But nothing compares to the marvelous, punk-tastic, The Kids Aren't Alright."The Kid's Aren't Alright is the perfect"punk song. Then there's that fun bass-filled chorus, "I won't pay, Now why don't you get a job?" Dexter's voice is the best here, right in his range, that is until he tries to jump octaves, which is extremely painful, but even then, it still has a little bit of charm of "Oh, they're trying" to bring a smile to your face. Some gentle acoustic guitar underlies the verses. It's slowly growing musical backround is a lot of fun. This is followed by the even better Why Don't You Get A Job?. The beginning, the spanish counting,"the"snapping girl voices in the backround, and Dexter's UH-HUH's! But, as Christopher Walken would say, It Needs More COWBELL!!! I like the cowbell in the song, and the catchy as hell chorus, and Dexter's verses make this an undeniable guilty pleasure. There are a million reasons to hate this song. First is the fanboy shunned Pretty Fly For A White Guy. The overall strongest section of hte album, Americana has the most catchy and well known songs on the album. The chorus go out of Dexter's"range again, and"it doesn't make me tingle"or jump like the other great Offspring songs."Not like the ones on.Īmericana. It's got a nice guitar riff, but I feel it's cashing on too much on grunge, because the song isnt really punk at all. But it's"not a highlight of The Offspring's. It's a headbanger, but it seems too disjointed for me to like it. First is the really fast punk song" All I"Want. It goes too fast with not enough quality. I've never liked the Ixnay On The Hombre section much. They're perpetually offkey, which is a definite turnoff for me. It has a catchy riff an all, but Dexter's voice gets on my nerves a tidbit. The average Gotta Get Away is not a favorite of mine. The bridge is much better with clever lines like "When she's saying she wants only me, then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends?""The Offspring have always had a definite direction for eveyr one of their songs."You always"know what the"song's about, and Self Esteem is about a guy getting screwed over by his girlfriend. Lyrically not the greatest song ever ("Hey-O, Yea-ah, Yea-ah-ah, Oh, Yea-ah,"YEA-ah") The bass in the verse is cool going into the upper ranges of the bass, so kudos to that. It's nifty guitar part leading into the verse is really quite cool, but the poor recording and Dexter's off key vocals don't cut it for"me."After that"is Self Esteem,"a huge hit. You know the rest of the songs." Come"Out And Play,"originally off Smash, is the big breakthrough for"the band. The harmonies throughout the song give one the impression of emotion, something we all know The Offspring is not really all that capable of."It's a good gimmick to get people to buy the album as a whole, but really, for a buck you could get it off the internet. The hollow bridge with no"guitar is excellent. Dexter's voice comes in with some hot Whoa-Ohs, then a Chorus similar to The Kids Aren't Alright, one of the best songs The Offspring"has ever done, IMO. Can't Repeat begins with with some bass for a change, then jumps right in with a fun guitar hook. The album begins with the catchy as hell"with the new song, Can't Repeat. Therefore, while I like most of the songs on the album, it's a greatest hits, and not a very good one at that."Yhis album is an introduction to the Offspring, but"it's not at all special. 4 chords, Dexter's signature flat voice, and a catchy hook. But The Offspring have the same formula for each song. Nirvana had the power to do it because their songs are diverse and much more difficult. I mean throw in one new song with a small group of 13 singles? I mean come on.
(And before you guys kill me for calling them a side show, do YOU think they ever beat Green Day and Weezer for Rock Supremacy? No.) As far as greatest hits go, it's not one of the better ones. It's"a great introduction to one of the sideshow bands of the Nineties. But what I can tell you is that their Greatest Hits Compilation is a great piece of work.
Can't tell you too much about them in particular.
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