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@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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
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!💖
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
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
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.
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
@@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
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
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.
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:”...”
@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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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?"
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.
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)
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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
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...
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
This video made me fall in love with this channel wether it be the amazing editing or the in depth analysis and explanation this video is just really well done
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.
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Okai
you could've done this 3 months ago
he did
“He’s a cowboy kid” could also reference his cigarette because marlboros were known as “cowboy killers”
@@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.
Futuristic persona makes classical analysis XD
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.
his cigarette is rolled, i just think its about imagery... cig smoking, gun toting, outsider cowboy kid
Also because he uses a six-shooter gun
What’s so difficult to understand?
“Roberts’ got a quick hand.”
It’s clearly about early puberty.
🤣😂
Oh shi-
Better run so his load don’t shoot onto the other kids
HmMm
LMAO
I feel like this is the one song that doesn’t need explaining
qweasdqwe like, the only only song that doesn’t need explaining
^
OUTRUN MY GUN
BETTER RUN BETTER RUN OUT RUN MY GUN
Also the song “ransom”
the vocals are so crisp they give me chills down my spine
"I'm not surprised you didn't notice"
Literally the entire Internet: uses Pumped Up Kicks as the symbol of school shooting
This Is America replaced it
Columbine moments lmao
@Khaki Shorts *fuck, the blue bois are here* - D-Boi 2020
Especially during ww3 memes
true XD
Middle 8: the meaning behind pumped up kicks
Me: *nervous laughter*
*read the lyrics*
Me: laughs in animation memes
Hah... hah... uhhhh they found me out
@@tedarcher9120 Or just listen to the song, it's not like it's hidden
Edgy
I've never seen this song as "happy," because I couldn't ignore the lyrics.
Also it doesn't sound happy at all
Rinky Dink honestly it’s pretty sad
@@DDChorror Exactly!
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.
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
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.
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.
@@goldentop6948 bro what hell you're talking about
Even the producers already admitted this song is all about a school shooter
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.
@@phantomwarrior8686 nice shadowbanning all my comments guy.
@@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.
This song sounds a whole lot more disturbing with out the instrumental
Ikr
gatekeeper no
i want to like this comment but i dont wanna ruin the 420 likes
gatekeeper hell no its ass crack
gatekeeper booo
*"how can a happy tone music have such dark lyrics?"*
Japanese Songs: *Sweating*
me! me! me!: 👁👄👁
HAPPPPY song: **nervous sweating**
everybody gangster until the new kikuo song gets subtitles
Rolling girl, watashi no r, hated by life itself, lost ones weeping, SENBONZAKURA
Mememe, many vocaloid songs, and song weird jpops: ehhhh... eheheh...
When the quiet kid calls shotgun but there's no car in sight.
Why do i always see u everywhere?
RUclips pays this guy to comment on most of the videos in this platform
@Uncle ruclips.net/video/HQoRXhS7vlU/видео.html
And he pulls out a mosberg out of his ass
Just Some Guy without a Mustache NANI?
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
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
lmao
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.
@@Poeticsunit ok... WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU
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.
Middle 8: Did you know that Pumped Up-
Literally everyone: Yes, we knew.
MisterTwister lol true
Is that Xam on your profile pic?
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That's funny
It’s too true
Ikr
Pumped up kicks: a song about anti bullying and depression
Schools: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that
@Gee Tar about justice of the poor one that always bullied by some shitty rich man or senator's son
DansGamers 01 and then shoots and try’s to kill numerous other kids
Did you summon me
They used to play this song in my school during gym while I was in 3rd grade
My school played this song I’m dead
THEY PLAYED THIS SONG AT MY SCHOOL WINTER DANCE AND MY HEART ALMOST EXPLODED BECAUSE I LOWKEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FINNA KILL US
sounds like something i would do if i was a teacher
Holy shiit
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
Alpha playz yes
Oh god I would though
I survived a school shooting, so this is my jam, what… great… memories
Same
TELL US THE STORY
womp womp
@Realsigmamal6 it is serious
@@JawshuaWorsham ignore them they're just some cringe kid
"Don't join the Zoom meeting tomorrow"
LMAO
Lol
Thanks but... *wait*
*why not?*
he brought his dads Glock.png
True meaning: BOY HE BOUT TO DO IT
GO GETEM BOY
OH LAWD HE COMIN'
SOMEBODY CALL DA AMBALANCE
Yup
( *gun sounds* )
Everybody gangster till the quiet kid has a violin case and isn’t in orchestra
😂😂
😳
Orchestra*
😂🤣😂 crying rn
WesternSky667 Why you so bootyhurt?
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!💖
We don't need "infectious" melodies right now
Sean L yes we do
agreed. we need healing melodies maybe?
that one account more like medical melodies
Sean L LOL
It's the trend of minimalist hipsters.
Your editing is so underrated
Retro Lad *your
He reminds me of daftpina
@@RyanStaben Damn autocorrect haha
Deadass
Retro Lad hello sexy
Wait, did you just say that this song came out in 2011?
*oh my god*
Helena best is good but I like pick u up the most
it actually came out in 2010
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
@@ShadowTheDeathhog The one thing I ever remember from that game is the soundtrack because Anamanaguchi is just *y e s.*
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
"Why we continue to enjoy it even after the grim details?"
Because it's the most American thing.
An we Americans can't get enough dark content with a bubbly facade
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.
No wonder everyone wanted to suddenly be my friend after I accidentally played this at school
Pain
It took me a while to understand this comment
"Accidentally"
Underrated
@The champs of Gaming update...?
Schools : does online classes now
Robert : Sad Noises
Lol
*puts on vr headset* you cant run now
*sprays the laptop screen*
*BREAKING: SCHOOL SHOOTING RATES DROP TO 100%*
Virus link
DJ: Hey guys this was requested by the Kid in the back.
How does this only get 26 likes ? Hahahahaha
@@dead_meam_fighter6453 50
@@vaselinenoodles869 I've heard your name before hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
@@noone-si4ok yes yes you have😉
@@noone-si4ok you know if you know
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
They played this at a school dance once and everyone, every age, every race was dancing.
Because it’s a great song :D
My art teacher played it once and I seemed to be the only one concerned.
Absolutely no surprises there. It’s an easy song to sing and dance to.
Jesus Christ-
I heard it at my school so i ran
I've memorized the first 3 seconds of the song in case anyone plays this at school, I know what's going on immediately
very smart
*TIME TO BOOK IT*
Is this some American joke I'm too European to understand?
Shrek Joestar • 55 years ago gun violence
@@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
I don't think anyone thinks this song is about sneakers...
It is though
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
At the time it came out my English was very basic, so yeah I did think it was about sneakers :D
I didn’t even know Pumped Up Kicks was a sneaker until now
It’s about shooting sneakers in the back yard what ya talking aboooout
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
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.
@@IICHARLESIIholy sheeheet what happened
may be relatable
cornball bruh
@@IICHARLESII i aint reading allat
Student: *sneezes*
Deaf kid: bless you
Student: Thank yo-
*pumped up kicks starts playing*
Maybe he saw it but it would be rather strange or creepy
cause how would he learn to speak if he's deaf
@@woodoospirit6346 If he wasn't born deaf then he would (hopefully) know how to speak, unless he was like 3 when he stopped hearing
@@PeteyParka you're right
He’s just magic
Or he has been pretending to be deaf and just been waiting for the right time to strike
"How can a happy song have such a dark meaning??"
Twenty One Pilots : *sweating intensifies*
Every song off of every album lol
@@ComePollinateMeHey like two songs are happy lol.
But its like 7 to 8 years ago
Elton John "i think im gonna kill myself"
"Ring around the rosie" has enter the chat
I never expected someone to talk about twenty one Pilots and get so many likes i like this comment
This song was actually made because one of the members in the band had a sister who survived a school shooting.
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:”...”
Yeah, I believe it was the Columbine shooting
@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.
It was his cousin actually
yee cubbie finks cousin
It’s the perfect example of “When your happy you enjoy the music. When your sad you understand the lyrics”
I'm feeling kinda dad rn
@@GetMeOutOfMyMisery same tho
@@mysticalrandomness4282 lol
You're
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
The sad thing is it is timeless
r.i.p. Mark Foster
White Boyz wait he died?
@@cheddarcheese4159 lmao no. He's alive
Yee bwudehh
"what's the true meaning of pumped up kicks"
The entire internet:
*Wouldn't you like to know weather boy*
Lol i know that
Whats weather boy is it a song?
i was gonna like but i don't wanna ruin 420 likes
“where are your parents”
Mr. Green shut up redditor
Everyone a gansta until a magnet starts attracting to the quiet kid's bag.
O damn
😳
Most guns are not magnetic
Peyton Manning #PM18#GOAT#18HUNNIT #SHERRIF woooosh
Peyton Manning #PM18#GOAT#18HUNNIT #SHERRIF woooooooooooosh
I love the video and the editing... just awesome how much effort you put into this. Keep doing this, you are awesome.
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
There's somebody named Robert in my class, should I be worried?
@@skyhunter6123 well unless he is the quiet kid
@@skyhunter6123 sup robert how ya doin? hehhe
Dafuq is your name
bro the quiet kid in my school is named robert 😳
he always covers his mouther with his hood
pumped up kicks: exists
everyone: *dancing triangle*
Some Random Drawing it’s Portuguese or either spanish or any Latin languages.
all de other kids with the pump para kids u better rung better rung faster den ma bullet
Wednesday
Probably Bill Cipher's favorite song
YES THAT WAS LITERALY ME
Robert: *Heavy*
His friend: *The Sniper*
*team fortress theme starts playing*
*Snipings a good job mate*
Wouldn't it be medic?
@@BucketIHead medic is not necessary for the moment
@@kevans1237 *its challengin work*
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.
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.
"In his dads closet with the other fun things"
Robert got one kinky dad huh
LMAOOOO
Roberts dad: *nervous sweating*
Roberts Mum: **confused af**
@@briwu Robert : see dad i told you mom would come back.
Guys gonna have a real civil court problem.
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”
The logic....it's.....to powerful.
*Rockets heard firing in distance*
Over radio: "The all-powerful guy is down"
I thought it was about a kid named Robert teaching kids about running in kicks
i thought that it was mustard in my pocket
lottie domino 😂
I Always Thought "All The Other Kids With The Pumped Up Kicks" Was "I'll Be With The Kids With The Pumped Kicks."
Middle 8: the true meaning behind Pumped up Kicks
Everyone: oh we know
69 likes
the music video shows it all
@@phospenguillite8895 the school shooting was a fan video
@@gabrielmarks7870 oh right forgot
-Hey guys I know the secret of pumped kicks
-what? You mean the shooting song?
-Uh, Yeah...
Never knew it was this dark. I thought it was just a joyful track about kids being playful.
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!
Hey grandpa, the 90s were 30 years ago. Embrace the futility of time.
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.
Frick
i cant believe its still being talked about 😆
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?"
You missed the queen of all school-shooting songs: The Boomtown Rats' "Don't Like Mondays."
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.
We gotta overlap this song, don’t like Monday’s, that one Eminem song about a school shooting and another one bites the dust
Jacket From Miami oh it’s the reason why she shot the elementary kids. she said “i just don’t like mondays”
Boomtown Rats? I thought they were called Bummed Out Cats. They don't like Mondays either.
TLDR: if you have a kid in school named Robert you know what happens
there was a kid in my school named Robert 🤔🤔
hentie you know what happens
No. This song is about a kid named Robert who hit puberty.
PowerChimp I mean- he has a quick hand...
**Electro Luv** faster than his bullet
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.
Teacher: „What is 5+7?“
Quiet Kid: ”10”
Teacher: “No it’s 12”
Quiet Kid: “9...8...7...”
What happens at 0
TotaldramaEzekiel Fan I don’t know but there’s only one way to find out
@Mal Theri subversive
Copied.
@@DrakoNotDraco hit it boys!
Then he and his friends start playing Pumped Up Kicks
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)
F- FBI???
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.
Simp
@@naizamabao4681 yeah definitely
@@yuya0064 we do some shady shit
When you see comments about the quiet kid and you realize you are the quiet kid
Me lmao, I have sociopathic thoughts but I never actually committed them 😂
@@gh0stio7 Same, im the forgotten one, and i actually desire to burn my school..
@@lunalagamer55 same
@@gh0stio7 shoot man I get thoughts that are extremely disturbing about hurting people our human mind is a mystery
I’m quiet in my school no one else is
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.
Ignoring the problem is the problem.
Teacher: “What comes before 47?”
Quiet Kid: “AK”
oh ok-
*_hol’up_*
yes
0_o
Ok FBI
Runnn
*When you have a Robert in your class and he’s the quiet kid*
Faster than my bullet
Better run better run
Outrun my gun
All the other kids
with the pumped up kicks
I’m sorry, I actually just started laughing at “I shot the Sheriff”
Not much to subtlety to unpack there is there?
None at all, mate.
When the bullied kid finds a glock and fake blood he puts blood on face waves glock puts pumped up kicks on skilshare
But I didn't shoot the deputy
Anyways so ACAB
Guns n roses I used to love her
Bro got 5 likes lmao
10 likes and 1 reply for an 1.64 mil subscribers? Jeez
RUclips: wanna see a school shooter lyric song and the meaning
Me: no
FBI: are u sure this seems interesting
Lamar Davis You didn't watched the whole video did you?
Yes it is isnt it :)
@@cultofeyes7260 very
F.B.I indeed
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
What it’s cold I’m bored and I have band
Bouta walk in the school doors and walk back out
I though it was the Sandy elementary
A whole new meaning to the "*chuckles* I'm in danger" meme
The real problem with this song is that you really like it, but it feels wrong to listen to it.
Doesn’t feel wrong at all.... my soul felt this
Really tho XD
Doesn't feel wrong to me lol
I still would listen the song ether way
Nah
These Videos are so high quality im speachless
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.
Dont give them ideas
@@koimeme You're username dosen't help.
i’m making a film🤭
ruclips.net/video/I6nFMGgNP7Q/видео.html someone beat me to it🥺
@@kmirrahgrant1412 when will it be done
Teacher: what would you do if I got shot
Quiet kid: reload
Underrated but i got you to 19 likes
this comment should have many likes
why would a teacher get shot in the first place?
*breathing intensifies*
🙏🏾this one is by far the best one
“Suicide doesn't end the pain, it just passes it to someone else” -Richard Bach
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
@@googleaccount7011 that the only reason I won’t I don’t even know anymore
@@googleaccount7011 ong...it will get better💯❤❤❤❤
@@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.
*Can’t hurt anyone if there is no one left*
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
“How could such a happy song have such a dark meaning?”
*ring around the rosie has entered the chat*
Steven universe is also an example but at this point Rebecca didn’t do this on purpose, it’s pretty obvious.
Sorry but the meaning behind Ring Around The Rosie has already been DEBUNKED.www.thoughtco.com/debunking-ring-a-ring-a-roses-1221610
Ah yes I love the Pluege
@@irmacastro5387 Dawg dont even start Steven universe is gay
That smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd. That smell being burnt flesh and blood
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...
Damn.
Now this is stuck in my head.
That's a very Kill Bill thing to do
holy fuck now i’ve got spooky chills...damn...
That’s terrifying
ruclips.net/channel/UCUQf4fEP_qCRQf3DYPEXekg?view_as=subscriber
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
bella mia same
That's what it could also mean as well
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
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.
@@blank1777 "Balthus is an artist about whom little is known. Now shut up and enjoy the pretty pictures"- Balthus
I think the whistling in pumped up kicks is like Robert whistling while walking down the halls of the school
Even got the echo
Makes sense
Yes that's what I imagined as I listened to this song.
Omar from The Wire
Even more dark! 😬
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!
How is he? He seems like a nice dude
no way, really?
@@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!
@@ramanabdullen Yep. I graduated a couple years before him though.
@Jesse McFarland-Ward id be concerned
Title: “The true meaning behind Pumped Up Kicks” Everyone who has heard of the internet before: That’s not very cash money if you
Yeah, I was thinking it was going to be about something OTHER than the theme of a school shooting. Very disappointed.
I’m Tired of*
Made an edit but there’s still a typo
@@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.
Impressive video. I knew about the message but you really break it down. Well done on all facets of creation too. Wishing you the best~
"Songs with murder"
"Cough Cough" Girl with one eye-Ludes.
Spook4you there are so many songs about murder. Bust your kneecaps, milk and cookies, teddy bear, bellyache. There are so many
@@Nisa4444-h1v Oh, I knew that I just named a song I knew, but thank you for the songs, I'll check e out!
Spook4you yeah, it could be that I just listen to too many songs about murder.
Spook4you you’re welcome
Ring around the rosie Is Basically A Song made during the black death
"Robert's gotta quick hand"
*Picture a detatched hand running*
im scared now. I hate you
Like thing from Addams family.
"I mean, he's not wrong"
Mom pick me up am scared
"The hand is quicker than the eye"
Sniper/engineer TF 2
Plot twist: the “gun” is actually a nerf blaster
_Gay_Tuna right but the six shooters are 2 two shooters
And the two shooters are actually 12 gauge in a double barrel shotgun
Oh how I wish
and all the students are pranking the teachers by shooting them with nerf blasters
nah the gun shoots pumped up kicks
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.
Thank you for the clarification!
Everybody gangsta until the quiet kid starts randomly counting down from 10.
Ah man only 2 cookies left,😥
Foster: makes song
Song: blows up
Foster:I didn’t mean to do that
Laugh out loud
"It should have been the school, not the song you stupid"
@MmmmMonke lol
@@franciscosoares2440 *Brain Fart*
“Many teens can relate to the song and the feeling of revenge”
And that’s on the American school system!
Agreed
Sorry i live in mars, can't related...
sorry I’m Jean grey I can’t relate
I'm Finnish can't relate
I'm thailand I can relate
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.
My headphones got unplugged during a test everyone was so nice for the rest of the year
W
W
W
W
It’s true, I was the test
Everybody’s gangster until the quiet kid plays this on his *bluetooth speaker and reaches into his bag.*
Stress level: 100
And then you get assist +50
12:00 AM
Morning 1
Objective:
Escape
Run away from Robert
Don't succumb to the insane tune
SURVIVE
omg
I feel bad for laughing so hard at this
3:02 “That many teens can relate to,” sorry, what now
Me a fellow teen also wants to shoot many children.
Hehe omg
Me being the quiet kid in class
@@lovelylyrics3231 I’m the quiet kid And I like Guns And I’m Mexican So they thing I’m a freaking drug dealer
Lmao right
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.
5:58
“What could possibly drive a person to murder?”
Me who watched Joker a lot of times: S O C I E T Y
*_society_*
W E L I V E I N A S O C I E T Y
You know that wasn’t funny
Yeah you shouldent joke about that
@@juggmessiah SOCIETY
COMETHEBEAN *S* *O* *C* *I* *E* *T* *Y*
Though it’s true, and we shouldn’t hide the fact about that
Teacher: spell art.
Student: A-R. . .
Quite kid: 15
Found this comment while the like is at 15 lol
Yes I made the likes 69
I personally would do that
Yes, that kid is quite 15.
Quiet*
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.
Mmhmm
@@gabby_5820 go away no one wants to have Depression
1000 iq
@@dogesuchwow9845 true
@@gabby_5820 have a lucky day
these videos are amazing, thank you for taking the time to make them!
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.
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
GG
Bruh its "sleight of hand" and it means to use your hands without flaw
I can see that. The lyrics (like most) are figurative in this part of the song. At least that's my interpretation.
When the quiet kid begins humming this while reaching into his backpack
*he is also smileing in a meancing way*
@@dudeblizt6350 u edited ur comment and still didnt spell right
@@pooslide1333 *didn't
@@pooslide1333 freaking clown
@@dudeblizt6350 hi
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.
hope your dad still enjoys listening to it
i wouldnt stop me from enjoying a song just because its lyrics are dark or questionable
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
God bless your father's innocence. That sweet summer child needs to be protected at all costs.
This video made me fall in love with this channel wether it be the amazing editing or the in depth analysis and explanation this video is just really well done
Daddies comin home late
Yeah,he’s coming home late
He’s bringing me a surprise.
instant me:he’s bringing the milk.
He brought almond milk....He sending him back
In a box of fun things *which will be used for the surprise okay Robert?*
Shiho Suzui BAHAHAH
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.
Supermodel is a fantastic album, they truly deserved more recognition for it!
Thank you, I'm glad the only one who feels this way.
Rishloo
ruclips.net/video/438WP_i6EKY/видео.html
roberts dad: *comes home late*
my dad who still hasn't gotten the milk from 11 years ago: first time?
Amateur, my dad left before i was even born. *Sobs
So he came back, then left again?
I only found your channel today but the quality of your videos is top notch. I'm definitely a fan now