Story Behind Pumped Up Kicks Lyrics

It can be very effective to almost belie the profundity of a lyric by setting it to a cheerful bouncy chorus.

Story behind pumped up kicks lyrics. The lyrics are spellbinding around the issue of gun violence and absent parents. It is a perky pop ditty with just. And with its neat vocals that sound kind of blurred and distant its kind of like a breath of fresh air after all the auto tuned crap that society is feeding to us teenagers today.

About those pumped up kicks the other kids in this song are wearing. He is extremely envious of them and has directed his anger toward his dad upon them. Pumped up kicks maybe a thing of the recent past but foster the people s hit single is still a cultural icon after 9 years since the release.

And today s story behind the song is about pumped up kicks by foster the people. They better run cause he s got a gun. Because it is a catchy pop track with a theme of revenge that any teenage kid can relate to.

The tone of the song juxtaposed against the dark lyrics mirrors what often occurs in this type of individual. Robert s got a quick hand he ll look around the room he won t tell you his plan he s got a rolled cigarette hanging out his mouth he s a cowboy kid. Pumped up kicks succeeds because of simplicity.

Pumped up kicks has been hailed as the song or at least a song of the summer although it first hit the charts in spring and is peaking now in fall. Now i m sure most of you have heard of this one its pretty popular. It was released as the group s debut single in january 2011 and the following year was included on their ep foster the people and their debut album torches.

Lyrics to pumped up kicks by foster the people. In the late 80s and early 90s the reebok pump basketball shoe enjoyed modest popularity. Pumped up kicks is a song by us indie pop band foster the people.