Somethings telling me that 99% of people who still listen to this song seem to just pop in their head for no reason

@bean_soup2.0

4 жыл бұрын

Dylan Latta I didn’t know the song existed until it popped up in my head

@LAYLAMARIE_

4 жыл бұрын

Ummm yes this happened

@LAYLAMARIE_

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf

@kira-om2mw

4 жыл бұрын

@@LAYLAMARIE_ bro same

@evelyng117

4 жыл бұрын

This makes more sense. Funny it popped in my head too

What a powerful message about bicycle safety. I can't stop listening to this song.

@beverlyn72

3 жыл бұрын

oh. my. god. yeah, I needed this. This is gonna give me a good giggle all day, for sure. :)

@skillfulskillz2217

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I'll always Ride with handle bars BTW what's with this and the Logan Paul song of the same name

@matto4897

3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever taken the handlebars off your bicycle? It's not safe at all

@dylanklopotic2439

3 жыл бұрын

@@skillfulskillz2217 it's an analogy

@skillfulskillz2217

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanklopotic2439 what's an analogy The part about always riding with handlebars or the Jake Paul song

It’s not that this song was ahead of it’s time. It’s more that it’s timeless. If you sit back to think about it.. things have always been this way.

@Ennalame

8 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t even say now more than ever. War is just as bad as war has always been. The difference is that this is the first time we don’t have to be there to witness it. This is the first time it’s live on social media. This is the first time we’re super aware people may have friends and family somewhere in danger. It’s not worse, it just hits harder because we’re learning to care more.

@jonatanlopez9999

7 ай бұрын

Both good point of views. 👌 But let's smoke 420 because their no freedom y y you ask because human society thought they traded for sercurity now we being followed by the strings from the system who wouldn't lose their mind IN when being controlled

@thedog5k

7 ай бұрын

You think now is the worst?

@Piizzachuu

7 ай бұрын

@@thedog5k worse when it comes to privacy and the government being all up everyone’s business. With the advancements technology has made throughout the years wtf even is privacy anymore anyways...

@dailysuccessmachine

7 ай бұрын

The song is more inspirational and motivational than it is depressing. I take it as seeing human potential, even a single human, more so collectively. It makes me get off my butt and work 💪

I was searching 14 fucking years for this song, and finaly my quest is over, i can rest now

@randomviewer3899

2 ай бұрын

Congrats bro

@allenbailey73

Ай бұрын

damn we old asf now lol

@Northstar8765

Ай бұрын

Rest easy brother. Its over now.

@Buhbogo

Ай бұрын

I only searched for 11 years I heard it once when I was four and never heard it again till a few months ago

@mattresbert

Ай бұрын

Good to meet you ❤

The escalation in this song is legit. Like innocence to pure evil.

@d4nt3sinph3rn0

3 жыл бұрын

If you like that, you'll like the She Sells Sea Shells rap kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4tt3NKOe8nfc7g.html

@thegodpill9696

3 жыл бұрын

It's not pure evil. It's a warning. We are here to save the world, but if you are intent on burning it, will make sure you burn first.

@leadlobotomy

3 жыл бұрын

Godamn it we're in the apocalypse, and have been for a minute. The old doctrine of the "Right of Conquest" reigns supreme. There is no force which exists that can oppose what is occurring. As the Bible says "who can make war with the beast?" . So the world is dominated, we will be guided to hell, and if you have any sense you will escape before you're trapped in hell.

@thegodpill9696

3 жыл бұрын

@@leadlobotomy I'm Jesus child, and I will save you

@davegrohl817

3 жыл бұрын

@@leadlobotomy Only unbelievers say that. But the book is written and what was said was said. Therefore it is, so we know who wins too.

That went from 1 to 1984 quickly....

@wafflerworld1565

5 жыл бұрын

BADUM TSSSS

@johndief69

5 жыл бұрын

Down with Big Brother

@powellthepog5624

5 жыл бұрын

👍

@casualrat1807

5 жыл бұрын

too good

@D_YellowMadness

5 жыл бұрын

That went from 1 to 1984. 1984. 1984.

Hearing this song so many years later made me realize just how unsettling it was, going from a simple and innocent premise to ending the world is crazy

@Pablowme

5 ай бұрын

Yea it’s all in his dark twisted mind

@vonjoyce1888

5 ай бұрын

It's the same power being used: human intelligence and desire. I did it bc I wanted to...😊

@DJMetzler337

3 ай бұрын

The truth is stranger than fiction. We are fucking living this song.

@sglasssssss

Ай бұрын

It's called a metaphor for the Hubris of humanity

this is literally one of the best songs to ever be created

@RockstarGoPackGo15

Ай бұрын

Agreed

Hits different today...

@evanhowell9237

3 жыл бұрын

Ongg

@evanshatter7544

3 жыл бұрын

Dude as the last verse started to get louder I started getting chills. Scary how the meaning of songs can change over time to you.

@sterlingarcher2653

3 жыл бұрын

In which way?? It’s still the same song. Nothing changed.

@fishtacos2320

3 жыл бұрын

no joke. its a bit surreal.

@fishtacos2320

3 жыл бұрын

@@sterlingarcher2653 very much of the last half of the song is eerily similar to what is happening today. Like almost word for word, whereas when the song was written, it was about past events that could easily happen again.

This is the definition of "that escalated quickly."

@bigman8293

7 жыл бұрын

Two guys riding bikes. In the span of two minutes, world domination.

@g_way

7 жыл бұрын

Three Halves Yep, lol.

@eggdog778

7 жыл бұрын

Evie Doodleberry wait wait wait...TEMMIE?+

@ilasley2002

7 жыл бұрын

nice pic and name

@scottharbin1868

7 жыл бұрын

Evie Doodleberry THATS WHAT I SAY EVERY WHEN I HEAR THIS

Look at all of us coming back to listen to the song that we are currently living through...

@roseclimbpaintcont

5 ай бұрын

I loved this song while stressed and depressed in 2014 through 2016 so when it all hapoened I was like oh... mygawd

@Barteolomeus

4 ай бұрын

true

@charliehaliv7097

4 ай бұрын

skibbdy?@@roseclimbpaintcont

@dianamiller3307

4 ай бұрын

Listening and crying and listening and wondering when we stop this..

@thomasdeschenes5634

4 ай бұрын

was thnking the same thing

Did this song just randomly come into everybody else’s minds aswell

@Festivekiller

7 ай бұрын

Hassan’s critic video had this playing Hasan such an idiot lmao

@akhiem6

4 ай бұрын

​@@Festivekiller Which video? There's so many these days 😅

@MagicCookieGaming

4 ай бұрын

Literally

@dianamiller3307

4 ай бұрын

Here.

@bradoakwood

4 ай бұрын

Yep! Talking to my girlfriend about it tonight.

This song perfectly defines how humanity has key to both their transcendence and doom .

@GunShot-1996

3 жыл бұрын

You need more likes. I didn't think of that but your comment truly does sum up this song.

@thismaybebrent

3 жыл бұрын

@@GunShot-1996 I mean, not bashing them for saying it, but that's what people have been saying for the last 10 years, I'm more surprised it's the first time you're seeing or realizing that meaning

@kellyrose5800

3 жыл бұрын

No a rebirth more being more powerful than you could ever undersnd an the dumbed down are not invited. Sorry not sorry.

@ransom2610

3 жыл бұрын

@@kellyrose5800 can you please explain what you mean to me?

@hllyenaylleth9576

3 жыл бұрын

@@ransom2610 You know what is met.

I can see your face on the telephone, Apple: Write that down, Write that down.

@jenniferm8118

4 жыл бұрын

DanaiL 😂

@Cjopa

4 жыл бұрын

😂💀💀

@snowstormkitten

4 жыл бұрын

there is an apple on the vid 0o0

@ACTAASSTV

4 жыл бұрын

🤣😭😭😭

@danail4444

4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t expect to get this many likes lol ty guys xd

Not enough people talking about how prophetic this song has become.

@TotallyTheradicalleft

3 ай бұрын

Its just a Marxist depiction, its been true for all of history. Marx was a descriptive god and people talk too much about his prescriptive claims.

@blickedxb

3 ай бұрын

@@TotallyTheradicalleft Marx was a moron that prayed on the low I q.

@Dan-ger82

3 ай бұрын

It's in human nature to do terrible things to each other. History repeats itself so it's easy to see the trends and the disease that is the human being. Just like Rorschach said "God doesn't make the world this way. We do!"

@TotallyTheradicalleft

3 ай бұрын

@@Dan-ger82 Thats an inherent contradiction in statement bro. To claim its human nature as if its an unavoidable bane cast on us by genetic evolution and then claim we have a choice as in we make the world this way, which the scripture makes clear, is inherently a contradiction. Furthermore if you actually do research you'd learn that the nature vs. nurture debate is pointless as epigenetics is the predominant theory which illustrates that our environment guides us to specific behaviors but lacks the infinite problem of environmentalism and relativism. In conclusion, read Proudhon and most other Anarchists discourse on human nature.

@graffitiwomen

3 ай бұрын

​@@TotallyTheradicallefta Marxist depiction? People like you bring Marx into EVERYTHING, and as a socialist, I honestly think your type is obsessed with Marx..... and it's freaking weird.

I will forever be impressed by the crescendo of this song, how as he achieves more and more power the music heightens with it.

@dailysuccessmachine

7 ай бұрын

*…how as WE achieve more and more…” it’s about our potential 😉

@wtfnoheals

7 ай бұрын

Yeappers, echoes the rise of the ego in humankind. Some will do anything, say anything, step over anyone for recognition and fame at no concern of bodily risk, harm of ones self and others with zero thought on consequence.

@martianknight6341

6 ай бұрын

let's being impressed together cousin while we kill them cookies! =P

@sasamarie

6 ай бұрын

It literally makes my heart speed up

@e.d.1642

4 ай бұрын

It still actually manages to give me chills, which is pretty rare.

wow him and his friends really did “understand the future.”

@LastbutNotFirst

3 жыл бұрын

not the future but the machine.

@naomipinckney

3 жыл бұрын

@@LastbutNotFirst bruh

@paul_warner

3 жыл бұрын

"I can hand out a million vaccinations"

@thehighnoonsaloon7794

3 жыл бұрын

Not as much did they understand the future as they did history. When you understand history, the future becomes easier and easier to predict. The only danger there is it starts to become a self fulfilling prophecy when we forget about honor through reading about the dishonor of our past.

@MultiverseMediaSpace

3 жыл бұрын

@An Capall Mór I humbly disagree.

This is one of those songs that you can go literal decades without hearing but know the lyrics instantly the next time you hear it.

@ranuigibson7177

3 жыл бұрын

Papa peli!

@Eeeemomo

3 жыл бұрын

@@ranuigibson7177 spread the good word of his channel or he’ll assasinate everyone in a holocaust

@Y0unGSoldi3r

3 жыл бұрын

SOOO TRUE 😅 i forgot all about that song for a whole decade, and somehow remembered the lyrics by heart 🤷🏻‍♂️

@cd2936

3 жыл бұрын

Bloody Legend

@mikec6935

3 жыл бұрын

i don’t know the lyrics so you’re wrong

after all this time... 34 years old and still getting goosebumps at, "I can lead a nation with a microphone"

@TheHuffmanator

5 ай бұрын

you've no idea...so just stop being pathetic...

@joewater6580

4 ай бұрын

Scarier when you can lead one without

@ahhwe-any7434

3 ай бұрын

It techs be like

@CptSnuggl

3 ай бұрын

@@ahhwe-any7434 lol nah it's just the meaning behind the line that gets me. I'm not over here like "fuck yeah, microphones are awesome!! I hope he has a Blue Yeti 🤤!!!!"

My cousin passed and I’m not sure why this songs makes me think of him so much but every time I think of this song he’s right there in the memory. I’m grateful for all that he has done for me. He shaped me into who I am and I now know what it truly means for a piece of you to just be ripped away from you. I’ll try to grow from this pain but it’s drowning. R.I.P Jacob Lee Chambles. Words are too little to express my appreciation and gratitude for you and the life that you led

@eternalangelxx

2 ай бұрын

rip man

When I was 12 in 2009 I was like "lol this songs about riding your bike with no handlebars" Now I'm 20 in 2017 I'm like "wow this is some powerful shit"

@scrmnthn5233

7 жыл бұрын

SaintsAwayOllie damn you were pretty dumb when you were 12 then

@SaintsAwayOllie

7 жыл бұрын

Fuck Me Can't say I disagree

@necrogeneticist

7 жыл бұрын

SaintsAwayOllie I'm 11 and I perfectly get the idea of this.

@maiarustad5062

7 жыл бұрын

Same here, except 9 & 16, I thought it was just a couple of people in a brag off and seeing the vid for the first time really changed my understanding of it.

@thenotorioussk

7 жыл бұрын

SaintsAwayOllie truth brother

All these comments acting like this song is coming true. As if it hasn’t been like this for a very long time.

@RIFFRAFF104

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@Derbyyy

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha exactly bro, spot on

@theflanman420420

4 жыл бұрын

True

@alexist2802

4 жыл бұрын

The veil is just lifting off more people. This is the start of a big ass event that will be in the history books.

@abhirajkahol

4 жыл бұрын

It was always true. People just realised that now.

Still can't make it through this song w/o tearing up. In 2024, this song means more than ever before. Scary times in the US.

As a kid I just heard straight bars really. But as an adult, this hits totally different. WOW.

@Lordpickleboy

12 күн бұрын

yeah..... Vote for Kanye

@coltydoodledoof8237

6 күн бұрын

@Lordpickleboy Nahh, Kanye is a nazi... Trump or RFK are better candidates.

"I can ride my bike with no handlebars" *a few mins later* "I CAN END THE PLANET IN A HOLOCAUST" Well that escalated quickly

@dograguy2124

4 жыл бұрын

Try to understand the meaning

@dograguy2124

4 жыл бұрын

Both of those guys started same but later choose different paths which resulted in affecting their future

@ianmelamud8773

4 жыл бұрын

yep, opening that thrift store had disastrous consequences for the planet.

@chelseamayer9118

4 жыл бұрын

Ive been laughing about this comment for 3 days haha

@antoniomendez6492

4 жыл бұрын

@@dograguy2124 it goes deeper than that. It's all about ambition. How powerful a single person's ambition can impact a civilization, for better or worse. "I can" is the theme of the song.

This song is about the addictive nature of power, how seductive it is. It begins innocently enough but left unchecked it becomes a colossal evil. To me this is one of the most profound and prophetic songs ever written.

@Ms-pr7fe

3 жыл бұрын

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

@Heather_Morgan

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely! You said it perfectly! That's where the "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" comes from. It's an innocent child saying "look mom, no hands!". And then that same kid can grow up to either become something great or destroy the world. And how it's so easy to give into the greedy temptation and lust for power and control. It's addictive and can start off as simply as learning to ride your bike without holding on and it just grows from there. Once you get a taste for that power, you keep chasing it until it's never enough and you keep needing to outdo yourself and it doesn't matter who or what you destroy in the process, even if you "end the planet in a Holocaust".

@luisaelenamanriquez9066

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think it could also be phrased a fall from innocent ambition?

@typeheatwave6587

3 жыл бұрын

@Turbo Crystal Song was about bush

@MrFredstt

3 жыл бұрын

@Michael Primak You couldn't be more wrong.

14 years later and i still can sing this song WORD for WORD

when i was a kid (about 10-12 years ago) i BEGGED my grandma to play this song OVER AND OVER!!!! She bought the album on CD and record so I could listen to just this song as many times as I wanted. Later in life (now) i come back to it and realize how insane the lyrics are. This song is still amazing to this day, aged beautifully and wish it would be talked about again.

I just randomly remembered about this song

@adam3545

4 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@notfound9491

4 жыл бұрын

Same lmao

@Sathrus04

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@stuartcunningham5053

4 жыл бұрын

Same its si good

@ps4noobdontshoot599

4 жыл бұрын

So relevant in today's world.

" I can see your face on the telephone" Flobots predicted Facetime xP

@yungmar8268

9 жыл бұрын

Yep

@siZeDcuBe

9 жыл бұрын

jason jean Skype, they predicted Skype for mobile. Facetime predicted that if they copied Skype they would make money XD

@28604

9 жыл бұрын

jason jean Not everything (in fact, almost nothing) Apple does is original.

@jasonjean5333

9 жыл бұрын

***** it's very unlikely anything anyone does is original.. you need to be inspired by something

@Frabjous1

9 жыл бұрын

No. In fact, the Flobots talked about the 1927 AT&T _ikonophone_ 81 years late.

Does anyone just randomly start coming back to this song every couple of years since release? I’ll randomly start humming it and be like, “yeah, I could go for some no handlebars rn”

@BasicallyWeasel

Ай бұрын

lol

Here listening to this epic song in June 2024

@Lordpickleboy

12 күн бұрын

I am here listening to it trying not to cry as the song slowly becomes our reality

The song is about the duality of man. We can use power for good or evil. The "no handlebars" intro and outro speaks to the duality of the act. It can be dangerous, or it can be skillful, it just depends who is behind the wheel. Brilliant song.

@ak27q

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! And it is written as a retrospective of a person’s life from the moment he first let go of the handlebars of a bicycle, as his thoughts, the choice that he makes on a certain stretch of life. And in this case, we see this boy as a result of a person of Hitler's scale. Brilliant, yes! Sorry my english

@ykMMD

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sherlock

@Cooltubeco

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@julien4803

4 жыл бұрын

i used to sing this song all the time in rock band it was my favorite song ever i just remember it and i listened to the lyrics for the first time and i took it as he can ride his bike without using his hands making him feel strong as if he can do anything and he thinks he can do all this becuase the bike inspired him

@skycastrum5803

4 жыл бұрын

I disagree with that interpretation, if only slightly. It's definitely about duality, but the message isn't about who is behind the wheel. The two friends aren't neccesarily that different. Instead, I'd see it as more personal.

Forgot how good this song was… it’s been YEARS. Nostalgia

@mandybrooks5789

3 жыл бұрын

2021 I’m asking “Were’s your head at?” 🎹🎼🎺🥁🎸🪕🎷🎻🪘🎧🎤

@3katd

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@RJ-mh3ox

3 жыл бұрын

Factsss

@theogkingler2579

3 жыл бұрын

They don’t music like they did when I was growing up I know every generation says it but 90s kids got it all we merged okay with tech maybe not as fast or advanced as these kids coming up but we aren’t like our parents chilling on flip or cheap cheap hardly working Android we truly are lucky and humbled we understand there’s bad issues in the world but just a tad to young to get to them yet once the old rulers go I have great faith we can fix the world at least a little

@pyrophantom5150

3 жыл бұрын

It’s great.. it’s almost better a decade latter.. more relatable.

Anyone here in 2024?

@kittykat8538

2 ай бұрын

Just came here to say this.

@shawnmason7901

2 ай бұрын

Ya buddy

@shawnmason7901

2 ай бұрын

Playing true so far

@thatonescrambler

2 ай бұрын

I dont like pepe the frog, but im white passing, and racist

@mudlinka

2 ай бұрын

This was my homepage music on MySpace.

I bought this on single when it came out.... I have listened to it hundreds of times but today I came back to watch the video and it sent a shiver down my spine. Such a clever and well written song, it truly represents what is going on in the world today. It's scary how the world is being run and especially who by.....

@lilliewentrcek8454

8 ай бұрын

Literally

@willryan7968

8 ай бұрын

Do yourself a favor and listen to the rest of the album... Eerily prescient.

@LFCGARY1

8 ай бұрын

@@willryan7968 will do! To be honest I did listen to it at the time but I haven’t since so I’ll give it another go :)

@willryan7968

8 ай бұрын

@@LFCGARY1 They were only 5 years early!

@NarutoStorm3Rocks

8 ай бұрын

By who? You mean, JOooz?

That "I can hand out a million vaccinations or let them all die in exasperation" line really hits different now lmao

@laurene988

3 жыл бұрын

Seems they're leaning towards death by exasperation

@zachmartinez6260

3 жыл бұрын

All of it hits different now especially as you wake up to the life we're living this song is literally telling you how much power the nations leader/leaders have and most likely what they have been doing with it for a very long time

@impactphoenix5729

3 жыл бұрын

If you think the government is out to get us then you are very unintelligent

@laurene988

3 жыл бұрын

@@impactphoenix5729 out to get us - no Ran by sociopaths that don't care about anything but lining their own pockets - yes

@aninfinateregressionanapot2979

3 жыл бұрын

@SpinksJinx I mean.. I know a couple people who have gotten it already. One being my cousin, who is a medical doctor. He assures me it is very real, Yo.

sent here by Mary Ham !! 👊🏽👊🏽

@snom3270

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, i am a poppy gloria stan

@brenna.tatortot2641

5 жыл бұрын

Poppy gloria is better

@ninamaxwell4078

5 жыл бұрын

Ngo Michael yeet

@ttthewolfgirl

5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! 👊🏻 and this song is amazin!

@callsigngecko4723

5 жыл бұрын

Poppy Gloria was wrongfully fired 😫

This song was so ahead of its time... gives me chills everytime

@ambernichole2918

7 ай бұрын

It was right on time, unfortunately that time just kept going

@ccheww

7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it has always been this way, and always will.

@wilfordbrimley1506

7 ай бұрын

It's just an analogy about haughtiness, kind of a story as old as time

@flanflan88

7 ай бұрын

Really? I felt like it was a song about the past, present, and future. But I'm almost positive that people will hear this song and scream "Trump!" even though it was before his time. Such is humanity's folly. We'll never learn.

@IISocratesII

6 ай бұрын

@@flanflan88 Yeh you can literally just say "things will get worse" and be right at any point in history, because it always eventually comes. People have been saying the same things since BC.

Is there any late 80's peeps here still loving this timeless song?!?!

This wasn't a prediction. This WAS. Shits been clear for a long time, i'm glad folks are still able to connect to this.

@zeldatheprincess1942

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@MassivePonyFan

3 жыл бұрын

I mean they are just saying this that happen in life in a capitalist society.

@FarCritical

3 жыл бұрын

Was, is, and will be.

@bitcoinzoomer9994

3 жыл бұрын

@@MassivePonyFan This is what happens when societies steer away from liberty and capitalism, into corporatism or socialism, which inevitably leads to concentration of power and dictatorship.

@qwerty1234234

2 жыл бұрын

@@bitcoinzoomer9994 no no no we are pretty deep in capitalism

So did we all just recently look up this song at the same time for no reason??

@bezos5243

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@HypnoticHorizons

3 жыл бұрын

yea this is very likely because of the all of the same comments lately

@87seanroon

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@sethmcdowell6534

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@apex3d595

3 жыл бұрын

Collective mind strikes again

My dad showed me this song when it came out, I was a whole 4 years old. I still randomly remember it every now and then

14 years of listening to this, 14 years of a relevant message. Never have I ever, and never will I skip this song.

@marshman54

Ай бұрын

Listen to it again, right now

FlotBots .....ahead of your time. This song still moves me like it did back in 2009. This album fits so well in the times we are going thru right now. PEACE!

@quentingrant9080

2 жыл бұрын

Has it really been that long. I was born in 2003 and I feel like I’ve listened to this song since I was born.

@Boombox69in

2 жыл бұрын

And soon we’ll be living the lyrics

@klausschwab5236

2 жыл бұрын

2009 this in my head phones Samsung slide up back of the class stoned asf good times.

@brandonharrison60162

2 жыл бұрын

I literally was thinking this fits perfectly in today's time

@frze5386

2 жыл бұрын

@@quentingrant9080 Was born in 2003 as well, I feel exactly the same. Remember singing this song with my cousin when I was young.

MY INTERPRETATION I watched this video alot, and ive listened to it even more, i came up with what it means, He can ride his bike without using the handlebars

@cthulhujankinx5652

9 жыл бұрын

You are a yard, just like the guy who put in that he likes minecraft

@invader2134

9 жыл бұрын

Finally! Someone who's right! It's about time. xD

@iCrakken

9 жыл бұрын

I agree, sir.

@TheJosh4300

9 жыл бұрын

Adam quiroz lol

@roryswenson3782

9 жыл бұрын

***** yeah I had trouble finding an high IQ but Finally I found this one.

Well... this aged like wine, didn't it?

@Thespoiledbat

2 ай бұрын

Ooooof right?

@randomone4832

2 ай бұрын

This message is as old as time. Hubris and greed.

@voyagerx9344

Ай бұрын

?

@sglasssssss

Ай бұрын

Lol I think y'all need to double check the metaphors. Maybe look up "Des Colores" for starters💞🫶🏼

@toddharig8142

Ай бұрын

Sad part is that its only gonna get better with time. Humanity will sooner end than reach a state where this song ceases to be relevant.

Aged like fine wine. Will forever love this song.

@StihlmaddArborist

2 ай бұрын

Yah - songs like the quality of this transcend time.

In 2021, this just hits different. Scary how accurate this was.

@stephaniehires9267

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly yeah, Shits crazy these days

@toriiiann

3 жыл бұрын

I’m not ready for this new world..

@AstralKama

3 жыл бұрын

Especially the ✊ symbols towards the end...

@Immortal0Witch

3 жыл бұрын

@@AstralKama Right! 11 years ago, I don’t think anyone would have thought twice about. Now that we know that’s a communist power symbol and it’s been adopted by AntiFa and BLM, it’s crazy to think this was foreshadowing what’s to come. But they say n the song we know who the puppet masters are.

@krisp2599

3 жыл бұрын

Accurate or just plain truth and pre conceived

This song just popped into my head after however many years

@harrowingseer

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I've always have had this song with me. For 6 years.

@udhambains8768

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@nijah3400

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, hmm strange...

@calebmcpherson7417

4 жыл бұрын

It never truly leaves your head

@lorenzo8448

4 жыл бұрын

cradles - sub urban

From balancing a bicycle with no hands to the destruction of humanity.....when does progression become regression?? When does the curiosity become the death of the cat?

Last time I heard this song was in 2008 things were different then , now we’re in 2024

@-CmonMeow

10 күн бұрын

08' was hot hell, now we're tired, and they have dementia, but we didn't start the fire. will be interesting to see how far the next gen will go

Lyrically without the video I have always looked at this song as saying humans are so potentially amazing that we can literally do anything. But with unlimited potential comes the ability to lose sight of how far we “should” take things just because we can.

@mechanomics2649

3 жыл бұрын

Given what the lyrics say, I don't know how you got a relatively benign message out of it. I've always heard it as a song about class struggle.

@wannabecarguy

3 жыл бұрын

Power corrupts always.

@josephgamble8193

3 жыл бұрын

@@mechanomics2649 Probably because people have different interpretations, and don’t think the same as others. Jamie Laurie himself has a different interpretation than you, and he made the song. If you don’t know how someone got a different message than you from something, maybe consider that their thought process is different than yours and hear them out.

@pyrophantom5150

3 жыл бұрын

@Oluwanimike Makwini I agree with OC. The verses go back and fourth, one being the average joe happy with his life, two being the rise and corruption of the wealthy friend, and three being the demise and catastrophe caused by the uprising/clash. I always found it chilling that the verse that speaks about building a business/enterprise ends with “I see the strings that control the system” “I can do anything with no resistance” Think Jeff bezos / elon musk.. “I can make anybody go to prison just because I don’t like them” is another biggie in my opinion. When you think about the 0.01%, they COULD probably get any of us plebs incarcerated if they wanted to.

@user-rx2ur5el9p

2 жыл бұрын

@@pyrophantom5150 "I can make anybody go to prison" was probably referring specifically to Guantanamo Bay.

The Logan Paul atrocity makes me appreciate this ALL THE MORE! Flobots and the everlasting gem that is Handlebars.

@noname-nl9vw

6 жыл бұрын

guitargeekette Logan can steal the song with no copyright

@animalmanoriginal534

6 жыл бұрын

guitargeekette yeah

@eggosxon185

6 жыл бұрын

anonymous Angel this is copyrighted.

@joev3958

6 жыл бұрын

This generation are pansys!!

@jerrs581

6 жыл бұрын

Kavindu Wimalaratne Logan's is terrible, it can't compete with this

I swear this song just keeps getting more and more relevant

My tv control shattered into pieces just now and as I put it back together I kept thinking about this song and how I used to listen to that line and think "I hope I'm naturally bright enough in my adult years so that I could fix stuff and be looked up to" and guess what you guys.. I did! Put it back together in no time. My wife was already ordering a new one 😂

6 year old: Look dad, no training wheels!! Flobots: I'm about to end this man's whole career

@mumblezz__5890

5 жыл бұрын

Sodado you trynna joke and don’t even know what’s going on. You prolly 6.

@supremeeditz814

5 жыл бұрын

no

@doge_loord808

5 жыл бұрын

Took you a couple of years to think of this huh?

@MegaEpicMax

5 жыл бұрын

Sodado that’s pretty lit

@hiuer1945

5 жыл бұрын

Why the fuck is this man getting shat on by random people for making a joke? Fill me in on this please.

2008, 18 year old me said "What?" 2020, 31 year old me says "Oh."

@mazarinivmikeoxlong-dedica969

3 жыл бұрын

@skee magee down the drain

@kyleschwartz.

3 жыл бұрын

@@mazarinivmikeoxlong-dedica969 jeeez lmfao

@donaldbarton6701

3 жыл бұрын

I'll 2nd that

@dragongirl7978

3 жыл бұрын

Literally, same. One year off, 19 and 32.

@jasonbaker9991

3 жыл бұрын

SpliceYourLife -#globalwarming

This song is reflecting on what's happening now 2024

And here we are again... and again

This is exactly how people that ride without holding the handlebars act.

@dalecomstock8298

3 жыл бұрын

Dude...lmao, nice

@andrewmackenzie6121

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@thissuckslikeanoob637

3 жыл бұрын

It’s true. I can do everything this guy can

@SwagelokTaj

3 жыл бұрын

Swish! Nothing but net dude.

@crissyfox553

3 жыл бұрын

😂

This song is a representation of the division between the power that freedom grants. You can use the power to grow and become a better person. To know and understand more, learn about what you want and live a simply elegant lifestyle as you please. The flipside to this coin however, is the advantage that you can take because of the availability to exercise greed and corruption by controlling the free people for your own personal agenda. In the beginning these two friends were just that: friends. Nothing more or less. By the end they had both utilized their freedom differently, one for better and one for worse. They were the same in the beginning, which is quite noteworthy. We are all born the same curious and naive creatures until we either become sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves.

@xXMidnightSinXx

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining this Jesus

@117bigbro

9 жыл бұрын

Love it :)

@Randomyoutuber-4831

9 жыл бұрын

Wise words my friend

@LaszloBereti

9 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ I could not have explained that any better then you. the ending always moves me ngl

@GreatestxKimchi

9 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ Thanks Jesus

I'm in my 30s, and this is literally the first time I've seen the video. It sent chills through me at every turn. The song has a great impact on me now.

RIP Square. I'll never forget the first time we heard this song. My God, has it really been 15 years? I miss you.

i can get fat with no candy bars

@hoodiearmyleader3781

7 жыл бұрын

Ancient CS me to

@AMNCreason

7 жыл бұрын

"I cannot get fat without candy bars" will match the syllables

@ryanb7878

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin I can smoke Crack with Bruno Mars

@QueenieNirvana

7 жыл бұрын

lol funniest response ever

@justinm7616

7 жыл бұрын

Ancient CS thats good bro 😂

One of the greatest songs of the modern era.

@patrickbama1234

8 жыл бұрын

LOL

@yahweh208

8 жыл бұрын

+patrickbama1234 ?

@hamzaarshad8921

8 жыл бұрын

+patrickbama1234 you just understand the deep meaning behind this

@hamzaarshad8921

8 жыл бұрын

+Hamza Arshad don't*

@annacry7615

8 жыл бұрын

Ya cause it's not stupid it's about important things because when you first hear the first few lines were just like oh I can totally do that too but then after a while it gets more more important and you know they're just not bragging or joking about stupid stuff that actually trying to tell you something controversial and real

This was one of my good friend's favorite songs. He commited suicide back in October of 2016. Miss you, Tyler. John, miss you too homie. I wish you guys were still here. Tyler, i miss playing call of duty zombies with you. Youd have liked black ops 4 zombies. John, i miss jamming with you. We didnt spend a lot of time together but that doesnt mean i dont miss you

15 years and still so good.

Me listening to this song in 2021. "I'm beginning to see a pattern I'm not so sure I like."

@MCM5595

3 жыл бұрын

too bad its 12 years later huh.

@bitcoinzoomer9994

3 жыл бұрын

Long after shit hits the fan, once the dust settles, people this will seem completely prophetic.

@fallonwhitelock3667

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the woken world ......when you wake you stop sleeping ........ x

@mattm402

2 жыл бұрын

@@fallonwhitelock3667 when you wake from being woke you get to think for yourself.

These lyrics are so ironically relevant to 2017

@secreus5517

6 жыл бұрын

What's great about the message of the song is that it'll sadly always be relevant

@derpytw

6 жыл бұрын

not ironic. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

@blindvalkyrie9352

6 жыл бұрын

too true

@jaydensmith4136

6 жыл бұрын

Sanctioned Suicide. 2009 those were the days , no Donald trump , no wall , and no kardashions .then I thought that this was the coolest song ever . lol

@robertogurrola7465

6 жыл бұрын

This will never not be relevant, as long as there's power this will be relevant

2024 anyone?

@riddick7991

3 ай бұрын

Once a day

@andrewhitchcock4288

3 ай бұрын

March 30, 2024

@johnthompson4850

3 ай бұрын

Imagine being 44 minutes behind

@YoutubeChannel-ol7zx

3 ай бұрын

Yessir

@42Odc

3 ай бұрын

Yeah Im bout to make a remix

Even in it's time this song was speaking mad truths about human nature and it's just more and more true as time goes by.

Just gonna drop this right here... "Jamie Laurie stated that the song is about "the idea that we have so much incredible potential as human beings to be destructive or to be creative." "And it's tragic to me that the appetite for military innovation is endless, but when it comes to taking on a project like ending world hunger, it's seen as outlandish. It's not treated with the same seriousness.[...] at the same time, I knew there were people at that moment who were being bombed by our own country. And I thought that was incredibly powerful." It is the contrast between these "little moments of creativity, these bursts of innovation," and the way these ideas are put to use "to oppress and destroy people" that the singer feels is both "beautiful and tragic at the same time." - WIKIPEDIA. So please, people, stop the hateful comments, and at least try to interpret the song seen from different perspectives... Believe it or not, as a human being you are allowed to "think" and reflect upon your own thoughts. Also... I don't think the artist is really singing about himself in this video :/ Though, this is what the world has come to... I fear for our future.

@VicMeep

7 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment.

@jerrell8467

7 жыл бұрын

MissRobb Yeah but music is art and art is subjective if somebody wants to see meaning then let them

@jasonb.9313

7 жыл бұрын

Best comment, OP, that I've seen on KZread this year.

@ophist8399

7 жыл бұрын

Then Jamie Laurie is an idiot, and the rest of women.

@Muykle

7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Jerrell, art can be interpreted subjectively, but the common cultural experience of the memes of this world gives some specific meanings. The specific interpretations of the memes and tropes may vary between person to person, but some things like showing well armed soldiers/police shooting unarmed protesters can not possibly mean that supporting the authorities are a good thing inherently. Also, the meaning of the artist's intent is not meaningless. It is the original intention of the work of art. (However, the audience is allowed to interpret any way they want in the limited ways it can be interpreted)

So many people say this song hits different nowadays. It does... But this song wasn't written in a vacuum. It was talking about problems 10 years ago, and those problems are WORSE now. Look at Green Day, Rise Against, Rage Against the Machine, Antiflag, and of course Flobots. Their messages have not changed. But they are even more relevant now than ever before.

@therealdvd8573

2 жыл бұрын

Except Rage Against the Machine went straight from "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" to "Fuck you just do what they tell you". Absolute commie sellouts.

@emmas1366

2 жыл бұрын

@@therealdvd8573 lol what

@jerryonlychild7003

2 жыл бұрын

Accurate statement, my guy. It wasn’t written in a vacuum. Problems are always there. It’s up to us to choose which ones we let happen

@RedxDJCashpal

2 жыл бұрын

lmao definitely not rage against the machine. more like siding with the machine.

@r.w.9631

2 жыл бұрын

@@therealdvd8573 to be fair they've always been a bit far left.

History repeats itself

Crazy how much a song from 2005 can relate to 2024

@dirkfrey4715

2 ай бұрын

Because we're in pretty much the same situation today we were in 20 years ago...

@shaquillefuentes3819

2 ай бұрын

😂dam I went to write a comment thinking I was original n saw this

@dirkfrey4715

2 ай бұрын

@@shaquillefuentes3819 there is nothing new under the sun, comrade...

@sennadesillva

2 ай бұрын

haha exactly. I posted essentially the same thing back in 2021, sad how it still holds truth to it.

@dirkfrey4715

2 ай бұрын

@@sennadesillva 🤷‍♂nothing will change unless someone changes it

This song aged like fine wine.

@radical3868

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The message of the Fight with Tools album has only gotten more terrifyingly relevant over the years.

@thom3616

4 жыл бұрын

Y E S S I R !

@LudwigOnfroy

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4Kew7NphrqrcaQ.html

@Chimera.Actual

3 жыл бұрын

It sure did.

@kathleenj3979

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, it has aged but I don’t think I would call this a fine wine. I find it scary

Here I am listening to this song because of nostalgia, just to find a whole new generation of people finding this song for the first time because of copyrights.

@alexisvandenbroucke5232

6 жыл бұрын

Frozen Element Well, better that than no ''promotion'' at all right ?

@minecraftminertime

6 жыл бұрын

You don't need nostalgia to enjoy it. It's not bad that younger people are enjoying this song.

@TheRealSnhyper

6 жыл бұрын

Found this video because of my recommendations list and I’ll say I’m not disappointed

@TheKehru

6 жыл бұрын

Same here 😂😂

@rigg4146

6 жыл бұрын

the ironing is delicious

this song only becomes more relevant with age, hit's different as an adult

This song keeps getting more relevant as time goes by

Roses are red Thorns are prickly Might I just say That escalated quickly

@fredpaterson2007

7 жыл бұрын

Cheese Chan you gotta say it like qikalee for it to rhyme

@azzidrost1418

6 жыл бұрын

Or just pronounce prickly as priklee and not prikalee. owo

@meganstiles7957

6 жыл бұрын

I love ur pictureee

@cameronhill8279

6 жыл бұрын

I pronounce priklee anyways. Yeeea the South! We pronounce everything differently!

@jakobwendt8999

6 жыл бұрын

Alex Dunnam prikly is how I've always pronounced it

It's sad how this song becomes more and more relevant as time goes on.

@TheeGreenDino

7 жыл бұрын

7 years old and still as relevant as ever.

@earthalien769

7 жыл бұрын

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS!?

@bnoname673

7 жыл бұрын

+Earth Alien qrr €{{€{¶¶}¶

@zarsasilver

7 жыл бұрын

It's about how a little bit of courage and confidence led to much greater and powerful things ... and how that confidence can go too far.

@coreysturner2748

7 жыл бұрын

Zarsa

Finally alone in the car when I put it on for the 3rd time today. Sobbed. Sometimes I think God's greatest gift isn't unanswered prayers, but hindered power.

The fact that this came out before 2020 means these guys are time travelers. This hits so much harder om 2024

@coltydoodledoof8237

4 күн бұрын

This was during Obama and right after Bush, they just saw what was happening around them.

That sad moment when you type in handlebars and this isn’t the first one to pop up :/ this deserves to be first!

@zoluz9165

6 жыл бұрын

Vyctoria Schmitt Yo I just did that and found Logan Paul rip off

@PotatoGawds

6 жыл бұрын

Keep clicking this video when you search handlebars to change that

@zoluz9165

6 жыл бұрын

Jonni War Cancer is rampant nowadays

@Plututo

6 жыл бұрын

and this has more views

@abdulwahabloane4951

6 жыл бұрын

some dude called logan pal copied this

We had to bury a childhood friend today. This was his favorite song and they played it at his funeral today. I can never hear it the same. Rest easy man.

@superpig2067

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss

@kylosalberto7534

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing song to go out to ❤

@annsilliman6184

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the loss of your friend

@voski8160

2 жыл бұрын

sorry for your loss

@nikbenet8270

2 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss...🖤

Been listening to this since 2010

We need songs like this now more than ever!❤😊

@Igomeow7383

5 ай бұрын

I'm just grateful. So thank you. I love your music. Totally understand. Even if I don't know much at 40 years old.

@Igomeow7383

5 ай бұрын

I get it now. Damn it

Who else just remembered this song out of nowhere?

@thepslendidwizard

3 жыл бұрын

Me

@victormanuelcorpeno1095

3 жыл бұрын

Always best song to come back to imo

@Solizeus

3 жыл бұрын

This time the raised fists are on the other side though, when they aren't in the throne to fuck people's lives they are in the streets fucking people's lives

@eccoweaver

3 жыл бұрын

Not even a couple days ago, this spontaneously pops into my head for the first time in years. Oh, and so did some Walk the Moon classics, which I'mma have to listen to next.

@levidaniels585

3 жыл бұрын

@@Solizeus preach, brother

This song went places I didn’t expect

@jaydensmith4136

6 жыл бұрын

Maya Zulf one hit wander is how I would describe the Creator lol

My big brother showed me this back in the day I first thought it was Eminem lol RIP bro thx for the memories

I like how the beginning is all sweet and then at the end it just turns into the anthem for the IDF.

Thank you, Philip de Franco, for introducing me to the Flobots.

@shashwatpunjabitech9227

6 жыл бұрын

Sanna G same!

@ItsKardamin

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! And it is such an amazing song

@slimjesusdaddrilltimedraco6759

6 жыл бұрын

welcome tho

@haleybee

6 жыл бұрын

Same

This song always reminds me of Edgar Allan Poe’s “the bells” because it starts off innocent and progressively gets angrier and angrier till everything just goes nuts ❤️

@c.yr0623

4 жыл бұрын

Little Mac attac I see that now! Omg wow

@Peanutdenver

4 жыл бұрын

Good analogy...It's all about how our rich and powerful politicians are controlling the masses with false promises in their ivory towers until the people are sick of it and revolt. Only to be murdered for standing up for what is right. Flobots have some mad tracks about politics. They did a great diss track to logan paul too that is super tough.

@meganaxeliar

4 жыл бұрын

I just read that poem, now I’m scared

@unknownperson-rq1nf

4 жыл бұрын

the end kinda reminds me of big brother because of the camera's and stuff. i can imagine the beginning of big brother happening and building up is this. like if there is a movie on the book this would be the beginning of a flashback or something.

@Catalistic

4 жыл бұрын

So... growing up?

This is real music. Not a rebrand of an old song.

Still to this day. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.

when I was a kid my dad was driving me somewhere and there was this dude literally riding his bike with no handlebars and my dad started singing this song. I finally found this song after 9 years

@FeliX-TobiYahs-C

3 жыл бұрын

@Nathan Ogiste 🤣⚠️😂🗣️stop making me *feel old kid*

@samm_2986

3 жыл бұрын

:0 now thats kinda sweet xD

@24POWERS

3 жыл бұрын

@@FeliX-TobiYahs-C that’s how you know we’re getting old the 90s kids have kids who internet now

It's been a long time Flobots.....Still so good in 2022!

@TheVampireking330

2 жыл бұрын

yup, i love the dj shadow version

@lindboknifeandtool

2 жыл бұрын

Just hit me how genius this song is

@myview5840

2 жыл бұрын

@@lindboknifeandtool how close to the bone it is now

@anonymousfella5473

2 жыл бұрын

@@myview5840 fkn facts.

@myview5840

2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousfella5473 indeed, sadly. Classic tune though. Have a wonderful day.

This song is so underrated. One of the best songs ever honestly.

"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

@Sincelyme

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@dagmanbirck4744

4 жыл бұрын

Damn bro that's crazy but I don't remember askin'

@fischmon21

4 жыл бұрын

@@dagmanbirck4744 what are you on about?

@dagmanbirck4744

4 жыл бұрын

@@fischmon21 hey have you ever heard of this thing called a "joke"

@fischmon21

4 жыл бұрын

@@dagmanbirck4744 I'm autistic man, sorry jokes kinda fall flat on me at times. I apologize