We all now know, from researching and being told in class on Monday, that author of the song “Pumped up kicks” is Mark Foster. Mark Foster started the band Foster and the People. Foster was also bullied in school when he was a kid; I believe that this had a big influence on him writing this song. I also think that the fact the he is a jingle writer played a part in why this sad, depressing song is set to a happy, peppy tune. I believe that the other reason that this song is set to a tune that doesn’t fit the lyrics is so that more people will listen to the song. Not everybody will take the time out to listen to a sad, depressing type of song, but people are more likely to listen to a song that’s upbeat and in a sense puts you in a good mood. This is also the type of song that gets stuck in your head so that you repeat it over and over and over again. This was purposely done for this song so that people will keep listening to it and get more people listening to it and eventually spreading the song. If everybody is singing the song and listening to it eventually people are going to wonder what the lyrics are and then Foster and the People have came one step closer to achieving their goal for this song.

            The purpose of this song is to get out the message on bullying. It is to let people know that bullying does happen and that we all need to do something about it. Mark Foster and the rest of the members in the band Foster and the People intended for this song to be played and streamed on google plus, twitter, etc. they wanted as many people to be able to listen to it as possible. I believe that they felt if they could actually voice out to people and let them know that these type of things really do go on whether we see it or not and that it is serious then maybe people will actually stand up and try to do something about it even if its never happened to them. I also think that this song may have been written from the victim’s point of view to. I think in a way Mark Foster was trying to let people know how he felt and how low he could have gone when it was happening to him as a kid.

 

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