This song was written during a lock down at Santana High School (santee,ca) for an active shooter situation. I was at that school that horrific day, standing right next to the bathroom where the shooter was. Frozen, couldn't move watching people getting shot. Thank god for a girl I didnt know grabbing me and pulling me into a classroom while we waited for swat to come get us. I didnt run, I just stood there frozen. This song helps me 18 years later get through tough times that NEVER go away.. no matter how much counseling ,years that pass, the memories and panic never go away. Love this song.
Charles Andrew Williams Jr huh. I’m extremely familiar with that shooting. I know it’s hard but I’m glad the song can help you with what you’re going through
Wanna give some extra backstory: This song was inspired by a real-life shooting. The band was recording a few blocks away from Santana High School when the shooting occurred there in 2001. They had seen the emergency vehicles driving past while on a break, but it hadn't clicked until they had seen it on the news. Great reaction, Rude!
I was 9 in 2001. When I first heard it in 2001 I thought he was referring to 9/11 because it came out around that time. Eventually I learned the real meaning. Ironically this album came out on 9/11
Lights Out, Set It Off, Selah, Full Color, Run, Draw the Line, Every Knee, Breathe Babylon Breathe, Visions, The Messenjah, Ridiculous, Somebody’s Trying To Kill Me, School of Hard Knocks
45 yo white man here (I know, so old I’m almost dead), and I really enjoy your videos. It’s cool to see the reaction of a younger generation, and a person of a different race and experience react to the music of my youth. Keep doin your thing and thank you for giving some of the older tunes a spin. All the best man.
45, you're still a youngster. I'm 58 and I still JAM on you tube. But I agree with you, I like to see the brothers listening to white boy music. I like the bridges they are building to bring us all together.
I know you meant your comment in a positive light, but there aren't different "races" and the comment about "white boy" music is insanely cringey, especially considering this band had a black dude playing bass, and the other three members are predominantly of Hispanic descent.
@@poosala8821 NuMetal was systematically erased in my opinion. It was already having that unifying effect. Criticism of the genre is pretty much all "metal should be metal" and "rap should be rap", in other words "keep the divide". Korn and Ice Cube touring the US together in 1998, through the midwest, was significant was it not?
nu-metal was like that.. saved lots of us.. broken children of that era.. helped us cope with our lives and growing up.. I'm 34 now and I have to tell all the young people: It will be alright.. don;t worry, stay strong
I remember when this song dropped in 2001 and my kids (who were 10 & 14) loved it, but they didnt really understand the lyrics until i explained it to them, then it took on a whole new meaning. Unfortunately its just as relevant today as it was nearly 20 years ago.
I’d say it’s even more relevant now that it was when it came out, sadly. Tragedies like columbine we’re UNTHINKABLE at that time. People thought that you had to be a middle-aged adult with issues to do something so horrifying. Instead it was two pissed off teenagers with issues, who didn’t give a damn about human life, even with those of their own.
@@lunartears6761 no they were not unthinkable this song is a direct reflection of that as well as the song Jeremy by pearl jam. All time periods have fucked up things happen.
I'm a rock guitarist in my 50's and P.O.D. was always in my CD collection in my car. The way they tell a story has a lot of impact when combined with the choice music they serve up with it. It has always amazed me how such bands and musicians are so overlooked for cookie-cutter music pumped out by the major labels. A good example is, funk-rock guitarist Nuno Bettencourt from the band Extreme (who has been playing for Rhianna since 2009). An utterly amazing musician with his own flare that only barely ever got mentioned by the media back in his prime. Ughh..
This song came out when I was 18 yo and it has such a dark nostalgia to me. I lost 3 friends in 2001, 9/11 happened and consumed everything, caused sadness, vulnerability, fear of another attack to the fear of another draft. I was ready to graduate and just move on to begin real world life but at same time just wanted to hide out somewhere and escape it all. This song had healthy radio time around christmas break in 01 and I was so glad, I think it was that escape I needed. Great reaction btw and please continue discovering new music your good at observing lyrics and bringing song meaning up front.
Im almost 50, I'm no expert on modern music, but it seems like there was a lot more music with social messages in the late 90s and early 2000's than there is today? Am I wrong? Point me in the right direction, I love exploring new music, have my whole life. Help. I was a rock music and metal head, recognized I was essentially self segregating because I was just listening to the stuff my friends liked , in my teens Ice T by doing his metal band Body Count along with making some black freinds got me to cross over and check rap, and I started with Ice T - OG, NWA learned the power of the message in the music. Seems like today there's a lot of superficial bs, I wanna find the substance, Billie Elish is about as close as I've gotten, are there any new young band, or rap acts talking about serious stuff and making incredible music?
This song always hits closer for home for me. March 5, 2001, I was in class when we were put in lockdown since it was about five miles from my school (El Cap). It wasn’t until later in the day my sister and myself, learned that we lost a member of our church family/ youth group to the shooting.
Dream Theater released an album the day before and it had cover art of the skyline of NY on an apple all burning. I have that original album art, but needless to say, it was discontinued and changed pretty quickly.
The thing that always struck me on this song is in that first story--he take "two to the chest" and proceeds to talk with such compassion...for the shooter. "Maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged...."
No it is not about school shootings you silly boy. It is about all the trials and tribulations of being young and faced with life changing choices that have a direct profound impact on everything you do, and not having the experience of making a hard choice on your own, Then reaping the severe consequences of that choice you made. Example: In the song the singer says that he wishes he would of told his parents of all the loved they shared and kissed his mother goodbye... A hard choice he made to go through a "routine" not realizing the hidden consequences of not being alert and attentive of your surroundings, As there was a "strange" kid in the class. You MUST be way more competent then what you has been handed to you!
It's about school shootings, but it's about *more* than that as well. School shootings, extreme and early promiscuity, depression and suicide. It's about an entire generation that felt lost, abandoned, and confused. School shootings are one aspect of that there were mentioned.
@@jenod3049 no it is not, there are several different instances the lead singer gives..For example, when Johnny boy shot himself, did he do it in school? Told the world how he felt with sound of a gat...Am I right? What about the girl having sex with everybody? And her daddy should have told her she deserves much better? Did he do it in school? This song is about being alert and attentive, being able to handle your own choices with out extreme consequences...perhaps you should educate yourself there dude...
I love that everyone I see react to this song stops the song after the line about taking two to the chest lol. It's a hard lyric and the song's full of them
I just had to watch your review again, And man, I have too tell you, You have it right. Hope all is well for you and yours in this time of this crazy ass virus thingy going on. Stay Safe, Above all, Stay Happy. Enjoy your music young man.
Nice! Their name stands for “Payable on Death.” They are a Christian band. They were short lived, but put out some good music. Their first hit was “South Town”
@Fahim Ahmad That is what I was thinking. Their last cd Murdered Love was pretty good. Heck, they are still pretty good IMO. They should be due for a new cd soon.
@Fahim Ahmad Damn, yeah, you are right, I have The Awakening and So Cal Sessions. TA was more of an album though because as I recall So Cal was acoustic covers. I just popped over to Amazon and saw that new a one came out last November. Now I am kind of mad at myself for not knowing about Circles already. I swear once Best Buy stopped selling new releases in stores I have been totally off my new release game.
Loved your review of this one! This song is and will always be one of my favorites!🔥 P.O.D. is a very positive band! Wish we had more bands like them! Always a place in my heart for this song! Much love bro!👊
Jim Stafford they are a Christian Alternative Rock band. I saw them last summer (yes, 27 years after they started) and they are still amazing live. That was a great concert, and the fact it was for the military base annual family summer bash just made it better.
Also @RudeReviews Kudos to you done my heart good at 47 to see a young'in relive and experience some classics of the past so they stay alive and live for another generation. Kudos and Best Wishes Stay Safe.
I stumbled upon you by accident but you gained a new sub. I've seen plenty of reactions on this song and no one has broken it down or brought up the little yet important things. Thank you & well done!
@RudeReviews you picked out the the kids voices singing "youth of the nation" being a nice add...I agree and after more listens I really dig that the lead singer isn't leading the chorus at the point in the song. The kids sing "the youth of the nation" and the lead vocalist comes in the back them up..feels like he is truly trying to support them.
This song right here touched on some subjects that alot of bands don't do anymore. This was the song of the generation. Wish more musicians did this with real life. Great song, great band
Good to see your reaction Man This message in the form of music after 21 very, very current in Babylon today Jah Bless Sonny Sandoval ((((MAXIMUM RESPECT))))
I remember when p.o.d first started. I was working at a radio station in 1999 when we received their first single. This is by far my favorite song of theirs.
P.O.D. has been one of the few bands I know of that mixed rap/metal/rock/reggae into a really good sound with a positive message. I originally got into them with The Fundamental Elements of Southtown. After getting their next one Satellite, I got their back catalog. I still love the music they make and if you like those influences I listed then you will like them too.
It's crazy..more sad to see that the same unfortunate problems still exist today. Great song. Great band. First time seeing a review from your channel. Good job bro. Look forward to more
Man, I remember coming up in Junior High and Highschool ('77-'83). We NEVER heard or saw any firearms. Fists took care of business...maybe a knife or a 2 by 4...and that was RARE. Then, a decade later, kids were goin to school "strapped." Hell, we carried shotguns cased on the bus and to school and left em in our lockers because we'd go squirrel or rabbit hunting after being dismissed for the day. Whew...then the world went to waste. Kids usually haven't been "scared" enough with any "near-death" experiences to feel the "permanence" that death brings...in a lot of instances anyway. That's just my opinion though. At that age, we all think we're invincible. It's very much different nowadays. A lot of kids grow up with death all around them now...and that's a shame. We as parents, and elders, have failed our young ones in that area. We all should have done, or do, better.
Jeremy, by Pearl Jam also has a very similar feel to this one. Just as dark, if not darker. And that ones a real story. The Boy ended himself with the sound of a gat. Pretty much the same. Stand before his peers and blew his own brains out right in front of them instead of aiming at them.
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This song is a representation of the lost youth, it's a representation to suburban and rural life as are certain rap songs a representation of urban life to a youth that grew up without strong figures in their homes. What we see today is the implosion of these overlooked issues as some have chosen to ignore and some have chosen to exploit with devisive games.
POD... Payable on Death. Christian metal/rock, nu-metal, possitve message band. Great music no matter which way you slice it. Great review. And yep, they made this about and after Columbine.
To me this is one the best songs ever written. It gives a sympathetic look into dark American kids lives can actually be, even when adults want to look away because they don’t care or they’re afraid of what it reflects on them. Growing in a good or bad background, it’s relatable because going to school, you’ve at least encountered similar situations or have heard of them. You may even know someone in those situations. Plus it removes the politics out the school shootings and looks at BOTH the shooter and the victim. I feel like we’re so desensitized now to them, they’re not nearly as shocking as columbine was (not trying to compare anything in terms of severity). I was born in 97, but from what I’ve looked up and from what people who remember it told me, it was especially unnerving to the American public that it was committed by 2 teenagers.
I remember the joy i got from a POD cd and my friends were impressed the way i snapped it in half, melted the edge and stuck it to my basement wall. It looked like someone threw it into the cinderblock.
I can tell you got good taste man. You are definitely woke when it comes to breaking down and understanding the meaning behind the music, the different factors that come into play. Every reactor that actually is attentive to the true beauty in the music are diamonds in the rough for real. You seem like a cool ass dude. I’m going to subscribe just to show some love. You earned it.
Schools really need a focus on mentoring. Kids know what their dreams are, but have absolutely zero idea of the path before them to get there. and teachers wont help them on the most part as it isn't part of the curriculum. Some succeed, most go the way side and despair because the dream is unobtainable. But if they had a mentor, someone who actually wants to help them and steer them on the correct path and show them the way, then these issues wouldn't exist and more lives would be happier. I didn't find my mentor until very late in my life. I learnt more in those few years and really excelled, than the two decades before that as I struggled through the beaucracy and mind games of a cut throat, back stabbing industry. now I have the power, and I happily take someone new every year to guide and mould to avoid all the pitfalls around them. everyone I mentor makes a name for themselves and uses their reputation to pay it forward.
This is one of my favorite songs because I was an outcast bullied freak when Columbine happened so I could of easily been a school shooter with the abuse I suffered
You should definitely react to the song ‘Pardon Me’ by Incubus. Really good song man definitely a worth listening to and would love to see what you think of it
It's interesting to me that you posted this on 9/11/19 because I remember as a kid going to see them on this tour right after 9/11 happened and me and my friends found it so weird to get screened with pat downs and metal detectors. Every time I hear this song it reminds me of my childhood and how tense everybody was right after 9/11 for some reason.
y Yes i agree, it's the almost same place I grew up, no matter I try to be invisible but heck yeah it's only one way out one way in in middle school, that's the time I learned to man at up
The genre is new metal. The band is the absolute best (IMO) Christian band to cross over into the mainstream. Great reaction. This is the first video I have seen on your channel. Just subbed. #StayHomeStaySafe #Leronlimab
They have a lot of great songs. They are a Christian band. Their name means Payable On Death referring to Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. They are still touring. They have even played at Coachella.
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I love seeing young people searching for music with a message. Searching for lyrics with some heart! Thank you!!
This song was written during a lock down at Santana High School (santee,ca) for an active shooter situation. I was at that school that horrific day, standing right next to the bathroom where the shooter was. Frozen, couldn't move watching people getting shot. Thank god for a girl I didnt know grabbing me and pulling me into a classroom while we waited for swat to come get us. I didnt run, I just stood there frozen. This song helps me 18 years later get through tough times that NEVER go away.. no matter how much counseling ,years that pass, the memories and panic never go away. Love this song.
Charles Andrew Williams Jr huh. I’m extremely familiar with that shooting. I know it’s hard but I’m glad the song can help you with what you’re going through
Some people don’t realize freeze is one of the options instead of fight or flight. I’m guilty of being a freezer.
Keep your head up
Wanna give some extra backstory: This song was inspired by a real-life shooting. The band was recording a few blocks away from Santana High School when the shooting occurred there in 2001. They had seen the emergency vehicles driving past while on a break, but it hadn't clicked until they had seen it on the news.
Great reaction, Rude!
If im right POD is /was a christian band....
@@williamduckworth305 You are correct! P.O.D. is still a Christian rock band.
...you gotta start the story with...
Fun Fact.
@@mr.thekidd498 not so fun when you are faced with da gun
I was 9 in 2001. When I first heard it in 2001 I thought he was referring to 9/11 because it came out around that time. Eventually I learned the real meaning. Ironically this album came out on 9/11
Underrated Band! Lots of good songs. School of Hard Knocks, Boom, Southtown , Goodbye for Now.
West coast rock steady
Oh and on the grind
Lights Out, Set It Off, Selah, Full Color, Run, Draw the Line, Every Knee, Breathe Babylon Breathe, Visions, The Messenjah, Ridiculous, Somebody’s Trying To Kill Me, School of Hard Knocks
Rockin’ With the Best
Can't forget Rock the Party! Come on!
" too bad her daddy never told her she deserved much better" this line makes me tear up everytime.
Father role model is so important.
Astronomically important
I used to love this song.. I still do . Can't beleive I forgot about it
Play'n It! Tonite! GOD UP IN HEAVEN! GOT US!;) PEACE
Love your username!
45 yo white man here (I know, so old I’m almost dead), and I really enjoy your videos. It’s cool to see the reaction of a younger generation, and a person of a different race and experience react to the music of my youth. Keep doin your thing and thank you for giving some of the older tunes a spin. All the best man.
45, you're still a youngster. I'm 58 and I still JAM on you tube. But I agree with you, I like to see the brothers listening to white boy music. I like the bridges they are building to bring us all together.
I know you meant your comment in a positive light, but there aren't different "races" and the comment about "white boy" music is insanely cringey, especially considering this band had a black dude playing bass, and the other three members are predominantly of Hispanic descent.
This stuff was systematically distributed and promoted to "white boys" when it was released. Systemic racism of the time.
@@poosala8821 NuMetal was systematically erased in my opinion. It was already having that unifying effect. Criticism of the genre is pretty much all "metal should be metal" and "rap should be rap", in other words "keep the divide". Korn and Ice Cube touring the US together in 1998, through the midwest, was significant was it not?
This is a powerful song. People go through so much. We have to love and help each other.
nu-metal was like that.. saved lots of us.. broken children of that era.. helped us cope with our lives and growing up.. I'm 34 now and I have to tell all the young people: It will be alright.. don;t worry, stay strong
I remember when this song dropped in 2001 and my kids (who were 10 & 14) loved it, but they didnt really understand the lyrics until i explained it to them, then it took on a whole new meaning. Unfortunately its just as relevant today as it was nearly 20 years ago.
I’d say it’s even more relevant now that it was when it came out, sadly. Tragedies like columbine we’re UNTHINKABLE at that time. People thought that you had to be a middle-aged adult with issues to do something so horrifying. Instead it was two pissed off teenagers with issues, who didn’t give a damn about human life, even with those of their own.
@@lunartears6761 no they were not unthinkable this song is a direct reflection of that as well as the song Jeremy by pearl jam.
All time periods have fucked up things happen.
I'm a rock guitarist in my 50's and P.O.D. was always in my CD collection in my car. The way they tell a story has a lot of impact when combined with the choice music they serve up with it. It has always amazed me how such bands and musicians are so overlooked for cookie-cutter music pumped out by the major labels. A good example is, funk-rock guitarist Nuno Bettencourt from the band Extreme (who has been playing for Rhianna since 2009). An utterly amazing musician with his own flare that only barely ever got mentioned by the media back in his prime. Ughh..
This song came out when I was 18 yo and it has such a dark nostalgia to me. I lost 3 friends in 2001, 9/11 happened and consumed everything, caused sadness, vulnerability, fear of another attack to the fear of another draft. I was ready to graduate and just move on to begin real world life but at same time just wanted to hide out somewhere and escape it all. This song had healthy radio time around christmas break in 01 and I was so glad, I think it was that escape I needed. Great reaction btw and please continue discovering new music your good at observing lyrics and bringing song meaning up front.
Still listen to POD to this day. One of my favorite bands growing up.
Fernando Garip Me too !!!! 👍🏽😊
Im almost 50, I'm no expert on modern music, but it seems like there was a lot more music with social messages in the late 90s and early 2000's than there is today?
Am I wrong? Point me in the right direction, I love exploring new music, have my whole life. Help.
I was a rock music and metal head, recognized I was essentially self segregating because I was just listening to the stuff my friends liked , in my teens Ice T by doing his metal band Body Count along with making some black freinds got me to cross over and check rap, and I started with Ice T - OG, NWA learned the power of the message in the music.
Seems like today there's a lot of superficial bs, I wanna find the substance, Billie Elish is about as close as I've gotten, are there any new young band, or rap acts talking about serious stuff and making incredible music?
My man...well, in Australia we had bands like Midnight Oil, Spy V Spy that were singing about social issues.
Today's stuff...unsure like you.
This song always hits closer for home for me. March 5, 2001, I was in class when we were put in lockdown since it was about five miles from my school (El Cap). It wasn’t until later in the day my sister and myself, learned that we lost a member of our church family/ youth group to the shooting.
For an extra touch...the release date for this album is one burned in our memories forever... 9/11/2001
That's totally true
Dream Theater released an album the day before and it had cover art of the skyline of NY on an apple all burning. I have that original album art, but needless to say, it was discontinued and changed pretty quickly.
@@AmperfleX Oh man, I never knew about that. On another note, Slayer - God Hates Us All was also released that day...
The thing that always struck me on this song is in that first story--he take "two to the chest" and proceeds to talk with such compassion...for the shooter. "Maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged...."
Yeah, I think it's deep
This song is for every generation from the past to today and future
Great review, I’ve watched other reviews on this song and your the only one that caught that it was about school shootings..Good Job!!
No it is not about school shootings you silly boy. It is about all the trials and tribulations of being young and faced with life changing choices that have a direct profound impact on everything you do, and not having the experience of making a hard choice on your own, Then reaping the severe consequences of that choice you made.
Example: In the song the singer says that he wishes he would of told his parents of all the loved they shared and kissed his mother goodbye... A hard choice he made to go through a "routine" not realizing the hidden consequences of not being alert and attentive of your surroundings, As there was a "strange" kid in the class. You MUST be way more competent then what you has been handed to you!
Joe Jones shut the fuck up silly fool! It was about school shootings. Look it up and educate yourself
It's about school shootings, but it's about *more* than that as well. School shootings, extreme and early promiscuity, depression and suicide. It's about an entire generation that felt lost, abandoned, and confused. School shootings are one aspect of that there were mentioned.
@@jenod3049 no it is not, there are several different instances the lead singer gives..For example, when Johnny boy shot himself, did he do it in school? Told the world how he felt with sound of a gat...Am I right? What about the girl having sex with everybody? And her daddy should have told her she deserves much better? Did he do it in school? This song is about being alert and attentive, being able to handle your own choices with out extreme consequences...perhaps you should educate yourself there dude...
It's so nice to see someone reacting to POD. Great band, great track, great video, bro! Keep it up!
Shout out from Brazil!🇧🇷
Wow, this one takes me way back.
I love that everyone I see react to this song stops the song after the line about taking two to the chest lol. It's a hard lyric and the song's full of them
Still goosebumps
I just had to watch your review again, And man, I have too tell you, You have it right. Hope all is well for you and yours in this time of this crazy ass virus thingy going on. Stay Safe, Above all, Stay Happy. Enjoy your music young man.
love the reaction @ 2:51 when he finally under stands the lyrics!
Nice! Their name stands for “Payable on Death.” They are a Christian band. They were short lived, but put out some good music. Their first hit was “South Town”
@Fahim Ahmad That is what I was thinking. Their last cd Murdered Love was pretty good. Heck, they are still pretty good IMO. They should be due for a new cd soon.
@Fahim Ahmad Damn, yeah, you are right, I have The Awakening and So Cal Sessions. TA was more of an album though because as I recall So Cal was acoustic covers. I just popped over to Amazon and saw that new a one came out last November. Now I am kind of mad at myself for not knowing about Circles already. I swear once Best Buy stopped selling new releases in stores I have been totally off my new release game.
@Fahim Ahmad Hey man, thanks for that tip on P.O.D. I got that cd in the mail on Saturday, loving it.
They still jam hard
The only reason I know Southtown is because Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park said it was one of his favorite songs and influenced his style.
#Rude1s Another classic Rock track🤘, also loving that checkered background and loving those braids😎
Loved your review of this one! This song is and will always be one of my favorites!🔥 P.O.D. is a very positive band! Wish we had more bands like them! Always a place in my heart for this song! Much love bro!👊
Jim Stafford they are a Christian Alternative Rock band. I saw them last summer (yes, 27 years after they started) and they are still amazing live. That was a great concert, and the fact it was for the military base annual family summer bash just made it better.
One of my favorite reactions of yours so far! You did such an awesome job digging into a deep song. Thank you and keep crushing it!
The Instrument in the Backround, is a PRS Guitar, Chorus effect, and a lot of Delays on the Guitar Signal
PRS 🤙🏼
Also @RudeReviews Kudos to you done my heart good at 47 to see a young'in relive and experience some classics of the past so they stay alive and live for another generation. Kudos and Best Wishes Stay Safe.
This song will always hit me so hard. I hope I’m never numb to it.
I felt your reaction it's amazing to see others love music that you do
This song always guts me.
Love the husky in the video ha. I had a few, talking chit back all the time.
Big trash talkers
I stumbled upon you by accident but you gained a new sub. I've seen plenty of reactions on this song and no one has broken it down or brought up the little yet important things. Thank you & well done!
I had a feeling you might like the song man, glad you did! Keep up the awesome content! ✌
@RudeReviews you picked out the the kids voices singing "youth of the nation" being a nice add...I agree and after more listens I really dig that the lead singer isn't leading the chorus at the point in the song. The kids sing "the youth of the nation" and the lead vocalist comes in the back them up..feels like he is truly trying to support them.
no idea how i stumbled upon this, but glad i did. well done, sir. thank you
This song right here touched on some subjects that alot of bands don't do anymore. This was the song of the generation. Wish more musicians did this with real life. Great song, great band
Good to see your reaction Man
This message in the form of music after 21
very, very current in Babylon today
Jah Bless
Sonny Sandoval
((((MAXIMUM RESPECT))))
I remember when p.o.d first started. I was working at a radio station in 1999 when we received their first single. This is by far my favorite song of theirs.
Reading through the comments, very good info on the band. I just wanted to say, in their music-they are a mix of metal, punk, Latin, rap and reggae.
Damn. I respect you man. Just found your channel today.
Husky!
P.O.D. has been one of the few bands I know of that mixed rap/metal/rock/reggae into a really good sound with a positive message. I originally got into them with The Fundamental Elements of Southtown. After getting their next one Satellite, I got their back catalog. I still love the music they make and if you like those influences I listed then you will like them too.
You uploaded this reaction 18 years to the day of this Albums (satellite) release. Crazy.
This is the kind of music we need today. Listened to this song back in middle school back in 2006 I’m 30 now :/
Are you watching the music video?
P.O.D. Has pictures of everyone who died during a school shooting behind them in the music video.
It's crazy..more sad to see that the same unfortunate problems still exist today. Great song. Great band. First time seeing a review from your channel. Good job bro. Look forward to more
It's so cool seeing you find this. Those things that happened back then was horrible. We needed this then to cope.
Great reaction man, you even explain it from a musical point of view...totally loved it...keep doin it...Rock will never die
Man, I remember coming up in Junior High and Highschool ('77-'83). We NEVER heard or saw any firearms. Fists took care of business...maybe a knife or a 2 by 4...and that was RARE. Then, a decade later, kids were goin to school "strapped." Hell, we carried shotguns cased on the bus and to school and left em in our lockers because we'd go squirrel or rabbit hunting after being dismissed for the day. Whew...then the world went to waste. Kids usually haven't been "scared" enough with any "near-death" experiences to feel the "permanence" that death brings...in a lot of instances anyway. That's just my opinion though. At that age, we all think we're invincible. It's very much different nowadays. A lot of kids grow up with death all around them now...and that's a shame. We as parents, and elders, have failed our young ones in that area. We all should have done, or do, better.
I am turning 45 on Jan. 11th but I will always stand up for the youth!!! This song is too damn good!!!
And also you got the song! There are many who hear it and it's just a song!
I love your husky :)!
Great song and great reaction! A lot of truth in this song!🤘🏼
Jeremy, by Pearl Jam also has a very similar feel to this one. Just as dark, if not darker. And that ones a real story. The Boy ended himself with the sound of a gat. Pretty much the same. Stand before his peers and blew his own brains out right in front of them instead of aiming at them.
I wouldn’t say it was darker. At this point I wish these kids would go back to just killing themselves than taking out as many as they can first.
I absolutely love this song ❤️. Thanks for reaching to it!!!!!!
I really like your analysis of these songs.
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How much is it cuz I want to but i got bills and a stomach ya know
This song is a representation of the lost youth, it's a representation to suburban and rural life as are certain rap songs a representation of urban life to a youth that grew up without strong figures in their homes.
What we see today is the implosion of these overlooked issues as some have chosen to ignore and some have chosen to exploit with devisive games.
Nice review young man. Keep up the great work!
POD... Payable on Death. Christian metal/rock, nu-metal, possitve message band. Great music no matter which way you slice it. Great review.
And yep, they made this about and after Columbine.
You got a new sub, dude. It’s cool hearing your insights on this.
i remember banging my head to the flow of this song!! once i leaned English it hit me really hard
You get a subscribe just for actually breaking down the lyrics and having an awesome dog!
Sounds about right
Great insight into this track. Respect.
I like the legitimate review of an older song. P.O.D. is an older band, the acronym stands for "Payable on Death". Great song and good reaction.
To me this is one the best songs ever written. It gives a sympathetic look into dark American kids lives can actually be, even when adults want to look away because they don’t care or they’re afraid of what it reflects on them. Growing in a good or bad background, it’s relatable because going to school, you’ve at least encountered similar situations or have heard of them. You may even know someone in those situations. Plus it removes the politics out the school shootings and looks at BOTH the shooter and the victim. I feel like we’re so desensitized now to them, they’re not nearly as shocking as columbine was (not trying to compare anything in terms of severity). I was born in 97, but from what I’ve looked up and from what people who remember it told me, it was especially unnerving to the American public that it was committed by 2 teenagers.
I remember the joy i got from a POD cd and my friends were impressed the way i snapped it in half, melted the edge and stuck it to my basement wall. It looked like someone threw it into the cinderblock.
Good job little brother narrating the songs meaning. You have a new sub in me.
This song hits close to my heart. Pray pray pray
Thanks brother for doing this one. Hope you get a chance to listen to "Alive" off same album. Great review!
I can tell you got good taste man. You are definitely woke when it comes to breaking down and understanding the meaning behind the music, the different factors that come into play. Every reactor that actually is attentive to the true beauty in the music are diamonds in the rough for real. You seem like a cool ass dude. I’m going to subscribe just to show some love. You earned it.
This type of music is called Nu Metal. Was very popular back in the late 90s, 00s. Bands like Korn, Limp Bizkit, P.O.D
P.O.D - Satellite
That album was criminally underrated
Schools really need a focus on mentoring. Kids know what their dreams are, but have absolutely zero idea of the path before them to get there. and teachers wont help them on the most part as it isn't part of the curriculum. Some succeed, most go the way side and despair because the dream is unobtainable. But if they had a mentor, someone who actually wants to help them and steer them on the correct path and show them the way, then these issues wouldn't exist and more lives would be happier. I didn't find my mentor until very late in my life. I learnt more in those few years and really excelled, than the two decades before that as I struggled through the beaucracy and mind games of a cut throat, back stabbing industry. now I have the power, and I happily take someone new every year to guide and mould to avoid all the pitfalls around them. everyone I mentor makes a name for themselves and uses their reputation to pay it forward.
This is one of my favorite songs because I was an outcast bullied freak when Columbine happened so I could of easily been a school shooter with the abuse I suffered
P.O.D. "Going In Blind" is there most emotional song imo
These guys put on one hell of a show!
Youth of THE nation. Just saying, it’s right there on the cover
the music today is different than the old days,
old school 🤘
THANK GOD U GOT IT, MUCH LOV
You should watch the actual video released for this song.
Luv P.O.D.🤘 saw them a few years ago when they opened for ICP, they put on a hella good show.
You should definitely react to the song ‘Pardon Me’ by Incubus. Really good song man definitely a worth listening to and would love to see what you think of it
omg i loved this song growing up..
makes sense i listen to ghostemane and suicide boys now 💣
It's interesting to me that you posted this on 9/11/19 because I remember as a kid going to see them on this tour right after 9/11 happened and me and my friends found it so weird to get screened with pat downs and metal detectors. Every time I hear this song it reminds me of my childhood and how tense everybody was right after 9/11 for some reason.
Glad to see a Bruh, Enjoying heavy Metal Music. And true artist playing instruments and not some auto tune bullshit.
Yup auto tune is played out
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Yes i agree, it's the almost same place I grew up, no matter I try to be invisible but heck yeah it's only one way out one way in in middle school, that's the time I learned to man at up
The genre is new metal. The band is the absolute best (IMO) Christian band to cross over into the mainstream. Great reaction. This is the first video I have seen on your channel. Just subbed.
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This was a great reaction to a deep song. Respect to u my g
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They have a lot of great songs. They are a Christian band. Their name means Payable On Death referring to Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. They are still touring. They have even played at Coachella.
Great reaction!! It's sad that a song almost 20 years old is still relevant today...it shows how good a song is I guess
Beautiful doggie, great song!
This song is basically a direct response to the "Santana High School" shooting that took place in San Diego in 2001
Well thought out, thank you.
Nu Metal has alot of rap, hip hop, heavy metal, grunge, alternative all into one!
Classic song. Good to see this young man isn't closed minded. Can't just stick to one genre.
Man the sad thing is this song is a decade plus old but things have not changed yet gotten worse for kids and what they go through.