THE FLOBOTS THERE IS A WAR GOING ON FOR YOUR MIND

[xParillox]

BEST SONG/Poem ever. :)

[xParillox]

Love this. What program did you use. I'd want to major in this when I go to college :).

[FallenWingZero13]

This video is true, our so called freedom is a lie now. USA is no longer the land of the free and brave.

[FallenWingZero13]

This is so true now. Our so call freedom is a big lie now

[TimmyHrlQn]

Fucking amazing.

[TheMcThirstyBrothers]

Its great, but made me dizzy. maybe next time less fast turning?

[Nes300]

yo u did an amazing job with this

[pinglemjau]

There's a war going on for my mind.

They want me to be paranoid.

I am always scared.

Now I go out and buy stuff I don't need so that I can feel happy. I love corporate media because everything is so easy there. There is no need for advancing and evolution inside my mind, body and soul.

There is no need to fulfill the greedy needs of my conscious being. Everything comes down to nurturing my ego - my self... What I become is a distant drop of water, flowing with the rest of the stream. Always.

[gta4monsterxboxLive2]

@MaxMeents Meeeee tooooo :) There is a war going on in your mind and you can ride a bike with no handlebars <3

[Morganimo]

That video is amazing, how do you do the typography?

[AfroTuba]

You're doin somethin right! I loe this song and the video you made makes so much more powerful!

[LUKAAA143]

this is great keep it going

[ryangeisse710]

great video sorry it got stolen tho

[FightIrishFan10]

IAM ANONYMOUS

[domesticpuke]

Well done!

[webghost1000]

what typography program was used to make this?

[Sp00ny1985]

Very, very cool vid my friend. I'm sure you will be very sucessful xD

[oliverjon80]

soldiers fight for there country before the war starts. Soldiers fight for their lives once the war starts. Soldiers fight for there families after the war ends. for a soldier wounded in battle, everyday back home is a war just to find a job and keep their family together. for them, the war never ends...

[HarborSealGamer]

I came for Handlebars.

I found all this.

We are the insurgents.

Flobots forever.

[potassium49]

awesome typography, legit song

[plyinglemon]

excellent typography, shitty song.

[Jgchris1981]

@plyinglemon Are you LISTENING...wait I almost forgot...There's always casualties of WAR...rest in mindless adnagaporp

[plyinglemon]

@Jgchris1981 Because I can't dislike the song and approve of the message at the same time, right?

[Jgchris1981]

@plyinglemon You're right...I was arrogant and judge mental...forgive me, didn't mean to be pomp ass. We have a right to speak our opinion whatever that may be.

[XxTheGreatBlakexX]

@Wannafent No, we all do. Even though i know you did that just to get likes, you could have said, "21 people have lost the war for their minds."

[AdyinH0bo]

I wish this was longer too. It's way too short. It's just too good.

[AdyinH0bo]

This whole world is wrong. Let's just get that straight...

[Wannafent]

@AdyinH0bo No it's not. You're retarded.

[AdyinH0bo]

@Wannafent I love you too.

[chronron]

@AdyinH0bo Except you and me, right?

[AdyinH0bo]

@chronron Of course!

[SirSkkekle]

this is.... inspirational

[Hordex52]

just that violin playing at begging also makes me want to cry

[jaredf246]

@Hordex52 Viola, but yes. She is extremely good at playing it...

[Hordex52]

i want to cry when i hear this song because its true and the government could only care for your vote with blackmail

[Ronjayve]

genuis.

[ryangeisse710]

i got the 1st part with fight with tools but i made the rest!

[ryangeisse710]

There's a war going on for your mind! Those who seek to occupy it will stop at nothing. The battlefield is everywhere; there is no sanctuary, there are no civilians. You have two choices: surrender or enlist. By enlisting you surrender and by surrendering you enlist. There is no escape or hide outs.You can refuse and resist but still lose. By losing you enlist. But beyond the smoke and mirrors there is one thing: freedom. But to reach it is impossible. There is a war going on for your mind.

[MississaugaMissions]

I'm inspired. I don't fight for countries, but I will fight for myself. If there is ever an uprising then I pray you don't cross my path. Survival of the fitness- Ricky 7:17 TPB.

[XsasukelovessakuraX]

well as i was trying to say, its quite sad that people get mad at music like this, hey people ITS THEM EXPRESSING HOW THEY FEEL you intolorable assholes its people like you who caused the fucking genocides, the worlds going to shit because of people like you, but hey what do i know, and if so many feel like this then not everyone of those people are wrong , but right expressing feelings like this makes you an anarchist right? yall are fucking morons

[dumbhillbilly1]

great job

[TheScienceofArt]

that was legendary

[KowaiTori]

screw the media. I've been watching the Casey Anthony trial for many days and all I have to say is that the media is covering this case in such a biased way (don't even get me on how retarded Nancy Grace is). They are convicting her without a doubt on first degree murder when there's absolutely no evidence (thank the defense the most she got was lying to the cops, 4 accounts) -- Once again, the Jury system proves itself valuable.

[camydoger]

Shaky camera and film grain ~~so artistic~~

[reconmission1]

its trure we have crroupt politics it been happening for the day politics were the art of governing even are own leaders are corrupt and we are bilnd to see it we will see it but some are more lost than others

[d9studios]

@DylanofMD Lol, thats very specific. I bet you're wrong :)

[DylanofMD]

@d9studios Well this is a song with a ridiculous conspiracy theorist attitude and it is a rap song so I wouldn't at all be surprised if your typical anarchist thought this song changes anything.

[DylanofMD]

@d9studios All things specific are wrong.

Thank d9studios for his amazing philosophy that shook the world.

[gixieblade]

@DylanofMD Right on only one count! Nice try, though.

[DylanofMD]

@gixieblade Sorry, but that's just how I picture people that think songs like this are revolutionary.

People have been pointing out that companies, corporations, industries, etc want to make money and make biased advertisements about what a perfect woman/man should be. Pointing it out isn't going to change anything and if you believe otherwise, you're wrong. This changes nothing. Besides? Why does this affect you? Why should you care? Is being happy with life too hard?

[gixieblade]

@DylanofMD First of all there's a difference between feeling inspired and thinking something is revolutionary. Second of all, you seem a bit upset. Is that really part of being happy with your life?  Maybe you should think about other people as complex rather than evaluating them based on one rather arbitrary characteristic.

You seem to think that pointing out things you believe will change something. Can I do the same?

Is this what you expected from a youtube comment?

[DylanofMD]

@gixieblade Inspired? What's so inspiration about a done-to-death concept of bitching about the media which is what gives this band money?

I can be happy with my life and have times where I am upset in a way. Being a happy person doesn't mean you are always happy.

I'm not evaluating their entire personality. I'm just thinking of a general population. This has nothing to do with the personal life, background, or intelligence of the people I described.

[DylanofMD]

@gixieblade And my beliefs don't, nor do they intend to, change anything or anyone. I'm just hoping someone will use their capable human minds to think.

And yes, I expect pseudo-intellectuals to think they have me all figured out through a youtube comment.

[XsasukelovessakuraX]

@DylanofMD your a fucking moron its just expressing someones feelings, pull your head out of your ass

[XsasukelovessakuraX]

@DylanofMD and here if you came here to troll someone why dont i help you with that, one you fucking suck at making insults two, your ignorant as hell, three as i said in my commen, just because some one says how they feel in a song doesnt make them an anarchist, 4 why the hell are you coming to a video in which you dont like you must have no fucking life if thats all you can think of doing, three get off the couch n do something productive you fucking idiot

[XsasukelovessakuraX]

oh and i forgot theres more, your also a steriotypical asshole if your ragging on teens who skate, oh right your probably one of those fat asses who got left on the sidelines or someone who tried to skate and failed, you seem like a 40 year old virgin sitting on the couch pissed at the world because you hate life, dude you should go cut yourself and remember kid up the river not across, do the world a favor.

[DylanofMD]

@XsasukelovessakuraX Well actually I am not fat. That's an even worse generalization then what I did. You do realize that just because you don't engage in a physical activity often, doesn't make you fat. I'm a 14 year old undwerweight kid sitting at my computer laughing at people when they act like they know shit about me and know shit about the things I like.

You're acting like a total asshole. You're telling me to cut and kill myself. That's very stupid and You should be ashamed for that.

[nikolaitravolskie]

@DylanofMD i can beg to differ on that bet. i met an anarchist through a flobot video. and believe me he is no wheres near a 15 year old skater boy. fr from it. and to be an anarchist at 15 would mean youre wiser than others. or u joined because you thought it something cool

[DylanofMD]

@nikolaitravolskie Anarchists are idiots in general. People will get killed, raped, burned, stabbed, robbed, etc without any kind of punishment. Anyone that thinks we are better off without any government should just go into the wild and realize they're only going to survive for 20 minutes.

[870WM34W4Y]

@DylanofMD your right, alot of anarchists dream of a utopian anarchy that simply would not exsist, but feeling inspired by something does not mean they fit a stereotype just as most probably dont.

[JustNeedaQuickList]

@DylanofMD This isn't my belief, I just want to share with you what my friend's idea on Anarchism was. She attended a school that essentially had no rules, you got to pick every class without any reason and such. For a while, things were chaotic and hellish. But after a while you simply act normal because acting crazy gets boring, pure freedom is only appealing in the eyes of moderate freedom for so long. After things settled, the people learned not because they had to, but learned to learn.

[yousuck2013]

@DylanofMD you know me so well but im 16

[jjjonse]

WELL DONE!!

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[chickenfinger7829]

Everyone, Project Mayhem, our time has come to rise up.

projectmayhem2012 ( d o t ) org

[felipeecash]

WE are the insurgents!

[1500Blk559]

Good song to skate.



[71scars]

your vid is incredible dude keep doing what ur doing epic song too

[jenneinabottle]

how could they end this song? it is so epic!

[woonkawonaka]

Dude I have to give you mad props for this. It's absolutely amazing!!

[MrGeekyJo]

Holy shit that is amazing! If that was just a project for a class than who knows what you are capable off if you were left with a huge budget. Mad props to you, and I send you good vibes.

[IndubitablyAlec]

138,361 Views? Why's it only showing my views?!

[PreMortemFool]

A very good song and animation. I only caught one typo. At 00:35, you spelled pursue incorrectly, instead of pursue you used persue.

[DeezyB420]

cool, but sometimes it goes a little fast

[MTEd71]

Awesome.



[gamefreek221]

There should be no dislike button, what the fk youtube?

[ooohhhshiny]

omfg!!! this is absolutely awesome! how long did it take you to do this and what presets/skins did you buy to do it??? please pm me!

[AZproducton]

i am suppose to do a presentation on a poet and a poem. do u think i could use Jamie Laurie as the poet and this as a poem? plz reply i rly need to know!

[checkthyself]

@AZproducton

yes you can this is a poem set to music and Laurie wrote it therefore he is a poet so from my view your good to go! but just ask your teacher just in case

[zomgamoocow]

what program(s) was/were used?

[assol2]

EPIC.

[ProtectandServe21]

Like, favorite, subscribe...

[ohmygod327]

Beautiful.... just simply beautiful. You definitely have an eye for art.

[Rogerdasranger]

This is beautifully animated, I love the style. If you're okay with a little critique, the only thing that stops this from being really professional is a few spelling/punctuation errors that sadly take a little of the shine off what is otherwise one of the smoothest typograpphies I have ever seen.

[TomMcCagherty]

I would love to be able to do that! Awesome vid!

[BagonafStudios]

That was EPIC. What program did you use to make this?

[TheNicholasB]

this deserves to be the official video

[swatdaman]

@TheNicholasB I actually thought it was.

[cactusjoe188]

Everyone wants to be special, but they don't want to be different. They look to others, to the world around them, to show them how to excel within the parameters of the "socially acceptable." We become a herd. The media, our leaders, they direct us, order us about. And anyone who tries to go against the herd is trampled, anyone who steps outside is picked off. Until we learn to survive on our own, we're just cattle.

[Terrk23]

17 people have already lost there minds to the war.

[illWillGivinChills]

What was used to create this?  What is this type of animation(?) called?

[coolbeens111]

@illWillGivinChills I know that WORDLE does something like it look it up 

[ReozShincie]

The thought is influenced by the emotion, so to say you are without emotion is to say you are without thought, and to be without thought is to be without opinion or intellect, and without those you have lost the war over you mind and you ARE a puppet. Perceptiveness is something of a trait of mine, my life is constantly consumed by the crazy thought that one day people in reality will think.... hmmm how crazy. Such wishful thinking of my huh.

[t4705mb6]

I only pay attention to the banker's puppets & the state media to know what the enemy is cooking up next. I avoid and/or ignore advertising altogether. I don't "need" the toys they want me to buy. I don't "need "that $30,000 car. I NEED food that's nourishing & safe to eat. I NEED adequate shelter and clothing. I don't "need" the super bowl, The View or bottled water. I've been hacking my own path through this jungle for decades, staying off their highway to hell. I NEED them to leave me ALONE!

[Joshcohen97]

@jammerrock2000 thanks 4 the support, but listen. We cannot let the US, the greates country in the world crash. That's our job and what i think this song is about. The USA is a place for strong minded and willed people to pursue whatever they want to pursue, our country has been stolen from us by my generation. We are fat lazy stupid. I know there are people who like me will do what ever they can to get the REAl US back.

[nojm12]

if amraca was a tv show this would be the team song

[musicfreak8580]

Hold on, I have to go pick up all the pieces of my brain laying around after my mind exploded

[circo25]

this is phenomenal, amazing, superb video!

[resolutionmediaserv]

Very nice work!

[Joshcohen97]

For a paper in school we had to analyze a song. I chose this song and wrote a pretty good paper to go with it. A few days later my teacher pulls me over and he says, "I would love to show this to the class, but i cannot. Because these pussy's america's raising these days can't handle the truth, But i want you to keep watching and learning because in the future it will be you and people like you who will change this country."

[jammerock2000]

@Joshcohen97 and I'll be right behind you helping.Rebels train young or nothing will end good.Let's face the facts,there pussy fying the schools,the jobs,the country,there controlling the schools,the jobs,and even the country.There will be a second civil war for democracy.So just train for the future.Train young,hard,and get ready.It's not long until the US crash.

[mac423]

@Joshcohen97 That teacher deserves an award.

[Isaiahhi]

@Joshcohen97 aint that the mother fuckin truth

[Komraide]

@Joshcohen97 too bad that never happened.

[BoredomIncarnate]

@Joshcohen97

And in this future, no one will understand the correct use of an apostrophe.

[CelticPoison]

@BoredomIncarnate In "This" future, everything is spoken through acronyms.... wtf.

[ZachariahMccully]

@Joshcohen97 your teacher is a wise man, call on me when you need someone to stand with you in the truth army, our country is inconsequential when compared to the overall world that needs changing, people like you and me will be the ones who guide our planet into a new brighter future.

[GrilledChezzy]

@Joshcohen97 i sort of want to see the paper now. thats a preaty badass story

[TheChameleon12345678]

@Joshcohen97 thats ture

[TheChameleon12345678]

@Joshcohen97 thats true

[Lowskeer]

@Joshcohen97 Bullshit response

[TotalRandomViewing]

i know handlebars has a message, and to be frank? its not hidden at all... the majrity of songs the flobots have made, the message is in as plain sight as the title. what im talkig about is the difference of the message... it has changed significantly... it is less of what it was... more of something different... something less deep. handlebars still has the message, it has just been changed significantly to better please the majority populace... not their usual crowd, but what ever...

[DynnoJMelloe]

@TotalRandomViewing "21st century America likes it's witchcraft civilized" John Reuben

[Malfehzan]

@TotalRandomViewing You do understand Handlebars is from 2005, right? ;)

[TotalRandomViewing]

@Malfehzan

yesh :P

[MrRedarmy9]

i seriously thought thaat this was the flobots music video nice editing

[TotalRandomViewing]

ahh, one of Flobots earlier creations.... still a pure message... beautiful. i wish their stuff was still like this instead if "handlebars" and stuff... still pretty good, but the message isnt as.... ah... whats the word? enforced? spot-lighted? it doesnt matter.... you can tell the difference.

[jaredf246]

@TotalRandomViewing the message in handlebars is just very well hidden.

[PicNickTime]

I love this video. I watch it so much haha

[321livelife]

This is great, but I feel like it needs to be longer... have more added to the end.

[MrAlfred7915]

omg

[Kinkspace]

A 1 Brilliant :)

[Fug118TheGreat]

I wuv wu

You sir r awesome suace

[TheDJDent]

This is extremely well done.

[gerbilhair]

love the song and video but this looks like the call of duty world at war loading screen take a look i think you would see it 

[Cat1855]

I love this.

[sinterQ]

marianate??

[jaredf246]

@sinterQ Its the puppets with strings attached to them so they can move.

[sinterQ]

@jaredf246 thanks, but i was referring to the spelling... isnt it supposed to be 'marionette' ?

[jaredf246]

@sinterQ Yes it is, but does it really matter?

[sinterQ]

@jaredf246 im all for the use of creativity in language, otherwise i wouldnt love hiphop as much as i do :)

but in some cases i believe a correct spelling is important... typography animations allow for a lot of interesting plays on words etc... so the bigger the formal knowledge about the language used, the better the results.

but also thats just my opinion... I still love the vid tho :)

[CIC03303]

/watch?v=VOaiuCT14VE

And old version we did a while back. Sick song

[TheOneNumerous]

11 people lost the war.

[dellrafi]

awesome motion! Very well made, but spelling errors should not exist in a video of this quality... Well done nonetheless!

[oohhhyyeeaahhh]

I'm buying Fight WIth Tools tomorrow.This sounds like an opening anthem to the album.Am I right?Cause it definitley sets the mood for it.

[Jaketacular420]

@oohhhyyeeaahhh Right on the dot.

[DeusEx3]

Awesome video.. couldn't help but noticing it says marianate and strings when it should be marionette strings, though :)

[MassInsomnia]

if i had enough money i would play this during the super bowl......i would need a LOT of money

[Saden50]

@MassInsomnia Roughly$ 2.2M for 30 seconds in 07, I think that will have reached at least $3M by now, so probably around $9M :P

[MartianMenace]

'Your mind"

[2514iceman]

aparently 11 people are fools

[HaLfDeAdRevolution]

This is sick. good job.

[Smokey94462]

Holy Crap dude! pure editing skills, nice job man

[nathansev]

this is just awesome

[xtranormal23]

WOW this is awesome.Great work.

[Bataluer]

Great work. Wonderful way to make this song new all over again!

[Howrrang]

daaam

[BuoyancyOfLoyalty]

Wow, haven't seen a video well done like this in a long time. Kudos.

[itstherocky]

I would seriously love to put this on tv during the commercial break

[marshmellowdann55]

@itstherocky Totally.

[Straws92]

@itstherocky turning it into a commercial is exactly what the artist would NOT want to happen.

[tartehomme]

@itstherocky

spend lots and lots of money to play this video during the superbowl

the effect would be massive

[punk98]

i wish the the song and video was longer

[NeotericTv1]

Where did you get the kinect program... how much is it

[JTVgamer]

Very cool. Just one thing: You spelled Marionette wrong.

Other than that, awesome.

[LawrenceSouljah]

Nine people don't like this song

[J1a2s3o4n500]

could u please put the lyrics in the description so i can copy paste them,... ill subscribe :)

[deadlyxsugar]

I'm so sad, I thought it was "bleed mascara into the holy waters of lies", not supplies.

Nonetheless, this is a fantastic video and an empowering song.

[armoredbaboon]

Dude this wa amazing. That was epic

[fidgetingfinch]

I have to write an essay about song lyrics that could be considered poetry. I'm choosing this one for obvious reasons.

[btown2011]

what program did you use for this?

[metal1man15]

dude this is sick!

[fidgetingfinch]

I get chills every time. Best kinetic typography I've ever seen.

[awsomeness]

This still takes my breath away every time I see it.

[okthatsnice]

it sounds like they are really passionate about what they are trying to say... unfortunately i have no idea what he means about most of the things he is saying

[galenflynn1]

@okthatsnice look up videos with Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, Ralph Nader, or Alex Jones and you'll start to get it.

[Wannafent]

Make. More. Videos.

[humanage2]

You've got some great work! Were you using Adobe After Effects?

[jackattack254]

That was sick! You were right to choose that major