Song Stories - Foster The People's 'Pumped Up Kicks'

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  • @erico4258
    @erico4258 8 років тому +5150

    2017 and this song still poppin

  • @vcoveth
    @vcoveth 9 років тому +4694

    He seems so chill and genuine. I love him.

  • @StrangeBotwin007
    @StrangeBotwin007 11 років тому +4005

    He's very good at explaining things, makes it all the better

    • @2thinAir
      @2thinAir 11 років тому +51

      He is!

    • @spooky8130
      @spooky8130 7 років тому +3

      Ikr

    • @avathepenguin8026
      @avathepenguin8026 7 років тому +7

      Payasita it does this song always made me think it was for columbine but i guess not

    • @lordbendtner6404
      @lordbendtner6404 6 років тому +1

      sum girl111 is he artur from merlin

    • @madisonkeays8747
      @madisonkeays8747 6 років тому +1

      lord bendtner No... is he really?! Omg i loved the show merlin!

  • @aaleyahhh.3
    @aaleyahhh.3 5 років тому +173

    2019 and this song still slaps🤘🏽

    • @gillian4683
      @gillian4683 5 років тому +9

      2020 and this song still slaps

    • @kosakukawajiri8331
      @kosakukawajiri8331 4 роки тому +5

      1945 and this song still slaps

    • @gillian4683
      @gillian4683 4 роки тому +2

      @@kosakukawajiri8331 1763 and this song still slaps

    • @kosakukawajiri8331
      @kosakukawajiri8331 4 роки тому

      Gillian you already said 2020 you son of a gun you can't go back now

    • @shaunconner295
      @shaunconner295 4 роки тому +1

      2021 and this song still slaps

  • @g59Maddi
    @g59Maddi 6 років тому +1059

    Kid: what’s your favorite song?
    Abused kid: Pumped up Kicks.
    Teacher: *KIDS RUN*

    • @meIatonin
      @meIatonin 5 років тому +23

      Abused Kid: Better run faster than my gun. 🔫

    • @meIatonin
      @meIatonin 5 років тому +10

      @Amber Verdun White Um...

    • @hellotherefriend547
      @hellotherefriend547 5 років тому +7

      Amber Verdun oh um that is unfortunate

    • @kjedsomhett
      @kjedsomhett 5 років тому +1

      Ringo how ya doing?

    • @JaydenL.
      @JaydenL. 5 років тому +4

      @Amber Verdun Sorry To Hear But Death Is Something We Will All Have To Accept And Other People Are Dying And Here You Are Caring About
      1/70000000 People On The Earth

  • @LavenderBabies
    @LavenderBabies 8 років тому +4289

    Robert's got a quick hand...

    • @avianmystical_avian9317
      @avianmystical_avian9317 8 років тому +305

      my friends and I came up with a parody, Robert's got a rubber band, and then All the kids with the paper clips, better run better run faster than my thumb

    • @avianmystical_avian9317
      @avianmystical_avian9317 8 років тому +145

      that's all we got so far

    • @CennoSoldier
      @CennoSoldier 8 років тому +18

      shit

    • @GoonaTVhi
      @GoonaTVhi 8 років тому +88

      and hes coming for you

    • @Curlatshawn
      @Curlatshawn 8 років тому +65

      yeah, coming for you

  • @dave.station935
    @dave.station935 8 років тому +3901

    Why does this feel like the longest 4 mins of my life?

    • @leob.1139
      @leob.1139 8 років тому +222

      TheDB_Army because it actualy were (ca.) 5 min

    • @miket7869
      @miket7869 7 років тому +19

      Leonard Behrens woah 0-0

    • @IsabellaLisa-gw4xv
      @IsabellaLisa-gw4xv 7 років тому +78

      TheDB_Army after you said that I realized I was only a minute into it thinking I was almost done!

    • @IsabellaLisa-gw4xv
      @IsabellaLisa-gw4xv 7 років тому

      TheDB_Army 😂

    • @BloodNBacon
      @BloodNBacon 7 років тому +142

      It's weird. It's not even really that boring. It just seems long.

  • @cory5360
    @cory5360 7 років тому +5723

    Teacher: takes fidget spinner
    Kid: spins revolver

    • @juantheman533
      @juantheman533 6 років тому +3

      Rėcgār Cìgàr hahahahah

    • @Ricky20
      @Ricky20 6 років тому +6

      Its high noon boi

    • @dildonicplague
      @dildonicplague 6 років тому +1

      Topkek

    • @rblxpals4649
      @rblxpals4649 6 років тому +9

      Teacher takes figet spinner
      Kid spins revolver
      me RUN FOR YOUR LIVES
      Also me WAIT here's a fidget spinner
      kid oh thanks I'm killing you anyways
      me WAIT WHAT *gets shot

    • @haorchives
      @haorchives 6 років тому

      @@rblxpals4649 XD

  • @leslimo1612
    @leslimo1612 5 років тому +128

    *Bullied Kid:Listens to pumped up kicks* *
    *Bullied Kid:this is the reason why i was born*

  • @musicbylullaby8108
    @musicbylullaby8108 5 років тому +35

    I still live this song and its 2019, good music never dies.

    • @spare_space
      @spare_space 3 роки тому +2

      You live this song uhm 😐

  • @TheTotork
    @TheTotork 10 років тому +1390

    Haha I love how he said, "to have a band, to have a g-g-guiitar, god forbid to have a guitar, an electric guitar in top 40 radio." Which is true, it's sad that actual instruments are no longer being popularized. Don't get me wrong I love electronic music and learning how to use it is as difficult as playing an instrument, but I miss hearing the shrill of a guitar on the radio. I play guitar and I've tried to learn how to make music on programs. Trust me it's just as difficult

    • @b.b.6405
      @b.b.6405 10 років тому +18

      Same, it really is a shame😔

    • @madmaks1980
      @madmaks1980 7 років тому +5

      Cory Curtis I feel you bruh, I feel you.

    • @naturesdichotomy7098
      @naturesdichotomy7098 7 років тому +5

      Yeah I understand. Acoustic instruments are rare, special talents now since everyone has autotune, garageband, SoundCloud, etc...

    • @ballfart4205
      @ballfart4205 7 років тому +2

      Another Dreamer With Watercolors lol do u even know what soundcloud is

    • @arrowperetz4376
      @arrowperetz4376 7 років тому +3

      Cory Curtis oh yes definitely. All the songs on the radio are trash right know (JUST MY OPINION)

  • @jacquelinefischer9944
    @jacquelinefischer9944 7 років тому +3094

    IF YOU MAKE FUN OF MY SKECHERS ONE MORE TIME...

    • @kyraboyers1175
      @kyraboyers1175 7 років тому +4

      Jacqueline Fischer s

    • @barbzwired
      @barbzwired 6 років тому +16

      Lmfaoo

    • @souleater9574
      @souleater9574 6 років тому +17

      🖕 your sketches bro lol

    • @k-buzz4874
      @k-buzz4874 6 років тому +10

      Kyle Large your dead

    • @BUSTRCHERRI
      @BUSTRCHERRI 6 років тому +6

      I got way better shoes than your piece of shit skechers. Haha. Unpoor.

  • @gary_beniford
    @gary_beniford 10 років тому +573

    what spoke to me about the song is how it was mocking our sick society of crapy public schools clicks and bullying and violence. violence today is portrayed as the cost of doing business and not as a real problem. thank you mark for making this song

    • @jasonking4531
      @jasonking4531 7 років тому +2

      You spelt kliqs wrong

    • @SkyrimMaster
      @SkyrimMaster 7 років тому +14

      Jason King You mean cliques?

    • @jabathepegasus
      @jabathepegasus 7 років тому +3

      Jason King You mean cliques?

    • @Mein_KampfyChair
      @Mein_KampfyChair 7 років тому +1

      Jason King
      No it's spelled kliqes

    • @dani09eveline
      @dani09eveline 7 років тому +2

      Omg hahahahaha y’all have zero shits about his awareness

  • @jukejudy
    @jukejudy 5 років тому +45

    Needless to say, this is still and will always be a truly amazing song.

    • @TheCinephile.5
      @TheCinephile.5 2 роки тому +1

      It is a great song. It is a misunderstood one, he never wrote it from a shooting perspective. So great but misunderstood by the masses

    • @thefourmusketeers7346
      @thefourmusketeers7346 2 роки тому

      Laugh at me one more time lol

  • @purplitooelfideo9732
    @purplitooelfideo9732 6 років тому +16

    For anyone wondering, it's actually about a mall shooting which occurred back in 2007. The person who committed the shootings name is Robert Hawkins, who was known to have been in trouble with the police and struggled pretty much for all his life, he also even wrote a suicide note and can be found on the net. The most obvious clue though is literally the first lyric of the song "Roberts got a quick hand."

    • @JavonSteez
      @JavonSteez Рік тому +2

      My neighbor he used to play soccer with me

    • @mars-se2nr
      @mars-se2nr 3 місяці тому +1

      robert hawk tuah

  • @AwareOfficial
    @AwareOfficial 8 років тому +2199

    I like his hair style :D

    • @jadyntrujillo2195
      @jadyntrujillo2195 7 років тому +13

      Aware I got the same one.

    • @jadyntrujillo2195
      @jadyntrujillo2195 7 років тому +4

      To every artist out there...(ahem, please read icon for rest of your description) You telling it like you know me. You don't.

    • @fiercelunarhavoc4627
      @fiercelunarhavoc4627 7 років тому +5

      To every artist out there...(ahem, please read icon for rest of your description) how was his comment shitty lol? Why are you so apprehensive?

    • @fiercelunarhavoc4627
      @fiercelunarhavoc4627 7 років тому +6

      You're overanalyzing his response. He could simply be acknowledging that he does in fact have the same style. Doesn't have to be vanity, though it could very well be. You're just overreacting lol. No need to spend this much time on the internet

    • @cetitan5385
      @cetitan5385 7 років тому +17

      Aware he's hot

  • @dee_deer
    @dee_deer 9 років тому +409

    HAHAH a song with an electric guitar in it finally hit the top 40s... cracked me up

  • @KMK7355
    @KMK7355 9 років тому +50

    Mark Foster, this song is perfect the way it is.

  • @vyzzi
    @vyzzi 5 років тому +38

    I remembered me liking this song as a kid singing it at school, then i learned what it meant

  • @rezen_moved7241
    @rezen_moved7241 6 років тому +1530

    Didn't hear him say anything about school shootings one time.

    • @aidenarch5904
      @aidenarch5904 6 років тому +35

      I was just gonna comment the same thing!

    • @campowers401
      @campowers401 6 років тому +172

      AJ Anims “All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run better run, out run my gun, all the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run better run, faster than my bullet”.....You don’t get it?

    • @lucienrichardson8645
      @lucienrichardson8645 5 років тому +148

      @@campowers401 Yes he gets it dumbass, he's talking about in this vid

    • @superchaoshoto6791
      @superchaoshoto6791 5 років тому +61

      @@campowers401 you lack common sense

    • @genericycl2861
      @genericycl2861 5 років тому +53

      Lucien Richardson chill
      The
      Fuck
      Out
      Dickhead

  • @jessbreheret
    @jessbreheret 10 років тому +386

    Its great to hear an artist critisizing a part of his song like a " slow chorus " for example , very cool band indeed !

    • @modeizm5891
      @modeizm5891 7 років тому +10

      The chorus is the best part of the song.

  • @GoonaTVhi
    @GoonaTVhi 8 років тому +3183

    you can tell hes got a loaded Tec 9 in his backpack

    • @DistractedGlobeGuy
      @DistractedGlobeGuy 8 років тому +90

      No, the Uzi's under his coat--he's got to make room in the backpack for the 20lb propane bomb.

    • @wd-type9643
      @wd-type9643 8 років тому +11

      GoonaTV He's sporting them military grade boots, and anti-white hats sentiment

    • @wd-type9643
      @wd-type9643 8 років тому +5

      GoonaTV He's sporting them military grade boots, and anti-white hats sentiment

    • @wd-type9643
      @wd-type9643 8 років тому +1

      GoonaTV He's sporting them military grade boots, and anti-white hats sentiment

    • @kylewetter7344
      @kylewetter7344 7 років тому +16

      when Eugene reaches into his backpack...its time to run...

  • @nicoleta2628
    @nicoleta2628 6 років тому +12

    I need him to make an hour long video just talking about the band's music and the meaning behind songs, I love his voice and the way he explains things so much

  • @annarosales5707
    @annarosales5707 5 років тому +17

    I love his voice, I love the way he explains things.

  • @hope.world.mp3845
    @hope.world.mp3845 5 років тому +9

    2019 and this song IS STILL a bop and a half

  • @privatenina5063
    @privatenina5063 8 років тому +210

    i thought the song was about the mall shooitng with robert hawkins. lyrics are "robert's got a quick hand, he's looking for you he won't tell you his plan"

    • @aSStronaut111
      @aSStronaut111 8 років тому +16

      Dude I remember when that happened I was 10 years old and it happened in my state only 50 miles away in Omaha that was the first time I realized how anyone could get gunned down and killed by a lunatic with a gun just by going outside.

    • @henrywatford7303
      @henrywatford7303 8 років тому +10

      its looking around tje room he wont tell you his plan

    • @karterk2050
      @karterk2050 8 років тому +15

      Danny The Elite yeah I was in that mall when it happened I wasn't in the exact same store but you could hear people screaming and gunshots and everyone was running and I was running and it was really scary.

    • @camross2971
      @camross2971 7 років тому +2

      Karter K Which store were you in?

    • @phatrick
      @phatrick 7 років тому +3

      Cameron Hathaway ya right

  • @haf26xo
    @haf26xo 11 років тому +320

    Hands up who frickin' loves Foster The People

    • @bentech7419
      @bentech7419 6 років тому

      Gwen Jones 🙋‍♂️

    • @white-og3co
      @white-og3co 6 років тому +2

      You mean fucking

    • @Ardhant1
      @Ardhant1 6 років тому

      Their second album is the best and underrated change my mind

    • @giulianacrus2280
      @giulianacrus2280 5 років тому

      @@white-og3co no, he means frickin. Don't cuss pls.

    • @giulianacrus2280
      @giulianacrus2280 5 років тому

      👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋

  • @carrine31
    @carrine31 11 років тому +296

    Mark is a very talented and beautiful man. I'm a huge fan of FTP❤️

    • @fredericksinclair
      @fredericksinclair 7 років тому

      carrine31 you have likes 😃

    • @thedanantenna
      @thedanantenna 7 років тому

      87 likes for "he looks sinister" and 87 likes for "a talented and beautiful man". This guy's more divisive than TRUMP!!!!!!

    • @Sk8foxx
      @Sk8foxx 6 років тому

      I read that as "I'm a huge fan of Fuck the Police" lol

    • @chrisrosado754
      @chrisrosado754 6 років тому

      Torches is a good album

  • @ilyskizo
    @ilyskizo 5 років тому +1

    When I was little, my mom would always play this song. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of this one time her and I were sitting in the car(when I was 6), with the car doors open, outside of the house, blasting the song. One of my favorite memories as a kid

  • @propertyofranger
    @propertyofranger 4 місяці тому +1

    I think it’s perfect just the way it is, and I’m glad he kept those extra chorus repeats in.

  • @Anna070794
    @Anna070794 10 років тому +576

    i wish they did an actual music video for this, instead of a random band montage

  • @melcampa
    @melcampa 4 роки тому +3

    2021 and this song still poppin

  • @simplybraclets6478
    @simplybraclets6478 5 років тому +4

    I have liked this song since it came out and it is 2019 and still listening to it

  • @josephinej3025
    @josephinej3025 5 років тому +25

    2019 and this song is as relevant as ever and still slaps

    • @notdiwash
      @notdiwash 5 років тому +1

      Of course the shootings never stop

  • @kalani8485
    @kalani8485 6 років тому +392

    Hold up I’m an idiot I thought he said “girl.” Not gun and thought he said “brother.” not bullet damn I was one innocent child!

  • @gloshi5593
    @gloshi5593 8 років тому +811

    The meaning of the song is that a little boy finds his dads gun in the closet. The thing hes planning to himself (as it says in the lyrics) is that hes planing a school shooting. The reason why in the lyrics it say all the kids with pumped up kicks better run faster than my gun means, that when he starts the school shoot out he's targeting the kids with nice sneakers as nike. I hope this helps with the meaning

  • @migueltho554
    @migueltho554 2 місяці тому +3

    2024 and this song still a catchy song

  • @_.kqrmaa
    @_.kqrmaa 4 роки тому +3

    2020 and i still love this

  • @lilshoemaker1242
    @lilshoemaker1242 2 роки тому +3

    2023 and this song still slaps!!

  • @주력전차야타간
    @주력전차야타간 6 років тому +2

    Melody in Pumped Up Kicks really matches the feeling of the school hall way in the afternoon. When you are still in your classroom finishing your late works, and most of the students already returned home. You finally finish your work and realize that your realible best friend was waiting for you the whole time. So you walk with him down the hallway with sun lights flashing down upon you.

  • @blinkle1pls
    @blinkle1pls 5 років тому +10

    3:22 its a blessing he didn't change it. its a perfect song.

  • @Tanglestarstudious19
    @Tanglestarstudious19 11 років тому +164

    i LOVE HIS HAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

  • @HADESHELLFIREMUSIC
    @HADESHELLFIREMUSIC 11 років тому +21

    I'm not into this type of music but he is a very talented musician and great lyricist

    • @cuenta_simulacro4179
      @cuenta_simulacro4179 Рік тому

      With this specific song the type of music it's irrelevant, the fact that they are pushing the limits of what can be saying without been banned or extremely offensive, it's art itself, this actually contribute human race self recognition, one of the most important roles of art...

  • @ChillGuyKyrie
    @ChillGuyKyrie 3 місяці тому +3

    2024 and this song still hits

  • @karmamcgowan2903
    @karmamcgowan2903 6 років тому +2

    I love this song I didn’t know the meaning of it but now I do he’s a good explainer and in this he seems so chill

  • @rachelhardy2957
    @rachelhardy2957 8 років тому +127

    But if he had made the song different in any way, the takeoff might not have been the same.

  • @Austin-do8se
    @Austin-do8se 6 років тому +34

    Me: What does that song remind me of?
    My Mind: *Trench coats, shades, Dylan Klebold, Eric Harris.*
    Me: Oh.

  • @skibur848
    @skibur848 5 років тому +17

    That moment when someone makes fun of a kids sketchers and then he starts singing “all the other kids...” you know you gotta throw your Yeezeez as far away

  • @itspricila
    @itspricila 7 років тому +2

    Its 2017 and foster the people are still poppin

  • @karalinaverneuille1837
    @karalinaverneuille1837 6 років тому +2

    As someone who went to Douglas i can’t even listen to this song anymore. I use to listen to it all the time when i was younger but now just makes me nauseous. Doesn’t take away that it’s a good song and it’s powerful and beautifully written. It needs to be written and make sure the media listens.

  • @yeeni3242
    @yeeni3242 5 років тому +49

    When you see the weird kid at Area 51 blasting this song and running at the guards with a revolver
    *Hey, that’s not how you play the game!*

  • @brianagarcia7415
    @brianagarcia7415 4 роки тому +6

    The song is extremely deep and very good. Kids get bullied everyday & they are left at their braking point.. it's not right to shoot up the school thats horrible.. They need to stop the bullying!! Allot of school got shot up In the past few years and it's extremely scary... I love this song so much 💓💓 it's very deep ❣️

  • @averyquito8500
    @averyquito8500 6 років тому +1

    One of the best song songs that people will be listening to forever

  • @feetheawkward1739
    @feetheawkward1739 3 роки тому +1

    2021 and this song still slaps

  • @recklesslyarrogant7242
    @recklesslyarrogant7242 9 років тому +54

    He says "that stupid chorus over and over again" Idk I think that people can relate to this song and we can relate to it some how. So I don't think its stupid.

  • @PlayStatiowned
    @PlayStatiowned 8 років тому +2116

    Stay tuned for their song about flying planes into buildings. Sorry, about a man IMAGINING flying a plane into a building.

    • @patx_anthony
      @patx_anthony 8 років тому +35

      😂😂😂😂
      ahhh....I'm going to hell...

    • @subven69
      @subven69 8 років тому +3

      oooooooohhhhhhhh

    • @friendvlogs1496
      @friendvlogs1496 8 років тому +1

      PlayStatiowned and Aluhaktbar

    • @conkergames9397
      @conkergames9397 8 років тому +3

      PlayStatiowned or did he imagine bombing it DA DA DAAAA

    • @samlewis3555
      @samlewis3555 8 років тому +7

      I'm ready for that hit album

  • @NerdyNinjaK
    @NerdyNinjaK 10 років тому +5

    Song is perfect the way it is! Love it

  • @jeskatsgaming
    @jeskatsgaming 6 років тому

    My mom loves this song. She cranks this song and sings it really loudly everytime it comes on the radio.

  • @daydreamer3428
    @daydreamer3428 5 років тому +51

    This song is still bomb in 2019 about to be 2020

  • @robertoremelli
    @robertoremelli 5 років тому +34

    There was a shooting in Brazil yesterday and the 2 killers posted this song on a chan as a sign before doing it.

  • @megsob9756
    @megsob9756 5 років тому +4

    i would actually really like the hear the other version he was talking about in this video, i think it would be really cool to hear how he wanted it to sound, also the fact that so many people have heard this song and haven't listened to their other music is crazy cause all their music is so good and that should be recognized aswell, it's 2019 and people still talk about this song, i still love it

    • @duvetz
      @duvetz 5 років тому

      AGREED

  • @samlewis3555
    @samlewis3555 8 років тому +1448

    My friend played this so loud in our class, then managed to get it playing on our schools Bluetooth speakers
    It was the funniest thing ever
    But our anti bullying teacher was triggered
    We all got an hour and a half
    Fucking
    Worth
    It

    • @sotpotatis731
      @sotpotatis731 8 років тому +8

      Sam Plays nice! Worth it? Ofc.

    • @yourneighborhoodhomie7565
      @yourneighborhoodhomie7565 8 років тому +8

      holy fuck i bet it was worth it! luck bastards..

    • @kevinwarner8959
      @kevinwarner8959 8 років тому +5

      Sam Lewis nice we didnt have anti bulling teachers but i got suspended for playing rage agenst the machine

    • @samlewis3555
      @samlewis3555 8 років тому +5

      I love the internet just because of these responses

    • @GoonaTVhi
      @GoonaTVhi 8 років тому +29

      lol my friend came to school in a Trench coat and started playing this really loud xD

  • @mcbill7352
    @mcbill7352 6 років тому +1

    He’s so intelligent and honest. And the song is a classic

  • @dazzbread8215
    @dazzbread8215 4 роки тому +1

    2020 and the song is still played

  • @rchamp247
    @rchamp247 6 років тому +9

    3:25 you still can Mark! I’d definitely be down to listen to another version of the song where you change the ending (nothing against the original which I still love)

  • @trash520
    @trash520 6 років тому +145

    His songs really scare me but he's kinda hot and the way he talks is so soothing and now I kinda like the songs

  • @_lsaac-
    @_lsaac- 5 років тому +8

    Me:humming this while unzipping my bag to test this
    Other students: asks teacher if they can go to the bathroom with there bags on

  • @caityshmadey
    @caityshmadey 6 років тому +1

    seeing them in July!!!! i'm so excited!!!!!

  • @raynebow5289
    @raynebow5289 6 років тому

    Even after all these years, I am still obsessed with this catchy ass chorus, and that is RARE for me

  • @bluemanredmanwhiteman782
    @bluemanredmanwhiteman782 6 років тому +339

    When you accidentally trip the emo kid and a glock falls of his pocket 😶😶😶

    • @skibur848
      @skibur848 5 років тому +10

      Then starts humming the song and looks at your yeezeez

    • @zaydplayz9147
      @zaydplayz9147 5 років тому +1

      I’d slid down so fast grab the glock and neutralize the threat jk I’d grab I’d run the hell away with it

    • @sofakingdone6941
      @sofakingdone6941 5 років тому

      Nice grammar

    • @uzi_.z
      @uzi_.z 5 років тому +5

      Plot twist : you hand him a fresh mag

    • @soham2039
      @soham2039 5 років тому

      Accidentally?

  • @ilovesherlockholmes934
    @ilovesherlockholmes934 8 років тому +514

    the song reminds me of Columbine so much

    • @mpan6440
      @mpan6440 7 років тому +10

      Hiranya Randini yes it's because it's based on I think.

    • @TynSyun
      @TynSyun 7 років тому

      Hiranya Randini you even like the song?

    • @Lena-qb9or
      @Lena-qb9or 7 років тому +3

      Thanks

    • @aaaaaahelpme7198
      @aaaaaahelpme7198 7 років тому +1

      Dylan Klebold hey love

    • @pommiebears
      @pommiebears 7 років тому +2

      Hiranya Randini reminds me of Tate from American Horror Story! In that......skull make up! 💀👌🏻

  • @Dutch.van.der.Linde.-
    @Dutch.van.der.Linde.- 5 років тому +45

    nobody:
    youtube 2k19: recommended after 20 years of the columbine massacre

  • @tammybrooks3580
    @tammybrooks3580 5 років тому +2

    This song gives me chills but is still a bop

  • @soontobe._8921
    @soontobe._8921 2 роки тому +1

    I’m telling you this has to be my favorite song ever

  • @schuylerdevonish3117
    @schuylerdevonish3117 9 років тому +11

    The vibe of the song is extremely mellow so when you here the lyrics you tend to not conceptulize the lyrics.

  • @tasya8923
    @tasya8923 6 років тому +46

    I just realized this song has a dark meaning

  • @italianautomotiveenthusias931
    @italianautomotiveenthusias931 5 років тому +8

    I had no idea what this song is about
    It’s strange because it’s such a positive friendly sounding song

  • @faithhatori-kanakaole1785
    @faithhatori-kanakaole1785 2 роки тому +1

    This song will never get old

  • @sanantonio2107
    @sanantonio2107 3 роки тому +1

    Still hits 2021

  • @MeidasTA
    @MeidasTA 11 років тому +43

    Torches is a masterpiece.

  • @Alphonse670
    @Alphonse670 10 років тому +31

    If Mark Foster didn't succeed as an artist, would he have gone postal?
    Foster The People was always destined for good music.

  • @assattaclarke5733
    @assattaclarke5733 9 років тому +983

    Anybody else think he's really really attractively cute 😂😍😌

    • @mellowmike4183
      @mellowmike4183 9 років тому +87

      +Assatta Clarke (VinategQueen1253) "OMG EVERYTIME I SEE AN ATTRACTIVE MALE, I NEED TO POINT IT OUT, BUT IF A MALE POINTS OUT HOW HOT A FEMALE IS, HE'S SEXIST"

    • @abbybrown3745
      @abbybrown3745 9 років тому

      +Günter UA-cam Channel CS:GO Thumbs up my friend

    • @abbybrown3745
      @abbybrown3745 9 років тому +4

      And no he's not. Compare him to Denis Stoff and Andy Biersack.

    • @9368avee
      @9368avee 9 років тому +1

      yes :3

    • @assattaclarke5733
      @assattaclarke5733 9 років тому +2

      +An Cermet what?

  • @vanessativa2418
    @vanessativa2418 6 років тому

    When this song came out i was having rhe best time of my life i was 19 and this song would come out on the radio. Memories

  • @LordWolfzombie
    @LordWolfzombie 3 роки тому

    2021 and I’m still listening

  • @coldashell7057
    @coldashell7057 5 років тому +4

    Love this song because it depicts American tradition

  • @Mrbongo730
    @Mrbongo730 8 років тому +5

    i love this song

  • @Plasmaticlamp
    @Plasmaticlamp 5 років тому +6

    Pops a balloon by accident at school *pumped up kicks starts playing*

  • @erikajewel
    @erikajewel 6 років тому

    It’s almost 2019 and I can still listen to it just the same

  • @intheraw6393
    @intheraw6393 10 місяців тому

    I remember actually pumping your high tops in the 90s. Always get a visual of that with this song lol

  • @floralbee
    @floralbee 8 років тому +915

    dude be looking like Eric Harris

    • @erick-pj4yv
      @erick-pj4yv 8 років тому +39

      PyroTechnic that makes more sense now

    • @hannahwitt4925
      @hannahwitt4925 8 років тому +5

      i thought that too! i was like. yep. thats eric alright

    • @spidersaremean8917
      @spidersaremean8917 8 років тому +10

      he's dead killed him self at the end of killing people (Eric) #eric and Dylan are sick people

    • @post-childhood1663
      @post-childhood1663 7 років тому +2

      PyroTechnic HE DOES!!!😂😂😂

    • @ares6229
      @ares6229 7 років тому +1

      kohl farrington moron lmao

  • @esgay7512
    @esgay7512 4 роки тому +5

    this song gives me anxiety because there was a school shooter at my school, and after school the day that he was there, i had a nightmare that the guy was in the empty hallway of my school and you could hear his footsteps and he was playing this song. my sister was with me because her middle school is down the street from mine. he found where everyone was hiding and i carried her and and started to run out of the campus. we made it two blocks away, but he followed us in his car and he was going after us. i let my sister off of me and told her to run, take my phone, and never stop until she makes it to the police. he pulled out his gun and started pointing. i pushed my sister into the bushes which led to another street. she tried to stay but i yelled at her to not worry about me. i heard a gun pop and i felt a pain in my chest. then i woke up with a panic attack. i will never feel anything more than 75% safe at school ever again.
    edit: i still love this song though

    • @BroganCoovert34
      @BroganCoovert34 4 роки тому +2

      not gonna lie listening to this dream even being just a dream made tears roll down my eye

    • @dawsonlenard2848
      @dawsonlenard2848 3 роки тому

      What school?

  • @bellacanelli1927
    @bellacanelli1927 5 років тому +4

    2019 and half of the world still knows it by heart 😂

  • @AllTheOthers
    @AllTheOthers 7 років тому +1

    This whole thing gives the song a whole new meaning. Holy shit... Thanks for this.

  • @leeanncotrone8369
    @leeanncotrone8369 Рік тому

    Song has great sound it's grooving moving and the message is deep. Still moves me 8/1/2023

  • @everetthixson1475
    @everetthixson1475 8 років тому +48

    I have to wonder if Mark Foster had heard the story of Barry Loukatis, who killed two students and a teacher and wounded another student at Frontier Middle School in Moses Lake, Washington, in 1996. He went to school dressed as a cowboy and carrying a semiautomatic pistol he stole from his father.

    • @c_jens0434
      @c_jens0434 7 років тому +2

      No Everett it was Columbine

    • @nathansmith4529
      @nathansmith4529 7 років тому +1

      bossification7 I love how you say that like a fact

    • @BroganCoovert34
      @BroganCoovert34 4 роки тому

      the lyrics should be Barry's got a quik hand

  • @megb9900
    @megb9900 7 років тому +14

    I heard this song for the first time when I was at work. I heard it over and over and thought about how fucked up it was

    • @megb9900
      @megb9900 7 років тому

      The chorus did indeed drive me crazy as I was serving sushi

    • @tuskactiv7766
      @tuskactiv7766 5 років тому +1

      Ik man I just figured how bad it was

  • @erickaufman6840
    @erickaufman6840 10 років тому +4

    The chorus is the best part of the song! I mean, the whole thing is great but the chorus puts it over the top... Glad he doesn't have a chance to re-do it :-)

  • @Vicariousleighilive..
    @Vicariousleighilive.. 6 років тому

    It took me all these years to actually push past the indie pop sound and recognise the lyrics and now i have a new respect for it

  • @MZ-mu6om
    @MZ-mu6om 4 місяці тому

    Love the story about the guy that cobered the song after the guy taught him, awesome 💯

  • @alpacas8242
    @alpacas8242 8 років тому +30

    If you watch the Netflix series scream, is it just me or does he look like Noah foster from it? And the band has foster in it

    • @alpacas8242
      @alpacas8242 8 років тому +3

      *its name

    • @weebiere9993
      @weebiere9993 8 років тому +1

      omg he does 😂

    • @tonih8178
      @tonih8178 8 років тому +1

      Eden April oh my god, he does lol I never thought about it 'till now

    • @ttt9830
      @ttt9830 8 років тому +1

      Eden April its actually an MTV series

    • @ashleymccollum3769
      @ashleymccollum3769 7 років тому +1

      I don’t see it but I do love that show