This song is very much inspired by the bassist's cousin surviving/even being in the library during the Columbine Shooting. When I listened to the song for the first time, I had the thought of this being a blatant reference to a school shooting. Everyone called me crazy, only then to backed up by interviews from the band members confirming it. No matter how "cheerful" the song may sound, it can certainly be a harbinger of darker, more sinister meaning. Don't be naïve and take things at face value, less you become a victim yourself. Don't reject information simply because it makes you uncomfortable, after-all, reality is just that...uncomfortable.
This is definitely one of those songs where people vibe with the music and then...you catch the lyrics...and people are like...oh...OH. Damn. By the way, there's a Bardcore version done by Hildebrand Von Blinken that is also fire.
I think as a tool enthusiast you were a little defensive about it. The song artistically expressed an all-too real situation, and you can assign/attach your feelings on the subject as you wish, and that's what you jumped to. I mostly think of the mindset of someone like that, and wonder what could have been done before it came to that, myself. But, it shows what a good piece of art and music it is, I love the dichotomy of the upbeat chorus and the sad, kinda horrifying lyrics.
Know what’s more horrifying? Over 4,500 children are killed every single year by medical malpractice.. literally doctors. Know how many kids have died in school shootings since 1998? 182… which issue is the more “horrifying” and important issue? Not to mention the 180,000 children that get trafficked every year…
Someone I know said this song is dark. When saying all the kids with the pumped up kicks he is referring to A.A. (the shoes that came out that had pumps) and saying they better out run his bullets I can't unhear it everytime this song is played
I agree. Guns don't kill people, the people using the guns kill people. No matter how long and hard we try though, we are never going to change people.... so maybe changing the availability of the guns is the best option.
Exactly, it’s like saying that a hammer doesn’t drive a nail, a person does. The issue lies in the fact that the tool is readily available to anyone. If driving nails were illegal, hammers would probably be illegal too.
@@henryhardenyet there’s already so many illegal guns in circulation that putting more restrictions, or even outlawing them in general would only take them out the hands of law abiding citizens. The system is fucked, and the only way to stop gun violence is to stop the source of illegal guns. Mainly, the southern border.
Indie\alternitive rock genre.and this song was to bring awareness to school shooting and the reasons behind or the things that may possibly lead them to that point...the reasons or things that create the person to go down that path in the first place and how we need to prevent these things by providing help for these people before it goes that far.I think you missed the point or message....its more a warning of what can happen if things aren't changed at home & in school for some of these kids. A heavy message put to a lighthearted and catchy tune...catches the ear,then makes you think once you really listen.✌
Whatever your feelings about this song or school massacres or gun control in particular I admire that these guys actively pulled this song from rotation on radio stations for a period of time after the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shootings that killed 6 year old children.
Exactly, it’s like saying “oh the hammer didn’t drive the nail the person did.” Like no shit, the issue is the fact that crazy people have the ability to get the “tool” to do it. If driving nails were illegal then hammers would probably be sparse if not got completely, it should be the same for guns.
@@henryharden except the bad people aka criminals would still have illegal guns and now regular citizens can't. I believe that there should be better restrictions on who can get a gun but people who want to defend themselves should be able to own one.
@@RilaAudio Exactly. Unfortunately anti-gun people seem to think criminals will also follow the law or that the government will be able to stop them so it's worth taking the guns away. I personally don't trust criminals or the government to do either but that's just me.
I saw an interview where the lead singer said that the song was about intrusive thoughts and not letting those thoughts win. I see the other comments and how people say it's about school shootings or the LA shootings over shoes, but he even stated that it isn't. We all get intrusive thoughts and whether or not we act on them. The line "your hair is on fire, must have lost your wit" is an example of how the character had those thoughts but did not follow through. You should look for thar interview. If i can find it again I'll put the details.
“Oh the hammer didn’t drive the nail the person drove the nail.” No shit the gun didn’t do it on its own but the fact that guns are widely available “tools” for anyone to use is the issue. If driving nails were illegal you’d think there’d be less hammers, just like how you’d think since shootings are illegal there’d be less guns. Ever notice how the only country other than Yemen that allows for people to own guns without a permit, and the only country that has more guns than people, is the country with sky high mass shooting rates? Fuck off dude your reasoning is bullshit how about you get your head out the echo chamber and listen to common sense!
Foster The People Said in an interview that they wrote this song to try and get in the mind of those kinds of people ant try to understand the Thought process of why they do that.
Hi, my name is Robert. I roll my own cigarettes, am a crack shot with a real gun and on Area 51 in the arcade I have a one credit challenge, personal best high score of 447,925 points. I have in fact had to threaten a few people who mistook my kindness for weakness.😁😎 oh, and don't get me started on pandemic fascists...
The lyrics are only telling crude truths, there is no reason to hide, this is the crude reality, ademas no solo son celos, son gente que estan mal o fueron intimidados, no te confundas
Sad thing about living outside the US for a decade now...I'm MORE free than my bros who live in the "Land of the Free"...cuz I'm free from fearing my kids might not come home from school. And guess what? The country isn't roaming with gunned-up gangs running the show just b/c everyone else isn't armed to the teeth. Almost like America's gun laws enable horror but don't prevent horror. Somehow there's never a "good guy with a gun"...and the cops (hello Uvalde) are quick to shoot a black guy in a traffic stop, but they ain't gonna go into a school with a shooter!
Columbine. Sandy Hood. Uvalde. Las Vegas. Denver movie theatre. Etc. Etc. Etc. These things DON'T HAPPEN in the rest of the Western World. Or, like, they happen once every 20-30yrs...not 20-30x a year. And guess what? All those countries are also free. Aussie used to have mass shootings the same as the US until the Port Arthur shooting. Then they adopted Euro-style gun laws with government buy-backs. Guess what? Aussie is still free and they don't have American mass shootings anymore. Yes, PEOPLE kill people...but how do they do it? There's a reason the military doesn't have our soldiers carrying kitchen knives...b/c we all know HOW people kill people most efficiently.
A quick hand can also mean fast to violence. Fun statistic for ya. There were less school shootings when schools had gunclubs and gun ranges. Also pumped up kicks are shoes, probably nike.
Definitely a subject that doesn't match the sound of the music. But, it's crazy that they ended up getting plenty of kids to sing along to something like this. It reminds me of when Naughty By Nature had people singing about OPP, even though that's not quite as bad... just catchy music about subjects that a lot of people find controversial.
Dont call these school shooters crazy, psychotic, deranged. Most these kids have been tortured continuously by fellow students, teachers, coaches even parents. They lose all hope and feel they have no where to turn, they werent born to hate or kill they were taught to hate and kill. Its so easy to write them off as evil and crazy by i think god would say differently 🙏
Both of the columbine shooters had devoted loving families were popular kids, they did it for the thrill, they really were evil. That shooting hit me personally my friend's father was one of the victims.
@VadulTharys you are wrong, someone has lied to you. People keep lying and hiding the truth and these things will continue to happen, it's that simple.
Foster the People is basically a one hit band, and nothing else they did came close to this song. I don't think there's much more here for you to React. Maybe instead something from the same period and genre? I propose Fun - We are Young (feat. Janelle Monae). > Notice, Robert's planning to do something horrific, not the 6-shooter gun. Yeah, obviously inanimate objects can't plan to do anything. They're tools. However - Our plans are restricted by the resources we have. If Robert only had an inflatable hammer, he couldn't do any harm to anybody. If he had a knife, he could probably hurt one or two people before somebody stopped him. It's not as easy to hurt somebody with a knife as with a gun, and it's a lot harder on an emotional level to actually stab somebody with a knife, than to pull a trigger. If somebody wants to responsibly use a gun for recreation, or feels the need to have it for self defence (even though in reality, defending yourself with a gun doesn't happen to often), then they should have a way to obtain a licence for one. I just can't understand why so many people have a problem with the idea of licencing, a safety exam, psych check, background checks etc. I know that legally in the US you have the 2nd Amendment, but I'm taking about what would be the best option, not about what's legal now in a specific country. :) Cars don't kill people either, but we still require a licence, and you can't say it's that hard for someone who wants to drive a car, to get a driving licence, and drive.
Songs like this make me question the sanity of one of the largest countries in the world. How do you watch thousands of children die and go "Welp that's just the price of freedom, baby!!!" Like Wtf is wrong with you as a person? And I genuinely mean that.
Yeah i had to go listen to the song separately cause i didn't understand the words. Yeah the kid is dealing with a lot. If you just jamming to the music 🎵 you definitely don't hear al that's going on with the lyrics.
About gun violence! People misunderstood the meaning...too easy for messed up kids to get ahold of guns in America....official video is a little better meaning.
Reactor seems to be a bit dramatic. Just enjoy the music and creativity. No worse than a lot of the hip hop crap being played. Black culture is ratchet
I mean... Could probably just go ahead and make this the American anthem for all the use you guys are doing to address the issue. Subsidised and readily available mental health care? Lmao not in gen z's lifetime I doubt. Gun registry and stricter gun laws? Pffft. It's 'Murica baby, ain' t no chance of that. And for the record I have no problem with guns. Guns are fun, guns are useful. Guns should never be in the hands of everyone. The average person is an absolute deadshit. Guns as a right only made sense when the government and the people had the same guns. Any serious uprising would be met with a swift drone strike today. Not comparable, not necessary. Sincerely, every single sensible country on the planet.
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This song is very much inspired by the bassist's cousin surviving/even being in the library during the Columbine Shooting. When I listened to the song for the first time, I had the thought of this being a blatant reference to a school shooting. Everyone called me crazy, only then to backed up by interviews from the band members confirming it. No matter how "cheerful" the song may sound, it can certainly be a harbinger of darker, more sinister meaning. Don't be naïve and take things at face value, less you become a victim yourself. Don't reject information simply because it makes you uncomfortable, after-all, reality is just that...uncomfortable.
This is definitely one of those songs where people vibe with the music and then...you catch the lyrics...and people are like...oh...OH. Damn. By the way, there's a Bardcore version done by Hildebrand Von Blinken that is also fire.
love the bardcore one stumbled across it about a year ago sent me down a Bardcore rabbit hole lol some great songs in there
That was me hearing it a few times on the radio and then being like, oh dam I get it now
Y’all don’t wanna hear me you just wanna dance
Def the bardcore version is great
The juxtaposition of cheery melody and the subject matter is wild.
I think as a tool enthusiast you were a little defensive about it. The song artistically expressed an all-too real situation, and you can assign/attach your feelings on the subject as you wish, and that's what you jumped to. I mostly think of the mindset of someone like that, and wonder what could have been done before it came to that, myself. But, it shows what a good piece of art and music it is, I love the dichotomy of the upbeat chorus and the sad, kinda horrifying lyrics.
Know what’s more horrifying? Over 4,500 children are killed every single year by medical malpractice.. literally doctors. Know how many kids have died in school shootings since 1998? 182… which issue is the more “horrifying” and important issue? Not to mention the 180,000 children that get trafficked every year…
Okay, listen, I can not take you seriously with the username @TheSaltySeaman 💀
@@Drippingmonsterinmyshed I get that a lot.
The cheerfulness of the song is intentional. It's highlighting how non-chalantly America has accepted such things as normal occurences.
You should listen to i don’t like mondays by boomtown rats
I’ve loved this song so much
This song definitely about that... Sounds good, messaging is just"be careful, don't show up on Tuesday" vibes
Someone I know said this song is dark. When saying all the kids with the pumped up kicks he is referring to A.A. (the shoes that came out that had pumps) and saying they better out run his bullets
I can't unhear it everytime this song is played
I agree. Guns don't kill people, the people using the guns kill people.
No matter how long and hard we try though, we are never going to change people.... so maybe changing the availability of the guns is the best option.
Exactly, it’s like saying that a hammer doesn’t drive a nail, a person does. The issue lies in the fact that the tool is readily available to anyone. If driving nails were illegal, hammers would probably be illegal too.
@@henryhardenyet there’s already so many illegal guns in circulation that putting more restrictions, or even outlawing them in general would only take them out the hands of law abiding citizens. The system is fucked, and the only way to stop gun violence is to stop the source of illegal guns. Mainly, the southern border.
Foster the People is great for super upbeat music with very serious lyrics.
Yes, it's about... a good old American tradition... Kind of...
2:45 what a great statement. Completely agree.
I have watched many reaction video's but you brother acually try and find meaning in words not just like the sound of it and i love it keep at it!!!
Indie\alternitive rock genre.and this song was to bring awareness to school shooting and the reasons behind or the things that may possibly lead them to that point...the reasons or things that create the person to go down that path in the first place and how we need to prevent these things by providing help for these people before it goes that far.I think you missed the point or message....its more a warning of what can happen if things aren't changed at home & in school for some of these kids. A heavy message put to a lighthearted and catchy tune...catches the ear,then makes you think once you really listen.✌
Whatever your feelings about this song or school massacres or gun control in particular I admire that these guys actively pulled this song from rotation on radio stations for a period of time after the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shootings that killed 6 year old children.
2:45 “Note: Robert has a plan, not the six-shooter.”
Yeah, and what is Robert gonna do without the gun? Punch people he’s mad at?
Exactly, it’s like saying “oh the hammer didn’t drive the nail the person did.” Like no shit, the issue is the fact that crazy people have the ability to get the “tool” to do it. If driving nails were illegal then hammers would probably be sparse if not got completely, it should be the same for guns.
@@henryharden except the bad people aka criminals would still have illegal guns and now regular citizens can't. I believe that there should be better restrictions on who can get a gun but people who want to defend themselves should be able to own one.
@@javi_fc 90 percent of gun violence and mass shootings occur using legally registered firearms.
@@javi_fc"One the guns go, the rights soon follow - because what are you going to do about it?"
@@RilaAudio Exactly. Unfortunately anti-gun people seem to think criminals will also follow the law or that the government will be able to stop them so it's worth taking the guns away. I personally don't trust criminals or the government to do either but that's just me.
Listened to this song so much in high school and never realized what it was about until about 3 or 4 years later 😅
I saw an interview where the lead singer said that the song was about intrusive thoughts and not letting those thoughts win. I see the other comments and how people say it's about school shootings or the LA shootings over shoes, but he even stated that it isn't. We all get intrusive thoughts and whether or not we act on them. The line "your hair is on fire, must have lost your wit" is an example of how the character had those thoughts but did not follow through. You should look for thar interview. If i can find it again I'll put the details.
Thank you for your logical views and great review.
The electric guitar 🎸 playing is awesome 👌
I love how dark this subject is with how absolutely upbeat and fun the song is. I feel guilty vibing to it but still do.
I've always took it as a kid who is in a bad situation and get pushed to do a monstrous thing and it giving insight into a bad situation
Love that you pointed out the distinction between HIM doing harm with the gun not the gun itself.
“Oh the hammer didn’t drive the nail the person drove the nail.” No shit the gun didn’t do it on its own but the fact that guns are widely available “tools” for anyone to use is the issue. If driving nails were illegal you’d think there’d be less hammers, just like how you’d think since shootings are illegal there’d be less guns. Ever notice how the only country other than Yemen that allows for people to own guns without a permit, and the only country that has more guns than people, is the country with sky high mass shooting rates? Fuck off dude your reasoning is bullshit how about you get your head out the echo chamber and listen to common sense!
Foster The People Said in an interview that they wrote this song to try and get in the mind of those kinds of people ant try to understand the Thought process of why they do that.
I love the way you say tools. after all thats what iit is. tool. like knife, hammer , etc. any nut case can abuse it.
Hi, my name is Robert. I roll my own cigarettes, am a crack shot with a real gun and on Area 51 in the arcade I have a one credit challenge, personal best high score of 447,925 points. I have in fact had to threaten a few people who mistook my kindness for weakness.😁😎 oh, and don't get me started on pandemic fascists...
Can I get a Vince Staples reaction? Outro or 3230 is peak? Even his infamous one be fine
The lyrics are only telling crude truths, there is no reason to hide, this is the crude reality, ademas no solo son celos, son gente que estan mal o fueron intimidados, no te confundas
A super enthusiastic song…about school shootings
Psychopathic. Most psychotic people are harmless 🙂
True....there's a distinct difference between Psychopath & Psychotic, lol.
Las personas son como pequeñas bombas, le das con el martillo una y otra vez, un día vas a darle al detonador.
Im old enough to be you father. This song was heard and forgotten. Never listened to the words, now i find it so quaint 90s.
If you are looking for something similar, Watsky stick to your guns is a good option. At least as far as topic
I believe it’s supposed to hearken back to the days when kids were gunned down for their fancy sneakers.
Sad thing about living outside the US for a decade now...I'm MORE free than my bros who live in the "Land of the Free"...cuz I'm free from fearing my kids might not come home from school. And guess what? The country isn't roaming with gunned-up gangs running the show just b/c everyone else isn't armed to the teeth. Almost like America's gun laws enable horror but don't prevent horror. Somehow there's never a "good guy with a gun"...and the cops (hello Uvalde) are quick to shoot a black guy in a traffic stop, but they ain't gonna go into a school with a shooter!
Columbine. Sandy Hood. Uvalde. Las Vegas. Denver movie theatre. Etc. Etc. Etc. These things DON'T HAPPEN in the rest of the Western World. Or, like, they happen once every 20-30yrs...not 20-30x a year. And guess what? All those countries are also free. Aussie used to have mass shootings the same as the US until the Port Arthur shooting. Then they adopted Euro-style gun laws with government buy-backs. Guess what? Aussie is still free and they don't have American mass shootings anymore. Yes, PEOPLE kill people...but how do they do it? There's a reason the military doesn't have our soldiers carrying kitchen knives...b/c we all know HOW people kill people most efficiently.
how could you have not heard of this song by now... get real
A quick hand can also mean fast to violence. Fun statistic for ya. There were less school shootings when schools had gunclubs and gun ranges. Also pumped up kicks are shoes, probably nike.
Definitely a subject that doesn't match the sound of the music. But, it's crazy that they ended up getting plenty of kids to sing along to something like this. It reminds me of when Naughty By Nature had people singing about OPP, even though that's not quite as bad... just catchy music about subjects that a lot of people find controversial.
It's alternative rock specifically 10s alternative
Indie
Dont call these school shooters crazy, psychotic, deranged. Most these kids have been tortured continuously by fellow students, teachers, coaches even parents. They lose all hope and feel they have no where to turn, they werent born to hate or kill they were taught to hate and kill. Its so easy to write them off as evil and crazy by i think god would say differently 🙏
Both of the columbine shooters had devoted loving families were popular kids, they did it for the thrill, they really were evil. That shooting hit me personally my friend's father was one of the victims.
@VadulTharys you are wrong, someone has lied to you. People keep lying and hiding the truth and these things will continue to happen, it's that simple.
@@VadulTharysIf you know the true meaning Robert did it cause all the kids in his school we’re bullying him seems like you don’t know the true meaning
Better run better run
"Oh California... That explains it all..."
😂😂😂😂
Yeah I hate this guy, stereotyping all Californians as liberals. He must’ve never heard of NorCal and Jefferson
@@henryhardenCalifornian spotted
@@BleachBandit I’m from Wisconsin 😐
@@henryharden Oooof
Foster the People is basically a one hit band, and nothing else they did came close to this song. I don't think there's much more here for you to React. Maybe instead something from the same period and genre? I propose Fun - We are Young (feat. Janelle Monae).
> Notice, Robert's planning to do something horrific, not the 6-shooter gun.
Yeah, obviously inanimate objects can't plan to do anything. They're tools. However - Our plans are restricted by the resources we have. If Robert only had an inflatable hammer, he couldn't do any harm to anybody. If he had a knife, he could probably hurt one or two people before somebody stopped him. It's not as easy to hurt somebody with a knife as with a gun, and it's a lot harder on an emotional level to actually stab somebody with a knife, than to pull a trigger.
If somebody wants to responsibly use a gun for recreation, or feels the need to have it for self defence (even though in reality, defending yourself with a gun doesn't happen to often), then they should have a way to obtain a licence for one. I just can't understand why so many people have a problem with the idea of licencing, a safety exam, psych check, background checks etc. I know that legally in the US you have the 2nd Amendment, but I'm taking about what would be the best option, not about what's legal now in a specific country. :)
Cars don't kill people either, but we still require a licence, and you can't say it's that hard for someone who wants to drive a car, to get a driving licence, and drive.
Love this song from its beginning and I love you my friend
Please react to bottom of the river by delta rae!!
Electro indie pop
It's Columbine.
Songs like this make me question the sanity of one of the largest countries in the world. How do you watch thousands of children die and go "Welp that's just the price of freedom, baby!!!" Like Wtf is wrong with you as a person? And I genuinely mean that.
Indie😊
Yeah i had to go listen to the song separately cause i didn't understand the words. Yeah the kid is dealing with a lot. If you just jamming to the music 🎵 you definitely don't hear al that's going on with the lyrics.
you have zero dislikes good job
Dude, I loved this song, bought the CD, and was super disappointed, lol. Doesn't take away from this song, but the album was mediocre at best
About gun violence! People misunderstood the meaning...too easy for messed up kids to get ahold of guns in America....official video is a little better meaning.
I like the 3TEETH version better. Worth a watch.
Reactor seems to be a bit dramatic. Just enjoy the music and creativity. No worse than a lot of the hip hop crap being played. Black culture is ratchet
Bro Vegas was a lie. Cops bodycam in the room showed no broken window.
Multiple shooters too. CIA has been behind most mass shootings. Look at MKUltra and 9/11 too. False flags to take away rights
You ruin your videos by reacting to these versions of a song
Would have been better to listen to the version that wasn’t live. I like the song but didn’t like this.
This is mumble singing 😮
I mean... Could probably just go ahead and make this the American anthem for all the use you guys are doing to address the issue. Subsidised and readily available mental health care? Lmao not in gen z's lifetime I doubt. Gun registry and stricter gun laws? Pffft. It's 'Murica baby, ain' t no chance of that. And for the record I have no problem with guns. Guns are fun, guns are useful. Guns should never be in the hands of everyone. The average person is an absolute deadshit. Guns as a right only made sense when the government and the people had the same guns. Any serious uprising would be met with a swift drone strike today. Not comparable, not necessary. Sincerely, every single sensible country on the planet.
The record version is better