Flobots - Handlebars (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Music video by Flobots performing Handlebars. UA-cam view counts pre-VEVO: 18,313,639. (C) 2008 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
#Flobots #Handlebars #Vevo
This song perfectly defines how humanity has key to both their transcendence and doom .
You need more likes. I didn't think of that but your comment truly does sum up this song.
@@GunShot-1996 I mean, not bashing them for saying it, but that's what people have been saying for the last 10 years, I'm more surprised it's the first time you're seeing or realizing that meaning
No a rebirth more being more powerful than you could ever undersnd an the dumbed down are not invited. Sorry not sorry.
@@kellyrose5800 can you please explain what you mean to me?
@@ransom2610 You know what is met.
The escalation in this song is legit.
Like innocence to pure evil.
If you like that, you'll like the She Sells Sea Shells rap ua-cam.com/video/-W9zpUKfyCU/v-deo.html
It's not pure evil. It's a warning. We are here to save the world, but if you are intent on burning it, will make sure you burn first.
Godamn it we're in the apocalypse, and have been for a minute. The old doctrine of the "Right of Conquest" reigns supreme. There is no force which exists that can oppose what is occurring. As the Bible says "who can make war with the beast?" . So the world is dominated, we will be guided to hell, and if you have any sense you will escape before you're trapped in hell.
@@leadlobotomy I'm Jesus child, and I will save you
@@leadlobotomy Only unbelievers say that. But the book is written and what was said was said. Therefore it is, so we know who wins too.
Somethings telling me that 99% of people who still listen to this song seem to just pop in their head for no reason
Dylan Latta I didn’t know the song existed until it popped up in my head
Ummm yes this happened
Wtf
@@LAYLAMARIE_ bro same
This makes more sense. Funny it popped in my head too
I was searching 14 fucking years for this song, and finaly my quest is over, i can rest now
Congrats bro
damn we old asf now lol
Rest easy brother. Its over now.
I only searched for 11 years I heard it once when I was four and never heard it again till a few months ago
Good to meet you ❤
Hearing this song so many years later made me realize just how unsettling it was, going from a simple and innocent premise to ending the world is crazy
Yea it’s all in his dark twisted mind
It's the same power being used: human intelligence and desire. I did it bc I wanted to...😊
The truth is stranger than fiction. We are fucking living this song.
It's called a metaphor for the Hubris of humanity
It's unfortunate how well this song aged... =/
What a powerful message about bicycle safety. I can't stop listening to this song.
oh. my. god. yeah, I needed this. This is gonna give me a good giggle all day, for sure. :)
Lol I'll always Ride with handle bars BTW what's with this and the Logan Paul song of the same name
Have you ever taken the handlebars off your bicycle? It's not safe at all
@@skillfulskillz2217 it's an analogy
@@dylanklopotic2439 what's an analogy The part about always riding with handlebars or the Jake Paul song
I can see your face on the telephone,
Apple: Write that down, Write that down.
DanaiL 😂
😂💀💀
there is an apple on the vid 0o0
🤣😭😭😭
I didn’t expect to get this many likes lol ty guys xd
Not enough people talking about how prophetic this song has become.
Its just a Marxist depiction, its been true for all of history. Marx was a descriptive god and people talk too much about his prescriptive claims.
@@Feedbackking13 Marx was a moron that prayed on the low I q.
It's in human nature to do terrible things to each other. History repeats itself so it's easy to see the trends and the disease that is the human being. Just like Rorschach said "God doesn't make the world this way. We do!"
@@Dan-ger82 Thats an inherent contradiction in statement bro. To claim its human nature as if its an unavoidable bane cast on us by genetic evolution and then claim we have a choice as in we make the world this way, which the scripture makes clear, is inherently a contradiction. Furthermore if you actually do research you'd learn that the nature vs. nurture debate is pointless as epigenetics is the predominant theory which illustrates that our environment guides us to specific behaviors but lacks the infinite problem of environmentalism and relativism.
In conclusion, read Proudhon and most other Anarchists discourse on human nature.
@@Feedbackking13a Marxist depiction? People like you bring Marx into EVERYTHING, and as a socialist, I honestly think your type is obsessed with Marx..... and it's freaking weird.
Hits different today...
Ongg
Dude as the last verse started to get louder I started getting chills. Scary how the meaning of songs can change over time to you.
In which way?? It’s still the same song. Nothing changed.
no joke. its a bit surreal.
@@sterlingarcher2653 very much of the last half of the song is eerily similar to what is happening today. Like almost word for word, whereas when the song was written, it was about past events that could easily happen again.
It’s not that this song was ahead of it’s time. It’s more that it’s timeless. If you sit back to think about it.. things have always been this way.
I wouldn’t even say now more than ever. War is just as bad as war has always been. The difference is that this is the first time we don’t have to be there to witness it. This is the first time it’s live on social media. This is the first time we’re super aware people may have friends and family somewhere in danger. It’s not worse, it just hits harder because we’re learning to care more.
Both good point of views. 👌 But let's smoke 420 because their no freedom y y you ask because human society thought they traded for sercurity now we being followed by the strings from the system who wouldn't lose their mind IN when being controlled
You think now is the worst?
@@thedog5k worse when it comes to privacy and the government being all up everyone’s business. With the advancements technology has made throughout the years wtf even is privacy anymore anyways...
The song is more inspirational and motivational than it is depressing. I take it as seeing human potential, even a single human, more so collectively. It makes me get off my butt and work 💪
This is one of those songs that you can go literal decades without hearing but know the lyrics instantly the next time you hear it.
Papa peli!
@@ranuigibson7177 spread the good word of his channel or he’ll assasinate everyone in a holocaust
SOOO TRUE 😅 i forgot all about that song for a whole decade, and somehow remembered the lyrics by heart 🤷🏻♂️
Bloody Legend
i don’t know the lyrics so you’re wrong
As a kid I just heard straight bars really. But as an adult, this hits totally different. WOW.
yeah..... Vote for Kanye
@Lordpickleboy Nahh, Kanye is a nazi... Trump or RFK are better candidates.
Same
"I can ride my bike with no handlebars"
*a few mins later*
"I CAN END THE PLANET IN A HOLOCAUST"
Well that escalated quickly
Try to understand the meaning
Both of those guys started same but later choose different paths which resulted in affecting their future
yep, opening that thrift store had disastrous consequences for the planet.
Ive been laughing about this comment for 3 days haha
@@dograguy2124 it goes deeper than that. It's all about ambition. How powerful a single person's ambition can impact a civilization, for better or worse. "I can" is the theme of the song.
This is the definition of "that escalated quickly."
Two guys riding bikes.
In the span of two minutes, world domination.
Three Halves Yep, lol.
Evie Doodleberry wait wait wait...TEMMIE?+
nice pic and name
Evie Doodleberry THATS WHAT I SAY EVERY WHEN I HEAR THIS
This song is about the addictive nature of power, how seductive it is. It begins innocently enough but left unchecked it becomes a colossal evil. To me this is one of the most profound and prophetic songs ever written.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Yes, absolutely! You said it perfectly!
That's where the "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" comes from. It's an innocent child saying "look mom, no hands!".
And then that same kid can grow up to either become something great or destroy the world. And how it's so easy to give into the greedy temptation and lust for power and control.
It's addictive and can start off as simply as learning to ride your bike without holding on and it just grows from there.
Once you get a taste for that power, you keep chasing it until it's never enough and you keep needing to outdo yourself and it doesn't matter who or what you destroy in the process, even if you "end the planet in a Holocaust".
Do you think it could also be phrased a fall from innocent ambition?
@Turbo Crystal Song was about bush
@Michael Primak You couldn't be more wrong.
14 years later and i still can sing this song WORD for WORD
I can sing the words
Just from memory
Just from memory
@@ilovefilmseattlequality comment!! I'll give you the love you deserve lol
Same
Alright glad to see the gang is all still here
When I was 12 in 2009 I was like "lol this songs about riding your bike with no handlebars"
Now I'm 20 in 2017 I'm like "wow this is some powerful shit"
SaintsAwayOllie damn you were pretty dumb when you were 12 then
Fuck Me Can't say I disagree
SaintsAwayOllie I'm 11 and I perfectly get the idea of this.
Same here, except 9 & 16, I thought it was just a couple of people in a brag off and seeing the vid for the first time really changed my understanding of it.
SaintsAwayOllie truth brother
The song is about the duality of man. We can use power for good or evil. The "no handlebars" intro and outro speaks to the duality of the act. It can be dangerous, or it can be skillful, it just depends who is behind the wheel.
Brilliant song.
Yes!
And it is written as a retrospective of a person’s life from the moment he first let go of the handlebars of a bicycle, as his thoughts, the choice that he makes on a certain stretch of life. And in this case, we see this boy as a result of a person of Hitler's scale. Brilliant, yes!
Sorry my english
Thanks Sherlock
Nice
i used to sing this song all the time in rock band it was my favorite song ever i just remember it and i listened to the lyrics for the first time and i took it as he can ride his bike without using his hands making him feel strong as if he can do anything and he thinks he can do all this becuase the bike inspired him
I disagree with that interpretation, if only slightly. It's definitely about duality, but the message isn't about who is behind the wheel. The two friends aren't neccesarily that different. Instead, I'd see it as more personal.
6 year old: Look dad, no training wheels!!
Flobots: I'm about to end this man's whole career
Sodado you trynna joke and don’t even know what’s going on. You prolly 6.
no
Took you a couple of years to think of this huh?
Sodado that’s pretty lit
Why the fuck is this man getting shat on by random people for making a joke? Fill me in on this please.
this is literally one of the best songs to ever be created
Agreed
Forgot how good this song was… it’s been YEARS. Nostalgia
2021 I’m asking “Were’s your head at?” 🎹🎼🎺🥁🎸🪕🎷🎻🪘🎧🎤
Yep
Factsss
They don’t music like they did when I was growing up I know every generation says it but 90s kids got it all we merged okay with tech maybe not as fast or advanced as these kids coming up but we aren’t like our parents chilling on flip or cheap cheap hardly working Android we truly are lucky and humbled we understand there’s bad issues in the world but just a tad to young to get to them yet once the old rulers go I have great faith we can fix the world at least a little
It’s great.. it’s almost better a decade latter.. more relatable.
All these comments acting like this song is coming true. As if it hasn’t been like this for a very long time.
Exactly.
Hahaha exactly bro, spot on
True
The veil is just lifting off more people. This is the start of a big ass event that will be in the history books.
It was always true. People just realised that now.
Just gonna drop this right here...
"Jamie Laurie stated that the song is about "the idea that we have so much incredible potential as human beings to be destructive or to be creative."
"And it's tragic to me that the appetite for military innovation is endless, but when it comes to taking on a project like ending world hunger, it's seen as outlandish.
It's not treated with the same seriousness.[...] at the same time, I knew there were people at that moment who were being bombed by our own country.
And I thought that was incredibly powerful." It is the contrast between these "little moments of creativity, these bursts of innovation," and the way these ideas are put to use "to oppress and destroy people" that the singer feels is both "beautiful and tragic at the same time." - WIKIPEDIA.
So please, people, stop the hateful comments, and at least try to interpret the song seen from different perspectives... Believe it or not, as a human being you are allowed to "think" and reflect upon your own thoughts.
Also... I don't think the artist is really singing about himself in this video :/ Though, this is what the world has come to... I fear for our future.
Underrated comment.
MissRobb Yeah but music is art and art is subjective if somebody wants to see meaning then let them
Best comment, OP, that I've seen on UA-cam this year.
Then Jamie Laurie is an idiot, and the rest of women.
Aaron Jerrell, art can be interpreted subjectively, but the common cultural experience of the memes of this world gives some specific meanings. The specific interpretations of the memes and tropes may vary between person to person, but some things like showing well armed soldiers/police shooting unarmed protesters can not possibly mean that supporting the authorities are a good thing inherently.
Also, the meaning of the artist's intent is not meaningless. It is the original intention of the work of art.
(However, the audience is allowed to interpret any way they want in the limited ways it can be interpreted)
My cousin passed and I’m not sure why this songs makes me think of him so much but every time I think of this song he’s right there in the memory. I’m grateful for all that he has done for me. He shaped me into who I am and I now know what it truly means for a piece of you to just be ripped away from you. I’ll try to grow from this pain but it’s drowning. R.I.P Jacob Lee Chambles. Words are too little to express my appreciation and gratitude for you and the life that you led
rip man
R.I.P. to your cousin. Hang in there.
wow him and his friends really did “understand the future.”
not the future but the machine.
@@LastbutNotFirst bruh
"I can hand out a million vaccinations"
Not as much did they understand the future as they did history. When you understand history, the future becomes easier and easier to predict. The only danger there is it starts to become a self fulfilling prophecy when we forget about honor through reading about the dishonor of our past.
@An Capall Mór I humbly disagree.
FlotBots .....ahead of your time. This song still moves me like it did back in 2009. This album fits so well in the times we are going thru right now. PEACE!
Has it really been that long. I was born in 2003 and I feel like I’ve listened to this song since I was born.
And soon we’ll be living the lyrics
2009 this in my head phones Samsung slide up back of the class stoned asf good times.
I literally was thinking this fits perfectly in today's time
@@quentingrant9080 Was born in 2003 as well, I feel exactly the same. Remember singing this song with my cousin when I was young.
This wasn't a prediction. This WAS. Shits been clear for a long time, i'm glad folks are still able to connect to this.
Amen
I mean they are just saying this that happen in life in a capitalist society.
Was, is, and will be.
@@MassivePonyFan This is what happens when societies steer away from liberty and capitalism, into corporatism or socialism, which inevitably leads to concentration of power and dictatorship.
@@bitcoinzoomer9994 no no no we are pretty deep in capitalism
I wish everybody knew how powerful this song really is!!! I remember hearing this back in the day, but just hearing it now on everything that’s happened in the world. Wow!!!!!
Lyrically without the video I have always looked at this song as saying humans are so potentially amazing that we can literally do anything. But with unlimited potential comes the ability to lose sight of how far we “should” take things just because we can.
Given what the lyrics say, I don't know how you got a relatively benign message out of it. I've always heard it as a song about class struggle.
Power corrupts always.
@@mechanomics2649 Probably because people have different interpretations, and don’t think the same as others. Jamie Laurie himself has a different interpretation than you, and he made the song. If you don’t know how someone got a different message than you from something, maybe consider that their thought process is different than yours and hear them out.
@Oluwanimike Makwini I agree with OC. The verses go back and fourth, one being the average joe happy with his life, two being the rise and corruption of the wealthy friend, and three being the demise and catastrophe caused by the uprising/clash.
I always found it chilling that the verse that speaks about building a business/enterprise ends with “I see the strings that control the system” “I can do anything with no resistance”
Think Jeff bezos / elon musk..
“I can make anybody go to prison just because I don’t like them” is another biggie in my opinion. When you think about the 0.01%, they COULD probably get any of us plebs incarcerated if they wanted to.
@@pyrophantom5150 "I can make anybody go to prison" was probably referring specifically to Guantanamo Bay.
This song gives me depression and cures my depression at the same.
you are a genius
Ellie Bratface same
Ellie Bratface same here. I get too many memories with this song. 😂
Ellie Bratface
Good songs will do that to you
Ellie Bratface for real
2008, 18 year old me said "What?"
2020, 31 year old me says "Oh."
@skee magee down the drain
@@mazarinivmikeoxlong-dedica969 jeeez lmfao
I'll 2nd that
Literally, same. One year off, 19 and 32.
SpliceYourLife -#globalwarming
Aged like fine wine. Will forever love this song.
Yah - songs like the quality of this transcend time.
This song just popped into my head after however many years
Oh, I've always have had this song with me. For 6 years.
Yes
Me too, hmm strange...
It never truly leaves your head
cradles - sub urban
That "I can hand out a million vaccinations or let them all die in exasperation" line really hits different now lmao
Seems they're leaning towards death by exasperation
All of it hits different now especially as you wake up to the life we're living this song is literally telling you how much power the nations leader/leaders have and most likely what they have been doing with it for a very long time
If you think the government is out to get us then you are very unintelligent
@@impactphoenix5729 out to get us - no
Ran by sociopaths that don't care about anything but lining their own pockets - yes
@SpinksJinx I mean.. I know a couple people who have gotten it already. One being my cousin, who is a medical doctor. He assures me it is very real, Yo.
Thank you, Philip de Franco, for introducing me to the Flobots.
Sanna G same!
Yes! And it is such an amazing song
welcome tho
Same
Does anyone just randomly start coming back to this song every couple of years since release? I’ll randomly start humming it and be like, “yeah, I could go for some no handlebars rn”
lol
yep
One of the greatest songs of the modern era.
LOL
+patrickbama1234 ?
+patrickbama1234 you just understand the deep meaning behind this
+Hamza Arshad don't*
Ya cause it's not stupid it's about important things because when you first hear the first few lines were just like oh I can totally do that too but then after a while it gets more more important and you know they're just not bragging or joking about stupid stuff that actually trying to tell you something controversial and real
In 2021, this just hits different. Scary how accurate this was.
Honestly yeah, Shits crazy these days
I’m not ready for this new world..
Especially the ✊ symbols towards the end...
@@AstralKama Right! 11 years ago, I don’t think anyone would have thought twice about. Now that we know that’s a communist power symbol and it’s been adopted by AntiFa and BLM, it’s crazy to think this was foreshadowing what’s to come. But they say n the song we know who the puppet masters are.
Accurate or just plain truth and pre conceived
I just randomly remembered about this song
Same lol
Same lmao
Same
Same its si good
So relevant in today's world.
Is there any late 80's peeps here still loving this timeless song?!?!
So many people say this song hits different nowadays. It does...
But this song wasn't written in a vacuum. It was talking about problems 10 years ago, and those problems are WORSE now.
Look at Green Day, Rise Against, Rage Against the Machine, Antiflag, and of course Flobots.
Their messages have not changed. But they are even more relevant now than ever before.
Except Rage Against the Machine went straight from "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" to "Fuck you just do what they tell you". Absolute commie sellouts.
@@therealdvd8573 lol what
Accurate statement, my guy. It wasn’t written in a vacuum. Problems are always there. It’s up to us to choose which ones we let happen
lmao definitely not rage against the machine. more like siding with the machine.
@@therealdvd8573 to be fair they've always been a bit far left.
sent here by Mary Ham !!
👊🏽👊🏽
Sorry, i am a poppy gloria stan
Poppy gloria is better
Ngo Michael yeet
Hell yeah! 👊🏻 and this song is amazin!
Poppy Gloria was wrongfully fired 😫
when I was a kid my dad was driving me somewhere and there was this dude literally riding his bike with no handlebars and my dad started singing this song. I finally found this song after 9 years
@Nathan Ogiste 🤣⚠️😂🗣️stop making me *feel old kid*
:0
now thats kinda sweet xD
@@FeliX-TobiYahs-C that’s how you know we’re getting old the 90s kids have kids who internet now
The fact that this came out before 2020 means these guys are time travelers. This hits so much harder om 2024
This was during Obama and right after Bush, they just saw what was happening around them.
This song aged like fine wine.
Yeah. The message of the Fight with Tools album has only gotten more terrifyingly relevant over the years.
Y E S S I R !
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It sure did.
I agree, it has aged but I don’t think I would call this a fine wine. I find it scary
This song depresses me.
It does a good job pointing out how humanity is the bane of their own existence. It doesn't matter who you are, you'll want to do good. The bad thing is that one person's good is anothers bad.
Good people ruined. Friends separated by power. Humanity's lifestyle will lead to it's perish.
+Nano GAWDAMN dont depress me too. Shit.
+Nano Well said.
+Nano I didn't sign a permmision slip for this feels trip
+Nano agreed
So did we all just recently look up this song at the same time for no reason??
Yes
yea this is very likely because of the all of the same comments lately
Yes
Yes
Collective mind strikes again
That trumpet part still SLAPS!
I'm saying man, such a timeless song!
This song always reminds me of Edgar Allan Poe’s “the bells” because it starts off innocent and progressively gets angrier and angrier till everything just goes nuts ❤️
Little Mac attac I see that now! Omg wow
Good analogy...It's all about how our rich and powerful politicians are controlling the masses with false promises in their ivory towers until the people are sick of it and revolt. Only to be murdered for standing up for what is right. Flobots have some mad tracks about politics. They did a great diss track to logan paul too that is super tough.
I just read that poem, now I’m scared
the end kinda reminds me of big brother because of the camera's and stuff. i can imagine the beginning of big brother happening and building up is this. like if there is a movie on the book this would be the beginning of a flashback or something.
So... growing up?
These lyrics are so ironically relevant to 2017
What's great about the message of the song is that it'll sadly always be relevant
not ironic. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
too true
Sanctioned Suicide. 2009 those were the days , no Donald trump , no wall , and no kardashions .then I thought that this was the coolest song ever . lol
This will never not be relevant, as long as there's power this will be relevant
This song is a representation of the division between the power that freedom grants. You can use the power to grow and become a better person. To know and understand more, learn about what you want and live a simply elegant lifestyle as you please. The flipside to this coin however, is the advantage that you can take because of the availability to exercise greed and corruption by controlling the free people for your own personal agenda.
In the beginning these two friends were just that: friends. Nothing more or less. By the end they had both utilized their freedom differently, one for better and one for worse. They were the same in the beginning, which is quite noteworthy. We are all born the same curious and naive creatures until we either become sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves.
Thank you for explaining this Jesus
Love it :)
Wise words my friend
Jesus Christ I could not have explained that any better then you. the ending always moves me ngl
Jesus Christ Thanks Jesus
And here we are again... and again
and again
" I can see your face on the telephone"
Flobots predicted Facetime xP
Yep
jason jean Skype, they predicted Skype for mobile.
Facetime predicted that if they copied Skype they would make money XD
jason jean Not everything (in fact, almost nothing) Apple does is original.
***** it's very unlikely anything anyone does is original.. you need to be inspired by something
No. In fact, the Flobots talked about the 1927 AT&T _ikonophone_ 81 years late.
That sad moment when you type in handlebars and this isn’t the first one to pop up :/ this deserves to be first!
Vyctoria Schmitt Yo I just did that and found Logan Paul rip off
Keep clicking this video when you search handlebars to change that
Jonni War Cancer is rampant nowadays
and this has more views
some dude called logan pal copied this
Me listening to this song in 2021. "I'm beginning to see a pattern I'm not so sure I like."
too bad its 12 years later huh.
Long after shit hits the fan, once the dust settles, people this will seem completely prophetic.
Welcome to the woken world ......when you wake you stop sleeping ........ x
@@fallonwhitelock3667 when you wake from being woke you get to think for yourself.
How you feeling today?
My tv control shattered into pieces just now and as I put it back together I kept thinking about this song and how I used to listen to that line and think "I hope I'm naturally bright enough in my adult years so that I could fix stuff and be looked up to" and guess what you guys.. I did! Put it back together in no time. My wife was already ordering a new one 😂
Middle school me, "this song is catchy." 2020 me, "WTF"
So goddamn true
I'm in my last year of mid school and the first time I heard this song I was in kindergarten, I heard on Jam'n 95.5 Boston. Dang times have changed
This song is still catchy
@@thereality3104 you're ahead of your time
I know right
This is exactly how people that ride without holding the handlebars act.
Dude...lmao, nice
Lol
It’s true. I can do everything this guy can
Swish! Nothing but net dude.
😂
"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
Exactly
Damn bro that's crazy but I don't remember askin'
@@dagmanbirck4744 what are you on about?
@@fischmon21 hey have you ever heard of this thing called a "joke"
@@dagmanbirck4744 I'm autistic man, sorry jokes kinda fall flat on me at times. I apologize
Holy shit!!!!!!
Damn!!!!!!
I only started looking up about 10 years ago. I've heard this song so many times before but it has been a long while. And now it is hitting me like a ton of bricks!!!
Every word came true! 🤯🤯🤯
Every single word
Here I am listening to this song because of nostalgia, just to find a whole new generation of people finding this song for the first time because of copyrights.
Frozen Element Well, better that than no ''promotion'' at all right ?
You don't need nostalgia to enjoy it. It's not bad that younger people are enjoying this song.
Found this video because of my recommendations list and I’ll say I’m not disappointed
Same here 😂😂
the ironing is delicious
I once saw a guy riding his bike with no handlebars uphill. Like that's fuckng skill.
it's easy to ride a bike without handlebars, the only hard part is trying to keep the front wheel straight
It's not hard trust me, it's all about balance
+Jeremy Vandale it's all easy to me. I used to ride all the way to school no handed!
+Trek Sand wow
Trek Sand WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!?!!?!??
This song, mixed with these visuals where so ahead of its time when released.
Danetzal Soriano hell yea
YeH
All of these things were just as relevant at the time as they are now.
true also ever heard of Gorillaz. they've been at it before I was even born
Not ahead of its time. History repeats itself.
From balancing a bicycle with no hands to the destruction of humanity.....when does progression become regression?? When does the curiosity become the death of the cat?
This song went places I didn’t expect
Maya Zulf one hit wander is how I would describe the Creator lol
It's sad how this song becomes more and more relevant as time goes on.
7 years old and still as relevant as ever.
WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS!?
+Earth Alien qrr
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It's about how a little bit of courage and confidence led to much greater and powerful things ... and how that confidence can go too far.
Zarsa
We had to bury a childhood friend today. This was his favorite song and they played it at his funeral today. I can never hear it the same. Rest easy man.
Sorry for your loss
Amazing song to go out to ❤
Sorry for the loss of your friend
sorry for your loss
So sorry for your loss...🖤
My dad showed me this song when it came out, I was a whole 4 years old. I still randomly remember it every now and then
This song has aged like a fine wine. When your ego is your motivation it raises the stakes with every decision you make. Eventually human lives are at stake. If your ego is still making decisions at that point people die. The drone footage at Hard Island, New York shows the results coming to fruition.
What drone footage?
@@thomasyoest6557 theres a mass grave in New York. Google Hard Island Drone Footage. Granted, that has always been a pauper grave yard. But never has it been expanded and worked on so fast and hard.
It's a result of a lot of bad decisions being made in February when we still had a hold on the virus.
I don't get it. It's 2020, how is this relevant? It's like you're implying that an overgrown infant with maybe good intentions could let his ambition and ego rule him, and things could somehow get out of control? And that person could find themselves at last in the highest position he could find on the social ladder, riding a bike with no handlebars, when the world order started to unravel, and...wait. I get it.
@@robertholman4634 deblasio, cuomo, and the NYC council failed the people. Theyd like people to forget that they were urging people to go out and see movies or celebrate the chinese new year solely to spite trump for shutting off travel with China. Their own egos got in the way and because of it thousands of people died
MY INTERPRETATION
I watched this video alot, and ive listened to it even more, i came up with what it means,
He can ride his bike without using the handlebars
You are a yard, just like the guy who put in that he likes minecraft
Finally! Someone who's right! It's about time. xD
I agree, sir.
Adam quiroz lol
***** yeah I had trouble finding an high IQ but Finally I found this one.
this gives me chills
Ikr
that makes me angry
Mari Ross same here
pres bush sucks. obamas life
and it should :(
Well... this aged like wine, didn't it?
Ooooof right?
This message is as old as time. Hubris and greed.
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Lol I think y'all need to double check the metaphors. Maybe look up "Des Colores" for starters💞🫶🏼
Sad part is that its only gonna get better with time. Humanity will sooner end than reach a state where this song ceases to be relevant.
this song STILL slaps. No one can really steal this gold.
GOLD more like shit
JK
Logan can though
@@tropicalfishexpert7901 Say sike right now.
Some guy in here named Alistair Watt said that "Logan Paul deserves to be shot". His channel no longer exists, so I think Susan Heard that.
Edit: Nope hes back
Look at all of us coming back to listen to the song that we are currently living through...
I loved this song while stressed and depressed in 2014 through 2016 so when it all hapoened I was like oh... mygawd
true
skibbdy?@@roseclimbpaintcont
Listening and crying and listening and wondering when we stop this..
was thnking the same thing
Roses are red
Thorns are prickly
Might I just say
That escalated quickly
Cheese Chan you gotta say it like qikalee for it to rhyme
Or just pronounce prickly as priklee and not prikalee. owo
I love ur pictureee
I pronounce priklee anyways. Yeeea the South! We pronounce everything differently!
Alex Dunnam prikly is how I've always pronounced it
Still can't make it through this song w/o tearing up. In 2024, this song means more than ever before. Scary times in the US.
This song aged like wine.
So good.
Fuck yeah
Yeah so good agreed
And it fits today's society
The new borderlands game is looking pretty good.
King Ape golden
i love you
So why doesn’t borderlands copy strike? 🤔
@@byronlissVLOGS I love you too
It’s a new TellTales game lol
It's been 7 years since I've heard this song and I still remember all of the lyrics! :) Very underrated tune.
*Edit*: To the idiots who keep commenting "It's impossible you heard this 7 years ago b/c the song came out in 2009!" Please use Google and common sense. The *VIDEO* was uploaded in *2009*, but the *SONG* was released in *2008*. 2008+7= 2015 => the year I posted this comment. It's not rocket science people, it's basic math.
+TheAwesomeSauce which video was that?
I found this song from my brother
+TheAwesomeSauce just watched both didn't see it but thanks anyway
+Beauty Effulgent Hate to break it to you but this song hasn't been out for 7 years.
+TheAwesomeSauce 09 in September so its 6 at the latest
***** (Info from Wikipedia) This song was created and recorded in 2005. It was released as a single in 2008. The video was created in 2009. I heard the song when it first came out on Alt Nation in *2008*. Idk where you got 2009 from but it's wrong, and tbh I don't understand why you're making a big deal out of this in the first place.
15 years and still so good.
This still punches me in the face. Still too true.
:(
This song still has bars and is darker than what I remembered.
It does seem a bit darker nowadays. No complaints ☺
Jazzy-J X it kinda is true nowadays..that’s scary
My 8 year old brain only remembered the first verse
You can also replace song with country and your statement would unfortunately still ring true
Same
If this was released today, some one out there would say.
"Well, that escalated quickly"
That's an old meme though.
That'd be me tbh
Well the movie is old but it didn't become a thing until like 2009/2010 ish
It was already a meme before this song came out.
Legit I just said that, then scrolled. xD
This song is reflecting on what's happening now 2024
and again
This song has once again become so relevant to the American culture. 10/10 Truly a song that will withstand the test of time
It's just disappointing why it is relevant again.
#trump2020 !!! get wrekt
Jimothy1one hell yeah
Jimothy1one Can't wait for the impeachment.
Good luck on that impeachment ;)
But do you have any prior work experience?
I can almost put the remote back together
+Damon Stott omg 😂😂😂😂
I can tie a knot in a cherry stem
That AnimeGuy I can make you want to buy a product.
+Damon Stott I can lead a nation with a microphone.
The reason that everyone is remembering this song is that everything he is talking about is happening right now.
I sent this to my friend today and called it the Covid theme song
2020
exactly it was never really relevant in 2008 when I first discovered it
I think other people have too. Views have doubled since Trump took office.
@@lamiaal3598 this wasn't relevant in 2008? Where were you? Not on this planet apparently.
RIP Square. I'll never forget the first time we heard this song. My God, has it really been 15 years? I miss you.
after all this time... 34 years old and still getting goosebumps at, "I can lead a nation with a microphone"
you've no idea...so just stop being pathetic...
Scarier when you can lead one without
It techs be like
@@ahhwe-any7434 lol nah it's just the meaning behind the line that gets me. I'm not over here like "fuck yeah, microphones are awesome!! I hope he has a Blue Yeti 🤤!!!!"
I will forever be impressed by the crescendo of this song, how as he achieves more and more power the music heightens with it.
*…how as WE achieve more and more…” it’s about our potential 😉
Yeappers, echoes the rise of the ego in humankind. Some will do anything, say anything, step over anyone for recognition and fame at no concern of bodily risk, harm of ones self and others with zero thought on consequence.
let's being impressed together cousin while we kill them cookies! =P
It literally makes my heart speed up
It still actually manages to give me chills, which is pretty rare.
I can smell lawsuit with no handlebars
Conner Bader he stated in his response he won't hold it against logan
Cause he thought he was 21, then imediatly corrects himself. In an interview dude said he had "no comment" on whether he and the flobots would be pursuing legal action. Which a incognito way of saying I've seen my lawyer and I can if I want to
In the usa
Conner Bader I smell food
Walmmmmmmmmart
This track was ahead of it's time.
Listening to this 5 years later, I find myself speechless realizing the underlining, powerful message of just how much control government has...this was beautifully done.
Ch0c0Kitty LOL! You would like to think the government has control. But in reality, they're as clueless as the general public. Pathetic if you ask me.
***** Cool! Get the fuck off the internet!
Everyone is saying intense stuff
I just like the song •_•
and whats up with your profile picture, jack?
i just like this logo thingy
Dennis The Menace im 2fest4polic thei nevr katch meh
Dennis The Menace
ur not kewl nuf fur us
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My interpretation is that these guys are the biggest one hit wonders ever
Tim.V Nah, that's Vanilla Ice haha
Nope, psy.
Tim.V I'd argue for Spose (the artist behind the song "I'm Awesome) that's the ONLY song anyone knows of his, even though he makes really good music lol.
Matthew Shaw i liked gee willekers the most out of all of his songs
Tim.V Holly wood Undead all day.
Even in it's time this song was speaking mad truths about human nature and it's just more and more true as time goes by.
If "well that escalated quickly" had a theme song
That or it would be billboards number one because one side thinks it helps them out over the other
hahaha foreal it starts with bikes and then leads to political and corporate manipulation and then splitting atoms and finishes with the Holocaust
As a kid I loved this song bc it was fast and catchy and "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" became a thing we randomly said around myself. Now that I'm older and know the meaning of the song, I love it for different reasons
exactly. I used to love this song and always play it but i forgot about it. So i decided to come back now that I'm older and really understand it
You just have more shit to project onto it, that's all.
what's the meaning .-.
I heard this is when I was Young and thought it was about being child, I now know it's about Corporate Greed over Freedom And Individuals. The difference between 8 year old me and 14 year old me
You're now 14? And I thought America was doomed.
I keep coming back to this song because its such a good song with a great message
Cant say that about no handlebars 'by' logan paul
Steve Aguiar calm down
lol
malak hamad it’s not awful but it’s not close to the original.
*about
Lol such a lier you found out about this video because of logan
Just popped in because my kids listening to this and it sounded familiar. 😂😂😂 Carry on!