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  • you know what, this is actually one of my favorite songs ever bcz it looks at things from a different perspective, and it covers a taboo subject in music: politics. Musicians are allowed to have a political stance, and it is their right to express their thoughts through their medium. To all those saying this isn't third eye blind....of course it is dumbass! Just bcz u don't like it don't make it any less their song!

  • I love dairy creamer, and this song.

  • YOUNG GAY REPUBLICAAAAAANS

  • This song fucking sucks. But I fucking love it. :D

  • wow this sucks. i love them, whyd they do something so stupid?

  • non dairy creamer...realy????

    

  • Can't remember whose comment it was, but it's impossible for any well known band to "escape the Hollywood Ideology". Otherwise they wouldn't be known. Exposure and the Hollywood Ideology go hand in hand.

  • I'm an absolute third eye blind fanatic, but honestly I think this song is pretty bad, not really instrumentally, but definitely lyrically. I just think that bands should produce good meaningful music and stop diving into politics.

  • @cramdizzl how can you say that? Do you even understand the meaning of this song? I dont think you know how to listen to a song, I dont understand how you can be a third eye blind fanatic and not like this song! It is my favorite because it is a great musical song and the lyrics are awesome.

  • @akeene87 I don't know what the lyrics mean? Is that a joke? Theyre the simplest stupidest lyrics I've ever heard.

  • @cramdizzl maybe politics are meaningful to the writer? 

  • bubblegum for vapids

  • Woot, politics and talking about horrible music - guess what. I like the song and we're all fake here :D

  • This song is great but all this "Democrat" / "Republican" / "Conservative" / "Liberal" crap has to stop, in the USA there is only one party, and it is the fuck you party. Guess what? We're not in it.

    It's like a baseball team, you have two groups that can manage it, but at the end of the day they are still running it with the intent of playing baseball. One management group isn't going to suddenly change the team to a hockey team. Quit using the labels the controlled media places on everything.

  • You don't have to be a democrat to understand and appreciate this song, it doesn't matter what political allegiance you have, this song is about all the things that are fake in our world, how people are fake, and all the problems that our society has, anybody who appreciates humanity can appreciate this song

  • @pooty050 here is the first step - Conservatives and those raised as such do not understand sarcasm of this form. Perhaps that is how it is supposed to shake-out.

  • Oh Stephan Jenkins... Bypassing the fiscal responsibilities of the nation by continously over-emphasizing the social issues of the country. It's amazing how Hollywood always trumps the overall importance of common sense decisions in the United States.

  • this was on the Red Star EP

  • im lactose intollerant but i <3 3eb

  • @MemorysMystic it's NON dairy

  • @pooty50 There's a difference between not understanding what the song is about and realizing that it's really, really stupid. These are the corniest, most uninspired lyrics I've ever heard. It reads like a twelve year old's diary. I can't tell if he's joking with all of the stupid cliches in the song, but it's clear you're serious. Listen to something else. Anything.

  • I really have no good reason to think of why I like this song, I like most of of the content but I think it's just a sweet simple jam, I miss that in music today.

  • Love this song...... very creative stephen <3

  • KFC rocks!

  • This song is so dumb at parts, but I love to go around singing "YOUNG GAY REPUBLICAAAAAANS!"

  • @ShawnaC123 took the words right outa my mouth

  • @ShawnaC123 it was supposed to be humorous at parts, thats what i love about it

  • modern american society is pretty scrambled, the only constant value is getting rich & famous, at whatever expense it takes - giant corporations are trying to devise products to sell to everybody, stuff that is unhealthy - things are pretty far gone, what each person needs to do is discern what is of true value in life & between people, & then put together a lifestyle that gives them what they need to be good happy loving humans - plus fighting the power, by complaint, activism, boycott, voting

  • My wife thinks the lead singer looks similar to Gerard Butler. I would think he definitely looks related.

  • I must say that i am only 17 and yet 3eb is my fav band of all time.. thank you jenkins for making my life full of great music. (:

  • It's not on ursa major its on red star

  • I would probably faint if I got to hug any member of Third Eye Blind but cry if I saw them and didn't. <3

  • @MrKaying all Lady gaga does is dress weird and sing about her poker face. REALLY thats all we have justin bieber and lady gaga.

  • @TheThekenny thank god for 3eb :P

  • @MrsSillyGills how in the HELL does her born this way have 50,000,000 views?

  • @TheThekenny i have no idea what your talking about.

  • @TheThekenny lady gaga has a song called Born this way. it has 50 million views.

  • @TheThekenny Because lady gaga is just music for the masses. Feel good songs, while a song like this makes you think, which is something that most people are not willing to do. gagas music has no real meaning while songs like this make you think about the world around you.

  • they are only under rated because they played back in the 90's everyone knows who they are they just havent come out with anything new and made a name for themselves to the younger generation

  • @ciprianojulia3 they came out an album like a year ago...

  • @ciprianojulia3 they came out with an album like a year ago and they are coming out with a new one in a few months...tard

  • Third Eye Blind is seriously under-rated. They are so great!!! I love this song.

  • @bmcdaniel9 They are under rated, but i think theyre sooo good because no one really listens to them except for a few of us. if everyone was jamming to them, we'd get sick of the posers and the band would lose its magic. Unspoiled rock at its finest

    it just sucks that they dont make as much money, even though they dont care that much about it. lol

  • awesome song

  • Awesom song

  • "Indeed humor is the intent, both musically and lyrically. I've felt provoked and poisoned by our politics and culture in the last few years. I wanted to amplify that provocation with some irony and take a knock at some of these fear-based phrases like "threat level orange." All kinds of hypocrisy in current headlines then popped into my head and I rhymed em. I meant for it to be a hoot (though I know it has some teeth). Bombastic humor being the balm to move past a pretty nasty period" Jenkins

  • if you dont get this song thats fine your not stupid, im sure 3eb didnt make this in spite of all the stupid people they are only perpetrating a message not making a statement degrading the lives of all the run of the mill conservative Americans out there just enjoy the music people ! half of you people saying your smart and understand this song are misinterpreting it just as well but isn't that the beautiful thing about music we can all interpret it differently

  • Most underrated band of all-time. And yes, if you don't get this song, you are just stupid. It's about how phony everything has become in America. Stephan Jenkins is a genius, period.

  • @shaketherake I think the point was to just scratch the surface of all the bad crap that has been going on since they last came out with a CD. I understand your point, but I think lyrically retarded is taking it was too far... Overall its a fun song, not Stephans best work obviously.

  • i love this song its on my ipod

  • Hot cheetos for breakfast...So yummy. =D

  • took me a little while to grow up before I started to really understand what this song was talking about.

  • This song is lyrically retarded. Pick a subject. We all know the world is full of bad shit. Why not show some creativity and knowledge, and go into depth. If you think religion is bull I'm sure you have more to say than a couple lines. Want to talk about animal cruelty, know a little more than what your friend of a friends who is a member of PETA told you. STD's? Yeah they're bad who doesn't think that. Why not say how they are bad? Gay Republicans...way to offend your parents. Lame.

  • @shaketherake are you saying he's dumb because he raises tons of valid points but doesn't explain them as if he's giving a lecture?

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  • They have to show him talking Japanese to make him seen smart and cool. What an attention *****

  • @TheCruddyBug that was basic Japanese...i don't think he's showboating, it's just in context

  • 1:15-1:24 gotta be one of the best lines in a song ever.

  • Let me start by saying 3eb is in my top 3 favorite bands, but Stephan's Japanese is painful to listen to, and the line "you can't buy yourself a soul"... isn't he the one who should be searching for a soul. Conniving bastard.

  • pooty050- "it is just genous" it think you meant genius, genius.

  • @cody8804 No claim to be genius. Just happened to be listening to my favorite playlist and messing around on youtube. With a couple drinks down or more I was just expressing my feelings at the time. No mean to ruffle feathers. Was never the best in english class. Cheers.

  • Anyone who doubts these guys are fully accomplished musicians needs to listen from 2:53 on out. Great outro into an unexpected Coda.

  • i just recently read the funniest bumper sticker "if youre a democrat you see the glass half full... if youre a republican the glass is yours!"

  • @vtgirl95jeep yeahh!!!!!!! Republicans are the shit!

  • dude that "girl" voice is the guitar player

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  • 3eb 4 life

    Stephen Jenkins will always have a piece of my heart

    It's different when you've been front row at a Third Eye Blind concert screaming the lyrics and Stephen is throwing flowers into the audience and burning incense on an Oriental rug.

    LOVE THEM FOREVER.

  • damn 1 in 4 american girls has an std!!??

  • Yup, true statistic!. Syphilis and gonorrhea are making a comeback to the STD world after being having fairly low numbers of infection in many years. Whee.

  • now im scared to get laid lmao

  • zosolove202

    think you meant "these are some of the worst lyrics ever"...good try though.

  • @Zosolove202 Don't use big words you don't understand!

  • @Zosolove202

    Conversely I find the song to be incredibly relevant, both lyrically and musically. Consider that the time between the actual writing/recording of a song and the time it's released can be years.

    Watch out though...Republicans are gettin' their mad on that someone's pointing out the Log Cabin.

  • lol, if you think the democrats are any better on social issues you are sadly mistaken. i have always like third eye blind but they arent consistent, unless they point out how obama is the exact same as bush.

    there is only one person in washington who wants social and economic freedom, libertarians, and RON PAUL!

  • its about not being fake . . . and full of shit, i think all liberals and conservatives are full of it. including this band, they are brain dead obama supporters but i still like them and i like this song. Libertarian is where it is at. RON PAUL 2012

  • " He cant win don't jizz yourself!

    He's got a chance yeah in France bet you'd vote for PALIN!

    We didn't start the flame, peep's were hatin on it b'fore I left my comment we didn't start the flame war let the whole wide world know I'm a big dumb ashole asshole asshole..."

  • i totally agree. i love this band but i hate when bands incorporate politics in their music; shut up and sing.

  • stephen jenkins has a really neat voice...he's smart and his lyrics are too...some bands can't get political he does it in an entertaining but satirical fashion that's also meaningful and i want to listen to again and again.

  • theres a long list of things you can say but ill just leave it at its amazing. the outro is perfect too.

  • I want to go to Japan XD

  • pooty050 is on the right track. The purpose of the song is to point out hyprocrisy and contradictions in life. As well as the ever changing opinion of the masses and how easily they can be moved to believe one thing or another. If you don't like this song chances are you didn't listen to anything other than the hook or you have the IQ/reading level of a 4 year old.

  • If you do not get this song you are just stupid. It is about how pathetic our world has become and nothing is real anymore. People are fake. And your getting tricked. Its just about how messed up stuff is. And of you do not get it your one of the people the song is talking about. It is just genious. It is sarcasm and lots of stuff all mixed in. Makes perfect sense to me and the band.

  • @pooty050 yep its referring to the know it all's like yourself

  • @pooty050 eh hem did u just call me dumb?

  • @pooty050 thank you that was perfect

  • @pooty050 Seems to me rather a homophobic video?

    "And two gay guys got married and brought the family to it's knees. How did they blow us to smithereens? Just a couple of queens. How did they do it? I'm telling you now they brought marriage to an end. And I found myself some culprits and it's two young, gayrepublicans."

    Can anyone explain to me how this is NOT homophobic? Obviously I'm stupid because I just don't get how that's fair at all. o.O

  • @theTylerian18 gay republicans. not usually a combo...yeah?

  • @theTylerian18 It's called sarcasm. Or tongue-in-cheek with a little irony thrown in. Not homophobic at all.

  • @theTylerian18 its not homophobic. trust me. your infant brain couldnt possible understand irony.

  • @theTylerian18 maybe i can help. what they mean is that two gay republicans got married. which made their parents mad and all of america, now we have fucking prop 8. because asshole people didn't want gay marrige in office. so he is saying he is mad that this country had to make such a big deal over gays getting married. did that help?

  • @pooty050 Third Eye Blind is good at making fun of other bands and celebrity figures for instilling one-sided opinions into peoples' minds, allthewhile they're doing the very same thing. A conservative upbringing, where hard work gets them their life-long goals, and they go along and bash the idealogy behind a road to success on their blogs. One of my favorite bands, but I'm yet to see a band that's truly escaped Hollywood Ideology.

  • @pooty050 I bet you like the book the Catcher in the Rye...you Phony

  • @pooty050 agreed

    

  • @pooty050 actually its about that and his girlfriend is she real or bei ng someone he wants her to be basically that.

  • @pooty050 o-o' no it's not lol, it's about how becoming famous changed his view of people, if they are just acting because he is famous, or if they are really his friend, if they are nondairy creamer ( faking somthing they aren't)

  • @shizzzbiscuit what pooty050 said is indeed what the song is about . . . you can interpret however you want . . . but the basic idea of the song is exactly as pooty050 said it was

  • this is forget about it amazing.

  • stephan, you're a cool guy

  • My punk band's called Operation Iraqi Freedom.

    I love it.

  • Bush isn't evil.. he's just a dumbass

  • lol.. good one 9Hilol. You're better off keeping your opinions to yourself.

  • Wow. On one hand, the tune is catchy and I like the energy. On the other hand, dear god, please never let Jenkins write protest lyrics again XD

    AND WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME 3EB WAS TOURING WITH AJIKAN ;;_;; I weep forever XD

  • Major props. Great way to do this video.

  • all those japanese people probably have no idea what the hell hes singing about

  • maybe that way is better.

  • I'm guessing this was recorded before the final version w/ the MIA reference at 3:40

  • I bet everyone at the concert has no idea what the lyrics are. lol.

  • im a huge 3eb fan, but the lyrics are kinda annoying.... BUT I CANT STOP LISTENING!!!!

  • amazing song and sick new cd!

  • haha this song is fuckin awesome!

  • fucking awesome song!

  • there are young gay republicans...They're called PEC's...Pink Elephant Club

  • 2 young gay republicans? I never knew there were young gay republicans.

  • Maybe not openly gay. I've definitely known a few.

  • It's suppose to be a contradiction

  • and what the hell does "hollywood" have to do with any of this?

  • ok read not heard

  • Yankeeman1709

    i hate it when bands have to bring politics into their lyrics...i'm a huge 3eb fan and i understand the majority of hollywood is very liberal but i can't stand this song....

    Wow, you may have posted the most idiotic statement about this band I've ever heard.

    I'm really not sure how you can be a "huge 3eb fan" and not understand that this band has always emoted their political feelings, which are clearly to the left.

    Go listen to Creed douche.

  • Kill me... what happened to this band?

  • You're just too stupid to understand the song.

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  • Yeah, I totally saw your comment four weeks ago and waited that long to say something. Oh lordy am I afraid of you. Sure that's not the reason, blockhead. Go cough on dick, you're an idiot and probably a Republican to boot.

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  • One more time. Get a job.

  • You're not an Offsprings song, stop repeating yourself.

  • Let's do this just one more time. You are obviously a child who has too much time on his hands. These comments come directly to my e-mail account, at WORK, so since I have a minute or two during lunch hour I can respond. Grow up, it's a song, and you're far too immature to understand anything in this life anyway, like the complicated messages behind songs with depth. Don't comment back, I get it, you're the coolest kid on Youtube. Congrats.

  • I am pretty cool and you're still an idiot. So... yeah.

  • thats a lame comeback

  • what a gay comment

  • Its called appealing to the masses, everyband does it eventually.

    Money > Opinion

    duhh

    This song is a contradiction to themselves

  • okay i think i have a good analysis of this video. think about the song. their stating some facts about this world today. some kid walks into my school and opens fire theres been some past stories about similar things. STD's i think are rising in teenage girls. you just have to see that their not bashing on republicans, i think it was that the gay marriage vote won by two people. just listen to what they say in the song.

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  • must be a republican...lol jus pickin'

  • this song is love

  • so whats it gunna be?

    are you real to me

    or are you

    non dairy creamer,

    kennedy brock has me hooked on this song:]

  • Song was not on Ursa Major. On a 3-track internet EP called Red Star.

    Ursa Major is fucking sick though.

  • I love dont believe a word so much off ursa major. its such a great song

  • Little worries about the lack of views for such FANTASTIC song that was left off the album for some reason. Well done!

  • dude the lead singer looks like combination of john terry and gerard butler. i have no idea why i thought of that ha

  • as weird as this song is, i still like it, it's actually pretty catchy haha

  • Wow, you guys. Really? Try rearranging the letters in an intelligent manner this time.

    Third Eye Blind-Loves to Cum.

  • LordDumal-- "ThirdEyeBlind" has no c's. So how the hell does your anagram work? The best anagram I can find is "Hidden Liberty".

  • where does jenkins get off writin such corny shit...shoulda n3v3r got rid of codagen

  • mate, your a fkn space cadet!

    Do yourself a favour and GET FUCKED!

  • anime

  • lmao. You're such a douchebag for not liking 3eb but that was really funny

  • best tactic is just to blam and ignore.

  • third eye blind is an anagram for loves to cum

  • if thats true then ty for sharing that lol:D

  • do you even know what an anagram is?

  • ...you mean a metaphor?

  • no, i mean anagram rearrange the letters in third eye blind and see what you get

  • No, no you are dead wrong. Thanks for playing though.

  • No, really. Rearrange the letters of Third Eye Blind and you get the phrase cumming is cool. try it out-if you dare

  • No C, No U, No M....Nah

  • YEA IF YOU ADD V,S,O,C,U,M

  • Saw third eye blind in the park in San Jose California about a month ago. Cant wait for their new CD on aug 18th! It was awesome!

  • We're hoping to be in Japan in September, WOOO!!

  • nice song

  • i saw a live performance of this and he yelled fags

  • there sooo cool i love third eye blind

  • agreed ;-)

  • its funny because hes yelling "YOUNG GAY REPUBLICANS" and the asians are just goin along to the beat like they have no fuckin idea what hes saying.

  • okay, even if half of you don't like the lyrics, listen to the instrumental. it's addicting.

  • I find it both funny and depressing when pop stars, athletes, and actors make political proclamations. Providing political funding is fine, but I think they should leave the broad generalizations at home. Unfortunately, they are usually not the most brilliant people and hence to not tend to make the smartest statements.

  • I agree

  • it is a really good song, you gotta respect over-the-top political statements, even if you don't agree with them. it's just raw and beautiful.

    and wow, i really want to go to Japan after seeing this

  • man he got old looking!! no offense. cant wait for the new album!!

  • stephan? I think hes like, 44 now haha

  • well i think he was so hot like 10/12 years ago hahaha