The Verve Pipe - The Freshman [Acoustic]

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FullMetalPanic16

12 жыл бұрын

A (sort of) acoustic version of The Freshman, re-uploaded.

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@Gatorbox 3 жыл бұрын

There's a certain sadness and desperation to this song that you don't realize you can sympathize with until it's too late, and you're the one guilt stricken and sobbing with your head on the floor.

@kristinsreese 3 жыл бұрын

Right?! You said it perfectly! 👏

@CurlyFromTheSwirly 2 жыл бұрын

Been there, done that.

@mr.m8539 Жыл бұрын

He wrote it after his girlfriend had a abortion.

@SouthOfSanity79 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely. I was 16 years old when this song came out and I haven't heard since I was like 18 or 19. I'm now 44 years old sitting here with two Ex-Wives five daughters just as many tours of duty in Afghanistan just as many bullet holes in me that have scarred over and what I would give to go back and do it all over again the right way. The fucking tears... They won't stop. It's been so long since I've heard this. And I'll tell you it hits like a fucking sledgehammer now. I thought it was a good tune back in the day. Didn't really get it I mean I was 16.... Oh believe me I get it now. It's a little bit late...... But somehow I'm still here. Listening to this just letting the tears fall. 😭

@war13death 22 сағат бұрын

Guilt, like most emotions, is useless.

@blackcatnh 5 жыл бұрын

I became an EMT in 1995, and had more trouble getting it right in my first job than I thought I would. After 2 years of trouble and stress it finally clicked on a summer night shift in 1997. Warm night in the city. Chilled out partner. Dinner was first on the agenda after truck check. This song (acoustic version) was on the ambulance stereo. I can still hear the dispatcher's "occasional" voice in the background. No pressured vocal tones, just chilled and total minimization of his airtime. This song was the theme for the first time something big clicked, confidence kicked in, and I was still in college thinking that was the biggest challenge life could possibly produce.

@dsm3759703 3 жыл бұрын

Death is hard to face everyday. I know.

@theciakilledjfk5973 2 жыл бұрын

Very thoughtful comment.

@trekstarsam2494 Жыл бұрын

You were merely a freshman...

@pfrrocks 11 жыл бұрын

Love this version of the song. So hard to find.

@gallsgher1030 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine knowing these guys... wait... I do... 🤣🤣🤣

@kebdeasis6798 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. It’s not even on spotify

@NapalmDawn Жыл бұрын

@@JK-kx7he If you grabbed the first run of the Villains CD, this is the version that was on it. My CD has this version.

@corrielawton8551 Жыл бұрын

@@gallsgher1030 imagine it actually means something 😂😂😂

@scottdeyett7840 2 ай бұрын

@@NapalmDawn is it this version or a different acoustic version that sounds almost.. "folk-y" ?

@user-ni5hx8ly6k 8 жыл бұрын

No one writes songs like this anymore. Such raw pure emotion

@yellowchocolate8539 7 жыл бұрын

Cindy Perez Roberts agreed..

@LoiteringInWonderland 4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree.

@Kuypers125 4 жыл бұрын

There are boatloads of people producing music like this today, they just aren't considered "pop" so don't get anywhere near same level of airplay they would have back then

@JayTX. Жыл бұрын

No they don't....

@EdenRiot2 11 ай бұрын

@@Kuypers125Agreed. Anytime some starts saying "they don't make good music anymore" my response is "You're not looking hard enough."

@celieboo 2 жыл бұрын

This my preferred version of this song. It is very hard to find it. It reminds me of Prom 1997 and my freshmen year of college. Thank you for posting it.

@crazybayman 2 ай бұрын

Been looking for this version for a while now. My favourite version and Spotify still doesn't have it. Thank you for posting.

@leekhan8948 3 жыл бұрын

Brings me back to my freshmen days in college sitting inside my car in the parking lot watching as the world played out around me. Very nostalgic indeed.

@celieboo 2 жыл бұрын

yes!

@scottdeyett7840 2 ай бұрын

I remember hearing this version play over the radio once ages ago. Haven't ever been able to find it since. Thanks for posting it!

@arluroble2462 2 жыл бұрын

This is way much better version than the music video. I miss the 90's...

@robbyroopan2691 7 жыл бұрын

the emotions in this song is the purest I've ever heard.i love my 90s heritage and I will love this song on my death bed

@stevecelestino7352 8 жыл бұрын

If I could rewind back to when this topping the charts...back when I was capable of emotion and it all hadn't fallen apart yet. Still waiting for that time machine.

@azrael7718 8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Celestino man oh man do i know what youre talking about. Do me a favor- If you ever do get that time machine, look me up?

@stevecelestino7352 8 жыл бұрын

Will do unless it just shocks your crotch like in Napoleon dynamite.

@amber6245 4 жыл бұрын

I hope that 4 years later, you have found peace in your soul.

@kebdeasis6798 11 ай бұрын

thanks for posting this version. couldnt find it anywhere else. i wish it was on spot.

@MyHeadintheClouds 10 жыл бұрын

this song meant everything when it came out. 18 years later, it's still beautiful.

@robbyroopan2691 7 жыл бұрын

take me back to the 90s god no I phones no complexity

@maxthreshold 4 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories. Makes me want to grab a beer and chill under the blue sky

@tabansteintv 3 жыл бұрын

When I was young I knew everything And she a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt stricken Sobbing with my head on the floor Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no Can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touching her face I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place For the life of me I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and We'd never compromise For the life of me I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins We were merely freshmen My best friend took a week's Vacation to forget her His girl took a week's worth oh Valium and slept And now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his Head on the floor Think's about her now and how he never really Wept he says Can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touching her face I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place For the life of me I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and We'd never compromise For the life of me I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins We were merely freshmen Hey, yeah Hey, yeah Hey, yeah We tried to wash our hands of all of this We never talk of our lacking relationships And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our Heads on the floor We fell through the ice when we tried not to Slip, we'd say Can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touching her face And I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place For the life of me I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and We'd never compromise For the life of me I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins We were merely freshmen For the life of me I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and We'd never compromise For the life of me I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins We were merely freshmen We were merely freshmen We were only freshmen

@8darkknight472 8 жыл бұрын

1997 delivering pizza in chicago illinois little village with my pops as a kid. This song reminds me of that

@Phantasm2Cuda 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how a song like this can bring back a flood of emotions and good memories.

@8darkknight472 5 ай бұрын

. Yes Brother

@Phantasm2Cuda 2 жыл бұрын

This takes me back to 1997 when I met this girl in person from AOL. We had a strong connection and a few Brief Encounters between where I lived and she did. Long-distance eventually tore us apart and things went bad. A lot of the alternative songs from this time remind me of her and this one especially. I miss those days.

@jrmcbabyface 2 жыл бұрын

I cant tell you how many songs I shared with this girl on Yahoo when we were in middle school, we were best friends till after highschool, but nothing more.. I miss those good times,, but life is still good because of the music and the memories

@MrNoah84 Жыл бұрын

What happened to her?

@dryflysolution 6 жыл бұрын

Man, this song always gets to me...

@faraghazali7787 6 жыл бұрын

Takes me back to the days I struggled through college...broke but happy... Sigh.. Sweet sad memories... :)

@themanren 10 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome tune...Just excellent.

@crewcutter2030 8 жыл бұрын

How I love the Music I grew up with.

@ananda_miaoyin 7 жыл бұрын

So glad I graduated in the early 90´s. Last chance for awesome music. No autotune, no internet. No pikachus, either. Just skills.

@kristinsreese 3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@Kravis63 2 жыл бұрын

How very boomer sounding of you

@ananda_miaoyin 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kravis63 GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!! We are Gen-X ers but understand where the Boomers are coming from.....sometimes.

@Kravis63 2 жыл бұрын

@@ananda_miaoyin no, that’s not it. You’ve just become old and sound like the same old people that used to annoy you. I’m turning 40 soon, so this isn’t a kid saying this to you. Boomers said the same things about the music, trends and things you liked when you were a kid and now here you are doing the same.

@ananda_miaoyin 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kravis63 You are correct. It appears each generation laments some of the things that progress, technology and innovations bring just because they are different to what they are used to. In this case, my lamentations are for things more objective - like musical ability. We are not far in age between us and I am hoping you can appreciate the years an artist will spend perfecting ones' craft to bring a truly exemplary display of musical prowess to bear versus some dude dorking around with a DAW basically photoshopping an album that would be impossible to perform in a live setting. By the way, old people did not annoy me when I was a child. We learned to respect the wisdom that (generally) comes with age. I learned far more from the mistakes of others than my own experiences. So you may take your presumptions of me and shove them straight into your ass.

@JCkilla 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't heard this version in 2 decades. Life facts, when music lived lessons for you . Great song, better acoustic!

@athousandcrypticpages1722 10 жыл бұрын

exactly the version i was looking for! tnx!

@RonnieStaMaria-pu1ji 6 жыл бұрын

All of us we held in freshman relationship nothing sweetier as the moments passed by😥

@scottlucky850 7 ай бұрын

Still 1 of the greatest guitar riffs ever

@dazem8 11 ай бұрын

I caught this version recently on the radio and this felt so new after all these years of hearing this song easily hundreds of times throughout my life. Awesome i found it here.

@georgememafu6106 Жыл бұрын

Wow...haven't heard this one in a long while....amazing....memories

@normanmelendez1388 4 жыл бұрын

Timeless😍

@pauljulian3937 14 күн бұрын

Maaaan who’s listening 2024!!

@rebeccam1713 3 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of summer '97 when it was on the radio and I was in the car with my mom going through the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. It fit well with the slow driving in the rural area for two city gals.

@ginamori8656 5 жыл бұрын

I'm in love with his voice!!

@sbbudj Ай бұрын

Beautiful

@woodstock4360 9 жыл бұрын

THUMBS UP 90'S

@raquelmillard7933 10 жыл бұрын

Fantastic sound! they have always been great! :D

@toccaraekyles 8 жыл бұрын

Love this version!!!

@michaelyarbrough3745 2 жыл бұрын

The only version to me it's elite compared to the other

@toned6411 5 жыл бұрын

This version is the best!

@Taradise85 3 жыл бұрын

I always like acoustic versions of every song back in the day

@leekhan8948 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@kritzakrasavitsamarin9211 5 жыл бұрын

Still listening at 2019 💞

@michaelyarbrough3745 2 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable great song, it's impeccable

@jacobyvillanada5320 10 жыл бұрын

Such a great song!! Like this version better tho...

@robbyroopan2691 7 жыл бұрын

True it's angelic

@kingthranduil8807 5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

@toccaraekyles 8 жыл бұрын

Love this song! Love this band! Ah, my teenage years & yes I'm telling my age lol

@mdolanwalker 5 жыл бұрын

Young whippersnapper haha. I was 20 or so when it came out in 97

@joversabdola8706 Жыл бұрын

I simply liked it very much, acoustic version is way much better than the original one 😊😊😊😊

@jaredbrentlinger1902 Жыл бұрын

The acoustic version hits extra hard on the heart and soul. Oh, to go back to 1997.....I was in college, 21 years old, and thought I was invincible.

@jps8700 10 жыл бұрын

This is the unreleased original recording from 1992. The radio version wasn't recorded and released as a single until 1997.

@asnallar 6 жыл бұрын

Love this.

@brightredbulb 5 жыл бұрын

Nope. This is the '96 recording that was on the first release of Villains. It was rerecorded a third time, and that's the hit. All future copies of the album had that one.

@norwaysummer8874 5 жыл бұрын

So ahead of their time.

@ziggystardust4627 5 жыл бұрын

@@brightredbulb Unfortunate - this is my favorite version.

@ProjectDv2 4 жыл бұрын

*This* is the original recording from 1992. I don't like it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aa6kYNaKp9vQep8.html

@sebastianrosetes8629 7 жыл бұрын

i really like this song.....

@johnpoirier5626 6 жыл бұрын

Boyce Avenue does a cover of this. It doesn't just cover it, it smothers it!

@nicksborlini7217 8 жыл бұрын

Better than the rerelease, but both are good

@mikebunch3189 8 жыл бұрын

incredible song...i will be 51 in less than a month... this is good music. not like the shit today...

@trekstarsam2494 Жыл бұрын

For the life of me, I cannot remember, what made us think that we were wise and we never compromised. For the life of me, I cannot believe, we'd ever die for these sins! We were merely FRESHMEN!

@soundfiredj992 9 жыл бұрын

This version was released. I have it on the villains album. I need to look through my old CDs and see if I can find it.

@NapalmDawn 2 жыл бұрын

When I got this album, this is the version that was on it. IMO-still the far better version. Similar situation to the original version of "Broken" by Seether

@jrmcbabyface 2 жыл бұрын

I never heard it until for some reason it came on the radio about 4 months ago, and I have been obsessed ever since

@NapalmDawn 2 жыл бұрын

@@jrmcbabyface This is what was on the original pressing of the albums. My CD has this version.

@janmock1596 11 күн бұрын

Terri, rest in peace.

@romeoherida4636 4 жыл бұрын

Alternative rock!!!

@MrPillsforthrills 10 жыл бұрын

great!

@Kevinb1821 2 ай бұрын

i love this version of this song but something is wrong with the upload like its out of phase. Its the only place i can find this version now

@m_ohernandez8141 6 жыл бұрын

wow...back in high school

@4696885415 Жыл бұрын

Listening in 2023 from Oak Cliff, TX ❤

@NandaRoxNUShould2 8 жыл бұрын

I was a freshmen when this song came out. I really think this my favorite one this song.

@yellowchocolate8539 7 жыл бұрын

Nanda Rox aww how old are you??

@NandaRoxNUShould2 7 жыл бұрын

YellowChocolate 35. Graduated in 2000.

@yellowchocolate8539 7 жыл бұрын

Nanda Rox i miss the good old Days

@NandaRoxNUShould2 7 жыл бұрын

YellowChocolate Me too. Music today is nothing like what we had in the 90s. It was raw emotions and ours!

@yellowchocolate8539 7 жыл бұрын

Nanda Rox i agree before they spoke from their heart n soul n did it with ease

@MJDHX 9 жыл бұрын

This pic is so 90s. LOL

@ryanjones2576 9 жыл бұрын

The best decade ;)

@Lowered_Gadh Жыл бұрын

Nov. 2, 2022 this is the very version I love most.....better than original version reallyyyyy

@kingthranduil8807 4 жыл бұрын

I hope they have this in spotify

@elj.2616 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t this version in spotify!

@ADM015 11 жыл бұрын

Is that Tom Green on the left? Haven't seen that jokster in forever! lol

@velvet1965 9 жыл бұрын

it's not acoustic. it's the original version.

@ziggystardust4627 5 жыл бұрын

This is the most tonally appropriate version of this song, IMHO. The other versions I’ve heard don’t seem to capture the mournfulness of this song’s themes as appropriately as this.

@lindagayparkis6621 Жыл бұрын

💕💕💕 🔥🔥🔥 💕💕💕

@lindagayparkis6621 Жыл бұрын

❤️

@lindagayparkis6621 Жыл бұрын

💕💕💕💕 🔥🔥🔥 💕💕💕

@amenaghawonoyegun3028 10 ай бұрын

🎉

@brandonroy6144 6 жыл бұрын

A future thought control a past action.

@BrianHartman 7 жыл бұрын

As someone else said, this is a great version of the song, but it's not accoustic. The guitar is clearly not an acoustic guitar, and it's plugged in. :)

@austinmuego7276 3 жыл бұрын

My father loves this song..

@itsskyy1039 3 жыл бұрын

same, i love this music now:))

@sunnyc66 11 жыл бұрын

Ame

@mammon_is_god 4 жыл бұрын

How's it feel now? Being a graduate who understands compromise?

@miiamursula2321 3 жыл бұрын

Komea kuin mikä!😍

@kingthranduil8807 5 жыл бұрын

This is the only version of this song that i love. The rest just sounds weird. Why is this not in spotify???

@artwil3705 4 жыл бұрын

January 9 2020 peace on earth

@jpdixon13 3 жыл бұрын

Boy this did not age well LOL

@byjoaopmg2 10 жыл бұрын

american pie brougth me here

@JayTX. Жыл бұрын

For the life of me I cannot remember

@jkoen1752 3 жыл бұрын

The superior version

@Techiewolf 4 ай бұрын

Why does the guy dead center in the polo look like Andrew Garfield with bleached hair

@jenniferlynn9652 5 жыл бұрын

Ca still mad bout basketball

@ZTigerX2 3 жыл бұрын

Is this version possible to purchase?

@ellisae2121 9 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy this version?

@brightredbulb 5 жыл бұрын

You can't, unless you somehow find a first pressing of the Villains CD

@ProjectDv2 4 жыл бұрын

@@brightredbulb This isn't from the first pressing. This was a radio version recorded *after* Villains.

@brightredbulb 4 жыл бұрын

....no. It's not. I bought this album the day it was released. This was on the first pressing, and was replaced with the new version everyone has heard a million times on all subsequent pressings.

@ProjectDv2 4 жыл бұрын

Guess what, dude. I ditched school to buy it the day it came out. It has the shitty version on it. Don't tell me they only sent first pressings to some areas and not others.

@brightredbulb 4 жыл бұрын

Not gonna argue, but from Wikipedia: The song first appeared, in acoustic style, on their 1992 album I've Suffered a Head Injury. It was recorded a second time and released on the band's 1996 album, Villains. Later that year, the band recorded the song again, this time with the producer Jack Joseph Puig,[4] for release as a single in January 1997.[5] Subsequent pressings of Villains replaced the original album version with the single version. "The Freshmen" peaked at number 5 in the United States.