I wouldn’t even say now more than ever. War is just as bad as war has always been. The difference is that this is the first time we don’t have to be there to witness it. This is the first time it’s live on social media. This is the first time we’re super aware people may have friends and family somewhere in danger. It’s not worse, it just hits harder because we’re learning to care more.
Both good point of views. 👌 But let's smoke 420 because their no freedom y y you ask because human society thought they traded for sercurity now we being followed by the strings from the system who wouldn't lose their mind IN when being controlled
@@thedog5k worse when it comes to privacy and the government being all up everyone’s business. With the advancements technology has made throughout the years wtf even is privacy anymore anyways...
The song is more inspirational and motivational than it is depressing. I take it as seeing human potential, even a single human, more so collectively. It makes me get off my butt and work 💪
@@sterlingarcher2653 very much of the last half of the song is eerily similar to what is happening today. Like almost word for word, whereas when the song was written, it was about past events that could easily happen again.
Hearing this song so many years later made me realize just how unsettling it was, going from a simple and innocent premise to ending the world is crazy
@@AstralKama Right! 11 years ago, I don’t think anyone would have thought twice about. Now that we know that’s a communist power symbol and it’s been adopted by AntiFa and BLM, it’s crazy to think this was foreshadowing what’s to come. But they say n the song we know who the puppet masters are.
It's in human nature to do terrible things to each other. History repeats itself so it's easy to see the trends and the disease that is the human being. Just like Rorschach said "God doesn't make the world this way. We do!"
@@Dan-ger82 Thats an inherent contradiction in statement bro. To claim its human nature as if its an unavoidable bane cast on us by genetic evolution and then claim we have a choice as in we make the world this way, which the scripture makes clear, is inherently a contradiction. Furthermore if you actually do research you'd learn that the nature vs. nurture debate is pointless as epigenetics is the predominant theory which illustrates that our environment guides us to specific behaviors but lacks the infinite problem of environmentalism and relativism. In conclusion, read Proudhon and most other Anarchists discourse on human nature.
@@TotallyTheradicallefta Marxist depiction? People like you bring Marx into EVERYTHING, and as a socialist, I honestly think your type is obsessed with Marx..... and it's freaking weird.
Godamn it we're in the apocalypse, and have been for a minute. The old doctrine of the "Right of Conquest" reigns supreme. There is no force which exists that can oppose what is occurring. As the Bible says "who can make war with the beast?" . So the world is dominated, we will be guided to hell, and if you have any sense you will escape before you're trapped in hell.
Yeappers, echoes the rise of the ego in humankind. Some will do anything, say anything, step over anyone for recognition and fame at no concern of bodily risk, harm of ones self and others with zero thought on consequence.
Not as much did they understand the future as they did history. When you understand history, the future becomes easier and easier to predict. The only danger there is it starts to become a self fulfilling prophecy when we forget about honor through reading about the dishonor of our past.
@@ahhwe-any7434 lol nah it's just the meaning behind the line that gets me. I'm not over here like "fuck yeah, microphones are awesome!! I hope he has a Blue Yeti 🤤!!!!"
Really? I felt like it was a song about the past, present, and future. But I'm almost positive that people will hear this song and scream "Trump!" even though it was before his time. Such is humanity's folly. We'll never learn.
@@flanflan88 Yeh you can literally just say "things will get worse" and be right at any point in history, because it always eventually comes. People have been saying the same things since BC.
Does anyone just randomly start coming back to this song every couple of years since release? I’ll randomly start humming it and be like, “yeah, I could go for some no handlebars rn”
When I was 12 in 2009 I was like "lol this songs about riding your bike with no handlebars" Now I'm 20 in 2017 I'm like "wow this is some powerful shit"
Same here, except 9 & 16, I thought it was just a couple of people in a brag off and seeing the vid for the first time really changed my understanding of it.
This time the raised fists are on the other side though, when they aren't in the throne to fuck people's lives they are in the streets fucking people's lives
Not even a couple days ago, this spontaneously pops into my head for the first time in years. Oh, and so did some Walk the Moon classics, which I'mma have to listen to next.
All of it hits different now especially as you wake up to the life we're living this song is literally telling you how much power the nations leader/leaders have and most likely what they have been doing with it for a very long time
@SpinksJinx I mean.. I know a couple people who have gotten it already. One being my cousin, who is a medical doctor. He assures me it is very real, Yo.
I bought this on single when it came out.... I have listened to it hundreds of times but today I came back to watch the video and it sent a shiver down my spine. Such a clever and well written song, it truly represents what is going on in the world today. It's scary how the world is being run and especially who by.....
@@GunShot-1996 I mean, not bashing them for saying it, but that's what people have been saying for the last 10 years, I'm more surprised it's the first time you're seeing or realizing that meaning
They don’t music like they did when I was growing up I know every generation says it but 90s kids got it all we merged okay with tech maybe not as fast or advanced as these kids coming up but we aren’t like our parents chilling on flip or cheap cheap hardly working Android we truly are lucky and humbled we understand there’s bad issues in the world but just a tad to young to get to them yet once the old rulers go I have great faith we can fix the world at least a little
My cousin passed and I’m not sure why this songs makes me think of him so much but every time I think of this song he’s right there in the memory. I’m grateful for all that he has done for me. He shaped me into who I am and I now know what it truly means for a piece of you to just be ripped away from you. I’ll try to grow from this pain but it’s drowning. R.I.P Jacob Lee Chambles. Words are too little to express my appreciation and gratitude for you and the life that you led
@@dograguy2124 it goes deeper than that. It's all about ambition. How powerful a single person's ambition can impact a civilization, for better or worse. "I can" is the theme of the song.
Ya cause it's not stupid it's about important things because when you first hear the first few lines were just like oh I can totally do that too but then after a while it gets more more important and you know they're just not bragging or joking about stupid stuff that actually trying to tell you something controversial and real
when i was a kid (about 10-12 years ago) i BEGGED my grandma to play this song OVER AND OVER!!!! She bought the album on CD and record so I could listen to just this song as many times as I wanted. Later in life (now) i come back to it and realize how insane the lyrics are. This song is still amazing to this day, aged beautifully and wish it would be talked about again.
Sanctioned Suicide. 2009 those were the days , no Donald trump , no wall , and no kardashions .then I thought that this was the coolest song ever . lol
I dont remember when it came out, but I remember hearing it as a kid cause my older brother liked to show me all kinds of music he likes which in turn made me gain a preference toward this kinda music, this and metal. I probably heard it around 2009 or 2010, when I was like 8 or 9.
From balancing a bicycle with no hands to the destruction of humanity.....when does progression become regression?? When does the curiosity become the death of the cat?
MY INTERPRETATION I watched this video alot, and ive listened to it even more, i came up with what it means, He can ride his bike without using the handlebars
This song is a representation of the division between the power that freedom grants. You can use the power to grow and become a better person. To know and understand more, learn about what you want and live a simply elegant lifestyle as you please. The flipside to this coin however, is the advantage that you can take because of the availability to exercise greed and corruption by controlling the free people for your own personal agenda. In the beginning these two friends were just that: friends. Nothing more or less. By the end they had both utilized their freedom differently, one for better and one for worse. They were the same in the beginning, which is quite noteworthy. We are all born the same curious and naive creatures until we either become sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves.
My tv control shattered into pieces just now and as I put it back together I kept thinking about this song and how I used to listen to that line and think "I hope I'm naturally bright enough in my adult years so that I could fix stuff and be looked up to" and guess what you guys.. I did! Put it back together in no time. My wife was already ordering a new one 😂
This was one of my good friend's favorite songs. He commited suicide back in October of 2016. Miss you, Tyler. John, miss you too homie. I wish you guys were still here. Tyler, i miss playing call of duty zombies with you. Youd have liked black ops 4 zombies. John, i miss jamming with you. We didnt spend a lot of time together but that doesnt mean i dont miss you
This song is about the addictive nature of power, how seductive it is. It begins innocently enough but left unchecked it becomes a colossal evil. To me this is one of the most profound and prophetic songs ever written.
Yes, absolutely! You said it perfectly! That's where the "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" comes from. It's an innocent child saying "look mom, no hands!". And then that same kid can grow up to either become something great or destroy the world. And how it's so easy to give into the greedy temptation and lust for power and control. It's addictive and can start off as simply as learning to ride your bike without holding on and it just grows from there. Once you get a taste for that power, you keep chasing it until it's never enough and you keep needing to outdo yourself and it doesn't matter who or what you destroy in the process, even if you "end the planet in a Holocaust".
Here I am listening to this song because of nostalgia, just to find a whole new generation of people finding this song for the first time because of copyrights.
The song is about the duality of man. We can use power for good or evil. The "no handlebars" intro and outro speaks to the duality of the act. It can be dangerous, or it can be skillful, it just depends who is behind the wheel. Brilliant song.
Yes! And it is written as a retrospective of a person’s life from the moment he first let go of the handlebars of a bicycle, as his thoughts, the choice that he makes on a certain stretch of life. And in this case, we see this boy as a result of a person of Hitler's scale. Brilliant, yes! Sorry my english
i used to sing this song all the time in rock band it was my favorite song ever i just remember it and i listened to the lyrics for the first time and i took it as he can ride his bike without using his hands making him feel strong as if he can do anything and he thinks he can do all this becuase the bike inspired him
I disagree with that interpretation, if only slightly. It's definitely about duality, but the message isn't about who is behind the wheel. The two friends aren't neccesarily that different. Instead, I'd see it as more personal.
I'm in my 30s, and this is literally the first time I've seen the video. It sent chills through me at every turn. The song has a great impact on me now.
@@MassivePonyFan This is what happens when societies steer away from liberty and capitalism, into corporatism or socialism, which inevitably leads to concentration of power and dictatorship.
Lyrically without the video I have always looked at this song as saying humans are so potentially amazing that we can literally do anything. But with unlimited potential comes the ability to lose sight of how far we “should” take things just because we can.
@@mechanomics2649 Probably because people have different interpretations, and don’t think the same as others. Jamie Laurie himself has a different interpretation than you, and he made the song. If you don’t know how someone got a different message than you from something, maybe consider that their thought process is different than yours and hear them out.
@Oluwanimike Makwini I agree with OC. The verses go back and fourth, one being the average joe happy with his life, two being the rise and corruption of the wealthy friend, and three being the demise and catastrophe caused by the uprising/clash. I always found it chilling that the verse that speaks about building a business/enterprise ends with “I see the strings that control the system” “I can do anything with no resistance” Think Jeff bezos / elon musk.. “I can make anybody go to prison just because I don’t like them” is another biggie in my opinion. When you think about the 0.01%, they COULD probably get any of us plebs incarcerated if they wanted to.
Finally alone in the car when I put it on for the 3rd time today. Sobbed. Sometimes I think God's greatest gift isn't unanswered prayers, but hindered power.
Just gonna drop this right here... "Jamie Laurie stated that the song is about "the idea that we have so much incredible potential as human beings to be destructive or to be creative." "And it's tragic to me that the appetite for military innovation is endless, but when it comes to taking on a project like ending world hunger, it's seen as outlandish. It's not treated with the same seriousness.[...] at the same time, I knew there were people at that moment who were being bombed by our own country. And I thought that was incredibly powerful." It is the contrast between these "little moments of creativity, these bursts of innovation," and the way these ideas are put to use "to oppress and destroy people" that the singer feels is both "beautiful and tragic at the same time." - WIKIPEDIA. So please, people, stop the hateful comments, and at least try to interpret the song seen from different perspectives... Believe it or not, as a human being you are allowed to "think" and reflect upon your own thoughts. Also... I don't think the artist is really singing about himself in this video :/ Though, this is what the world has come to... I fear for our future.
Aaron Jerrell, art can be interpreted subjectively, but the common cultural experience of the memes of this world gives some specific meanings. The specific interpretations of the memes and tropes may vary between person to person, but some things like showing well armed soldiers/police shooting unarmed protesters can not possibly mean that supporting the authorities are a good thing inherently. Also, the meaning of the artist's intent is not meaningless. It is the original intention of the work of art. (However, the audience is allowed to interpret any way they want in the limited ways it can be interpreted)
when i was a little kid this came on the radio and i knew he was talking the truth about the government and people controlling minds.. i was like 5... now im 25 :)
That went from 1 to 1984 quickly....
BADUM TSSSS
Down with Big Brother
👍
too good
That went from 1 to 1984. 1984. 1984.
What a powerful message about bicycle safety. I can't stop listening to this song.
oh. my. god. yeah, I needed this. This is gonna give me a good giggle all day, for sure. :)
Lol I'll always Ride with handle bars BTW what's with this and the Logan Paul song of the same name
Have you ever taken the handlebars off your bicycle? It's not safe at all
@@skillfulskillz2217 it's an analogy
@@dylanklopotic2439 what's an analogy The part about always riding with handlebars or the Jake Paul song
I was searching 14 fucking years for this song, and finaly my quest is over, i can rest now
Congrats bro
damn we old asf now lol
Rest easy brother. Its over now.
I only searched for 11 years I heard it once when I was four and never heard it again till a few months ago
Good to meet you ❤
It’s not that this song was ahead of it’s time. It’s more that it’s timeless. If you sit back to think about it.. things have always been this way.
I wouldn’t even say now more than ever. War is just as bad as war has always been. The difference is that this is the first time we don’t have to be there to witness it. This is the first time it’s live on social media. This is the first time we’re super aware people may have friends and family somewhere in danger. It’s not worse, it just hits harder because we’re learning to care more.
Both good point of views. 👌 But let's smoke 420 because their no freedom y y you ask because human society thought they traded for sercurity now we being followed by the strings from the system who wouldn't lose their mind IN when being controlled
You think now is the worst?
@@thedog5k worse when it comes to privacy and the government being all up everyone’s business. With the advancements technology has made throughout the years wtf even is privacy anymore anyways...
The song is more inspirational and motivational than it is depressing. I take it as seeing human potential, even a single human, more so collectively. It makes me get off my butt and work 💪
Hits different today...
Ongg
Dude as the last verse started to get louder I started getting chills. Scary how the meaning of songs can change over time to you.
In which way?? It’s still the same song. Nothing changed.
no joke. its a bit surreal.
@@sterlingarcher2653 very much of the last half of the song is eerily similar to what is happening today. Like almost word for word, whereas when the song was written, it was about past events that could easily happen again.
This is the definition of "that escalated quickly."
Two guys riding bikes.
In the span of two minutes, world domination.
Three Halves Yep, lol.
Evie Doodleberry wait wait wait...TEMMIE?+
nice pic and name
Evie Doodleberry THATS WHAT I SAY EVERY WHEN I HEAR THIS
Hearing this song so many years later made me realize just how unsettling it was, going from a simple and innocent premise to ending the world is crazy
Yea it’s all in his dark twisted mind
It's the same power being used: human intelligence and desire. I did it bc I wanted to...😊
The truth is stranger than fiction. We are fucking living this song.
It's called a metaphor for the Hubris of humanity
It's unfortunate how well this song aged... =/
this is literally one of the best songs to ever be created
Agreed
In 2021, this just hits different. Scary how accurate this was.
Honestly yeah, Shits crazy these days
I’m not ready for this new world..
Especially the ✊ symbols towards the end...
@@AstralKama Right! 11 years ago, I don’t think anyone would have thought twice about. Now that we know that’s a communist power symbol and it’s been adopted by AntiFa and BLM, it’s crazy to think this was foreshadowing what’s to come. But they say n the song we know who the puppet masters are.
Accurate or just plain truth and pre conceived
I just randomly remembered about this song
Same lol
Same lmao
Same
Same its si good
So relevant in today's world.
Look at all of us coming back to listen to the song that we are currently living through...
I loved this song while stressed and depressed in 2014 through 2016 so when it all hapoened I was like oh... mygawd
true
skibbdy?@@roseclimbpaintcont
Listening and crying and listening and wondering when we stop this..
was thnking the same thing
Not enough people talking about how prophetic this song has become.
Its just a Marxist depiction, its been true for all of history. Marx was a descriptive god and people talk too much about his prescriptive claims.
@@TotallyTheradicalleft Marx was a moron that prayed on the low I q.
It's in human nature to do terrible things to each other. History repeats itself so it's easy to see the trends and the disease that is the human being. Just like Rorschach said "God doesn't make the world this way. We do!"
@@Dan-ger82 Thats an inherent contradiction in statement bro. To claim its human nature as if its an unavoidable bane cast on us by genetic evolution and then claim we have a choice as in we make the world this way, which the scripture makes clear, is inherently a contradiction. Furthermore if you actually do research you'd learn that the nature vs. nurture debate is pointless as epigenetics is the predominant theory which illustrates that our environment guides us to specific behaviors but lacks the infinite problem of environmentalism and relativism.
In conclusion, read Proudhon and most other Anarchists discourse on human nature.
@@TotallyTheradicallefta Marxist depiction? People like you bring Marx into EVERYTHING, and as a socialist, I honestly think your type is obsessed with Marx..... and it's freaking weird.
The escalation in this song is legit.
Like innocence to pure evil.
If you like that, you'll like the She Sells Sea Shells rap th-cam.com/video/-W9zpUKfyCU/w-d-xo.html
It's not pure evil. It's a warning. We are here to save the world, but if you are intent on burning it, will make sure you burn first.
Godamn it we're in the apocalypse, and have been for a minute. The old doctrine of the "Right of Conquest" reigns supreme. There is no force which exists that can oppose what is occurring. As the Bible says "who can make war with the beast?" . So the world is dominated, we will be guided to hell, and if you have any sense you will escape before you're trapped in hell.
@@leadlobotomy I'm Jesus child, and I will save you
@@leadlobotomy Only unbelievers say that. But the book is written and what was said was said. Therefore it is, so we know who wins too.
sent here by Mary Ham !!
👊🏽👊🏽
Sorry, i am a poppy gloria stan
Poppy gloria is better
Ngo Michael yeet
Hell yeah! 👊🏻 and this song is amazin!
Poppy Gloria was wrongfully fired 😫
Did this song just randomly come into everybody else’s minds aswell
Hassan’s critic video had this playing Hasan such an idiot lmao
@@Festivekiller Which video? There's so many these days 😅
Literally
Here.
Yep! Talking to my girlfriend about it tonight.
Here listening to this epic song in June 2024
I am here listening to it trying not to cry as the song slowly becomes our reality
i can get fat with no candy bars
Ancient CS me to
"I cannot get fat without candy bars" will match the syllables
Kevin I can smoke Crack with Bruno Mars
lol funniest response ever
Ancient CS thats good bro 😂
Somethings telling me that 99% of people who still listen to this song seem to just pop in their head for no reason
Dylan Latta I didn’t know the song existed until it popped up in my head
Ummm yes this happened
Wtf
@@LAYLAMARIE_ bro same
This makes more sense. Funny it popped in my head too
Well... this aged like wine, didn't it?
Ooooof right?
This message is as old as time. Hubris and greed.
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Lol I think y'all need to double check the metaphors. Maybe look up "Des Colores" for starters💞🫶🏼
Sad part is that its only gonna get better with time. Humanity will sooner end than reach a state where this song ceases to be relevant.
I will forever be impressed by the crescendo of this song, how as he achieves more and more power the music heightens with it.
*…how as WE achieve more and more…” it’s about our potential 😉
Yeappers, echoes the rise of the ego in humankind. Some will do anything, say anything, step over anyone for recognition and fame at no concern of bodily risk, harm of ones self and others with zero thought on consequence.
let's being impressed together cousin while we kill them cookies! =P
It literally makes my heart speed up
It still actually manages to give me chills, which is pretty rare.
This song aged like fine wine.
Yeah. The message of the Fight with Tools album has only gotten more terrifyingly relevant over the years.
Y E S S I R !
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It sure did.
I agree, it has aged but I don’t think I would call this a fine wine. I find it scary
wow him and his friends really did “understand the future.”
not the future but the machine.
@@LastbutNotFirst bruh
"I can hand out a million vaccinations"
Not as much did they understand the future as they did history. When you understand history, the future becomes easier and easier to predict. The only danger there is it starts to become a self fulfilling prophecy when we forget about honor through reading about the dishonor of our past.
@An Capall Mór I humbly disagree.
14 years later and i still can sing this song WORD for WORD
after all this time... 34 years old and still getting goosebumps at, "I can lead a nation with a microphone"
you've no idea...so just stop being pathetic...
Scarier when you can lead one without
It techs be like
@@ahhwe-any7434 lol nah it's just the meaning behind the line that gets me. I'm not over here like "fuck yeah, microphones are awesome!! I hope he has a Blue Yeti 🤤!!!!"
I can see your face on the telephone,
Apple: Write that down, Write that down.
DanaiL 😂
😂💀💀
there is an apple on the vid 0o0
🤣😭😭😭
I didn’t expect to get this many likes lol ty guys xd
Everyone saying this is so relevant but I bet half of you can't even ride a bike with no handlebars
That's about the only lyric in this song I actually /can/ do.
Wayne, you shouldn't be on the internet when you're pissed, mate, you know Gareth doesn't like it...
I can.
Wayne Rooney Bro I can ride a unicycle!!
I have a unicycle! I don't get to practice that often, so I can only ride it ten feet out at the most.
This song was so ahead of its time... gives me chills everytime
It was right on time, unfortunately that time just kept going
Unfortunately it has always been this way, and always will.
It's just an analogy about haughtiness, kind of a story as old as time
Really? I felt like it was a song about the past, present, and future.
But I'm almost positive that people will hear this song and scream "Trump!" even though it was before his time.
Such is humanity's folly.
We'll never learn.
@@flanflan88 Yeh you can literally just say "things will get worse" and be right at any point in history, because it always eventually comes. People have been saying the same things since BC.
Does anyone just randomly start coming back to this song every couple of years since release? I’ll randomly start humming it and be like, “yeah, I could go for some no handlebars rn”
lol
well that escalated fucking quickly
hue hue hue
tastiest of space so does reality
well actually it was probably over a course of a year or more so not really.
Steampunk Girl going from riding a bike with no handlebars to dictating a nation in a year is pretty quick
Did you just assume its gender?
When I was 12 in 2009 I was like "lol this songs about riding your bike with no handlebars"
Now I'm 20 in 2017 I'm like "wow this is some powerful shit"
SaintsAwayOllie damn you were pretty dumb when you were 12 then
Fuck Me Can't say I disagree
SaintsAwayOllie I'm 11 and I perfectly get the idea of this.
Same here, except 9 & 16, I thought it was just a couple of people in a brag off and seeing the vid for the first time really changed my understanding of it.
SaintsAwayOllie truth brother
As a kid I just heard straight bars really. But as an adult, this hits totally different. WOW.
yeah..... Vote for Kanye
@Lordpickleboy Nahh, Kanye is a nazi... Trump or RFK are better candidates.
Anyone here in 2024?
Just came here to say this.
Ya buddy
Playing true so far
I dont like pepe the frog, but im white passing, and racist
This was my homepage music on MySpace.
Who else just remembered this song out of nowhere?
Me
Always best song to come back to imo
This time the raised fists are on the other side though, when they aren't in the throne to fuck people's lives they are in the streets fucking people's lives
Not even a couple days ago, this spontaneously pops into my head for the first time in years. Oh, and so did some Walk the Moon classics, which I'mma have to listen to next.
@@Solizeus preach, brother
That "I can hand out a million vaccinations or let them all die in exasperation" line really hits different now lmao
Seems they're leaning towards death by exasperation
All of it hits different now especially as you wake up to the life we're living this song is literally telling you how much power the nations leader/leaders have and most likely what they have been doing with it for a very long time
If you think the government is out to get us then you are very unintelligent
@@impactphoenix5729 out to get us - no
Ran by sociopaths that don't care about anything but lining their own pockets - yes
@SpinksJinx I mean.. I know a couple people who have gotten it already. One being my cousin, who is a medical doctor. He assures me it is very real, Yo.
14 years of listening to this, 14 years of a relevant message.
Never have I ever, and never will I skip this song.
Listen to it again, right now
I bought this on single when it came out.... I have listened to it hundreds of times but today I came back to watch the video and it sent a shiver down my spine. Such a clever and well written song, it truly represents what is going on in the world today.
It's scary how the world is being run and especially who by.....
Literally
Do yourself a favor and listen to the rest of the album... Eerily prescient.
@@willryan7968 will do! To be honest I did listen to it at the time but I haven’t since so I’ll give it another go :)
@@LFCGARY1 They were only 5 years early!
By who?
You mean,
JOooz?
This song perfectly defines how humanity has key to both their transcendence and doom .
You need more likes. I didn't think of that but your comment truly does sum up this song.
@@GunShot-1996 I mean, not bashing them for saying it, but that's what people have been saying for the last 10 years, I'm more surprised it's the first time you're seeing or realizing that meaning
No a rebirth more being more powerful than you could ever undersnd an the dumbed down are not invited. Sorry not sorry.
@@kellyrose5800 can you please explain what you mean to me?
@@ransom2610 You know what is met.
Forgot how good this song was… it’s been YEARS. Nostalgia
2021 I’m asking “Were’s your head at?” 🎹🎼🎺🥁🎸🪕🎷🎻🪘🎧🎤
Yep
Factsss
They don’t music like they did when I was growing up I know every generation says it but 90s kids got it all we merged okay with tech maybe not as fast or advanced as these kids coming up but we aren’t like our parents chilling on flip or cheap cheap hardly working Android we truly are lucky and humbled we understand there’s bad issues in the world but just a tad to young to get to them yet once the old rulers go I have great faith we can fix the world at least a little
It’s great.. it’s almost better a decade latter.. more relatable.
Aged like fine wine. Will forever love this song.
Yah - songs like the quality of this transcend time.
My cousin passed and I’m not sure why this songs makes me think of him so much but every time I think of this song he’s right there in the memory. I’m grateful for all that he has done for me. He shaped me into who I am and I now know what it truly means for a piece of you to just be ripped away from you. I’ll try to grow from this pain but it’s drowning. R.I.P Jacob Lee Chambles. Words are too little to express my appreciation and gratitude for you and the life that you led
rip man
"I can ride my bike with no handlebars"
*a few mins later*
"I CAN END THE PLANET IN A HOLOCAUST"
Well that escalated quickly
Try to understand the meaning
Both of those guys started same but later choose different paths which resulted in affecting their future
yep, opening that thrift store had disastrous consequences for the planet.
Ive been laughing about this comment for 3 days haha
@@dograguy2124 it goes deeper than that. It's all about ambition. How powerful a single person's ambition can impact a civilization, for better or worse. "I can" is the theme of the song.
One of the greatest songs of the modern era.
LOL
+patrickbama1234 ?
+patrickbama1234 you just understand the deep meaning behind this
+Hamza Arshad don't*
Ya cause it's not stupid it's about important things because when you first hear the first few lines were just like oh I can totally do that too but then after a while it gets more more important and you know they're just not bragging or joking about stupid stuff that actually trying to tell you something controversial and real
Crazy how much a song from 2005 can relate to 2024
Because we're in pretty much the same situation today we were in 20 years ago...
😂dam I went to write a comment thinking I was original n saw this
@@shaquillefuentes3819 there is nothing new under the sun, comrade...
haha exactly. I posted essentially the same thing back in 2021, sad how it still holds truth to it.
@@sennadesillva 🤷♂nothing will change unless someone changes it
when i was a kid (about 10-12 years ago) i BEGGED my grandma to play this song OVER AND OVER!!!! She bought the album on CD and record so I could listen to just this song as many times as I wanted.
Later in life (now) i come back to it and realize how insane the lyrics are. This song is still amazing to this day, aged beautifully and wish it would be talked about again.
These lyrics are so ironically relevant to 2017
What's great about the message of the song is that it'll sadly always be relevant
not ironic. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
too true
Sanctioned Suicide. 2009 those were the days , no Donald trump , no wall , and no kardashions .then I thought that this was the coolest song ever . lol
This will never not be relevant, as long as there's power this will be relevant
anyone else get nostalgic as fuck when they hear this?
Yup
JordanScottMills yep
JordanScottMills feel u bra
Ale yes!
ya man
And here we are again... and again
and again
Last time I heard this song was in 2008 things were different then , now we’re in 2024
08' was hot hell, now we're tired, and they have dementia, but we didn't start the fire.
will be interesting to see how far the next gen will go
2008, 18 year old me said "What?"
2020, 31 year old me says "Oh."
@skee magee down the drain
@@mazarinivmikeoxlong-dedica969 jeeez lmfao
I'll 2nd that
Literally, same. One year off, 19 and 32.
SpliceYourLife -#globalwarming
All these comments acting like this song is coming true. As if it hasn’t been like this for a very long time.
Exactly.
Hahaha exactly bro, spot on
True
The veil is just lifting off more people. This is the start of a big ass event that will be in the history books.
It was always true. People just realised that now.
Still can't make it through this song w/o tearing up. In 2024, this song means more than ever before. Scary times in the US.
Is there any late 80's peeps here still loving this timeless song?!?!
" I can see your face on the telephone"
Flobots predicted Facetime xP
Yep
jason jean Skype, they predicted Skype for mobile.
Facetime predicted that if they copied Skype they would make money XD
jason jean Not everything (in fact, almost nothing) Apple does is original.
***** it's very unlikely anything anyone does is original.. you need to be inspired by something
No. In fact, the Flobots talked about the 1927 AT&T _ikonophone_ 81 years late.
Who's here cause they actually remember when this song came out?
Oh yeah buddy
I dont remember when it came out, but I remember hearing it as a kid cause my older brother liked to show me all kinds of music he likes which in turn made me gain a preference toward this kinda music, this and metal. I probably heard it around 2009 or 2010, when I was like 8 or 9.
Heck yeah. I remember listening to this song countless times on the bus ride to school when it came out
This is the most nostalgic band for me. There concert was my first ever when I was 4. Theyre the reason I’m so into music now.
Don't remember when it came out, just remember my dad's burned CDs had this song as one of the tracks
My dad showed me this song when it came out, I was a whole 4 years old. I still randomly remember it every now and then
From balancing a bicycle with no hands to the destruction of humanity.....when does progression become regression?? When does the curiosity become the death of the cat?
It's been a long time Flobots.....Still so good in 2022!
yup, i love the dj shadow version
Just hit me how genius this song is
@@lindboknifeandtool how close to the bone it is now
@@myview5840 fkn facts.
@@anonymousfella5473 indeed, sadly. Classic tune though. Have a wonderful day.
MY INTERPRETATION
I watched this video alot, and ive listened to it even more, i came up with what it means,
He can ride his bike without using the handlebars
You are a yard, just like the guy who put in that he likes minecraft
Finally! Someone who's right! It's about time. xD
I agree, sir.
Adam quiroz lol
***** yeah I had trouble finding an high IQ but Finally I found this one.
This song is reflecting on what's happening now 2024
and again
15 years and still so good.
This song is a representation of the division between the power that freedom grants. You can use the power to grow and become a better person. To know and understand more, learn about what you want and live a simply elegant lifestyle as you please. The flipside to this coin however, is the advantage that you can take because of the availability to exercise greed and corruption by controlling the free people for your own personal agenda.
In the beginning these two friends were just that: friends. Nothing more or less. By the end they had both utilized their freedom differently, one for better and one for worse. They were the same in the beginning, which is quite noteworthy. We are all born the same curious and naive creatures until we either become sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves.
Thank you for explaining this Jesus
Love it :)
Wise words my friend
Jesus Christ I could not have explained that any better then you. the ending always moves me ngl
Jesus Christ Thanks Jesus
This is exactly how people that ride without holding the handlebars act.
Dude...lmao, nice
Lol
It’s true. I can do everything this guy can
Swish! Nothing but net dude.
😂
2024 anyone?
Once a day
March 30, 2024
Imagine being 44 minutes behind
Yessir
Yeah Im bout to make a remix
I swear this song just keeps getting more and more relevant
So did we all just recently look up this song at the same time for no reason??
Yes
yea this is very likely because of the all of the same comments lately
Yes
Yes
Collective mind strikes again
That sad moment when you type in handlebars and this isn’t the first one to pop up :/ this deserves to be first!
Vyctoria Schmitt Yo I just did that and found Logan Paul rip off
Keep clicking this video when you search handlebars to change that
Jonni War Cancer is rampant nowadays
and this has more views
some dude called logan pal copied this
My tv control shattered into pieces just now and as I put it back together I kept thinking about this song and how I used to listen to that line and think "I hope I'm naturally bright enough in my adult years so that I could fix stuff and be looked up to" and guess what you guys.. I did! Put it back together in no time. My wife was already ordering a new one 😂
History repeats itself
The Logan Paul atrocity makes me appreciate this ALL THE MORE! Flobots and the everlasting gem that is Handlebars.
guitargeekette Logan can steal the song with no copyright
guitargeekette yeah
anonymous Angel this is copyrighted.
This generation are pansys!!
Kavindu Wimalaratne Logan's is terrible, it can't compete with this
Roses are red
Thorns are prickly
Might I just say
That escalated quickly
Cheese Chan you gotta say it like qikalee for it to rhyme
Or just pronounce prickly as priklee and not prikalee. owo
I love ur pictureee
I pronounce priklee anyways. Yeeea the South! We pronounce everything differently!
Alex Dunnam prikly is how I've always pronounced it
This was one of my good friend's favorite songs. He commited suicide back in October of 2016. Miss you, Tyler. John, miss you too homie. I wish you guys were still here. Tyler, i miss playing call of duty zombies with you. Youd have liked black ops 4 zombies. John, i miss jamming with you. We didnt spend a lot of time together but that doesnt mean i dont miss you
RIP Square. I'll never forget the first time we heard this song. My God, has it really been 15 years? I miss you.
This song is about the addictive nature of power, how seductive it is. It begins innocently enough but left unchecked it becomes a colossal evil. To me this is one of the most profound and prophetic songs ever written.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Yes, absolutely! You said it perfectly!
That's where the "I can ride my bike with no handlebars" comes from. It's an innocent child saying "look mom, no hands!".
And then that same kid can grow up to either become something great or destroy the world. And how it's so easy to give into the greedy temptation and lust for power and control.
It's addictive and can start off as simply as learning to ride your bike without holding on and it just grows from there.
Once you get a taste for that power, you keep chasing it until it's never enough and you keep needing to outdo yourself and it doesn't matter who or what you destroy in the process, even if you "end the planet in a Holocaust".
Do you think it could also be phrased a fall from innocent ambition?
@Turbo Crystal Song was about bush
@Michael Primak You couldn't be more wrong.
Here I am listening to this song because of nostalgia, just to find a whole new generation of people finding this song for the first time because of copyrights.
Frozen Element Well, better that than no ''promotion'' at all right ?
You don't need nostalgia to enjoy it. It's not bad that younger people are enjoying this song.
Found this video because of my recommendations list and I’ll say I’m not disappointed
Same here 😂😂
the ironing is delicious
My big brother showed me this back in the day I first thought it was Eminem lol RIP bro thx for the memories
We need songs like this now more than ever!❤😊
I'm just grateful. So thank you. I love your music. Totally understand. Even if I don't know much at 40 years old.
I get it now. Damn it
Me listening to this song in 2021. "I'm beginning to see a pattern I'm not so sure I like."
too bad its 12 years later huh.
Long after shit hits the fan, once the dust settles, people this will seem completely prophetic.
Welcome to the woken world ......when you wake you stop sleeping ........ x
@@fallonwhitelock3667 when you wake from being woke you get to think for yourself.
This song gives me depression and cures my depression at the same.
you are a genius
Ellie Bratface same
Ellie Bratface same here. I get too many memories with this song. 😂
Ellie Bratface
Good songs will do that to you
Ellie Bratface for real
Been listening to this since 2010
this song only becomes more relevant with age, hit's different as an adult
6 year old: Look dad, no training wheels!!
Flobots: I'm about to end this man's whole career
Sodado you trynna joke and don’t even know what’s going on. You prolly 6.
no
Took you a couple of years to think of this huh?
Sodado that’s pretty lit
Why the fuck is this man getting shat on by random people for making a joke? Fill me in on this please.
Thank you, Philip de Franco, for introducing me to the Flobots.
Sanna G same!
Yes! And it is such an amazing song
welcome tho
Same
Even in it's time this song was speaking mad truths about human nature and it's just more and more true as time goes by.
This song keeps getting more relevant as time goes by
This is one of those songs that you can go literal decades without hearing but know the lyrics instantly the next time you hear it.
Papa peli!
@@ranuigibson7177 spread the good word of his channel or he’ll assasinate everyone in a holocaust
SOOO TRUE 😅 i forgot all about that song for a whole decade, and somehow remembered the lyrics by heart 🤷🏻♂️
Bloody Legend
i don’t know the lyrics so you’re wrong
The song is about the duality of man. We can use power for good or evil. The "no handlebars" intro and outro speaks to the duality of the act. It can be dangerous, or it can be skillful, it just depends who is behind the wheel.
Brilliant song.
Yes!
And it is written as a retrospective of a person’s life from the moment he first let go of the handlebars of a bicycle, as his thoughts, the choice that he makes on a certain stretch of life. And in this case, we see this boy as a result of a person of Hitler's scale. Brilliant, yes!
Sorry my english
Thanks Sherlock
Nice
i used to sing this song all the time in rock band it was my favorite song ever i just remember it and i listened to the lyrics for the first time and i took it as he can ride his bike without using his hands making him feel strong as if he can do anything and he thinks he can do all this becuase the bike inspired him
I disagree with that interpretation, if only slightly. It's definitely about duality, but the message isn't about who is behind the wheel. The two friends aren't neccesarily that different. Instead, I'd see it as more personal.
I'm in my 30s, and this is literally the first time I've seen the video. It sent chills through me at every turn. The song has a great impact on me now.
Here and reliving s part of my childhood lol forgot all about this song...now I'm just letting it play reliving the good times
This wasn't a prediction. This WAS. Shits been clear for a long time, i'm glad folks are still able to connect to this.
Amen
I mean they are just saying this that happen in life in a capitalist society.
Was, is, and will be.
@@MassivePonyFan This is what happens when societies steer away from liberty and capitalism, into corporatism or socialism, which inevitably leads to concentration of power and dictatorship.
@@bitcoinzoomer9994 no no no we are pretty deep in capitalism
Lyrically without the video I have always looked at this song as saying humans are so potentially amazing that we can literally do anything. But with unlimited potential comes the ability to lose sight of how far we “should” take things just because we can.
Given what the lyrics say, I don't know how you got a relatively benign message out of it. I've always heard it as a song about class struggle.
Power corrupts always.
@@mechanomics2649 Probably because people have different interpretations, and don’t think the same as others. Jamie Laurie himself has a different interpretation than you, and he made the song. If you don’t know how someone got a different message than you from something, maybe consider that their thought process is different than yours and hear them out.
@Oluwanimike Makwini I agree with OC. The verses go back and fourth, one being the average joe happy with his life, two being the rise and corruption of the wealthy friend, and three being the demise and catastrophe caused by the uprising/clash.
I always found it chilling that the verse that speaks about building a business/enterprise ends with “I see the strings that control the system” “I can do anything with no resistance”
Think Jeff bezos / elon musk..
“I can make anybody go to prison just because I don’t like them” is another biggie in my opinion. When you think about the 0.01%, they COULD probably get any of us plebs incarcerated if they wanted to.
@@pyrophantom5150 "I can make anybody go to prison" was probably referring specifically to Guantanamo Bay.
The fact that this came out before 2020 means these guys are time travelers. This hits so much harder om 2024
This was during Obama and right after Bush, they just saw what was happening around them.
Top of the Myspace curator playlist!
The new borderlands game is looking pretty good.
King Ape golden
i love you
So why doesn’t borderlands copy strike? 🤔
@@byronlissVLOGS I love you too
It’s a new TellTales game lol
They didn't even lock their bikes up. I can steal your bike with no bolt cutters.
They have a sports car im sure its all good lol
No bolt cutters, no bolt cutters
Lol
You have been gifted the award of best comment of 2019
I can steal your bike without bolt cuters
Finally alone in the car when I put it on for the 3rd time today. Sobbed. Sometimes I think God's greatest gift isn't unanswered prayers, but hindered power.
2008, 2nd year in college. Brings back a lot of memories.
Just gonna drop this right here...
"Jamie Laurie stated that the song is about "the idea that we have so much incredible potential as human beings to be destructive or to be creative."
"And it's tragic to me that the appetite for military innovation is endless, but when it comes to taking on a project like ending world hunger, it's seen as outlandish.
It's not treated with the same seriousness.[...] at the same time, I knew there were people at that moment who were being bombed by our own country.
And I thought that was incredibly powerful." It is the contrast between these "little moments of creativity, these bursts of innovation," and the way these ideas are put to use "to oppress and destroy people" that the singer feels is both "beautiful and tragic at the same time." - WIKIPEDIA.
So please, people, stop the hateful comments, and at least try to interpret the song seen from different perspectives... Believe it or not, as a human being you are allowed to "think" and reflect upon your own thoughts.
Also... I don't think the artist is really singing about himself in this video :/ Though, this is what the world has come to... I fear for our future.
Underrated comment.
MissRobb Yeah but music is art and art is subjective if somebody wants to see meaning then let them
Best comment, OP, that I've seen on TH-cam this year.
Then Jamie Laurie is an idiot, and the rest of women.
Aaron Jerrell, art can be interpreted subjectively, but the common cultural experience of the memes of this world gives some specific meanings. The specific interpretations of the memes and tropes may vary between person to person, but some things like showing well armed soldiers/police shooting unarmed protesters can not possibly mean that supporting the authorities are a good thing inherently.
Also, the meaning of the artist's intent is not meaningless. It is the original intention of the work of art.
(However, the audience is allowed to interpret any way they want in the limited ways it can be interpreted)
This song just popped into my head after however many years
Oh, I've always have had this song with me. For 6 years.
Yes
Me too, hmm strange...
It never truly leaves your head
cradles - sub urban
hits deferent nowadays
when i was a little kid this came on the radio and i knew he was talking the truth about the government and people controlling minds.. i was like 5... now im 25 :)
so ahead of its time