We Live in a Society: The Album

[@BigSleepy985]

This is the musical equivalent to those edgy skeleton memes that say stuff like “Pee? Nut? Butt-er? It’s time to wake up, sheeple”

[@codexstudios]

I love those memes, they get so surreal

[@manboy4720]

"WHY DO THEY CALL IT OVEN WHEN OF IN COLD FOOD HOT OUT EAT THE FOOD?"

[@gameboy3d943]

Except those are ironic and funny. This album is garbage, whichever way you look it.

[@MultiUnreal]

@@manboy4720 Am I having a stroke?

[@mushmush2874]

"When people say peacock nobody bats an eye, but when i say poopcock thats taking it too far?"

[@littled5986]

Get ready to hear this album being played 24/7 in trucks across America

[@NatsumiMovies]

nah those truck drivers would rather play country music because i have literally never heard this album elsewhere

[@msjjgirl]

thank god im canadian

[@prabbJacoby]

@@msjjgirl we're coming for u next.

[@msjjgirl]

@@prabbJacoby 😨

[@littled5986]

@@prabbJacoby that sounds very ominous

[@taromilkteawboba]

this is the musical embodiment of that one 1984 calendar meme

[@Gary_is_Goated]

Literally 1894

[@alfonsalenius2482]

jor jorwel

[@erikdaniels0n]

We’re literally live in 4198

[@prod.f1a83]

Kilometer😈

[@NoriakiRyuji]

"im gonna prove how much my free speech is limited by publishing an hour long political piece under a label" is something that just keeps happening and none of them realize how stupid it is lol

[@seakermac5800]

Kinda like millionaires rapping about being oppressed. Gasp

[@jaylaalle5827]

i'm pretty sure that this video should've been titled 'we live in a society: the album'.

[@BradTasteInMusicOfficial]

Good call

[@jaylaalle5827]

@@BradTasteInMusicOfficial thanks so much, king ❤

[@MultiUnreal]

@@jaylaalle5827 What was it called before?

[@jaylaalle5827]

@@MultiUnrealit was titled ‘the worst album about society that you’ll ever hear’

[@prod.f1a83]

Kilometer😈

[@bing0b0ng0]

that "i pledge allegiance to the flag" sample took me out every time for some reason lmfao

[@ItsYukiToo]

This is so bad that I thought the, "I pledge allegiance to the flag," was genuinely how every song started. Was wondering why they thought that was so necessary to repeat. 🤣

[@willm5032]

I mean americans force their kids to repeat it every morning so it makes sense conceptually

[@martijnstuart95]

When a band you always hated for no particular reason finally gives you a reason

[@Subhumanslug]

Nah, they gave me plenty of reasons before.

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

The instant I heard the singers absolutely repulsive voice I hated Shinedown with all my heart. Worst singer in rock music.

[@cdvideodump]

And the reason is you

[@centrovorsial2871]

LMFAOO

[@operationalbattlestation5477]

I hated them cuz their music was watered down nonsense with lyrics that were always weirdly specific while also not really sounding like it was about anything at all (which I believe brad actually mentioned in this video)

[@Lumen99]

I used to like this band. They were a guilty pleasure of mine. When this album came out, I tried to brainwash myself into thinking that I liked it. Eventually I couldn't even do that anymore. I really like Hope, but that's about it.

[@facepalm5058]

100% agree. Loved Attention Attention, thought the lyrics were actually pretty decent especially for music with pop/rock song structure. And then this thing comes out and the lyrics are just "uhhh, what if the government was Twitter?"

[@Rockmint]

I think everything before Threat to Survival is good tbh. Especially their debut album

[@Lumen99]

@@Rockmint I miss The Sound Of Madness so bad.

[@logiclunacy606]

Threat to survival was the last album I liked. Attention attention had too many pop tropes and reused lyrics from past songs... I remember that's what bothered me. I found Planet Zeros album pretty boring, I liked a few songs same as attention attention but overall pretty bad.

[@Atom-E.B.E.]

Close your eyes and count to 10 lol

[@iggyiggyiggy3418]

Love the sublimal Chad Kroeger. Thanks for brainwashing me so I can relate to being controlled, like in the album! On a more serious note, this is one of the most chaotic videos in a while and I love it! There's something about bad concept albums that's really fascinating. Thanks for putting out another banger.

[@jbc00per]

I love how these types are always facts over feelings but the "they're cancelling your feelings" line is so vague and just stupid haha, who's cancelling your feelings Shinedown? Who hurt u?

[@adamprice3466]

The Jews probably

[@jbc00per]

@@adamprice3466 honestly thought the same lmao when they always use "they"

[@matthewroberts3125]

Therapist: do you mean "invalidate your feelings"? Shinedown: No! We mean CANCEL your feelings!!

[@starchaser777]

twitter canceled them because they dislike other races oh no we can't even dislike people nowadays

[@Norrsky]

Reality has a left wing bias

[@sacyrus]

This is like if The Offspring and Nickleback had a child that was raised by late 2022 Kanye West.

[@yourrejectallamerican]

You nailed it

[@witchflowers6942]

i fucking love that they tried to make a techno dystopia concept album, with heavy references to current facebook-core social issues. I saw this group live when i was in middle school. I wasn’t there for them- i was there for five finger death punch. *sigh*. Dark period.

[@cardinalghast]

Actually same. This was back in 2015-2016 iirc. Might've been the same tour, if POD was the featured act.

[@slackershrub8923]

It's like if Nickelback wanted to be Rage Against the Machine but Chad was also a Facebook grandpa

[@cyrollan]

we all grow and mature over time. wait a second... no we ALL don't, but i'm glad a few of us have!

[@thegoatfromiowa8948]

A Shinedown/FFDP concert is actually hilarious.

[@suabruh]

I'm so crushed by this cause english is not my first language so 90% of the time when I listen to music I just tune out the lyrics and this was one of my comfort bands on days where my transphobic/homophobic family made me feel like offin myself, it's so awful to think that some guys just instantly hate you for existing, thank you for going over this, sucks but had to find out somehow

[@ravingcheetah]

As A Fellow Trans Individual, I Recommend You Go To A Shinedown Concert & Then Tell Me How “Transphobic” They Are. Brent & The Guys Have Nothing But Love & Acceptance For Every Person In The Audience, Regardless Of Gender, Sexuality, Or Beliefs. Hell, They Even Have Everyone Shake The Hands/Hug The Person Next To Them Before The 2nd/3rd Song Of Their Sets!

[@EulaliaDaisy]

@@ravingcheetah Why Are You Putting Capital Letters Before Every Single Word? I Don't Really Get It, It's Just Encumbersome To Read. As Another Trans Person, Their Lyrics Seem Like The Least Supportive Thing Ever, Short Of Going To A Conservative Pep Rally.

[@PuddleOfPizza]

@@EulaliaDaisy Look, I don't care for this album either, But Shinedown themselves aren't hateful individuals. In comparison to some of the other rock acts (Trapt, I'm looking at you), Their message isn't "Liberals are ruining society", It's "The government is dividing people and we need to stick together". Whether you agree with the message or not is one thing, But it's not inherently malicious. Having that said, Shinedown and other post-grunge bands aren't capable of conveying their messages well enough. So they shouldn't try and write this sort of music regardless of the intent.

[@zatty232]

Good luck, thats really tough shit, i hope you find your way

[@jc1424]

Shinedown are one of the least hateful rock bands I've ever listened to. This is just a science fiction album with a political agenda. They spend no time hating marginalized groups in their music or at their shows.

[@danielrckstr]

God I love the editing of the memes and jokes in this video. 🤣 also we can't forget Shinedowns greatest YTP "I'm not angryyyy I'm just angryyyyy"

[@mpk6664]

CS188 is always a joy

[@crunchy-roll]

Conservatives are always telling us to "Wake up!" but when we do finally wake up they call us "woke" 😭😭

[@Heathmcdonald]

Conservatives did coin that term. The woke themselves did.

[@crunchy-roll]

@@Heathmcdonald What do conservatives who have been "awakened" call themselves?

[@hagelgevaret5174]

@@crunchy-roll red pilled

[@crunchy-roll]

@@rainbowvomitself I would consider myself bread pilled.

[@rainbowvomitself]

@@crunchy-roll I am also leftist yes

[@ctxx24]

As someone who absolutely loves Shinedown, and they meant a lot to me growing up even if they’re cheesy I think planet zero is so ass they shouldn’t try to be political lmao

[@Lumen99]

Seconded.

[@ctxx24]

I was legit so embarrassed listening to America Burning lmao

[@Lumen99]

@@ctxx24 I had to take a break and question whether or not I even wanted to continue.

[@lawtonwright4270]

Easily their worst album for me

[@thedogfromraditude5449]

@@ctxx24 I was actually gonna buy tickets to their tour for this album, until I saw that America Burning was on the setlist. I can listen to music that I disagree with politically, but hearing it at a live show would just make me uncomfortable, and I don’t want to be associated with the crowd that would chant along to it.

[@bool7994]

"Panic at the voting booth" made me geek like crazy 🤣

[@burneraccount2345]

The next Shinedown album 1. Black Little Mermaid 2. Banned From Twitter(This is literally 1984) 3. I'm not a racist but 4. Sedition 5. SJW

[@jesuschristthatsjasonbourn9059]

you clearly know nothing abt the band

[@henrywilkerson5681]

@@jesuschristthatsjasonbourn9059 it's a joke who cares

[@jesuschristthatsjasonbourn9059]

@@henrywilkerson5681 this guy is calling the band racist when they never been shown to be anything near close to it

[@evillittlemcnuggets]

@@jesuschristthatsjasonbourn9059 did we listen to the same album with brad?

[@TyTheTurtle]

This album is basically if RATM meant Rage Against The Minority

[@Subhumanslug]

"Sometimes I cry and I wet my pants" -Shinedown

[@7r4v3ny6]

Knowing and hearing the genre they are going for, this feels like Shinedown trying to be different but they are still to scared to change genres. So it sounds like a mix of country, rock, and a tiny bit of techno

[@MultiUnreal]

Crockno

[@sandonparrish7217]

Coming from a Shinedown fan, this is definitely one of the albums ever written

[@VazeulEzren]

Yea, huge Shinedown fan too. Seen em in concert like 3 or 4 times. I couldn't believe how bad this album is, I had high hopes cuz I liked Daylight when it released, but that's probably the only good song on this. Then there's all those weird 30second interludes with some narrator that sounds like GLADOS, not sure wtf they were going for with that.

[@jbc00per]

@@VazeulEzren the glados thing is like baby's first concept album type thing, would have flown in the 70s for some prog rock concept record but just seems hokey considering how many good concept albums there are about general society/dystopian future/whatever

[@kendalkolasinski8055]

@@VazeulEzren I’ve gone rlly back and forth in what I think of it and they have made way better stuff 2018 was a good year for them

[@artvjon]

I've been avoiding this one for a reason 🙈

[@jc1424]

I enjoyed Attention Attention more than Planet Zero. This one is so broken up and uses science fiction as a cop-out to vaguely hint at their political agenda. Only a handful of the songs on their own leave a stronger impact than anything from Attention Attention.

[@ryanbollinger1759]

Hey Jon!

[@Psyt1c]

We live in a society where this album exists

[@Rowe4900candymachine]

The frontman of Shinedown is a actually from knoxville, tennessee. The band was pretty much formed by a record label taking a band from knoxville, dreve, and firing everyone but the frontman. It's the most corporate formation of a rockband ever.

[@mitzo4526]

24:08 “my chemical republicans” lmao

[@itsallenwow]

Can we pretend that air planes in the night sky were shooting stars? 🥲

[@asapling]

I can really use a wish right now, wish right now.

[@fhvisitor]

I think that saying "Nickelback wasn't that bad" has consequences, this album being 1 of them

[@Vdrum1010]

The Sound of Madness will always have a special place in my heart tho, especially "Devour"

[@2big4cheese35]

My mom got me this album on vinyl as a gift for Christmas. She knew them by name from their older stuff and got it mainly cause I asked her to pick out something different. Obviously I'm not gonna make a big stink over getting something I don't like (especially when I asked for a surprise), but I very gratefully told her "Thanks mom I think I'll save it to listen to later tonight." I honestly didn't mind it as just background music, (paying no mind to the lyrics whatsoever while playing games) the interludes really bugged me from the start, but actually listening to it with headphones was rough. Best part is that the sleeve is really thick so it stands out like a sore thumb in my collection, literally right between Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down of all places

[@saintspectre18]

Man, this is the first time I've ever tuned in to his stream from the start to end and it was a blast

[@longlivethesheet4561]

…uh, is the title track about the great replacement theory? This really is Charlottesvillecore

[@evillittlemcnuggets]

CHARLOTTESVILLECORE IM DEAD

[@2dornot2d]

this shit is like an alternate universe where stonetoss was the lead singer of nickleback. this is deplorable

[@burneraccount2345]

All these people complaining about "the Jews" just sound so pathetic.

[@staticsoul]

I'm 14 and this is deep- the album

[@zht]

OneRepublican

[@CastleMati]

That's a good one

[@AlexBArgo]

oh nice you finally heard it. i remember you reading some of the lyrics on the day it came out after i brought up how bad it was

[@SomeSong2]

“Step up or you’ll be stepped on Green deal’s new but it’s all gone wrong” Shinedown lyric generator

[@angleorurdevil]

Too real.

[@MyoticTesseract]

by the end of next year brad is gonna have a thousand different soundboard buttons and screens and every reaction from then on will be 99% a barrage of at least ten of those at all times drowning the shit out of the music he's actually listening to

[@RowanSomething]

13:56 Brad just had a Kanye moment.

[@tylerf.145]

shoutout to the person that said "great replacement type beat"

[@Rachel-Pham]

this album was a Halloween song away from being Muse

[@Salad531]

Coming from a muse fan (God I have no dignity) Yeah the Halloween song at least was goofy bad, this is just This sure is something

[@dogtheories]

literally thought "this sounds like ajr" immediately before brad said it sounded like ajr. stop stealing my thoughts brad

[@jeremyusreevu237]

How does this mediocre nothing sound like AJR?!

[@bellaander]

@@jeremyusreevu237 out of curiosity, is this ur first time watching brad

[@cdfactory]

@@bellaander He’s been watching him longer than you tbh, 1k+ comments

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@bellaander Not really, no.

[@bellaander]

@@cdfactory amazing. just a super ajr fan then

[@BeanGangTingle]

im not joking my friend told me to listen to this today i just finished listening when i see this video

[@dankmemewannabe]

@dicksuckerpussyfucker let’s wait to see if the compliment is returned

[@MultiUnreal]

@dicksuckerpussyfucker I’m not sure how I feel about yours

[@gogogagagugu2134]

I'm sorry your friend did that to you

[@iloveyoutubeshortskillme]

@@dankmemewannabe these comments are the only trace of my old account 😭, rip dickbeaterpussyeater 🕯️🕯️🪦

[@dankmemewannabe]

@@iloveyoutubeshortskillme may she rest in peace🙏🙏🫶

[@SebastianTheGreat]

This album is what happens when you unironically spend too much time on social media and you think that cancel culture is a real thing

[@LukeTansiongco]

Twitter☕️

[@Norrsky]

Social Consequences: exist Republicans: What happened to freedom of speech!?!?!?

[@zenksren8206]

I'll take whatever bottle of blue pills you're having if you believe that shit ain't real

[@libtarded]

Cancel culture is 100% real how can you even ignore that? Its that same gaslighting that says they arent teaching lgbt in schools. Good thing people are legit fighting the demons that are trying to prey on kids. God bless

[@coco_rthritis6462]

These "post-grunge" kinda bands make some of the most derivative music I've ever heard

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

I'm a big fan of the original wave of grunge bands, but yeah.. everything they inspired has been the worst shit on earth

[@Devo57]

Somehow we went from Kurt Cobain to this

[@matthewpunk2012]

Grunge has always sucked.

[@Lars-bg1gy]

@@matthewpunk2012I respect, but disagree, with your opinion.

[@llynxfyremusic]

You seemed extra unhinged here and I'm absolutely LIVING for it!

[@GT-qv1gl]

sometimes you juss gotta stand back, take a gander, and ask yourself “what were they cookin”

[@cyrollan]

i just discovered your channel today (via Fantano) and it's love at first sight. i will be watching your videos all night!

[@dexviridian]

This is the perfect album for the Ford Thunder bit fr

[@WiloPolis03]

This is the kind of music that makes me sympathize with snobs complaining about "stadium rock"

[@Benlovescheese]

It’s like green day but if they were trying to be conspiracy theorists as a joke and trying to write the dumbest shift they can think of to vaguely stir a pot.

[@SeaBassist32]

Hey Brad, I just wanted to thank you for this video because it helped me through the hospital and made me resist the transition into an edge lord. I’ve already thanked you on the Obvious Song Ripoffs but my account got deleted so it’s gone now, you replied to my comment saying they should’ve pulled the plug as a joke and it made my day. Keep up the best content on KZbin.

[@RyleeStrange]

i didn't mind the opener too much but by the time we hit Dead Don't Die i'm like "oh. they've gone from nickelback to imagine dragons"

[@alextihor1190]

Im wondering if youre planning to do Foals sometime... if you liked LCD Soundsystem which i saw you did maybe youll enjoy them. I dont know how much they've been on your radar, or if the community even wants you to check Foals out. They really are deserving of your attention. I mean their british legends basically and as the lore has it, you have been found to be british so familiarize yourself with some culture and math rock (mostly their earlier 2, 3 albums). I would recommend Total Life Forever or Holy Fire.

[@strigonshitposting793]

YES I’ve been waiting for this forever

[@StormRulerKazunagi]

not the biggest fan of their discography but i love Brent Smith's vocals and i really liked ATTENTION ATTENTION. I didnt enjoy Planet Zero as much but i have developed a bit of a soft spot for this band

[@cooldude2251]

Attention Attention was this but more boring

[@kendalkolasinski8055]

Attention Attention is very good. I’ve been a Shinedown fan for 14 years and I have really mixed feelings about this album. There other stuff is better. I still wear the hoodie because their band raised me and they have better stuff. There are weird political messages in this album. I feel like their more emotional albums are better. They seem more based in interviews, but this album is kind of weird.

[@operationalbattlestation5477]

If you like his vocals you should listen to Alter Bridge if you haven’t already

[@RV_Productions]

Lol love the reference to that CS188 shinedown ytp.

[@tyler3876]

If victimhood is currency, this album about society invalidating their feelings will make them a lot of money.

[@cabin_quilt]

Brad I need you to know that watching your streams has gotten "I lost my way agaiiiiiiin" constantly stuck in my head and I hate it :)

[@felipevasquez4349]

Oí sobre planet zero por primera vez en un circulo de proyect z donde recomendaban bandas, escuche la canción que le daba nombre al álbum pero no me gustó por que sonaba muy generica, pero ahora que se el transfondo y significado de esa canción gracias a dios que me aleje de ese circulo

[@SZebS]

lo que mas me sorprende es que alguien pensó que valía la pena musicalmente

[@matthewpunk2012]

Me vuela la cabeza que siga existiendo esta onda del post-grunge, todavía tiene esta peste del peor aspecto de la música de los 2000's xDD

[@ozzie_cnrd2262]

Pana algo me dice que esa gente es de la que escucha Tom macdonald o uno de esos raperos de "los progres lo arruinan todo :'((("

[@carsongodwin]

We need a 21st Century Breakdown review, and maybe a Pink Floyd’s The Wall review

[@squidzarecool720]

You cant review the wall. Just ask the nostalgia critic.

[@carsongodwin]

@@squidzarecool720 that’s the best possible reply ever!

[@NOISECOREMafiaTV]

This album reeks of cheese and bud light

[@SomeSong2]

And camo

[@NOISECOREMafiaTV]

@@SomeSong2 nothing smells better than my mossy oak camo jackets glistening in the cool Texas morning sun

[@Kalitayy]

1:15 Porter Robinson Nurture at home Someone please mix Brad's vocals with Something Comforting or whatever. Sounds good wtf

[@tehcookidz]

This album has the vibe of someone who read 1984/Animal Farm in the 9th grade once and thinks they are the foremost expert on authoritarian governments.

[@sangan3202]

panic at the voting booth was really fucking funny

[@doctorbarber1]

That first real track sounds like ten different songs getting played at the same time. It reminds me of "Dictator", the opening track from The Clash's awful final album where there's so much random crap going on you can't process what you're hearing.

[@lawtonwright4270]

Shinedown was my favorite band until this album released and I had a realization they haven’t released anything great in a decade (except for a few select songs). They have been dethroned for me.

[@VazeulEzren]

You know an album is bad when it makes you look at past albums so critically that you question if you ever really liked them to begin with. I didn't realize how forgettable the last 2 albums were (aside from a few songs) until I listened to this one and was like "Wow, yea they really did peak at tSoM." Maybe they'll recover like Rise Against and Seether and manage to pull an amazing album out after a decade of mediocrity, or maybe they'll just continue down whatever the hell this path is.

[@InkAndPoet]

Thank you, glad to see someone else who wasn't thrilled about this album.

[@sabouvicizzu3995]

I'M NOT ANGRY I'M JUST ANGRY

[@someothername7886]

0:53 I pretty much went my whole life thinking this was a Daughtry song

[@TheCycloneHunter]

The only Shinedown album I'll defend is The Sound of Madness. For what it is, it's a very solid album with some great choruses, a pretty strong vocal performance, and you can definitely tell that it's a much more personal album than whatever the fuck this is

[@eaglesandowls]

Leave a Whisper was awesome too

[@mpk6664]

Us and Them and Leave a Whisper are seriously 10/10 albums. Amaryllis is when they started to fall off.

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

From the moment I heard them, Ive been repulsed by literally every aspect of this band. I find their aesthetic sensibilities absolutely disgusting.

[@davidnissim589]

Leave a Whisper and Us and Them are both really good too

[@chuckmcluckin6082]

My problem with music with problematic takes personally is that you can have a fantastic song on your hands (quite a few of the heavier tracks had pretty awesome riffs and stuff), but I get incredibly distracted by whatever problematic take I'm being force fed and I can't focus on enjoying the instrumentation. But that might be a me problem

[@chuckmcluckin6082]

Prime example, Saints of Violence and Innuendo! That chorus instrumentation kicks ass, but the lyrical content is just so obnoxious

[@maryfreegirl2029]

agreed

[@prometheustv6558]

If the instrumentation is good enough I can ignore bad lyrics but with this album it just sounds boring.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

7:24 that mashup was going good lol

[@2120musiclover]

They should go on tour with Kid Rock and Monster Truck lol

[@Julian-lz5pd]

Daylight is pretty high on my Wrapped, haven't listened to a single other song from this album and I'm not sure I want to

[@skylar5257]

Rage Aligned with the Machine is the best one I’ve seen lol

[@maxmalavenda]

My grandma is friends with the lead singer's mom (not a joke) (the lyrics do not reflect my grandmas opinions shoutout grammy) (really not a joke though she has met shinedown)

[@4LLT0G3TH3R]

Shoutout n love to ya Grammy

[@angleorurdevil]

Ugh. I love Shinedown, I will always have a place in my heart for them with how important they were to me in my formative years. I thought their last work, ATTENTION ATTENTION, was a much more interesting and relistenable concept album with themes about mental health, with some songs open to be interpreted in a variety of ways. But this album is just not it. It is without doubt the worst thing they've ever made. I don't think I've ever been as disillusioned by something upon first listen as I was by the title track, then later the album as a whole. Do I think they're far right nutjobs who have completely lost touch? The song Bad At Love, from their side project, Smith and Myers, heavily features a lesbian couple in the music video. I have been to over a dozen of their concerts over the years and there is nothing but love, acceptance, and respect coming from these guys towards their audience. As an ever-questioning maybe LGBT person I've never felt excluded, out of place, or unsafe at one of their shows. It's like a big family. I'd like to still believe that's there for everyone regardless of identity. However. There is no escaping the fact that there is a deeply uncomfortable amount of right-wing speak speak in this album disguised as being "for everyone." At best, all the buzzwords will age suuuuper poorly. Some of them were already like five years dated at the time of the album's release, and it's not as remotely subtle as the band seems to think it is. The issue is a bit deeper than that though. There are numerous lyrics that feel like dogwhistles. Does "you check the box we don't like" still apply when the listener is LGBT+ in a room full of conservatives, or is it just for scared little cons who live in fear of getting cancelled for having an edgy opinion? Which "heroes" are being "murdered," and why idolize them? Who are the "animals" in America Burning, and who "won't starve?" And why does What You Wanted come off so condescending and abrupt, when the last song on the album has almost always been an emotional climax in the past? And for an album that sooo badly wants you to read its message to be "think for yourself," there's sure a lot of us-vs-them mentality (with "them" being thinly lampshaded as "the libruls") and trying to preach to you, the listener, to think in one very specific way. Are there any redeeming factors for me? I guess No Sleep Tonight has a cool riff, just a shame the lyrics in context represent what they do. A Symptom of Being Human is almost kind of sweet, and definitely one of those songs that feels a little relatable as a neurodivergent person at least if you just ignore the greater album context. But did they really need to cheapen that one single chance of emotional depth on this album with the "slightly awkward, kind of weird" bit? Everything else on this record is boring, off-putting, insulting, or all of the above. There's just nothing for me to really return to, and it even makes it hard for me to enjoy their older work the same way I used to in the time since this album's release. It's definitely a far cry from the same band who wrote Devour back in 2008, a deeply anti-war and anti-Bush song, and even Heroes back in 2003, the notion that one's idols are fallible and in a wider sense, a rally against just about everything Planet Zero stands for. Even if the band's views aren't hateful (though songs like America Burning reaaaaally make me question), these lyrics are only going to enforce and validate to people who are a lot further down that hole that they're right to be fearful of being socially ostracized for one perceived misstep and that "the libruls" are boogeymen out to get them, and to shut down things they fear/don't understand instead of try to level with their fellow human. The far right loves to play up on these fears and give these kinds of people what they think a place where they feel like they belong and where people "don't get offended by anything," where in reality it breeds environments that slowly become more and more tolerant to hate until it's too late to get out. It's easier to reinforce fears of what you don't understand, and one's preconceived stereotypes and views, than it is to accept that those views are flawed and try to be more open-minded. The harm potential here is truly disheartening. In addition to all of that, I quite frankly just expected better because this band usually respects your intelligence as a listener enough to let you put two and two together on your own, and interpret or relate to the songs in whatever ways you might personally. They don't need to rely on spoon-feeding the whole story to you, or to beat you over the head again and again with the same tired 1984 and AI-taking-over-the-world-forcing-you-to-conform tropes. It's been done to death, and seldom well. There's nothing new being added to the conversation here that isn't already long played out. Thank you Brad for covering this one. Sorry for the long-ass rant. I was surprised to see this album net more praise than I would have expected when it released and am kinda just relieved to feel validated in my distaste for it.

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

Lots of people were way more chill and progressive before 2016. Since trump, we've been galvanized further into our respective camps. Anyone who had unexamined prejudice or selfishness rotting in their heart is a zealous fascist now. Haven't you noticed how many of the hippies you know are fascists now? People who haven't armed their minds with genuine critical thinking skills aee getting turned into mindless far right goblins. A big part of that is that progressives demand that people make personal sacrifices and put in effort. Conservatives whisper on the ears of the weak like a devil, saying, "give in to your impulsive tendency to hate instead of understand".

[@captaincrash9002]

"The all cishet male band put lesbians in their music video" has never been, and won't be for a long time, in any way indicative of their opinion on LGBT people.

[@carlazoka]

this album gave me "I'm 40 and this is deep" vibes

[@guillaumelacroix8547]

I think this is my favourite KZbin video for some reason.

[@TheJohnnee]

19:38 They did it! They referenced themselves!

[@istaybased34]

1:45 *BASED!*

[@rixbyte7438]

this album makes muse seem like extremists

[@tradok777]

Literally 1984: The Album

[@adamprice3466]

1984: The Album was released in 1984 by Van Halen

[@aleagamer]

Thank you for this review, if one day I want to listen to one of their albums I already have fewer options

[@jackboi7142]

I got a ford ad while watching this video is officially sponsored by truckcember get the all new Ford Thunder now or get it somehow

[@PaunchoSmithPNGTuber]

This feels like the Opposite Day version of "Year Zero" by Nine Inch Nails.

[@probaddie456]

8:08 Sure wouldn't want that clipped out of context

[@scottgerrin2558]

Tom Macdonald meets Imagine Dragons

[@decentpotatoes]

Never have I thought that there would be a man who subliminally messages Chad in his video about a band that is desperately trying to be S.O.A.D. yet here we are.

[@matthewpunk2012]

I don't even enjoy S.O.A.D. that much anymore, but these guys don't hold a candle lol

[@Abridgimation]

Remember when Shinedown were good? I miss those times

[@ImaginaryAlchemist]

Honestly I'm getting a bit tired of artists "getting political." It always ends up being the same "social media bad, cancel culture bad, we live in a society" nonsense or tone-deaf commentary on the lockdown. I don't get how mainstream rock bands think they're "making a statement" when they're regurgitating the same lyrics as every other band "making a statement." Of course, music has *always* been political. I don't mind bands using their music to make social commentary. But it's just getting boring at this point.

[@prometheustv6558]

Yeah it always ends up being this vague crap where they just things about going against the system and why things are bad it’s just so generic

[@mushiwushi]

this is what the librul medium wants you to say .🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@racerdawg86]

is it bad when i first heard the guitar play at 12:32 , my first immediate thought was "robot chicken but bad"?

[@Spinelsofficalwife]

literally songs used in commercials

[@christiankettlewell]

Everyone knows Shinedown for Second Chance but i knew them from Save Me and i thought they were so cool back then. I can't believe how much i don't now lol Diamond Eyes is a pretty good song though

[@CletoFrost]

i love that some artists (the kid rock types) are now realizing theyre not living in a friendly society to them anymore keep em scared, folks

[@chippls9796]

I see what you did Brad, you gave it a 2 because of the 2nd Ammendment

[@ARWG]

12:37 this song literally sounds like me on the toilet.

[@herothehedgefox]

oh god brad oh god brad oh god