The "How many victims is we 'bout to lose" line's double meaning is so powerful. The shooter's wondering who will get away but everyone else is wondering how many people will die.

@Fritzsche-ki6gv

2 ай бұрын

true

I have to say the director of this video needs to teach Hollywood what suspense and intensity means. I mean.. insanely intense directing.

@erinkelley1943

3 жыл бұрын

Right!

@cripplingcry

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

@jonathanzimmer8143

3 жыл бұрын

The cinematography is dope sauce. Though to be fair, it's completely faithful recreation, second by second, of the library scene captured by security cams. They didnt need to jazz it up one bit. But the character choice, setup, and delivery make you feel just how sudden, unbelievable and horrifying it really was.

@jonathanzimmer8143

3 жыл бұрын

She was the PERFECT vantage point for the story. Innocent girl, average day, typical freshman problems your whole life seemed to pivot on... before realizing how trivial and unimportant they are when the real world comes crashing in. Such stark contrast, the very limit of opposing mindsets. 2 week boyfriend talks to another girl, life OVER! Yeah... while we're on the subject... ;)

@LacunaSerenity10

3 жыл бұрын

I get chills every damn time I watch this video. Such well done production.

I cannot understand how this video hasn't won awards for it's filming and editing. This is Emmy level stuff.

@UnknownUser-fe5zu

16 күн бұрын

The elites and rich won’t let it

@badseedfx

15 күн бұрын

@@UnknownUser-fe5zu there is no elite, only capitalists.

@torpedologia

7 күн бұрын

Emmy level xd

And this is art. Thought provoking, not always pretty. This is what meaningful music with a good beat sounds like. First time hearing this band. Love it!

@Vodka1994

3 ай бұрын

Same here bro

@jd8606

2 ай бұрын

VoDkA

@9877joseph

Ай бұрын

Welkom!

@Vodka1994

Ай бұрын

@@9877joseph 🤙

@Vodka1994

27 күн бұрын

@@jd8606 hello there

I don't think people understand how much this event impacted the goth/industrial scene at the time due to the blame being put on musical acts in our scene. Many friends suffered violence afterward at the hands of outraged people simply because they were wearing all black in the wrong place around the wrong people. This is a full circle moment for me to see a band who is embraced in our scene depicting this event years later. It's a very emotional experience listening to this and watching this video

@hollywoodrocker69

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, we were called the trench coat mafia. They looked at us like we’d do that. It was a messy time. Especially for Manson

@raybryant9768

3 жыл бұрын

@@hollywoodrocker69 They blamed the entire thing on Manson, they used him as a scape goat

@fadingdestination

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! I was in the southeast, in the same town as the Richland School shooting! I had to drop out. Law enforcement in the area harassed me constantly, cause I wore black and had a trenchcoat. Really, I think they were afraid of me, cause they knew what they'd done to me... what they deserved. They tortured me... my entire life.

@robertbundick93

3 жыл бұрын

It kept anyone one from fucking with me.

@1.1797

3 жыл бұрын

Woooooord!! Crazy shit that day. And crazy seeing this amazing, artfully done, video today. I didnt even know what was going on that day in 99 and was wearing a black trenchcoat at school that day. Still rock one to this day. Yea, that incident did cause some flack for our scene.

The attention to detail in the video is incredible: the students’ outfits, the old computers with the box monitors, the projectors, there’s even a picture of Bill Clinton on the wall in the library that’s only seen for a brief moment. Director really made it feel like 1999

@kodythomas9880

2 жыл бұрын

Very insane how much they put into little details, including finding actors that looked very very similar to the shooters. It feels so raw

@kodythomas9880

2 жыл бұрын

@sjsnsjsn I’m just saying it’s interesting, their attention to detail.

@Ettra

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the fact that the video was shot as one continuous take. I am in awe.

@Makaveli13Xroy

2 жыл бұрын

except eric never used an automatic weapon ; which he has here ; kind of strange

@thearchitectofthehounds9815

2 жыл бұрын

@@Makaveli13Xroy Yeah, they're weapons are switched. Dylan had a Tec-9 and Eric had a 9mm carbine but mostly used his pump shotgun

When I first heard this song I had mixed feelings. But understanding how SKYND writes her songs, the research she does and the respect she has for the victims and their families helped me to see this from her productive and understand her intention. When you see the mindset of the killers through the eyes of the witnesses and other evidence the killers left behind, this song captures that. It's a narrative but it's very immersive. There really was no other direction this song could've gone to encapsulate the fear, panic, chaos and even the mind games of the killers. Really well done.

@WynneL

6 ай бұрын

I like that "Michelle Carter" is Skynd naming the monster who probably smirked over thinking she got away with murder. Same with "Chris Watts." When it comes to killers who are obsolete or tried to escape justice, those are named and a light is shone on their evil. However, if you look at Columbine and Bianca Devins--those are cases where the killers WANTED to be known, WANTED to spread a narcissistic personal legend of pain and fear. I think it's an excellent policy for a criminal study/true crime artist: give evil the *opposite* of what it wants.

I love how they got 90s fashion correct.

@celticmelody7574

2 ай бұрын

Thank you my musixmatch wasn't working for this song lmao

I remember Columbine, it was awful. Parents blamed everyone from Marilyn Manson to Eminem, and everything from video games to movies like The Crow and The Craft. “Do you believe in God?” that’s what witnesses said the kids were asked before they were shot. Then 9/11 happened two years later and the world forgot, and nothing was done to solve the root of the problem. The truth is that it wasn’t music, or video games, or movies. The truth is that we never got an answer for why a few angry kids killed so many other people. Two years later 9/11 happened and we forgot about the kids at Columbine. We forgot until another shooting happened, or a father sold his daughter’s journal to make a buck. We forgot and when we’re reminded we try to ban guns, and we go on talk shows screaming about the 2nd amendment, all while forgetting that the real reason things like this happen is because we forget about people. We forget about our kids mental health, our own mental health, until the problem becomes so unbearable that someone does something awful, and then we blame everything and everyone else for our own failure, our own blindness and disregard. Then the cycle repeats. This was a good song, remembering that time is painful, but then that’s the point I suppose.

@PinkiePie45838283734666o9

3 жыл бұрын

Aye, Columbine was cool, m8.

@frozemyfridge7616

3 жыл бұрын

It is not easy to dance with entropy and the glorification of an individual. How does any society appease majority and create equality? So easy to slide into an unfortunate reality. I respect your humanity in searching for something better.

@aidyxe

3 жыл бұрын

They weren't asked about their belief in God

@aidyxe

3 жыл бұрын

@@frozemyfridge7616 What does this even mean tho

@frozemyfridge7616

3 жыл бұрын

@@aidyxe As individuals we have to navigate threw a decaying world of entitlements and the glorification's of self. A majority can create an unfortunate outcome, intended or not. As an individual we all have the potential to stray into an unfortunate reality. I respect the original post for seeking a more humane outcome. (I hope this is more clear than my previous post)

Discovered SKYND by accident. Best accident I ever made!

@cheyenneweems2943

3 жыл бұрын

same here!!

@ariell6489

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@hastighanbary9429

3 жыл бұрын

Saaaammme

@Moorish212

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@erikfinkel2717

3 жыл бұрын

Wish my father would say that about me...

Props to this young girl for playing such an incredibly emotional role. It can't be easy to have even a prop gun against your cheek like that.

@BlackPeopleKilla

Жыл бұрын

who’s scared of toys? you?

@kevonwinters

Жыл бұрын

@@BlackPeopleKilla if they look like the real weapon like a BB gun, than yes many people are afraid.

@kevonwinters

Жыл бұрын

@@BlackPeopleKilla matter of fact, any toy weapon is illegal on educational facilities because it can be suspected a disguise for a real weapon.

@TheDrunkernaut

Жыл бұрын

@C y n i c i s m uh oh, we've got a badass over here who chews on glass to relax and fucks guns.

@BlackPeopleKilla

Жыл бұрын

@@kevonwinters gay and sad

I just came home from SKYND concert in Copenhagen. If you're wondering if it's worth seeing the act live based on how good *this* song and video is, stop wondering and do it - it's WELL worth it!

The acting in this one is stunning.

@patbrewster479

3 жыл бұрын

You have low standards if you find this stunning😂🤣

@galgvior6644

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly just let the man enjoy the song.

@Mr.inc01

3 жыл бұрын

I have to agree, this is the best

@TheCorujax

3 жыл бұрын

If you're fond of the genre (hey, nothing wrong with it!) Yes... It trully is! Classy, too. Pretty amazing...

@sylvanniasnyles4167

3 жыл бұрын

@@galgvior6644 Mi no no

No one: Me at 4am: RATATATA RATTATATATA RATATATA RATATATAA

@drudanng.8567

3 жыл бұрын

Fr. I caught myself ratatata-ing while grocery shopping yesterday and here I am to watch the video again because it won't leave my head lmao

@mandiemarie6395

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

@Rebligh

3 жыл бұрын

I look forward to the onomatopoeias in each video

@krazyhatter6479

3 жыл бұрын

Saaaaammmmeeee

@Datharass

3 жыл бұрын

Shnitzel?

I can't be the only one that thinks her outfit at the end makes her look like something from hellraiser. I love it

love how they keep the shooters faces at a distance at all times. works perfectly. really makes you think of their actual faces making you go back in your own memory of them

The actor in this does a great job. She conveys a whole range of emotions convincingly.

@ASLLover666

Жыл бұрын

especially fear and anxiety.

@CallMehPun

Жыл бұрын

@@ShawnJonesHellion 😐

@faetura1

Жыл бұрын

That I can agree with.

I respect the decision to focus on the victims instead of glorifying the killers.

@cobyprevost1507

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

@TheMistressMisery

3 жыл бұрын

They usually do this in their videos I've noticed. None of their songs glorify the killer, they focus on the darkness of the mind, the psychology and the victims. Which is one reason I respect the fuck out of them, specially as a criminal psychology student lol

@jessieduncan1461

3 жыл бұрын

That's a really good point.

@robclary6836

3 жыл бұрын

This, in particular, is what makes them so amazing. We as a Society focus on the murders, their videos show the depths of their darkness. This video brought it all back after all these years. If there’s a hell I hope these guys are buried deep in

@deansmith230

3 жыл бұрын

Don't care what side of the story they choose, this is art if they are to explore the darkest side of human nature that live's with in all of us whether we choose to accept it or not, we are only sheltered by the illusion of a civilised Society with a false belief that humens are innately good knowing right from wrong, it's only when the ego meets the wildness are we confronted by our shadow, so what is humans greatest Instinct is it love is it faith is it self-preservation mabye you are a better men then I. I am not saying that these people are not sick as they have a choice living in a manufactured civilised environment but for humens to make-believe that their primal self dose not exist is to never be conscious or see our true enemy.

Columbine was not the first but it was the one that changed everything. Everyone that worked on the video did am amazing job.

This is a perfect example of "art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable". That being said, I'm glad Stan Lee was there to offer her support.

This video is dark as shit ... and a f*ckin masterpiece. Brilliantly done.

@mmoviefan7

3 жыл бұрын

electric wizard -chosen few (kzread.info/dash/bejne/rI6Lo8WIf5nRqrg.html

@kimmyfreak200

3 жыл бұрын

don't know why but the repetition of "how many victims" is just dope...this band captures the insanity of each killer or victim in just a few words... it sums up the mental state of the killers

@robhenderson7070

3 жыл бұрын

If your shit is this dark you must be a Gunness drinker.

@s.b.4228

3 жыл бұрын

Just how I like it

@future5525

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I remember that

When the young girl turns into Skynd, I imagine that the kid is actually an adult survivor and that the music video is a ptsd flashback. Puts an interesting spin on it.

@obi-wankenobi1036

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your perspective here. I also took it as her reaching the end of what mattered and portraying why shootings are glorified in certain perspectives. Made me think she was contemplating the crime, but then it was all made real to her and all she wanted to do was live another day

@lada8744

Жыл бұрын

I think it was representing that she was glad to the guy dead. She felt like he got what he deserved. She had some of the same darkness the shooters did.

Who ever that girl is playing the victim is a horror legend in the making! Get this girl a role!

@meecharee8115

2 жыл бұрын

Future scream queen for sure!

@merilae2267

2 жыл бұрын

I think she plays Craig Scott in some way because he did go to the library and hide under the table.

@crystalfrane4297

2 жыл бұрын

I WAS 💡 SAME THING!! AWESOME ACTING😉

@mastodonseven

Жыл бұрын

Meh

@michaelgrenz932

Жыл бұрын

Spielt sie auch in diesem Video?kzread.info/dash/bejne/dql9tLJtgbHFfto.html

Wow just wow, the music, the vocals, the video. This girl deserves some big roles in some movies, such a great actress.

I’m completely obsessed with this video. They did such an excellent job portraying how this day in history started out as a regular ass school day for these kids. Also, major props to the girl, holy crap. There’s a moment right before he lets her go, you can clearly see a wave of acceptance in her face, like “alright, this is it.” I don’t know if her portrayal is based on an actual student who survived, but she’s an amazing actress regardless.

@chrystamyers7613

2 жыл бұрын

Yes her role is based on an actual incident with a student. Eric found her in the computer lab, put a gun to her head and told her to pray to her God, when she didn't he let her go. Listen to the song Cassie by flyleaf, it's based on this young ladies experience.

@kb3744

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrystamyers7613 While that story (about Cassie being asked if she believed in God before being shot) has been told for 23 years, many argue that it wasn’t true. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@chrystamyers7613

2 жыл бұрын

@@kb3744 it's debatable, but it is stated in the documentary "we are columbine" and it's also in the book columbine written by David Cullen. I lived in the area when it happened and my brother was friends with a few survivors. It has been stated that Eric found 2 female students in the computer lab hiding under a table, he asked them to pray to their God, the female who started praying was shot, the other was let go. I don't know if it's 100% I wasn't there but I've heard alot that backs up the claim.

@VesperLestrange

2 жыл бұрын

@@kb3744 It's come out over the years that it wasn't Cassie that was asked this question but another student and the story got twisted around

@b.adnews

Жыл бұрын

@@kb3744 The story is actually true, it just wasn’t with Cassie. Cassie Bernall was killed after Eric said Peekaboo and shot her in the head at close range.

This seems like it was based off of the account of a victim who was pulled from under a desk and asked "do you want to die" when she said no he replied "well, it doesnt matter we're all gonna die anyway" he let go of her and let her run out.

@Ketterashley82

3 жыл бұрын

Their research is well shown in this video. I would have to agree. It focused on that one girl.

@samdaisy4182

3 жыл бұрын

Bree pasquale

@12oclockmayhem

3 жыл бұрын

Kacey Ruegsegger would be the name you're looking for.

@rileyswack5402

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that girl died? No I'm thinking of the girl that was asked do you believe in god.

@angelachambers8027

3 жыл бұрын

@@rileyswack5402 Flyleaf did a song about her, called "Cassie."

Girl I do not know how you were able to capture this in such a way that is so real I cry every time did I watch it and I remember what does happen

I love how the video is so subtle in the beginning. Showing evil (represented as a painted face in a black hood, similar to death) lurking in the background in almost every shot and everyone completely unaware until the first bullet is fired.

@amybarrett7300

2 жыл бұрын

It pretty fascinating to deconstruct the song and the video. Horrifying, of course, but it’s so well done.

This song is incredibly addictive. Also, I'm so glad the killers weren't shown that much and instead we focused on the victims.

@dust7980

Жыл бұрын

@Jim Q. Starr Shut up.

The absolute cruelty of humanity will never fail to astound me to the point of tears; this video captures so well how a normal bad day can turn into a living nightmare

It's like they reinvent themselves with each song they create. Every song is distinct and diverse, emotional and chaotic. Their storytelling is always expressed in the most intense ways. I would love to see them perform live one day in Edmonton, Canada.

@HoneyBoomz

Жыл бұрын

As a fellow Edmontonian I would love this aswell.

I don't understand the people saying this glorifies the killers. It's about the victims. The point's clear. If you're unwilling to do anything more than offer "thoughts and prayers" every time this happens, expect more variants of this video to keep showing up on your local news.

@littleflowers7678

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! You don't even see the killer's faces except for maybe one shot where their face is blurry. You only see the student's faces and as for the "ratatata" part, it's repeating the only thing the students hear as their friends and classmates are being murdered. It brings you into the mindset of those poor students who are hiding, terrified and scrambling for safety. As for the other lyrics, it kind of mocks the killers and their sadistic ego and by showing the victims instead, they sort of put a spotlight on what this kind of disgusting mindset is doing to other people.

@littleflowers7678

3 жыл бұрын

at least, that's how i see it

@tj7923

2 жыл бұрын

Im glad others see this, to add to this I say that they slightly bring you into the atmosphere. Gave me goosebumps at least and made me think, "my god, that must've been fucking terrifying to be there..."

@thinkforyourself2109

2 жыл бұрын

The thing about good art is that it cannot be easily reduced to a single political or moral position. It's purposely open to interpretation.

@Anonymous_________

2 жыл бұрын

It does, it gives terrible people a lingering name when they should be forgotten.

1:46 she is representing the unseen evil lurking in the hallway. So beautifully haunting.

@nncinema6530

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! And on the background Dylan (one of the murders) is walking with the sack full of weapons!

@Bravo_Kilo_Kilo

2 жыл бұрын

@@nncinema6530 Good situational awareness. I didn’t even see that. Just another layer to this video.

@tiffymarieseestheteamarie4454

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i love it

@tiffymarieseestheteamarie4454

2 жыл бұрын

@@nncinema6530 yeah that part is sick

@jennyadventure2

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! So chilling

People aren't talking about how much the actor for dylan really does look like him, holy. even if it is blurred.

I was 15 when Columbine happened. That event impacted our entire generation.

If they ever make a movie about Columbine, they should use this director and some of these actors. Authentic reactions and the guys who played Eric and Dylan even got the way their individual presence was. When Eric jumps on the desk and dances, plays with everyone. That's exactly how I picture he would have been. Just having fun while terrorizing people. Great work on the music video and song. Keep it going Skind and TallyHo!

@tygollan4790

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I read in the 11K and watched a few interviews about columbine apparently Dylan was the one who was having the time of his life he was laughing and being more terrorising while he killed people he hid it better to leading up to it which is even more scary tbh that’s why I don’t believe in the whole leader/follower thing

@inkedhinata2314

3 жыл бұрын

There's this movie called elephant its practically the same concept but if you want documentary bowling for Columbine is interesting too.

@scottyoung9365

3 жыл бұрын

@@inkedhinata2314 Thanks for the heads up :)

@caseychambers561

3 жыл бұрын

They did It’s called I Am Not Ashamed

@scottyoung9365

3 жыл бұрын

@@caseychambers561 Thanks for sharing 🙂

I listened to the words, watched the video and I sat here motionless for a while. I lost my friend, Isaiah Shoels during the Columbine shooting, and although SKYND is a brilliant artist who should be recognized as such, Columbine still haunts me and so many to this day. *WE ARE COLUMBINE*

@purplerain7290

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I’m so sorry, I hope you‘re doing well?

@brettvandermeer5297

2 жыл бұрын

Over years ive sifted all the details of the shooting, and I know who your talking about exactly. I'm really sorry about your friends.

@leonwatkins5072

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry for your loss does the song and video capture the shooting because you can read books or movies ect but it’s always better to get someone opinion that was there in person

@Dreamer-dq6tf

2 жыл бұрын

Great. Now more impressionable kids will think school shootings are cool. Look...it's even got its own soundtrack.

@sarawolf1960

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dreamer-dq6tf did you see the quote at the end? The point is clearly that something has to change

I've never heard of this group until a couple hours ago. This is my first song and video and I'm sitting here with my jaw wide open blown away.

SKYND videos are tremendous. They leave me speechless and in total awe. The news media portrays these horrfic events in a 2D manner whereas SKYND portrays the true terror of these monsters in 3D. Absolutely, terrifyingly brilliant.

I was in college when Columbine happened. I wore a black trench coat and listened to industrial music (still do... on both counts). Hearing about this was heartbreaking enough, but then to spend the rest of that semester with people looking at me with caution or contempt, my already heightened sense of isolation growing worse as people started to actively avoid me, right down to my dorm-mate's frat brothers actually asking me to my face, "What makes you people do that sort of thing?" "You people..." I didn't even answer; I just left and took a walk... and it was raining, so out came the trench coat. I don't remember if I was crying, but I was in my head.

@rubyyesenia9255

3 жыл бұрын

Im sorry you went through that.

@taddwilks9029

3 жыл бұрын

I was in high school same situation with me trench coat and music I was suspended for not switching coats

@rubyyesenia9255

3 жыл бұрын

@@taddwilks9029 I'm sorry you went through that as well. That was wrong.

@michelletheado

3 жыл бұрын

I encountered a similar situation. I won't get into details here, publicly (PM me if your so inclined), but I was questioned pretty extensively by the FBI in the weeks following (They seized my computer, and the paranoid fallout lead to my expulsion from High School).

@taddwilks9029

3 жыл бұрын

@@michelletheado how do we pm

This is not what I was looking for when I searched for, "Morning motivational and inspirational video"

@kingdclxvi8488

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@kingdclxvi8488

3 жыл бұрын

Motivated yet?☠️☠️☠️

@tonyreeder6903

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingdclxvi8488 idk, all that came out of this was a reminder of who I was back in high school. And that's a shitty place I didn't want to visit again 😂

@itsmr.stealyogirl27

3 жыл бұрын

This got the dumbest laugh out of me

@indiakingsbury8784

3 жыл бұрын

But it got you moving didn’t it 😂

Can't believe it's been 25 years since it happened,wow

Discovered SKYND accidentally though this song. Thank you SKYND.

For some reason this made me think about Skynd and Father like watchers... not good or bad just some entities that are curious about human nature, specially violence, they've been watching the worst part of the human emotions and instincts since long ago... ok I got carried away, this video was incredibly stressful to go trough... it perfectly captures the victims anguish and the music reminded me of the oldschool Korn wich is a damn good thing!

@goonbob27

3 жыл бұрын

Right! I view skynd as the demon behind these evil acts, the driving force if you will. Always in the background observing her chaos. In Kathrine knight she actually gives the knife to Katherine in a scene, its super quick but she does it!

@9Der6Ketzer9

3 жыл бұрын

@@goonbob27 "Madness as you know is like gravity... all it takes is a little push"

@Forelorn99

3 жыл бұрын

They are portraying the 'characters' in an interesting way in many of their videos, sometimes controlling them, sometimes just witnessing the acts, sometimes (like in this one) becoming the victims. I really dig how they do this uniquely in each video. This is art, like it or not.

@Pirokh

3 жыл бұрын

@@UrsuxRex She's literally a rotten corpse in the Elisa Lam one. Dirt in her teeth, the whole thing.

@nimyron3536

3 жыл бұрын

No problem in getting carried away, that's when you get the most creative

Just realized that the opening “columbine” the pattern in the letters is actually off a a window that got shot at columbine high. I still find new details that Skynd put in her videos that I missed in the past. The work, detail & beats are just amazing. I can’t get over it.

@ashkarra2507

2 жыл бұрын

@Troy Nelson I’m not recreating or studying anything? And she brings awareness to the victims

@kylein9869

2 жыл бұрын

I just noticed at1:50 one of the killers is casually walking in the background.

That was a horrible day in history, so much sadness in the 90's. I remember it too well. Tear jerking video!

i was the same age as the shooters,was goth,wore a trenchcoat. i remember the abuse got worse because the media said it was mansons fault...i got chills watching this

Skynd's best choruses: "Ring ding dong, ring di-ding dong" "Bang bang boogie boogie bang bang" "Gratatata ratatatata"

@leeanadavies9417

2 жыл бұрын

songs are Elisa Lam ring ding dong, ring di-ding dong bang bang boogie boogie bang bang Tyler hadley and gratatatata ratattaa columbine aka this one

@obi-wankenobi1036

Жыл бұрын

Love how KZread gives the option to ”Translate to English" after your comment 😂

@theelementalgriffin2092

Жыл бұрын

Elevator Hammer Gun Interesting how SKYND can turn the things associated with the crimes into song choruses.

Seriously...WOW. What an breath taking video and band. Never heard Skynd before...My daughter turned me onto them. I am a 50 year old freak for this band now. Completely blown away!

I still remember when this happened like it was yesterday 😣 RIP to all victims

This really makes you hold your breath and it almost felt like I was there when it happened. I´m shocked to my core.

Right when she went into the library I was like “oh no”

I grew up right around the corner from Columbine HS and went there Junior and Senior year. You could actually hear the shots from my house that day. Sad day indeed. I was just a kid when it happened but I’ll never forget the sound and the hysteria it caused.

So glad I discovered SKYND though this song. I love SKYND so much

This music video is in my Top Ten Music Videos Of All Time list.

This is my the most favorite song from Skynd. And next songs are perfect, too. I was on concert in Prague 4.11.2023 in Club SaSaZu and they were just amazing. 👍👏

4:47 Her playful, swaggering descent down the stairwell to the imitated sound of rapid gunfire seems to emphasize just how much of a 'game' this was supposed to be. Her outfit also resembles a clown or jester (in my mind), further adding to it. The smile fades at the end as she walks off-screen, which made me think of how the plans went horribly wrong and "killed the fun", as it were. Either way, the outfit and the execution of the acting is incredible.

@amybarrett7300

2 жыл бұрын

She’s meant to be senseless death, stalking the hallways, IMO. You’re right about her out fit at the end. They meant to kill as many journalists and responding cops, EMTs as they could, too. The press afterward was like a circus. Horrifying to watch live that day. Thankfully Harris wasn’t as good as he thought he was and none of his major bombs actually blew.

@iRunavala

2 жыл бұрын

@@amybarrett7300 Do you mean Eric or Dylan?

@amybarrett7300

2 жыл бұрын

@@iRunavala I meant Eric Harris. He was pretty much the mastermind, considered himself a genius, etc and built the bombs, if I’m remembering correctly. That whole attack was supposed to be primarily a bombing with a shootout at the end as any survivors came out.

@lada8744

Жыл бұрын

It's also great because we see her and Skynd switch places already, and it implies that she was happy to see him dead, she wanted to happen as a result.

@rebvodka4873

Жыл бұрын

Dylan made pipe bombs that worked, plus his car bomb.

Remember the "Elephant" (2003) movie, about Columbine too. This was so intense, i can't stop watching over and over!

@Livevil9912

3 жыл бұрын

If you like Elephant, give Zero Day a watch.....its incredible.

@zh3nnnie408

3 жыл бұрын

@@Livevil9912 There is actually a documentary here on KZread with a similar name. I think it was Zero Hour or sth. It's definitely worth watching.

@Livevil9912

3 жыл бұрын

@@zh3nnnie408 Zero Hour is good, But Zero Day is an actual movie. Well worth a watch!

@Deadian87

3 жыл бұрын

“Bang Bang, You’re Dead!” is another one.

@kellyheath9910

3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of that

I'm glad someone finally told the truth of the brutality of the emotions and social conflicts that created this tragedy and isn't glorifying it at all but putting it a brutal horror light. It was a horror show, it was one of the most horrific things to ever happen in that decade. Skynd is exactly that, they flesh it all out and really lay it all out on the table. I, applaud, the honesty, and art.

The way you walk in the end is fantastic..... this whole vid get a Infinity.

Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it. ❤

@payne3672

3 жыл бұрын

Communism will be a bitch

@iBlackLagoon

3 жыл бұрын

@@payne3672 and BLM/Antifa rioters

@jennililly4950

3 жыл бұрын

we will

@schibleh531

3 жыл бұрын

@@iBlackLagoon One group is angry because the police are more violent and unjust towards them while the others are angry because far right and neo nazis are making a comeback. But please, continue to talk about them as if they were the bad guys.

@schibleh531

3 жыл бұрын

What an empty and pointless phrase.

1:50 the Dylan in the background omg

@daviawaitforit8052

3 жыл бұрын

Good eye!!

@marcelacc6080

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I did not see him before. Thanks!

@jamesgreen4448

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers totally missed that

American way of Life...Do you Remember the wars?...

Lyrics for whoever needs them: Public school, battle grounds Two students, come around like Loaded soldiers, packing heat Inside a shotgun, gun click To the beat, down We shoot you down We come around And when we blow off that trigger, get down We shoot you down, we come around The gun goes click, click, click Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims is we 'bout to lose? Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims, how many victims? Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims is we 'bout to lose? Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims, how many victims? No vendetta, seeking fame Bombs and bullets, it's just a game we play Baby soldiers, baseball field Inside a shotgun, gun click To the beat, down We shoot you down We come around And when we blow off that trigger, get down We shoot you down, we come around The gun goes Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims is we 'bout to lose? Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims, how many victims? Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Have fun Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims is we 'bout to lose? Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims, how many victims? Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims is we 'bout to lose? Get up, ready, mark, shoot How many victims, how many victims? Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

@blackmetalviking9015

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate appreciate it

@rowanlastname9878

10 ай бұрын

Yesss thank you

@celticmelody7574

2 ай бұрын

Thank you my musixmatch wasn't working with this song lmao

@Erik-IngramHOG4life

Ай бұрын

🤘🏼

It's crazy to think this was only 22 years ago and that all the survivors are only in their 30's. It feels like it's so long ago like we can't touch it in history.

I would just like to thank Johnathan Davis and Bailey Sarian for discovering SKYND.💖

@zh3nnnie408

3 жыл бұрын

When did Bailey talk about them?

@corinnae.7877

3 жыл бұрын

What? Bailey our queen mentioned them? I watched her Gary Heidnik, Richard Ramirez and Katherine video, and no clue of her mentioning Skynd.

@elizabethramos5130

3 жыл бұрын

@@corinnae.7877 @Zh3nnnie lol no she hasn't mentioned them but I listen to Korn and the combination of that plus watching Baileys videos made the algorithm on KZread suggest SKYND to me.

@corinnae.7877

3 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethramos5130 Ah ok. I actually planned on commenting Skynd somewhere, and I actually commented that people who are interested should listen to Macabre's Dahmer on her Dahmer video.

@davidqueiruga3217

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIF8uamOkbjWZbg.html hola perdón por las molestias,les dejo el link del video q estrenamos con mí banda AÑO 0..cancion: INMORTAL

The very first song of SKYND i heard,i am hooked ever since

This video gave me chills at how well it’s made

Shout out to the cinematographer on this one. The transitions were absolutely seamless.

Actual people in the “goth scene” are usually the nicest, most empathetic and accepting people out there- sometimes the intensity of picking up on so many people’s pains on top of our own just... makes us sad more than others, ya know?

@notreallydavek7237

3 жыл бұрын

They were not goth. They were simply bullies who couldnt handle it other people pushed back.

@FC-yg4wi

3 жыл бұрын

@@notreallydavek7237 not really dave.

@javaally1203

3 жыл бұрын

@@notreallydavek7237 truth but how many people realize this ... the 90s needed a boogeyman

@hollowdeathscyther6825

3 жыл бұрын

@@notreallydavek7237 but why you gotta ruin everyones good time?

@annamorgan9338

3 жыл бұрын

i agree

Mental health mixed with the ease of getting guns in this country has and will continue to lead to this. Your in action and you unwillingness to let go of your fears is leading to more death.

Just learned about this group. By far one of the most unique music styles and genres I have seen in over 20 years. Bravo. This video is also top-notch. Put it all together -- near perfection. Thank you.

Who has been there as least 50 times this week? I got completely obsessed with this song.

@snsh1in342

3 жыл бұрын

Mee

By now we know we can count on SKYND for meaningful mentions. When I was listening to the live version and she screams "have fun!" I just knew it had to be relevant. A quick Google search on it confirmed that, yes, "Have fun!" was the final step in Erik and Dylan's detailed written plans for the attack. I absolutely love the way everything SKYND says is significant. Looking forward to full lyrics for this one! (By the way, when reading further about the Columbine attack, I loved learning that even though they did carry it out, things went wrong for them at every step all along the way, which is why there were far fewer victims than there could have been.)

@Wookiee925

3 жыл бұрын

I was literally thinking about how they get so much significance into the lyrics right before reading this comment.

@colinthomson5358

3 жыл бұрын

I remember reading about one of their plans which included escaping to a local airport after the shooting, hijacking a plane then flying it into a building. Yeah, it is a miracle that there weren't many more casualties. Didn't they place 2 or 3 pressure cooker bombs about the school? Imagine if they had went off. The same type of bomb did a lot of damage at the Boston Marathon. Really terrible. The whole story is just sad. Edit: I just checked incase I was misremembering and found out they actually planned to fly the plane to NYC. Around 2 years before 9/11... how creepy is that?

@VesperLestrange

3 жыл бұрын

@@colinthomson5358 They had a few bombs that they also planted around the school and city, I believe their cars were made into bombs as well. The bombs were meant to distract any help that would be coming to the school and also to up their victim count. Luckily I think all but one of the bombs had failed.

@cbudzyn

3 жыл бұрын

This video was almost an exact account of what happened to Bree Pasquale, Harris stood on a table jump down & said “Peek-A-Boo” and shot a victim next to her; (not shown in video: his gun backfired breaking his nose while, he’s either stunned or off balance momentarily) he let’s Bree survive walking away.

@mimzy7455

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wookiee925 one if the things that I adore about skynd. The attention to detail, like in Gary heidnik, the crazy glue commercial that plays in the background.

The OG’s 🤘🏻

I vaguely remember Columbine, I was too young and I don't think it was as huge in German media or I didn't watch the news. A few years after this there was a shooting at a German school just a cat throw away. One of the victims was a former classmate who just moved there with her parents a year prior. She and her boyfriend were the only pupils that were killed. Shot through the closed door. The other victims were teachers. I will never forget how our teachers tried to talk to us about it, knowing very well we knew her. The memorial at our school gym. The mood in our classrooms. There have been a lot of bad music videos and "sketches" about it since. Your video and song however remain tasteful and respectful to the victims without putting the focus on the murderers. Thank you for that!

@Clearsky753

3 жыл бұрын

You were very young. It filled the news for month ...

@the_quartermaster

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clearsky753 Yup, I remember it, too. It WAS huge.

@nickisuhl

3 жыл бұрын

Well in 99 I was 11. I don't think my mum would let me watch something that horrendous for months.

@hopek42

3 жыл бұрын

Actually the shooting happened here in my state they're saying that's what lead on to other shootings n it being a competition that now the VERY high school alone has metal detectors

@yerodin1840

3 жыл бұрын

I was 16 as the shooting happened and it was extrem present.

I distinctly remember my English teacher informing me that she had no choice but to turn in one of my short stories I had written the week before to the school counselor the day after it all went down. I was at home with my family watching the news as it unfolded the day before. We were all in tears. We had got back late from a trip and took the day off. I was unaware of the school announcements the day before and showed up the next morning in the library wearing my trenchcoat I always wore. Everyone just stared in horror at me when usually I was ignored. I remember going from feelings of sadness to feeling angry and alienated. This was an artistic and masterfully executed glimpse into the past. I really needed this today. One of my best friends just passed away, and this just helped me put my life in perspective. It reminded me that in a few years my son will face high school, and I still have time to cuddle him before he's too old for it. Thank you guys for this. Namaste!

@TheLiana1102

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr, that was one of the things as a million others that people get wrong about the idiot killers of Columbine. The Goths had to pay just because they chose to wear those jackets that day. They were not actually goths and they didn't do the killings because they were bullied. In fact there is statements that contradict that they were even bullied at all. The whole, they wanted to kill the jocks and Christians was just untrue. They wanted to kill everyone with bombs, the guns were just there in case students managed to evade the bombing. It annoys me when people sympathize with them just because they may have dealt with bullying. The killers of Columbine did it because they thought it would be fun and they wanted to be famous for it. Pure just morbid curiosity of what it would be like. Now if you are goth or emo you get bullied because they decided to do what they did. I remember those days like it was yesterday. I wasn't goth in high school, but I had friends that were and saw what they had to go through. All the bomb threats at our school, hell I even walked in on a girl that I was friends with (in middle school we just simply had lost touch not having classes together in the 9th grade) in the bathroom at my highschool that had a gun. She wanted to kill herself because of the bulling she went through. There was two other girls coming out of the bathroom that stopped me from entering and told me to go that they had already told a teacher. Thank goodness she didn't kill herself. I wouldn't say she was particularly Goth but all her friends were and she had a learning disability so she was heavily bullied for both reasons.

I am glad that they made the scene 3:54 less intense. In reality the shooter said: "Peek-a-boo" and shot the blonde girl (Cassie Bernall) 😢

25 Years and still a Banger

Incredible!

@abifabal

3 жыл бұрын

Llegue acá por vos

@denisperalta5393

3 жыл бұрын

Buena recomendación 👌

@valentinrodriguez2869

3 жыл бұрын

grande magnus

@BldyVlntne

3 жыл бұрын

The song in incredibly amazing !

@andres_borghi

3 жыл бұрын

entro acá y hay un comentario tuyo! jajaja. ior everyuer!

This was so brutal and honest and instead of glorifying the killers, you focused on the victims of that tragic day. My god this gave me chills, fantastic job. 👌🔥

@kennethgibsonii1083

3 жыл бұрын

Actually without the video the lyrics by themselves "AS YOU CALL IT" is glorifying the shooters The music/video is 50/50 towards the victims and shooters

@jennililly4950

3 жыл бұрын

you have no idea they did it for a reason

@773h6

3 жыл бұрын

Eric and Dylan were relentlessly bullied , and nobody believed them, even teachers bullied them so technically they were the victims haha..

@PinkiePie45838283734666o9

3 жыл бұрын

No they didn't, lmao, what u smokin'?

@Chip_Tronic

3 жыл бұрын

The "killers" were also presented - if you have eyes - as judges . they gave their comrade a lesson. she was on the same path as them but hey girls are treated a bit better. they can shout. boys need to shoot .

I'm surprised this video is still up, glad it is still shows we're allowed to think for ourselves and express ourselves through satirical art.

One of the best music videos ever shot

Wow. This song is simply heartbreaking. There's the fact of how many innocents were shot down.. and the deep moments of the song were just perfectly timed. You guys are amazing. Can't stop listening this masterpiece 💥

@Meeckle

3 жыл бұрын

It really is, my emotions are fucked up due to meds, but I was nearly crying. Such an amazing tune too.

@IllustriousCrocoduck

3 жыл бұрын

And the scene in the computer lab was eerily close to the actual footage

@wolfhawk1999

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this definitely disturbed me. I remember that time period, the lockdown drills, the copycats. I wonder if they still do those drills? Weird times

@mimzy7455

3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfhawk1999 we still do lock down drills, I think all schools do

@davidqueiruga3217

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIF8uamOkbjWZbg.html hola perdón por las molestias,les dejo el link del video q estrenamos con mí banda AÑO 0..cancion: INMORTAL

I was a 16 year old kid in Western Kansas when this went down. I wore all black, listened to the same music, and played the same video games. It got me a lot of fearful looks when I was just as against what happened as anyone else. It's important to remember and learn from this day, but we clearly haven't given so many more instances that have happened since then.

@crestowpeardew1394

3 жыл бұрын

DORK!..

@Logan-ed4pu

3 жыл бұрын

@@crestowpeardew1394 You're not wrong.

@crestowpeardew1394

3 жыл бұрын

@@Logan-ed4pu hheeaa hheahh!

@Logan-ed4pu

3 жыл бұрын

@@brotherhoodofspiel1122 Honestly, same. She taught me to differentiate fantasy and reality. Truth be told, the heavy music and violent video games served as therapy from the bullying.

@martinprkno6226

Жыл бұрын

Same here... I wanted to kill exactly 7 people (my elementary bullies) I had writen things I wanna tell them before I will do that... ofc I never did it, but if getting a gun would ve as easy in EU as it is in US, I'm pretty sure I'll be dead or in prision now I'm sure that if getting a gun was easy I would have been a murderer.

One the greatest, most intense videos ever made. All hail SKYND!!!

I actually love that she appears to be grinning during the final 'Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta!' chorus at the end. The human skull always appears to be grinning, and it represents death - death's grin. She then closes her lips to show that she, herself, was not smiling at all...

Holy shit. You do not disappoint. Please drop the full album, I've been praying to the dark lord since Wacken last year...

Just discovered this group today (November 1, 2020), and I can't quit listening. I hope there is plenty more to come!

@tales7832

3 жыл бұрын

For me Discovered them today 11 8 2020. So far like their music.

@chriswierchowski4018

3 жыл бұрын

9gag?

@mortesanta4924

3 жыл бұрын

November - Friday 13 - I´m scared

@arthurrybakovas6074

3 жыл бұрын

Wish they actually released an album!

@lisadowning475

3 жыл бұрын

@@arthurrybakovas6074 yes

Very well done. If I were writing this as a short story, I'd be thinking "How can I capture the horror of this experience, without trivializing it, glorifying it, expressing indignation, or with any agenda other than to offer a glimpse of what it was like to be there?" And this video does just that. It was an ordinary day, until it wasn't. Great directing, and the young woman the video's following -- amazing, realistic acting.

We were shown Columbine footage in middle school - still scarred for life. And it took this long since the release of this song on here to watch/listen to this..

No matter how many critics talk crap about this song and video, It's actually a masterpiece. Amazing and so very haunting and drama and you just can't stop watching it. Bravo for kicking ass.....

@lada8744

Жыл бұрын

What critics? I'm curious.

I saw this on the side panel and thought "What is this trash?" clicked. As soon as the music started I fell in love. Gotta see more

We NEED more videos from Skynd!!

I've been on a skynd binge and gotta say this is probably the magnum opus

My wife told me this dropped first thing I woke up. Like damnit let me have my coffee. Fr tho, y'all are damn good at what you do. Don't let any people or controversy try to stop you.

@TheHeroinHeroine

3 жыл бұрын

I love you too goofy :D

@ravagesektor

3 жыл бұрын

A wife who wakes you just for a new Skynd video is a total keeper.

@AshleeAdventure

3 жыл бұрын

Yay we aren’t the only couple that yell about new skynd music first thing in the morning

@connorward5105

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I got yelled at for not telling my gf that this just came out lol true story

@azjazielona

2 жыл бұрын

🙏

Band: We need to rent your school for a video production... School: Will it be kid friendly when your done? Band: yah. sure, np...

@leonwatkins5072

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂made my day Can’t believe they renamed the school now

@forte147

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonwatkins5072 when did they rename it? I thought they only tore down the library and built a new one?

@leonwatkins5072

2 жыл бұрын

@@forte147 no they kept the Library but turned it into a memorial they built a new library there town was thinking of changing the name of the school because it bring to much true crime fans to it they had break ins and people just walking into Columbine but the people of the town said no and kept the name

@tiffymarieseestheteamarie4454

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah

Parents blamed everyone but themselves

@AlexandrKoporecky

Ай бұрын

For real

@jonberle3395

2 күн бұрын

That is not true. Please see the Ted--talk with the mom, whose boy was one of the shooters. The parents did suffer.

3:43 the bass drop was on point

Love Father standing there still at 4:50 at the bottom of the stairs. Don't know why but it gives me a really creepy-cool vibe.

@TheeHellcatD

3 жыл бұрын

Same! *shivers*

@emion7600

3 жыл бұрын

He's just vibing