The Protomen - Silent Running/Breaking Out (2012 mix) 

Me too

I roll the windows down, and blast this. I always cry from how amazing and emotional this song is.

It also works with the song "No easy way out" by Robert Tepper its an 80's song but it has the same affect

Ryan Knapp They've also covered this song.

I like to do that with Breaking Out, Keep Quiet, and Light Up the Night. Hit the end of Light up the Night, back it up to Breaking Out, and run it again

How did you know sir.......

It seems appropriate to me; Joe is that son.

That's a woman's hand holding the picture meaning there are three possibilities. This is Joe's mother looking at a picture of Joe's father. Joe slipped this photo to the woman at the bar and she found where it was taken. Roll is holding the photo and Dr. Light gave it to her to show her the cities first hero.

​​@@MrPikaGammer as much as I would love if it was, it can't be Joe's dad because he's holding the helmet from the sniper in keep quiet

Its possible. Thankfully they're still around.

Don't lose hope, my friend.

I really want that Top i cant get enough

MAGfest 2020 gives me hope--they showed a handful of Act III songs, one of which I don't think was shown before.

+Lauren Hahn it was about that price a few years ago here...

@@minacapella8319 I saw higher in California recently. *shrug*

Bud I was paying that in Tacoma in 2009 lol

Level easy in Brazil.

This comment hit really hard this week. Oof.

I've not been devoted to their 'Acts' although i have to say they are an amazing band.

Not just Badass--this song may very well be the perfect anthem for the Millennial generation. Think about it: due to the economic troubles and the housing market problems, so many of us are stuck at home when previous generations would have gained full independence much earlier. Frustrated, feeling powerless, stuck in the world the previous generations built and struggling to break free ("I'm breaking out of here tonight, I'm ready"). Plenty of the older generation insist that everything's fine ("This city's thinking that it's over, she's already fast asleep", "There's something wrong here, like this whole city wants to scream, but no one makes a sound"). But everything's NOT fine. We see trends in the world that we don't like, but have little power to stop or change things ("It feels like something's gotta change, but there's no use putting it in drive if all the wheels are stuck", "You wake up knowing things should change, but not knowing where to begin"). Then when we do try to change things, when we do break out, the previous generation often shouts back at us, trying to halt our change ("Don't turn your back on the city"). We're stuck in the houses we grew up in, despite our desire to get out on our own. Living under the same rules we lived under as teenagers and kids, even into our adulthood; some say we ought to be lucky to have a place to live, but what good is living if you can't feel alive ("We're given only what we need, only the chance to survive", "There's gotta be something better, something that feels more alive")? We try to survive by reaching out to each other, finding others who share our frustrations. But even in the age of the internet, divisions occur that lock us out, making us feel lost and alone even as we try to call for help ("I hear nothing but the static, for years there's nothing but the static on the radio", "If you can hear my voice outside these walls," "Break the silence, send a signal back"). In spite of all that, we still can't stop the need for independence, the need to be free of the old world and find one that we can fit into and make our own ("Sometimes I just wanna drive until the streets run out, I wanna burn until there's nothing left to burn about", "I'm breaking out of here"). Without realizing it, the Protomen have created the perfect spokesperson for our generation. Let's raise a glass to our hero, Joe!

This is my favorite song too, it’s just so good

I’m such a baby, I cried while reading this

@@ellasnow7471 You're not a baby for crying, you're just heading in the right direction.

Not gonna lie, not what I expected to hear from Vivec, but sounds good.

Nah

I think I needed this. Thanks.

They have a full version now.

Yeah, The poorer quality and the little bit of Silent Running at the beggining REALLY change the feel of this song to me. A feeling that really fits the artwork I think.

This is like 9 years later, but I'm actually pretty sure it's supposed to be the Wily Telescreen

they did?

DFG nah, theyre still indie, they've just been releasing a lot of cover stuff recently, having fun with their music. Check out their cover up ep, really good stuff.

Well I asked because I am not sure how and when they sold out..

DFG the cassette tapes sold out, not the band...

+Lysis Lambda okay :)

Haha, welcome to ripping audio from a cassette!

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

I like to think Roll *is* the girl Joe kept on drunkenly coming on to at the bar. She developed a soft spot for the poor kid, and when she worked out the dead "terrorist" was him, she wanted to retrace his steps and find out why and how he knew something was wrong. Those steps lead her to Light.

Joe! There was a Hero left in Man. ;w;

Joe. Is the man.

T_T

+Holy Derptard After listening to the original Mike and the Mechanics version, not at all. It was just okay. I prefer the instrumentation the Protomen gave it.

More or less the same, but instead I go on a road trip with The Homies

+LzKal making robotic people to run the city.

70's era gas shortage never got fixed because of Wily.

Check the description.

Did you do it?

@@jayshannahan9728 Yes. I blasted it as I left my high school for the last time on the last day of senior year. IT WAS AWESOME!

They did

@@yharnamhunter8759 They hadn't back then, but they did eventually!

It’s the first two minutes of the song. The rest is an original song from Act 2. However, you can look up the full cover they made later on their Cover Album, The Cover Up. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5UkbPLnt-JY.html

The part beginning with the "heartbeat" rhythm following the intro (i.e. the lead up to "This city doesn't know what's coming") up until the end is one of their original songs from their second album, and it's part of a story-based concept album. The character singing the song is Joe, a young man living in an Orwell-style dystopian megacity. He's pretty much the only person left in the city who still realizes that something isn't right there, and so this whole song is basically just him expressing his frustration at that fact. The "don't turn your back on the City" part is the rest of the populace telling him to keep his mouth shut lest he bring the bad guy's robot army down on their heads for daring to think for himself. Do yourself a favor and get the album, as IMO it's one of the greatest concept albums by any band ever, and the story and lyrics are insanely relevant (be sure to read the lyrics included in the CD insert booklet, as they contain important narration not in the actual song).

+fishbong In case someone hasn't already told you or made it clear in the comments below, this was ripped from a cassette. Hence why it sounds so... grainy? I wanna say grainy and tinny. Gives it a nice, authentic 80's feeling to it. And now I want a walkman so I could just have one of their cassettes, dammit!

CCBrown92 Cause it's from a cassette without Dolby.

Lol faeg