The True Meaning Behind PUMPED UP KICKS

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @Middle8
    @Middle8  Год назад +430

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  • @nosyDetective
    @nosyDetective 4 года назад +5811

    "I'm not surprised you didn't notice"
    Literally the entire Internet: uses Pumped Up Kicks as the symbol of school shooting

  • @housememe9210
    @housememe9210 4 года назад +9935

    Middle 8: the meaning behind pumped up kicks
    Me: *nervous laughter*

    • @tedarcher9120
      @tedarcher9120 4 года назад +69

      *read the lyrics*

    • @Spherey
      @Spherey 4 года назад +53

      Me: laughs in animation memes

    • @ChronicAndIronic
      @ChronicAndIronic 4 года назад +6

      Hah... hah... uhhhh they found me out

    • @MrAnthonyIII
      @MrAnthonyIII 4 года назад +6

      @@tedarcher9120 Or just listen to the song, it's not like it's hidden

    • @dhuill8900
      @dhuill8900 4 года назад

      Edgy

  • @petey5009
    @petey5009 4 года назад +5342

    Pumped up kicks: a song about anti bullying and depression
    Schools: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

    • @danimationd8886
      @danimationd8886 4 года назад +80

      @Gee Tar about justice of the poor one that always bullied by some shitty rich man or senator's son

    • @thebegbie3931
      @thebegbie3931 4 года назад +30

      DansGamers 01 and then shoots and try’s to kill numerous other kids

    • @gabby_5820
      @gabby_5820 4 года назад +16

      Did you summon me

    • @sluggish._
      @sluggish._ 4 года назад +24

      They used to play this song in my school during gym while I was in 3rd grade

    • @therealktm5615
      @therealktm5615 4 года назад +8

      My school played this song I’m dead

  • @phantomwarrior8686
    @phantomwarrior8686 2 года назад +429

    Probably one of the most well made and the most important younger sounds ever made. Made an entire 2010s generation including myself. Extreme good vibes and very smart lyrics, certainly an instantaneous classical.

    • @goldentop6948
      @goldentop6948 Год назад +4

      what i dont get, is why ppl in america immediately associate the lyrics with school shootings. its not, whatsoever. its about a singular kid, whos dad loves guns and therefore prob quite aggressive. which means, the kid, who is the singer too right?, so the kid is a mentally unstable one, and this kind of threatening with shooting is his norm. this is his default, to threaten others he doesnt like, not with words, not with fight, but with guns. also, there is no violence actually carried out according to the lyrics, only threatens. its way more like, a bad parental situation and aggressive father model, which leads this kid to be a total introvert, and he is singing this song in his head, as a fantasy, to himself, as to what he should or would do some day. this is also based on the very much reverbed whistling, reverbed and echoed singing effects put on the vocals, let alone the parts of those run run run like at the beginning. its all echoed, which reminds you of it being sang in a cave, which is a metaphor for your own head, which is the cave. which means, all of this, is in this kids head. which means, no act is carried out.

    • @phantomwarrior8686
      @phantomwarrior8686 Год назад +10

      @@goldentop6948 bro what hell you're talking about
      Even the producers already admitted this song is all about a school shooter

    • @larryn4219
      @larryn4219 Год назад

      read the article on songfacts. the band and the writer describes the song as a psychtic guys internal monologue, and has nothing to do with school shters, but a mssed up minded teenager who has a father who loves guns.

    • @goldentop6948
      @goldentop6948 Год назад +1

      @@phantomwarrior8686 nice shadowbanning all my comments guy.

    • @goldentop6948
      @goldentop6948 Год назад +4

      @@phantomwarrior8686 read the article on songfacts, the writers said themselves it has nothing to do with schl shters, just a mentally dstrbed guy whos father has guns, and this is his internal monologue.

  • @alexzamudio9239
    @alexzamudio9239 4 года назад +33035

    This song sounds a whole lot more disturbing with out the instrumental

  • @ZHENRY-hl5hw
    @ZHENRY-hl5hw 4 года назад +7179

    “He’s a cowboy kid” could also reference his cigarette because marlboros were known as “cowboy killers”

    • @joodlenoodle1766
      @joodlenoodle1766 4 года назад +73

      @@foxtrot680 most Coloradans are not ranchers lmao. Especially not around Denver and its suburbs, the most cowboy thing I've seen in Denver is the National Western Stock Show that comes around once a year. The cowboy thing is likely just a reference to westerns or cigs like OP said.

    • @atthecore4560
      @atthecore4560 4 года назад +5

      Futuristic persona makes classical analysis XD

    • @skriblez9001
      @skriblez9001 4 года назад +8

      techno.logic and the cigarette is his mind. “He reasons with his cigarette” means that he was not sure if he should pull the trigger. His mind was his major weakness for his plan and what would be the death of him.

    • @MBS22
      @MBS22 4 года назад +6

      his cigarette is rolled, i just think its about imagery... cig smoking, gun toting, outsider cowboy kid

    • @joshdeese432
      @joshdeese432 4 года назад +2

      Also because he uses a six-shooter gun

  • @mistertwister2000
    @mistertwister2000 4 года назад +8295

    Middle 8: Did you know that Pumped Up-
    Literally everyone: Yes, we knew.

    • @ssently7512
      @ssently7512 4 года назад +48

      MisterTwister lol true

    • @Drug.Lullaby
      @Drug.Lullaby 4 года назад +5

      Is that Xam on your profile pic?

    • @loganjohnson8010
      @loganjohnson8010 4 года назад +11

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
      That's funny

    • @dum5247
      @dum5247 4 года назад +8

      It’s too true

    • @guadalupeacevedo8988
      @guadalupeacevedo8988 4 года назад +4

      Ikr

  • @L-O-C-0
    @L-O-C-0 Год назад +132

    Last year there was a shooter at my school and someone died. It’s been very hard to deal with. As much as I love this song it hurts to listen too. Everyday I think about it and I hope that nobody ever has to go through anything like me or other kids ever. This is a real problem in the world and I just don’t think people are making a big enough deal about the consequences of guns. Anyways that’s my venting for today! Have a good night everyone

    • @sarahwashington00
      @sarahwashington00 Год назад +5

      Hey ! I am so sorry it happened at your school this is tragic idk you but I hope you feel okay and you have people to talk to

    • @Poeticsunit
      @Poeticsunit 8 месяцев назад +1

      lmao

    • @earlpipe9713
      @earlpipe9713 7 месяцев назад +5

      One of the biggest factors contributing towards such incidents continuing in perpetuity, imo, is the manner of media coverage they receive, in which said media rewards the perpetrators of these tragedies, not only with the instant infamy and power incentives the perpetrators learned could be achieved through prior media coverages, but also with the publicizing of any political manifestos perpetrators may have.

    • @SD-C4
      @SD-C4 7 месяцев назад

      @@Poeticsunit ok... WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU

    • @laurahamilton6528
      @laurahamilton6528 5 месяцев назад +2

      I’m so sorry to hear that. I can’t imagine what it must be like. All I can say is lobby hard to get your government to change the gun laws. There will always be gun crime, I’m afraid, but school shootings are rare (if not non-existent) in countries with strict gun control laws. I live in one of them.

  • @adamka-1
    @adamka-1 4 года назад +7674

    What’s so difficult to understand?
    “Roberts’ got a quick hand.”
    It’s clearly about early puberty.

  • @qweasdqwe2409
    @qweasdqwe2409 4 года назад +15170

    I feel like this is the one song that doesn’t need explaining

    • @ivandelaguardia1
      @ivandelaguardia1 4 года назад +244

      qweasdqwe like, the only only song that doesn’t need explaining

    • @yungctrlfreak
      @yungctrlfreak 4 года назад +26

      ^

    • @presidentfool1325
      @presidentfool1325 4 года назад +180

      OUTRUN MY GUN

    • @Meechell
      @Meechell 4 года назад +143

      BETTER RUN BETTER RUN OUT RUN MY GUN

    • @Carmn07
      @Carmn07 4 года назад +24

      Also the song “ransom”

  • @sean..L
    @sean..L 4 года назад +5742

    We don't need "infectious" melodies right now

  • @apileofsticks9581
    @apileofsticks9581 2 года назад +19

    the vocals are so crisp they give me chills down my spine

  • @ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC
    @ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC 4 года назад +5681

    I've never seen this song as "happy," because I couldn't ignore the lyrics.

    • @DDChorror
      @DDChorror 4 года назад +132

      Also it doesn't sound happy at all

    • @mustymax5878
      @mustymax5878 4 года назад +42

      Rinky Dink honestly it’s pretty sad

    • @ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC
      @ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC 4 года назад +8

      @@DDChorror Exactly!

    • @Yasmin-qo2jd
      @Yasmin-qo2jd 4 года назад +16

      I used to see this song as a happy song. It released when I was in high school. It was the song that everybody just sing ad dance to. I guess I wasn't aware about the meaning of the lyrics because maybe I was young and stupid but I think it was also because school shooting is not a problem in the country I grew up in. idk.

    • @LukeLikesToDraw
      @LukeLikesToDraw 4 года назад +16

      I never heard the song’s instrumental as “happy” either. I thought it sounded (if this is the word I’m looking for) weird and creepy. I also thought the chorus said “faster than my brother” when I was 7 and first heard the song. Lol

  • @Jeff-ti8gj
    @Jeff-ti8gj 4 года назад +19743

    *"how can a happy tone music have such dark lyrics?"*
    Japanese Songs: *Sweating*

    • @13jae85
      @13jae85 4 года назад +501

      me! me! me!: 👁👄👁

    • @futuretone
      @futuretone 4 года назад +342

      HAPPPPY song: **nervous sweating**

    • @dai-f4s
      @dai-f4s 4 года назад +559

      everybody gangster until the new kikuo song gets subtitles

    • @pheonix_soldier
      @pheonix_soldier 4 года назад +299

      Rolling girl, watashi no r, hated by life itself, lost ones weeping, SENBONZAKURA

    • @KentuckyFriedFlint
      @KentuckyFriedFlint 4 года назад +152

      Mememe, many vocaloid songs, and song weird jpops: ehhhh... eheheh...

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 года назад +6517

    When the quiet kid calls shotgun but there's no car in sight.

    • @anggikharisma6388
      @anggikharisma6388 4 года назад +109

      Why do i always see u everywhere?

    • @_zet_zet_
      @_zet_zet_ 4 года назад +85

      RUclips pays this guy to comment on most of the videos in this platform

    • @anggikharisma6388
      @anggikharisma6388 4 года назад +12

      @Uncle ruclips.net/video/HQoRXhS7vlU/видео.html

    • @koimeme
      @koimeme 4 года назад +8

      And he pulls out a mosberg out of his ass

    • @connordervoncyberlifegesen8529
      @connordervoncyberlifegesen8529 4 года назад +9

      Just Some Guy without a Mustache NANI?

  • @deborahsmith1918
    @deborahsmith1918 9 месяцев назад +103

    When you are happy,you enjoy the music
    When you are sad,you understand the lyrics
    When you are angry,you make the lyrics reality
    Edit: I’m never not looking at this again

    • @IICHARLESII
      @IICHARLESII 7 месяцев назад +4

      I would hope it would fill you with condolence that you aren’t the only one that has felt that way, but because you aren’t so pathetic you fall to your lesser demons and understand being that monster solves nothing and makes you far worse than whatever or whoever put you in that headspace. No matter how bad a spot your in you can find happiness and success on your terms and and that is far greater revenge than destroying not only the ones that cause pain but doing worse to everyone who ever cared. Short story, it’s ok to feel like a loser sometimes, that doesn’t mean you need to make yourself a bonafide one.

    • @cuberten
      @cuberten 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@IICHARLESIIholy sheeheet what happened

    • @murica_o102
      @murica_o102 3 месяца назад +1

      may be relatable

    • @LemonLimeLays
      @LemonLimeLays 3 месяца назад +1

      cornball bruh

    • @fri2k
      @fri2k 3 месяца назад +1

      @@IICHARLESII i aint reading allat

  • @matthewharbinson6496
    @matthewharbinson6496 4 года назад +3212

    I don't think anyone thinks this song is about sneakers...

    • @sadsworth4605
      @sadsworth4605 4 года назад +53

      It is though

    • @jessicabraud3307
      @jessicabraud3307 4 года назад +112

      When this song first came out when I was 5, my mom told me and my sister that it was about shoes. 10 years later, I know she was just lying to me lol

    • @magellancloud
      @magellancloud 4 года назад +26

      At the time it came out my English was very basic, so yeah I did think it was about sneakers :D

    • @quantumflare
      @quantumflare 4 года назад +32

      I didn’t even know Pumped Up Kicks was a sneaker until now

    • @thepeoplesrepublicofdisney5058
      @thepeoplesrepublicofdisney5058 4 года назад +12

      It’s about shooting sneakers in the back yard what ya talking aboooout

  • @hayden_shonk536
    @hayden_shonk536 4 года назад +21449

    Everybody gangster till the quiet kid has a violin case and isn’t in orchestra

  • @derpybacon6197
    @derpybacon6197 4 года назад +13101

    This song was actually made because one of the members in the band had a sister who survived a school shooting.

    • @fbi-thatrobloxian761
      @fbi-thatrobloxian761 4 года назад +1661

      Derpy Bacon oh the awkwardness of when he went back home with his sister.
      Band member:” yeah i just made a song with my friends”
      Sister:” nice what’s it about?”
      Band member:” a story about a kid named Robert and him shooting rich kids for revenge”
      Sister:”...”

    • @cubriffic172
      @cubriffic172 4 года назад +516

      Yeah, I believe it was the Columbine shooting

    • @cubriffic172
      @cubriffic172 4 года назад +416

      @LTrain 45 I looked it up and it wasn't why the song was written (the song was written bc the lead singer forced himself to write one), but it did serve as inspiration for it.

    • @mackr1940
      @mackr1940 4 года назад +113

      It was his cousin actually

    • @tylord.
      @tylord. 4 года назад +46

      yee cubbie finks cousin

  • @honeybadgerwyrd
    @honeybadgerwyrd 3 года назад +172

    As a 90s teen I will never forget Columbine. Although that was far from the first or unfortunately last school shooting, it was one that resonated with me. These were kids just like me and my friends. We loved metal and Black and AAAAAHHHHHHH!!! if you down you know what I mean. Either way, for me this created a mistrust in those around me. I thought, well hell, if their friends didnt know how would we? What if it IS Me who has this festering? IT was intense. To the parents of today, treat yourselves and your children well. Treat those you come into contact with with Love and Compassion. For I still believe we will Life in a World of Peace. Our lessons are clearly documented for us, the future is OURS!

    • @Vpentrov
      @Vpentrov Год назад

      I can’t imagine being a person with the sane interests after Columbine. Must’ve felt like being a Muslim after 9/11.

    • @chrisgomez1840
      @chrisgomez1840 10 месяцев назад

      i dont blame u
      de problem wit school is dat they often teach us to stand up for ourselves against bullying but once u do u get in trouble

    • @jenniferdegrote3298
      @jenniferdegrote3298 10 месяцев назад

      I was a junior in Highschool. We had alot of kids who wore long black coats. Students would look at them with fear after Columbine. Sad time

  • @shuk0rina444
    @shuk0rina444 4 года назад +4663

    THEY PLAYED THIS SONG AT MY SCHOOL WINTER DANCE AND MY HEART ALMOST EXPLODED BECAUSE I LOWKEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FINNA KILL US

    • @raaston9761
      @raaston9761 4 года назад +308

      sounds like something i would do if i was a teacher

    • @bukowskifamily7728
      @bukowskifamily7728 4 года назад +70

      Holy shiit

    • @kakashihatake633
      @kakashihatake633 4 года назад +209

      Other Situation, we had a disco at school and 2 days earlier everybody could writedown some Songs that would be Played.
      First thing i wrote "Foster The People ~ Pumped up kicks"
      Disco Starts, pumped up kicks plays an hour later, teacher came rushed in in Panic that someones about to start a school shooting xD

    • @ultravioletishere
      @ultravioletishere 4 года назад +6

      Alpha playz yes

    • @sonicgaymer4577
      @sonicgaymer4577 4 года назад +12

      Oh god I would though

  • @lowkeymatt
    @lowkeymatt 4 года назад +3333

    True meaning: BOY HE BOUT TO DO IT

  • @layaman142
    @layaman142 4 года назад +6600

    Schools : does online classes now
    Robert : Sad Noises

    • @thesushiwolf3348
      @thesushiwolf3348 4 года назад +10

      Lol

    • @moth8569
      @moth8569 4 года назад +49

      *puts on vr headset* you cant run now

    • @saayum
      @saayum 4 года назад +23

      *sprays the laptop screen*

    • @skm3559
      @skm3559 4 года назад +29

      *BREAKING: SCHOOL SHOOTING RATES DROP TO 100%*

    • @nameslesss
      @nameslesss 4 года назад +10

      Virus link

  • @drewo.127
    @drewo.127 2 года назад +34

    3:45
    I absolutely LOVE how you explained the elements of this song and all the eras they are pulling from/their purpose!
    I’m trying to build my very first original song (as someone who’s only just recently decided to finally start trying my hand at the medium itself) and I’m trying to mix and match different eras to make some kind of…bubblegum pop 60s/70s/80s hybrid rock? All I know is I want something to sound like I took this song, and Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ and merge them all with the Beatles and Beach Boys, all under a bubblegum pop vibe! It’s my very first time seriously trying my mind at music and music theory, so I’m intentionally not worrying about “perfection” or whatever, and focus on just having fun playing with sounds! So far, I have the drum beat, the baseline, and a couple of spaced out semi emotional synths, all done in the wee hours of the morning! I better go to bed, but I think I might have something here!
    Again, thanks for this video!💖

  • @TheMelonbros123
    @TheMelonbros123 3 года назад +6878

    The real problem with this song is that you really like it, but it feels wrong to listen to it.

  • @MortisCorpus
    @MortisCorpus 4 года назад +11356

    No wonder everyone wanted to suddenly be my friend after I accidentally played this at school

  • @juanda8728
    @juanda8728 4 года назад +3476

    "Don't join the Zoom meeting tomorrow"

  • @williamhinson2863
    @williamhinson2863 3 года назад +54

    "Why we continue to enjoy it even after the grim details?"
    Because it's the most American thing.

    • @CMStrawbridge
      @CMStrawbridge 7 месяцев назад +1

      An we Americans can't get enough dark content with a bubbly facade

    • @IICHARLESII
      @IICHARLESII 7 месяцев назад +2

      Absolutely not. You think it’s better to not acknowledge anyone can feel this way at some point, but you don’t act on every impulse? By getting it out there that people can have crazy thoughts or rage and understanding we can rise above them, sometimes easily, sometimes we have to reach out, and remove some of the stigmatizing elements we can hopefully lessen these atrocities. Knee jerk reactions like calls to ban weapons are pointless in the end. You have to address the root of the problem, which is the individual by listening and helping.

  • @bigoof8855
    @bigoof8855 4 года назад +2520

    Student: *sneezes*
    Deaf kid: bless you
    Student: Thank yo-
    *pumped up kicks starts playing*

    • @woodoospirit6346
      @woodoospirit6346 4 года назад +53

      Maybe he saw it but it would be rather strange or creepy
      cause how would he learn to speak if he's deaf

    • @PeteyParka
      @PeteyParka 4 года назад +73

      @@woodoospirit6346 If he wasn't born deaf then he would (hopefully) know how to speak, unless he was like 3 when he stopped hearing

    • @woodoospirit6346
      @woodoospirit6346 4 года назад +7

      @@PeteyParka you're right

    • @gofunky8263
      @gofunky8263 4 года назад +2

      He’s just magic

    • @leigharandall9469
      @leigharandall9469 4 года назад +15

      Or he has been pretending to be deaf and just been waiting for the right time to strike

  • @cadehdmi3138
    @cadehdmi3138 4 года назад +2258

    They played this at a school dance once and everyone, every age, every race was dancing.

    • @NarratorLP
      @NarratorLP 4 года назад +80

      Because it’s a great song :D

    • @sunnybaudelaire9384
      @sunnybaudelaire9384 4 года назад +189

      My art teacher played it once and I seemed to be the only one concerned.

    • @maxresdefault_
      @maxresdefault_ 4 года назад +42

      Absolutely no surprises there. It’s an easy song to sing and dance to.

    • @urmom-tl1tm
      @urmom-tl1tm 4 года назад +9

      Jesus Christ-

    • @crackerass8379
      @crackerass8379 4 года назад +31

      I heard it at my school so i ran

  • @lostglaceon9274
    @lostglaceon9274 4 года назад +1428

    Wait, did you just say that this song came out in 2011?
    *oh my god*

    • @mr.mister873
      @mr.mister873 4 года назад +6

      Helena best is good but I like pick u up the most

    • @ramanabdullen
      @ramanabdullen 4 года назад +32

      it actually came out in 2010

    • @ShadowTheDeathhog
      @ShadowTheDeathhog 4 года назад +28

      Yup, I listened to this album so much in high school. It has this essence to it where if I made a collage to represent my high school memories, this song would definitely be on it along with Adventure Time, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and memes that aged horribly

    • @lostglaceon9274
      @lostglaceon9274 4 года назад +1

      @@ShadowTheDeathhog The one thing I ever remember from that game is the soundtrack because Anamanaguchi is just *y e s.*

    • @foglias
      @foglias 4 года назад +1

      Joz Me too. Just in my case it will be sophomore year at college!!
      One of my friends and the members of a student group used pumped up kicks for an ad inside the school. That was awkward to listen. Hehe

  • @dr.doritos9875
    @dr.doritos9875 4 года назад +2552

    I've memorized the first 3 seconds of the song in case anyone plays this at school, I know what's going on immediately

    • @loverthing_meow
      @loverthing_meow 4 года назад +78

      very smart

    • @MrMilky-ek1wb
      @MrMilky-ek1wb 4 года назад +67

      *TIME TO BOOK IT*

    • @mihailsazdov4280
      @mihailsazdov4280 4 года назад +66

      Is this some American joke I'm too European to understand?

    • @tecsrpi
      @tecsrpi 4 года назад +7

      Shrek Joestar • 55 years ago gun violence

    • @NoobOfShame
      @NoobOfShame 4 года назад +22

      @@mihailsazdov4280 im American and it doesn't seem like a joke, atleast a good one. But either way he's referencing the association with this song and the all too numerous school shootings in the US

  • @spacekii
    @spacekii 4 года назад +4963

    Your editing is so underrated

    • @RyanStaben
      @RyanStaben 4 года назад +4

      Retro Lad *your

    • @theherst
      @theherst 4 года назад +6

      He reminds me of daftpina

    • @spacekii
      @spacekii 4 года назад +13

      @@RyanStaben Damn autocorrect haha

    • @cxssetteman182
      @cxssetteman182 4 года назад +4

      Deadass

    • @KESTRAL23
      @KESTRAL23 4 года назад +1

      Retro Lad hello sexy

  • @ilikescatsalot
    @ilikescatsalot 4 года назад +3493

    "How can a happy song have such a dark meaning??"
    Twenty One Pilots : *sweating intensifies*

    • @ComePollinateMeHey
      @ComePollinateMeHey 4 года назад +50

      Every song off of every album lol

    • @eman5065
      @eman5065 4 года назад +35

      @@ComePollinateMeHey like two songs are happy lol.
      But its like 7 to 8 years ago

    • @Goopyweevil
      @Goopyweevil 4 года назад +22

      Elton John "i think im gonna kill myself"

    • @ShineyFace1337
      @ShineyFace1337 4 года назад +20

      "Ring around the rosie" has enter the chat

    • @Ozan_Dread
      @Ozan_Dread 4 года назад +12

      I never expected someone to talk about twenty one Pilots and get so many likes i like this comment

  • @misterHuetube
    @misterHuetube 2 года назад +20

    Man I’d be really jazzed about a discography deep dive of Foster the People. You’ve introduced me to some killer music over the years and the background is whipped cream on my musical sundaes. Keep it up, you’ve got a long time fan

  • @mr.dinosuar7333
    @mr.dinosuar7333 4 года назад +2354

    "what's the true meaning of pumped up kicks"
    The entire internet:
    *Wouldn't you like to know weather boy*

    • @emperor2344
      @emperor2344 4 года назад +8

      Lol i know that

    • @jordan4
      @jordan4 4 года назад +3

      Whats weather boy is it a song?

    • @Abyxxmal
      @Abyxxmal 4 года назад +1

      i was gonna like but i don't wanna ruin 420 likes

    • @musicmixesmore3049
      @musicmixesmore3049 4 года назад +6

      “where are your parents”

    • @justdont7522
      @justdont7522 4 года назад

      Mr. Green shut up redditor

  • @BakedPotatoYT1
    @BakedPotatoYT1 4 года назад +3912

    Everyone a gansta until a magnet starts attracting to the quiet kid's bag.

    • @trilliosflammas2753
      @trilliosflammas2753 4 года назад +26

      O damn

    • @user-pn7yf1iz5k
      @user-pn7yf1iz5k 4 года назад +7

      😳

    • @smoothyreal2205
      @smoothyreal2205 4 года назад +47

      Most guns are not magnetic

    • @Prawnz
      @Prawnz 4 года назад +11

      Peyton Manning #PM18#GOAT#18HUNNIT #SHERRIF woooosh

    • @Prawnz
      @Prawnz 4 года назад +1

      Peyton Manning #PM18#GOAT#18HUNNIT #SHERRIF woooooooooooosh

  • @mememan1423
    @mememan1423 4 года назад +9740

    I don’t get all these school shooting jokes, they must be *aimed at a younger audience*

  • @m4rt_
    @m4rt_ 2 года назад +60

    I love the video and the editing... just awesome how much effort you put into this. Keep doing this, you are awesome.

  • @berniedankers4081
    @berniedankers4081 4 года назад +620

    When you really think about the intention Mark Foster had behind this song, it starts to be so unreal how an epidemic such as school shootings being so relevant during that time is still relevant today. In other words,
    this song is still alive and in today’s time. Mark Foster really doesn’t get the credit he deserves for this timeless piece

  • @cultofeyes7260
    @cultofeyes7260 4 года назад +2284

    I actually had plans to burn down my school when I was young because of being bullied, the only reason I didnt was a girl I knew was nice to me that morning and I realized what a terrible idea it was. If you see someone getting beaten up stop it if you can. (Edit:Damn so many people here are good people faith in humanity ++ and thanks)

    • @yuya0064
      @yuya0064 4 года назад +414

      F- FBI???

    • @dumpsterrat2910
      @dumpsterrat2910 4 года назад +199

      I never imagined myself harming my fellow students but I was bullied for playing soccer better than some popular kid. He had his cronies bully me for 2 years. Then my current friends helped me out and I found peace.

    • @lxuliy
      @lxuliy 4 года назад +97

      Simp

    • @cultofeyes7260
      @cultofeyes7260 4 года назад +30

      @@naizamabao4681 yeah definitely

    • @cultofeyes7260
      @cultofeyes7260 4 года назад +30

      @@yuya0064 we do some shady shit

  • @kianafsah
    @kianafsah 4 года назад +5027

    Teacher: „What is 5+7?“
    Quiet Kid: ”10”
    Teacher: “No it’s 12”
    Quiet Kid: “9...8...7...”

    • @DrakoNotDraco
      @DrakoNotDraco 4 года назад +165

      What happens at 0

    • @Enphoso
      @Enphoso 4 года назад +225

      TotaldramaEzekiel Fan I don’t know but there’s only one way to find out

    • @magnumbeefus
      @magnumbeefus 4 года назад +29

      @Mal Theri subversive

    • @Mcha_1
      @Mcha_1 4 года назад +10

      Copied.

    • @carlitoispissed7486
      @carlitoispissed7486 4 года назад +18

      @@DrakoNotDraco hit it boys!
      Then he and his friends start playing Pumped Up Kicks

  • @whispy_on_paws
    @whispy_on_paws Год назад +63

    I survived a school shooting, so this is my jam, what… great… memories

  • @trenton7156
    @trenton7156 4 года назад +1430

    DJ: Hey guys this was requested by the Kid in the back.

  • @mariod4346
    @mariod4346 4 года назад +2432

    Middle 8: the true meaning behind Pumped up Kicks
    Everyone: oh we know

  • @jjoshu_a
    @jjoshu_a 4 года назад +2420

    When you see comments about the quiet kid and you realize you are the quiet kid

    • @gh0stio7
      @gh0stio7 4 года назад +129

      Me lmao, I have sociopathic thoughts but I never actually committed them 😂

    • @lunalagamer55
      @lunalagamer55 4 года назад +71

      @@gh0stio7 Same, im the forgotten one, and i actually desire to burn my school..

    • @gh0stio7
      @gh0stio7 4 года назад +23

      @@lunalagamer55 same

    • @aruangasenpai
      @aruangasenpai 4 года назад +45

      @@gh0stio7 shoot man I get thoughts that are extremely disturbing about hurting people our human mind is a mystery

    • @wesammoh3682
      @wesammoh3682 4 года назад +20

      I’m quiet in my school no one else is

  • @mysticalrandomness4282
    @mysticalrandomness4282 2 года назад +42

    It’s the perfect example of “When your happy you enjoy the music. When your sad you understand the lyrics”

  • @idk-vo5eu
    @idk-vo5eu 4 года назад +519

    pumped up kicks: exists
    everyone: *dancing triangle*

    • @enm294
      @enm294 4 года назад +1

      Some Random Drawing it’s Portuguese or either spanish or any Latin languages.

    • @Dan-hn2uc
      @Dan-hn2uc 4 года назад +8

      all de other kids with the pump para kids u better rung better rung faster den ma bullet

    • @dalek9554
      @dalek9554 4 года назад +2

      Wednesday

    • @meowkat318
      @meowkat318 4 года назад +1

      Probably Bill Cipher's favorite song

    • @giselle1312
      @giselle1312 4 года назад

      YES THAT WAS LITERALY ME

  • @bhotaling1
    @bhotaling1 4 года назад +577

    You missed the queen of all school-shooting songs: The Boomtown Rats' "Don't Like Mondays."

    • @jacketfrommiami3112
      @jacketfrommiami3112 4 года назад +19

      Oh yeah a song that literally is about a real shooting,fun fact the name "I don't like Monday's" is a quote from the shooter the songs about.

    • @jeff-hd9og
      @jeff-hd9og 4 года назад +5

      We gotta overlap this song, don’t like Monday’s, that one Eminem song about a school shooting and another one bites the dust

    • @tofunmijewesimi3989
      @tofunmijewesimi3989 4 года назад +1

      Jacket From Miami oh it’s the reason why she shot the elementary kids. she said “i just don’t like mondays”

    • @saifuusuri
      @saifuusuri 4 года назад

      Boomtown Rats? I thought they were called Bummed Out Cats. They don't like Mondays either.

  • @pillowman3740
    @pillowman3740 4 года назад +1454

    TLDR: if you have a kid in school named Robert you know what happens

    • @Shamburuse
      @Shamburuse 4 года назад +5

      there was a kid in my school named Robert 🤔🤔

    • @pillowman3740
      @pillowman3740 4 года назад +6

      hentie you know what happens

    • @powerchimp
      @powerchimp 4 года назад +15

      No. This song is about a kid named Robert who hit puberty.

    • @cloudy_st0rm312
      @cloudy_st0rm312 4 года назад +19

      PowerChimp I mean- he has a quick hand...

    • @MeltingMellons
      @MeltingMellons 4 года назад +4

      **Electro Luv** faster than his bullet

  • @jamborei
    @jamborei 2 года назад +61

    I remember I found this song in 2019, and being really confused on how this song was so popular with my classmates since I recognized the story behind the lyrics. It unsettled me, but I fell in love with the song for how well it approached the topic and emotions. I would listen to it while I was alone and freaking out about how easy it is in America for this to happen.

    • @IICHARLESII
      @IICHARLESII 7 месяцев назад

      It isn’t just in America. It’s a culture problem. All through history in America kids and teens had access to firearms, much more so than today. We had parking lots full of trucks with guns on racks at highschools. Bulling was more common place, fights broke out on the regular. Disarming law abiding citizens will not solve it, mass murders do not follow gun laws. Even is you could magically make all guns disappear, there are plenty of other means of committing atrocities just as easily and effectively. Not to mention you leave everyone helpless to the better fighter or larger group. If politicians and schools really wanted to make everywhere safer, we would start teaching coping skills, allowing for and fostering communication and teaching proper intervention that doesn’t discourage individuals from coming forward yet does recognize when a threat is truly imminent, hopefully influenced never to reach that point.

  • @futuretone
    @futuretone 4 года назад +860

    Robert: *Heavy*
    His friend: *The Sniper*

    • @romeomojica8694
      @romeomojica8694 4 года назад +38

      *team fortress theme starts playing*

    • @kevans1237
      @kevans1237 4 года назад +24

      *Snipings a good job mate*

    • @BucketIHead
      @BucketIHead 4 года назад +6

      Wouldn't it be medic?

    • @PoP-ri7sr
      @PoP-ri7sr 4 года назад +7

      @@BucketIHead medic is not necessary for the moment

    • @Remiel-Sayo
      @Remiel-Sayo 4 года назад +8

      @@kevans1237 *its challengin work*

  • @gardiner_bryant
    @gardiner_bryant 4 года назад +1283

    What really shook me was how this song is nearly 10 years old. I was 23 when this song came out. I'm now almost 32. What the actual frick?
    Foster The People are one of my favorite bands with some of the most poignant and transformative lyrics of our times. Great video as always!

    • @DEFxRECON
      @DEFxRECON 4 года назад +39

      Hey grandpa, the 90s were 30 years ago. Embrace the futility of time.

    • @transamination
      @transamination 4 года назад +15

      It's terrifying, right? Think about this, 10 years before this song came out, you were 13. 13 to 23 felt like forever, 23 to 32 not so much.

    • @PhilVillagerOffical
      @PhilVillagerOffical 4 года назад +4

      Frick

    • @blinkblik6924
      @blinkblik6924 4 года назад +2

      i cant believe its still being talked about 😆

    • @spaceinbetween6591
      @spaceinbetween6591 4 года назад +2

      transamination I was in middle school when PUK came out and i remember high top shoes really were "in" back then, but they werent Reeboks like the video says, they were Osiris which you could only get from a Journeys. looking back, those shoes were ugly as shit. Also im 21 and im just now starting to experience that warped time perception you’re talking about. I remember every single birthday felt like a goddamn milestone when i was little, but now its just like "oh shit, its been another year already?"

  • @markyy7698
    @markyy7698 4 года назад +555

    When I was a kid back in 2012 listening to this song on the radio I always thought his was singing “better run better run, faster then my bucket”

    • @agentpancake4786
      @agentpancake4786 4 года назад +18

      The logic....it's.....to powerful.
      *Rockets heard firing in distance*
      Over radio: "The all-powerful guy is down"

    • @ihavealobotomy
      @ihavealobotomy 4 года назад +13

      I thought it was about a kid named Robert teaching kids about running in kicks

    • @lottiepovey
      @lottiepovey 4 года назад +4

      i thought that it was mustard in my pocket

    • @starplaysroblox9653
      @starplaysroblox9653 4 года назад +1

      lottie domino 😂

    • @placeholdername5289
      @placeholdername5289 4 года назад

      I Always Thought "All The Other Kids With The Pumped Up Kicks" Was "I'll Be With The Kids With The Pumped Kicks."

  • @kenttheboss1880
    @kenttheboss1880 3 года назад +33

    Never knew it was this dark. I thought it was just a joyful track about kids being playful.

  • @bloodyhands6125
    @bloodyhands6125 3 года назад +3994

    "In his dads closet with the other fun things"
    Robert got one kinky dad huh

    • @vdvdvfvrvr4694
      @vdvdvfvrvr4694 3 года назад +79

      LMAOOOO

    • @maxolotl33
      @maxolotl33 3 года назад +204

      Roberts dad: *nervous sweating*

    • @briwu
      @briwu 3 года назад +131

      Roberts Mum: **confused af**

    • @axthyyy
      @axthyyy 3 года назад +66

      @@briwu Robert : see dad i told you mom would come back.

    • @dmurphy1578
      @dmurphy1578 2 года назад +14

      Guys gonna have a real civil court problem.

  • @duckngga3668
    @duckngga3668 4 года назад +684

    Everybody gangsta till a kid named Robert blasts this at school
    Edit: holy fucking shit I didn't expect this to blow up in 4 days

    • @skyhunter6123
      @skyhunter6123 4 года назад +14

      There's somebody named Robert in my class, should I be worried?

    • @tarpulin8179
      @tarpulin8179 4 года назад +16

      @@skyhunter6123 well unless he is the quiet kid

    • @vc9491
      @vc9491 4 года назад +2

      @@skyhunter6123 sup robert how ya doin? hehhe

    • @lucjuszmocarny8906
      @lucjuszmocarny8906 4 года назад +1

      Dafuq is your name

    • @raspberry93
      @raspberry93 4 года назад +1

      bro the quiet kid in my school is named robert 😳
      he always covers his mouther with his hood

  • @Alpha121198
    @Alpha121198 4 года назад +773

    I’m sorry, I actually just started laughing at “I shot the Sheriff”
    Not much to subtlety to unpack there is there?

    • @bukowskifamily7728
      @bukowskifamily7728 4 года назад

      None at all, mate.

    • @nunukeliihananui8750
      @nunukeliihananui8750 4 года назад +1

      When the bullied kid finds a glock and fake blood he puts blood on face waves glock puts pumped up kicks on skilshare

    • @Gizmo-ls8pp
      @Gizmo-ls8pp 4 года назад +2

      But I didn't shoot the deputy

    • @hawakassum6034
      @hawakassum6034 4 года назад +2

      Anyways so ACAB

  • @DrBeauHightower
    @DrBeauHightower Год назад +24

    Guns n roses I used to love her

    • @TLord1
      @TLord1 9 месяцев назад +4

      Bro got 5 likes lmao

    • @qman1787
      @qman1787 9 месяцев назад +1

      10 likes and 1 reply for an 1.64 mil subscribers? Jeez

  • @i_amerco3433
    @i_amerco3433 4 года назад +1626

    The whistling section represents “Robert” walking down an empty hall whistling a melody stuck in his head
    Edit: imagine hiding in the janitors supply room dead silent then hearing a sinister whistle slowly getting closer, all your friends are gone, your teachers shot trying to stop the shooter all your happiest memory’s in that school come to life, you shed a tear, for these may be your last 5 minutes...

    • @queda5331
      @queda5331 4 года назад +49

      Damn.
      Now this is stuck in my head.

    • @thenacho6354
      @thenacho6354 4 года назад +30

      That's a very Kill Bill thing to do

    • @ImJustFynn
      @ImJustFynn 4 года назад +5

      holy fuck now i’ve got spooky chills...damn...

    • @cheesydelphox1552
      @cheesydelphox1552 4 года назад +5

      That’s terrifying

    • @nagasakisickworld
      @nagasakisickworld 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/channel/UCUQf4fEP_qCRQf3DYPEXekg?view_as=subscriber

  • @Gaby-wl4dh
    @Gaby-wl4dh 4 года назад +3121

    Teacher: what would you do if I got shot
    Quiet kid: reload

    • @brrrr443
      @brrrr443 4 года назад +28

      Underrated but i got you to 19 likes

    • @mommyjhie5173
      @mommyjhie5173 4 года назад +9

      this comment should have many likes

    • @Maverick-kq4io
      @Maverick-kq4io 4 года назад +9

      why would a teacher get shot in the first place?

    • @jernest3269
      @jernest3269 4 года назад +4

      *breathing intensifies*

    • @kmirrahgrant1412
      @kmirrahgrant1412 4 года назад +3

      🙏🏾this one is by far the best one

  • @orangecoolcatever
    @orangecoolcatever 4 года назад +856

    “How could such a happy song have such a dark meaning?”
    *ring around the rosie has entered the chat*

    • @irmacastro5387
      @irmacastro5387 3 года назад +20

      Steven universe is also an example but at this point Rebecca didn’t do this on purpose, it’s pretty obvious.

    • @lahasainaypayaso3386
      @lahasainaypayaso3386 3 года назад +1

      Sorry but the meaning behind Ring Around The Rosie has already been DEBUNKED.www.thoughtco.com/debunking-ring-a-ring-a-roses-1221610

    • @Wildtooth-mg9sl
      @Wildtooth-mg9sl 3 года назад +8

      Ah yes I love the Pluege

    • @jayrom12
      @jayrom12 3 года назад +13

      @@irmacastro5387 Dawg dont even start Steven universe is gay

    • @bradleysmith9431
      @bradleysmith9431 9 месяцев назад

      That smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd. That smell being burnt flesh and blood

  • @c.s.s.5326
    @c.s.s.5326 2 года назад +13

    Helena Beat is another one:
    “I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way,” anyone who’s ever had a loved one dealing with heroin addiction knows exactly what that chorus is saying.

  • @-_--fo2nb
    @-_--fo2nb 3 года назад +3344

    “Suicide doesn't end the pain, it just passes it to someone else” -Richard Bach

    • @googleaccount7011
      @googleaccount7011 3 года назад +139

      I've been contemplating suicide for a while and that's the one problem, my family will be sad or feel they failed me. So it's not removing pain it's adding more 4-1 is three I loose pain but three people gain it

    • @aubreyhansen4728
      @aubreyhansen4728 3 года назад +29

      @@googleaccount7011 that the only reason I won’t I don’t even know anymore

    • @louieporcarelli2959
      @louieporcarelli2959 3 года назад +24

      @@googleaccount7011 ong...it will get better💯❤❤❤❤

    • @thedarklord5129
      @thedarklord5129 3 года назад +12

      @@googleaccount7011 You r exactly how I were about a week ago. Don't care about anything. Don't worry about your exams or important stuff so much to the point of suicide. Stress is the reason for suicide. Don't worry about any results. Live ur life for what u want. It can be even be for simple things like enjoyment, playing lots of video games in future, for watching lots of good anime, to make ur life better, enjoying with your sibling, having some friends etc. Suicide is not an option. Play "VA-11 Hall-A" and watch anime like "Clannad". They will change your life for sure.

    • @theinkyanimator1604
      @theinkyanimator1604 3 года назад +39

      *Can’t hurt anyone if there is no one left*

  • @bellamia7750
    @bellamia7750 4 года назад +549

    i'd always thought that the "dinners in the kitchen and it's packed in ice" lyric meant that his dad was abusive. like his dad would come home and hurt him, then he'd have to ice the wound or something. that's why he hated 'normal rich kids' because they all probably had a good life at home, and as a result, turned him violent. it's hella dark lol but I guess that's not what the lyric meant

    • @giselle1312
      @giselle1312 4 года назад +3

      bella mia same

    • @paintrick2644
      @paintrick2644 4 года назад +8

      That's what it could also mean as well

    • @blank1777
      @blank1777 4 года назад +52

      Art is subjective. Songs will always have a original meaning but it’s up to the listener to make up of what it means to you

    • @nicholashodges201
      @nicholashodges201 4 года назад +15

      I figured it was booze. I knew someone growing up who would have put their mom's beer in an ice bucket so it was cold when she got home or "else". CPS never did shit cause it was "mom", and they *never* abuse their kids, ever, ever.

    • @nicholashodges201
      @nicholashodges201 4 года назад +1

      @@blank1777 "Balthus is an artist about whom little is known. Now shut up and enjoy the pretty pictures"- Balthus

  • @YvainNicoo
    @YvainNicoo 4 года назад +759

    Imagine someone making a Netflix Show and he shot his classmates then while smoking at the ending while the police were coming then the song plays.

    • @koimeme
      @koimeme 4 года назад +42

      Dont give them ideas

    • @johnny-jk8si
      @johnny-jk8si 4 года назад +7

      @@koimeme You're username dosen't help.

    • @kmirrahgrant1412
      @kmirrahgrant1412 4 года назад +3

      i’m making a film🤭

    • @kmirrahgrant1412
      @kmirrahgrant1412 4 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/I6nFMGgNP7Q/видео.html someone beat me to it🥺

    • @DirtyGeorge
      @DirtyGeorge 4 года назад +1

      @@kmirrahgrant1412 when will it be done

  • @rachaelmolene
    @rachaelmolene 2 года назад +6

    With everything happening right now, and this video popping up on my recommended. I can't say if RUclips's timing is pretty impeccable... or just plain inhumane.

    • @IICHARLESII
      @IICHARLESII 7 месяцев назад

      Ignoring the problem is the problem.

  • @JacobMeza-pro-footballer
    @JacobMeza-pro-footballer 4 года назад +1304

    3:02 “That many teens can relate to,” sorry, what now

    • @bricenweber2533
      @bricenweber2533 4 года назад +151

      Me a fellow teen also wants to shoot many children.

    • @morrisagillyard
      @morrisagillyard 3 года назад +16

      Hehe omg

    • @lovelylyrics3231
      @lovelylyrics3231 3 года назад +19

      Me being the quiet kid in class

    • @ohalfacoke5329
      @ohalfacoke5329 3 года назад +70

      @@lovelylyrics3231 I’m the quiet kid And I like Guns And I’m Mexican So they thing I’m a freaking drug dealer

    • @fiver2543
      @fiver2543 3 года назад +3

      Lmao right

  • @joetazuna3809
    @joetazuna3809 4 года назад +1965

    *When you have a Robert in your class and he’s the quiet kid*

  • @ashen5646
    @ashen5646 4 года назад +583

    Me: has head phones on with a hood and a band instrument case while singing pump up kicks
    Everyone else on the school bus: nervous sweating

    • @mehithere149
      @mehithere149 4 года назад +5

      What it’s cold I’m bored and I have band

    • @amenoma9648
      @amenoma9648 4 года назад +1

      Bouta walk in the school doors and walk back out

    • @dum5247
      @dum5247 4 года назад

      I though it was the Sandy elementary

    • @lieutenanthorse
      @lieutenanthorse 4 года назад +3

      A whole new meaning to the "*chuckles* I'm in danger" meme

  • @VersusArdua
    @VersusArdua Год назад +7

    An undeniable teenage angst classic. I don't think there's anything else in the popular conscienceness to this day that has that sort of bite to it that we feel here.

  • @drksideofthewal
    @drksideofthewal 4 года назад +678

    Possible interpretation of those cryptic lyrics:
    "Yeah the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger"
    Slight of hand is something subtle, unnoticed. Perhaps that's how "Robert" moves through the world, as a shy and lonely kid, but he's about to trade that for a "quick pull trigger." In other words, he's going to snap.
    "I reason with my cigarette and say your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits."
    You light the head of the Cigarette on fire to smoke it, hence "hair on fire." This is an expression that reffers to panic, or insanity. Same as "lost your wits." He's personified in the Cigarette, trying to reason with himself, but he's lost the ability to reason.

    • @dirrt5011
      @dirrt5011 4 года назад +22

      drksideofthewal i thought the “hairs on fire you mustve lost your wits” part meant that his dad tried to stop him but he ended up shooting him in the head.
      edit: also, maybe “sleight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger” ties in with the “ive waited for a long time” lines. This could mean that robert has waited for so long and now he’s anxious about the day he’s supposed to do it

    • @fleabagzilla1792
      @fleabagzilla1792 4 года назад +4

      GG

    • @tonieeb9220
      @tonieeb9220 4 года назад

      Bruh its "sleight of hand" and it means to use your hands without flaw

    • @Thagy1973
      @Thagy1973 3 года назад

      I can see that. The lyrics (like most) are figurative in this part of the song. At least that's my interpretation.

  • @lamardavis9709
    @lamardavis9709 4 года назад +455

    RUclips: wanna see a school shooter lyric song and the meaning
    Me: no
    FBI: are u sure this seems interesting

  • @neptoon91
    @neptoon91 3 года назад +865

    Foster: makes song
    Song: blows up
    Foster:I didn’t mean to do that

  • @gangpardos3833
    @gangpardos3833 4 года назад +425

    You could also argue that the “groovy” base and drums are a stark contrast to the lyrics because its dichotomy that is going on in the kids head. Life on the outside is all good, but on the inside he is suffering and has no escape.
    Edit: Thanks for the likes, I’m surprised yet not surprised that more people agree with me on the internet than in real life.
    Stay safe everyone.

  • @jestergutz
    @jestergutz 4 года назад +901

    Title: “The true meaning behind Pumped Up Kicks” Everyone who has heard of the internet before: That’s not very cash money if you

    • @taintedmyth0s636
      @taintedmyth0s636 4 года назад +20

      Yeah, I was thinking it was going to be about something OTHER than the theme of a school shooting. Very disappointed.

    • @fubukisimp9485
      @fubukisimp9485 4 года назад +1

      I’m Tired of*

    • @generalkenobi858
      @generalkenobi858 4 года назад +1

      Made an edit but there’s still a typo

    • @jomsht7116
      @jomsht7116 4 года назад

      @@taintedmyth0s636 i mean it did show how and why it came to fruition, not just a sloppy description of the lyrics, plus the editing is *_GOD-TIER_* so you can't argue with that.

  • @tomsullivan8435
    @tomsullivan8435 Год назад +4

    December 5, 2007, Robert Hawkins shot and killed eight people and wounded four others at a shopping mall in Omaha, NE. The lyrics don't mention anything about a school shooting. Robert was 19, was bullied in high school, and took out his 'revenge' at an affluent department store, then killed himself. Mark Foster came up with the chorus first, then needed to write the back story through the verses. The song wasn't written about Robert specifically, even though it appears that way with the first line "Robert's got a quick hand." He could have used Johnny or Billy, but he didn't, he used Robert because it was a current, real-life story, which made it more personal and relatable. The music is happy go crazy, the lyrics are dark, but if you have ever been around someone who has snapped, that is exactly how they behave right before they end everything.

    • @leonessity
      @leonessity 4 месяца назад

      Thank you for the clarification!

  • @Moonokami_KR
    @Moonokami_KR 4 года назад +503

    Quick fact: Any song with only vocal is Disturbing and weird
    Edit: yes I know there is great amount of song with only vocal and sounds cool af, this is a joke, don’t take it seriously.

    • @matthewk4637
      @matthewk4637 4 года назад +5

      Moon Wolf Acapella

    • @outjinx
      @outjinx 4 года назад +6

      Moon Wolf that’s not a fact

    • @mozartmozi7776
      @mozartmozi7776 4 года назад +3

      Untrue, if you’d have to say a songs creepy it’d gotta be backwards.

    • @Da_Man3
      @Da_Man3 4 года назад +1

      Moon Wolf not true

    • @Moonokami_KR
      @Moonokami_KR 4 года назад

      Otaku 3van yeah you are right, but Im more like saying the majority of songs

  • @onewholovesvenison5335
    @onewholovesvenison5335 4 года назад +2569

    Boomer: “This song is horrible! It promotes violence!”
    Also Boomer: 🎶I shot the Sheriff🎶

  • @rahmelfreeman7581
    @rahmelfreeman7581 4 года назад +469

    I went to High School with Mark Foster, this is so cool to see a video on him! Very happy for him and his success!

    • @shaharavigdori8641
      @shaharavigdori8641 4 года назад +11

      How is he? He seems like a nice dude

    • @ramanabdullen
      @ramanabdullen 4 года назад +9

      no way, really?

    • @rahmelfreeman7581
      @rahmelfreeman7581 4 года назад +39

      @@shaharavigdori8641 Yes, I was a couple classes ahead of him so I didn't have classes with him or anything but definitely a nice guy!

    • @rahmelfreeman7581
      @rahmelfreeman7581 4 года назад +25

      @@ramanabdullen Yep. I graduated a couple years before him though.

    • @lovepuppy4627
      @lovepuppy4627 4 года назад +5

      @Jesse McFarland-Ward id be concerned

  • @mikahenke5415
    @mikahenke5415 3 года назад +1

    These Videos are so high quality im speachless

  • @Home_Depot_Better_Than_Lowes
    @Home_Depot_Better_Than_Lowes 3 года назад +471

    I think the whistling in pumped up kicks is like Robert whistling while walking down the halls of the school

  • @aprf1989
    @aprf1989 4 года назад +380

    Mark is one of the best songwriters of his generation, there's always something on his lyrics that makes you think. Supermodel is so underrated, specially Pseudologia Fantastica.

    • @hellomarjory
      @hellomarjory 4 года назад +7

      Supermodel is a fantastic album, they truly deserved more recognition for it!

    • @KenniIsBored
      @KenniIsBored 4 года назад +4

      Thank you, I'm glad the only one who feels this way.

    • @broodypie2216
      @broodypie2216 4 года назад

      Rishloo
      ruclips.net/video/438WP_i6EKY/видео.html

  • @yourfriendlyfrog5992
    @yourfriendlyfrog5992 3 года назад +1095

    My headphones got unplugged during a test everyone was so nice for the rest of the year

  • @MsBrynnElizabeth
    @MsBrynnElizabeth Год назад +1

    I must admit.
    You delivered this entire video with great info, references, etc…what I am most impressed with is you managed to get this out without mentioning Jeremy by Pearl Jam.
    Not once. I was just sitting and waiting and it never came. That’s usually the first one anyone goes with; especially when it comes to songs about shootings, or redrum from the view of a teen red-rumer or someone within the same sphere of reality as said teen.
    Kudos :) excellent video

  • @jamsya493
    @jamsya493 4 года назад +1576

    Plot twist: the “gun” is actually a nerf blaster

    • @dr.insecto7846
      @dr.insecto7846 4 года назад +13

      _Gay_Tuna right but the six shooters are 2 two shooters

    • @mrmr_zoomie
      @mrmr_zoomie 4 года назад +25

      And the two shooters are actually 12 gauge in a double barrel shotgun

    • @lorenceroque3009
      @lorenceroque3009 4 года назад +1

      Oh how I wish

    • @imyellowteeth4691
      @imyellowteeth4691 4 года назад +6

      and all the students are pranking the teachers by shooting them with nerf blasters

    • @midgetman2350
      @midgetman2350 4 года назад +3

      nah the gun shoots pumped up kicks

  • @dreadpiraterobert4648
    @dreadpiraterobert4648 4 года назад +2303

    Teacher: spell art.
    Student: A-R. . .
    Quite kid: 15

    • @ilikememes446
      @ilikememes446 4 года назад +16

      Found this comment while the like is at 15 lol

    • @timrankhan8265
      @timrankhan8265 4 года назад +7

      Yes I made the likes 69

    • @shuvittt
      @shuvittt 4 года назад +4

      I personally would do that

    • @Sepia_formal
      @Sepia_formal 4 года назад +13

      Yes, that kid is quite 15.

    • @maty1594
      @maty1594 3 года назад +6

      Quiet*

  • @fbi5700
    @fbi5700 4 года назад +6070

    Teacher: “What comes before 47?”
    Quiet Kid: “AK”

  • @w.a.f.f.l.e.
    @w.a.f.f.l.e. Год назад +3

    Great video. It was very engaging, interesting to watch, and you showed great editing and video production skill. The video was easy to understand, while still working some humor into it. This guy deserves at least 1M subs.

  • @sleeplessstudios7626
    @sleeplessstudios7626 3 года назад +763

    My dad can't hear lyrics when listening to music. He has difficulty differentiating overlapping sounds. Apparently, he never knew this song's subject matter. That means for a full 9 years my dad had no idea why this song was being used in films about said subject matter. I showed him this video and he was totally shocked.

    • @drunkenbartender9896
      @drunkenbartender9896 2 года назад +25

      hope your dad still enjoys listening to it
      i wouldnt stop me from enjoying a song just because its lyrics are dark or questionable

    • @elephantdanceparty7917
      @elephantdanceparty7917 2 года назад +13

      Same. I have to look up the lyrics but a lot of times I don’t even care what the song is about and just keep listening anyways

    • @scratchpad7954
      @scratchpad7954 Год назад +1

      God bless your father's innocence. That sweet summer child needs to be protected at all costs.

  • @ItsTheBard
    @ItsTheBard 4 года назад +824

    Everybody’s gangster until the quiet kid plays this on his *bluetooth speaker and reaches into his bag.*

    • @beanutbutter2921
      @beanutbutter2921 4 года назад +15

      Stress level: 100

    • @noone-si4ok
      @noone-si4ok 4 года назад +13

      And then you get assist +50

    • @echo8481
      @echo8481 4 года назад +14

      12:00 AM
      Morning 1
      Objective:
      Escape
      Run away from Robert
      Don't succumb to the insane tune
      SURVIVE

    • @lilkmt4643
      @lilkmt4643 4 года назад

      omg

    • @BigBeerus
      @BigBeerus 4 года назад +2

      I feel bad for laughing so hard at this

  • @quaiful7487
    @quaiful7487 3 года назад +330

    I remember when I was 6 when I heard the song thinking that the song was about shoes and the "pumped up kicks" meant the new expensive shoes and "better run" meant that whenever you brought new shoes but didn't wanna get them dirty.
    I was so wrong.

  • @sephuris5555
    @sephuris5555 Год назад +9

    Ironically I was a guitar player all through school and was also in music appreciation so listening and understanding lyrics became almost normal anyway my class want to use pumped up kick as our graduation song and I had to explain why that was a horrible idea

  • @robinson2774
    @robinson2774 4 года назад +315

    Everybody gangsta until the quiet kid starts randomly counting down from 10.

    • @Iggihbh246
      @Iggihbh246 4 года назад +5

      Ah man only 2 cookies left,😥

  • @classicco-op5580
    @classicco-op5580 4 года назад +582

    "Songs with murder"
    "Cough Cough" Girl with one eye-Ludes.

    • @Nisa4444-h1v
      @Nisa4444-h1v 4 года назад +6

      Spook4you there are so many songs about murder. Bust your kneecaps, milk and cookies, teddy bear, bellyache. There are so many

    • @classicco-op5580
      @classicco-op5580 4 года назад +1

      @@Nisa4444-h1v Oh, I knew that I just named a song I knew, but thank you for the songs, I'll check e out!

    • @Nisa4444-h1v
      @Nisa4444-h1v 4 года назад

      Spook4you yeah, it could be that I just listen to too many songs about murder.

    • @Nisa4444-h1v
      @Nisa4444-h1v 4 года назад

      Spook4you you’re welcome

    • @bruh5783
      @bruh5783 4 года назад

      Ring around the rosie Is Basically A Song made during the black death

  • @agentpancake4786
    @agentpancake4786 4 года назад +593

    "Robert's gotta quick hand"
    *Picture a detatched hand running*

  • @TheCatstronaut
    @TheCatstronaut Год назад +2

    bro that was perfectly timed...
    right when i heard the gunshot (0:59) i got an ad

  • @GameyGaming
    @GameyGaming 4 года назад +540

    I figured “Pumped up Kicks” meant pumping their legs fast so they could run away.

    • @snoopy1864
      @snoopy1864 4 года назад +12

      well it could be the same meaning

    • @thedankestofmemes7213
      @thedankestofmemes7213 4 года назад +1

      ITS LOSER!!!

    • @foquitajeej2399
      @foquitajeej2399 4 года назад +1

      @@thedankestofmemes7213
      No

    • @jemko
      @jemko 4 года назад

      im confused

    • @montiigo
      @montiigo 4 года назад +7

      I thought it had to do with heels that are also called "pumps" and girls in heels would have to run faster because it's hard to run in heels

  • @MatthewHodges
    @MatthewHodges 4 года назад +397

    When the quiet kid begins humming this while reaching into his backpack

    • @dudeblizt6350
      @dudeblizt6350 3 года назад +6

      *he is also smileing in a meancing way*

    • @pooslide1333
      @pooslide1333 3 года назад

      @@dudeblizt6350 u edited ur comment and still didnt spell right

    • @dudeblizt6350
      @dudeblizt6350 3 года назад

      @@pooslide1333 *didn't

    • @dudeblizt6350
      @dudeblizt6350 3 года назад

      @@pooslide1333 freaking clown

    • @bobbysundries5522
      @bobbysundries5522 3 года назад

      @@dudeblizt6350 hi