@zibbazabba905 The "official vid" is a fan vid, made for a competition. Evidently, the maker didn't understand the song, but they were still impressed enough by it to use it.
It's a shame such a hippie video went with such a good song. On the techincal side, the video is very good for a fan. But from a social-political standpont, it is poorly informed and bloated with offensive stereotypes and illogical, emotion driven visuals. The message of "soldiers are stuipid, they kill babies and steal oil" is immature at best. I am dissappointed that my favoite band would choose to assoiciate themselves with such out of touch, cliche nonsense....
@ps3specter There are a number of soldiers who I know who like the Offspring very much and listend to them while over seas throughout the war. A video like this betrays the Offspring's good faith with the military. It's like saying, "Thanks for buying our album, baby killer."
@ps3specter I think the Offspring should apologize.
It's one thing to say that the a war's objectives were not worth the blood and treasue spent in victory. But it's something completely different to depict our soldiers in the way this video does.
It's sad, the ones who die so that bands like this have the right to freedom of speech are the ones who seem to get s**t on the most.
Think, what was the last song made protesting Islamic Terrorism or the genocied committed by Saddam Hussien?
@ps3specter You're totally not getting the point of the song. And furthermore, this video is not -by- Offspring. As stated in a different comment, it's a fan vid for a contest. Please, make sure you know what a song's about before going and bashing it. Even if it -was- about the military, it is not at any point calling our military "baby killers" or anything of the sort. It's more of an insult to those in charge.
@ToySoldierAdder I know what the song is about and the video has nothing to do with it. It doesn't matter that it was a "fan video," the Offspring ran a contest and chose this video as the one they wanted to represent the song, they might as well be saying this themselves.
As for it not calling the military baby killers, how do you explain the soldier depicted in the video killing babies?
This video isn't about the evils of war. It's about the effect of the idea that 'killing is ok for the right reasons' has on people. You think that this song is from the perspective of a soldier defending his country, right? Wrong. Listen to the final few lines. The narrator is a school kid about to shoot a bunch of his classmates... the idea that 'killing is OK if it's for the right reasons' is the foundation of war, it's also poisonous. This kid is just applying that logic to his life.
This video seems to be talking about the evils of war, and how we send soldiers to their death. Yet, the current wars have been some of the most bloodless ever. The Normandy invasions killed about 6400 Americans. Slightly less than that have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, many of the horrors of war have been avoided by americans, such as prolonged bombardment, trench warfare, amphibious landings, jungle warfare, bayonetts, and the other uncountable horrors that keep men awke for years.
video made no sence at all but at the end im pretty sure they were talking about war and all of the things that heppen for example they are stating that ppl are sending soldiers to thier death and so on...
That's the wonderful thing about ambiguous songs. It can be about anything that you interpret. It doesn't necessary have to do with shootings, or war. It's just what the person thinking it interprets~
Anyone who disses this video remember that this was completely produced by a fan. The Offspring ran a contest with a prize of $10,000US to whoever could create the best video for this song.
@Kiwi691000 Good God! So if America is at war with someone, it's our patriotic duty to hate them? Oh, and if God tells you to kill someone, you go kill them? Guess what: Maybe your source isn't always correct. America has had many moronic presidents. Just because the government system is almost perfect doesn't mean we don't make bad decisions. We could war with someone for saying something bad about the US in a speech, for fuck's sake! Don't blindly side with a country just because you love it.
First Im from NZ not the US, Second I live in CND not the US, third there is no god so he cant tell me to kill someone only the person that is in comand over me can say that and forth I dont love anything, I just think if the stupid fucks are going to attack a place and make my ppl go to war they should get kicked in the teeth then get killed
i wish you fucking national guard kuwait border guards would quit trying to get politica razorflown2. faggot. fucking reserve piece of shit. what the hell do you know about troop support? where did you go? did you do a tour to germany you fucking homo?
Hey a big question to you all. In the first part of the video theres a scene where an officer pushes troops of the pile of cars. A few years ago I've seen a shor animated film with the similar scenario, where general was awarding medals to soldiers, then pushing them off the tower and taking pictures of their dead bodies. If anyone know the name of that film please let me know.
my dads servered from desertstorm to the current jointstrikes in the horn of africa and he said that they hated iraq it was a hellish place, but they wouldn't leave until they won or had to
good song but we have to remember our country is turning socialist and we should not worry about other countries but us so we should fix our country more than fight a war not worth dieing for!
@LeaveItToBeaner because war machines take a ton of oil to run and oil companies are greedy. Oil reserves actually rose but the oil companies raised prices anyway, hence the record setting profit margins they had a couple years ago.
nothing anti war about this song at all "ill take a life so others may live. thats just the way it goes" those dont sound like words of a liberal hippie dick-suck now do they
haha, I see the youtube masses are non to happy with the truth of the matter. again I'm not saying 9/11 was a horrible act committed by cowards, just saying the muslim world has cause to be pissed at us.
@LeaveItToBeaner I'm an atheist, not promoting islam or any other religion. Just saying you should stop eating up all the shit fox news is feeding you.
spend 2 combat tours in iraq then tell me that shit. until then you can blow me and choke. because im a fighting man. what the fuck have you done lately?
@LeaveItToBeaner I have plenty of friends who spent time in Iraq and Afghanistan, they also don't believe in the war, at least in Iraq. Not all military men are brainwashed. BTW, why would I sign up to fight a war I don't personally believe in?
@LeaveItToBeaner I understand that, and if they instituted the draft and I was drafted I'd be there in an instant. Just saying If I don't agree with the current policies, or those of the last administration, I wouldn't sign up to kill for them. Whether you do or not is your choice, and I do thank you for serving, like I said I know many service men and respect them greatly. I'm just trying to point out that not everything is as easy as black/white, good/bad.
and its your god given right to disagree with our foreign policy. because i spent part of my life putting it on the line to protect that freedom. so you're welcome and take care :-)
@LeaveItToBeaner "Spend 2 combat tours in Iraq"? You talk like you have done that. You of all people should know the mantra "Fuck Iraq" very well, as you'll hear it in the military 100x more than in the street. It was pretty much my units' motto. The troops dont support the war, and you either know that already or are a potg (or an fundamentalist christian) and are living with your head in the clouds.
this is offspring at their best, ive always thought they sounded better when they sound pissed off at something. it seems to give their music a bit of an edge. the album shouldve followed this sound more but the rest of the album kinda went in a different direction which was disappointing
That's the only offspring i like... i gave up on them for a bit when they went pop with pretty fly for a white guy, etc. ... i want FAST, ANGRY offspring... like smash... and this
it sounds like he's talking about soldiers being robotic. It's just the way it goes. Hammerhead, doesnt have a brain that is how i interpreted it. I never looked at the lyrics, but from hearing it. I may be wrong.
i hear you, johnny. the band officially says it's about a deranged kid who shoots up a school. and based off the lyrics, that's the only interpretation that really holds up.
my first times, i misheard a few key words of the end where i thought it said "and you cannot hide behind your desk now, and you can cry 'danger, come help me'," as if it were a soldier attacking some higher-up military officer.
so that's the way i interpreted it, and frankly it's still what i take away from this song.
Well the idea of the war in iraq isnt just because of greed, we had over 2,000 people die, out of no where for no reason at all. we werent greedy the terorist were, the werent concerned for anything but their honor for nothing and the 72 virgins they they "may" have gotten. were not geedy, were fighting for the people who were murdered in vein.
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Not trying to downplay the loss of american life on 9-11, but they didn't do that for 72 virgins. They did it because we have bases and troop in their holy places. Not to mention we have plenty of their blood on our hands.
I use to believe that too until I saw the interviews of failed suicide bombers. As for 9/11 in general who knows, but I agree we have blood on our hands along with the rest of the world. Maybe we'll get to an age we're people stop defending either side.
well i think its talking about how selfish the columbine-causing kids were. They thought they were bad ass soldiers and were probly hazed outta their minds thinking they were doing the right thing. It's basically a roller coaster ride through the head of one of the shooters
In my opinion it almost sounds like they talk about the us soldiers in the song mainly because the chorus ill take a life so other may live... War is brutal its either you or him and if u dont kill him than he can kill more than just you meaning ill take this life 10 others may live, but hey who knows im prolly just an idiot but my opinion
I think its supost to sound like its about soldiers, but then in the end, its clear its actually about school shootings. kInda like the person in the song thinks of them self as a soldier, but is really just a school shooter
THis song is an excellent example of the nature of art. Yhis song means different things to different people. Some see it as a soldiers reflections on the decisions he's made, others (like the band themself) say it's the psychotic delusions of a school shooter. It is both things, I can see both of those arguments, so people, PLEASE stop saying the meaning IS this or the meaning IS that, because it means different things to different people. THERE IS NO ONE MEANING!
seriously, go to wikepedia, it has the meaning of this song FROM THE BAND!!!!!!!111one111!!!!!, yes its about a school shooting and the shooter is being deluded by the "hammers in his head" who or what that may be, no clue. but he perceives it as he is doing good because the "hammers in his head" makes him think it is..... go to wikepedia people instead of thinking your so smart. the topic has been done to death. we get it, school shooting = bad and stuffs, k?
I watched a video of a call to the police fromthe librarian at columbine high school, and at one point she says "It sounds like there going woo woo at eachother, and then shooting innocent children" I Listened to that and then a few days later, I heard this song, and during the last verse, the band starts going woo woo, and it freaked me out so bad
the video doesn't really have any relation to the song other than that it is what inspired the video. the offspring held a contest for their fans to make a video for the song and this is the one that won the contest.
no the song is about a school shooting and this video has birds that look like stealth bombers and has random shit put together. your just too much of a fanboy to admit it jerk.
To say the truth.I don't watch these videos...I just listen to the music...I was just trying to be a douche bag. Lol. But yeah its all random..maybe its got something in it.
it's not because twolines say its about a school shooting. it's becasue the lead sinnger of the band said that it was about a school shooting in an interview. and this interipertation is just stupid. how is this about the war and oil at all? this video just pisses me off.
Hmm, fair enough. I still prefer to think of this song as the thoughts of a soldier having to do terrible things, regardless of the songwriter's intent.
wrong. it seems like that, but at the end the "soldier" turns out to be a school shooter. "And you can all hide behind your desks now and you can cry teacher come help me, but through you all my aim is true." sorry for the bad grammar, I'm in a rush.
Maybe its about how our grandfathers when to war expecting it to end but in the real truth war never ends and kids get sent off to war? or something like that..idk..lol.
Because the makers of the video either misinterpreted the song or they figured the visuals worked well as a metaphor. See, the video was not made by anyone associated with the Offspring. For the music video, the Offspring had an online contest where people made their own original music videos for the song. This is one of them.
actually it is about school shootings. the singer actually says "and you can all hide behind your desks now/and you can cry teacher come help me." maybe you should learn what you are saying before you call someone a retard.
And zowls here's a little backup from wikipedia 'the lyrics describe a gunman who believes that everything he does is for the greater good - "take a life that others may live". He is affected by a huge force (Hammerhead - "it hammers in my head") in his mind that makes him deluded'
Read into it more. It's actually a really interesting song. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a school shooter who thinks he is at war like a Ranger. He thinks he "serves a greater good" (like most homocidal maniacs tend to believe). The first 2/3 of song focuses on this theme. The final 1/3 focuses on the reality of what the shooter is actually doing ("hide behind your desks"... "cry to your teacher"... "my aim is true").
im with james on this one. song has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with school shootings... i think you have this song confused with a completely different one by P.O.D. called youth of the nation. common mistake. not really though.
Part is about a Soldier and how his head ( relates to title ) is destructed by what he does, and the other is about a kid who does a school shooting because his mind is suffering from other kids.
WTF??? I do not understand what the hell is going on in this vid. I figured it would be more about the military or war or something but babies and pigs and kids, i really dont understand what any of that has to do with anything said.
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Wow it took me reading a few comments to realize how sheltered American society is, idiots talking as though soldiers are mindless fools until you can do what they do and live to keep your opinion Id shut up because they're willing to kill and die so that you can keep trying to do what ever you decide you want to do so ok lets get rid of the troops lets see you fight your own battle Im more then willing to bet that you'll die.
The pig in the suit and the elephant resemble corporate government greed, and the republican symbol. Remember, this was when bush was still in office. (the republican symbol meaning he was causing the chaos in the video, (i guess)) and 1:54 scares the shit out of me.
music is awesome but the video is soooooooo political, kinda kills the edge of the song.
Kristinmylove 9 months ago
I like it. though the video is a little creepy.
tatsu310 11 months ago
This is the left wing version of "supporting the troops"
nsorens 11 months ago
this song is not about the military, but about school shooting YupYup Yuper
YupYup61 1 year ago
finally watched the video all the way through, it has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with school shootings
zibbazabba905 1 year ago
@zibbazabba905 The "official vid" is a fan vid, made for a competition. Evidently, the maker didn't understand the song, but they were still impressed enough by it to use it.
ToySoldierAdder 1 year ago
yay for epic bass riffs
1xXxBASSistxXx1 1 year ago
they are making fun of russia
wow you guys are stupid sometimes
BPepps1 1 year ago
It's a shame such a hippie video went with such a good song. On the techincal side, the video is very good for a fan. But from a social-political standpont, it is poorly informed and bloated with offensive stereotypes and illogical, emotion driven visuals. The message of "soldiers are stuipid, they kill babies and steal oil" is immature at best. I am dissappointed that my favoite band would choose to assoiciate themselves with such out of touch, cliche nonsense....
Still, stealth brids ftw.
ps3specter 1 year ago
@ps3specter There are a number of soldiers who I know who like the Offspring very much and listend to them while over seas throughout the war. A video like this betrays the Offspring's good faith with the military. It's like saying, "Thanks for buying our album, baby killer."
ps3specter 1 year ago
@ps3specter I think the Offspring should apologize.
It's one thing to say that the a war's objectives were not worth the blood and treasue spent in victory. But it's something completely different to depict our soldiers in the way this video does.
It's sad, the ones who die so that bands like this have the right to freedom of speech are the ones who seem to get s**t on the most.
Think, what was the last song made protesting Islamic Terrorism or the genocied committed by Saddam Hussien?
ps3specter 1 year ago
@ps3specter
way too true
thesaminalx 1 year ago
@ps3specter You're totally not getting the point of the song. And furthermore, this video is not -by- Offspring. As stated in a different comment, it's a fan vid for a contest. Please, make sure you know what a song's about before going and bashing it. Even if it -was- about the military, it is not at any point calling our military "baby killers" or anything of the sort. It's more of an insult to those in charge.
ToySoldierAdder 1 year ago
@ToySoldierAdder I know what the song is about and the video has nothing to do with it. It doesn't matter that it was a "fan video," the Offspring ran a contest and chose this video as the one they wanted to represent the song, they might as well be saying this themselves.
As for it not calling the military baby killers, how do you explain the soldier depicted in the video killing babies?
ps3specter 1 year ago
なんかすげー
9769nevermind 1 year ago
This video isn't about the evils of war. It's about the effect of the idea that 'killing is ok for the right reasons' has on people. You think that this song is from the perspective of a soldier defending his country, right? Wrong. Listen to the final few lines. The narrator is a school kid about to shoot a bunch of his classmates... the idea that 'killing is OK if it's for the right reasons' is the foundation of war, it's also poisonous. This kid is just applying that logic to his life.
billybones12345 1 year ago 2
24 people sneezed as they were trying to click the like button.
7bigwaffles 1 year ago
Fantastic video, glad to see some bands still give a shit.
Priest5126 1 year ago
This video seems to be talking about the evils of war, and how we send soldiers to their death. Yet, the current wars have been some of the most bloodless ever. The Normandy invasions killed about 6400 Americans. Slightly less than that have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, many of the horrors of war have been avoided by americans, such as prolonged bombardment, trench warfare, amphibious landings, jungle warfare, bayonetts, and the other uncountable horrors that keep men awke for years.
Bmags82 1 year ago
this is the most depressing video ever but its a good song dont vote thumbs down just because i think its depressing ok
lynx3091 1 year ago
you are just a FUCKING RACIST!
mat5637 1 year ago
video made no sence at all but at the end im pretty sure they were talking about war and all of the things that heppen for example they are stating that ppl are sending soldiers to thier death and so on...
120wf 1 year ago
Good song, video is lightly disturbing however.
sune343 1 year ago
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ps3maturi 1 year ago
Good for you, asshole.
TwoCows23 2 years ago
3:26 is freaking awesome.
oslegend 2 years ago
@everyone saying it has to do with war
it doesnt, its about a school shooting
snapplejr 2 years ago
You honestly cannot be serious. Please go back when you are sober and listen again.
SliderBlackrose 2 years ago
He is actually right. The song its self is about a school shooting. The video however is about war.
ilikefirealot666 2 years ago
yea i read about it, they had a contest for fans to make a video for the song and thats why the song topic and the video topic are so different.
pfun41 2 years ago
That's the wonderful thing about ambiguous songs. It can be about anything that you interpret. It doesn't necessary have to do with shootings, or war. It's just what the person thinking it interprets~
ChaoticAngel121 2 years ago
Anyone who disses this video remember that this was completely produced by a fan. The Offspring ran a contest with a prize of $10,000US to whoever could create the best video for this song.
dss8345 2 years ago 3
hahaha this video sucks but a pretty bomb ass song !
ian69wells 2 years ago
everyone should hate any place we are at war with and I will be joining in about 6 months
Kiwi691000 2 years ago
@Kiwi691000 Good God! So if America is at war with someone, it's our patriotic duty to hate them? Oh, and if God tells you to kill someone, you go kill them? Guess what: Maybe your source isn't always correct. America has had many moronic presidents. Just because the government system is almost perfect doesn't mean we don't make bad decisions. We could war with someone for saying something bad about the US in a speech, for fuck's sake! Don't blindly side with a country just because you love it.
TheGTrio 2 years ago
@TheGTrio you said it man.
MrWizardofrhythm 2 years ago
First Im from NZ not the US, Second I live in CND not the US, third there is no god so he cant tell me to kill someone only the person that is in comand over me can say that and forth I dont love anything, I just think if the stupid fucks are going to attack a place and make my ppl go to war they should get kicked in the teeth then get killed
Kiwi691000 2 years ago
wrong, we would not start a war bc some one said something we dont like. we start wars bc people wana threaten us.
TheBesoffen 2 years ago
fuck yeah kill em all
TheBesoffen 2 years ago 2
lmao I agree all the way mate, everyone that trys to kill us diservse to brutaly die
Kiwi691000 2 years ago 2
@Kiwi691000
Do you have any idea how ironic that statement is?
PwnManDude 2 years ago
No I dont lol :p
Kiwi691000 2 years ago
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mzarkos 2 years ago
too many pussies commenting on this video.
jnhsjh 2 years ago 2
camalpuddle wont sign up for a war he doesnt believe in because he is a pussy. period. end of story.
jnhsjh 2 years ago
i wish you fucking national guard kuwait border guards would quit trying to get politica razorflown2. faggot. fucking reserve piece of shit. what the hell do you know about troop support? where did you go? did you do a tour to germany you fucking homo?
jnhsjh 2 years ago
The vid itself is okay, but The Offspring definitely did not make this. This is not the music video for Hammerhead. There is none.
cubbiesrule81 2 years ago
ya this is it, ive seen it aired on fuse before
calisoccerdude41 2 years ago
Hey a big question to you all. In the first part of the video theres a scene where an officer pushes troops of the pile of cars. A few years ago I've seen a shor animated film with the similar scenario, where general was awarding medals to soldiers, then pushing them off the tower and taking pictures of their dead bodies. If anyone know the name of that film please let me know.
Gobkin 2 years ago
my dads servered from desertstorm to the current jointstrikes in the horn of africa and he said that they hated iraq it was a hellish place, but they wouldn't leave until they won or had to
rkb12222 2 years ago 2
heey guys do like this vid
726peace 2 years ago
hello wenies
726peace 2 years ago
good song but we have to remember our country is turning socialist and we should not worry about other countries but us so we should fix our country more than fight a war not worth dieing for!
NinjaWolf35 2 years ago
Iraq was TOTALLY about Oil. If there was no Oil there we would have NEVER gone there.
mrlogic4u 2 years ago
ok than why isnt gas at $0.50 a gallon? liberal hippie douche
LeaveItToBeaner 2 years ago
@LeaveItToBeaner because war machines take a ton of oil to run and oil companies are greedy. Oil reserves actually rose but the oil companies raised prices anyway, hence the record setting profit margins they had a couple years ago.
camalpuddle 2 years ago
Awesome antiwar song.
mrlogic4u 2 years ago
nothing anti war about this song at all "ill take a life so others may live. thats just the way it goes" those dont sound like words of a liberal hippie dick-suck now do they
LeaveItToBeaner 2 years ago
haha, I see the youtube masses are non to happy with the truth of the matter. again I'm not saying 9/11 was a horrible act committed by cowards, just saying the muslim world has cause to be pissed at us.
camalpuddle 2 years ago
why? because we refuse to convert to the islamic faith? take that hippie shit someplace else you pussy
LeaveItToBeaner 2 years ago
@LeaveItToBeaner I'm an atheist, not promoting islam or any other religion. Just saying you should stop eating up all the shit fox news is feeding you.
camalpuddle 2 years ago 4
spend 2 combat tours in iraq then tell me that shit. until then you can blow me and choke. because im a fighting man. what the fuck have you done lately?
LeaveItToBeaner 2 years ago
@LeaveItToBeaner I have plenty of friends who spent time in Iraq and Afghanistan, they also don't believe in the war, at least in Iraq. Not all military men are brainwashed. BTW, why would I sign up to fight a war I don't personally believe in?
camalpuddle 2 years ago 3
you dont sign up to fight a war, you sign up to defend your country. fighting wars is part of that service.
LeaveItToBeaner 2 years ago 3
@LeaveItToBeaner I understand that, and if they instituted the draft and I was drafted I'd be there in an instant. Just saying If I don't agree with the current policies, or those of the last administration, I wouldn't sign up to kill for them. Whether you do or not is your choice, and I do thank you for serving, like I said I know many service men and respect them greatly. I'm just trying to point out that not everything is as easy as black/white, good/bad.
camalpuddle 2 years ago
and its your god given right to disagree with our foreign policy. because i spent part of my life putting it on the line to protect that freedom. so you're welcome and take care :-)
LeaveItToBeaner 2 years ago
@LeaveItToBeaner you too, hope you had a nice thanksgiving.
camalpuddle 2 years ago
@LeaveItToBeaner "Spend 2 combat tours in Iraq"? You talk like you have done that. You of all people should know the mantra "Fuck Iraq" very well, as you'll hear it in the military 100x more than in the street. It was pretty much my units' motto. The troops dont support the war, and you either know that already or are a potg (or an fundamentalist christian) and are living with your head in the clouds.
razorflown2 2 years ago
Good song, fucked up music video.
FritzProductions27 2 years ago
cool song, lame video
39smoothed 2 years ago 6
this is offspring at their best, ive always thought they sounded better when they sound pissed off at something. it seems to give their music a bit of an edge. the album shouldve followed this sound more but the rest of the album kinda went in a different direction which was disappointing
39smoothed 2 years ago 13
That's the only offspring i like... i gave up on them for a bit when they went pop with pretty fly for a white guy, etc. ... i want FAST, ANGRY offspring... like smash... and this
Sparemeurwisdom 2 years ago 2
it sounds like he's talking about soldiers being robotic. It's just the way it goes. Hammerhead, doesnt have a brain that is how i interpreted it. I never looked at the lyrics, but from hearing it. I may be wrong.
Johnnywad89 2 years ago
i hear you, johnny. the band officially says it's about a deranged kid who shoots up a school. and based off the lyrics, that's the only interpretation that really holds up.
my first times, i misheard a few key words of the end where i thought it said "and you cannot hide behind your desk now, and you can cry 'danger, come help me'," as if it were a soldier attacking some higher-up military officer.
so that's the way i interpreted it, and frankly it's still what i take away from this song.
ATL45 2 years ago
Well the idea of the war in iraq isnt just because of greed, we had over 2,000 people die, out of no where for no reason at all. we werent greedy the terorist were, the werent concerned for anything but their honor for nothing and the 72 virgins they they "may" have gotten. were not geedy, were fighting for the people who were murdered in vein.
blazex233 2 years ago 5
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Not trying to downplay the loss of american life on 9-11, but they didn't do that for 72 virgins. They did it because we have bases and troop in their holy places. Not to mention we have plenty of their blood on our hands.
camalpuddle 2 years ago
I use to believe that too until I saw the interviews of failed suicide bombers. As for 9/11 in general who knows, but I agree we have blood on our hands along with the rest of the world. Maybe we'll get to an age we're people stop defending either side.
mXmVideos 2 years ago 2
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its about how greedy america is or why were fighting in the war in Iraq
tymitarugi24 2 years ago
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well i think its talking about how selfish the columbine-causing kids were. They thought they were bad ass soldiers and were probly hazed outta their minds thinking they were doing the right thing. It's basically a roller coaster ride through the head of one of the shooters
OffspringFTW65 2 years ago
no comment, some people are crazy to believe that though.
MrPlutonium239 2 years ago
whats the negatives, the band themselves have essentially said thats what its about.
emanXcore 2 years ago 5
well the offspringftw65 dude was right eman dumb fuck u dunno shit, hel yes offspring rocks dude
MrPlutonium239 2 years ago
kick ass song
ledzeppelin41594 2 years ago 7
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intro fooled me into thinking it would be awesome but i didnt like anything past that
Farvadude 2 years ago
Do better.
rgoodermote 2 years ago
apparently you know nothing about music.
emanXcore 2 years ago 3
pure shit video
Redhotnacho 2 years ago
In my opinion it almost sounds like they talk about the us soldiers in the song mainly because the chorus ill take a life so other may live... War is brutal its either you or him and if u dont kill him than he can kill more than just you meaning ill take this life 10 others may live, but hey who knows im prolly just an idiot but my opinion
babyboychaser 2 years ago
I think its supost to sound like its about soldiers, but then in the end, its clear its actually about school shootings. kInda like the person in the song thinks of them self as a soldier, but is really just a school shooter
sushimanjr 2 years ago 5
some people do not understand songs. they should fuck off and listen to some simple nursery rhymes that they could understand.
azntri4dz 2 years ago 3
THis song is an excellent example of the nature of art. Yhis song means different things to different people. Some see it as a soldiers reflections on the decisions he's made, others (like the band themself) say it's the psychotic delusions of a school shooter. It is both things, I can see both of those arguments, so people, PLEASE stop saying the meaning IS this or the meaning IS that, because it means different things to different people. THERE IS NO ONE MEANING!
Schwarzfogel 2 years ago 7
seriously, go to wikepedia, it has the meaning of this song FROM THE BAND!!!!!!!111one111!!!!!, yes its about a school shooting and the shooter is being deluded by the "hammers in his head" who or what that may be, no clue. but he perceives it as he is doing good because the "hammers in his head" makes him think it is..... go to wikepedia people instead of thinking your so smart. the topic has been done to death. we get it, school shooting = bad and stuffs, k?
Scissorscutsrock 2 years ago
I watched a video of a call to the police fromthe librarian at columbine high school, and at one point she says "It sounds like there going woo woo at eachother, and then shooting innocent children" I Listened to that and then a few days later, I heard this song, and during the last verse, the band starts going woo woo, and it freaked me out so bad
sushimanjr 2 years ago
dude thats messed up but makes total sense
ConnerBJohnson 2 years ago
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this video sucks who won this contest a geeky war lord
Hockeyamzta114 2 years ago
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This video has no meaning at all
Hockeyamzta114 2 years ago
wtf
MisplacedProductions 2 years ago
"You guys are morons, this song is really deep!" -tim meadows, walk hard
godssphincter 2 years ago 3
Why is everyone worked up about whats its about its been 3 weeks already give it up
unknown455667 2 years ago
i heard this song first time today and i realized that it sounds like motorhead's overkill. anybody agree?
kevon32 2 years ago
There is no absolutely correct interpretation of the song.
rattlehead9127 2 years ago
the video doesn't really have any relation to the song other than that it is what inspired the video. the offspring held a contest for their fans to make a video for the song and this is the one that won the contest.
alokim 2 years ago
they always do that , they put videos that have no relation with the songs
jbmharley 2 years ago
cool song
748142 2 years ago
this video dosent make any sense with the lyrics. its a fail.
cpfullback 2 years ago
Hammerhead...dude..Its about being dull from birth or something like that...Douche bag. Your name is a fail...
threexjakes 2 years ago
no the song is about a school shooting and this video has birds that look like stealth bombers and has random shit put together. your just too much of a fanboy to admit it jerk.
cpfullback 2 years ago
To say the truth.I don't watch these videos...I just listen to the music...I was just trying to be a douche bag. Lol. But yeah its all random..maybe its got something in it.
threexjakes 2 years ago
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rattlehead9127 2 years ago
it's not because twolines say its about a school shooting. it's becasue the lead sinnger of the band said that it was about a school shooting in an interview. and this interipertation is just stupid. how is this about the war and oil at all? this video just pisses me off.
cpfullback 2 years ago
Hmm, fair enough. I still prefer to think of this song as the thoughts of a soldier having to do terrible things, regardless of the songwriter's intent.
rattlehead9127 2 years ago 2
Sounds like a war song to me until the very end bit
Himmelmann16 2 years ago
dude its about soliders...I think..
threexjakes 2 years ago
wrong. it seems like that, but at the end the "soldier" turns out to be a school shooter. "And you can all hide behind your desks now and you can cry teacher come help me, but through you all my aim is true." sorry for the bad grammar, I'm in a rush.
KnightOfTheSeal 2 years ago
Maybe its about how our grandfathers when to war expecting it to end but in the real truth war never ends and kids get sent off to war? or something like that..idk..lol.
threexjakes 2 years ago
great song, though teh vid is quite demented
iDiotTesters 2 years ago
I'm glad to see the offspring didn't turn into complete sell outs =)
LOOZR182 2 years ago
Most sketchy music video I ever saw. The song itself reminds me of You're gonna go far, kid.
thefuture115 2 years ago
this song reeminds me of ace of spades
Noobforpresident 2 years ago
the sons about birds and weird dogs that kill people come on its so easy to see
applefrog111 2 years ago
song.
applefrog111 2 years ago
even if it was school shootings why would there be bombs raining down on them
unknown455667 2 years ago
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applefrog111 2 years ago
Because the makers of the video either misinterpreted the song or they figured the visuals worked well as a metaphor. See, the video was not made by anyone associated with the Offspring. For the music video, the Offspring had an online contest where people made their own original music videos for the song. This is one of them.
ender1260 2 years ago
Similarity bass riff from Nirvana - "Stay Away"
2:40 and on
...rip-off :/
Rockspider2 2 years ago
You're right. But I think The Offspring perfected this specific bass riff... I just think it carries more in Hammerhead than in Stay Away.
hyr0gl1ph 2 years ago
Literally.
JamalDOA 2 years ago
Yes the songs all about school shootings. ha
Dumb Ass
nomonia 2 years ago
love the beginning
juscallmeTJ 2 years ago
the video is about the Army Rangers not school shootings u fuckin tard
james7154 2 years ago
Dexter said it was..you "fuckin tard"
Learn English you dumbass.
BreffmintsMDV2010 2 years ago
actually it is about school shootings. the singer actually says "and you can all hide behind your desks now/and you can cry teacher come help me." maybe you should learn what you are saying before you call someone a retard.
ZowlsS11 2 years ago
And zowls here's a little backup from wikipedia 'the lyrics describe a gunman who believes that everything he does is for the greater good - "take a life that others may live". He is affected by a huge force (Hammerhead - "it hammers in my head") in his mind that makes him deluded'
SnowDragon55 2 years ago
Read into it more. It's actually a really interesting song. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a school shooter who thinks he is at war like a Ranger. He thinks he "serves a greater good" (like most homocidal maniacs tend to believe). The first 2/3 of song focuses on this theme. The final 1/3 focuses on the reality of what the shooter is actually doing ("hide behind your desks"... "cry to your teacher"... "my aim is true").
stook858 2 years ago 3
how can u not see its about war?? the bird is a b2/b700 bomber?!?!
xXCreedXx100 2 years ago
great vid. it makes perfect sense, very original
vegas2011 2 years ago
its a song about war.
if you listen to the lyrics
and watch the video
it makes sense.
AKstraightedge 2 years ago
It's about school shootings.
BreffmintsMDV2010 2 years ago
im with james on this one. song has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with school shootings... i think you have this song confused with a completely different one by P.O.D. called youth of the nation. common mistake. not really though.
AKstraightedge 2 years ago
Dexter said it does.
BreffmintsMDV2010 2 years ago
aweome band they sound great , thanks from someone who explained the video , video ,i quality , not bad
thecumgusher 2 years ago
the offspring is awsome
flace15 2 years ago
I understand now!
lillance785 2 years ago
Part is about a Soldier and how his head ( relates to title ) is destructed by what he does, and the other is about a kid who does a school shooting because his mind is suffering from other kids.
Marz0824 2 years ago
Awesome, great song
RulerOFmany 2 years ago
Well I gotta say. . . The Offspring is very original when it comes to music vids hahahaha. Well I like the song <3 GO OFFSPRING~~~
DeEp1337nESs 2 years ago
WTF??? I do not understand what the hell is going on in this vid. I figured it would be more about the military or war or something but babies and pigs and kids, i really dont understand what any of that has to do with anything said.
00scoutsniper00 2 years ago
port the video is about a school shooting
offspring rocks!!!
boomtrick147 2 years ago
haha good song but i dont understand this video
Portugalftw7 2 years ago 6
Offspring é foda muito bom mesmo!!!
KaynerWishmaster 2 years ago
i went to the YT channel and clicked this but it said it wasnt allwoed in my country WTF im in the US
BlastinTrex 2 years ago
so am i but i got it. huh. weird eh?
highdeserthater 2 years ago 3
i saw them live yesterday, Hammerhead was sick!
JamalDOA 2 years ago 3
i luvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv this song it rocksvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
bamandbambi 2 years ago 2
3:11 looks like master of puppets album lmao
Fendertele95 2 years ago
good song....great song....nice quality on the vid
GrayKittyKat 2 years ago
so trippy
saucebucket23 2 years ago
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ducktapeobsession 2 years ago
3:11 MASTER? HHA
catolocoalpernbyu2 2 years ago
3:47
wingzero910 2 years ago
That riff around 3:00 that keeps going is straight from that song You Really Got Me by the Kinks. Almost identical too!
Motorhead151 2 years ago
probably the most epic beginning ever
mexicangangster360 2 years ago
I agree with Critic
~10th Mountain 1-71 Cav~
thedonwesley 2 years ago
Agreed, father served in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, and Panama.
-10th Mountain, 2-4 Infantry
scoobysdeathwish756 2 years ago 2
"nevaa knowin whats on the otha side..locked and loaded.. voices screaming lets go!! come on do it here we go"!!!!!!!!!!
actioncow 2 years ago
Wow it took me reading a few comments to realize how sheltered American society is, idiots talking as though soldiers are mindless fools until you can do what they do and live to keep your opinion Id shut up because they're willing to kill and die so that you can keep trying to do what ever you decide you want to do so ok lets get rid of the troops lets see you fight your own battle Im more then willing to bet that you'll die.
5th armor brigade.
Critic122 2 years ago 2
Video nailed the situation in the world perfectly. Bravo.
realityhurts1313 2 years ago
This is one of my new favorite offspring songs :D
I'm going to one of their concerts in just 76 days, woot!
Caru123Kun 2 years ago
holy crap what the fuck
krill246 2 years ago
the kid at 3:18 looks like micheal myers from the halloween movies
glime5 2 years ago
What the heck?
MrStickNote 2 years ago
That is probably the weirdest music video that i have ever seen =\
IntenseTrev 2 years ago
watch any tool video
fedexpope88 2 years ago
way overpolitical. I love their music, but entertainers for the mostpart don't know shit about the workings of the world around them
bigSheaD 2 years ago
Actually, BigSheaD, Dexter Holland holds a Phd so I'm pretty sure he's interested in whats going on in the world today.
uptheirons82582 2 years ago
Oh and you do?
Grecian92 2 years ago
but youtube posters do, amirite lol
urazzin 2 years ago
The pig in the suit and the elephant resemble corporate government greed, and the republican symbol. Remember, this was when bush was still in office. (the republican symbol meaning he was causing the chaos in the video, (i guess)) and 1:54 scares the shit out of me.
hacksign5 2 years ago 3