@slyjose101 I hope your kidding. I mean, anyone can interpret a song how they want, but if you really listen to this song and the whole album it's from, this really doesn't have anything to with religion specifics. It's about being an original human being and not trying to follow the crowd. Wearing, listening to, and doing what you like. JR is trying to say don't waste your time trying to be like/liked by others and do your own thing. Basically, don't be a brown square ...
@ToWhateverEnd55 I think you are both right. How i interpret it is that the music notes is the media industry that influences us and puts is in a box and tells us we are supposed to dress, act, ect.. a certain way. And it takes away our identity and puts us in a box. And (especially as christians) we try to fight it. And you see the blue guy finally get out of the box and fights back with his ideas and beliefs and starts to beat them at their own game
@ToWhateverEnd55 Hey, man, that's a great interpretation. And no I'm not kidding. You interpret it in that a way and I interpret it in my way. Both have good meaning do it's all right.
@slyhose101 I hope your kidding. I mean anyone can interpret a song however he or she wants. But, if you really listen to this song and the whole album its from, it's pretty obvious that this isn't about religion at all. It's about being you're own, unique person and not just trying to do whats cool. Wear, listen to, and do things that are original and don't waste your energy trying to be like/liked by everyone else. Basically don't be a brown square ...
@Swimmerchik4god The blue guy is Jesus. The orange, Satan. The brown musical notes are sins. The white clouds are belief in God. Satan sends out sin to eat at the people's belief in God and turn them into sinners. Jesus is attempting to clean up sin. Satan is winning so far but... Jesus traps him in the box (I believe it's hell) and when he's confronted by the two large sin monsters (everbody's sin combined) and let's himself be turned into a sinner. But since sin ate Satan everybody is saved.
The part near the end where the blue guy (God) traps the orange guy (Satan in the box and seals him in (like God imprisoning Satan in Hell) always gives me chills and excites me. No matter how many times I watch it, it always has the same effect.
i love how the blue guy was turned into a box but was still blue. he looked like everyone else but still had his identity. i also liked at the end how everyone came out of their box and were colored many different colors instead of the shades of yellow and brown used previously. the symbolism used in this video is amazing :)
It always bugs me when people make awesome music like this and it gets ignored :( This song is awesome, true, and unique. All these would normally equal instant classic or seller, but no one knows of it except John's fans and casual new commers to him. Sad, sad, very-sad that true talent gets ignored by the radio men.
You can see in the video that the blue guy (is he blue because he's depressed?) tries to escape in a rocket. But the system, the giant hungry spider catches up with him and steals his ideas and forced him to conform again.
Also towards the end the blue guy tricks the system by feeding it a box instead of one of his own original ideas. The system collapses and everyone escapes. It's a happy positive ending to give us hope.
It's about how the media and corporations control are culture, and society. They turn every original ideal into a products to sell it back to us. They also conform us into categories, and labels (boxes) to market products.
Creative people that think outside the box are squashed, or forced to conform. The cycle continues, the system keeps on feeding off of us, stealing out culture, and our ideas.
So every person will have the same thoughts! /guy, who is sucking a lollipop become the same, so outside, like inside/ So it is more easyer, to sell everything for people!
Blissfully there is always someone, who breaks out, who can spurn this mentality, also the pessimistics, who sucks your great ideas and your cheer! /small brown flying thing/
It is a shame, but the sick mentality grow faster, than optimism, so they come back and try to kill us again! /a big spider grow up/
If we want, we can do it and we can brake out again-again and again, despite they want to lock us into a box /he let fly by a spaceship/
But all in all, the cheerful and dreamful man always wins, if not in a short period, but in a long way! /blue guy win and close the brown one to his own trap/
The dreams won the battle against the pessimism and the obscurantism.
All in all, JUST DREAM IT, DO IT AND NEVER EVER GIVE UP!!!
John Reuben was a "new" out-of-the-box idea, that the blue guy sold to a corporation to reproduce, categorize, and market. Making the idea unoriginal again.
The music industry in one of the best examples of this behavior.
I think John Reuben was the blue guy's idea, and the blue guy just represents an average white collar working guy trying to survive in our society and being forced to conform.
seems like its about the kind of music that artists let out nowadays to get people to like them, and how the music industry takes people's ideas, and how the fans are affected, etc...
I've seen 2 approaches to adressing the story in this.
1. It's religious, Brown guy is Satan, Blue is Jesus, Brown guy sends out his minions, sins essentially to convert people to him, and the blue guy liberates everybody from the brown guy and ends up sacrificing himself.
2. The 1984 approach. The brown guy is trying to surpress free thought (The squigly thoughts) and replace them with the same old thoughts (Brown blocks) and the blue guy dares to think differently.
@americanreeses96 met the guy at a concert when his newest cd was Hindsight...yea, that was a long time ago...the concert was small, but it was amazing, and rockin..& zappin'! He's a stand up guy!
@NinjaxPrime not that I know of at least. I'm just sayin- that he's a great artist, and I'm excited to meet him in the future- I've seen him live, but never acutally met him. No no, he hasn't died.
@americanreeses96 uhh how bout at a concert? I've met him a couple times before- He has gotta be one of the most down to earth music artists I've ever met!
@americanreeses96 uhh how bout at a concert? haha I've met him a couple times before- He has gotta be one of the most down to earth music artists I've ever met!
(Continued) The guy in the brown suit sent his two-headed blobs after people because the blue guy let people see what was REALLY happening. Thats the story...Atleast, what I think.
The story is that the blue guy represents free thinking, while other workers and others with blocks in there thought bubbles can only think about boring things, squares represent restriction and boredom. Thought bubbles represent peoples thoughts, the guy in the brown suit is trying to restrict everyones thoughts to the cube, and if they refuse, they get turned into a living cube.
I guess a base reference is the Ecclesiates lament, "There is nothing new under the sun." So each new thing is the same as the old thing in a sense. So all the new talk about the new thing is really just repeating the old talk about the old thing.
John's pretty bitter, albeit constructively, so he throws in his own insecurities about relevancy, other artists' insecurities about self-worth, and the consumer's (us) about keeping up with fad x or y because we invest our inherent value into them.
On December 24,2006 at 8 o'clock in the morning, a young 14 year old boy by the name of Scott Jackson was found dead.Doctors couldn't come up with the cause of his death.His mother checked his emails to see if she could figure out what happened.Turns out he was still signed into myspace.She found he had gone to sleep after he read and didn't repost a chain letter.if you don't repost this to 6 videos a girl with no face will kill you tonight. sorry don't wanna die
this muthafuka wore a jean jacket on stage once .. we were all like 'who the fuk is this muthafukkkkka?!' ... then he droppen bombs and i was like 'BOOM!'
to all the ppl that dont know or understand this is a religious song. If you dont want to hear anymore then just dont look at this post. anyway, the orange dude is satan. the blue dude is god. the music note things r sins. the clouds is the religion. what they r doing is clearing gods religion by eating it. God is trying to clear the music notes. satan is winning so far..BUT! as at the end of the song, he sacrifices himself(god as in jesus died) to save everyone from sin! get it? hope I helped!
This is a rly cool song and video!@cutekitty03,judging by the lyrics, I think this video CAN be analagous to the salvation that Christ brought us, but I actually think this song is more an indictment on today's superficial, shallow, me-focussed world lacking in positive creativity and visionary revolutionism, particularly critiquing the music industry(which drives much of the above). He is saying we all had dreams at some stage, but we've let the shallowness of the world steal them from us.
Exactly! Thank you!....seriously, thank you so much for accurately understanding the song and its meaning and the video's parallel purpose in conveying that meaning....I really can't tell you how refreshing it is to read both an intelligent and intelligible comment about this song.
Sorry cutekitty03, but it's slightly more complicated than that....it's just not right to oversimplify my boy John Reu like that. Lyricism is an art...it shouldn't be the joke like many people make it out to be.
Like what postrero228 said. It's about people who are trying to influence the way you think. That you should think individually and don't follow the crowd.
In other words, be yourself. You have a right to choose who you want to be and what you want to do in your life.
That box is bigger on the inside.
R3Cat 1 month ago
@R3Cat It must be a TARDIS...
jesselawenforcement 1 month ago
@jesselawenforcement YES. HAHA. XD
R3Cat 1 month ago
@R3Cat Very YES!!!! lol :D
jesselawenforcement 1 month ago
How did people live with this quality?
R3Cat 1 month ago
turn on the CC....very....different!
drmtobymac 1 month ago
could you do an instrumental version to this song???
DaniDawn2011 4 months ago
one of his greatest i tell you hwat
Python644 4 months ago
great rapper
christiandude44 4 months ago
this is beast
christiandude44 4 months ago
... Qwanoes
CodyLonsdale 4 months ago 2
'close minded free thinking hipsters'
lol oxyyymooroooon
artisticagi 5 months ago
Am I the only one who catches myself singing this song for the rest of the day? o.o"
0hDangItsM3 5 months ago in playlist Music 4
@0hDangItsM3 No, Reuben is one of my very favorite artist. This song is on my mental playlist a lot!
CygnusX1981 3 months ago
@slyjose101 I hope your kidding. I mean, anyone can interpret a song how they want, but if you really listen to this song and the whole album it's from, this really doesn't have anything to with religion specifics. It's about being an original human being and not trying to follow the crowd. Wearing, listening to, and doing what you like. JR is trying to say don't waste your time trying to be like/liked by others and do your own thing. Basically, don't be a brown square ...
ToWhateverEnd55 5 months ago
@ToWhateverEnd55 I think you are both right. How i interpret it is that the music notes is the media industry that influences us and puts is in a box and tells us we are supposed to dress, act, ect.. a certain way. And it takes away our identity and puts us in a box. And (especially as christians) we try to fight it. And you see the blue guy finally get out of the box and fights back with his ideas and beliefs and starts to beat them at their own game
Brohansifat 5 months ago
@ToWhateverEnd55 Hey, man, that's a great interpretation. And no I'm not kidding. You interpret it in that a way and I interpret it in my way. Both have good meaning do it's all right.
slyjose101 5 months ago
@slyhose101 I hope your kidding. I mean anyone can interpret a song however he or she wants. But, if you really listen to this song and the whole album its from, it's pretty obvious that this isn't about religion at all. It's about being you're own, unique person and not just trying to do whats cool. Wear, listen to, and do things that are original and don't waste your energy trying to be like/liked by everyone else. Basically don't be a brown square ...
ToWhateverEnd55 5 months ago
@slyjose101 thanks!! :)
Swimmerchik4god 5 months ago
Like the video but a little confused. Help anybody?
Swimmerchik4god 5 months ago
@Swimmerchik4god The blue guy is Jesus. The orange, Satan. The brown musical notes are sins. The white clouds are belief in God. Satan sends out sin to eat at the people's belief in God and turn them into sinners. Jesus is attempting to clean up sin. Satan is winning so far but... Jesus traps him in the box (I believe it's hell) and when he's confronted by the two large sin monsters (everbody's sin combined) and let's himself be turned into a sinner. But since sin ate Satan everybody is saved.
slyjose101 5 months ago
The part near the end where the blue guy (God) traps the orange guy (Satan in the box and seals him in (like God imprisoning Satan in Hell) always gives me chills and excites me. No matter how many times I watch it, it always has the same effect.
slyjose101 5 months ago
This is so surreal in a symbolic and awesome way.
slyjose101 5 months ago
"I need to know something. I need you to tell me straight up how you feel. Do you like me or not?" lol luv it. ;]
LadyXMidnight1 6 months ago
I remember a few years ago, my English teacher in college showed my class this vid in one lesson. Have been addicted to this song since.
Darkstar263 7 months ago
ahhhh! i luv itttt!!! :D
MooImaTiger 8 months ago
anybody else notice the kid on 2:47 who didn't change with everyone else because he was a zombie to his electronic device?
Winfield952 8 months ago
Gotta love that Bass!!! Nice song John Reuben!
jesselawenforcement 9 months ago
this song is the most true song ever written.
pennstate51ftw 10 months ago
the chorus is the best !
DanKon92 10 months ago
This video is really trippy
JeremyBarandela 10 months ago
cant find this song anywhere (besides youtube).. whats the album?
Porkytool5 11 months ago
i saw john rueben at lifelight. he said hi to me.
smile1938 1 year ago
is the part of this song where he says "like me" a lot at the very end of the actual song
TheAgentTexas 1 year ago
i am going to buy this on itune
18steps 1 year ago
@18steps were you able to find "word of mouth, from kalai" anywhere on itunes?
Porkytool5 11 months ago
@Porkytool5 Yes get on itunes the album is called word of mouth
18steps 10 months ago
@Porkytool5 find it i bought it from itune
18steps 10 months ago
this is a GENIUS video.
xkickit17 1 year ago
like me?
wolfmaster210 1 year ago
Neat video! Wonder why John made himself the antagonist though?
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lushaaloma 1 year ago
I love this song!! He performed it at LifeLight!!!!
mona1sjls 1 year ago 14
Yo Reuben what you been doin! I wish he could come back to the west coast some time!
ericj947 1 year ago
Yeah, to all who replyed to my comment....
I've seen him in concert, and he's my favorite!
americanreeses96 1 year ago
the song is about the culture in general all the wannabe's On MTV and VH1 and to think for youselves
IndelibleSin317 1 year ago
This song was great. Kinda hard to figure out though,first time I saw this was on jctv
Kristofur1 1 year ago
Is that supposed to look kinda like the Debian logo?
Shagron1349 1 year ago
whats the meaning
nyyrules25 1 year ago
LOL
Even though I don't believe in what he's saying or sings about.
His belief in God is so string and his music is so good, I don't care he's christian.
:'D
TruthCreedious 1 year ago
i love this song
thecupcack 1 year ago
John Reuben is coming to AliveInside.ca this Saturday. Will be an amazing concert!
prettysharpgirl08 1 year ago
Hes a cool guy, i met with him at sonshine, this is my favorite songs
Atkrocker182 1 year ago
this song is so good!!!!!!!!!!!!
thecupcack 1 year ago
love this song!!!
2lavalamp 1 year ago
Maaaaaaan, I want this album so badly!!! I have for at least a year and a half!!
nono42895 1 year ago
u guys did amazing at the alivefest 2010 hope u ca make it next year :D
piface123 1 year ago
I saw this guy at Lifelight and I forgot this song was by him :) It was so awesome to see him.
lovejohnl 1 year ago
i love how the blue guy was turned into a box but was still blue. he looked like everyone else but still had his identity. i also liked at the end how everyone came out of their box and were colored many different colors instead of the shades of yellow and brown used previously. the symbolism used in this video is amazing :)
YESidoloveRelientK 1 year ago
ahh! havnt seen this in forever!!! love this song!!! :D
orangefunkyconverse 1 year ago
freakay
TheLolbunny123 1 year ago
I love this song man
511Garcia 1 year ago
heard this song on the tv the other day
good stuff!
Analizing 1 year ago
At the end, I honestly thought someone else in my house was laughing .. LOL
1781353 1 year ago
@1781353 lol nice username very original lol
frankobsessed1994 1 year ago
He has awesome songs, and with excellent lyrics! And he's so much fun in concert! :) ♥
LuvLibertyDisco2 1 year ago
It always bugs me when people make awesome music like this and it gets ignored :( This song is awesome, true, and unique. All these would normally equal instant classic or seller, but no one knows of it except John's fans and casual new commers to him. Sad, sad, very-sad that true talent gets ignored by the radio men.
Theparableof0 1 year ago 4
I keep saying this but Asher Roth bit his whole style off this dude.
BluUniverse 1 year ago
i love this song. the video is entertaining and deep :) woooot!
YESidoloveRelientK 1 year ago
I wonder who would win in a rap off between John Reuben and Matisyahu. lol X] Both are awesome men.
blindedriku 1 year ago
this song is epic
XbluesharpieX 1 year ago 3
this guy reminds me of asher roth.. only better? maybe..
hatessundays 1 year ago
me like this song
18steps 1 year ago
this guy is so right. the songs message is so correct
imewtwo 1 year ago
john reuben is awesome!
godwinEI 1 year ago 2
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immeemz2 2 years ago
go to pirate bay then...
Lemure333 2 years ago
uh do it legally.... iTunes
Fireproofretz 1 year ago 2
You can see in the video that the blue guy (is he blue because he's depressed?) tries to escape in a rocket. But the system, the giant hungry spider catches up with him and steals his ideas and forced him to conform again.
Also towards the end the blue guy tricks the system by feeding it a box instead of one of his own original ideas. The system collapses and everyone escapes. It's a happy positive ending to give us hope.
sk8mike 2 years ago
i dont get the video. explain
ppdog27 2 years ago
@ppdog27
This is my interpretation.
It's about how the media and corporations control are culture, and society. They turn every original ideal into a products to sell it back to us. They also conform us into categories, and labels (boxes) to market products.
Creative people that think outside the box are squashed, or forced to conform. The cycle continues, the system keeps on feeding off of us, stealing out culture, and our ideas.
sk8mike 2 years ago
ah crrrap! Sorry about the typos.
sk8mike 2 years ago
saw him live 2 days in a row its an amazing show
treyfet 2 years ago
Nicew video, when I heard people laughing at the end.. I thought it was my parents.. 0.0
shadowlion96 2 years ago
3:02 Awesome ninja powers
donaldoanka 2 years ago 2
i like the chorus
StratProductions 2 years ago 41
@StratProductions The chorus reminds me SO much of that old Modest Mouse song "Float On"....I wonder which came first.
slchandl 8 months ago
@StratProductions I like the... everything about this song.
etruscan53 3 months ago
reuben is the best
Lawliethatake 2 years ago 3
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I enjoyed the video, but the song is just too horrible for words.
CinnamonBuns9 2 years ago
The vid reminds me of "The Brave Little Toaster"
her003 2 years ago
So every person will have the same thoughts! /guy, who is sucking a lollipop become the same, so outside, like inside/ So it is more easyer, to sell everything for people!
Blissfully there is always someone, who breaks out, who can spurn this mentality, also the pessimistics, who sucks your great ideas and your cheer! /small brown flying thing/
It is a shame, but the sick mentality grow faster, than optimism, so they come back and try to kill us again! /a big spider grow up/
007miq 2 years ago
If we want, we can do it and we can brake out again-again and again, despite they want to lock us into a box /he let fly by a spaceship/
But all in all, the cheerful and dreamful man always wins, if not in a short period, but in a long way! /blue guy win and close the brown one to his own trap/
The dreams won the battle against the pessimism and the obscurantism.
All in all, JUST DREAM IT, DO IT AND NEVER EVER GIVE UP!!!
007miq 2 years ago
Dear John Reuben,
I love you. Your Music is beautiful. You are so cool and crazy creative. Please keep it up!
~Ja'Kqui Sol~
QueenJaKqui 2 years ago 19
Good one
aleciabrent 2 years ago
Ever since the first time i saw this video i got adicted. Kept singing this song over and over in my head lol
Electragirl5 2 years ago
LOVE IT
lemonadeforsale 2 years ago
I love this song very catchy John reuben is the rapper rappers should strive to be he has good music with good messages and some very good singing to
lemonadeforsale 2 years ago 3
Why did the blue did feed John Reuben to the monster?
punkduck123 2 years ago
John Reuben is representing an oppressive authority. This is reflected off of the lyrics.
Hbh128 2 years ago
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ragratt 2 years ago
@punkduck123
John Reuben was a "new" out-of-the-box idea, that the blue guy sold to a corporation to reproduce, categorize, and market. Making the idea unoriginal again.
The music industry in one of the best examples of this behavior.
I think John Reuben was the blue guy's idea, and the blue guy just represents an average white collar working guy trying to survive in our society and being forced to conform.
sk8mike 2 years ago
this song is great!
the video is funny!
when i hear the song i see someone walking and through the video little short clips are being shown to expain the song points.
JESUSANDALBERT4LIFE 2 years ago
seems like its about the kind of music that artists let out nowadays to get people to like them, and how the music industry takes people's ideas, and how the fans are affected, etc...
SchwendyProductions 2 years ago 2
ohhhh thanks ! after i saw this i actually understood the video... i was wondering where he was going with this whole thing...
LilMizzLae 2 years ago
you're welcome. its just an opinion though the song is pretty ambiguous
SchwendyProductions 2 years ago
this song seems like what disney's doing with its money and public
deathklokdudette802 2 years ago
yes finally heard john on air 1 107.1 my music station the only christian channel in kentucky nuisance
saggff 2 years ago
aw dude, but this video is so cute xD
But hay the music is awesome too
noriko97 2 years ago 2
I Love This Song
But I Dont The Vid xD
IkutoFeverFan 2 years ago
Boy this song gave me some memories...very strange, i can't even recall what they are...
clubpenguin1help 2 years ago 3
i agree the bass is awsome, and this is such a weird video lol
HAHAYOUISABILLYGOAT 2 years ago
the bassline is damn cool!
tralala91 2 years ago
thank U for posting this. ive been looking for this for a long time.i love this song!
chadmight 2 years ago
ummmmmmmm confused
jleighprincess 2 years ago
I've seen 2 approaches to adressing the story in this.
1. It's religious, Brown guy is Satan, Blue is Jesus, Brown guy sends out his minions, sins essentially to convert people to him, and the blue guy liberates everybody from the brown guy and ends up sacrificing himself.
2. The 1984 approach. The brown guy is trying to surpress free thought (The squigly thoughts) and replace them with the same old thoughts (Brown blocks) and the blue guy dares to think differently.
zakmac1212 2 years ago 4
the second one kind of fits the song more. I'm pretty sure it's the second one.
JTandfriends 2 years ago
it kinda reminders me of the book
1984
rileyday3 2 years ago
I just broke 500 comments.
sh4wnl0ckw00d 2 years ago
WOOT
RolandVeasey 2 years ago
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flyingirl34vista 2 years ago
can't wait to meet john in heaven
americanreeses96 2 years ago 45
me too
stephenpgordon 2 years ago
Go to his concerts! Better yet, come to Sonshine in Minnesota! He often walks around and visits other bands at their booths
PistisIasis 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 He's not dead yet :P you can still meet him now, no need to wait. he's an awesome guy.
afrosk8er88 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 woah, highest rated comment? I'm flattered :)
americanreeses96 1 year ago
You'll be meeting hitler, too.
Aresftfun 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 met the guy at a concert when his newest cd was Hindsight...yea, that was a long time ago...the concert was small, but it was amazing, and rockin..& zappin'! He's a stand up guy!
StephenThomas08 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 also..I meant to say his lyrics & potency are off the chart!
StephenThomas08 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 what he died???
NinjaxPrime 1 year ago
@NinjaxPrime not that I know of at least. I'm just sayin- that he's a great artist, and I'm excited to meet him in the future- I've seen him live, but never acutally met him. No no, he hasn't died.
americanreeses96 1 year ago
@americanreeses96 uhh how bout at a concert? I've met him a couple times before- He has gotta be one of the most down to earth music artists I've ever met!
tmaj5 11 months ago
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@americanreeses96 uhh how bout at a concert? haha I've met him a couple times before- He has gotta be one of the most down to earth music artists I've ever met!
tmaj5 11 months ago
(Continued) The guy in the brown suit sent his two-headed blobs after people because the blue guy let people see what was REALLY happening. Thats the story...Atleast, what I think.
Nellis4543 2 years ago 4
The story is that the blue guy represents free thinking, while other workers and others with blocks in there thought bubbles can only think about boring things, squares represent restriction and boredom. Thought bubbles represent peoples thoughts, the guy in the brown suit is trying to restrict everyones thoughts to the cube, and if they refuse, they get turned into a living cube.
Nellis4543 2 years ago 6
Aaah kinda inspired by reality, is it not? ;)
OlemVolle 2 years ago 4
im insane about this song but whats the point of it?wut is it about?
dcelis96 2 years ago
He was thinking about playing with his Dreamcast.
SirFishouse 2 years ago 3
super
Skorpionbbg 2 years ago
This is an awesome song. John Reuben is a very refined form of hip hop. <3
Shyssirixus 2 years ago 2
heyy is dippidy on here or how ever you say it i am waiting for my sister to buy me the cd and i want to listen to it......
carissawood 2 years ago
Yeah, i love the song, but seriously. Someone tell me what this song is about.
ScorpiaProduction 2 years ago
This song is awesome but IM not sure I quite understand the video to be honest :p
jst2cool 2 years ago
I love this song alot.
MedicatedPlushie 2 years ago
Purrty good song. I don't really listen to John that often.
GoDsCrAzYcHiLd333 2 years ago
i loved you 2days ago i am now tryin 2 find ur cd??....
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this is Bob. copy and paste him everywhere. he will soon rule the world.!!! and youtube!!
pimpinshrimpin 2 years ago
i want to hear more john reu now. like "thank you" or "dippety-doin'" it that's what it's called. haven't heard it in ages. must dig out my old cd
GLLW88 2 years ago
what does this song mean?
rmwillis13 2 years ago
I guess a base reference is the Ecclesiates lament, "There is nothing new under the sun." So each new thing is the same as the old thing in a sense. So all the new talk about the new thing is really just repeating the old talk about the old thing.
John's pretty bitter, albeit constructively, so he throws in his own insecurities about relevancy, other artists' insecurities about self-worth, and the consumer's (us) about keeping up with fad x or y because we invest our inherent value into them.
whatsetyouapart 2 years ago 3
Sorry, that's just an incomplete wordy guess, but I hope it helps.
whatsetyouapart 2 years ago
kinda like how skinny jeans are suddenly back in style. O_o :D
aquirethefire7 2 years ago
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pimpinshrimpin 2 years ago
and i love it! ;D
wdjd555 2 years ago
I think John Reuben in this video looks like Gene Wilder.
stanleefanatic 2 years ago
i dont get it makes john look like a bad guy...
jellyfilld12 3 years ago
he is
Icecatalys 2 years ago
are you for real??
funkymonkeymovies 2 years ago
great song and great video!
frenchyMATTIE 3 years ago
Great song.
xXpopielicaXx 3 years ago 2
JCTV rocks
ShredderDaMan 3 years ago
i love this song.
OhGravity27 3 years ago 3
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On December 24,2006 at 8 o'clock in the morning, a young 14 year old boy by the name of Scott Jackson was found dead.Doctors couldn't come up with the cause of his death.His mother checked his emails to see if she could figure out what happened.Turns out he was still signed into myspace.She found he had gone to sleep after he read and didn't repost a chain letter.if you don't repost this to 6 videos a girl with no face will kill you tonight. sorry don't wanna die
Imapiglet97 3 years ago
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this muthafuka wore a jean jacket on stage once .. we were all like 'who the fuk is this muthafukkkkka?!' ... then he droppen bombs and i was like 'BOOM!'
intergalacticdreamz 3 years ago
yeah johnny reu is awesome..he does that cuz he can..
syeClade 3 years ago 2
wat
joeyLJ 3 years ago
john reuben is cool i saw him once
lynnbelford217 3 years ago 2
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wow... nice video!
jitterstlongpaw 3 years ago 4
to all the ppl that dont know or understand this is a religious song. If you dont want to hear anymore then just dont look at this post. anyway, the orange dude is satan. the blue dude is god. the music note things r sins. the clouds is the religion. what they r doing is clearing gods religion by eating it. God is trying to clear the music notes. satan is winning so far..BUT! as at the end of the song, he sacrifices himself(god as in jesus died) to save everyone from sin! get it? hope I helped!
cutekitty03 3 years ago 4
lol i thought for some odd reason the orange dude was john reuben. but yea thanks
Miraclee89 3 years ago
This is a rly cool song and video!@cutekitty03,judging by the lyrics, I think this video CAN be analagous to the salvation that Christ brought us, but I actually think this song is more an indictment on today's superficial, shallow, me-focussed world lacking in positive creativity and visionary revolutionism, particularly critiquing the music industry(which drives much of the above). He is saying we all had dreams at some stage, but we've let the shallowness of the world steal them from us.
diulikadikaday 3 years ago 6
Exactly! Thank you!....seriously, thank you so much for accurately understanding the song and its meaning and the video's parallel purpose in conveying that meaning....I really can't tell you how refreshing it is to read both an intelligent and intelligible comment about this song.
Sorry cutekitty03, but it's slightly more complicated than that....it's just not right to oversimplify my boy John Reu like that. Lyricism is an art...it shouldn't be the joke like many people make it out to be.
lexban 2 years ago
I thought the dude in orange was john reuben. it sure looks like him.
rawkyourworld4Jesus 3 years ago 3
THANK YOU MAN I DIDNT GET IT
ZhangLiao540 2 years ago
Best explanation of this video ever!
Generalgames101 2 years ago
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the video means you should hail satan
Wrex08 3 years ago
Really? I thought it was about being yourself and not allowing somebody to crush your dreams and aspirations.
But, if some stranger on youtube is saying it's about Satan, he must be right. Thank you for expressing yourself, just like the song suggested.
alexvlk 3 years ago 4
I don't think this song is about Satan.
Like what postrero228 said. It's about people who are trying to influence the way you think. That you should think individually and don't follow the crowd.
In other words, be yourself. You have a right to choose who you want to be and what you want to do in your life.
I hope this helps.
AwesomeGirl86 3 years ago 3
It does. Thank you.
alexvlk 3 years ago
You're welcome. :)
AwesomeGirl86