Flobots - Fight With Tools (song)

Dr_Rez · 05-26-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tkpb938

Was it the music you didn't like or the lyrics/vocals? Cuz I can totally understand if it was the latter. They tend to come off preachy, and at the same time a little pretentious.

I liked his voice and flow, its just the song was extremely corny, and the video was absurd, and seemed to me like they were trying to make a point that they didnt have a clue about.

tkpb938 · 05-26-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RezZ

I liked his voice and flow, its just the song was extremely corny, and the video was absurd, and seemed to me like they were trying to make a point that they didnt have a clue about.

Haven't seen the video, but I can see your point.

TheBig3 · 05-29-2008, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ComingUpRoses

Dont worry, my review was pretty much ignored as well. The only song I've heard is Handlebars, only because my friend insists on singing it everyday of her life. I like how the song progresses to more serious topics, considering it starts off "I can ride my bike with no handlebars"

Good review, though.

I think its not about how great he is for doing that, I think its more a positivity thing, juxtaposing these two ostensibly uncorrelated events there by saying they are to be viewed as equally difficult or more accurately, equally achievable.

You might think its cheesy or preachy or...

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Originally Posted by RezZ

I heard the song Handlebars. It sucked so badly i couldnt believe.

Sorry to those who like it, but that was ****in dumb.

yeah or even ****ing dumb but I suspect most gave it about 5 seconds worth of attention, wrote it off as a bad Papa Roach and went on dancing to their tuneless blather but its was great in concept and I can't say enough for the musicality of the song. Its builds to a beautiful crescendo and to me has always come off as some sort of musical piece.

Son of JayJamJah · 05-29-2008, 09:27 AM

I like the song (handle bars) it's catchy and well structured; I ignore the message because most "artists" today are too self absorbed and\or motivated by outside factors to write songs with a message.
I'm gonna check out the CD and what happened to the guy who wrote the revie3w, why does (s)he have a disabled account?

TheBig3 · 05-29-2008, 02:21 PM

No idea but I wondered the same thing.

timefornothing · 06-05-2008, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

a bad Papa Roach

Pardon me sir, but are you suggesting there's a good Papa Roach that I haven't been informed of?

Son of JayJamJah · 06-06-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by timefornothing

Pardon me sir, but are you suggesting there's a good Papa Roach that I haven't been informed of?

Good post

NoseClams · 06-06-2008, 12:04 PM

papa roach does indeed suck! but i dont seen how you can even compare them to flobots. they dont even sound remotely similar. its like comparing tupac and the Beatles. just doesnt work.

~~aunixx~~ · 06-06-2008, 12:10 PM

The Flobots are not meant to be liked because of their musical genius but rather the catchy sound. The album is decent but they came up so fast from a Denver music competition to getting spins on local stations to national airplay in under a year mainly because of "handlebars"

teshadoh · 06-06-2008, 12:27 PM

I liked the Handlebars song - saw the video this week & didn't realize the band is based 20 miles south of me.

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NoseClams Ghost man on First! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 130	papa roach does indeed suck! but i dont seen how you can even compare them to flobots. they dont even sound remotely similar. its like comparing tupac and the Beatles. just doesnt work. __________________ "Alcohol, the cause and solution to all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson http://www.last.fm/user/NoseClams/

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Son of JayJamJah Occams Razor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: End of the Earth Posts: 2,472	I like the song (handle bars) it's catchy and well structured; I ignore the message because most "artists" today are too self absorbed and\or motivated by outside factors to write songs with a message. I'm gonna check out the CD and what happened to the guy who wrote the revie3w, why does (s)he have a disabled account?

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~~aunixx~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 14	The Flobots are not meant to be liked because of their musical genius but rather the catchy sound. The album is decent but they came up so fast from a Denver music competition to getting spins on local stations to national airplay in under a year mainly because of "handlebars"

06-06-2008, 12:27 PM	#20 (permalink)
teshadoh Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 94	I liked the Handlebars song - saw the video this week & didn't realize the band is based 20 miles south of me.