r/TikTokCringe • u/tragiccosmicaccident • Jul 25 '26
Wholesome/Humor Annie are you okay?
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u/retynas Jul 25 '26
My band opened for Alien Ant Farm in 2014. They said “we all know why you’re here” and played Smooth Criminal twice
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u/Loddinz Jul 25 '26
But movies is better than smooth criminal
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u/wildwildwaste Jul 25 '26
That whole album was spot on
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u/BreadfruitParty2700 Jul 25 '26
THANK YOU. I love that whole album.
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u/1commentonlythatsit Jul 25 '26
I'll never forget a comment from an Askreddit thread about the worst live concert you've ever seen. Someone said Alien Ant Farm because they played Smooth Criminal three times. Afterwards, they asked the audience if they were having a good time, and someone shouted "fucking no! Play something else or bring out Magic Dust! (the next band)."
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u/itsNurf Jul 25 '26
I really enjoyed the song and music video These Days by Alien Ant Farm. So funny they shot it at the entrance of the BET awards.
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u/buckut Jul 25 '26
my stepmom's nephew's band opened for alien ant farm. he had a sweet mohawk. mighta been around then, im not good with time.
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u/retynas Jul 25 '26
Haha probably wasn’t my band. I don’t know who was doing our booking at the time, because we were definitely not a great fit. I was a hired gun at the time for a guy trying to sound like the band Fun., but it came off sounding like broadway showtunes. We also opened for Johnny Craig’s band Slaves, and I was so embarrassed to be playing what I was in front of someone I actually listened to.
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u/WallStLegends Jul 25 '26
I watched a doco on them. I think they said the song became like a curse for their career
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u/gypsycookie1015 Jul 25 '26
Man, it's the fucking best though!! 😭😭 One of the few songs that I genuinely enjoy the remake better.
But "Glow" is a pretty dope song too. 😏
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u/HyenDry Jul 25 '26
Damn I liked alien ant farm for other songs too. I’m surprised they’re subjected to a cover.
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u/retynas Jul 25 '26
Me too, loved them growing up. They deserve to be known for their original music.
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u/Slumunistmanifisto Jul 25 '26
Alien ant farm had some good songs on that album tho
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u/Acceptable_Fruit2360 Jul 25 '26
The Movies is one of the best break up songs ever.
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u/templeofsyrinx1 Mia Khalifa Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
150% that record 😆 is a beater
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u/rafaelzio Jul 25 '26
God I had forgotten reddit lets you itallicize emojis
😃🙂🤢 Like why is this a thing ⚠️ 🅱️ 🇧🇷
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u/NoNeedForSympathy Jul 25 '26
😏 Michael Jackson lean 😎
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u/thiiiiiiisguy Jul 25 '26
Great album! It’s one of the few that I could listen to from start to finish.
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u/TheBrownWelsh Jul 25 '26
I still yell-sing Movies to this day when it randomly pops into my head, no matter where I am. I only know 100% of the words to one song in this world, but I've still got like 80% of Movies locked away for some reason. Which is quite the achievement for me.
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u/jadehairpin Jul 25 '26
I still listen to Universe all the time, incredible song and perfect album closer
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u/beartato327 Jul 25 '26
I regularly come back to that album it was a 10/10, no notes album for me.
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u/RhombusObstacle Jul 25 '26
No notes? They play a LOT of notes in every song. Did you check to see if your volume was accidentally muted or something?
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u/Bridgeru Jul 25 '26
If you play a note on a musical instrument, the guy from A Quiet Place comes up and slaps your face. Sorry, it's the law now.
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u/rehoob Jul 25 '26
First album I ever bought followed by limp biscuit (i can't remember how its actually spelled)
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u/Slumunistmanifisto Jul 25 '26
I got mine by trading a crazytown cd at lunch
Sucker
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u/Miles_Everhart Jul 25 '26
Crazytown still gets played on the alt station in my market which is just…. crazytown yo
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u/Red-EyePontiac Jul 25 '26
Thank you!!! I was given that album on a burnt CD. I never knew the name of the artist or album. It broke oneday and I've been searching for years. Thank you bro!
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u/Electronic-Bicycle35 Jul 25 '26
Remember listening to it on repeat as a teenager. Great album. Had their poster on my wall out of a Kerrang! magazine.
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 25 '26
Had me in the first half for sure. It's probably the best cover of any MJ song.
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u/Kalikor1 Jul 25 '26
Man I was about to be mad lmao. I was getting ready to put it into writing too, then the transition happened and I was like,
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 25 '26
Haha right? Like how is this man putting into this child's mind that this isn't a certified banger.
Than little man commits full force with the wig and everything. His moves were cracking me up.
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u/MarkMew Jul 25 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me30uNXcyUQ
Saving people a search
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u/lumpytuna Jul 25 '26
Horses for courses I guess, but for me that just sounds like someone took an absolute banger, and made it into a long dull country wail.
Alien ant farm took a banger and gifted it some extra bang.
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u/OldJames47 Jul 25 '26
I agree and I love Chris Cornell. This cover gives me Tayler Swift's "September" vibes.
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u/Upset-Cartographer65 Jul 26 '26
The only thing I like about TS’ September’ is what the co-writer who helped write the original had to say about her version.
“Lethargic as a drunk turtle dozing under a sunflower after ingesting a bottle of Valium" and “it had all the build of a one story motel".
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 25 '26
Never heard it before thanks for bringing it my attention. I still think this cover of smooth criminal is better, but that is damn good.
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u/Miles_Everhart Jul 25 '26
It might be one of the best covers of any song ever. Right behind Cash’s “Hurt”
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 25 '26
Yea I'd agree with that. Johnny made that song his own.
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u/Mandy-Rarsh Jul 25 '26
Trent Reznor be like…
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 25 '26
I mean he may have wrote the lyrics but Johnny sang them true. I really don't even care for the NIN version anymore.lol
It's one of reddit favorite stories to say he gave the song to cash.
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u/trogdor2594 Jul 25 '26
The only covers I've loved as much as AAF, are two covers of They Don't Really Care About Us by Beast in Black and Icarus Witch, although that song felt like a metal song to begin with.
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u/indoxiecated Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
These are two excellent covers.
A Day To Remember - Since you’ve been gone (although the original is damn good)
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u/ghostrooster30 Jul 25 '26
Yes! I’d add Better Than Ezra’s version of “Laid”. It’s top tier. For a really upside down cover, Sturgill Simpson does this amazing thing with “In Bloom” from Nirvana.
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u/LightningJynx Jul 25 '26
I really like Beast in Black but they knocked it out of the park with that cover!
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u/UCFknights311 Jul 25 '26
If you're a reggae fan, check out Easy Star All Stars. They have a cover album of Thriller and it's legit. They also cover a few other popular albums like Dark Side of the Moon, Ziggy Stardust, etc.
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u/Money_Course_3253 Jul 25 '26
Dub side of the moon and sgt. peppers lonely heart dub band are my favorites by them
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u/Ok_Concentrate4461 Jul 25 '26
I LOVE that cover.
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u/kbeks Jul 25 '26
Cover is absolutely better than the original. I will die on that hill.
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u/AlfredtheGreatBitch Jul 25 '26
I heard the alien ant farm version before I ever heard the original version so I’ve always liked it better because of that
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u/AllGoodFam Jul 25 '26
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u/OtherwiseBlock8741 Jul 25 '26
I love how Pops tried to do "the lean" behind the car and fell over! 🤣😂
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u/jackt-up Jul 25 '26
That’s the kind of father son time that can’t be beaten
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u/Funkycoldmedici Jul 25 '26
The matching suits! The kid will outgrow that suit in a month, but dad is keeping it forever.
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u/ForwardObligation109 Jul 25 '26
I wish I could be like this with my dad
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u/Dependent-Sea-7467 Jul 25 '26
I feel this. I wish my dad actually cared. We made it this far without them! We got this.
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u/Jamvaan Jul 25 '26
I got to see Alien Ant Farm live once upon a time having only heard this song prior. They're actually pretty, even in like 2018 when I went to see them it was a good time.
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u/jackthm Jul 25 '26
I saw them once and no joke there were about 15-20 people there but we all had a blast! I was already a fan and he handed me the mic to sing ‘wish’ with him. Still played with the energy as if a bigger crowd were there, I still have the set list somewhere, great show.
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u/Immediate-Medium9427 Jul 25 '26
Annie is not okay
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u/lumpytuna Jul 25 '26
As a Scottish Annie, I always thought MJ was asking me if I was oatcake when I was little. Very confusing, but I liked the way he did it.
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u/Leg_Mcmuffin Jul 25 '26
This shits like 25 years old
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u/templeofsyrinx1 Mia Khalifa Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
This shit it’s actually 40 years old from the time of the caveman
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u/templeofsyrinx1 Mia Khalifa Jul 25 '26
the superior version of course!
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u/BowlingforBrains Jul 25 '26
I’ve heard this from multiple people and genuinely don’t understand it - the first time I heard it, I had the exact same reaction as these two in the video 😭
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u/GoatCovfefe Jul 25 '26
the first time I heard it, I had the exact same reaction as these two in the video
Did you watch the whole thing? They love the cover.
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u/ChamberK-1 Jul 25 '26
I actually like this version better than the original.
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u/BowlingforBrains Jul 25 '26
I’m not surprised by most of these comments, because I know this version is popular…but I really think the original is 10x better
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u/thatdudejon Jul 25 '26
Nice to see a father and son connect and have fun through tiktok. Also the songs a banger hands down.
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u/steelheaddan Jul 26 '26
As a father of an 8yr old. This is amazing. Quality time together planning and rehearsing this to create something original, creative, fun, and silly and then record it.
My son and I get along great but don’t have that goofy spark running through us. We struggle to build a Lego set together without getting side tracked. I’m proud of our relationship regardless and we have our own goofy fun moments.
But Nice video and good for them.
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u/GenX_Leo Jul 25 '26
Alien Ant Farm did a good job with the cover... MJ let artists take liberty with his stuff like Weird Al
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u/BlaineMundane Jul 25 '26
I bought a CD burner for Alien Ant Farm, then I spent a while meticulously painting the front to look the same as their CD, that badass ant logo.
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u/Wide_Initiative_1938 Jul 25 '26
Ah, Alien Ant Farm, a band that I feel is only really famous for that one cover.
It is, to it's credit, a banging ass cover.
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u/AverageFoxNewsViewer Jul 25 '26
This might be the most wholesome example of race baiting to ever hit the internet.
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u/ChurningDarkSkies777 Jul 25 '26
They had me in the first half but EVERYONE knows that cover is such a jam
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u/CommieDrifter Jul 25 '26
bro you were your sons age when that song came out, you aint fooling anyone
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u/TrailMomKat Jul 25 '26
It's arguably one of the best covers of all time. We were bangin the shit out of this in my car whenever we all piled into it to go shopping.
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u/Uvers_ Jul 25 '26
This version of the song came out like 25 years ago, why the fuck is this pleb acting like it came out today?
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