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  • čas přidán 29. 06. 2009
  • Lyrics-
    I know that things are getting tougher
    When you can`t get the top OF the bottom of the barrel.
    Wide open road of my future now... It's looking fucking narrow.
    All I know is that I don't know
    All I know is that I don't know nothing
    [x2]
    We get told to decide
    Just like as if I'm not gonna change my mind.
    All I know is that I don't know
    All I know is that I don't know nothing
    [x2]
    Whatcha gonna do with yourself,
    Boy better make up your mind.
    Whatcha gonna do with yourself boy,
    You're running out of time.
    This time I got it all figured out
    All I know is that I don't know
    All I know is that I don't know nothing
    [x4]
    And that's fine

Komentáře • 895

  • @raultalmon1467
    @raultalmon1467 Před 3 lety +220

    "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. And thats fine."
    - Socrates

    • @kenkovar2647
      @kenkovar2647 Před 2 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/doCQVTZ6Kng/video.html

    • @dennisvogt1193
      @dennisvogt1193 Před 2 lety +8

      We're just dust in the wind dude

    • @raultalmon1467
      @raultalmon1467 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dennisvogt1193 Not sure about that, guitar sounds powerfull to me

    • @springchickena1
      @springchickena1 Před 2 lety +2

      I put my own socrates into pop culture man and they havent figured themselves out one cent of the dollar they ride

    • @betweenthelightsdowntown8086
      @betweenthelightsdowntown8086 Před 2 měsíci

      They’re singing that they DON’T know nothin. The double negative indicates they at least know
      SOMETHING and that’s fine

  • @derikks98
    @derikks98 Před 8 lety +958

    Socrates approves this song

  • @BryanRogers
    @BryanRogers Před 10 lety +192

    I've been listening to this for almost thirty years. Sigh. Still amazing

    • @vegancurse
      @vegancurse Před 5 lety +1

      Me too, man.

    • @seankearney7276
      @seankearney7276 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah 20 for me still fucking relevant

    • @MarcS4R
      @MarcS4R Před 4 lety

      me too since discovering them on the H Street video.

    • @u0wl
      @u0wl Před 4 lety +3

      Im 13 and im in love with this song after I discovered it.

    • @aych33
      @aych33 Před 3 lety

      ill be back at this comment when its been almost 40 years for you and probably only 10 years for me

  • @PandaMoniumReviews
    @PandaMoniumReviews Před 3 lety +68

    My cousin Steve loved this band. He got me into the old Tony Hawk games and punk rock back when that stuff was newish. He passed unexpectedly a few years ago, dude was still in his 20’s. I still listen to this in his honor quite often. Dude shaped a significant part of my music tastes without really realizing it. Operation Ivy is timeless, and I’m thankful for Steve.

  • @adamdixon5785
    @adamdixon5785 Před 5 lety +25

    Operation Ivy was an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California formed in May 1987. The band was stylistically important as one of the first bands to mix the elements of hardcore punk and ska into a new amalgam called ska punk and was critical to the emergence of Lookout Records and the so-called "East Bay Sound."

  • @singleaspringle6941
    @singleaspringle6941 Před 7 lety +271

    So the first one i hear was green day cover and i didn't expect the original version to be like this. I wasn't ready for it

    • @danielhoggett758
      @danielhoggett758 Před 7 lety +18

      Fuck man same! But it's awesome!

    • @mce1605
      @mce1605 Před 5 lety

      SAME!!!!!

    • @Roachspliff
      @Roachspliff Před 4 lety +5

      im pretty sure i found out abt op ivy the same way lol now i fkin hate greenday

    • @supraman_
      @supraman_ Před 4 lety +7

      i thought the green day version wasnt a cover but the original song lol

    • @gasmaskboi19371945
      @gasmaskboi19371945 Před 4 lety +7

      This version is way better IMO. I love this album, this was my go to when I was 12/13.

  • @lllllGreenDaylllll
    @lllllGreenDaylllll Před 10 lety +210

    Punk Rock at his best.

  • @trickytristan1
    @trickytristan1 Před 9 lety +224

    I see all the comments where people talk about the green day version and i'm just here like "yo the aquabats version is pretty ok"

    • @Keopro
      @Keopro Před 9 lety +6

      +trickytristan1 Aquabats are hilarious! They were at Soundwave in Sydney this year, beach balls everywhere!

    • @kingster911
      @kingster911 Před 8 lety +1

      But what about the Millencolin version?! Lol.

    • @liam-yv4be
      @liam-yv4be Před 6 lety +1

      You mean the kids ?

    • @carlasalguero8631
      @carlasalguero8631 Před 5 lety

      Even in Blackouts🖤

    • @turkey5320
      @turkey5320 Před 4 lety

      @@Keopro rip soundwave

  • @SAVikingSA
    @SAVikingSA Před 6 lety +181

    Anyone here because they had this album when it was new?
    I'm lonely.

    • @JMarinelli
      @JMarinelli Před 5 lety +2

      General Sherman I picked this up soon after it came out. Sadly, Operation Ivy we’re booked at a local all-ages venue (in my hometown of Morgantown, WV), but broke up before the show.

    • @matthewanzelone
      @matthewanzelone Před 4 lety +2

      General Sherman I skipped it the only time they ever played Chicago because it was a weeknight and I was still in high school. I was like, ‘I’ll catch em next tour’. Of course there never was a next tour...

    • @q3aryoko
      @q3aryoko Před 4 lety

      Same got this CD at ZIA records sometime in the late 90s, we are few and far between my friend, took me a year to find you...we are all lonely..

    • @jayc919
      @jayc919 Před 4 lety

      Have this on vinyl woot

    • @ianvache8603
      @ianvache8603 Před 4 lety

      Me too

  • @supraman_
    @supraman_ Před 4 lety +35

    teacher: makes suprise test
    me: 0:10

  • @franciscofonseca5380
    @franciscofonseca5380 Před 2 lety +11

    I'm 39 years old, almost 40, and i don't know what i am going to do with my future, all i know is that i know nothing and thats fine!

    • @mastercommie
      @mastercommie Před 2 lety +4

      Right there with ya man. Cheers on the big 40 as well.

  • @JMort95
    @JMort95 Před 13 lety +25

    this song reminds of teachers asking you what you want to be when you grow up

  • @pucknorris3473
    @pucknorris3473 Před 4 lety +51

    This was the last song I heard through my Walkman before I got creamed by a car on my skateboard sometime in the 90s I don't really remember when I woke up in the hospital many hours later apparently singing it by the way I was fine just concussed

  • @courtneydozier1021
    @courtneydozier1021 Před 7 lety +39

    You know, I quoted this song for my senior quote

  • @benwhiting4013
    @benwhiting4013 Před 4 lety +4

    "I know that things are getting tougher
    When you can`t get the top OF the bottom of the barrel."
    Brilliant start to one hell of a song!

  • @JordiSmulders
    @JordiSmulders Před 13 lety +6

    In my eyes this one of the best punk songs ever. Easy, simple, straight forward, short, good lyrics, catchy riff and lick.

  • @michaelchisholm3469
    @michaelchisholm3469 Před 5 lety +4

    Ahhhhhh yes, many many days of driving back roads taking bowl hits and blasting this album

  • @autumnwolf3952
    @autumnwolf3952 Před 9 lety +11

    This song so much Energy and just fuck listen to that. Operation Ivy were beyond their time.

  • @TheKidsAreAllRed
    @TheKidsAreAllRed Před 13 lety +28

    One of the best punk albums of all time...

  • @jefferypinley4336
    @jefferypinley4336 Před 10 lety +15

    This band had the most brilliant lyrics of our age

    • @smiley3637
      @smiley3637 Před 5 lety

      you know the lyrics are green day ones

    • @mfishman9311
      @mfishman9311 Před 5 lety +3

      Smiley Green Day covered this song. This is the original.

    • @smiley3637
      @smiley3637 Před 5 lety +1

      @@mfishman9311 yeah I realized that

    • @oakoe188
      @oakoe188 Před rokem

      @@smiley3637 yikes

    • @smiley3637
      @smiley3637 Před rokem

      @@oakoe188 indeed

  • @burntreynolds8172
    @burntreynolds8172 Před 7 lety +130

    I love Green Day and they're my favorite band but this version is light years better than Green Day's! Long live Op Ivy!!!

    • @JaySway17
      @JaySway17 Před 4 lety +69

      So what youre saying is that Green Days is 2000 light years away from this version?

    • @greenday103921guns
      @greenday103921guns Před 3 lety +17

      I mean duh Green Day's version was just them poking fun at their friends

    • @gxld_dxst137
      @gxld_dxst137 Před 3 lety +12

      My mom got a love letter from the lead singer of Green Day lol

    • @victormaciel550
      @victormaciel550 Před 2 lety +4

      dude, just no

    • @kenkovar2647
      @kenkovar2647 Před 2 lety +8

      green days version is why people do versions... OI version is channeling the Sex Pistols stupidly intense energy but Green Days has this mellow intensity..

  • @ruf1980
    @ruf1980 Před 5 lety +2

    Can you believe this came out today 30 years ago... Thank you Tim Armstrong, Jesse Michaels, Matt Freeman and Dave Mello. even when 30 more years will pass, we will continue to love Energy dancing and singing with you.
    Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!

  • @daryl7277
    @daryl7277 Před 4 lety +5

    Best punk album. Period. I wish I still had it on vinyl.

  • @BenjaminNixon
    @BenjaminNixon Před 7 lety +20

    I have yet to hear another song less than two minutes long that is as epic as this one.

  • @TheSleepingonit
    @TheSleepingonit Před 10 lety +23

    In the immortal words of Jello Biafra, punk means thinking for yourself! So unlike most alleged bands today

  • @bulldogmadhav5762
    @bulldogmadhav5762 Před 6 lety +11

    Damn the lyrics are too relatable...

  • @embryonic7692
    @embryonic7692 Před 4 lety +1

    This is GOLD. Thanks for all the lyrics in every description. Haven't listened to this since my early days from a burned CD. You'll be surprised how much shit u can change around haha...

  • @KLEARSKITHEKREEPER
    @KLEARSKITHEKREEPER Před rokem +1

    Wow this brings me back so many good memories.

  • @Weazelpunk123
    @Weazelpunk123 Před 7 lety +2

    All I know is 99% of people in this thread are here for show. You have the "This is the original, and it's the best" and you have the "Green Day is better" and then you have the "I know the (any other band name) version that no one else knows about, that's better than all the others". In short... Appreciate the orig, appreciate the covers, appreciate the fact that so many bands recognize the badass of this song, and; whatever version you're listening to, or like better... Smile and enjoy whatever the fuck version you want, and shut up. If Op Ivy hadn't written this song, you wouldn't be listening to the other versions that you like better than this one.
    P.S. Green Day is the reason I ever went looking for this version to begin with. I was not disappointed...

  • @nedflanders5302
    @nedflanders5302 Před 2 lety +2

    This was my anthem at 16!

  • @totallynormalname504
    @totallynormalname504 Před 2 lety +3

    Came here because I found out green days version was a cover, was surprised that green day toned it down a bit, this version is way better

  • @xevilgothgirlx
    @xevilgothgirlx Před 4 dny

    really love the vocals and vibes here

  • @openyourearsopenyourmind8069

    Thank you for posting this. ^_^

  • @djbubsongs5812
    @djbubsongs5812 Před 4 lety +14

    Sounds like skateboard music

  • @DCrane925
    @DCrane925 Před 2 lety +1

    90s highschool flashbacks
    i used to listen to this album over and over

  • @caio20118
    @caio20118 Před 10 lety +2

    Heard the Energy album long time ago. Great LP!

  • @mrman5454
    @mrman5454 Před 3 lety +2

    I listened to this song a bunch with my dad right before the Corona hit and now I listened to calm myself

  • @ezracroft2277
    @ezracroft2277 Před 10 lety +136

    John Snow's favorite song.....

  • @morbiustimelord
    @morbiustimelord Před 5 měsíci

    RIP BNH. I can still see you singing this loudly in youthful proclamation!

  • @ryancarse9630
    @ryancarse9630 Před 12 lety +2

    i love punk! i've been looking through the encyclopedia of punk in my school library and finding all these awesome bands!

  • @Flamsterette
    @Flamsterette Před rokem +1

    Still awesome in 2023.

  • @aaronwackenhut2216
    @aaronwackenhut2216 Před 4 lety

    Thanks Bob!

  • @craiggilje5024
    @craiggilje5024 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank-you TWITCH for the operation ivy

  • @chev500l8
    @chev500l8 Před 3 lety

    1989 greatness, still good today.

  • @MassacreVegan
    @MassacreVegan Před 10 lety +63

    i wonder if op ivy had any idea how profound what they were writing here really is

    • @100blueeyedboy
      @100blueeyedboy Před 10 lety +14

      I like to think they didn't. they just wrote words and it happened to be incredibly philosophical

    • @100blueeyedboy
      @100blueeyedboy Před 10 lety +5

      ***** They don't really seem like the kinda of people who'd paraphrase Socrates but hey, it happened

    • @Antiprogressivepraxis
      @Antiprogressivepraxis Před 5 lety +7

      I somehow get the impression that they didn't know much about knowin' nothin'

    • @uoDucks6
      @uoDucks6 Před 4 lety +3

      Nah Jesse Michaels knew exactly what he was doing. Trust me.

  • @dejja7376
    @dejja7376 Před rokem

    i love his raw voice, sounds so visceral.

  • @TheAaronFreeze
    @TheAaronFreeze Před 10 lety

    Flashback.Rock On!

  • @madaydog7
    @madaydog7 Před 10 lety

    Best kind of music there is

  • @deadbabiesinvomit
    @deadbabiesinvomit Před 8 lety

    we love this band

  • @socrates621
    @socrates621 Před 3 lety +2

    I approve.

  • @202joeortiz
    @202joeortiz Před 13 lety

    this is one of my favorite songs how does it only have 74,000 views gezzz

  • @TheJayman213
    @TheJayman213 Před 13 lety

    whoever put together this playlist has a REALLY cool username.

  • @procrastinator300
    @procrastinator300 Před 13 lety +2

    This song is so catchy

  • @nikkirockznikkirockz8551
    @nikkirockznikkirockz8551 Před 4 lety +1

    #Priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @basvanderwiel
    @basvanderwiel Před 4 lety +2

    I was only familiair with the cover by Millencolin of this track which I absolutely love. Having heard this original version I must conclude it already was a masterpiece.

  • @MayanMountainInc
    @MayanMountainInc Před 4 lety

    This will always remind of skateboarding :D

  • @lalakuma9
    @lalakuma9 Před 6 lety

    I came here because two dudes were talking about them on the train, and that's when I remembered that I used to listen to them.

  • @TeddyBeDrunken
    @TeddyBeDrunken Před 13 lety

    the sound is awesome

  • @lukeyellowtail1145
    @lukeyellowtail1145 Před 4 lety +1

    The seeds of so many American bands. (Leftover crack)

  • @brochango
    @brochango Před 11 lety

    one of the best, straight up punk songs ever

  • @jaramoneja
    @jaramoneja Před 12 lety

    Green day is not commercial. They're just popular. In 1994, they've signed to Reprise cause they wanted their music to be heard by more people, cause they wanted to play music for the rest of their lives; not just becouse of money.

  • @HLGCeltic24
    @HLGCeltic24 Před 11 lety +1

    Green Day and Operation Ivy. Only thing I need in my life

  • @jaramoneja
    @jaramoneja Před 12 lety

    Agree completely!

  • @blacksludgetoxapex5035
    @blacksludgetoxapex5035 Před 3 lety +1

    The real OpIvy fans are still listening in 2020.

  • @asamayeux4368
    @asamayeux4368 Před 11 lety

    haha i just learned this song and i love it. Im trying to learn how to write music like this.

  • @bryceallwood
    @bryceallwood Před 13 lety +1

    This reminds me of tho good old times when i was 12 no worries in the world just free

  • @jesse_cole
    @jesse_cole Před 7 lety +1

    Production is too slick.

  • @moomoopuppy5810
    @moomoopuppy5810 Před 3 lety

    My favorite hoodie is the Op Ivy cover art one.

  • @n3v3rg01ngback
    @n3v3rg01ngback Před 4 lety +1

    I sang this song with my punk band in 8th grade.

  • @adammarchese2690
    @adammarchese2690 Před 12 lety

    you, are SOOOOOO right.

  • @SonicRyan1992
    @SonicRyan1992 Před 12 lety

    lol. im flattered.

  • @sabrinatheautisticdoggo1062

    I didn't expect this to be the Operation Ivy version

  • @WishesSailorMoon
    @WishesSailorMoon Před 13 lety +4

    I love this song, I want old Green Day back!!! Operation Ivy makes this song rule the fucking world.

  • @BBoyBiff
    @BBoyBiff Před 4 lety +1

    Yeah Matt !

  • @jacobromero6788
    @jacobromero6788 Před 8 lety +6

    its kinda funny because all of you argue who's version is better but in reality they both came from the same record label and have co-wrote songs together

    • @johnperry1074
      @johnperry1074 Před 7 lety +3

      What? That's not true. They came from the same Gilman st. scene that produces the Mr. T Experience amongst other, but they never wrote songs together. Hell, Operation Ivy's LAST show was Green Day's first real show.

    • @jacobromero6788
      @jacobromero6788 Před 7 lety +1

      wow I didn't know that. thanks for not attacking me for being wrong, and I just heard that off the Wikipedia page for1 greens day saying that Billie Joe helped write a song for rancid or something

    • @johnperry1074
      @johnperry1074 Před 7 lety +1

      Jacob Romero
      No problem man,I try not to attack lol. Now if you're talking about Rancid, that's a different story, because that was Tim's band. Operation Ivy was mostly Jesse Michael's band, and he actually disbanded it because he thought they were getting too big for a true punk band lol.

    • @TranzparentMethods
      @TranzparentMethods Před 7 lety +1

      Yes, Billie Joe Armstrong co-wrote Rancid's song "Radio". Billie Joe was almost in Rancid before Lars Frederiksen joined. Billie Joe would've been so out of place in Rancid though.

    • @Tom-vt3ts
      @Tom-vt3ts Před 6 lety

      Slippy Jones sounds right. There’s a pic I saw of Billie Joe playing with Rancid in 1993, but I can’t find it anymore

  • @coachcro7722
    @coachcro7722 Před 10 lety +18

    I came here for good music after that joke of ''what did the fox say'' i wasn't disapointed

    • @tommather129
      @tommather129 Před 10 lety +2

      If you had a brain you wouldn't listen to "What Does The Fox Say" at all!!!!

    • @DionneSier13
      @DionneSier13 Před 7 lety +2

      Coach Cro I'm reading this comment in 2017....

    • @bluesolace9052
      @bluesolace9052 Před 5 lety +1

      Dionne Sier I’m reading your comment in 2018

    • @zem6300
      @zem6300 Před 5 lety +1

      If only you knew

    • @gamertroth1949
      @gamertroth1949 Před 4 lety

      What did the fox say is actually quite a good song considering that it was written as a joke. The creator was trying to make the dumbest song possible using a modern formula just to show how dumb modern music is which is just as stupid as the lyrics to the song.

  • @tinfoiltreasurer
    @tinfoiltreasurer Před 6 lety +6

    My theme as a conspiracy theorist

  • @fireoffenix100
    @fireoffenix100 Před 13 lety

    and up until now I've been listening the same sound in the songs

  • @XXSomeDudeXX
    @XXSomeDudeXX Před 13 lety

    Yay, music of my youth.
    ...still don't know nothin'.

  • @Ibeenez
    @Ibeenez Před 11 lety +2

    All Green Day did was present punk in a more pop way so everyone could enjoy it instead of it being some dark lonesome corner of the music world, which is a good thing!

  • @plasticwrapcharlie
    @plasticwrapcharlie Před 12 lety

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY IS THERE AN AD ON AN OPERATION PAGE?!?!? OHHH THE SHAME, OH THE TRAGIC PITY OF IRONY. CORPORATE AMERICA YOU HAVE BROKEN MY SPIRIT.

  • @nymetsrock
    @nymetsrock Před 13 lety

    i type in knowledge on youtube, this isnt till the 3rd page, oh, but theres 3 green day versions before it, i love the world

  • @hellsbells288
    @hellsbells288 Před 6 lety +8

    My only complaint with alot of punk rock songs is that theyre too good to be this short lol I was jamming out to this in the car the other day and I was like damn it its over.

  • @tapuboolin
    @tapuboolin Před 10 měsíci

    1:01 is one of my favorite moments in all of punk rock

  • @gayrambo4529
    @gayrambo4529 Před 6 lety +2

    Always been unsure if the double negative is intentional or ignorant. This song has so many potential layers.

  • @andie3826
    @andie3826 Před 7 lety +2

    I can´t understand why are a lot of pleople saying that´s better than the green day cover.God,who cares,maybe you preffer this version and i preffer the other one,i think both are fucking amazing.

  • @clintdevine5162
    @clintdevine5162 Před 2 lety +1

    Covered this song in some go nowhere band, but it was the jam!!!!!

  • @jaymusseato
    @jaymusseato Před 12 lety +8

    "DOWN STROKES do it BETTER"
    Johnny Ramone is the ONLY guitarist.

  • @WithstandTheStorm
    @WithstandTheStorm Před rokem

    Here from ZeroHedge 🤙🤙

  • @DeStrojfisz
    @DeStrojfisz Před 11 lety +6

    there is also Rancid ♥

  • @PunkSpike
    @PunkSpike Před 13 lety

    green day and operation ivy are close, the lead singer for O.I designed Green Day's first album cover
    and they both got their careers off the ground from the same place, if you are talking shit about green day, you are talking shit about operation ivy too.
    green day covered their song because they were friends and were trying to get operation ivy noticed. probably as a thanks for helping them so much with their career

  • @deca-lo2jl
    @deca-lo2jl Před 3 lety

    Matt Hensley. Not the new H Street video. So many memories of this song while skating mini ramps.

  • @thirdysaruca
    @thirdysaruca Před 11 lety

    I was surprised to hear this one faster than the Green day cover. I think this is WAY better for head-banging.

  • @gogob2008
    @gogob2008 Před 5 lety

    Nothing makes me happier than seeing Sammi Zayn in Op Ivy shirts.

  • @kenkovar2647
    @kenkovar2647 Před 3 lety

    15 megatons of pure rock!

  • @phism
    @phism Před 12 lety

    it's amazing how many tim armstrong lyrics are total gibberish in my mind and i forget until i read them somewhere that he's actually saying real words, haha.

  • @heavydarkmatter
    @heavydarkmatter Před 3 lety

    Classic

  • @IICoRzII
    @IICoRzII Před 10 lety +14

    Thanks Geoff Ramsay!! hahaha

    • @Lewis_El_Sucio
      @Lewis_El_Sucio Před 10 lety +1

      Yeah Op Ivy are awesome, when he started singing I was like... hmmm I know this song!

    • @zackdoom
      @zackdoom Před 9 lety

      What video did goeff ramsey sing Operation Ivy?

    • @peterparker642
      @peterparker642 Před 5 lety

      I'm wondering the same thing...

  • @0oxXxIceManxXxo0
    @0oxXxIceManxXxo0 Před 11 lety

    Epic Song , the Green Day cover is good too .

  • @CertainUncertainty
    @CertainUncertainty Před 13 lety +5

    A simple, honest, and enlightening song. This is punk at it's best.