This version was SIGNIFICANTLY worse than how it is in the official music video, the beat was very different, almost stripped out, and his delivery was much softer, almost like he didn't wanna wake up his mom in the other room.
I will say that this version was good for it's intention, but that intention definitely wasn't for it to serve as an introduction to the band or even the song itself
You likely would have gotten more out of it if you'd seen the music video. That and listening to their original version. Knowing you and your thirst for deeper meaning, the music video thins the line of subtext. I assure you, the song isn't quite as one dimensional as it appears
@@trustenhancock8200 no its not, the music video version is the original. This is most likely a demo version and it probably got leaked. The actual music video that they themselves put out is more clean and sounds much more complete
Yeah, it doesn't even sound like the original artist... I was excited to see the title, but disappointed when I saw this video. This is not the original song :(
@@HeWhoSlayethCain it might be like a demo version or a draft as the OP mentioned. Definitely stripped a lot of the beat and doesn’t have nearly as much power and emotion in his voice
@@jfells4838 it is a demo version. I think they dropped it while back for fans. Was super sad when he pulled up this one. The violins and the beat, it's all so diluted.
Definitely gotta redo it with the music video. Like everyone else was saying, this version sounds way different, plus the music video makes it a lot easier to understand the meaning of the song
@@bobby3eb that’s understandable. It’s definitely not a great song, and this is the only Flobots song Ik and I’m pretty sure I first heard it when I was like 12 or some shit. I mostly like it for the meaning that goes along with the video about two kids that grow up and use their talents for different purposes. One of them helps people while the other uses his power to rule people. But without the video there’s really nothing going for the song
@@BravoWhiskey0909 and thats my major problem with modern music, its like most of the stuff that becomes popular just sounds good but has no meaning whereas my personal tastes i want deepr meanings to the music i listen to where i have to think about it or go google what some other people think about it
I love this song, I really recommend that you watch the actual music video when you get a chance. Really makes a difference in how you view the song, at least to me.
@@JSINmartini lol no it doesn't, not at all. The lyrics are still Terribly written and the beat sucks lol. It was good a long time ago cause it was different didn't age well. I'm curious I watched the video now what made it better? Maybe I missed. It lol
You can get so much from this song. I always interpreted as a child growing up, and as he grows his visions get bigger and more dangerous, and turns into a monster. It also tells me just cause you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Really emphasizes how dangerous power can be especially in the wrong hands
I really feel like you listened to the wrong version, I would suggest the video because the original is more intense. It’s a very political song, basically the things he can do escalates to the point of unstoppable power, which isn’t a very good thing obviously. I agree that this version is weak but the version I remember when I was younger is the one you should check out.
Flobots (when listened to with the correct audio recording) provide a clear and beautiful example of musical intelligence. If someone doesnt know what metronome is, they wont appreciate that he can keep rhythm without it. If someone isn't as caught up on their history and world events they might not understand the impact of the lyricism that is taking place throughout the song. Its not a bad song, but it can be confusing for anyone who doesnt understand it. Nothing wrong with getting educated though. Knowledge is power and Flobots is an exemplification of that.
this must have been a demo version because this is not nearly the same as the one I heard back in the day. To be honest you probably still wouldn't like it, but the lyrics are much more lively, confident and emotional.
I’m pretty sure the main reason most react channels don’t react to the music video version of songs now is because the way UA-cam is now it’s a lot easier for things to get copyright claimed, but I would still recommend listening to the official music video version off on your own time
I don't know how Patreon works but if that's how you choose what you react to I will personally pay to see you redo the reaction with the official music video. The official version of the song is so powerful with the video and quality. Especially for the time period it came out.
@@Thechilledgrain thank you. Even the way bill Gates played God with the vaccines.... it was all predicted. The song is relevant and tru over a decade later.... let's see if we can say that about any artist this bozo likes
I just want to point out that this song is about 2 childhood friends who took two different paths in life, one who kinda lived a normal life, the other who went to school and became the leader of a police state society, eventually drifting further apart until the uneducated but mortal friend led a revolution against the dictator type. This was not in fact about random shit a person could do.
This song felt iconic for my generation, the lyrics (i believe) are referencing how fast and easily the desire for power can get out of hand. Either way great reaction, appreciate you for keeping it real
Bro the lyric video is not original and it sounds terrible. You should’ve watched the actual music video. It’s so much better. It sounds so much better. You would’ve definitely felt a different energy with the real video
YES! I've been wanting you to react to this for a while but didn't think you'll do it. Tbh I don't know why this version sounds weaker, both instrumentally and with his flow. It would've been better with the video. Do Can't Stop by Red Hot Chili Peppers next, that one acurally slaps!
@@RattyScorpion it sounds like a demo to me. Idkw but the singer sounds like bored when rapping/singing the chorus. Also it was supposed to get hevier at the end and it barely did.
I love the open mind to different types of music bro, it’s fun to watch yo channel grow and to watch you endorse a bunch of different genres, keep up the good work
I love how many people are responding to this now, or within the past few years, when I was rocking this and trying to let people know about this song and band back in the way back. I mean, it's been there, hanging out on youtube and in the world for over a decade now, lol
The song is about human progression. It starts off riding a bike without handlebars and slowly graduates to ending the world. The “look at me, look at me…” lines are facetious.
I’m glad you voted trash on this song even though I like it, this this first reaction I’ve ever seen you vote trash on 😂😂 Love the channel though, love the variety of content and how real you are with your reactions. Much love + respect.
Yeah you gotta watch the video, basically seeing how someone can grow up from a kid riding his bike with no handlebars to being able to cause a holocaust when they're older loool
The story that’s being told here is a little more subtle than directly laying it out for you. Essentially it’s going from the innocence of youth, growing up and gradually getting more and more ambitious until it results in megalomania.
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 "beautiful and tragic at the same time Now with that said, Jonny 5 has evolved a LOT as an emcee. That song you reacted to is like 20 years old. Something I think you personally would be more into, is the diss track they released when Logan Paul tried to make a version of this song but instead, made it about getting chicks instead of the super woke, conscious rap that Flobots has always been. It's called "handle your bars". Spoiler alert, its a straight up murder. One of the most savage assassinations I've ever seen a diss track throw down. After that, if you want more you can check out "FLOBOTS' JONNY 5 CALLS FOR RESPECT W JAPANESE RAP" where dude goes straight up bilingual English and Japanese like you've never heard any rapper do. I'd say Jonny could hang with any serious backpack rappers to ever do it now. He's a completely different emcee than he was 20 years ago and if you're. fan of rap he's really worth checking out for his newer stuff.
Basically it's all reading between the lines with the lyrics. He basically pointing out how every nations leader can basically do whatever they want because of the position of power they hold.
i cant remember anyone liking this song the first time they heard it... we all just started saying the handlebars line just to be annoying and one day it clicked that this song is actually sick
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought this version was off. It sounds like a poor man's version of the song that was ripped from somewhere and got stripped down in music and vocals.
I’ve heard this version before. I believe it’s a live performance or live recording. It does sound different but I wish he did see the version with the video.
this def isn't the right version, the instrumental is way stripped and the vocals/flow is completely different. also, without the music video it's a bit hard to understand the actual meaning behind the song.
I was born in 1996, heard this song and pretty much this version but i was about 9 and i was lost in it. People who know this song, know, classic. Right just finished it. Wtf man, see if he got the actual music video he would of vibed fact
So this is an early version of the song off their EP Flobots Presents Platypus in 2005. I’ve never really cared for this version especially after hearing the one everyone is familiar with off Fight With Tools which came out in 2008. It really is an amazing song that shows how one’s talents can achieve something great or be utterly destructive. It’s a fine line. Always thought of this song as kind of poking at the American dream. Showing the good in it while also pointing out its downsides. Great people too. Met them after a show in NY a few years ago. Very friendly and humble. They do a lot of volunteer and community outreach stuff in Denver. Would like to see you check out “Rise” by them. Some very strong and uplifting lyrics in that one
Bad ass when a reactor doesn't like something. Really unusual for an honest reaction. The original music video made me feel feelings, but hearing the song like this I realize that some of the images in the video were key to the feeling. The song alone doesn't do it for me either.
Everyone telling you this isn't the correct version, are right. There's two versions of this song. This version is from their original album "Flobots present: Platypus". The version you're looking for is from their first studio album " Fight with tools". Which has better mastering and a more refined sound.
I get what you're meaning but I love theessage behind it, ots about how everyone starts off as an innocent kid celebrating the accomplishment of "No handlebars" and depending on the path they take they can save lives, "new anitbiotic" or end them "holocaust"
if anyone starts this reaction ... stop . this is bs ... without the actual video that comes with the original song , it makes no sense .... it starts with 2 friends riding their bikes . their hands are not on the handlebars . they split when they come to a cross road . the left shows a big C .. the other side shows a dove ... the big C is corporation and the dove is peace ... you should know what happens in the center of the video .. .at the end , the left friend watches as the world is conquered ... including the death of his friend .... they are mowed down with machine gun fire ...
This sounds like an early cut. The album version and music video version hit waaayyyyy harder. And you can truly feel what they were going for. The sound was a call out against the endless war in the middle east in the mid 2000s.
Music vid gives more context, from the lyrical video's standpoint it just sounds like the dude is talkin about himself but he was personifying what one can do with power, how a president can lead with a mic, and how they can just kill people with a satellite. Essentially and i know you a deep thinker but yeee music video woulda been a better route for this one.
If you pass on this I really truly feel like that you're one of the people that just don't understand lyrics and this will probably be the only video that I watch of you this band truly stands for something freedom
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Who told you to do reaction to this? this is trash You are right😅
Bro you gotta react uk drill AB - street cursed
yo this wasn’t the right version of the song☹️
Just saying that one was the basic one the actual video one is way much better
Wrong version of the song
This version was SIGNIFICANTLY worse than how it is in the official music video, the beat was very different, almost stripped out, and his delivery was much softer, almost like he didn't wanna wake up his mom in the other room.
I hope he can redo this reaction. It’s a great song it sucks that he heard the wrong one for the first time🤦♂️
@@itsbarnacleman1290 Agreed this version does not compare to the music video
I will say that this version was good for it's intention, but that intention definitely wasn't for it to serve as an introduction to the band or even the song itself
Came to say this ^^
I was about to say, this version is awful compared to the one I usually listen to. The proper one is a lot heavier.
You likely would have gotten more out of it if you'd seen the music video. That and listening to their original version. Knowing you and your thirst for deeper meaning, the music video thins the line of subtext. I assure you, the song isn't quite as one dimensional as it appears
I feel like he probably missed the message too. They weren't just spitting random words together.
Lmao this is the original version
@@trustenhancock8200 no its not, the music video version is the original. This is most likely a demo version and it probably got leaked. The actual music video that they themselves put out is more clean and sounds much more complete
Or it's just not good. I wasn't feeling it at all and like all types of music.
Going to agree the man this time. Trash
Yeah, it doesn't even sound like the original artist... I was excited to see the title, but disappointed when I saw this video. This is not the original song :(
I've never heard this version before, its balls
stinky balls
Same lol
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The is the original version from the EP “Platypus”.
I've never heard this version in my life. The original is so freak'n good. It almost sounds like a draft or a cover
What is this version? Like a "live at..." radio version?
@@HeWhoSlayethCain it might be like a demo version or a draft as the OP mentioned. Definitely stripped a lot of the beat and doesn’t have nearly as much power and emotion in his voice
Same never heard this one
@@jfells4838 it is a demo version. I think they dropped it while back for fans. Was super sad when he pulled up this one. The violins and the beat, it's all so diluted.
* agreed *
Definitely gotta redo it with the music video. Like everyone else was saying, this version sounds way different, plus the music video makes it a lot easier to understand the meaning of the song
Nah it still sucks, better beat didnt save it. Flobots are for corny kids who dont know hiphop
@@bobby3eb corny kids? The band is incredibly political, kids wouldnt understand anything of that
@@get2killn You got to understand the majority of real hip-hop is political. There's nothing new or impressive here and it sucks
@@bobby3eb that’s understandable. It’s definitely not a great song, and this is the only Flobots song Ik and I’m pretty sure I first heard it when I was like 12 or some shit. I mostly like it for the meaning that goes along with the video about two kids that grow up and use their talents for different purposes. One of them helps people while the other uses his power to rule people. But without the video there’s really nothing going for the song
It's awful there's no fixing it
Wow, the message of the song really went over this guys head..
Most things go over his head. Zero depth
Yep…
@@BravoWhiskey0909 and thats my major problem with modern music, its like most of the stuff that becomes popular just sounds good but has no meaning whereas my personal tastes i want deepr meanings to the music i listen to where i have to think about it or go google what some other people think about it
I'm literally only watching this to see if he gets it. His level understanding tells me alot.
@@BravoWhiskey0909 I'm not sure how a song with zero depth can go over anyone's head, let alone get off the floor.
I love this song, I really recommend that you watch the actual music video when you get a chance. Really makes a difference in how you view the song, at least to me.
Video really doesn't add nothing to it lol
@@Brianpeckin yes it does, wow...
@@JSINmartini lol no it doesn't, not at all. The lyrics are still Terribly written and the beat sucks lol. It was good a long time ago cause it was different didn't age well. I'm curious I watched the video now what made it better? Maybe I missed. It lol
@@JSINmartini if you have to watch a video to listen to a song then it's not a good song. Only because of the fighting at the end makes it good? 🤦
@@Brianpeckin it's a crappy, slow version of the song, @$$clown..
Yeah I don't think this is the right version of the song. Sounds more like a rough draft to the actual song
More like a rough draft to the rough draft 😂 Fuckin love this song ( the original) but this version is trashhhhh
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u clicked the wrong version
You can get so much from this song. I always interpreted as a child growing up, and as he grows his visions get bigger and more dangerous, and turns into a monster. It also tells me just cause you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Really emphasizes how dangerous power can be especially in the wrong hands
Ive never seen u so upset to listen a song that we genuinely love lmao
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I really feel like you listened to the wrong version, I would suggest the video because the original is more intense. It’s a very political song, basically the things he can do escalates to the point of unstoppable power, which isn’t a very good thing obviously. I agree that this version is weak but the version I remember when I was younger is the one you should check out.
yeah that was the wrong version of the song
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Flobots (when listened to with the correct audio recording) provide a clear and beautiful example of musical intelligence. If someone doesnt know what metronome is, they wont appreciate that he can keep rhythm without it. If someone isn't as caught up on their history and world events they might not understand the impact of the lyricism that is taking place throughout the song. Its not a bad song, but it can be confusing for anyone who doesnt understand it. Nothing wrong with getting educated though. Knowledge is power and Flobots is an exemplification of that.
i was about to say this is a classic, but i’ve never heard this version. You gotta rewatch with the music video man. It’s so much better
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this must have been a demo version because this is not nearly the same as the one I heard back in the day. To be honest you probably still wouldn't like it, but the lyrics are much more lively, confident and emotional.
Bruh I’m dead this the wrong version 😅 obvs not your fault but y’all what was this a cover ?
I’m pretty sure the main reason most react channels don’t react to the music video version of songs now is because the way UA-cam is now it’s a lot easier for things to get copyright claimed, but I would still recommend listening to the official music video version off on your own time
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I don't know how Patreon works but if that's how you choose what you react to I will personally pay to see you redo the reaction with the official music video. The official version of the song is so powerful with the video and quality. Especially for the time period it came out.
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Also something not a lot of people are talking about this man literally predicted the future in the song
@@Thechilledgrain thank you. Even the way bill Gates played God with the vaccines.... it was all predicted. The song is relevant and tru over a decade later.... let's see if we can say that about any artist this bozo likes
Doesn’t sound like the original, the guys voice is so much smoother than this
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@@playmaker7777 Jesus Christ man
@@lostmyikigai what
This video is of a live recording I believe, it's not the originally produced song.
That was a totally TRASH version. The one I have always heard was 🔥
I just want to point out that this song is about 2 childhood friends who took two different paths in life, one who kinda lived a normal life, the other who went to school and became the leader of a police state society, eventually drifting further apart until the uneducated but mortal friend led a revolution against the dictator type. This was not in fact about random shit a person could do.
This was a weird version you found. Voice is slightly different from the original and it sounds sped up. Music video is better
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I think there are three voices in this song. There's at least two.
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This song felt iconic for my generation, the lyrics (i believe) are referencing how fast and easily the desire for power can get out of hand.
Either way great reaction, appreciate you for keeping it real
Seeing your face was fucking hilarious this was pure unintentional comedy😂😂😂😂
I don’t think this the right version 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 i’m dead
It definitely wasn’t lmao
hell naw that was terrible😂😂
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It was, everyone is just used to the MV version of the song.
@@akumatenshu1633 than that means it was the wrong one…
Neva thought I’d watch layedbak listen to handle bars 🤣🤣
omg please redo with the other version. you listened to the wrong one
Bro the lyric video is not original and it sounds terrible. You should’ve watched the actual music video. It’s so much better. It sounds so much better. You would’ve definitely felt a different energy with the real video
I was so excited to see you finally react to this song, super sad to find out it was this version 😢
Dawg I clicked as soon as I saw the title, this song fucking slaps and I’m so glad you’re listening to it lol🙏🙌
um.... see...
He got the wrong version of it 😂
Its about 2 friends who completed school and went 2 differant paths. One of power. One of humanity
Should've done the video. Feel like it gives the better vibe
YES! I've been wanting you to react to this for a while but didn't think you'll do it. Tbh I don't know why this version sounds weaker, both instrumentally and with his flow. It would've been better with the video. Do Can't Stop by Red Hot Chili Peppers next, that one acurally slaps!
I've never heard this version ever. It almost sounds like a cover?
@@RattyScorpion it sounds like a demo to me. Idkw but the singer sounds like bored when rapping/singing the chorus. Also it was supposed to get hevier at the end and it barely did.
@@lisandroxiii5031 Also isn't there only one singer in the good version? Cuz it sounded like it switched singers once or twice in this.
That song explains exactly what the United States is now, and they predicted it, lol. Love this song
Ah, the song that predicted everything that currently happened 20 years past the year it was released
I love the open mind to different types of music bro, it’s fun to watch yo channel grow and to watch you endorse a bunch of different genres, keep up the good work
Layedbak be the goat , always positive vibes ✊🏽 love what you do man🙏🏽❣️
What is this terrible version… this sounds very off. I love Flobots. This album was amazing
I love how many people are responding to this now, or within the past few years, when I was rocking this and trying to let people know about this song and band back in the way back. I mean, it's been there, hanging out on youtube and in the world for over a decade now, lol
First time I have ever seen you trash something, and its one of my favorites. that hurts, but appreciate the honesty!
The song is about human progression. It starts off riding a bike without handlebars and slowly graduates to ending the world. The “look at me, look at me…” lines are facetious.
“A whole bunch of stuff that he could do..”
You have the depth of a puddle
The "i can see your face on the telephone" line was before you could video chat on your phone so it was pretty crazy when it came out.
The lyrics to this song written in 2005 are real scary to listen to in 2022.....spot on
I’m glad you voted trash on this song even though I like it, this this first reaction I’ve ever seen you vote trash on 😂😂 Love the channel though, love the variety of content and how real you are with your reactions. Much love + respect.
Yeah you gotta watch the video, basically seeing how someone can grow up from a kid riding his bike with no handlebars to being able to cause a holocaust when they're older loool
This is the demo first draft of the song. The music video version is the one you want to review. This version is like an unfinished painting.
Got to be the funniest reaction I've seen in a while, I felt the exact same way hahaha! When yall looked into the camera like bruh?....
whoever sent you to the demo version needs to be slapped! IF that was your first time experiencing this masterpiece....im cryin for ma brotha!
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The story that’s being told here is a little more subtle than directly laying it out for you. Essentially it’s going from the innocence of youth, growing up and gradually getting more and more ambitious until it results in megalomania.
Wow, this is the first time I've seen a TRASH on your channel! Respect to the honesty.
The video would have really helped you to understand this song honestly.
About two friends, two paths, One who went activist, one who went corporate.
THIS ISN'T THE ACTUAL SONG!! 😭😭😭
This is definitely a song meant to be listened to with the animated music video makes a lot more sense hits a lot harder
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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 "beautiful and tragic at the same time
Now with that said, Jonny 5 has evolved a LOT as an emcee. That song you reacted to is like 20 years old. Something I think you personally would be more into, is the diss track they released when Logan Paul tried to make a version of this song but instead, made it about getting chicks instead of the super woke, conscious rap that Flobots has always been. It's called "handle your bars". Spoiler alert, its a straight up murder. One of the most savage assassinations I've ever seen a diss track throw down.
After that, if you want more you can check out "FLOBOTS' JONNY 5 CALLS FOR RESPECT W JAPANESE RAP" where dude goes straight up bilingual English and Japanese like you've never heard any rapper do. I'd say Jonny could hang with any serious backpack rappers to ever do it now. He's a completely different emcee than he was 20 years ago and if you're. fan of rap he's really worth checking out for his newer stuff.
You a real OG If you heard this song blasting In the Cod 4 Lobbies back In the day 😂✌
You need me man, I don’t need you - Ed Sheeran live room!!!
Basically it's all reading between the lines with the lyrics. He basically pointing out how every nations leader can basically do whatever they want because of the position of power they hold.
man my big brother used to play this song 24/7 when we were younger
This the first time I seen him call something trash
The music video gives perspective to the lyrics I guess, definetly helps understand why the songs instruments start building up!
I always thought this song was a one and done🤣😅😆😂
You sure hung in there
this song was in the deep butt of my middle school years. dear lord man.... haha
We need a redo on this one!! Gotta watch the video and that version! Helps you understand the whole thing and sounds way better
I don’t think I’ve ever seen you “trash” a song before 🤣🤣
"Just rapping about a bunch of stuff he can do."
Funny how the last verse is hitting home in 2024
Haven't heard this since high school..... gunna have this stuck in my head for days!!!
That version of the song doesn't sound right. Anyone else know what I mean?
i cant remember anyone liking this song the first time they heard it... we all just started saying the handlebars line just to be annoying and one day it clicked that this song is actually sick
Where did you even find this version? It was like they gutted out all the passion, the music video or even a live recording hits way better.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought this version was off. It sounds like a poor man's version of the song that was ripped from somewhere and got stripped down in music and vocals.
look up how old the song is, then look at today's society. It's scary af how accurate it is, considering when it came out.
Man I'm glad the view behind you has changed glad your doing good stay blessed. 🙏
Not sure why the song seemed sped up but the music video version is somewhat better especially with visuals to show how the song was being told
The spotify track of this song upholds the original video
I’ve heard this version before. I believe it’s a live performance or live recording. It does sound different but I wish he did see the version with the video.
LMAO his face
I remember this version of the song. I accidentally downloaded it to my mp3 and had to skip by it every time. the original is great.
One person's ambition can kill us all. 💯
this def isn't the right version, the instrumental is way stripped and the vocals/flow is completely different. also, without the music video it's a bit hard to understand the actual meaning behind the song.
That version did such an injustice to the actual song.
Trust me man the lyrics are much deeper than they come off as.
I was born in 1996, heard this song and pretty much this version but i was about 9 and i was lost in it. People who know this song, know, classic.
Right just finished it. Wtf man, see if he got the actual music video he would of vibed fact
I’d love to see this revisited with the final version of the song accompanied by the music video. Definitely way better lol
BROOO THIS IS A CLASSIC I FORGOT ABOUT THIS
Hey.... it's 2024.... feeling it yet?
Firesquad missed some prophetic shit, bro
Its sick to see your new crib, you going big man. All that hard work paying off, you lookin fine and successful. Proof of hard work every day.
So this is an early version of the song off their EP Flobots Presents Platypus in 2005. I’ve never really cared for this version especially after hearing the one everyone is familiar with off Fight With Tools which came out in 2008. It really is an amazing song that shows how one’s talents can achieve something great or be utterly destructive. It’s a fine line. Always thought of this song as kind of poking at the American dream. Showing the good in it while also pointing out its downsides. Great people too. Met them after a show in NY a few years ago. Very friendly and humble. They do a lot of volunteer and community outreach stuff in Denver. Would like to see you check out “Rise” by them. Some very strong and uplifting lyrics in that one
Bad ass when a reactor doesn't like something. Really unusual for an honest reaction.
The original music video made me feel feelings, but hearing the song like this I realize that some of the images in the video were key to the feeling. The song alone doesn't do it for me either.
Everyone telling you this isn't the correct version, are right. There's two versions of this song. This version is from their original album "Flobots present: Platypus". The version you're looking for is from their first studio album " Fight with tools". Which has better mastering and a more refined sound.
I get what you're meaning but I love theessage behind it, ots about how everyone starts off as an innocent kid celebrating the accomplishment of "No handlebars" and depending on the path they take they can save lives, "new anitbiotic" or end them "holocaust"
if anyone starts this reaction ... stop . this is bs ... without the actual video that comes with the original song , it makes no sense .... it starts with 2 friends riding their bikes . their hands are not on the handlebars . they split when they come to a cross road . the left shows a big C .. the other side shows a dove ... the big C is corporation and the dove is peace ... you should know what happens in the center of the video .. .at the end , the left friend watches as the world is conquered ... including the death of his friend .... they are mowed down with machine gun fire ...
This sounds like an early cut. The album version and music video version hit waaayyyyy harder. And you can truly feel what they were going for.
The sound was a call out against the endless war in the middle east in the mid 2000s.
Music vid gives more context, from the lyrical video's standpoint it just sounds like the dude is talkin about himself but he was personifying what one can do with power, how a president can lead with a mic, and how they can just kill people with a satellite. Essentially and i know you a deep thinker but yeee music video woulda been a better route for this one.
If you pass on this I really truly feel like that you're one of the people that just don't understand lyrics and this will probably be the only video that I watch of you this band truly stands for something freedom