This is a compilation about the Pumped Up Kicks MemeI do not make meme compilations anymore. For an explanation on why, watch this video: www.youtube to have erection. A song made by Foster The People named after the luxury footwear. It's known for it's particularly upbeat yet unsettling musical composition After frontman Mark Foster made the track a free download in early 2010, the single gained traction on blogs, and by 2011, "Pumped Up Kicks" became a full-fledged sleeper hit. The main theme of the song is about a kid who is basically losing his mind and is plotting revenge to kids who are able to afford "pumped-up-kicks" (In the late '80s and early '90s, the Reebok Pump basketball shoe enjoyed modest popularity. The sneaker had a pump shaped like a basketball on the tongue, and the idea was that if you needed a little extra lift, you could just give it a I can credit the song for allowing me to discover one of my all time favorite bands, but pumped up kicks just really sucks and is ridiculously overplayed and overhyped. Even the really obscure songs on supermodel and shc outperform it in my eyes (or ears I guess). This thread is archived. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 4. Flo Rida - 'Whistle'. The idea of anyone being close to Flo Rida's whistle is disturbing. Just no. Most Disturbing Lyric: "You just put your lips together / And you come real close / Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby / Here we go". Get unlimited access to the coverage that shapes our culture. Subscribe to Playmen Music: This is an Official Remix of ''Pumped Up Kicks''Find Us:http://www.facebook.com/playmenmusichttp://www.twit WHY IT WAS WRITTEN school SHOOTINGs. This seems pretty obvious, "all the other kids" are the kids at the school, "outrun my gun" is how the shooter tells the kids to run. "'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 Breaking down the lyrics a bit, we first have to look at the title of the song. Why Pumped Up Kicks? Foster explains that it's a reference to the basketball shoes of the early 1990s where the tongue would have a "pump" that elevated those who wore them. When "Pumped Up Kicks" first gained traction on the Billboard Hot 100, the track signaled the exigence of a new wave of indie pop, which would eventually evolve into the notoriously named "bedroom pop" genre. But the hushed lyrics about a school shooter were immediately a topic of critical conversation, too. The echoing chorus of the track urOPq.