RISE

[jjhatnm]

Love it!

[Leoswhitelighter]

No body likes war. But at time, it is the only choice. Even though become united and working together sound likes a good idea, we are far away from that possablite. America can't just stop participating in war. or else another problem like 911 happens. Peace and unity has to be that. together. not small countrys at a time. but a world together.

[Phillogica1]

@Leoswhitelighter War is peace. Your logic astounds me.

[PCgamer1233]

@Leoswhitelighter Let's say 9/11 was from a foreign government for sake of argument- you honestly think countries would do such things if USA didn't attempt to police the world? All they do is go around the world trying to enforce rules they break every second of the day...

[famasdan]

i love how they have political messages all sides can agree with unless you are an authoritarian.

[gblasco63]

this should be the entire worlds anthem

[lethe95]

@gblasco63 I totally agree with you

[heart13456]

oh my god flobaots came from where i live denver i love you guys and look up to you! we can change the world togather

[j0s3dahedgehog]

i dont know about you guys, but i think im love with mackenzie roberts....she is so beautifull

[silverhawkroman]

Kinda almost has the same melody Juanes does in one of his songs

[RedEmpireGuy]

anyone know where to find a large size picture of that poster you see in the beginning that has George Washington wearing a American flag bandanna?

[random2701]

This is an awesome song that I know most of the words to...

[nwnman05]

yet they do have a choice. They choose do do that, anybody who has singed up in the last 8 years knew what they were getting into when they signed their life away. Yes they are dying and they should be mourned, but they should also be honored. I have friends and family in the military, dont blame the troops, dont even blame why they are there. Yes we need to get out of Iraq but not before the job is done, otherwise we leave it worse than when we got there.

[TheStreetmob]

rise

[Dreadmore]

if you support the troops you support the job they are doing. if the troops are not sucessful everything they have done and every one of them that has died in service will have been in vain! support the troops by supporting their mission, that is after all what it means to "support the troops!" "supporting the troops" does not mean giving them a high five! Get behind the home team for fucks sake!

[kathen411]

@Dreadmore dude you cant say "if you support the troops you support the job they are doing." i do support the troops but i don't support the war that they are fighting. the war that just like Korea or Vietnam, we didn't need to get involved in we said were protecting a nation but we where protecting our oil supply. oil is not the world but it was to bush. now we are fighting a group of "radicals" who are just doing what their minds think their religion says for them to do.

~kathen

[Dreadmore]

Wrong! Please tell how you support the troops without supporting the job they are doing, go ahead! Do you think saying something nice about the troops is support? Supporting soldiers means you support the job they are doing, you want them to win and will do what you have to do in order to make that happen. maybe when you grow up a bit you'll realize that.

[kathen411]

@Dreadmore i support the troops by donating to the proper charity. the "job" they are doing isn't the right job you need to grow down and learn that war is not needed EVER, so sir before you say war is needed and people need to die for what they have caused this about the fact that we are going to loose more than just human lives. we are going to loose our hope our morals.

[Dreadmore]

you dont know the first thing about war. so les see, war has never solved anything except ending slavery (in the US) overthrowing Global Fascism (WW2), throwing back the islamic agression in the invasion of Europe (thank God for Jan Sobieskie), yeah, sweet cheecks "war has never ever been needed" grow a brain ya nitwit!

[kathen411]

@Dreadmore This wouldnt have happened in the first place if we didnt have people who thought that they where better than one another

[Dreadmore]

well no shit sherlock whats you next clue? that is the exact reason for war, to stop maniacs from taking over and putting chains oround your neck!

[touryourmom]

@Dreadmore well you remember when our troops were coming back from vietnam and were shuned for participating such a terrible war...? it is not there fault they were drafted they were told what to do it was not their faults but yet they were shunned at home. exactly whats happening now in afghan, in a way.. its not there fault its a weak war-minded leader that is to blame for the suffering of our troops so i say "support our troops to find a way home NOW"

[Thorsen04]

wow... they are all AWSOME!!

I have to say though, the violenist brings a whole different tone to it, a better tone. (thats just my opinon though)

[sugaJleonard]

"some laugh some salivate

what's in your alleyway

recycling bins or bullet cases"

-anyone got a good interpretation of this

[xandrewxjonesx]

its asking wether or not your streets are safe, bins or bullet cases

[mistertoasty]

yeah, if you listen to the next line he says

"Some laugh some salivate" he means there are some out there with a good life while others are starving.

the recycling bins/bullet cases build on that, referring once again to the contrast in different people's lives.

finally, with

"it's not equal, it's not fair

we're different people, but we're not scared"

he's tying it all in to the theme of the song, that no matter how different we are, together we can work together to make something better

[Dreadmore]

it means the person who worte it has very little experience in life.

[wearehere349]

I love their music, but the main reason i listen to The Flobots is because their one of the few bands with such a strong and moving message in their lyrics. And their videos are powerfull too.

[Cornyyn]

i cant bring up any tears for american soldiers dying anywhere, because they are soldiers not trainees or civilians

they want to be there, its their risk

the angry point for me is why they are there

the lies of the bush administration got them there or their believe to do sth. for the u.s.a. which is besides the u.s. fact always the most stupid reason for everyone

just get ur soldiers back and save many lives from false ideals like bringing democracy to iraq

greets

[w0wimab3ast]

flobots ftw. the same day MJ died, he was great, dont get me wrong.. but 7 marines died in Iraq. Has any1 heard of them..? One only 19.....

[saman188]

I totally agree with you but the reason no one has heard about their deaths specifically is probably cuz they didn't do anything to influence large amounts of people, i mean MJ was a Idol in America and around the world, and the people he influenced felt his death, the marines death on the other hand was felt by a small amount of people but i would think was more influential then MJ's

[cod4boof]

rubbish

[blazing2006]

your rubbish in school, bed, life. Your just rubbish in general go play ur little COD 4 game because u dont have the balls to join the army. So just go play your game and keep your gay ass oppinion to ur self.

[hellzone113]

lol no offense but that comment did sound a bit wierd... hes rubbish in bed? lool

[katfishsucks99]

luv u flobots!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yellowshoeguy]

This is one of my favorites of their songs. I just want to know where I can get my hands on the older songs from Jonny 5 +Yak?

[combustingheads]

Yeah, Im wondering the same thing. Any suggestions anybody?

[treeofkeys2719]

Try to find solo projects or look for affiliated bands or listen to EPs

[maggot899]

@Yellowshoeguy I have all of them. I could send em to you.

[InfamousMyzt]

Mackenzie Roberts is beautiful. ;o

[Nerokidkill]

The Viola in there songs are amazing. Makenzie Roberts is just an awesome player in an awesome band.

[GREE419]

is it viola?!? oh thats awesome it make sme want to be a better player now

[artdott]

I love how you guys actually make music that is MEANINGFUL and how you are actually inspiring some of us to be different, KEEP UP THE WORK!

[kaylahlee]

i love Flobots <3

[jawndoejah]

I don't understand why anyone has to hide their face to put up signs for an organization that plants trees and flowers...must be some hidden agenda I don't get?

[kikyo4815]

Instead of covering their faces with a gang bandanna to vandalize, they cover their faces with their country's flag and help save the earth.

Symbolism (I think that's what it'd be called?). :)

[my1nameis]

the flobots are awsome this song is 1 ov there best if not there best!its amazing!

[mico3587]

I want a flag bandanna

[HARDCOREjude]

haha. you can get it on flobot's website!

=D

[Vidav030]

i fucking love the flobots

im buying your next cd.

[TeamJacob17]

i <3 Flobots!

They freakin rule

This is like my favorite song

[ciarankearney]

love it, come back to england and visit nottingham rock city!!!

[NekoNinja7000]

KEEP FLOWIN

[NekoNinja7000]

MACKENZIE

[Melteado]

i like this song i think that handlebars and rise are tie up

[hilink24]

i have faith in mankind :)

[slipknot754]

THIS SONG IS GOOD AND ALL SO TRUE

[ProductionSniper]

What kind of music?

Emotional Toilet music?

[EmotionToilet]

I don't know what Emotional Toilet music is. I listen to a great variety of music but much of it shares a similar theme.

I find this type of stuff to be rather unpleasing to my ears. The video is also very disappointing. This is just typical American rock crap. In a few years it will be forgotten about. No big deal.

[ProductionSniper]

Well, okay. You don't like it. Have you tried Handlebars?

[EmotionToilet]

For the most part bands either create good music because they know what they're doing, or they simply don't. It's not about making a good song, it's about creating great albums and amazing collections of work that have a vision attached to them.

This band is just a little fun jam band that makes mention of a few of the social and cultural problems in America and that gets them a little 15 minutes of fame here and there. Their lyrics just repeat. "We rise together, we rise..." It's embarrassing.

[ProductionSniper]

Well, tell us, what do you listen too?

Now don't say Rihanna, because that is one of the best examples for the problem you mentioned....

[EmotionToilet]

Ok, I'll list some stuff I have in iTunes. Radiohead, Air, Andrew Bird, PJ Harvey, Animal Collective, Beatles, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Beck, Bon Iver, Dirty Three, Shostakovich, Fleet Foxes, Hendrix, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Portishead, Death Cab, Ray LaMontagne, RHCP, Ryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, Elliot Smith, Amelie Soundtrack, Azure Ray, Bush, Janes Addiction, Crystal Method, David Garza, Depeche Mode, Feist, Flaming Lips, Brad Mehldau, and who knows what else.

[ProductionSniper]

That's all really nice music. I've got a lot of stuff too, that you have. But just try to be little more open, because everybody has a differnt taste. I am very open about music. The only thing for example I don't like is metal or real bad hip-hop...

[Brunoung]

¬¬

[wolfsbane161]

this is a great group, theyre not rock, and the repeat of the verse has meaning, just because you cant see it, or refuse to see it or just dont believe what they believe, doesnt mean its not there, the group sings about how messed up the world is and how we treat eachother but how theres still hope "ride, together we rise" is obviously together, we can make ourselves better

[EmotionToilet]

This music has no intellectual dimension to it. It's just like all the other crap that gets played on the radio. Maybe their motives are constructive, but good intentions don't produce good music.

[wolfsbane161]

well how about instead of going to a song u dont like jsut to bash em u respect other peoples taste in music? I mean honestly why would even click on this vid if all ur gonna do is talk trash? theyre a great band who actually make me believe that the human race has a shred of hope left. the music is inspiring yet all u can do is sit here and judge, its pathetic really that u cant just apreciate what theyre doing but have to trash them

[EmotionToilet]

When all you have is a hammer, all of your problems begin to look like nails.

[kikyo4815]

The answer's obvious. We switch the consonants. Change the sword to words and lift continents.

[Jereplofje]

Then what constitutes good music?

[ranndino]

That is not true at all. I'm no FloBots fan boy because I just discovered them (I don't listen to mainstream radio) and their Handlebars song has incredibly intelligent lyrics loaded with meaning. Quite brilliant, in fact.

[crappywarmoviesinc]

mmhmm

[comdok]

go fuck yourself flobots rule

[ProductionSniper]

That's what I was saying!! o0

[PbNPVideo]

At first, I didn't really like this song, but it grew on me after a while. You guys rock.

[akawater]

Wow! Cool.

Great Song!!

[monkeymadness722]

i luv the flobots! i listen to ther music everyday and it took me a while but ive finaly figured out the meaning to all the songs. keep singing!!!

[Hiro139]

I like the message in this video. But I don't like their overall Socialist political overtones. Change is needed in this country, but that means going back to a free market system, not the transition to socialist democracy.

[snowemerald]

i dont agree but plus 1 for saying your opinion nicely. THANK YOU. =) i needed some politeness right then. =)

[elmfuzzy1]

PLZZZZ COME TO HOUSTON i luv ur music it has so moch meaning that so many people just dont get but i do

[JXZjeremy]

Fight Oppression.

Fight lies.

Fight evil.

Fight The New World Order.

Fight with tools.

[aLexaDaGio]

I started to listen your music a week a go, and is amazing! Best wishes from Mexico to you Flobots! I lovee your sound! and lyrics!

Fight with tools!

[mochochelly]

i love flobots! y'all are amazing i love all of ur songs. i finally got around to watching the video but ive listened 2 ur music 4 a while... love the music and the vids! keep it up u r a very inspirational group.

[fusionvenom2]

flobots,ratm,and system of a down...or soad r awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[ForeverTurquoise]

like wow

[ryons1]

WE RISE TOGETHER!

[halodude117117117117]

@ryons1 it's together we rise you moron!

(not serious, I get see your point. I just thought it was kinda funny. Please, don't take offense to this.)

[ballerbryan4]

You guys need to come back to Cleveland

-Fight With Tools

[Vereis]

Flobots, you guys rock. They rock the house. I bought your Album guys, it's awesome, and as an activist fighting injustice in my home state of California, and most recently Prop 8, I wanted to say that anytime I get frustrated and feel like giving up, I listen to your songs and I'm replenished. They feed my soul. Thank you for your art.

[beno0515]

come to columbus

[ColtonDean]

-One of my favorite songs on the album along with "Fight with Tools."

-Please come back to Albuquerque soon, Flobots!

[elenaduhh]

you guys are the best.

i love you.

come to new york.

(:

[inn3rkl1pp]

I love this song. (First Comment! XD)