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Complete Music Video Collection
''Complete Music Video Collection'' is an extensive video album (released in DVD and Universal Media Disc, UMD formats) by the American punk rock band The Offspring. It was released to accompany the ''Greatest Hits (The Offspring album), Greatest Hits'' CD, which arrived a month earlier, and shows all of the band's music video, videos between 1994 and 2005 (except for "Million Miles Away (The Offspring song), Million Miles Away"). It also contains 11 live performances, two extra videos, an interview, and commentary by the band. Track listing *All songs with commentary, except for "Can't Repeat". #"Come Out and Play (The Offspring song), Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" – 3:16 #"Self Esteem (song), Self Esteem" – 4:26 #"Gotta Get Away (The Offspring song), Gotta Get Away" – 4:12 #"All I Want (The Offspring song), All I Want" – 1:57 #"Gone Away (song), Gone Away" – 4:31 #"The Meaning of Life (The Offspring song), The Meaning of Life" – 2:58 #"I Choose" – 4:02 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Offspring
The Offspring is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Garden Grove, California, in 1984. Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Dexter Holland, Bryan "Dexter" Holland, lead guitarist Noodles (musician), Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Todd Morse, multi-instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy, and drummer Brandon Pertzborn. The Offspring is often credited (alongside fellow Punk rock in California, California punk bands Green Day, NOFX, Bad Religion, Rancid (band), Rancid, and Pennywise (band), Pennywise) for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock during the mid-1990s. During their -year career, the Offspring has released eleven studio albums and sold more than 40 million records, making them one of the best-selling punk rock bands. The Offspring's longest-serving drummer was Ron Welty, who replaced original drummer James Lilja in 1987. He was replaced by Atom Willard, Adam "Atom" Willard in 2003, who was replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Album
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short, musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Choose
"I Choose" is a punk rock song by the Offspring. It is the eighth track on their fourth studio album, ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' (1997), and was released in Australia as its fourth and final single. The single enjoyed less commercial success compared with the previous singles from the album and was omitted from the band's ''Greatest Hits'' album (2005). However, it became another top 10 Hot Mainstream Rock Track for The Offspring. Literary reference The song, in its second verse, contains a literary reference to J. D. Salinger's short story, " A Perfect Day for Bananafish." In the story, the protagonist, who is suicidally depressed, tells a little girl at a Florida beach a story about bananafish, a fictional species of fish that hides in its burrow, eating bananas, until it is trapped inside forever and dies of banana fever.Salinger, J. D. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish." The New Yorker. 31 Jan. 1948: 21-25. 4 Oct. 201 In the original work, the bananafish is a tragic creature, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Meaning Of Life (The Offspring Song)
"The Meaning of Life" is a song released by the American punk rock band the Offspring. It appears as the second track on their fourth studio album, ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' (1997), and was released as its third single in Australia and Japan. The single peaked at #90 on the Australian ARIA singles chart in August 1997. Music video A music video was made in support of the single. It was directed by Kevin Kerslake and released in 1997. The video features a high-speed wheel chair race in the desert. The race footage was interspersed with shots of lead singer Dexter Holland hanging upside down in a tree with a capuchin monkey The capuchin monkeys () are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae. They are readily identified as the "Street organ, organ grinder" monkey, and have been used in many movies and television shows. The range of capuchin monkeys includes some t .... DVD appearances The music video appears on the '' Complete Music Video Collection'' DVD, released in 2005. Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gone Away (song)
"Gone Away" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. Written by the band's singer, Dexter Holland, it is the seventh track on the band's fourth studio album, '' Ixnay on the Hombre'' (1997), and was released as its second single. It also appears as the sixth track on '' Greatest Hits'' (2005). A piano version of the song features as the eleventh track on the group's tenth studio album '' Let the Bad Times Roll'' (2021). The song became the Offspring's first No. 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, while reaching No. 4 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Through 2009, the band played "Gone Away" with Holland performing on piano throughout Europe and the United States. Two of the tracks from this single ("D.U.I." and "Hey Joe") appear on the band's 2010 compilation album, ''Happy Hour!''. Former drummer Ron Welty said in 2002 that "Gone Away" was his favorite song to play live. Track listing ;CD single ;7" black vinyl ;Promo CD Personnel The Offspring * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All I Want (The Offspring Song)
"All I Want" is a song by American punk rock group the Offspring. It is the tenth track on their fourth studio album, '' Ixnay on the Hombre'' (1997), and was released as its lead single in January 1997. It reached No. 31 in the United Kingdom and No. 15 in Australia. In the US, it peaked at No. 13 on Modern Rock Tracks. The song also appears as the fifth track on their '' Greatest Hits'' (2005). The single was also (at 1:55) the shortest single to be released by the band. Origin The song was written by Dexter Holland as part of a (perhaps tongue-in-cheek) Bad Religion songwriting competition at Epitaph Records, under the title ''Protocol''. The song's lyrics originally consisted of significantly complex vocabulary, like many Bad Religion songs. However, when Dexter offered to play it for Epitaph owner and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, he was told to "play it on acoustic later or something." Dexter felt rejected and rewrote the song's lyrics to sound more like an Offspri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotta Get Away (The Offspring Song)
"Gotta Get Away" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. It is the fourth track and third single from their breakthrough album, '' Smash'' (1994). The song was a modest hit in several countries and peaked at 6 on the US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Gotta Get Away" was inspired by an early track, "Cogs", written while the band was still named Manic Subsidal. Although the song was a big hit, it did not reach the heights nor achieve the popularity, success, airplay, or sales of the album's previous singles " Come Out and Play" and " Self Esteem". The song has two single covers. The first, the cover for the CD single, depicts a skeleton in the same style as the previous singles from '' Smash'': "Come Out and Play" and "Self Esteem". The second, the cover for the 7-inch vinyl, shows the actor from the video standing outside the coliseum, his eyes covered by the song title. The song also appears as the same numbered track on the Offpsring's '' Greatest Hits'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self Esteem (song)
"Self Esteem" is a song by American punk rock band the Offspring. It is the eighth track and second single from their third studio album, '' Smash'' (1994). The single was released in December 1994 by Epitaph and was a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Iceland, Norway, Latvia and Sweden. "Self Esteem" was nominated for the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Song. The song also appears as the third track on their 2005 compilation album ''Greatest Hits''. Its music video was directed by Darren Lavett. Critical reception In his review of the album, Andrew Mueller from ''Melody Maker'' wrote, "The clear highlight here is "Self Esteem", a self-abasing, self-pitying slandering of some or other black-hearted wench set to a rocket as inventive as they get." Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' commented, "Coming out once more to play the role of Nirvana's perfect replacement, Offspring delivers the punky action so sadly missed on rock radio because of Seattlers who take the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Out And Play (The Offspring Song)
"Come Out and Play" (sometimes subtitled "Keep 'Em Separated") is a song by the American punk rock band the Offspring. It is the seventh track on their third album, ''Smash (The Offspring album), Smash'' (1994), and was released in August 1994 by Epitaph Records as its first single. Written by frontman Dexter Holland, it is considered the Offspring's breakthrough song, as it received widespread radio play, with first attention brought by Jed the Fish of KROQ-FM. The song reached number one on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart, bringing both the band and the punk rock genre to widespread attention. Its accompanying music video was directed by Darren Lavett. The song also appears as the second track on their ''Greatest Hits (The Offspring album), Greatest Hits'' album (2005). Music and lyrics Stylistically, the track combines "heavy guitar riff, riff-based punk rock, punk" with surf music, surf-style guitar work. Dexter Holland said that most so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Million Miles Away (The Offspring Song)
"Million Miles Away" is a song by the American punk rock band The Offspring. It is the fifth track on the band's sixth studio album, '' Conspiracy of One'' (2000), and was released as its third single. The song was not included on the band's '' Greatest Hits'' (2005) or '' Complete Music Video Collection'' (2005), although the song was featured on the trailer for the film '' Orange County''. The single's b-side "Sin City", which is a cover of AC/DC, can be found on the band's 2010 Japan-only compilation album ''Happy Hour!''. Track listing Australia CD Maxi UK CD Maxi 1 Source: UK CD Maxi 2 *This edition also includes a free poster. Personnel The Offspring * Dexter Holland – vocals, guitar * Noodles – guitar, backing vocals * Greg K. – bass, backing vocals * Ron Welty – drums Music video The song's only music video was that of a live performance dubbed over by the recorded version of the song, and was directed by Jennifer Lebeau. This may have playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short, musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits (The Offspring Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is a 2005 compilation album by the American punk rock band the Offspring, compiling hit singles from five of their first seven studio albums along with the previously unreleased songs " Can't Repeat" and " Next to You", the latter a cover version of The Police song included as a hidden track at the end of the album. ''Greatest Hits'' peaked at no. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with 70,000 copies sold in its first week of release, and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Can't Repeat" was released as a single to promote the album, and peaked at no. 9 on ''Billboard'''s Modern Rock Tracks chart and no. 10 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks. "Next to You" was also released as a single to radio stations, peaking at no. 29 on Mainstream Rock Tracks. A DVD/ UMD video entitled '' Complete Music Video Collection'' was released a month later to complement ''Greatest Hits''. It included the music videos for all fourteen songs on ''Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
