![]() “I was like, ‘I don’t want to play the song here, it’s just too much, it’s too dark.’ And so we ended the show with ‘Hey Jude’, and we did this collaboration with Cirque du Soleil and they came out and did this whole big thing and it was really beautiful - it was one of the most beautiful moments of my career. For instance, they skipped it at Las Vegas’ Life is Beautiful Festival in 2018, as it took place close to the one-year anniversary of the Route 91 Harvest shooting. ![]() It still gets brought up.”Īccording to the frontman, the band has already left “Pumped Up Kicks” off certain setlists for a while. We’re still talking about it 10 years later. At some points I do make music to bring awareness to something, but I make music to connect with people, and I feel like the awareness that that song brought and the conversation that that song brought, that’s been fulfilled. But now I’ve been very seriously thinking of retiring the song forever.”įoster went on to discuss the growing number of mass shootings since the track’s initial release, and how “that song has become almost a trigger of something painful might have experience.” He continued, And I’m proud of the conversation that it created. “The thing that made that song special was the public, and the fact that people thought it was special, and it resonated and it created a conversation. “I wrote that song in eight hours, and for me it wasn’t necessarily more special than any other song,” he explained. After a decade of debating and a rise in gun violence, it looks like the band is considering finally putting the single to rest.įrontman Mark Foster spoke at length with Billboard about the track, which was written from the standpoint of a mentally ill teenager and actually meant to condemn violence. The controversial song sparked a wealth of backlash, with ongoing criticism that it makes light of school shootings. Happy doesn't always work.It’s hard to believe that Foster the People put out the runaway hit “Pumped Up Kicks” almost ten years ago. Catchy beat, mumbling lyrics, maybe that was the point? Perhaps they didn't want আপনি to know?Īnyway there's a time and place for everything especially with music. ![]() This song was not done right despite the group's best intentions. I understand what they want to to do but it's tacky and let's be real the সঙ্গীত is distracting. Remember that old joke about the woman wanting the mailman to sing the message about her sister to her? Didn't end well! And the group wanted it to sound happy because they thought it would create attention? Well if that's the case why are আপনি mumbling? Seriously, if no one can understand you, what's the point?Īlso no matter how আপনি say it, আপনি can't make the message of school shootings অথবা any tragedy sound good! Yeah, this happy, happy song is about school shootings. ![]() Then say, "Your hair's on fire, আপনি must have হারিয়ে গেছে your wits, yeah" Yeah, the sleight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger 'Cause dinner's in the kitchen, and it's packed in ice আপনি better run, better run faster than my bullet আপনি better run, better run, outrun my gun In his dad's closet, and with a box of fun thingsīut he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for youĪll the other kids with the pumped up kicks He'll look around the room, but won't tell আপনি his plan In realty Pumped Up Kicks was a dark song about a troubled and bullied young man deciding to shoot his classmates for wearing. Yeah, well so was Brown Sugar and boy were we wrong on that one too! It was happy, catchy even the video was fun! No one quite knew the lyrics but hey, it was cool! Back in 2010 a song দ্বারা three young men called 'Foster The People' was constantly playing on the radio (yes, we still had radio) called Pumped Up Kicks. ![]()
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