Hives, The - a.k.a. I-D-I-O-T Lyrics






You laugh at me and call me i-d-i-o-t.
You laugh and turn your back cause I'm not like you're supposed to be.
But it's not a question - a question of low iq.
Cause if it was well then the answer wouldn't be me but you.
a.k.a i-d-i-o-t, don't know who the hell
I'm supposed to be i-d-i-o-t a.k.a i-d-i-o-t, yeah thats me i-d-i-o-t.
I put with being laughed at cause I put up with being me.
And then on artificial someone says I'm the i-d-i-o-t.
But I got motivation yeah I pretty much love it all.
To make your artificial nation stumble and fall.
I know that I'm a screw up.
I know I'm in a band.
I know that I am up against a mighty mighty man.
But I'm satisfied with being, being one of the lucky few.
Who'll be the ones laughing knowing that the joke is gonna be on you.





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  1. B.... F....

    Best fuckin' Song

  2. L.... B....

    ずっと聞いてられる…!

    I can listen to this song forever😳

  3. �.... �....

    витя АК-47 дибил

  4. P.... ....

    Rip that drummer who ain’t wearing glasses

  5. t.... d....

    Too fcking rad!

  6. H.... B....

    90's tracks from The Hives smells like perfect punk

  7. A.... R....

    Awesome song, but mate, this video is so seizure-inducing.. =_=

    A.... R....

    "Ah, it's time to relax.
    You know what that means...
    a glass of wine, your favorite easy chair, and of course!...This compact disc playing on your home stereo!

    So, go on, and indulge yourself!
    That's right!... kick off your shoes and put your feet up!

    Lean back and just enjoy the melodies!
    After all... music soothes even the savage beast!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr4560BjVqY

  8. J.... G....

    literally this band is legendary and I feel ashamed that I found out about them so late

    J.... G....

    They're on tour in the states. You should see them if you could bc they're amazing live.

    J.... G....

    better now than never. they’re touring right now 🤟🏻 go and see it. they’re great live

    J.... G....

    Knowing them since Veni Vedi Vicious.. But found out about this video late.. 😆

    J.... G....

    You found them... That's enough, dude.

    J.... G....

    better late than never ;)

  9. U.... S....

    no way it's 21 y.o now...

  10. P.... ....

    You've sent 28 people to hospital

  11. L.... G....

    0:04 Guitar Hero xD

  12. R.... P....

    I have never seen Dr Matt Destruction with a jazz bass before!

  13. W.... B....

    Wearing clout goggles 20 years before I was cool

    W.... B....

    They’re cool now?

  14. B.... ....

    Green Day's Bang Bang sounds similar...

    B.... ....

    Boianskee just 20 years after the fact

    B.... ....

    Check out Foxboro Hot Tubs - "Stop, Drop, & Roll"

  15. A.... M....

    excellent moving pictures to a delightful sound

  16. n.... ....

    best song they made

  17. M.... C....

    it's been so long since I last heard this love it still

  18. N.... O....

    this sounds like Misfits!

    N.... O....

    Nicolás Ortiz how?

    N.... O....

    No. Closer to The Damned if you wanna use a punk comparison, and even that is more in their stage antics than sound.

    N.... O....

    not really, sorry

  19. S.... L....

    Wow I love oasis

    S.... L....

    I just saw this and thought woa I think so too then realized it was my own comment

    S.... L....

    Pretty sure that was supposed to be a pun hitting at the Oasis song, wonderwall which has the same aesthetic xD

    S.... L....

    I realize this is a pun now and I feel dumb

  20. �.... ....

    別名バカ

  21. s.... ....

    we all up against the mighty mighty man

  22. b.... ....

    lol the mf just drops from the sky

  23. b.... 1....

    I love this song so fucking much man

    b.... 1....

    Me to dude, keep coming back to it :) Really gets you pumped up. Swedish?

    b.... 1....

    +Hateful By Nature Nah haha, but yeah I love all of their work but their older albums like Barely Legal and Veni Vidi Vicious are my favourites.

  24. N.... ....

    Fucking fire.

  25. T.... L....

    One of the best fucking punk songs ever!

  26. C.... S....

    gearhead 10", anyone have it???

    C.... S....

    yes i do.....................

  27. M.... H....

    Let's just agree. It's fucking MINT!

  28. w.... ....

    This needs WAY more views than 249,810

    w.... ....

    +waybythebay We'll just have to keep watching it til it gets the numbers it deserves!

    w.... ....

    I like the way you think :D

    w.... ....

    384,173. (11/17/17)
    Still not enough views...

    w.... ....

    well punk is dead, so there never will be a lot of likes.

  29. D.... L....

    punk songs like this are almost too easy to learn - you can learn them by ear as the song is playing - but thats why punk is fucking kickass

    D.... L....

    +Devon Lambert what if you never played guitar? :)

    D.... L....

    they you learn your barre chords first and know half the punk songs ever in a week ;)

  30. T.... ....

    You are an idiot for thinking that it's is music

    T.... ....

    @ThatGuyYouKnowThatPlaysMC it is is, it's is already short for it is

    T.... ....

    +locomotivebrain lol

    T.... ....

    I can't take you seriously with that username. So what do you consider music? Songs about mining diamond and killing mobs?

  31. J.... P....

    THIS is The Hives!

  32. m.... ....

    I like The Hives but this is metal/punk shit 
    Its a little funny but

    m.... ....

    I don't know what people will call them now, but yeah, The Hives were a punk rock band.

    m.... ....

    +locomotivebrain i think normal rock

    m.... ....

    +locomotivebrain Fair enough.

    m.... ....

    Lightning Pill garage rock

    m.... ....

    Trendy indie band

  33. R.... A....

    Kick ass fast paced punk rock. This fuckers should've stayed just like this

    R.... A....

    +Rafa Almonacid Self-repetitive? It works if you are 20 years old.

    R.... A....

    fuck evolve

    R.... A....

    I actually like how much the Hives have evolved. I think Lex Hives is a pretty good album

    R.... A....

    Rafa Almonacid I love all of their albums lol however I do think their older stuff is slightly better

  34. x.... x....

    their old shit was too good

  35. A.... O....

    Los mejores, vengan a chile :CCC

    A.... O....

    Ya han venido como 2 veces.

  36. C.... B....

    The guys the best guys...

  37. L.... C....

    uuuouw, Barely Legal isn't like the others albuns...

    L.... C....

    They got that "pop wave",  that's the problem, AC are totally like that and they're PURE crap for me! That's not rock.
    "rock is 50 drunk guys in a room having fun" Said Pelle once.

    L.... C....

    I like to think of it as Pearl Jam and their album, "Backspacer." When Pearl Jam made that album, they aimed for a more New Wave sound when it came to the genre. And that's what happened. Backspacer was different because instead of following the politically-inspired music and grunge music they had written before, they went with a new, more common sound found today while still maintaining the album so that it sounded like Pearl Jam. I hope I am making sense here. The point is just because a album from a old band sounds new, that it isn't automatically bad. Backspacer had some great songs and was an overall great album, while still maintaining to be very different from Riot Act, Ten, Vs., etc. Overall, Rock music is very vast and different across the spectrum. Lex Hives proved to be a new point for The Hives because to showed us a new side of them with a more revival/Pop sound to them. It's not their best album, but it's not the worst album out there. They just aimed for a different sound and it ended up being a success for them. They tried something new and in return, they succeeded.

    L.... C....

    OK... thanks for the class teacher...
    hahaha

    L.... C....

    hahaha luca you're acting like a douchebag hahaha. . . he's not trying, but flawlessly nailing the explanation why this album is different and you shit all over his words like the little kid you are!

    Didn't your mom teach you better than that? Now off to bed with you

    L.... C....

    +Rob van B I didn't shit all over his words, what did you expect me to say?
    wtf

  38. r.... m....

    q porra

    r.... m....

    hueeeeee br 

  39. �.... ....

    fucking amazing!

  40. H.... B....

    Marcus skolan!

  41. m.... ....

    They actually referred to themselves as a punk rock band around the time they made this. Maybe they did later too I'm not sure, but they hadn't quite gotten into the garagy stuff yet here.

  42. I.... M....

    This song was my soundtrack when I came

  43. w.... ....

    you are so right lol

  44. C.... S....

    *Garage rock, not that genres mean much.

  45. M.... P....

    The best one :)

  46. G.... G....

    Exactly - from the 1960s!

  47. S.... B....

    I always think of The Hives as a modern punk-rock band

  48. j.... ....

    A few weeks and I'll see them live! HAPPINESS OVERLOAD!

  49. H.... F....

    kurt cobain will cry if he hear this song

  50. e.... ....

    Only because of Chris Dangerous' rockabilly hair!

  51. N.... ....

    awesome song!!!

  52. A.... ....

    They're so young. I have the urge to mother them.

  53. V.... M....

    Tonight in Phoenix!

  54. E.... ....

    I want those eyeglasses..

  55. p.... ....

    PPP for live!

  56. K.... Z....

    You laugh at me and call me i-d-i-o-t.
    You laugh and turn your back cause I'm not like you're supposed to be.
    But it's not a question - a question of low iq.
    Cause if it was well then the answer wouldn't be me but you.
    a.k.a i-d-i-o-t, don't know who the hell I'm supposed to be i-d-i-o-t
    a.k.a i-d-i-o-t, yeah thats me i-d-i-o-t.
    I put with being laughed at cause I put up with being me.

  57. F.... S....

    i used to be obsessed with this song.
    then, today i've listened to it after a long while.. and I'M OBSESSED WITH IT. AGAIN.

  58. B.... ....

    lucky... they never come to the east coast us :(

  59. T.... ....

    Does anyone else get a Rev. Horton Heat feel from this?

  60. C.... ....

    dat glasses

  61. s.... g....

    ダサかっこいい全盛期

  62. t.... ....

    They need to go back to this look

  63. I.... ....

    @olimomma88
    I saw them in 2010 and they played this so its possible. Most bands play all their singles at concerts so I wouldn't be surprised if they still play it

  64. C.... ....

    @XanRedAlert one of favourite Hives? It is on my top 10 list!

  65. t.... ....

    Good song

  66. s.... c....

    @MsTheHives
    indeed! a hives mob shall be formed. that way we could all spread out in sweden and find them!

  67. e.... p....

    foda!!!foda!!!foooooooooooooooooooodaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!yeah!!!!!

  68. s.... c....

    Does anyone know if they still play this live? I've been a fan for quite a while and still haven't gotten a chance to see them live yet. Might have to go to Sweden and hunt them down.

  69. T.... M....

    SO GOOD. This is music. Dumb bitches wearing costumes year round and dumb rappers making puns to a beat isn't.

  70. B.... e....

    the hives yeah!!!!!!!!

  71. X.... ....

    Still one of my favourite Hives songs. So excited, seeing them for the 4th time tonight in Sydney!

    And yes agree with the others - this clip should have WAY more views, such an epic song :)

  72. 1.... ....

    @DH61092 theres a much older one that blank tv uploaded, it has a larger but still unacceptably small number of views

  73. m.... ....

    @DH61092 ppl dont know the hives too much :c

  74. L.... M....

    I love this song and the hives!
    I'm a member@the hives fancorps team. Join too: thehives.fancorps.com

  75. a.... u....

    Whenever Chris Dangerous blows a mic falls

  76. J.... ....

    This is One of my alltime favorite videos

  77. S.... C....

    Vintage Hives!

  78. I.... ....

    This is definately different than what they've become but I can see where alot of where they are now comes from this style

  79. L.... K....

    the young mick jagger backed up by the stooges:)