunger Dang" after Todd used that phrase?

Silverchair's first album "Frogstomp" is one of my all-time favorites!

I've been waiting way up high and down low for this song!

Always thought it was a Creed song. The dude's voice in "Wherever you will go" sounds the same as the vocals in "My Sacrifice"

'Kidz Bop Pearl Jam' hahahaha The Calling are a guilty pleasure of mine, but that description is on point!

One hit wonder Len - steal my sunshine.

Please review Mambo no.5 by Lou Bega

This sounds like Christian rock.

I love this song so much. Can’t wait for Todd to praise this!! Oh...

Suggestion for One Hit Wonderland: Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest.

Todd u gotta fix your sound mixing. Your voice is so quiet and the music is way too loud. I'm having to turn the volume up and down just to get through it.

This lead singer looks like a blond Drake Bell, and his father looks like David Cassidy (may he rest in peace) 🤔

From the Wikipedia article for Why Don't You & I: "When Arista wanted to release the single in the summer of 2003, Roadrunner Records, the record label for Nickelback, refused permission citing concerns that Kroeger appearing on a "high-profile single" would compromise the excitement over Nickelback's fall 2003 release The Long Road and hurt the Nickelback album sales. Kroeger recommended Band, another BMG artist, to re-record the song's vocals for single release." Incidentally, to my memory, the Alex Band version almost never got airplay in the Atlanta market.

Another difference is the strokes are good