Hey y'all,
I haven't been around posting for a while. Too bad that trend hasn't translated to my e-bay jones.
I've been working on something with my band that this board and VBMX in general have inspired and it's time to share it.
Here is our latest work....hope you like it.
http://www.wheatus.com/downloads/BMX_Bandits_QT.mov
love and thanks for this board,
brendan
Full Version: BMX Bandits The Song
thats a freakin awesome song!!! i will have to get a cd!
Man ,Brendan. That song and clip is bloody awsome. I'll buy it (the album) for sure. I have loved all your stuff so far.
Cool.
Cool.
NOT for kids
sanjosebmx....
Yes....I was wrong not to warn. I apologize. That was indeed lame of me. I'm sorry if your kids were exposed.
Thank you all for the kind words.....I hope to meet you guys on tour one day.....The goal is to tour the country for a year and headline the Rock in '07.
Much love,
brendan
Yes....I was wrong not to warn. I apologize. That was indeed lame of me. I'm sorry if your kids were exposed.
Thank you all for the kind words.....I hope to meet you guys on tour one day.....The goal is to tour the country for a year and headline the Rock in '07.
Much love,
brendan
All I can say is WOW!
That is one Proto ala Moto Video & Song!
All you Old Skool Fools got to see & here it!
It's Knarly Charly!
That is one Proto ala Moto Video & Song!
All you Old Skool Fools got to see & here it!
It's Knarly Charly!
Hey Brendan, I remember exchanging email with you a couple years ago when that song was just an idea. The song turned out great, and the video is really a breath of fresh air in the current world of fisheye lens performance videos. Very nice! Congratulations!
Frazer
Frazer
Brendan, Can you post the lyrics (edited for a G rating, of course)? I certainly get the feel, but I'd love to know every last (non-profane) word
Thanks for writing that for us!
Thanks for writing that for us!
the video is awesome. I like the song too, it reminds me of "red barchetta" by Rush in a strange way. good stuff.
Frazer,
I remember that canversation as well....been a long time comming....but not as long as the turbo I'm working on....
BMX Bandits
Over and under we ride in love with the suicide
Here we **** with disaster and
careful has something to hide so come give this trick a try
push it faster you ******* and
Over this mountain you glide
No you're not gonna last If you can't push it past her
Nicole
What's that you got is that a black Turbo Diamond Back?
a JMC Racing Bike?
Man I wish I had one like that.
Nicole
You stole my soul with your cute little bunny hop, Your radical table top
Girl I wished you would never stop.
Nicole
I was only ten years old
**** I left my cell phone at home
It's just a broken collar bone
walk it off you big *****
And get your *** back on the bike
It's time to go lay some pipe
Or just watch me get nice
Ima school you on how to get high
Then go home tell your freinds how you bite all my style
Nicole
What's that you got is that a black Turbo Diamond Back?
a JMC Racing Bike?
Man I wish I had one like that.
Nicole
You stole my soul with your cute little bunny hop, Your radical table top
Girl I wished you would never stop.
Nicole
You got this moto licked the Hutch kids are off the list all the Skyway's are being fixed walky talkies and stolen ****.
Nicole
Quadangle, PK Ripper, Webco and Mongoose rip Redline Proline is winning it but Nomura I so the ****.
Nicole I was only ten years old.
Is there a love in your life?
Cause I wanna be your wife
It's a bird it's a plane
It's a bicycle up in the sky
You didn't say you could fly
Now I know where I stand and I'm
Tired of life on the ground
Loose my soul when I'm down up your ramp I am Found
Nicole
What's that you got is that a black Turbo Diamond Back?
a JMC Racing Bike?
Man I wish I had one like that.
Nicole
You stole my soul with that cute little bunny hop, Your radical table top
Girl I wished you would never stop.
Nicole
You got this moto licked the Hutch kids are off the list all the Skyway's are being fixed walky talkies and stolen ****
Nicole
Quadangle, PK Ripper, Webco and Mongoose rip Redline Proline is winning it but Nomura I so the ****
Nicole
I was only ten years old.
Thanks for listening VBMX'ers
brendan
I remember that canversation as well....been a long time comming....but not as long as the turbo I'm working on....
BMX Bandits
Over and under we ride in love with the suicide
Here we **** with disaster and
careful has something to hide so come give this trick a try
push it faster you ******* and
Over this mountain you glide
No you're not gonna last If you can't push it past her
Nicole
What's that you got is that a black Turbo Diamond Back?
a JMC Racing Bike?
Man I wish I had one like that.
Nicole
You stole my soul with your cute little bunny hop, Your radical table top
Girl I wished you would never stop.
Nicole
I was only ten years old
**** I left my cell phone at home
It's just a broken collar bone
walk it off you big *****
And get your *** back on the bike
It's time to go lay some pipe
Or just watch me get nice
Ima school you on how to get high
Then go home tell your freinds how you bite all my style
Nicole
What's that you got is that a black Turbo Diamond Back?
a JMC Racing Bike?
Man I wish I had one like that.
Nicole
You stole my soul with your cute little bunny hop, Your radical table top
Girl I wished you would never stop.
Nicole
You got this moto licked the Hutch kids are off the list all the Skyway's are being fixed walky talkies and stolen ****.
Nicole
Quadangle, PK Ripper, Webco and Mongoose rip Redline Proline is winning it but Nomura I so the ****.
Nicole I was only ten years old.
Is there a love in your life?
Cause I wanna be your wife
It's a bird it's a plane
It's a bicycle up in the sky
You didn't say you could fly
Now I know where I stand and I'm
Tired of life on the ground
Loose my soul when I'm down up your ramp I am Found
Nicole
What's that you got is that a black Turbo Diamond Back?
a JMC Racing Bike?
Man I wish I had one like that.
Nicole
You stole my soul with that cute little bunny hop, Your radical table top
Girl I wished you would never stop.
Nicole
You got this moto licked the Hutch kids are off the list all the Skyway's are being fixed walky talkies and stolen ****
Nicole
Quadangle, PK Ripper, Webco and Mongoose rip Redline Proline is winning it but Nomura I so the ****
Nicole
I was only ten years old.
Thanks for listening VBMX'ers
brendan
Canversation......That's latin for musical moron.
brendan.....the spelling champion!
brendan.....the spelling champion!
OMG....it is a Red Barchetta rip off!!!!!!!
Thanks for pointing that out. It makes sense as Rush were the ONLY band I listened to from age 15-19.
Down at his farm....my uncle preserved for me an old machine.....
What is the lyric: "Gleaming Alloy Aircar"?!?!?!
What is that?
Thanks for pointing that out. It makes sense as Rush were the ONLY band I listened to from age 15-19.
Down at his farm....my uncle preserved for me an old machine.....
What is the lyric: "Gleaming Alloy Aircar"?!?!?!
What is that?
Even better 'cause I was in the movie! Great lyrics too!
You were in the movie!??!?!!
You are rarer than a Chromoly Nomura.
Holy Cow.
Awesome
You are rarer than a Chromoly Nomura.
Holy Cow.
Awesome
you need to make an album of just bmx songs like that one! i have played that video like a hundred times today!
please tell me the video will be a bonus with the cd coming out!
please tell me the video will be a bonus with the cd coming out!
quote:Yep! This is me. I still have the helmet and Champion jersey. Great song mate.
You were in the movie!??!?!!
You are rarer than a Chromoly Nomura.
Holy Cow.
Awesome
[ October 16, 2005, 01:07 AM: Message edited by: Coastvl ]
I'm just a teenage dirt bag baby!
I guess I should have checked the board for other post before I started a new one. Great song Brendan! Any plans for a tour to support the new album? Will we be able to catch BMX Bandit on TRL? LOL!
lmao,, hey brendan thats an awesome new song. saw you a few years back at newcastle students union in the uk. you guys rock
graeme
graeme
Thanks for telling me about this thread Raybeard. We were just talking about Brendan at York this weekend.
Brendan,
Thanks for sharing that awesome song with us.
Ryan's still playing his guitar getting quite good at it actually, thanks again for all your insight on purchasing a good guitar and the autographed pictures you sent. They are still framed in his room, he often asks how your doing and if there is any new music. Great to see you posting on the board as we have missed you.
Now we just need you to perform the new song at Rockford 06. Man that would be a trip.
Brendan,
Thanks for sharing that awesome song with us.
Ryan's still playing his guitar getting quite good at it actually, thanks again for all your insight on purchasing a good guitar and the autographed pictures you sent. They are still framed in his room, he often asks how your doing and if there is any new music. Great to see you posting on the board as we have missed you.
Now we just need you to perform the new song at Rockford 06. Man that would be a trip.
quote:I have to copy Shannon. That song still rocks and is a regular request in my household.
I'm just a teenage dirt bag baby!
Doooooood... That song kicks *** man! Thanks for hookin' us up!!! Hey man, I collect old t-shirts and other vintage duds - can I send you a t-shirt in exchange for layin' this bad-*** tune on me? Send me your address man...
Boone
Boone
Dude! That rocked! Awesome job!
I'm generally weary about petting the egos of rock stars, as I've met enough famous people to know that a large percentage are crazed egomaniacs...But I'll go out on a limb and assume that Bendan has his ego under control
This is great rock and roll, which is all well and good, but nothing rare. What I think makes this a particularly good song is that it captures that youthful feeling of being awestruck. Both lyrically and sonically, it transports me back to that ten year old blissful ignorance when BMX bikes and girls were things that were supernatural and beyond the realm of thorough understanding; elevated on a pedistal. We all lived though that experience, even if it was about something other than BMX bikes and girls, but despite that, I find that very little art seem able to communicate the feeling of youthful wonder. This song does, and I think that's what makes it more than just a good rock and roll song.
This is great rock and roll, which is all well and good, but nothing rare. What I think makes this a particularly good song is that it captures that youthful feeling of being awestruck. Both lyrically and sonically, it transports me back to that ten year old blissful ignorance when BMX bikes and girls were things that were supernatural and beyond the realm of thorough understanding; elevated on a pedistal. We all lived though that experience, even if it was about something other than BMX bikes and girls, but despite that, I find that very little art seem able to communicate the feeling of youthful wonder. This song does, and I think that's what makes it more than just a good rock and roll song.
Brendan, that riiiiipppppps!
I noticed stick-figure guy is rockin' the looptail SkunkWorks Quad 24. Does it happen to be tan in color?
I noticed stick-figure guy is rockin' the looptail SkunkWorks Quad 24. Does it happen to be tan in color?
frazer,
Thanks for the kind words......The ego issue is a big deal in this business. I have gradually come to the conclusion that the music biz, like with other things, is occupied by a handful of people who actually have a skill and a hoard of tag-a-longs who do not. I have noticed that the peeps who can get things done never really have the ego issues. The wannabes on the other hand......whoooomama....look out!
I have been very lucky to have worked with a few people who genuinely care about music and have focused thier efforts according to that love. The dude who developed that video for example.....really cared about it and I think it shows. His name is Stu Mackay Smith. Along with my family, my brother Pete on the drums, sister Liz, Kathryn, Gerard on keys, Nick on bass, and Rob our manager we have been able to put something out there we are proud of......
And I'd like to thank the academy.... ooof! *Gets rrrrrrrrrun over by Harry Leary*
Seriously, many thanks to this board....It was a serious inspiration..... I was pretty down when I found VBMX.com but I'm feeling good now. Except I can't stop spending money on bikes....any advice for that?
much love,
brendan
Thanks for the kind words......The ego issue is a big deal in this business. I have gradually come to the conclusion that the music biz, like with other things, is occupied by a handful of people who actually have a skill and a hoard of tag-a-longs who do not. I have noticed that the peeps who can get things done never really have the ego issues. The wannabes on the other hand......whoooomama....look out!
I have been very lucky to have worked with a few people who genuinely care about music and have focused thier efforts according to that love. The dude who developed that video for example.....really cared about it and I think it shows. His name is Stu Mackay Smith. Along with my family, my brother Pete on the drums, sister Liz, Kathryn, Gerard on keys, Nick on bass, and Rob our manager we have been able to put something out there we are proud of......
And I'd like to thank the academy.... ooof! *Gets rrrrrrrrrun over by Harry Leary*
Seriously, many thanks to this board....It was a serious inspiration..... I was pretty down when I found VBMX.com but I'm feeling good now. Except I can't stop spending money on bikes....any advice for that?
much love,
brendan
Spend money like theres no tomorrow (you cant take it with you). It's the only thing that keeps me sane. I spend days in the shed muckin' around and the world seems to go away for a while. It's great.
Your love of music shows in your work. Keep it up man.
Glenn
Your love of music shows in your work. Keep it up man.
Glenn
Incredible, I'm speechless.
Make sure we all support Brendan and his efforts by going out and buying the cd, requesting it on the radio and satellite radio.
I don't know about the rest of you but I'm pretty addicted to this song.
US Release Oct. 18th
UK Release Oct. 24th.
I don't know about the rest of you but I'm pretty addicted to this song.
US Release Oct. 18th
UK Release Oct. 24th.
Great song, awesome video! Never thought lyrics containing BMX references could work in a song, but you proved me wrong...
Wow...unreal!! Video is an instant classic!!!!
Just digging this up again. Brendan, this is a great song. The hubby just bought the album off of I-tunes for me. Any chance of getting your band to Rockford 06? That would be truly amazing!
Speak to you soon!
[ November 05, 2005, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: Deanna ]
Speak to you soon!
[ November 05, 2005, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: Deanna ]
I just got home from a business trip and found my new Wheatus CD purchase in the mail box. Time to put it in the CD player on repeat.
Wow!!! That song rocks!!! I am now officially a Wheatus-fan!
I need to go out and get that album, pop it into my mp3 player, re-assemble my DB turbo and cross-up OS-style!! Yeah baby!
I need to go out and get that album, pop it into my mp3 player, re-assemble my DB turbo and cross-up OS-style!! Yeah baby!
That vid is AWESOME!
Man, I hate to sound like a prude but, I wish there was a " clean " version I could play for my 7 yr old.
Cool! I just noticed the BMXA Harry Leary (JMC) cover! And a BMX Plus cover too! Coolness, radness & sweetness!
Ben Barron: Man, just play him/her the song! In fact, It would be a crime not to!! A little foul language won't kill him/her.
[ November 05, 2005, 12:22 PM: Message edited by: Grendizer ]
Ben Barron: Man, just play him/her the song! In fact, It would be a crime not to!! A little foul language won't kill him/her.
[ November 05, 2005, 12:22 PM: Message edited by: Grendizer ]
no, but my wife might kill me
I think the best part of the video/song it the part where they show the kid jumping (non animated). The music stops you hear the chain rattle and clank. That's vintage BMX.
Anyone going to see Wheatus on their up coming tour? I might make the Bound Brook NJ show (be there for work that week) or the DC show a few days later.
Anyone going to see Wheatus on their up coming tour? I might make the Bound Brook NJ show (be there for work that week) or the DC show a few days later.
Ray,
That is my favorite part too. I would really like to go see Wheatus play, I'll have to go and look at the concert dates and locations to see if there is anything close.
That is my favorite part too. I would really like to go see Wheatus play, I'll have to go and look at the concert dates and locations to see if there is anything close.
Ray,
If you go you must introduce yerself....and bring me an NOS Turbo please.....
Ben....I'm going to look into getting the clean version avalible for streaming....there is one but I'm not sure where it is up.
Sorry about the Not For Kids thing.....I know this BMX life is indeed meant to be shared with the youngins....My BMX memories are of tough guys who cursed a lot and rode wheelies down the street with no front tire while smoking a cigarette.
There is a clean version in stores.
Thanks for all the support y'all....It means the most coming from this place.
much love,
see you on tour,
bbb
PS........ that home video of the kid racking himself was taken the day before I broke my collar bone and 3 days before I wrote the 2nd verse.......Ha!
If you go you must introduce yerself....and bring me an NOS Turbo please.....
Ben....I'm going to look into getting the clean version avalible for streaming....there is one but I'm not sure where it is up.
Sorry about the Not For Kids thing.....I know this BMX life is indeed meant to be shared with the youngins....My BMX memories are of tough guys who cursed a lot and rode wheelies down the street with no front tire while smoking a cigarette.
There is a clean version in stores.
Thanks for all the support y'all....It means the most coming from this place.
much love,
see you on tour,
bbb
PS........ that home video of the kid racking himself was taken the day before I broke my collar bone and 3 days before I wrote the 2nd verse.......Ha!
Deanna,
I Would Love To Play The Rock.....
If time permits and the organization will have us then I think we could certainly do it.
I might be able to die after playing a set in front of all that 4130.....Not to mention the dudes that used that steel to make art.
That would be mint.
brendan
I Would Love To Play The Rock.....
If time permits and the organization will have us then I think we could certainly do it.
I might be able to die after playing a set in front of all that 4130.....Not to mention the dudes that used that steel to make art.
That would be mint.
brendan
Here is a
"Clean" BMX Bandits by Wheatus
"Clean" BMX Bandits by Wheatus
I absolutely LOVE it!
I am usually the guy that can pin down a bands influences in a snap of the fingers. When I can't, as is the case here, it is a huge compliment!
I agree that the story line paralells Rush's "Red Barchetta" in the "passion" context, but it has a different flavor all together, I'd say much more like "The Analog Kid" for Rush.
It has a more up-beat drive, like "Kickstart My Heart"...."Skydive naked from an aero-plane...kickstart my heart!", or the Scorpions' "Dynamite". But it also carries a hint of the B-52's. Maybe some "White Stripes" (very new school) in there too!
You can tell it is "New School" music in form. Being an "Old Schooler", when the song hits the " ... was only 10 years old....", I would have been cupping the pick, working the Kahler, and extending a finger, and reaching for some hammer-ons, big bends, and some vibrato! Just like Rush's "The Analog Kid"!... Instead if moves to a more modern ascending chromatic chord harmony, that builds it up to the Bridge... "New School style". Angus Young of AC/DC was the master purveyor of Chromatic scale overlays and " chromatic build-up's"... I like that a lot! I do miss the solo sections absent from the new school stuff though!
I am a ways off the mark yet, having only heard it 10 minutes ago, but when I get it, maybe I will share....lol
That should have made it onto "Joe Kid", if only on a "Bonus Disc"!!!!
As for this
The video is completely awesome, and the whole thing just plain rocks, with a refreshing sound!....Outstanding! I can't say enough good things about it!
Way to go bro!
I am usually the guy that can pin down a bands influences in a snap of the fingers. When I can't, as is the case here, it is a huge compliment!
I agree that the story line paralells Rush's "Red Barchetta" in the "passion" context, but it has a different flavor all together, I'd say much more like "The Analog Kid" for Rush.
It has a more up-beat drive, like "Kickstart My Heart"...."Skydive naked from an aero-plane...kickstart my heart!", or the Scorpions' "Dynamite". But it also carries a hint of the B-52's. Maybe some "White Stripes" (very new school) in there too!
You can tell it is "New School" music in form. Being an "Old Schooler", when the song hits the " ... was only 10 years old....", I would have been cupping the pick, working the Kahler, and extending a finger, and reaching for some hammer-ons, big bends, and some vibrato! Just like Rush's "The Analog Kid"!... Instead if moves to a more modern ascending chromatic chord harmony, that builds it up to the Bridge... "New School style". Angus Young of AC/DC was the master purveyor of Chromatic scale overlays and " chromatic build-up's"... I like that a lot! I do miss the solo sections absent from the new school stuff though!
I am a ways off the mark yet, having only heard it 10 minutes ago, but when I get it, maybe I will share....lol
That should have made it onto "Joe Kid", if only on a "Bonus Disc"!!!!
As for this
quote:Vindicated by this photo...obviously expecting a snow fall....winter jacket on....clearly installing my 1 red and 1 blue tuff wheel I only used for riding in the snow....Why put both of them on? ...all you really need is one, right? You drove a nail home there! LOL!
tough guys who cursed a lot and rode wheelies down the street with no front tire
The video is completely awesome, and the whole thing just plain rocks, with a refreshing sound!....Outstanding! I can't say enough good things about it!
Way to go bro!
[ December 12, 2005, 11:59 AM: Message edited by: Ted Carl ]
Wow man, I was just *****ing to someone today that I missed your show on the 23rd because I was out of town, didn't know you were on vbmx, small world. Great vid by the way.
Edit: Didn't know you couldn't say that word. Let me rephrase. I was complaining to someone today, lol.
[ December 12, 2005, 10:48 PM: Message edited by: plainsbikesouth ]
Edit: Didn't know you couldn't say that word. Let me rephrase. I was complaining to someone today, lol.
[ December 12, 2005, 10:48 PM: Message edited by: plainsbikesouth ]
While showing this video clip to my Father, We had to laugh at how one of the video clips resembled a long lost sponsorship photo! After some digging, I was able to produce the photo which shows how close to our hearts that this song and video hits to home!
I think there is some things in here that hit very near and dear to all of us. However, this screen shot hits me, and my friends, as no less than shockingly familiar, and almost scary !...
How's that for hitting something 25 years old really close to home!......lol
I've been told that I really needed to post it.....kinda cool huh!?
Rock on guys!
T
I think there is some things in here that hit very near and dear to all of us. However, this screen shot hits me, and my friends, as no less than shockingly familiar, and almost scary !...
How's that for hitting something 25 years old really close to home!......lol
I've been told that I really needed to post it.....kinda cool huh!?
Rock on guys!
T
Thanks for the clean version. We'll have to get that qued up at all the ABA nationals in 2006.
That would be sweet if we could work something out for The Rock!
That would be sweet if we could work something out for The Rock!
Hey thats the guy from CHIP's
You mean Larry Wilcox, right? He was doing something with BMX back then. I think his son raced too.
So tonight I am with my wife at the mall shopping for some shoes for her.... we step into Journeys. As I am sitting down watching my wife try on some shoes, what do I hear come on over the speakers? THIS SONG!! I jump up and yell "YEAH!" BMX BANDITS!! - haha I think my wife was embarrassed. I think people were staring.
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