Singer was bullied as a kid, and guitarist cousin survived columbine shooting.. This was written from the perspective of bullied kid going to school after he had enough bullying and shooting youre exactly right... As bullying is very close ties to the members
Per them, themselves Foster said in a statement to CNN Entertainment, "I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me. It was terrifying how mental illness among youth had skyrocketed in the last decade. I was scared to see where the pattern was headed if we didn't start changing the way we were bringing up the next generation." In writing the song, Foster wanted to "get inside the head of an isolated, psychotic kid"and "bring awareness" to the issue of gun violence among youth, which he feels is an epidemic perpetuated by "lack of family, lack of love, and isolation." The song's title refers to shoes that the narrator's peers wear as a status symbol. The issue of youth violence is a matter close to the group. Foster was bullied in high school, while bassist Cubbie Fink has a cousin who survived the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. Fink said of his cousin's experience, "She was actually in the library when everything went down, so I actually flew out to be with her the day after it happened and experienced the trauma surrounding it and saw how affected she was by it. She is as close as a sister, so obviously, it affected me deeply. So to be able to have a song to create a platform to talk about this stuff has been good for us."
What always made me feel off was the fact that this song came out right before the huge surge of shootings, basically foreshadowing what was to come. I'm not attributing this song to the rise in shootings but rather pointing out the coincidence of being released during that time.
Yep you got it 2:28 band member mark foster said: "'Pumped Up Kicks' is about a kid that basically is losing his mind and is plotting revenge. He's an outcast. I feel like the youth in our culture are becoming more and more isolated. It's kind of an epidemic. Instead of writing about victims and some tragedy, I wanted to get into the killer's mind, like Truman Capote did in In Cold Blood. I love to write about characters. That's my style. I really like to get inside the heads of other people and try to walk in their shoes."
Yeah this is one of those songs where the music totally gives you a different feel than what the words actually say. Its a banger, but its also really dark. A lot of artists use that juxtaposition in their music, but this is the most apparent recent example. I'm a little older, but friends of mine who were in high school when this came out liked it, but they also saw how f**ked up it kinda was.
Yes this is a school shooting . This song was to start a conversation on school shootings. And the kid Robert wants to release his anger on the rich kids who have the pumped up kicks, and we know that Robert is poor because in-the song it says Dinners in the kitchen and its packed in ice meaning he and his father eat microwave Dinners.
I took this song as basically them saying you see this kid who you should be paying attention to because of how he acts but is ignored because he's weird and don't fit in with others. This song isn't glorifying school shootings, it's telling you how they happen.
The song was mostly inspired by the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 where a family member of a band member was a survivor stuck in the library. I imagine that is testimony to him to inspire the song as a background in addition to the many school shootings that occurred after Columbine.
I remember when this came out there had been a shooting fairly recently at a mall I grew up going to. My roommate apparently knew the shooter from back in the day too. This is a great track, but it always makes me think of that time.
This also reminds me of the days when the high-tech running shoes not only needed to be properly laced up, but properly "inflated." Like priming your feet for running, you had to pump them up.
i wonder if you’re talking about robert... sorry couldn’t remember his surname but he shot at a mall in like 2007-2008 the committed suicide at the spot. is it him?
The lyrics to are written from the perspective of a troubled and delusional youth with homicidal thoughts. The lines in the chorus warn potential victims to "outrun my gun" and that they "better run, better run, faster than my bullet." Foster said in a statement to CNN.com, "I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me. It was terrifying how mental illness among youth had skyrocketed in the last decade. I was scared to see where the pattern was headed if we didn't start changing the way we were bringing up the next generation." In writing the song, Foster wanted to "get inside the head of an isolated, psychotic kid" and "bring awareness" to the issue of gun violence among youth, which he feels is an epidemic perpetuated by "lack of family, lack of love, and isolation." The song's title refers to shoes that the narrator's peers wear as a status symbol. The issue of youth violence is a matter close to the group. Foster was bullied in high school, while bassist Cubbie Fink has a cousin who survived the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. Fink said of his cousin's experience, "She was actually in the library when everything went down, so I actually flew out to be with her the day after it happened and experienced the trauma surrounding it and saw how affected she was by it. She is as close as a sister, so obviously, it affected me deeply. So to be able to have a song to create a platform to talk about this stuff has been good for us." Contrasting with the dark lyrics of the song, the music, which was written first, is upbeat. Foster said, "It's a 'fuck you' song to the hipsters in a way-but it's a song the hipsters are going to want to dance to." Jeffery Berg of Frontier Psychiatrist said, "I was so engrossed with the cheery melody of its chorus that it took me a few listens to discover that the lyrics suggest dark, Columbine revenge."
Taken literally "pumped up kicks" makes me think of the Nike Pumps shoes. I'm sure the lyrics are more referring the type of kids who wore those shoes.
Its about a kid planning to kill rich kids in his school .But yes the " pumped up kicks" is referring to the trainers. Only rich kids could afford them . I love this song and yes it is about a mentally ill kid planning a school shooting . Its meant to e an anti bullying song . Thank god I never had or have to worry someone will shoot up my kids school. We had only had one school shooting .That was in Scotland in the 90s . Just before I was due for my first son to start to school. That was a mentally ill man who was a local scout, cub leader who was angry at parents who had complained about him .( I believe) Walked into a school and killed a whole class of 5 year olds and their teacher. Everything changed then ( even though guns are illegal) security beefed up , school gates locked during daytime ,having to buzz a door bell to get in .. I just don't understand why there are still so many shootings in American schools. Don't the parents lock the guns up? Bullying is still rife . Mental illness not picked up on .Its sad .How many more kids have to die .?
What I love most about this song is when I’m a good dancing mood I can dance to it without hearing the sad lyrics that are relatable to real life problems but when I’m sad I can be chill and cry my eyes out to this song to get my emotions out when thinking about how bad I feel for people that go through things like this so depending on my mood I will ignore the lyrics or sometimes listen to them
When the quiet kid turns up at school to settle a score with a hand rolled cigarette and a revolver, all the kids in the expensive sneakers (Pumped up kicks) better run
Another instance about this, was in an interview with the lead singer when this song came out it also took inspiration from the Von Maur shooting in Omaha, Nebraska. Though this song is primarily about a school shooter.
Lyrics: Robert's got a quick hand He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan He's got a rolled cigarette Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid Yeah, he found a six-shooter gun In his dad's closet with a box of fun things And I don't even know what But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you, wait All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet Daddy works a long day He'll be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late And he's bringing me a surprise 'Cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice I've waited for a long time Yeah the sleight of my hand is now a quick-pull trigger I reason with my cigarette And say, "Your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits, " yeah All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet Run Run, run, run, run Run Run, run, run run Run, run Run, run, run All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
I had to listen to it a few times to get it too. I always thought it was such a nice song. Then I understood what they were talking about and I was shocked.
There are a whole series of songs like this with vibe/upbeat music and REALLY dark lyrical content. Third Eye Blind's Semi-Charmed Life and Hey Ya! by Outkast come to life immediately. But also Adam's Song by Blink 182 and Eve 6 On the Roof Again (honestly, I haven't seen ANYONE reacting to Eve 6 and that's a crying shame. On the Roof Again and Inside Out are both great songs - the whole of the Horrorscope LP is fantastic).
You picked up on the lyrics quick my dude... that's exactly what's ita about ... the repeated school shootings. YOUTH OF A NATION POD... Great song kinda relates
@@KingAhmadTv yeah not not so thrilled to have my kids running around singing it. The first few times I heard it I'm like oh I like this, then I'm like wtf????
I LOVE how he was like "Hold up I gotta search up the lyrics". As someone who knows the lyrics, GAHD THAT WAS HALARIOUS- I was actually "OH NO HE DIDN'T KNOW"
The song was intended to bring awareness of teenage mental illness and inside the mind of an isolated psychotic kid planning a school shooting. And pumped up kicks are the nike and reebok pump up shoes from the late 80's to early 90's. The kids who's parents had money would wear and show them.
yea i love how we cant see how dark this song, it seems like a vibe a little funky until you look in to it. the same for the school shoter, seems we dont se it comeing, he was an odd ball, but when you look in to it you see how dark his life was and such
Way before the song was released the lead singer admitted he was working on a song and the only lyrics he had written down were pumped up kicks and pumped up kicks represents the only kids in his school who wore pumped up kicks were rich kids
Reebok "Pumps" were the hottest thing in the early 90's. Only the "rich" kids could get them. 'Pumped up Kicks' are showing off their new shoes.... the ones that you could never afford... ijs... This song was written from the point of the poor kid, the kid that struggles, the kid that is teased and bullied. As parents, we need to be involved with our kids and teach them empathy towards others. I feel that is where we are going wrong in our society.
The meaning is about a poor kid, Robert, who is poor and rarely gets to see his dad. And pumped up kicks refer to expensive shoes. Robert finds a gun in his dads closet and has a thought, what if I got revenge on the rich kids. But he dosent do it bc the song is about him thinking about it. Which is normal for humans to think about stuff like that, like if your driving over a bridge and think "what if I drove off this bridge". Your not suicidal until you actually do it. That's where people misunderstood the song. There really isnt anything bad about it
Im with u i LOVED this song still do but never really payed attention to the lyrics but lk 9 months after loving it and not proud to say listening to it everyday STILL did not relize it had me bouncing to a song about school shooting SCARY AF FR
Someone made a version of this as if it was a medieval/bard song with adapted lyrics and all. You should definitely check that out. Just look for "Pump Up Kicks Medieval Version".
It is. It is about a school shooting and mental health. If you look it it up in CZcams pumped up kicks there are music videos about shooting but with the song over it. You can even type top 10 music with dark meaning that song is in.
Robert found a gun in his dads closet and imagined people running from him while he holds the weapon Robert brings it to school and shoots the school up he also would light people’s hair on fire and lock them in the classroom
Its about mental illness in teens, its about school bullys, its about present day school shootings with a kool little happy melody, its about parents not paying attention to their kids....its really a sick song about a sickness in society
The pumped up kicks are those shoes you could fill the sole w air they were super popular in the 90s and early 2000s and he's basically speaking from the mind of a poor kid being bullied and getting fed up with kids flexing on him I think anyway
You are correct...it is a whole school shooting. The thing that makes it more disturbing is the peppy poppy music that goes along with the dark lyrics.
Found a six shooter in his dads closet all the other kids had pumped up kicks (shoes that you pump up) that he couldn't Offord so he wanted revenge against the rich kids
It’s a vibe exactly. School shootings becoming the cultural norm like fashion. You better run, better run, faster than my bullet. Best shoes, best option for escape.
No you got it right. One thing you missed is (paraphrasing) Kids with the pumped up kicks they better run better run outrun my gun referring to shoes that are popular and basically kids who wear popular things that are super popular in the high school
I'm assuming the whole part where he talks about his dad and the lit cigarette is him contemplating on whether or not he should kill his abusive dad. Especially when he says your hair is on fire must have lost your wits. Kind of like he's realizing how crazy it would be to actually kill somebody. But also a reminder that he is literally losing his wits. And he's getting pushed to the point where he won't be able to stop himself.
From Billboard Interview with Mark Foster, "So the song was written from the perspective of Robert, a high schooler with plans to go through with a school shooting. Can you share a little about how you wrote the song and where that idea came from?" Mark Foster- "Well, I'll stop you in the question and say the school shooting part of it was never spoken about in the song. I think people filled in the blanks that it was about a school shooting, but I never say anything about a school in the song. It's really more about this person's psyche. Obviously the song is speaking about violent things, but it is a misconception that it's about a school shooting. I mean, it's not a big point that you have to hit home, I just want to point that out."
How did people not know the lyrics! I first listened to this song when I was like 8 and even I knew most of the meaning my dad had to explain a few parts but I new the gist of it
My daddies 870 riot was some pumped up kicks. I would invite bullies to my house after school. One girl thought I was being nice by inviting one boy to a barbecue at my house. The girl didn't know my dad bought a funeral home. And that big brick barbie wasn't for pigs, chickens, and cows.
Pumped up kicks, we're a shoe that came out with a pump on the tongue n if u pumped it it put air in the heel which made it easier to run basically. Also vack in the day they were expensive
Singer was bullied as a kid, and guitarist cousin survived columbine shooting.. This was written from the perspective of bullied kid going to school after he had enough bullying and shooting youre exactly right... As bullying is very close ties to the members
I think I heard somewhere that the bassist was a survivor in a school shooting when he was younger
Okay your way off
No completely wrong go search up the real meaning
Per them, themselves
Foster said in a statement to CNN Entertainment, "I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me. It was terrifying how mental illness among youth had skyrocketed in the last decade. I was scared to see where the pattern was headed if we didn't start changing the way we were bringing up the next generation." In writing the song, Foster wanted to "get inside the head of an isolated, psychotic kid"and "bring awareness" to the issue of gun violence among youth, which he feels is an epidemic perpetuated by "lack of family, lack of love, and isolation." The song's title refers to shoes that the narrator's peers wear as a status symbol.
The issue of youth violence is a matter close to the group. Foster was bullied in high school, while bassist Cubbie Fink has a cousin who survived the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. Fink said of his cousin's experience, "She was actually in the library when everything went down, so I actually flew out to be with her the day after it happened and experienced the trauma surrounding it and saw how affected she was by it. She is as close as a sister, so obviously, it affected me deeply. So to be able to have a song to create a platform to talk about this stuff has been good for us."
This!
It's crazy that so many people have heard and love this song, without actually interpreting the lyrics.
i know the lyrics but i still like the song
“He won’t tell you his plans” “run run, outrun my gun” and “he has a quick hand” how does that not set off any red flags???
so you're saying people shouldn't like the song because the lyrics has a dark meaning? Okay. Stick by your twisted logic
Because owning guns in the US is more important than the safety of your children...
@@mr-mysteryguest that is 100% untrue this song is just good it sounds good too
What always made me feel off was the fact that this song came out right before the huge surge of shootings, basically foreshadowing what was to come. I'm not attributing this song to the rise in shootings but rather pointing out the coincidence of being released during that time.
It slipped under my radar
Nah this was not before. Maybe just before you where aware of them
This song came out in 2003 and was inspired by Columbine
@@phatjesus57 the song was recorded in 2010, the fuck are you talking about ?
@@Cmar24 it came out before a majority of the most recent mass shootings.
pumped up kicks= expensive shoes, like how you pumped up air jordans.
Only rich kids have them
Rich kids bully
what the cool kids wear.
you never pumped up air jordans. It was reebok pumps. Nike had a pump shoe for a few years but they werent jordans.
It was Reebok pumps they cost more and a lot of people could not afford it
Yep you got it 2:28 band member mark foster said: "'Pumped Up Kicks' is about a kid that basically is losing his mind and is plotting revenge. He's an outcast. I feel like the youth in our culture are becoming more and more isolated. It's kind of an epidemic. Instead of writing about victims and some tragedy, I wanted to get into the killer's mind, like Truman Capote did in In Cold Blood. I love to write about characters. That's my style. I really like to get inside the heads of other people and try to walk in their shoes."
Yeah this is one of those songs where the music totally gives you a different feel than what the words actually say. Its a banger, but its also really dark. A lot of artists use that juxtaposition in their music, but this is the most apparent recent example. I'm a little older, but friends of mine who were in high school when this came out liked it, but they also saw how f**ked up it kinda was.
Yes this is a school shooting . This song was to start a conversation on school shootings. And the kid Robert wants to release his anger on the rich kids who have the pumped up kicks, and we know that Robert is poor because in-the song it says Dinners in the kitchen and its packed in ice meaning he and his father eat microwave Dinners.
I took this song as basically them saying you see this kid who you should be paying attention to because of how he acts but is ignored because he's weird and don't fit in with others.
This song isn't glorifying school shootings, it's telling you how they happen.
bro you’re telling me this man never heard this song? 😳
He's caping lol
It's a bop tho
He was probably 10 when it came out bruh. I could name 100 songs in a row i know you aint heard
didn’t think it was possible to take offense to this... you gotta calm down lmao
@@drunkpaulocosta lets here it 100 songs the other guy aint heard
The song was mostly inspired by the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 where a family member of a band member was a survivor stuck in the library. I imagine that is testimony to him to inspire the song as a background in addition to the many school shootings that occurred after Columbine.
I remember when this came out there had been a shooting fairly recently at a mall I grew up going to. My roommate apparently knew the shooter from back in the day too. This is a great track, but it always makes me think of that time.
This also reminds me of the days when the high-tech running shoes not only needed to be properly laced up, but properly "inflated." Like priming your feet for running, you had to pump them up.
i wonder if you’re talking about robert... sorry couldn’t remember his surname but he shot at a mall in like 2007-2008 the committed suicide at the spot. is it him?
@@elif-py1gt I do believe when we heard the news, if memory serves me correctly, someone had told my roommate, "that was Robbie!" So...likely yes?
@@sageofsquirrels111 omaha, nebraska?
@@elif-py1gt Westroads Mall?
Quiet kid:*Hums this song*
Me:*Is also a quiet kid*
Slight nod.
Me
Blasphemous Rumors by Depeche Mode. That one, whew!
Ive known the song for awhile, but i never realized the gun part till i actually listened to the lyrics. I only listened to it bc the vibe is nice
The lyrics to are written from the perspective of a troubled and delusional youth with homicidal thoughts. The lines in the chorus warn potential victims to "outrun my gun" and that they "better run, better run, faster than my bullet." Foster said in a statement to CNN.com, "I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me. It was terrifying how mental illness among youth had skyrocketed in the last decade. I was scared to see where the pattern was headed if we didn't start changing the way we were bringing up the next generation." In writing the song, Foster wanted to "get inside the head of an isolated, psychotic kid" and "bring awareness" to the issue of gun violence among youth, which he feels is an epidemic perpetuated by "lack of family, lack of love, and isolation." The song's title refers to shoes that the narrator's peers wear as a status symbol.
The issue of youth violence is a matter close to the group. Foster was bullied in high school, while bassist Cubbie Fink has a cousin who survived the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. Fink said of his cousin's experience, "She was actually in the library when everything went down, so I actually flew out to be with her the day after it happened and experienced the trauma surrounding it and saw how affected she was by it. She is as close as a sister, so obviously, it affected me deeply. So to be able to have a song to create a platform to talk about this stuff has been good for us."
Contrasting with the dark lyrics of the song, the music, which was written first, is upbeat. Foster said, "It's a 'fuck you' song to the hipsters in a way-but it's a song the hipsters are going to want to dance to." Jeffery Berg of Frontier Psychiatrist said, "I was so engrossed with the cheery melody of its chorus that it took me a few listens to discover that the lyrics suggest dark, Columbine revenge."
Taken literally "pumped up kicks" makes me think of the Nike Pumps shoes. I'm sure the lyrics are more referring the type of kids who wore those shoes.
Its about a kid planning to kill rich kids in his school .But yes the " pumped up kicks" is referring to the trainers. Only rich kids could afford them . I love this song and yes it is about a mentally ill kid planning a school shooting . Its meant to e an anti bullying song . Thank god I never had or have to worry someone will shoot up my kids school. We had only had one school shooting .That was in Scotland in the 90s . Just before I was due for my first son to start to school. That was a mentally ill man who was a local scout, cub leader who was angry at parents who had complained about him .( I believe) Walked into a school and killed a whole class of 5 year olds and their teacher. Everything changed then ( even though guns are illegal) security beefed up , school gates locked during daytime ,having to buzz a door bell to get in ..
I just don't understand why there are still so many shootings in American schools. Don't the parents lock the guns up? Bullying is still rife . Mental illness not picked up on .Its sad .How many more kids have to die .?
They were Reeboks.
What I love most about this song is when I’m a good dancing mood I can dance to it without hearing the sad lyrics that are relatable to real life problems but when I’m sad I can be chill and cry my eyes out to this song to get my emotions out when thinking about how bad I feel for people that go through things like this so depending on my mood I will ignore the lyrics or sometimes listen to them
When the quiet kid turns up at school to settle a score with a hand rolled cigarette and a revolver, all the kids in the expensive sneakers (Pumped up kicks) better run
Another instance about this, was in an interview with the lead singer when this song came out it also took inspiration from the Von Maur shooting in Omaha, Nebraska. Though this song is primarily about a school shooter.
I don't like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats was the song about the first school shooting.
I was just blasting them yesterday LOL I LOVE FTP! One of my favs. I appreciate you doing a reaction on them too. That's rare.
Lmao I had the same response when I first heard this song. I was vibing then just stopped like "What did he just say???"
You had it exactly right. There's actually a video someone made that sets the song over an actual *theatrical* school shooting
You're channel is so underated. The audio mix is perfect. Unlike people trying to record the sound with the microphone on a laptop 😂
Lyrics:
Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette
Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid
Yeah, he found a six-shooter gun
In his dad's closet with a box of fun things
And I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you, wait
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
Daddy works a long day
He'll be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late
And he's bringing me a surprise
'Cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice
I've waited for a long time
Yeah the sleight of my hand is now a quick-pull trigger
I reason with my cigarette
And say, "Your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits, " yeah
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
Run
Run, run, run, run
Run
Run, run, run run
Run, run
Run, run, run
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet
I had to listen to it a few times to get it too. I always thought it was such a nice song. Then I understood what they were talking about and I was shocked.
I remember being shocked the first time I saw the lyrics
There are a whole series of songs like this with vibe/upbeat music and REALLY dark lyrical content. Third Eye Blind's Semi-Charmed Life and Hey Ya! by Outkast come to life immediately. But also Adam's Song by Blink 182 and Eve 6 On the Roof Again (honestly, I haven't seen ANYONE reacting to Eve 6 and that's a crying shame. On the Roof Again and Inside Out are both great songs - the whole of the Horrorscope LP is fantastic).
Don’t leave out Luka by Suzanne Vega
You picked up on the lyrics quick my dude... that's exactly what's ita about ... the repeated school shootings. YOUTH OF A NATION POD... Great song kinda relates
I still cant believe this was allowed radio play. And all the kids singing it. Crazy.
Foreal??!! That’s crazy 😭😭😭😂 if only they knew lmao
@@KingAhmadTv it's a banger tho so
@@KingAhmadTv yeah not not so thrilled to have my kids running around singing it. The first few times I heard it I'm like oh I like this, then I'm like wtf????
@@KingAhmadTv No lie it's all true I remember I was in 4th and fifth grade, my friends and I would sing this song. It was poppin in the radio.
I LOVE how he was like "Hold up I gotta search up the lyrics". As someone who knows the lyrics, GAHD THAT WAS HALARIOUS- I was actually "OH NO HE DIDN'T KNOW"
The melody of pumped up kicks: Vibes, The lyrics: Wait hold up a second.
They ended up playing a different version on the radio.
Not the radio station I listen to. I do like the song is just wish it wasn't so dark.
All the other kids are good freind who play sports toghter
The song was intended to bring awareness of teenage mental illness and inside the mind of an isolated psychotic kid planning a school shooting.
And pumped up kicks are the nike and reebok pump up shoes from the late 80's to early 90's. The kids who's parents had money would wear and show them.
I remember my mom and i singing to this in the car when i was very very young... We didnt know the meaning lmao
yea i love how we cant see how dark this song, it seems like a vibe a little funky until you look in to it. the same for the school shoter, seems we dont se it comeing, he was an odd ball, but when you look in to it you see how dark his life was and such
Your first reaction was dead on....you got it
I would love to see you react to their song Houdini.
Your analysis of this song was great!❤
Fun fact this song was originally not supposed to be about a school shooting
wait really??
@@hollytheo yeah. He said it in an interview
@@phatjesus57 wow ive been lied to all this time💀
Way before the song was released the lead singer admitted he was working on a song and the only lyrics he had written down were pumped up kicks and pumped up kicks represents the only kids in his school who wore pumped up kicks were rich kids
Well its about a shooting now it sounds like it too
Little poppy, boppy tune about a dark, sad subject. A comment on America, for sure.
@Irish Knight I guess you’d have to ask him that.
@@Kim-hc5si maybe because they’re an American band who’s writing about something they can relate to? Also columbine
@@ellis3320 Agreed.
Reebok "Pumps" were the hottest thing in the early 90's. Only the "rich" kids could get them. 'Pumped up Kicks' are showing off their new shoes.... the ones that you could never afford... ijs...
This song was written from the point of the poor kid, the kid that struggles, the kid that is teased and bullied. As parents, we need to be involved with our kids and teach them empathy towards others. I feel that is where we are going wrong in our society.
I can't lie I had these thoughts before when I was 16. I just had to do stuff until I got that out my mind
Fire water burn by bloodhound gang everybody in the world needs to hear that song
Just heard it, it’s coo.
i worked in an apple store ca 2011 and they played this shit like 3 times a day lol
"This is a vibe"
*reads the chorus*
Pumped up kicks is these shoes back in the day you pump it up. Suppose to be like you jump higher, run faster. If your older you know
The most danceable song you'll ever hear about mass murder! 😎
The meaning is about a poor kid, Robert, who is poor and rarely gets to see his dad. And pumped up kicks refer to expensive shoes. Robert finds a gun in his dads closet and has a thought, what if I got revenge on the rich kids. But he dosent do it bc the song is about him thinking about it. Which is normal for humans to think about stuff like that, like if your driving over a bridge and think "what if I drove off this bridge". Your not suicidal until you actually do it. That's where people misunderstood the song. There really isnt anything bad about it
Your exactly right, about school shootings😥
*I think it's called Pick You Up..something like that..l it's really good!!*
I listened to this in the school computer lab every morning. The librarian would even sing it 🤣🤣
When I was younger I thought this was just a fun school kids song.
“I finally get the title. Pumped up kicks. I don’t really know what he means by pumped up kicks, but ....”. Lol, subscriber. Love your channel.
The "Pumped up Kicks" are referring to basketball shoes that you could pump up to supposedly get more air when you jump
This is why you don’t bully people
There is a CZcams that tells the meaning of this song. It is worth the reasoning of why the song was written
Im with u i LOVED this song still do but never really payed attention to the lyrics but lk 9 months after loving it and not proud to say listening to it everyday STILL did not relize it had me bouncing to a song about school shooting SCARY AF FR
Someone made a version of this as if it was a medieval/bard song with adapted lyrics and all. You should definitely check that out. Just look for "Pump Up Kicks Medieval Version".
It is. It is about a school shooting and mental health. If you look it it up in CZcams pumped up kicks there are music videos about shooting but with the song over it. You can even type top 10 music with dark meaning that song is in.
Robert found a gun in his dads closet and imagined people running from him while he holds the weapon Robert brings it to school and shoots the school up he also would light people’s hair on fire and lock them in the classroom
When quit kid starts humming pumped up kicks😨
Its about mental illness in teens, its about school bullys, its about present day school shootings with a kool little happy melody, its about parents not paying attention to their kids....its really a sick song about a sickness in society
Ur are great that song is from a shooter who started shooting high school
Congratulations! Your guess for the meaning of pumped up kicks is 100% correct
This song reminds me of Semi Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind, in that it was a catchy radio hit about some much darker shit.
React to Houdini as well
*I have this is on my playlist❤*
Algo mas americano (Gringo) que tu
Solo te falta ir a Mcdonals y que te salga tu M16 en tu cajita feliz ja
Me to
I have it on a playlist with kids with guns and psycho killer
@@rattheninja2877 cool beans😁
@@c1r3ss whaaaat???🤣
That song is about a teen that was mad at kids about his shoes and he got revenge
The pumped up kicks are those shoes you could fill the sole w air they were super popular in the 90s and early 2000s and he's basically speaking from the mind of a poor kid being bullied and getting fed up with kids flexing on him I think anyway
You are correct...it is a whole school shooting. The thing that makes it more disturbing is the peppy poppy music that goes along with the dark lyrics.
Found a six shooter in his dads closet all the other kids had pumped up kicks (shoes that you pump up) that he couldn't Offord so he wanted revenge against the rich kids
You got it!! Guitarist family of columbine victim I believe. Deep song with a banger vibe!! *subscribed
Have you reacted to Jeremy by Pearl Jam?
you: AYYYEE AYYEEE THIS SONG FIRE.
you: looks at lyrics AYO it says “yOu bEtTeR rUn bEtTeR rUn OuTrUn mY gUn”
It’s a vibe exactly. School shootings becoming the cultural norm like fashion. You better run, better run, faster than my bullet. Best shoes, best option for escape.
No you got it right. One thing you missed is (paraphrasing) Kids with the pumped up kicks they better run better run outrun my gun referring to shoes that are popular and basically kids who wear
popular things that are super popular in the high school
Bass players cousin was at columbine when the school was shot up
3:33 the lyrics and the vibe are polar opposites for a reason
Chill music/dark lyrics shows contrast between adults blasé attitude towards the trauma kids experience every day.
I'm assuming the whole part where he talks about his dad and the lit cigarette is him contemplating on whether or not he should kill his abusive dad. Especially when he says your hair is on fire must have lost your wits. Kind of like he's realizing how crazy it would be to actually kill somebody. But also a reminder that he is literally losing his wits. And he's getting pushed to the point where he won't be able to stop himself.
From Billboard Interview with Mark Foster, "So the song was written from the perspective of Robert, a high schooler with plans to go through with a school shooting. Can you share a little about how you wrote the song and where that idea came from?"
Mark Foster- "Well, I'll stop you in the question and say the school shooting part of it was never spoken about in the song. I think people filled in the blanks that it was about a school shooting, but I never say anything about a school in the song. It's really more about this person's psyche. Obviously the song is speaking about violent things, but it is a misconception that it's about a school shooting. I mean, it's not a big point that you have to hit home, I just want to point that out."
I went to school with Mark Foster, we had a class together
Check out Jeremy by Pearl Jam, follows the same vibe.
This song was inspired by columbine it dropped in 04 I believe so it was a good bit before SS’s got popularized in the media
Pls react to "Pumped Up kicks Bridge and law Remix"
I love how barely anyone realise the songs about a school shooting lol
them beets
2:10 THIS A VIBE NOT TO THE KIDS WHO GOT SHOT
I know what it means and I still enjoy it. Maybe even more since I knew what it meant
How did people not know the lyrics! I first listened to this song when I was like 8 and even I knew most of the meaning my dad had to explain a few parts but I new the gist of it
Great music and sounds nice you heard this movies
he was jamming out until he saw the lyrics
Your interpretation of this is spot on dude.
I loved this song when I was a teen but didn't actually hear the words better outrun my bullet until a few years ago
My daddies 870 riot was some pumped up kicks. I would invite bullies to my house after school. One girl thought I was being nice by inviting one boy to a barbecue at my house. The girl didn't know my dad bought a funeral home. And that big brick barbie wasn't for pigs, chickens, and cows.
Pumped up kicks, we're a shoe that came out with a pump on the tongue n if u pumped it it put air in the heel which made it easier to run basically. Also vack in the day they were expensive
In the 90s i believe it was Nikes had the pump up shoes.. So jocks would've warn those
It was reebok
@@phatjesus57 thank you I'm old now lol
@@Jamie-rr5me i was 14 turning 15 when Columbine happened
MIA - Paper Planes same era
When he realized