Old!Todd has some questionable takes. I remember in his review of 3 by Britney Spears, he claimed women don't fantasize about threesome like men do, lol.
@@CylindricalWhistle there has never been a scientific study as to how many men or women fantasize about threesomes, so I’m gonna assume that we don’t know for sure, and that he was joking
Sometimes hearing Todd play the intro on the piano can just highlight how beautiful the melody actually is. This is such a clear example of these striking moments.
As a pianist myself, I enjoy the segments where Todd plays. It reminds me of myself as a teenager learning to play popular songs from hearing them on the radio.
“Was there anyone who liked this song?!” Yes, my younger brother, as a preteen, and still enjoys it to this day as an adult. He stands by his convictions.
Here's an interesting little factoid. In German slang, "blue" is a euphemism for "drunk". This song takes on a whole new layer of hilarious when you know that.
Yeah, until you factor in they're probably getting drunk because they're all depressed. So a bunch of depressed gay guys who are getting drunk to forget about what is more than likely their oppression in... wherever-the-fuck-they-live-Land
As a southern european who grew up in the 90s, I just wanna say that most of us didnt understood English very well back then and these guys probably knew it and never intended to write meaningful lyrics. Singing in English was just an aestetic decision. Knowing they are italian makes me think of that song Adriano Celentano made in the 70s that was meant to sound like English but was just gibberish, and most people didnt notice it 😂
You know, when I first found out you put out this review...I was terrified. I was terrified because when I was 9, I saw Eiffel 65 pop up for the first time on a commercial when I was eating breakfast. My spoon fell out of my hand when I first heard their music. I was absolutely in love. Using late 90’s internet and technology, I researched everything I could about this band. I collected all their music from Kazaa and Limewire, and eventually obtained all their albums through gifts and saving my own money. I was devastated that I was too young to go to their concerts. Their music became a haven for me. When my depression hit at 13, bands like Linkin Park and Evanescence were singing their depression and self harm to me and not helping my own bad habits. But there was always Eiffel 65. They told me how lucky I was in life, how I only needed one goal, that now is forever. That there was a brightness at the end of the tunnel. And when things got bad, and Breaking Benjamin or Korn couldn’t understand me...there was the uplifting chords of Gabry and Maury, and the vocals of Gianfranco (Jeffrey Jey) telling me that it was gonna be alright. I’m 30 now. When the band broke up, I found all the music by Bloom 06 and downloaded it, listening once more to Gianfranco and Maury being upbeat, fun and positive. When I’m about to have mental breakdowns or panic attacks at work, I put on Contact! or Europop, and sing along with a Gianfranco reminding me that I have a world in my world and that I am the master of time. When I got married at 25, my husband and I danced to “Dancing on the Moon” by Bloom 06, and I DEMANDED Eiffel 65 at my wedding (of course the DJ played it; I was paying him after all). I follow this band still. I love them, to tears. Their music has done more for me than other musicians and bands that are more famous or influential. And I was terrified that I would be devastated by this review, so I never watched it till today. Because I was afraid that somehow; a reviewer I loved was going to wrench this band and their music from my heart and I would still be that loser who was relentlessly bullied throughout school. And you know what? It didn’t. No matter what others think, no matter the comments (and I’m sure this will get some nasty ones), this band and what they have done for me can never be replaced or taken away. I love this band and their music. I pine for the day when I can go to Italy and see them live. I dream of meeting them, and crying at the lyrics that have helped me through the wild world of adolescence. Some may be waiting for this to be a joke or punchline. It isn’t. Everything I wrote is sincere and from my heart. I know Todd isn’t gonna read or acknowledge this. And that’s fine. All I know is I love this band and their music, and how silly they are and how jovial they are when people look at their work. I hope one day I could see them, or even meet them.
@@HolyGoddessMotherAnne It isn’t. Eiffel 65 is my favorite band. My hope is that one day I can go to Italy to see them perform. They have gone to Canada and Mexico but not the States to play, and Maury (their keyboardist) has faved a few of my comments to his post! Whatever you want to say or think of them and their music is up to you. But no negative comments or feelings from others will ever take away their place in my heart. Remember: confidence isn’t caring about what others think of you or things you love. It’s about being able to move past what others may think. :)
@@ThatVeganWhiteRose I don't hate Eifel 65, they're ok, they're just very meh and bland but u can like em and im not a jerk so live life unless you're a Nickelback or Hinder fan then, my god.
Very inspirational. If one day the stuff I make can have this kind of effect on ONE person, my life will have been worth it. Stand by your convictions and keep loving what you love without second thoughts, Rose P, no one can take that away from you.
Until today I always misheard the line: "Blue like my corvette, it's sitting outside" as: "Blue like my colon, insane and on time" I literarly thought he was singing about his bowel movements.
They said in an interview that blue was just random, not necessarily linked with sadness; the funny part is that there is no fixed meaning and you can just think whatever you want about it. I quite like this song, to be honest. I generally like lyrics evoking images, however random and nonsensical they may be; I think it is Blue's charm. At the same time, as an Italian that somewhat existed in the Nineties I do wonder how much of their success was due to the fact that, well, they sang in English and people didn't really bother listening to the lyrics anyway.
Hey Todd! Davide here :) I just found your video and I'm one of the people that worked on those videos back in the days :) Thanks for doing a video, nice memories eheh and I know they looked cheap :) I was 18 years old, In the recent years I became a successful 3d artist and worked on many Hollywood blockbusters :)
I know that this is an old episode, but David Guetta recently made a revamped version of this song. Heard it on the radio and my jaw dropped. I immediately recognized the music. I legit wonder if Eiffel 65 authorized that.
Let's see how many misheard lyrics we can come up with for the chorus. I'm blue, if I was green I would die I'm blue, I believe I can fly I'm blue, I would beat off a guy I'm blue, I must eat apple pie I'm blue, I will bleed I will die I'm blue, I'm in need of a diet
+WesternWolfWarrior I'm probably the ONLY person who has NEVER mistook the lyrics to this song for any of those lines you listed. I may have misinterpreted the lyrics, but my misinterpretation was closer to the real thing. When I was younger, I thought it was "DOUBLE Dee DOUBLE die".
Man, to be honest, i'm actually pretty damn impressed by these guys. Despite their big 'Claim to Fame' being I'm Blue, they managed to have fairly constant success across three decades. Not many artists can say that.
Now listen up, here's a story About a shadow guy who sits, hearing dumb songs And all day, and all night, and everything he hears is just dumb! No wit, inside or outside Dumb lyrics, and a dumb music video, And a dumb chorus, and everything is dumb for him But he's got to give this song its due Because nobody- should have- to listen to...
They can imagine aliens. They can imagine spaceships. Tractor beams. Stasis pods. Robot... arm... things. But flat-screen monitors? //ERROR// DOES NOT COMPUTE\\
Always a thing with imagining the future. Just read science fiction from the Forties. The heroes will be on a rocket ship travelling to the moons of Jupiter and the navigator is plotting the course with pencil, paper, and a sliderule
Yea, I was a big fan of this in my 20s. Yea, the lyrics are stupid, but a lot of my favorite songs from that period had lyrics that were literally gibberish, no attempt to include actual words at all. Blue's lyrics are stupid, but they're unabashedly stupid, and not trying too hard to convince you otherwise, so they came out with pretty much the same effect as those gibberish songs.
I've always seen this song as talking about depression. I'm blue, my entire world is blue, my house (my living space) is blue, the (little) window I have to the world is blue, my girlfriend is blue too, even the trees, nature! Are blue now. Blue are the feelings that live inside me. Depression really makes it feel like everything around you is senseless and devoid of meaning and nothing will ever be better. For me it captured the feeling perfectly. And there's a beautiful thing in singing about depression with such energy, such brightness. It's joy in spite of it. Everything around me is sad and awful, and yet I'm still singing. I'm blue, da ba dee dabba da-ee.
Truth be told, I...love this song. Blue was my favorite color at the time, and still is one of them, so when I was younger, it felt like a song written just for me. But for all the reasons you've mentioned here and more, I do get why other people may not feel the way I did. It's by no means a masterpiece, but it holds a soft spot with me nonetheless.
+LinkSeasonMaster Me too, I love this song as well. However, I think that may be because when I first heard this song as a little kid, and never actively listened to it again until I was 19. So I never found it annoying, and I still don't.
Yeah, I was just a kid in the nineties, so all I cared about was that it was really catchy. And, because I liked it so much as a kid, even now, I can't really take the nostalgia googles off. I know it's a dumb song but I still love it!
Kiara Animefan It's not as dumb a song if you really look into the meaning of "seeing everything in blue". This song is about how everyone sees the world differently, in their own ways. I actually watched the documentary about the song, and blue was just a random color they chose, as the main thing was just using any color as a metaphor.
No! Even if i'm the sole defender of this opinion, i say this song is amazing and nobody should feel guilty about liking it. This song is a once in a lifetime thing, there's so much unique weirdness behind it. That rap part, the weird lead vocal effect (it's not autotune, it's extremely interesting from a audio technical standpoint) that weird second chord progression that comes out of nowhere, the cryptic lyrics that can only come from translation errors and a very unique approach to lyric writing and of course that dreadfully catchy but somber melody. Seriously, so many people brush this song off as some basic eurodance thing but it's such a unique mix of interesting flavors! I'll defend this song till blue aliens come abduct me.
wow thats impressive. cant tell if your being serious or not? do another, do another..erm... tell my why "Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing" by witch doctor is a masterpeice. Or why "friday" by rebecca black is really deep and misunderstood.
o-zone or haiducii? :D I ask because both charted at the same time in Germany. I don't remember much of what happened that year, but I remember that...
Mmm...was that a hit? Or just a meme song? Because that was before streaming removed the distinction. I don't remember it being seen beyond the Internet.
I LOVE Blue (Daba Dee). I remember when the music video premiered on the Disney Channel and my little sisters and I ran around singing and waving our arms with the song. It's a fun song to listen to even if it's repetitive.
Oh, it was inescapable, alright. Around this time, Kmart brought back their Blue Light Specials, and they would have this song on loop whenever they'd have one.
The fact that Sony never used this song in any of their marketing is a failure on Sony's part. Imagine if the PlayStation Classic was marketed with this song. And also imagine if the PlayStation Classic wasn't a disappointment.
@@bluecoin3771 If the PS Classic had like Klonoa, Gran Turismo 1, maybe Pac-Man World 1, Chrono Cross, a variety of other RPG's or other genre-based games then yeah, it would be good, hell if it had analogue support then I'd be ecstatic but it sadly was a let down.
Honestly as a young kid in the late 90s I adored the entire Europop album. Still a (only slightly guilty) pleasure, and happy to sing along to every song. Too Much of Heaven and Living in a Bubble are still bops
In Russian slang "blue" has two meanings (since we have different words for light blue and dark blue): Синий (Siniy, Dark blue) means "Heavily drunk". Голубой (Goluboy, light blue) means "Gay".
When I was young, this song somehow caused me to have a nightmare where I was on the Titanic and it was sinking and these blue people (who were apparently already drowned and dead) approached me from the water that was filling the boat.
This song was the first song I sang as a kid and will be the last one I sing. If only all the bad songs on the radio were as remotely fun as this. Good times, good times...😏
Matthew Ramroop my first song to torture others was Lamb Chops show "song that doesn't end" ever think kids like repetition and being annoying ergo that's enough to build nostalgia, even love?
Listening to some classic Todd, but one thing did make me think. The guy said he had a corvette, of course that's really depressing. He's from Italy, a country which amongst other things has long windy roads, narrow city streets, and produces some of the best sports cars in the world. If I had something big, american that can't turn and lived in Italy I would be blue too.
Stereotyped crap. We also have 5-lanes highways here, and I mean 5 lanes + emergency lane, one set per direction. Do a google street view at 45.521491, 9.109899 and see for yourself. BTW Italian car maker FIAT also produces SUVs and pick-ups american style. Bring your Hummer anytime here, it can turn almost everywhere, of course there is always going to be the small old town on the hills built 200+ years ago where streets were for donkeys, and that town can not be torn down to make streets suitable for SUVs.
So I was walking by a group of kids today that were all seemingly under the age of 10. One of them asked very loudly to the others if they have heard the song Blue, and then he proceeded to sing this song very loudly. It's been 20 years and the song is still haunting me
I'm a huge fan of Trance, and for the first time, euro electronic music was available state side (for free). I LOVED this song, and one time, my buddy and I listened to it for 8 hours on repeat to see if we'd get tired of it. We never did. Still like this song.
Being born in 1991, i am one of the people who like this song to this day. This is one the songs of my childhood and still one of my favourites along with Move your body and P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N!
I loved this song when it came out. I listened to the album every car trip when I was kid. My parents probably hated it so much. Even now as an adult, I love this group. EIFFEL 65 WILL NEVER BE A ONE HIT WONDER IN MY HEART!
I like this song. I always thought of it as an alien who lives on a planet where everything is literally the color blue. So, in this way he is just describing his home. Plus, it's a catchy tune.
I actually really like the "Europop" album that "Blue" is from. "Silicon World" and "Hyperlink" are personal favorites. But electronic music is kind of my thing, so ymmv.
I remember when I was a kid, in my country they started playing this song on the radio the same year, they started broadcasting Ed, Edd and Eddy on CN :D
So Vice just did a 20th anniversary mini-documentary about this song, and it turns out Todd got a lot of things wrong. For one, Jeffery Jay is not a native Italian, nor is it his first language. He was born in Brooklyn and moved to Italy as an adult to start a music career. He openly admitted that the lyrics are gibberish. In fact, the version that became a hit single is a remix of the original version, which was just the chorus. The other lyrics came later when they decided to make a pop version. The "da ba dee" part was because the producer wanted something universal, which crossed language barriers. When the three guys wrote it, they were literally just hired session musicians making club tracks for compilation albums. They didn't officially become a "band" until the single got big and they decided to go on tour. They even said they were the first techno act to become traditional pop stars, which I totally agree with. But the whole thing was entirely a happy accident. czcams.com/video/epnsRRPtoeU/video.html Here's the video. It's worth a look.
@@IABITVpresents It was (is?) a bit of a tradition for Italian EDM artists to take on English sounding stage names. Made them sound more "foreign" and cool to their target audience. Robert Miles real name was for example actually Roberto Concina. And Dave Rodgers actual name is Giancarlo Pasquini.
11:01-11:05 I checked and yep, that website is still up in 2022. Hey people who want to keep the Space Jam website from 1996 preserved, here's another one to preserve.
I really like this song. Imo it is a good happy song about sadness. If Eiffel 65 was bigger in the public consciousness I'm not sure it would hit the same way.
I don't think Todd really needs to worry about northern european music at least, since it's like, at least sixty percent heavy metal in one form or another.
Despite growing up in the US, I am quite sure I remember hearing “Move Your Body,” back in the day. I feel like they played that at my local skating rink.
Really? I never really thought of this song as being HATED. I remember we used to kind of roll our eyes back in the day but we did that for every tune like this that came along. Of the older pop tunes that I show my students nowadays, this is one that they like almost universally 🤷♂️
I will always love this song. The riff, the punchy classic sounding 909 beat, and I'm a sucker for robotic singing in dance music (see one more time and harder better faster stronger both by daft punk).
Fun fact: in 2020, Blue was sampled/remixed by italian rapper Shiva (even though it's listed as Shiva and Gabry Ponte, the DJ from the band, or just Eiffel 65). Let's just say, it went from a europop hit, to a europop/rap hybrid about drugs, running away from cops, flexing, butts and a blue car. This remix is widely considered a terrible song that ruined both rap and eurodance here lol.
Okay, you played and mentioned all my favorite songs off their first album. I actually really liked that album back in the day. I still jam My Console every once in a while.
Can someone force him to talk about crazy frog already
Hovan Cheng D:
You can tell from the Anaconda video that he DETESTS Crazy Frog. But can you blame him?
Anyway, I kinda want to request it to him now.
It BARELY charted in the US.
@@averagebritishguy7082 Didn't stop it from being everywhere at the time.
Load Snickers bar into gun with religious intent
"He has a girlfriend and a corvette. What's he sad for?" - Todd on clinical depression, 2015
good thing Mike Posner didn't write "spent it on girls and corvettes"
Hey, he’s grey da ba dee, so he gets it.
"depression is a decision and an attitude"
Old!Todd has some questionable takes. I remember in his review of 3 by Britney Spears, he claimed women don't fantasize about threesome like men do, lol.
@@CylindricalWhistle there has never been a scientific study as to how many men or women fantasize about threesomes, so I’m gonna assume that we don’t know for sure, and that he was joking
Sometimes hearing Todd play the intro on the piano can just highlight how beautiful the melody actually is. This is such a clear example of these striking moments.
Blue is undeniably one of the catchiest pop songs ever written
As a pianist myself, I enjoy the segments where Todd plays. It reminds me of myself as a teenager learning to play popular songs from hearing them on the radio.
It's basically a barometer for whether or not the hook is any good
“Was there anyone who liked this song?!”
Yes, my younger brother, as a preteen, and still enjoys it to this day as an adult. He stands by his convictions.
He should stand further away from them.
I like this song. Todd stans "Jump Around," but this one is only marginally more silly.
And I stand with him
I stand by him as well! (also that whole album is a joy)
i adore this song, this entire album is just overly cheesy 90s dance music that was behind the times soon as it hit shelves
Here's an interesting little factoid. In German slang, "blue" is a euphemism for "drunk". This song takes on a whole new layer of hilarious when you know that.
PassiveSmoking in Russian "Blue" is a synonym of "Gay"
A bunch of drunk gay guys. Sounds like a party.
Yeah, until you factor in they're probably getting drunk because they're all depressed. So a bunch of depressed gay guys who are getting drunk to forget about what is more than likely their oppression in... wherever-the-fuck-they-live-Land
im late to the party but in Russia we actually have two words for blue
light blue (goluboy) means gay and darker blue (siniy) means drunk
Except they're Italian.
This is the happiest song about depression ever.
Also "Today" - Smashing Pumpkins
True
Robert Martin i thought it was about the smurf
Bullet- Hollywood undead
Along with almost all of Twenty One Pilots' discography
As a southern european who grew up in the 90s, I just wanna say that most of us didnt understood English very well back then and these guys probably knew it and never intended to write meaningful lyrics. Singing in English was just an aestetic decision. Knowing they are italian makes me think of that song Adriano Celentano made in the 70s that was meant to sound like English but was just gibberish, and most people didnt notice it 😂
Prisencolinensinainciusol, all right! They had it in the trailers for a racing game not too long ago
You know, when I first found out you put out this review...I was terrified.
I was terrified because when I was 9, I saw Eiffel 65 pop up for the first time on a commercial when I was eating breakfast. My spoon fell out of my hand when I first heard their music. I was absolutely in love.
Using late 90’s internet and technology, I researched everything I could about this band. I collected all their music from Kazaa and Limewire, and eventually obtained all their albums through gifts and saving my own money. I was devastated that I was too young to go to their concerts.
Their music became a haven for me. When my depression hit at 13, bands like Linkin Park and Evanescence were singing their depression and self harm to me and not helping my own bad habits. But there was always Eiffel 65. They told me how lucky I was in life, how I only needed one goal, that now is forever. That there was a brightness at the end of the tunnel. And when things got bad, and Breaking Benjamin or Korn couldn’t understand me...there was the uplifting chords of Gabry and Maury, and the vocals of Gianfranco (Jeffrey Jey) telling me that it was gonna be alright.
I’m 30 now. When the band broke up, I found all the music by Bloom 06 and downloaded it, listening once more to Gianfranco and Maury being upbeat, fun and positive.
When I’m about to have mental breakdowns or panic attacks at work, I put on Contact! or Europop, and sing along with a Gianfranco reminding me that I have a world in my world and that I am the master of time. When I got married at 25, my husband and I danced to “Dancing on the Moon” by Bloom 06, and I DEMANDED Eiffel 65 at my wedding (of course the DJ played it; I was paying him after all).
I follow this band still. I love them, to tears. Their music has done more for me than other musicians and bands that are more famous or influential. And I was terrified that I would be devastated by this review, so I never watched it till today. Because I was afraid that somehow; a reviewer I loved was going to wrench this band and their music from my heart and I would still be that loser who was relentlessly bullied throughout school.
And you know what? It didn’t. No matter what others think, no matter the comments (and I’m sure this will get some nasty ones), this band and what they have done for me can never be replaced or taken away. I love this band and their music. I pine for the day when I can go to Italy and see them live. I dream of meeting them, and crying at the lyrics that have helped me through the wild world of adolescence.
Some may be waiting for this to be a joke or punchline. It isn’t. Everything I wrote is sincere and from my heart.
I know Todd isn’t gonna read or acknowledge this. And that’s fine. All I know is I love this band and their music, and how silly they are and how jovial they are when people look at their work.
I hope one day I could see them, or even meet them.
Great story :) I am happy everything worked out for you!
Give me the goddamn punchline woman.
I believe this is a advanced existentialist joke.
@@HolyGoddessMotherAnne It isn’t. Eiffel 65 is my favorite band. My hope is that one day I can go to Italy to see them perform. They have gone to Canada and Mexico but not the States to play, and Maury (their keyboardist) has faved a few of my comments to his post!
Whatever you want to say or think of them and their music is up to you. But no negative comments or feelings from others will ever take away their place in my heart.
Remember: confidence isn’t caring about what others think of you or things you love. It’s about being able to move past what others may think. :)
@@ThatVeganWhiteRose I don't hate Eifel 65, they're ok, they're just very meh and bland but u can like em and im not a jerk so live life unless you're a Nickelback or Hinder fan then, my god.
Very inspirational. If one day the stuff I make can have this kind of effect on ONE person, my life will have been worth it. Stand by your convictions and keep loving what you love without second thoughts, Rose P, no one can take that away from you.
If you reverse the chorus, it says "hide the body, eat the body"
eat the body, come on everybody
Shit they found out the blue people’s secrets!
@@LimeyLassen I'm histericallu laughing and it's 3 am
polina gonch what an odd coincidence 🤣
So it has a connection to "Move Your Body" song.
"If I were green, I would die" is what I heard.
I thought the same thing for years
I just beat off a guy
same here
Damon Horton Well, you're quick to fucking assume, aren't you?
Damon Horton it's not too hard to hear dude
*I GROANED when Smurfs: The Lost Village used this song for a montage. Such an obvious move.*
Well, that indicates that the Smurfs is a European franchise after all!
Have to admit the keyboard melody is pretty catchy, kind of sounds like it might have been borrowed from some classical piece but no idea what.
The keyboard melody in this song is top notch. It’s why the song is so popular lol
Keyboard melody is so good, Guetta got a huge hit in 2022 ripping it off.
Fact for a day: In russian slang "blue" is a synonym for "homosexual"
+Виталий Харви Gay (Da ba dee)
Lol and all I hear is I'm blue , I'm in need of a guy
Light blue, not blue itself
In Soviet Russia, homosexual blues you!
What's NOT a synonym for "homosexual" in Putin's highly closeted Rushka?
This song is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine.
Same
Fuck guilty, it's just a pleasure for me. Song doesn't have to be all artsy and deep to be enjoyable.
I agree. I don't know why i enjoy the song so much
It was just so catchy!!
@@christopherwilliams9418 exactly how I was feeling. Cheers!🥂
Until today I always misheard the line: "Blue like my corvette, it's sitting outside" as: "Blue like my colon, insane and on time" I literarly thought he was singing about his bowel movements.
That's the funniest thing I have read in a while 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They said in an interview that blue was just random, not necessarily linked with sadness; the funny part is that there is no fixed meaning and you can just think whatever you want about it.
I quite like this song, to be honest. I generally like lyrics evoking images, however random and nonsensical they may be; I think it is Blue's charm.
At the same time, as an Italian that somewhat existed in the Nineties I do wonder how much of their success was due to the fact that, well, they sang in English and people didn't really bother listening to the lyrics anyway.
The DJ from Eiffel 65, Gabry Ponte, came to play in my small town in south Italy. Man, I love trashy Italian disco music.
patriziapie same
Absolutely nothing wrong with that!
I'm part Italian
WAIT IT'S GABRY PONTE?... I might have a actually met the guy from Eiffel 65!
did you make out with him?
Seriously Todd, you are now obligated just by the rules of the universe right now to cover...
Darude - Sandstorm.
I know you want to...
+Gini Childers It wasn't a hit in America, so it doesn't count. Although it did go to #1 in Norway.
You mean SARUDE - DANKSTORM
Darude - Out of Control
No...
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
@@8bitwiseman Rick Astley had two #1 US hits and a few other top 10s.
Hey Todd! Davide here :) I just found your video and I'm one of the people that worked on those videos back in the days :) Thanks for doing a video, nice memories eheh and I know they looked cheap :) I was 18 years old, In the recent years I became a successful 3d artist and worked on many Hollywood blockbusters :)
daxx2k That's awesome I actually thought the aliens were cute :)
You did good with what you had at the time.
It gave us some laughs
Bad ass
"His chicken cordon is blue" made me laugh out loud.
i always thought this song was trying to brainwash everyone into joining the Crips
Jerru no you didn't
I thought the crips were green...
@@colmivers no, that's something else
This guy predicted blueface
@@BeatsByYari *BLUEFACE BABY*
When I was a kid I thought this song was by the Blue Man Group lol
Awesome
Same
When i was a kid blue man group didn't exist yet
I’m dying 😵 lol
Literally fucking same
I know that this is an old episode, but David Guetta recently made a revamped version of this song. Heard it on the radio and my jaw dropped. I immediately recognized the music.
I legit wonder if Eiffel 65 authorized that.
Italian artist Boombabash made a synthwave-y remix of ‘Too Much Of Heaven’
Todd put it as his worst song from 2022
You should check out the Flume remix from a few years back. Brings the song forward a few decades 😊
@@thedon-e6514 Flume’s version is a tragic disgrace to a beloved song. As is Shiva’s.
They got a writing credit on it, so they’re defs making some moolah off of it
This is the closest Todd will probably ever get to talking about Eurobeat.
I love Eurobeat, thanks Initial D, you might call me a filthy weeb but holy crap, this is one of my favourite musical subgenres.
@@HolyGoddessMotherAnne I mean it's another Italo Disco offshoot so it makes sense.
@@Dexter037S4 I just like Eurobeat.
Todd please do...
Barbie Girl
Not really a one hit wonder. Aqua had a few hits
+? the Platypus its still a bad song
+StopMotion Maniac personally I disagree. It's a great send up of vapidness
+MitziiztiM he can rewiew it anyway not as OHW
+StopMotion Maniac yes! I hope he reviews it
Let's see how many misheard lyrics we can come up with for the chorus.
I'm blue, if I was green I would die
I'm blue, I believe I can fly
I'm blue, I would beat off a guy
I'm blue, I must eat apple pie
I'm blue, I will bleed I will die
I'm blue, I'm in need of a diet
I'm blue, I'm a blueberry pie.
I'm blue, this song needs to just die.
...Sounds accurate.
+WesternWolfWarrior if I O.D. I would die
+WesternWolfWarrior All of them are true!
+WesternWolfWarrior I'm probably the ONLY person who has NEVER mistook the lyrics to this song for any of those lines you listed. I may have misinterpreted the lyrics, but my misinterpretation was closer to the real thing. When I was younger, I thought it was "DOUBLE Dee DOUBLE die".
Man, to be honest, i'm actually pretty damn impressed by these guys. Despite their big 'Claim to Fame' being I'm Blue, they managed to have fairly constant success across three decades. Not many artists can say that.
Now listen up, here's a story
About a shadow guy who sits, hearing dumb songs
And all day, and all night, and everything he hears is just dumb!
No wit, inside or outside
Dumb lyrics, and a dumb music video,
And a dumb chorus, and everything is dumb for him
But he's got to give this song its due
Because nobody- should have- to listen to...
@@Abbaschand I had a bad day... You made me laugh... THANKS!
They can imagine aliens. They can imagine spaceships. Tractor beams. Stasis pods. Robot... arm... things. But flat-screen monitors? //ERROR// DOES NOT COMPUTE\\
+Hezekiah Bennetts Haha, yeah ! x-D
can they imagine dragons though?
Always a thing with imagining the future. Just read science fiction from the Forties. The heroes will be on a rocket ship travelling to the moons of Jupiter and the navigator is plotting the course with pencil, paper, and a sliderule
star trek from the 60s already had flat screens.
It was a simple time.
This was 5 year old me's favorite song
LUCHA UNDERGROUND!
Who would like to face my baby brother....METANZA CUETO!
Yea, I was a big fan of this in my 20s. Yea, the lyrics are stupid, but a lot of my favorite songs from that period had lyrics that were literally gibberish, no attempt to include actual words at all. Blue's lyrics are stupid, but they're unabashedly stupid, and not trying too hard to convince you otherwise, so they came out with pretty much the same effect as those gibberish songs.
+Raptor They said it was their favourite song when they were 5, they didn't say that they were currently 5.
Same here, unfortunately
There's a Vice video where the band revealed that they didn't have auto-tune but that's the sound they were emulating by using other effects
I've always seen this song as talking about depression. I'm blue, my entire world is blue, my house (my living space) is blue, the (little) window I have to the world is blue, my girlfriend is blue too, even the trees, nature! Are blue now. Blue are the feelings that live inside me. Depression really makes it feel like everything around you is senseless and devoid of meaning and nothing will ever be better. For me it captured the feeling perfectly. And there's a beautiful thing in singing about depression with such energy, such brightness. It's joy in spite of it. Everything around me is sad and awful, and yet I'm still singing. I'm blue, da ba dee dabba da-ee.
"Im blue, I need weed or I'll die!"
I’m blue I would beat off a guy I would beat off a guy
"I'm blue if i was green i would die!"
"I'm nude I'm in need of guy."
I would like this comment but it’s at 666 likes and I don’t want to ruin that😈
Truth be told, I...love this song. Blue was my favorite color at the time, and still is one of them, so when I was younger, it felt like a song written just for me. But for all the reasons you've mentioned here and more, I do get why other people may not feel the way I did. It's by no means a masterpiece, but it holds a soft spot with me nonetheless.
+LinkSeasonMaster Me too, I love this song as well. However, I think that may be because when I first heard this song as a little kid, and never actively listened to it again until I was 19. So I never found it annoying, and I still don't.
That's a lame reason
wHaT's YoUr FaVoRiTe CoLoR nOw??
Yeah, I was just a kid in the nineties, so all I cared about was that it was really catchy. And, because I liked it so much as a kid, even now, I can't really take the nostalgia googles off. I know it's a dumb song but I still love it!
Kiara Animefan It's not as dumb a song if you really look into the meaning of "seeing everything in blue". This song is about how everyone sees the world differently, in their own ways. I actually watched the documentary about the song, and blue was just a random color they chose, as the main thing was just using any color as a metaphor.
No! Even if i'm the sole defender of this opinion, i say this song is amazing and nobody should feel guilty about liking it. This song is a once in a lifetime thing, there's so much unique weirdness behind it. That rap part, the weird lead vocal effect (it's not autotune, it's extremely interesting from a audio technical standpoint) that weird second chord progression that comes out of nowhere, the cryptic lyrics that can only come from translation errors and a very unique approach to lyric writing and of course that dreadfully catchy but somber melody. Seriously, so many people brush this song off as some basic eurodance thing but it's such a unique mix of interesting flavors! I'll defend this song till blue aliens come abduct me.
wow thats impressive.
cant tell if your being serious or not?
do another, do another..erm... tell my why "Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing" by witch doctor is a masterpeice. Or why "friday" by rebecca black is really deep and misunderstood.
Do "Dragostea Di Tei"
o-zone or haiducii? :D I ask because both charted at the same time in Germany. I don't remember much of what happened that year, but I remember that...
MA YA HEE
MA YA HOO
MA YA HA
MA YA HA HA
Mmm...was that a hit? Or just a meme song? Because that was before streaming removed the distinction. I don't remember it being seen beyond the Internet.
@@luckystriker842 oh it do lol
xD Every single cafe back when i was a kid blasting that song
@@InaZeaAnaZazi O-Zone was the original, Haiducii was the cover. It was a really weird case.
I LOVE Blue (Daba Dee). I remember when the music video premiered on the Disney Channel and my little sisters and I ran around singing and waving our arms with the song. It's a fun song to listen to even if it's repetitive.
I genuinely adore the tune, but the lyrics annoy the hell out of me.
It is great song actually
Oh.
I thought I was watching a pop song review, but apparently I'm now watching Iron Man 3...
I don't follow.
hubakon1368 was it? that's one of the 2 mcu movies that I've never seen yet (that and Thor 2)
That song was played during the Marvel and Paramount logo.
I always thought as a kid that the lyrics were “and I would meet other guys” 😭😭😭
Oh, it was inescapable, alright. Around this time, Kmart brought back their Blue Light Specials, and they would have this song on loop whenever they'd have one.
He looks like the Italian version of Pit Bull
Alright, let's be real. MGS, RE1, and Tekken were legitimately hype. I'd rock that song.
The fact that Sony never used this song in any of their marketing is a failure on Sony's part. Imagine if the PlayStation Classic was marketed with this song. And also imagine if the PlayStation Classic wasn't a disappointment.
@@bluecoin3771 If the PS Classic had like Klonoa, Gran Turismo 1, maybe Pac-Man World 1, Chrono Cross, a variety of other RPG's or other genre-based games then yeah, it would be good, hell if it had analogue support then I'd be ecstatic but it sadly was a let down.
As an Italian, Eiffel 65 is something I'm really proud. "Voglia di dance all night" rules.
Todd “We didn’t have anything to worry about in 1999”.
Y2K: “Am I a joke to you? Oh, wait . . .”
A song about video games with a Tekken 3 interlude?
best song ever
I laughed a little too hard at "Here Be Eurovision."
Honestly as a young kid in the late 90s I adored the entire Europop album. Still a (only slightly guilty) pleasure, and happy to sing along to every song. Too Much of Heaven and Living in a Bubble are still bops
In Russian slang "blue" has two meanings (since we have different words for light blue and dark blue):
Синий (Siniy, Dark blue) means "Heavily drunk".
Голубой (Goluboy, light blue) means "Gay".
For that last one...
"I'm blue, I could beat off a guy..."
@@maverickREAL this made my day.
I liked it.... I still like it.... I don't know why. I know it's not good, but I genuinely enjoy the song.
WeepingAngel but then it is good But not a critical standpoint
It is good. Silly and good.
When I was young, this song somehow caused me to have a nightmare where I was on the Titanic and it was sinking and these blue people (who were apparently already drowned and dead) approached me from the water that was filling the boat.
"His chicken cordon is blue" I nearly fell off the couch laughing at that one.. but now I suddenly crave chicken cordon blue.. dammit
Toddstradaumus strikes again. This song got a sample and became an even worse hit.
This song was the first song I sang as a kid and will be the last one I sing. If only all the bad songs on the radio were as remotely fun as this. Good times, good times...😏
Matthew Ramroop my first song to torture others was Lamb Chops show "song that doesn't end" ever think kids like repetition and being annoying ergo that's enough to build nostalgia, even love?
Matthew Ramroop ikr
im blue if i was green i would die if i was green i would die if i was green i would die
That's racist bruh
That was the Stick Death anthem, bruh.
Personally I heard "I was Queen of the Nile". So I guess this guy was Cleopatra in a previous life?
I can't see any resemblence to Elizabeth Taylor
Who's here after number 1 of this year's worst list?
I actually bought this album. Their song "Now Is Forever" is pretty good, imo.
Definitely one of my favorites ! Too bad it never made a single release. Would have been a perfect choice right when they split.
I have good memories of that album as well.
Contact is a good album. Don’t worry, there are others who like them too.
I'm going to check the track out now☆
just listened to this and it is an absolute bop, what a contrast to da ba dee
Listening to some classic Todd, but one thing did make me think. The guy said he had a corvette, of course that's really depressing. He's from Italy, a country which amongst other things has long windy roads, narrow city streets, and produces some of the best sports cars in the world. If I had something big, american that can't turn and lived in Italy I would be blue too.
Stereotyped crap. We also have 5-lanes highways here, and I mean 5 lanes + emergency lane, one set per direction. Do a google street view at 45.521491, 9.109899 and see for yourself. BTW Italian car maker FIAT also produces SUVs and pick-ups american style. Bring your Hummer anytime here, it can turn almost everywhere, of course there is always going to be the small old town on the hills built 200+ years ago where streets were for donkeys, and that town can not be torn down to make streets suitable for SUVs.
Sure would suck having a Corvette.
What if he's sad because he doesn't have... A VESPA SPECIAL. CHE RISOLVE I PROBLEMIII (sorry to all not Italians)
At least he'd get to have a laugh when he rolled past the burnt out lambos and Ferraris running on 9 cylinders.
"I've seen better CGI in those local car dealership commercials."
I didn't know they had RockAuto in California.
Wow Mabel I didn't know that was CGI, but seriously the graphics in these videos are terrible. 😂
Future Todd's worst hit song of 2022 brought me here.
I'm blue
I'm in need of a guy
I got beat up at night
I believe I could die
If I were green I would die
I would beat off a guy
Jussie Smollet is that you?!?
So I was walking by a group of kids today that were all seemingly under the age of 10. One of them asked very loudly to the others if they have heard the song Blue, and then he proceeded to sing this song very loudly. It's been 20 years and the song is still haunting me
I am unironically interested in finding the rest of their songs now. Todd, you unintentionally made a new Eiffel 65 fan.
Gabry Ponte made a Godfather dance remix that I actually kinda like, check it out
I'm a huge fan of Trance, and for the first time, euro electronic music was available state side (for free). I LOVED this song, and one time, my buddy and I listened to it for 8 hours on repeat to see if we'd get tired of it. We never did. Still like this song.
10:26 "He went SOLO!" had me rolling, did not see that coming!
I remember when my father bought this album when I was in kindergarten. Today it is still my favorite album.
As a way to set the emotion, tone and indicate the era, using this song in the Iron Man 3 cold open was perfect
I remember watching iron man 3, even as a child getting goosebump from the melody. I putted that song back again and again on CZcams. Good times.
I came back to watch this episode because Italian death metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse just released a killer cover of this song
Being born in 1991, i am one of the people who like this song to this day. This is one the songs of my childhood and still one of my favourites along with Move your body and P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N!
And the sample from this song is now Todd’s worst hit song of 2022! 😊
Italy, the birthplace of Eurobeat that was used in Initial D shows and movies.
And that is why i have devoted my loyalty to Italy (as long as stuff like the 1940s don't happen again)
Italy was also a leading country for the 80s disco (also known as Italo Disco)
I loved this song when it came out. I listened to the album every car trip when I was kid. My parents probably hated it so much. Even now as an adult, I love this group. EIFFEL 65 WILL NEVER BE A ONE HIT WONDER IN MY HEART!
Eiffel 65 recently competed to represent San Marino in Eurovision. They lost.
marvellous.
I like this song. I always thought of it as an alien who lives on a planet where everything is literally the color blue. So, in this way he is just describing his home. Plus, it's a catchy tune.
The Cordon Bleu joke was completely cleesy and one of the best things I've laughed at in a while
8 years later its a hit again with Bebe Rexha and David Guetta, you just never know
I've been going through a ton of your videos and through this series I've learned that my favorite type of music is apparently one hit wonders.
I actually really like the "Europop" album that "Blue" is from. "Silicon World" and "Hyperlink" are personal favorites. But electronic music is kind of my thing, so ymmv.
Now is Forever is a good tune, too. I remember it was in CKY2K.
I love move your body way more than im blue
Too much of heaven is their best song imo
80s Stars is my fav
Move your body come on everybody!
I remember when I was a kid, in my country they started playing this song on the radio the same year, they started broadcasting Ed, Edd and Eddy on CN :D
This song was most popular in Aberdeen and Dubai.
"Warning: Here be Eurovision"
I be laughing.
His waffle is blue.
He has a vagina?!?!
Noooooooooo
So Vice just did a 20th anniversary mini-documentary about this song, and it turns out Todd got a lot of things wrong.
For one, Jeffery Jay is not a native Italian, nor is it his first language. He was born in Brooklyn and moved to Italy as an adult to start a music career. He openly admitted that the lyrics are gibberish. In fact, the version that became a hit single is a remix of the original version, which was just the chorus. The other lyrics came later when they decided to make a pop version. The "da ba dee" part was because the producer wanted something universal, which crossed language barriers. When the three guys wrote it, they were literally just hired session musicians making club tracks for compilation albums. They didn't officially become a "band" until the single got big and they decided to go on tour. They even said they were the first techno act to become traditional pop stars, which I totally agree with. But the whole thing was entirely a happy accident.
czcams.com/video/epnsRRPtoeU/video.html
Here's the video. It's worth a look.
I thought Jeffrey was American who happened to move to Italy at some point. But apparently Jeffrey is really not his real name.
@@IABITVpresents It was (is?) a bit of a tradition for Italian EDM artists to take on English sounding stage names. Made them sound more "foreign" and cool to their target audience. Robert Miles real name was for example actually Roberto Concina. And Dave Rodgers actual name is Giancarlo Pasquini.
@@jimhjortsberg2990 I once heard of such John Bringwolves (real name Giovanni Portaluppi) so Italians tend to do this kind of thing even to this day
11:01-11:05 I checked and yep, that website is still up in 2022. Hey people who want to keep the Space Jam website from 1996 preserved, here's another one to preserve.
This song isn't a one hit wonder, this song hits me over and over again.
I thought I was the only one who thought it said I'm in need of a guy 😂
When I was in elementary school I thought it was some kind of gay anthem lmao
I unironicly love this song.
Recently rewatched Iron Man 3 which opens with this song. Had it stuck in my head for a week.
I really like this song. Imo it is a good happy song about sadness. If Eiffel 65 was bigger in the public consciousness I'm not sure it would hit the same way.
My favorite Italian acts include Anna Oxa, Matia Bazar, Lucio Dalla, Eros Ramazotti, and Nek. They're worth exploring.
I don't think Todd really needs to worry about northern european music at least, since it's like, at least sixty percent heavy metal in one form or another.
Despite growing up in the US, I am quite sure I remember hearing “Move Your Body,” back in the day. I feel like they played that at my local skating rink.
I'm glad we have now I'm Good (Blue), so at least I can vibe to that rhythm while singing some okay lyrics
Are you well? That song is a travesty
Really? I never really thought of this song as being HATED. I remember we used to kind of roll our eyes back in the day but we did that for every tune like this that came along. Of the older pop tunes that I show my students nowadays, this is one that they like almost universally 🤷♂️
I will always love this song. The riff, the punchy classic sounding 909 beat, and I'm a sucker for robotic singing in dance music (see one more time and harder better faster stronger both by daft punk).
Even though I knew they weren't the lyrics, I always liked to sing, "I'm blue, if I were green I would die. If I was green I would die."
Fun fact: in 2020, Blue was sampled/remixed by italian rapper Shiva (even though it's listed as Shiva and Gabry Ponte, the DJ from the band, or just Eiffel 65). Let's just say, it went from a europop hit, to a europop/rap hybrid about drugs, running away from cops, flexing, butts and a blue car. This remix is widely considered a terrible song that ruined both rap and eurodance here lol.
Eiffel 65: Our band and its success were outlived by the ugliest CGI alien ever made.
Okay, you played and mentioned all my favorite songs off their first album. I actually really liked that album back in the day. I still jam My Console every once in a while.