Jimmy Eat World On 'The Middle' - NME Song Stories

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    Jimmy Eat World tell the story behind their 2001 smash hit 'The Middle' from fourth album 'Bleed American' and how it was inspired by a letter from a fan.
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Komentáře • 59

  • @TheNickyVera
    @TheNickyVera Před 7 lety +292

    Jim looks like a mix of Tom Delonge and Jim Carrey

    • @alexleblanc5926
      @alexleblanc5926 Před 5 lety +6

      Tom Delonge was my first thought, when I saw him and the guy beside him looks a bit like Mark Hoppus 😂

    • @yrekahc
      @yrekahc Před 5 lety +5

      I always thought the same thing

    • @corinjack
      @corinjack Před 4 lety +4

      I think he looks like that guy 'oz' from american pie. Might also be because they have the similar curtains fringe cut.

    • @KingChaos777
      @KingChaos777 Před 3 lety

      Yes thats true
      Thats in my head cant say it though but thanks

    • @theSUPERmere
      @theSUPERmere Před 3 lety

      This is exactly what I think and not able to explain.

  • @highandtight5544
    @highandtight5544 Před 2 lety +53

    Imagine being that 13/14 year old that emailed Jim's parents computer and birthed this monumental track.

  • @Nustyasongsandcat
    @Nustyasongsandcat Před 11 měsíci +7

    Your band is one of the kindest and best rock groups in the world. God bless U forever!

  • @swingmusicrevivalist6669
    @swingmusicrevivalist6669 Před 10 lety +28

    Jim has the best humor.

  • @lottierea2469
    @lottierea2469 Před 11 měsíci +5

    imagine one of the worlds biggest songs being written FOR YOU and ABOUT YOU

  • @huntercraig1730
    @huntercraig1730 Před měsícem

    I think ultimately we all go through feelings of not being accepted, or hurt because of rejection, or felling hurt for not fitting in or not feeling normal. For such a simple song it has such a powerful message. I'm really glad they made this. I think it therapeutic for a lot of people

  • @personhumasthing
    @personhumasthing Před 10 lety +111

    Isn't it weird how, as an outsider who doesn't really fit in, it's still very hard to fit in with other outsiders. But I guess that's the point. To not fit in. That's what an outsider is, right? A misfit. I'm really frickin proud to be a misfit. I never wanna be cool.

  • @CallMeGabi
    @CallMeGabi Před 7 lety +10

    hes so cuteee ugh

  • @nickrandles1102
    @nickrandles1102 Před 3 lety +8

    See I feel exactly the opposite. The ones that come easily are always the best ones for me when I write. It’s the one I work on for a month that ends up being weak. Love ya JEW you’re a HUGE influence on this album I’m working on!

  • @danwright718
    @danwright718 Před 8 lety +34

    I owe it to guys like this for getting me onto pop rock/pop punk and off of stupid Hot Topic metal (BVB, BMTH, AA)

  • @arikeer
    @arikeer Před 10 lety +21

    I love JEW and The Middle (and many of their songs) is on constant play via Spotify.

    • @jessenunez7205
      @jessenunez7205 Před 6 lety +11

      arikeer I was confused when u put JEW but realize those are the initials of jimmy eat world

    • @arpitdas4263
      @arpitdas4263 Před 3 lety +2

      Jew😬

    • @CornDogAnimations
      @CornDogAnimations Před rokem +2

      I too very much have an admiration for the Jews and the classic rock song titled " The middle"

  • @SelimxBradley
    @SelimxBradley Před 9 lety +32

    would love to share a beer with these dudes

  • @demidowner
    @demidowner Před rokem +1

    I saw these guys opening for mychem in March. They were absolutely amazing!

  • @aorticmonkey
    @aorticmonkey Před 10 lety +3

    Absolute classic!!!!!

  • @vinorama58
    @vinorama58 Před 6 lety +5

    Simple and yet, excellent execution.

  • @sgim43
    @sgim43 Před 5 lety +27

    still rocking that 90's haircut lol...

    • @Swerve_City
      @Swerve_City Před 4 lety +7

      To be fair, 90's culture is sort've in right now.

  • @leemacwilliams2237
    @leemacwilliams2237 Před 10 lety +52

    At around 2:20, Jim basically calls out the bullshit about how a large chunk of the music industry is churning out "punk" nowadays that is totally corporate, overproduced, and as un-punk as music can be. Or at least, that's how I heard it.

  • @anthonys387
    @anthonys387 Před 5 lety +4

    Great song.

  • @TheBeatMageLive
    @TheBeatMageLive Před 3 měsíci

    the end took a turn LOL

  • @smallfry1074
    @smallfry1074 Před 4 lety +8

    The Middle is their least emo song for sure you would know if your a fan

  • @Alternative88D
    @Alternative88D Před 10 lety +29

    That eyebrow...

    • @matthewrussell8482
      @matthewrussell8482 Před 9 lety +1

      Alternative88D I was just gonna comment on that... it's like... if that one eyebrow had a symmetrical counterpart, then that guy would totally have a unibrow. guy's a millionaire, get some tweezing done, bro, am i right?

  • @ed-od9sd
    @ed-od9sd Před 8 lety +4

    NME,
    please do the album story of Clarity

  • @therealblaze0001
    @therealblaze0001 Před 6 lety

    you da best

  • @john94949
    @john94949 Před 5 lety +5

    Adkins was actually very photogenic this whole time. Who knew? He was always a lyrical genius, but in the waning days of the boy band fluff - if he looked like this then, they'd be like Maroon 5 except not terrible and objectively great. Guns & Roses in the sense that everyone could agree were great, not just hardcore fans. Better, I personally liken the Guns & Roses sound to the torturing of an alley cat accompanied by a piano thrown down a couple dozen flights of stairs

  • @Lukerogers0121
    @Lukerogers0121 Před 8 lety +4

    3:02 Corey Feldman and Christian Bale's son

  • @sydnib9479
    @sydnib9479 Před 10 lety +16

    They didn't really tell a story of anything lol. Like at 2:03 Jimmy is talking about the band's emails and commenting on punk people saying "you dont want to be friends with them anyways" lol love how this gives me so much insight on what they put into the song, inspirations, how they got a certain sound ect... haha :P

    • @anthonynguyen4127
      @anthonynguyen4127 Před 9 lety +6

      Sydni S in the music video everyone is naked and and the main guy is wearing cloths and later meets a girl whos also dressed. idk maybe that was something to do with the email.

    • @iggystardust9236
      @iggystardust9236 Před 4 lety

      @@anthonynguyen4127 p0ppp0pppp0llllll

    • @JimmyBFMV
      @JimmyBFMV Před 4 lety

      @@joshualucas "Living in the middle"?! :-D The lyrics are "Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride". ;-)

    • @mariokleiman714
      @mariokleiman714 Před 3 lety +1

      Its about that girls that wrote him email about his problems( any student that have problem to fit in) he sings about its all right to not fit in or beein outsider, couse you dont wanna friends whose want you to change ,, you r All right,All right,,. Basiclly its about one part of your life when you feel deep in theese situations IT doesnt need to be Scholl, work or anything, its just about feelin beenin misfits becouse thats what we do as Punk Rockers, we does not fit. Thats our way

  • @simonhawkes5227
    @simonhawkes5227 Před 4 lety +5

    Jimmy eats carrey

  • @candygirl4life
    @candygirl4life Před 7 lety +2

    So it's like you want something or whatever that's hard to get and you get it but you don't deserve it because you didn't work for it?

  • @KathRob1994
    @KathRob1994 Před rokem

    I knew someone must have got too excited in there lol

  • @StephenAndrew777
    @StephenAndrew777 Před 10 lety +1

    :)

  • @davidhurtado2725
    @davidhurtado2725 Před rokem

    Dear punk tweenie, whoever you are: thank. you.

  • @goldslinger
    @goldslinger Před 3 lety +1

    How do You feel about Kelly Clarkson ripping off this song?

  • @inovermyhead3947
    @inovermyhead3947 Před rokem

    Did the girl ever reveal herself? Just wondering

  • @darrinsiberia
    @darrinsiberia Před rokem

    2:53 it was a fun video. A bunch of kids supposedly representing underage kids having softcore porn... What great times. Whoo. Yeah. (horrible).

  • @kaz_28
    @kaz_28 Před rokem

    Pixar me rechazó

  • @aarongrenon
    @aarongrenon Před 2 lety

    Couldn’t hear a word they said cause the song is good and it was too loud witch made it distracting. Hope you learn something from this comment cause now I have to watch the video again just to try to hear what they were saying. Bad production.

  • @niellalien
    @niellalien Před 10 lety +5

    The video to this song is dumb and unfitting, and I am not a Jimmy Eat World fan per se, but I love this song and its lyrics. 7th grade...!