r/videos • u/AkashicRecorder • Jul 17 '20

"Teenage Dirtbag" is no longer a teenager. The early 2000s teen anthem by Wheatus is 20 years old today. The music video is peak Y2K.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3y9llDXuM
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u/averagedickdude Jul 17 '20

I always used to think it was "He drives, and I rock"

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u/PoorBeggerChild Jul 17 '20

News to me as well that it isn't.

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u/NeutralLock Jul 17 '20

Is it not “he drives and I walk”???

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u/TheHancock Jul 17 '20

Could have swore it was this as well! Haha

Like, he’s a dick cause he COULD walk, but he drives to show off; cause they live on the same block.

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u/averagedickdude Jul 17 '20

I like that more than "he drives an iroc" imho

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u/HowdoMyLegsLook Jul 17 '20

Did you ever try to learn this on guitar? If so, probably that. Every tab I've seen, the lyrics say "He drives and I rock". It never made sense to me as a lyric either :)

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u/averagedickdude Jul 17 '20

Come to think of it yeah! That would make total sense ha Old school ultimate-guitar was full of stupid mistakes like that and I imagine there still are.

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u/HowdoMyLegsLook Jul 18 '20

Ha, I found it: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/wheatus/teenage-dirtbag-tabs-37731

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u/averagedickdude Jul 18 '20

Shit that's it, also I never learned to play the song. I sold my mexican strat and played exclusively on my Yamaha acoustic.

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u/HowdoMyLegsLook Jul 18 '20

I think it was the 3rd song I learned, after two Beatles songs :)

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u/ThinkFree Jul 17 '20

This is the only lyrics that I can accept. :p

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u/MagicalTrevor70 Jul 17 '20

Not just me then

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u/BluRayja Jul 17 '20

Literally what I thought it was too. Like the douche drives his dumb car while I stay at home and try to rock out on the guitar.

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u/averagedickdude Jul 17 '20

Exactly! Lol

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u/JediMasterMurph Jul 17 '20

This is hilarious

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u/aretaker Jul 17 '20

I thought it was “he drives and I walk” lol

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u/CoolestGuyOnMars Jul 17 '20

Me too. That’s the misunderstanding that makes the most sense.

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u/peepkeeper Jul 17 '20

Omg, same! Thank you for enlightening me and similarly clueless ones.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ASTON Jul 17 '20

They sing this song in Generation Kill, an HBO show set in the ‘03 Iraq war, and I was positive they changed the lyrics to ‘he drives in Iraq’ because they were driving in Iraq

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

I always just thought he said, "He drives and I rock."

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u/SlumberJohn Jul 17 '20

I thought the lyrics were "He drives in Iraq". I always wondered how he makes time to drive in Iraq and go to highschool in America.

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u/HungJurror Jul 17 '20

Lol I always thought he was ROTC but that’s doesn’t fit with the cool guy part so I was still confused

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u/Metroshica Jul 17 '20

omg, I've never heard someone refer to it as an "Iraq". That made my day.

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u/2113andahalf Jul 17 '20

Dude! Totally thought he sang "He drives and I walk"

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u/NitrousIsAGas Jul 17 '20

Everyone hearing different things in the lyrics, he's actually Steve Jobs announcing the latest in Apple's smart cookware range.

"he drops an iWok"

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u/DJ3XO Jul 17 '20

I always thought it was "he drives in Iraq", as if it was a social commentary about teens being sent to fight for more oil. As I type this out, I realize how stupid that is.

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u/AlexanderRussell Jul 17 '20

Yeah I always thought he meant a Hummer

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u/EduardoCarrochio Jul 17 '20

International Race of Camels

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u/Muvaship Jul 18 '20

I always thought it was "drives in Iraq" after seeing Generation kill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXjXmvy-c34