Flobots - Handlebars

harmless_little_f***

Is there no one else who thinks these guys are good?

Just bought the album and it's fantastic. Comparing these to Linkin Park is like comparing Pearl Jam to Creed. They write intelligent, important political lyrics, they play fantastically - drums, guitar, bass, cello/viola/trumpet... and the drumming is insane, not a programmed looped beat in sight. There's complexity in their song structures.. a couple of the tracks change rhythm completely, twice or more. This album is very, very, very clever.

Fans of Rage Against the Machine should really give it a good listen.

iamica

Meh. It's an OK song, but I have a feeling they're going to be a one hit wonder.

urbanhippie

I love this song, and the others that I've heard off the album seem to be great too.

harmless_little_f***

iamica wrote:

Meh. It's an OK song, but I have a feeling they're going to be a one hit wonder.

I'm a bit sad that anyone on the Pit cares about 'hits' anyway

partyofone

Ummm...how can you guys compare Flobots to Linkin Park. Please.
Just because Handlebars is catchy doesn't mean it sucks.

harmless_little_f***

partyofone wrote:

Ummm...how can you guys compare Flobots to Linkin Park. Please.
Just because Handlebars is catchy doesn't mean it sucks.

+1

mole1985

I hoping these guys come and tour over here next year. It's a great album in my top 5 for this year I think.

harmless_little_f***

Flobots, 'Stand Up'

Stand up... we shall not be moved,
Except by a child with no socks and shoes.
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

Stand up... we shall not be moved
Except by a woman dying from a loss of food.
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove,
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

We still don't understand thunder and lightning.
Flash back to when we didn't fund the dam,
Didn't fund the dam levee. No wonder man
Now our whole damn city's torn asunder man,
Under water but we still don't understand
We see hurricane spills overrun the land
Through gaps you couldn't fill with a 100 tons of sand
No we still don't understand.

We've seen planes in the windows of buildings crumbled in
We've seen flames send the chills through London
And we've sent planes to kill them and some of them were children
But still we're crumbling the building.
Underfunded but we still don't understand,
Under God but we kill like the son of Sam,
But if you feel like I feel like about the son of man,
We will overcome...

So Stand up... we shall not be moved,
Except by a child with no socks and shoes.
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove,
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.
Stand up... we shall not be moved,
Except by a woman dying from a loss of food.
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove,
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

Stand up... we shall not be moved,
Except by a child with no socks and shoes,
Except by a woman dying from a loss of food,
Except by a freedom fighter bleeding on a cross for you.
We shall not be moved...
Except by a system that's rotten through
Neglecting the victims and ordering the cops to shoot,
High treason, now we need to prosecute.

So Stand up... we shall not be moved
And we won't fight a war for fossil fuel.
It's times like this that you want to plot a coup,
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.
So Stand up... we shall not be moved
Unless we're taking a route we have not pursued,
So if you've got a dream and a lot to do,
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

I said Put your hands up and I'll copy you
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.
if you've got a dream and a lot to do,
Put your hands up.

Now shake, shake,
A Polaroid dream,
Nightmare negatives develop on the screen
We sit back and wait for the government team,
Criticize they but who the fuck are we?
The people want peace but the leaders want war,
Our neighbors don't speak, peek through the front door.
House representatives preach, "Stay the course,"
Time for a leap of faith
Once More.

Put your hands up high if you haven't abandoned
Hope that the pen strokes stronger than the cannon,
Balls to the wall, nose to the grindstone,
My interrogation techniques leave your mind blown.
So place your bets, let's speak to the enemy.
Don't let em pretend that we seek blood,
And who's we anyways Kemo Sabe?
Mighty warlord wanna-be street thug,
a threat for a threat leaves the whole world terrified,
blow for blow never settles the score,
word for word it's time to clarify,
we the people did not want war.

So Stand up... we shall not be moved,
Except By a child with no socks and shoes.
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove,
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.
Unless we're taking a route we have not pursued,
So if you've got a dream and a lot to do,
Put your hands up and I'll copy you.

I said put your hands up and I'll copy you,
Put your hands up and I'll copy you,
If you've got a dream and a lot to do,
Put your hands up...

LoveBoatAdmiral

Is this a thread about Blue Moon or the Flobots? Cuz I really like Blue Moon...

No, but really,

Me and my friends saw a platypus
Me and my friends made a comic book and
Guess how long it took?

Kilgore_Trout

partyofone wrote:

Ummm...how can you guys compare Flobots to Linkin Park. Please.
Just because Handlebars is catchy doesn't mean it sucks.

i think its a pretty fair comparison... bad white boy rap with shitty lyrics... that goes for handlebars and stand up... why so many PJ fans are saying they like this song is beyond me...