Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo

In New York vertelt zanger/gitarist Brad Roberts van de Crash Test Dummies het verhaal achter 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm'.
Een reportage van Top 2000 a gogo uit 2021.

[bungasujatmo]

It's now March 2024 and listening to this song still gives me goosebumps, that's the definition of a timeless masterpiece

[dvelilla]

Ooooonce there was this criiiitic who, wrooote that this sooong was the worst he's ever heard and then wheeeen he published hiiiis work...hiiis...boooss...fired hiiim on theee spot. He couldnt quite explaaain it and how he's flipping Mmm mmm mmm mmm, mmm mmm mmm mmm.

[tractorp]

And 30 years later it is still stuck in my head. The song is really genius

[chrismarek]

This classic just turned 30 years old this year. Thank you Brad.

[baileyward]

I'm just seeing this interview for the first time. I think the song is brilliant, and the story sung with that vocal range is refreshing to hear. I just like it still to this day. You created a classic! Thank you!

[jrjubach]

He's quoted as saying, "I could perform that song anywhere in the world, and anywhere in the world people will sing along with the chorus."

[safespacebear]

Gosh he really comes off as a very open, humble and genuine fellow. I wish this interview was an hour or so longer

[misophoniq]

I remember my girlfriend doing a crossword puzzle (which totally didn't interest me) mumbling that she probably fucked up the crossword because she already had an impossible number of M's in a row. I asked her what the clue to that part of the puzzle was and she said "A song by the Crash Test Dummies?" First and only time I was ever able to help her with her crossword fetish.

[leafbelly]

That entire "God Shuffled His Feet" album is brilliant, not only lyrically, but musically as well. And the production is wonderful. Hands down my favorite album from the '90s. Sorry, "OK Computer" ... you're No. 2.

[iambiggus]

I have a deep voice, and I thank them for making a song that I could reliably karaoke too.

[mxm]

Always thought the chorus was brilliant. Took it to another level, suggesting it was all beyond words and evoking a sense of the profound. Very beautiful song.

[mlc]

Summer of 94, mowing lawn while humming this song over and over

[BrockLanders]

This song came out when I was in 8th grade and there was a rumor going around that the lead singer’s voice was so deep because he had 3 nuts.

[NGTV_]

The ending of the song with the band harmonizing sounds heavenly, always loved that part.

[johnadair]

Thank you Brad for getting me through some of the best and worst times of my life.

[paulschilling]

Your Top 2000 series is seriously one of the greatest things that’s ever happened to YouTube. Your love of the music is palpable in every interview you do. And the musical breadth is wonderful too!

[paulelverstone]

So hard to believe that this is nearly 30yrs old, as I remember hearing this for the first time like it was last week. So entirely different to everything else on the radio at the time; I would listen in part with incredulity and part curious humour.
Love the story, love the song, love this channel... :o)

[Robcobes]

I recently caught covid and my voice got so deep I finally could sing this song.

[dpunk]

I can’t tell you how this song impacted my life during my time as a kid who was an outsider. I was that kid in Catholic school whose mother was divorced, one of maybe a handful out of an entire school. It made me happy to hear it because I knew I wasn’t alone. Plus, it’s just a great song as was the whole album.

[rfdsrfds]

For me, one of the greatest songs ever