I've been thinking these past few days about something I want to write for this blog, I wanted to express creativity and originality.... let me tell you now I'm thinking that my goal is nearly impossible. Every single topic that can be picked apart, prodded, and gossiped over is already taken. I guess that says something about America, we have nothing else better to do than gossip about inconsequential things. I, on the other hand, would prefer to gossip about important things although what I classify as important may differ from what you call important. I don't enjoy talking about which celebrity married who or for that matter whether Snookie hooked up with some girl last week. However, I do enjoy music and although that seems like one of the 'inconsequential' things I was talking about there is this rather interesting song I've recently discovered. It's called Handlebars by Flobots and if you haven't listened to it yet you should. And don't sit there and think you know what the song is about because you know the opening line, NEWS FLASH: everyone does. All I'm asking you do to is sit there and listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUX0y4EptA
Intense right? I'm sure I'm not the only one who picked up on the not so subtle message behind this song. The band is practically screaming at us to listen, and if you do listen it certainly hits home. Toward the middle/end of the song it really starts shifting to what they are really trying to get across. Honestly thinking about how true of a song it is is kind of scary. Think about it, what's a major factor of electing our presidents to date? Their public speaking and promises. Do they lead the country with a microphone? Yes. Can they guide a missile by satelite? Yes. Hit a target through a telescope? Yes. With all the technology lying at the hands of the worlds most powerful men you think we'd be a little more worried about what may lie ahead. Perhaps not a holocaust, but I'm pretty positive every worldly leader now has nuclear elements under their control, its really only a matter of time until a 3rd world war breaks loose. I don't think we stop enough to think about what our world is coming to in the hands of the people we choose to lead us, but it is rather fascinating to think about isn't it?
I have known about the song "Handlebars" By Flobots for a long time but I never thought it had any meaning to it.I thought it was just a song that talked about bikes. Now I do realize the hidden meaning and I never thought about it like that. They are talking about people in political power and it is scary to think that they could end the world with the press of a button!
ReplyDeleteRiding a bike with no handlebars is not for everyone. I think this is what the song was trying to tell us. You need balance and practice to do it right, and even if you have both of these the bike can still become uncontrollable and crash. I think that song does have a good message, we need to take control of what technology has to offer. Technology is great because it can help us in so many ways but it also can do horrible things, it depends on who is in control.
ReplyDeleteAnything can be made to act in a negative way and people are the ones to blame. We cannot stop progressing technologically just because we don't know what kind of evil it could unleash because it would happen anyway, no matter what we do to try and prevent it. Buzz kill...
I got chills watching the last part of the video. I have heard that song many times but have never related the lyrics to the content in the video. I agree with what Megatron said above in that "Riding a bike with no handlebars is not for everyone." However, I think the meaning of the song is less focused on technology, and more focused on people and the way people think.
ReplyDeleteI heard that song a few years ago and loved it from the first time I listened to it. I like Flobots a lot, and that song is definitely a favorite. There is so much said in the song that could be missed. I wish there was more music like that these days. I agree with all of the above comments, but I mainly agree that it is more focused on people and the way they think than technology, although both could apply.
ReplyDeleteThen again, most songs could be interpreted differently depending on the listener. Either way, this song was pretty good at getting its message across.
i too have known this song for a while and always saw the potential in it. this is true that most countries in the world have nuclear power but i also hope they see that if anyone were to use it that yes there would probly be a WWIII. and if that were to happen, thAt would be the end of the world as we see it today. who knows what the out come would actually be, whether there would be survivours and they would have to rebuild communities with what was left or if only a percent of the world would died before the nonsence is stopped. every leader has the power to set off that power but who would want to? they would be putting them selves, their families, their country, and the world at risk of dying. world peace will never happen, our own country cant even make peace, but we can all be on terms that allow us to stay out of each others business unless it is wanted help. the key word is wanted. why invade a country to "help" their economy if they dont even want it. that is only stirring up unwanted attention. power is a scary thing and its even more scary when you have now power to choose who gets it.
ReplyDeletei bet that if everyone was surveyed on where they are on the political spectrum, most people would average out to be in the middle. rarely are people 100% on one side. so why is it that our country only has two choises, one side or the other?
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