oddly enough the video shows nothing about the evil gunz
Posted on 02/17/2018 2:15:15 PM PST by nickcarraway
When Foster the People's anti-gun violence anthem, "Pumped Up Kicks," was released in 2010, it quickly went viral. But not everyone immediately noticed the cautionary tale about gun violence that lead singer Mark Foster relates in the lyrics:
"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks/ You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun." Although its tone is jubilant and upbeat -- prompting some fans to blast it during celebratory times -- "Pumped Up Kicks" is about a boy named Robert, who fantasizes about shooting up his school.
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With emotions raw after Vegas, Foster said that he and his bandmates decided not to perform "Pumped Up Kicks" at the Austin City Limits festival in Texas or at the "All Things Go" music festival in Washington because some people misinterpret its meaning.
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"You can also think about it like Dostoyevsky when he wrote 'Crime and Punishment' or Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' or Vince Gilligan writing 'Breaking Bad,' the character Walt ... it's like your protagonist also happens to be the enemy in a way. It's illuminating a situation but from an interesting point of view," Foster added.
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Its one of my favorites and their best songs...their former bassist Cubbie Fink is a Christian missionary who married Evangelical artist Rebecca St. James. The song reminds me of California...am more in tune with the sound, not the words however.
He's gotten angry calls from listeners about it over the years.
I have listened to him from time to time, but never heard his lead-in music. Doesn’t Mark Levin have Linkin Park?
The guy who was his bass player when they did that song is married to a Christian singer.
oddly enough the video shows nothing about the evil gunz
Boomtown Rats: I don’t like Mondays. 1980 i think.
Yes, and what is weird about that case was it was a GIRL who did the shooting.
Bob Geldof said he wrote the song in only a few minutes.
Very strikingly odd.
Any kid listening to that song is hearing the glorification of shooting others with a gun (specifically his Dad). In no way is it a “cautionary tale”.
Musically, it’s a darn good song. I love the bass line.
Absolutely, I’ll admit I thought it kinda catchy the first time I heard it, until I paid attention to the lyrics. In a way it’s like putting a candy coating on Tide pods.
Catchy tune, yes, but it is practically daring kids to go out and shoot up their school or neighborhood.
Catchy tune, yes, but it is practically daring kids to go out and shoot up their school or neighborhood.
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