So we've been getting some complaint calls here at the radio station about the song "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People.
It's a strange-sounding song - very catchy - but if you listen to the words, it is talking about a kid shooting other kids (or at least thinking about it.)
Here is a blurb from www.songfacts.com:
Mark Foster (Foster the People's lead-singer) explained the song's meaning to Spinner UK: "Pumped Up Kicks' is about a kid that basically is losing his mind and is plotting revenge. He's an outcast. I feel like the youth in our culture are becoming more and more isolated. It's kind of an epidemic. Instead of writing about victims and some tragedy, I wanted to get into the killer's mind, like Truman Capote did in In Cold Blood. I love to write about characters. That's my style. I really like to get inside the heads of other people and try to walk in their shoes."
So what do YOU think? Should we play the "non-guns/bullets" version of the song...or is that taking it too far?? (Listen to this version below)
Let us know what you think below...
Let us know what you think below...
Pumped Up Kicks
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