Flobots - Handlebars

[Twister]

Flobots song Handlebars (yeah i know it's old ;]) meaning is so epic and cleverely done :o

here's the song + vid + explanation through annotations
song linkkkkkk (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&oi=video_result&ct=res&cd=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D834-D_ZLXTg&ei=B2CySsjeBqehjAehrbnPCw&usg=AFQjCNGfR5MA19DjKBZeLY46tB7PhBc0Jw&sig2=prY448E0SJneAmb0VbM1gQ)


discusss??

[bbig438]

first time i heard this song was actually at yankee stadium..i think it was one of J Damons intro songs

[bbig438]

Flobots song Handlebars (yeah i know it's old ;]) meaning is so epic and cleverely done :o

here's the song + vid + explanation through annotations
song linkkkkkk (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&oi=video_result&ct=res&cd=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D834-D_ZLXTg&ei=B2CySsjeBqehjAehrbnPCw&usg=AFQjCNGfR5MA19DjKBZeLY46tB7PhBc0Jw&sig2=prY448E0SJneAmb0VbM1gQ)


discusss??

i def like the video, i never thought of the video like that until now..but the guy that made it is 100% correct in his explaination IMO

[Twister]

Yeah, it's a really eye opening song IMO, and that guys explanation makes the most sense out of all the other explanations i've heard

[Kneel 2 NEIL (SCAMMER)]

I think he focuses too much on corporations, when he should be on humans. It's really about the potential each human has to be creative or destructive, we're both beautiful and tragic at the same time. Great song and video either way.

Scratch that amazing video.

[Cake]

Flobots song Handlebars (yeah i know it's old ;]) meaning is so epic and cleverely done :o

here's the song + vid + explanation through annotations
song linkkkkkk (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&oi=video_result&ct=res&cd=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D834-D_ZLXTg&ei=B2CySsjeBqehjAehrbnPCw&usg=AFQjCNGfR5MA19DjKBZeLY46tB7PhBc0Jw&sig2=prY448E0SJneAmb0VbM1gQ)


discusss??
I heard the song quite a while ago, but it's a fine piece.

[Fysh]

I always knew it was about that, and always thought it was a great song... but I missed a lot of **** in the video till I watched this version with the annots... makes it soo much more eye opening :thumbs nice find

[MeLonpan]

Disturbed - Land of Confusion

Kinda gets the same point across.

[.:2Imagine:.]

Great find...
Puts life in prospective.
I think the video misses a couple things though.

The sky starts to be taken over by darkness
corruption

The smokestacks
pollution

The constant visual of cameras
the constant watching of the government

The C that is on everything and in the backround
It stands for Corporation,Company, and Copyright.

During the riot:
Lights going out
Loss of hope

The look of shock on the riot police
Gruesome images of war

More eyes
Mass murder/insanity

The friend focusing in on his Ex-friend
Revenge and what a person can drive you to do

The friend looking out at the crowd in shock
His loss of control how no matter how high you get
you will always remember those close to you.

Other thing to think about:

In the lyrics it states
"and I can split an atom"
in the video you see that happening with a splash of blood
Splitting an atom is what powers an atom bomb.

A crow is seen killing a dove
The crow was purple-purple represents royalty and high class
Doves are symbols of peace and happiness

A fighter plane can be seen immeadietly after the killing of the dove
The Air Force is first to be sent out in war.

[Dommzyd]

Love the vid.

[Twister]

Great find...
Puts life in prospective.
I think the video misses a couple things though.

The sky starts to be taken over by darkness
corruption

The smokestacks
pollution

The constant visual of cameras
the constant watching of the government

The C that is on everything and in the backround
It stands for Corporation,Company, and Copyright.

During the riot:
Lights going out
Loss of hope

The look of shock on the riot police
Gruesome images of war

More eyes
Mass murder/insanity

The friend focusing in on his Ex-friend
Revenge and what a person can drive you to do

The friend looking out at the crowd in shock
His loss of control how no matter how high you get
you will always remember those close to you.

Other thing to think about:

In the lyrics it states
"and I can split an atom"
in the video you see that happening with a splash of blood
Splitting an atom is what powers an atom bomb.

A crow is seen killing a dove
The crow was purple-purple represents royalty and high class
Doves are symbols of peace and happiness

A fighter plane can be seen immeadietly after the killing of the dove
The Air Force is first to be sent out in war.
+rep for epic winning <3

[ReDDs]

The lyrics are so ture, and that's very scary, cus the only thing stopping anyone doing that is there conchance1 (don't know how to spell it)

[Dommzyd]

The lyrics are so ture, and that's very scary, cus the only thing stopping anyone doing that is there conchance1 (don't know how to spell it)

Conscience.

[Twister]

here is how the song came about

From Jonny 5’s lips:
Here’s the deal. A few years ago, I was talking to a friend.
“Hey man, I’ve never understood how you can ride your bike with no hands on the handlebars.” I said, “I can barely even put one hand in the air!”
“It’s easy.” He said, “Just put all your weight in your butt and focus on guiding the bike that way.”
So I tried it. And it worked. I was riding my bike a lot those days, to and from the sushi restaurant where I worked as a busboy. So I practiced riding with no hands on the handlebars and got pretty good at it.
On one particular day, I was riding home from work across this field next to my old middle school. The sun was setting. The sky was beautiful. My hands were in the air. It was such a simple thing, but it gave me such joy to feel a sense of accomplishment! It was good to be alive.
As soon as I had that thought, though, I had another thought. It’s good for ME, but what about everyone else? I thought about all the civilian in Iraq and all the violence around them. Was it good to be alive for them?
I thought about the tens of thousands of US troops who were stationed in Iraq as a result of the President’s decision to invade. I thought about how young so many of these soldiers were. I thought about the military in general, how people with incredible talents, abilities, and courage volunteer to be a part of something larger than themselves with dreams of accomplishing great things for humanity.
Then I thought about the politicians who send the military to war, and wondered what exactly it is they hope to accomplish. I began to wonder about this idea of “accomplishment”. As a child, every accomplishment is likely to be celebrated! As we get older, there are more conflicts about our accomplishments. At the extreme, some people gain the ability to “accomplish” horrific things, to create death and destruction.
Up until that moment, the Invasion of Iraq had made me angry. At that moment, I realized that it made me sad. With all our creative abilities, war struck me as the ultimate tragedy.
So, when I got to my apartment, I put my bike away, got out a three sheets of computer paper, and wrote the lyrics to handlebars. When I finished writing it, I called my mom and left it on her answering machine. Then I called Stephen (Brer Rabbit) and read it for him. He liked it. We brought it to the rest of the band, and the rest is history.

[krnfreak]

This is an epic song

[skaterbro9000]

Im trying to get down the trumpet solo on it

when i first heard it (back in 8th grade) i was like, l have to play this mannn...

yep

now im still trying to get teh high notes

[Dommzyd]

Maybe I can play it on my ukuleleeee lmao.

[skaterbro9000]

Maybe I can play it on my ukuleleeee lmao.

lol i tried to play the intro on ukulele once but i only figured out the first 4 notes and thats it

on guitar you can play it all.

[Dommzyd]

lol i tried to play the intro on ukulele once but i only figured out the first 4 notes and thats it

on guitar you can play it all.

Lol there's tabs online somewhere.. i've seen em before.
I don't play guitar (or ukulele) but I'm learning.

[Merde]

I can play it on guitar

Do you know what schools the members went to? Because I heard one went to my middle school, which would make two famous people out of a small town middle of nowhere school.