*~Tina~* Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I have no idea what it is...have only heard it a couple times...it's kinda of a pop rock song maybe... has the lyrics "kids are alright"...that's all I remembered and figured it'd easy enough to Google...not! It is not The Who or Offspring...these are the only ones I've found searching the few lyrics I can remember :tongue_smilie: Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misty Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 What decade is it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Greenday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~Tina~* Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 What decade is it from? I think it's newerish...last few years? Maybe lol! Greenday? Nope...but thanks for trying :) If I'd know it be this hard to figure out I would have made better notes lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue? Male or female? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebo Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Goldfinger? http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/goldfinger/thekidsarealright.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~Tina~* Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Goldfinger? http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/goldfinger/thekidsarealright.html Not it... Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue? Male or female? Nope...honestly don't know...male I think...lol! I'm a lot of help huh? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I know who can figure it out, but she's not talking to me. I'll post it to FB and see if she responds. If not, I hope someone can help you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~Tina~* Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 I know who can figure it out, but she's not talking to me. I'll post it to FB and see if she responds. If not, I hope someone can help you! thank you...I've learned my lesson...take better lyric notes :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebo Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Maybe this one? http://www.burbler.com/broder-daniel-the-kids-are-alright-lyrics.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 call the radio station and explain your situation...they may be able to help. keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Pearl jam? Or The Offspring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 This was the only guess I got on FB. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) I think it was Cheap Trick.... hang on--gonna google. Pretty sure it was called Surrender btw. Trying to find it, but this keeps threatening to time out on me... Okay, probably not it since you said it was newer. The one I'm thinking of is late 70's. :tongue_smilie: Edited September 14, 2011 by darlasowders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 This was the only guess I got on FB. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks Funny you mentioned this song....my dh showed me the lyrics today....shocking. He said we had all been listening to the song moments earlier as we drove down the road together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 No clue on the lyrics, but I wanted to drop into Tina's thread and say... It's been awhile since I've been on with any regularity, and I love your new avatar pic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I think it was Cheap Trick.... hang on--gonna google. Pretty sure it was called Surrender btw. Trying to find it, but this keeps threatening to time out on me... Okay, probably not it since you said it was newer. The one I'm thinking of is late 70's. :tongue_smilie: Surrender is my guess too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 The one that popped into my mind is "All Right Now" by Free but when I listened to the lyrics it didn't have the kids are alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 This was the only guess I got on FB. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks :iagree: That's what I thought, too. I don't like that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~Tina~* Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 This was the only guess I got on FB. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks I think this was it! I hadn't actually listened to all the lyrics..obviously since I had the wrong ones :lol: Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~Tina~* Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Funny you mentioned this song....my dh showed me the lyrics today....shocking. He said we had all been listening to the song moments earlier as we drove down the road together. Ack! I looked them up after I saw the song title and read this...ugh! Geez, all the words in the world and that's all they can come up with. Gah! Music today...stinks!!! I still sometimes hear songs from back in my teen years and then look up the lyrics and choke. I often sing along and make up my own lyrics, guess I should start looking them all up. I heard a song tonight that I've listened to before and liked the beat of...but then I looked up the actual lyrics and it blew me away. I hadn't even caught the obscene language in the song! :glare: No clue on the lyrics, but I wanted to drop into Tina's thread and say... It's been awhile since I've been on with any regularity, and I love your new avatar pic! Awww....so sweet...thank you! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Ack! I looked them up after I saw the song title and read this...ugh! Geez, all the words in the world and that's all they can come up with. Gah! Music today...stinks!!! I still sometimes hear songs from back in my teen years and then look up the lyrics and choke. I often sing along and make up my own lyrics, guess I should start looking them all up. I heard a song tonight that I've listened to before and liked the beat of...but then I looked up the actual lyrics and it blew me away. I hadn't even caught the obscene language in the song! :glare: Nickelback's song This afternoon is SO catchy, and my son (and I) love it, but the lyrics are shocking! Not the type of message I want my son to be listening to! We discussed this yesterday when talking about that Foster the People's song....need to be sure our kids ITouchs are cleaned up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraphina Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 This was the only guess I got on FB. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks My thought was this and then I googled the lyrics, wow, I really should actually listen to lyrics more often. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Here are the lyrics. Robert's got a quick hand He'll look around the room He won't tell you his plan He's got a rolled cigarette hanging out his mouth He's a cowboy kid Yeah, he found a six-shooter gun In his dad's closet hidden in a box of fun things And I don't even know what But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet x1 Daddy works a long day He be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late And he's bringing me a surprise Because dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice I've waited for a long time Yeah, the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger I reason with my cigarette And say your hair's on fire You must have lost your wits, yeah All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet x1 All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I don't know the answer, but now I have the theme song from That 70's show in my head.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Here are the lyrics. Robert's got a quick hand He'll look around the room He won't tell you his plan He's got a rolled cigarette hanging out his mouth He's a cowboy kid Yeah, he found a six-shooter gun In his dad's closet hidden in a box of fun things And I don't even know what But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet x1 Daddy works a long day He be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late And he's bringing me a surprise Because dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice I've waited for a long time Yeah, the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger I reason with my cigarette And say your hair's on fire You must have lost your wits, yeah All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet x1 All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet This is what Mark Foster had to say about the song: What is "Pumped Up Kicks" about? The song is about a teenage kid that is trapped, isolated, and basically hates his life. So he's pretty much fantasizing going on a killing spree. For me, I write in character a lot, so I like to write stories from other people's perspectives. That song in particular, I was thinking and kind of burnt by 'How often does this happen?' More kids are getting guns, and shooting people, and these things are happening younger and younger, 14 or 13 years old. It's turning into an epidemic for American youth. I wanted to infiltrate, and dig beneath the surface and get into the psychology of what's going on in a kid's mind like that. link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I was wondering about that after I saw the video. The band looks like a bunch of college kids. Then I started thinking it was more a statement on our culture than a gangster (for lack of a better word) song. Either way it isn't something that I want my child listening to. Or that *I* want to listen to for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Songs about crimes, committing crimes and criminals are not new. They've probably been around since the dawn of songs. When I heard Pumped Up Kicks I told DS they should do a mash-up of that and I Don't Like Mondays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Never heard that song before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OH_Homeschooler Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 This is what Mark Foster had to say about the song: What is "Pumped Up Kicks" about? The song is about a teenage kid that is trapped, isolated, and basically hates his life. So he's pretty much fantasizing going on a killing spree. For me, I write in character a lot, so I like to write stories from other people's perspectives. That song in particular, I was thinking and kind of burnt by 'How often does this happen?' More kids are getting guns, and shooting people, and these things are happening younger and younger, 14 or 13 years old. It's turning into an epidemic for American youth. I wanted to infiltrate, and dig beneath the surface and get into the psychology of what's going on in a kid's mind like that. link So it's basically this decade's Jeremy from Pearl Jam? I liked this song, now I'm not so sure. I thought the lyrics were "You better run faster than my BROTHER," more a silly song about entitled kids with good shoes and a protective sibling. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funschooler5 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 So weird I saw this post...I'd heard parts of Pumped up Kicks on the radio (not knowing what the song was) and thought it was a catchy tune. I thought it was kind of similar to that old song Dancing in the Moonlight. Anyway, I didn't hear the lyrics, and they play it on this radio station the kids and I listen to, which is pretty good for the most part, they play new and old stuff but no rap or metal. Anyway....fast forward to DD6's very first Daisy Girl Scout meeting. She was so excited when they said they'd be singing a song. She said "I know a song!" and proceeds to belt out the chorus to Pumped up Kicks. I almost fainted right there. I guess the kids have had the radio on a lot lately while I've been napping (I'm in the 1st trimester of a pretty exhausting pregnancy). Anyway, I there were a couple of chuckles in the room from people who've probably heard the song before but the rest of the parents were pretty shocked (including me). On the way home I just explained to DD that the words to the song aren't very nice for a little girl to sing. I'm sure it's confusing since the melody is so...cheerful? Not looking forward to the next GS meeting....:blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 So weird I saw this post...I'd heard parts of Pumped up Kicks on the radio (not knowing what the song was) and thought it was a catchy tune. I thought it was kind of similar to that old song Dancing in the Moonlight. Anyway, I didn't hear the lyrics, and they play it on this radio station the kids and I listen to, which is pretty good for the most part, they play new and old stuff but no rap or metal. Anyway....fast forward to DD6's very first Daisy Girl Scout meeting. She was so excited when they said they'd be singing a song. She said "I know a song!" and proceeds to belt out the chorus to Pumped up Kicks. I almost fainted right there. I guess the kids have had the radio on a lot lately while I've been napping (I'm in the 1st trimester of a pretty exhausting pregnancy). Anyway, I there were a couple of chuckles in the room from people who've probably heard the song before but the rest of the parents were pretty shocked (including me). On the way home I just explained to DD that the words to the song aren't very nice for a little girl to sing. I'm sure it's confusing since the melody is so...cheerful?Not looking forward to the next GS meeting....:blush: This is what my dh said....that melody sounds like a kids song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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