"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" Pickens: why not both?

shooting down a perseuing ship with a pistol while riding a bomb, that's the most badass thing i've seen in 2020

So, I was actually searching for a mathematical explanation when I was searching "dividing by zero" and I came across this banger... God dam..

i will never not love this video

For something only 5 minutes long, this manages to deliver one of best Deaths ever.

Those goggles have repaired themselves at least 3 times over the course of this video.

Im convinced that if Slim Pickens was released in the 90s it would’ve been their absolute biggest hit.

This looks like a series of cutscenes to the most amazing video game never made.

reminder that in this video slim pickens survived: 1:18 being shot at by airplanes 1:42 his airplane being blown the fuck up 1:58 jumping off a airplane while blowing it up 2:03 riding a missle while being shot at from all sides 2:16 the explosion of a airplane missle and a rocket launcher shot going off in his face 2:22 merging souls with the demon dude 2:38 like a 400ft drop 3:36 being attacked by demons 4:00 a grenade explosion that was powerful enough to destroy a airplane eariler the only thing able to kill him was being torn out from the inside by a demon

These "two" songs are without a doubt the best part of the Days Go By album

The best part about this song is that it has the nicest transition to the second part of the song after 2.27. Both parts sound like two separate songs yet work so amazingly well it makes this song very unique, impressive and down write awesome!

I love double-songs like this. Songs that seem like 2 distinct songs, but belong together and if you listen to one without the other you find yourself missing the other one. This is one of my favorite cases of this.

I would pay to watch an animated series like this.

the transition from the first song to the second one is so smoooooth

I love this video. The art style makes me think of the kinda burnout kid in grade school who drew his own comics, and I mean that in the best possible way-there's a rawness to it that just works.

The Blue Angel doesn't let anyone win because you're dividing by zero

ah yes,the doom slayers calmer,lesser known sibling,slim pickens

Not to be confused with Jim Pickens, our dear Leader

Imagine to defend your home, to die, end up in hell, only to have your soul destroyed and replaced by your violator.

2 songs 1 video, absolutely flawless. I came for the music, and stayed for the animation. The 2 songs seem like their actually two halves of the same story which is a brilliant idea, and the video simply reinforces that feeling.

1:51 is it just me or is slim Pickens a supreme badass

It's interesting that the blue angel, while a force of chaos, is only ever seen slaying both sides in succession. When one side (Red) proves the definitive winner in the end, he promptly shows up to behead them, continuing the theme of never letting any given side fully win. Earlier in the video, the grenades act as a chekov's gun, as while he only pulls one to use on the plane behind him, in doing so he reveals he has additional grenades in reserve, waiting to be used. I'm unsure who's decision it was to use the grenade in the latter half of the video- Slim pulls it free in his cage before the identity crisis starts, but it's the Red General fighting for control when one of them manages to pull the pin.

This will forever be The Offspring's masterpiece, in my opinion.

I will always love this video, the mixture between a metaphor for how one joins a cause out of goodness and becomes jaded/evil due to the destruction of the country they fought to protect from the "evil" enemy general/leader. Maybe it's just nostalgia but I deeply enjoy this video

One of my personal favorite music videos. Can be interpreted in so many unique ways and the art looks like something a high school student would draw in their math textbooks. It's beautifully grungy and imperfect, giving it a look that I haven't seen replicated in too many other places.

And here we have the plot for my newest DnD session. Seems legit.

I felt like I just watched a season finale for a show

Well I think we all would agree if this was a animated series or a movie we would all watch it, this is the most badass video I've ever seen

UKposts recommendation system: 2017: neahh.. 2018: wait for it 2019: HELL YEAH BROTHER!

In the previous upload, someone made a comment that made me laugh: See? This is what happens when you divide by zero.

Slim Pickens is by far my fav song they've ever done, and I've been a fan of offspring since the album smash. That tells you I'm old, and have been following this band for decades.

I'll never grow tired of these two songs. These are definitely some of the most underrated songs/music video the Offspring have made.

literally two seconds of that opening riff “oh yeah, it’s all coming together”

That moment when a badass song doesn't get the credit it deserves

Getting Slim Pickens to play directly after Dividing by zero on spotify is very satisfying

Slim Pickens is my new favourite Anime character

Time to rewatch this for 2 hours again.

2:13 when you have a missing gmod texture on your rocket

My father used to love this band, now I listen to them at the gym. RIP Dad

3:30 "Are you really gonna take it like that? Riding on a missile with a cowboy hat?!?" - This is why I love you guys, and I'm glad Americana was the first cassette I ever bought. Thanks for the Strange Love shout-out, but above all thanks for being good people. I'm glad you shaped my childhood. Love from Zimbabwe.

Physics?! HA! WHO NEEDS THAT SHIT WHEN IM RIDING A FUCKING ROCKET?!?!?

I have a feeling the blue guy is like a God of war and anarchy. He's attacking both sides like he purposefully brought them together

Let’s just appreciate the effort put in this epic animation for a minute...

how did 4.2k people dislike this masterpiece?

everything in this song is colour coded yellow=good/slim red =bad/red commander blue=chaos/blue angel orange=order/robots gray=neutral/crowed and I think that the gas was the robots trying to sniff out the demons in the crowed in order to kill them, and the reason it worked on slim was because the red com was fused with him by B angel. edit: we can also possibly assume two things from the lyrics, #1: that blue angel's name is anarchy and #2: that the robots are trying to organize hell, all the demons in hell had hidden themselfs as everyone else. That's what the blue gas was for.

0:18 Wait this is The Offspring? 0:30 Hell yeah, it's The Offspring.

The part where anarchy is everywhere and their heads are splitting while breaking the bots sends a shiver down my spine. The good kind. The kind that makes me want to split my head open and break things while laughing manically.

that pilot earned his official badass license

Never thought I'd see a Dr. Strangelove reference in a modern song.

Video subtittles: "🎵🎵🎵" deaf people: 2:50

The Offspring: "It's two songs not one..." People: "Thank you for the music but we'll take it from here :) "

I love the implication that that before he ejected with the bomb he found a new pair of goggles

Its like if Superjail and Borderlands had a baby

Proof you can still rock out in your 40's and 50's

Lyrics: DIVIDE BY ZERO Oh take me higher All the way to the sun Down to the wire Fighting's only begun It's closing in on you Closing in on you Run from the fire Raining down on you It's closing in on you Closing in on you Woah! And no way out Woah! Woah! I will persevere I will resist you here I will interfere I'm not the only son My will will be done A dissent begun It's closing in on you Closing in on you Run from the fire Raining down on you It's closing in on you Closing in on you Woah! And no way out Gonna make it through I'm gonna make it through Divide by zero like a wrecking crew It's closing in on you Closing in on you Woah! And no way out Woah! Woah! Oh take me higher All the way to the sun I will persevere I will resist you here I will interfere It's closing in on you Closing in on you Run from the fire Raining down on you It's closing in on you Closing in on you Woah! And no way out Woah! Woah! Gonna make it through I'm gonna make it through Divide by zero like a wrecking crew It's closing in on you Closing in on you Woah! And no way out Woah! Woah! SLIM PICKENS DOES THE RIGHT THING AND RIDES THE BOMB TO HELL Take me for a ride I'm the one you pushed aside But it's coming back to you Yeah it's coming back to you (Hey!) Run to the sound Take it back and double down 'Cause it's coming back to you Yeah it's coming back to you Well Ahhhhh! Well we're pouring gasoline So dance around the fire That we once believed in Ahhhhh! It will never be the same now 'Cause there's nothing left for us to bleed Give it up, The Champions of Greed So come around and have another round on me Dance fucker dance Let the motherfucker burn (Hey!) Snake is in the grass while You're living in the past Say what're you gonna do? Yeah what're you gonna do (Hey!) Earn. Never learn When you're cheering while it burns Well we're coming after you Yeah we're coming after you (Hey!) Slim Pickens well he does the right thing And he rides the bomb to hell Yeah he rides the bomb to hell Watch the pulse It quickens after every little sting If you're gonna go to hell Drink it up you might as well Are you really gonna take it like that? Riding on a missile with the cowboy hat and Ahhhh! Well the world is gonna end So dance around the fire That we once believed in Ahhhh! Wanna tear it down again now? 'Cause there's nothing left for us to bleed Give it up the sons of anarchy So come around and have another round on me Dance fucker dance Let the motherfucker burn (Hey!) Are you really gonna take it like that? Riding on a missile with the baseball bat and Ahhhh! Well we're pouring gasoline So dance around the fire That we once believed in Ahhhh! It will never be the same The takers and the liars that We all believed in Ahhhh! Well we're going down in flames So dance around the fire We dance around the fire 'Cause there's nothing left for us to bleed Give it up: The Champions of Greed So come around and have another round of me (Hey!) (Hey!) Dance fucker dance Let the motherfucker burn!

This is one hell of a metaphor for the eternal war between Happiness (yellow) and Anger (red), while Depression (blue) undermines all of it while agitating the war on, and how when one reaches the breaking point all logic and reason (robots) are ultimately useless against human emotion. I mean I know everyone is diving deep into the logical psychology of it with like the Id, Ego, Super Ego thing. But artistically this feels like a better metaphor IMO.

This plays like a Borderlands game and personally, I'm into it

My interpretation of this video, despite having been deleted upon the video's reupload, is something along these lines: The three main characters each represent the Superego, Id and Ego as defined in Freudian psychology. The Superego is the yellow guy, the Id is the barbarian/fascist, and the ego is the blue Angel of Death. We get shown a situation where the superego prevails, and then the id, all while the ego does the exact opposite of it's job. The ego is a warped and broken individual that encourages and revels in the internal conflict here, when it's supposed to be a mediator between the two forces. The red leader, the Id, is impulsive and powerful. He clearly rules with an iron fist, and most of his soldiers seem terrified to be out there. He uses violent, scary imagery to intimidate, and is clearly strong and crazy enough to keep control of his army. Yellow guy represents the superego, which is usually associated with morals, societal norms, and the tendency to consider one's options. His forces are clearly inferior to the red forces in numbers (the superego is often considered to be about 20% of the mind, while the Id is 70%,) and he is also clearly not the leader, just another cog in the machine. He somehow manages to, through training and luck, sacrifice himself to take out the enemy leader. If we also take into account the lyrics and nazi vs allies imagery, he clearly represents the "good" guys we're supposed to root for - society and selflessness. With this he "wins" the first song, as he means little to the yellows but eliminates the red leader. The story really happens in the second part though - the ego finally does some of his job and unites the superego and id, merging them as they're sent to hell. When they land, yellow guy takes firm control as the "mask", and observes his surroundings; he quickly befriends the guy in the other cage, who seems nice... and who is then killed while the crowd cheers, shocking him. The blue smoke represents him starting to see the cruelty of this world, as the guards beat the crowd; seeing this, the id screams out for self-preservation and control, nearly taking it before they get put into the sacrifice cage. It's here that the id takes enough control to save the pair of them, exploding the grenade and destroying the control centre while saving the pair's life. Released into a violent and lawless crowd, yellow guy is quickly proven incapable compared to the id, who promptly takes control, "winning" the second song and proving his value.... And is immediately murdered by the laughing, insane ego, resulting in further chaos.

I wonder how many people watching this is aware that Slim Pickens is the name of a real person. (He was an actor who famously played Major Kong in _Dr. Strangelove,_ who rides a nuclear bomb all the way to the ground.)

not clickbait he actually did ride the bomb to hell

A game needs to be made based on this video.

WOOP WOOP! THIS WORK OF ART IS BACK!!!

Holty crap, how did I miss this for the past 4 years. That was -ART-

I love the animation for the first part. It almost feels cheap, but then it just looks awesome at the same time. That whole sketch-like quality to it is so cool, and the second part is great too, just different. Everyone lost their outlines.

SOME ONE NEEDS TO MAKE THIS A CARTOON

It’s amazing how these guys can just show back up whenever they want and release a song that sounds exactly it’s supposed to

I can definitely hear both of these songs in Invincible's next seasons.

I love the raw energy of the crowd. It embodies the sheer destructive nature within humanity. That resentment buried so deep it can only escape when we are driven to the absolute height of emotional anarchy, when our every bottled emotion rushes forth to express themselves all at once. It’s its own kind of ecstasy. In such a state, humans can become overwhelmed by our deep, primal urge to not only watch the world burn, but to actively contribute to the fire.

4:44 I like how the red guy is like. "Finally! I'm free from the pilot's body and I have at last defeated him!" Only to have his head lopped off by the blue angel dude.

Yo Intersex army? Lets goooo

The blue angel person is by far the best character

2:13 ERROR- MISSING TEXTURE

You look me look me in the eye and tell me that this is not the raddest shit ever

"Sir, permission to leave the station." "What for, Master Chief?"

You know what? These and You're Gonna Go Far, Kid need to be linked together as the "Fu@%er Dance" trilogy.

Everyone knows the mosh pit gets lit when the robots release the shapeshifting gas

This is very much 2 separate songs connected by the theme, and I love it. The switch half way through is perfectly timed.

the title is as long as the song

Here's what I believe the meaning of this video is, (TL;DR at the end) This is the inner workings of someone mentally unstable, the protagonist is Slim Pickens, the poor madlad is the representation of the person's ego, the army he is part of represents the control he has of his mind, at 1:44 the lyrics mention his perseverance and willingness to intervene with the "demon's plans", their plans are mentioned various times, on of them is right before, at 1:37, referring to his ambitions, his greed is also mentioned at 2:56, his "closing in on you" and "weighing on you" may also mean that he got his desires under control, but as is clearly seen, this war for control is taking its toll, slowing destroying him. The blue angel is his alter ego, his appearance is similar to Slim Pickens and color palette is blue, opposed to the demons red, he has his alter ego serving as relief from the stress, but it's never letting his inner war end, making him brimming with indecisiveness and always trying to making him accept himself and his desires as seem in 2:22, but accepting his desires is a ticking bomb, the war became silent but it may explode at any moment. When he accepted his desires, his ego compressed into two sides completely, with him still on the "control" of his mind, but he is now aware of his inner demons, he is the bomb that rode to the hell that is the depths of his mind, his inner desires were repressed for so long that it became similar to a hell, as mentioned in 2:29, but even if he is in the control of his mind, he is a prisioner of his desires now, and his desires need fuel, the part at 2:45 may signify that this is not the first time he indulged in his desires, and the war before may be him holding himself, but right after the lyrics says that it will not be the same, this will scar him, 2:58 may imply that his desires may involve drugs, alcohol, sex or similar, the "snake in the grass" may mean treachery, the following lyrics kinda supports that with a provocation, like calling him to make his revenge, soon after the robots, wich represents his body autonomy that it's out of his control, shoot a blue gas, it's probably some anger chemical, since the other desires go rampage after infection, including his ego with his inner demon trying to take control and blowing everthing up, the machines deactivate, it can imply that he has gone haywire outside his mind, since the gas is blue like the angel, it can also imply that the angel all this time was fuelled by anger, and once his desire take over, also fueled by anger, since the alter ego, aka the angel, tends to be the opposite of the ego, he now wants to destroy his desires. TL;DR: Everything is occurring in some person's mind, the person is mad with desire for revenge, his ego is having a war with himself and his desires, his alter ego makes sure no one wins and makes him accept his desire, his ego becomes a ticking bomb and falls on the depths of the hell that is his mind, now his desire takes control and he watches everything burning down, his inner desire comes out, and his alter ego, which was previously fueled by anger, flips sides now becoming the voice of reason. Forgive me for any grammar mistakes.

To bad I can only click "like" once.

Help me I'm addicted to this song

Slim Pickens, AKA Louis Burton Lindley Jr, left the planet in 1983.. I think He would've felt honored by the choice of actor selected to portray Him.

This is one of those songs that you play as you ride into war upon a mighty Ork battle wagon!

En México adoramos a The Offspring

That static hum from the guitar amplifier that was picked up and not cut out made the gear head in me jump for joy. Love tiny details like that. That accentuates the drummer putting in that simple flam beat in the silence of the others even more.

the transitions between the songs is smooth af

This is 100% awesome, the tunes, the art style.... Made me riding bike a lot more fun. (One of the plus points of doing food delivery... You can listen to sick tunes like this and dance in traffic while others are miserable in a office)

Lyrics !!!!! Oh take me higher, all the way to the sun Down to the wire, fighting's only begun It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you Run from the fire raining down on you It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you Oh, and no way out oh oh I will persevere, I will resist you here I will interfere I'm not the only son, my will will be done A dissent begun It's closing in on you, closing in on you Run from the fire raining down on you It's closing in on you, closing in on you Oh, and no way out Gonna make it through, I'm gonna make it through Divide by zero like a wrecking crew It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you Oh, and no way out oh oh Oh take me higher, all the way to the sun I will persevere, I will resist you here I will interfere It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you Run from the fire raining down on you It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you Oh, and no way out oh, oh Gonna make it through, I'm gonna make it through Divide by zero like a wrecking crew It's closing in on you, it's closing in on you Oh, and no way out oh oh Take me for a ride I'm the one you pushed aside But it's coming back to you Yeah it's coming back to you, hey! Run to the sound Take it back and double down 'Cause it's coming back to you Yeah it's coming back to you Well Well we're pouring gasoline So dance around the fire that we once believed in It'll never be the same, now 'Cause there's nothing left for us to be Give it up the champions of greed So come around and have another round of me Dance f***er dance, let the motherf***er burn, hey! Snake's in the grass while you are living in the past Say what're you gonna do? Yeah what're you gonna do, hey! Earn never learn When you're cheering while it burns Yeah we're coming after you Yeah we're coming after you, hey! Slim Pickens well he does the right thing And he rides the bomb to hell Yeah he rides the bomb to hell Watch the pulse, it quickens after every little sting If you're gonna go to hell Drinking up you might as well Are you really gonna take it like that? Riding on the missile with the cowboy hat, and Well the world is gonna end So dance around the fire that we once believed in Wanna tear it down again, now 'Cause there's nothing left for us to be Give it up the sons of anarchy So come around and have another round of me Dance f***er dance, let the motherf***er burn, hey! Are you really gonna take it like that? Riding on the missile with the baseball bat, and Well we're pouring gasoline So dance around the fire that we once believed in It'll never be the same The takers and the liars that we all believed in Well we're going down in flames So dance around the fire We dance around the fire 'Cause it's never left for us to be Give it up the champions of grief So come around and have another round of me Hey, hey! Dance f***er dance, let the motherf***er burn, hey!

Why do I feel intertwined to this song

The Offspring were my favourite group when I was teenager and they still show that they got it.

Yes finally! I was sad to see it go but so happy it's back. This is the most badass music video ever.

I think this would have been one of their greatest hits if it was released 10 years earlier.

What happens in calculator when you try to dividing by 0

This feels like something straight out of Warhammer 40k oddly enough.

Me: I want to be a fighter pilot. Sees the time, educational requirements, service commitment, and performance standards of fighter pilots. Me: I think I'll just play WarThunder.

the correct successor/continuation of this video should be "runnin across the tracks" by billy talent

Am I the only one who's been getting the message from a lot of Offspring songs that they think the next generation is fucked?

The Offspring presents: Slim Pickens Dude, I could imagine a feature length movie based on this.

Am I the only one who wants a part 2 but only because the characters are cool and I want more of them especially blue arch angel dude?

Slim Pickens is quintessential Offspring. My mind was taken back to 2002 the first time I heard it. Great song!