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Rancid Fans: Ever wonder about where Rancid
is from? In this video we give you a short
musical tour of their homes and the places
they sing about in their songs, presented in
"Where the Hell is Matt" style over the song
"Roots Radicals".
Hope you enjoy it!
Explanations for the locations:
(Songs mentioning the places in this video):
"Took the 60 bus out of downtown Campbell"
-Roots Radicals
"The old men from El Cerrito who talk about
their picks"
-GGF (Golden Gate Fields, also seen in video)
"On the 43 bus as we climb up the hill"
-Roots Radicals
"For money she's walking down on Larkin"
-Tenderloin
"I always end up back on the hill, looking
down at the landfill"
-As Wicked (Referring to Albany Hill)
"At the station, Daly City train"
-Daly City Train
"Down in Oakland, off of West Grand"
-Sidekick
"Come into the Union district, drive down on
Sharmon Palms"
-Nihilism
"The center of the universe was a street
called Sharmon Palms"
-Ben Zanotto
"Follow the BART tracks to Harmon street ahhh
Harmon street"
-Sad But True (Transplants)
"In the dark with the Oakland skyline"
-Another Night (Yes, we purposely got this
shot in the dark)
"You go to Ashby down to Adeleine"
-Sad But True (Transplants)
(Other stuff about the video and Rancid):
Campbell California, a suburb of San Jose, is
Lars Frederiksen's hometown.
Albany California, a suburb of Oakland, is
Tim Armstrong's hometown.
Lars Frederiksen went to Westmont High
School.
The Campbell water tower is pictured in the
CD insert in the first Lars and the Bastards
CD.
BART stands for Bay Area Rapid Transit. This
is what the "Daly City Train" is referring
to.
The hill (mentioned in a lot of Rancid songs)
is referring to Albany Hill.
Taco Bravo is a Mexican fast food restaurant
in Campbell. It can be seen on one of the
Lars and the Bastards promotional videos.
924 Gilman street in Berkeley, CA is the
venue where Rancid started out, and although
not mentioned in the song, Spirit of '87 is
about 924 Gilman Street.
And there you have it! We hope you enjoyed
it.
Dancing: Squeak
Camera and Editing: Tim
Thanks: Joey and Eric G
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Affichage : 68272
Durée : 173 s |
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