Otherwise’s “Soldiers” Gets A Video After Surging Up SIRIUS Charts – We Say, “Seriously? Otherwise?”

WOW! I am a soldier! WE ALL ARE SOLDIERS! We all have our own *battle* to fight. & If you don’t see that from that song then you need to listen to it again.

Wow. This might be one of the WORST reviews I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s almost as bad as the one someone wrote calling Avenged Sevenfold a satanic band because of their Call of duty music video! I think you should look more into the lyrics before you decide to start your horrible accusations. It’s not just a military thing, it’s about ALL of us fighting an ongoing fight. Everyone in the entire world. You should go back to school for journalism because you sir cannot are a pathetic excuse for a writer. And by the way, Myspace? I hate to burst your bubble but no one uses that anymore

Seriously?

soldier (ˈsəʊldʒə) — n
1.a. a person who serves or has served in an army b. Also called: common soldier a noncommissioned member ofan army as opposed to a commissioned officer
2.a person who works diligently for a cause

So a firefighter doesn’t work diligently for a cause? A nurse doesn’t? A single mother trying to put food on the table for her child doesn’t? Yes, soldiers are men and women that fight to serve our country, but that doesn’t mean that every human being on this planet isn’t a soldier in some form. You are extremely ignorant.. Have you never noticed that song lyrics, like poems, are usually not meant to be interpreted literally?
Amazing song, and I give them a lot of credit for getting to where they are today and soldiering on.

When I first heard this song I loved it. I never stopped loving it. To say that Otherwise is being offensive by not having ‘true’ soldiers in their video doesn’t mean that they are committing a crime? If you truly had sense, you wouldn’t have posted this pointless nonsense. Majority of my family has been in the military, and they’ve been through it all. But me, I refuse to fight for this country. Because I fight for my life, for my sanity; and so does everyone else. The spirit of the song is was matters. The video might not make sense to you, but it does to me, and surely it does to thousands of other people.

“the biggest, dumbest target audience possible”

Really? I know some college educated people making 6 figures a year who love this song and band.
Taste in music is an individual choice having nothing to do with intellect.
Apparently, thanks to the internet, anyone can call himself a reviewer and write crap like this, thankfully Otherwise’s audience isn’t dumb enough to put any value in this, contrary to what you might think.

Love this song!!!! Otherwise ROCKS!!!

I for one respect your opinion, you don’t like it… that’s fine. However, millions have connected with it, many love this song and that’s what matters most. Not everyone is going to like this song, this band, or this type of music.

However, OTHERWISE, is a great band that will be out for a long time.

MySpace is only ONE place to go to find music, there are a TON of freaking awesome rock bands that you miss out on by ONLY using MySpace. I research music constantly, and there are more then 15 resources I go to find things.

If you wish to really research and find bands you like, do it better. If you are going to write about it, you need to use much more resources than just MySpace. That isn’t even going to give you a SLIVER of an idea of what’s out there.

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Unreal…..do some reaearch on something current before you open your mouth next time. Why insult massive groups by callingvthem stupid if they like a movie? Get over yourself and go back to myspace lol

It’s more than obvious that you are over-analyzing the lyrics in a very literal manner. The beauty of the art of music is that it’s open to interpretation. Most things can be defined in multiple ways. Just because the lyrics mean nothing to you, because you do not understand them, does not mean they don’t mean something to someone else. It has nothing to do with where you are from. It has everything to do with if you can relate to the actual lyrics and understand them, even if your understanding of the lyrics is something totally different that what the bands motivation for the song was. Having a music blog, one would think you would know that is one of the most common determining factors when it comes to if a person likes or dislikes a song. A “soldier” is one who works diligently for a cause. Therefore, I think they got their message across quite well. A “soldier” is also a colony of social insects. Do you dislike bees because you feel they don’t fit your own ignorant single definition of a “soldier”? This blog you posted is silly. Blog about the weather, it’s the one thing you can be wrong about and nobody really gives a shit. Your attempt at being a music critic was a complete fail.

Really dude ? ANYONE who gets up, goes out into the world and comes back at the end of the night alive is a soldier… Its so easy for someone to sit behind their monitor and spout prose .. The people in the video are everyday people (which are what soldiers are) who have to fight just to make it through the day, week, year, life. As for “wiping the blood out of our eyes” it means the hard sweat and tears * life’s blood*

Comparing them to Nickleback seriously? What the hell are you smoking over there? Maybe your editor needs to have you drug tested. I’m not sure who gave you the job but maybe they need to be checked as well.

I’ve seen these guys rocking out at more than one venue, they are REAL people and I guess you don’t get Americans.. WE ARE THE ONES WHO WILL NEVER BE BROKEN !!! Probably a good thing you’re overseas ♫

I don’t think you could have missed the point any further if you tried. Maybe interpreting songs is not your forte.

Everyone has differing opinions about music, always have, always will. Regardless of my opinion of this song, leave your American hating b.s. out of it. Calling everyone who likes this song the biggest, dumbest audience is just plain idiotic. From a business standpoint, a big audience with money, stupid or not, is not a bad place to be. I respectfully disagree with everything in this article.

Obviously you are only aware of our own struggles and you are too preoccupied with our own problems to understand the meaning of this song. Otherwise is clearly singing about the battles we all fight everyday in this unfavouring world. Unfortunately, it appears you only sympathize with yourself and you are blind to the difficulties the common men and women of this world must face daily. Until you can open your heart and see what cannot always be seen your view of this world, like your writings, will remain ignorant.

You must understand since you are from the UK that we here in America have the utmost respect for all professions. We are all are fighting to make our way in this world yet we respect one another and are soldiers in our own lives. I am not sure what music you really listen to, but your ignorance when it comes to metal/rock is astounding. Especially putting Creed, Papa Roach and Puddle of Mudd on blast! ~from an annoyed Papa Roach and Otherwise fan!

As a writer it is often the fear of being misunderstood that makes us do much research and reflection into our own thoughts before we write them. Primarily those that write as critics. Once written (especially onto a viral place such as the internet medium) they will remain, and they will be repeated with your name attached. Attacking a band for their use of a word and their chosen representation of those lyrics in a video via the career/salaries of those people in said video does not make you a “music critic” any more then it makes you a “misunderstood writer”. It is also pretty much hypocrisy in your case. Research, review, reflect, write, and then publish. You have a right to your opinion. You just might not get very many people to agree with you if you have little to base it on. You should go to a concert and see the Active Military brought on stage to sing with the artists during “Soldiers”, then ask them what it felt like to be part of the experience. Maybe then you will see the term “Soldiers” is well represented by Otherwise. That is a thought to ponder in your quest as a “Freelance Writer”. Before your life’s hard work gets bashed in a review wouldn’t you like someone to spend a few minutes researching your reasons why you made the choices to write what you write?

Learn to read before you write

You have your musical preferences and so do the rest of us. Several of your “points” show me that your “opinion” is laughable at best; Fox News? Star Trek & space battles? MySpace? Biggest, dumbest audience possible? Only doing well in America?

OK, so you are a UK outsider, but you can’t understand that soldiers take all forms of life, military or not. Are you not a soldier of something? Do you not believe in ANYTHING enough to fight? To stand up for? I can see why you feel the way you do then.

Otherwise is an extremely talented band, in recording form and live. I would see them anytime and anywhere and I buy what they’re selling. Not to mention they are extremely nice guys. They have followers all over the world whether you want to believe it or not. Sorry, I’m not “big and dumb” as you suggest I should be to listen to their music. Try again please and please get your facts straight.

I can’t believe I actually read this load of bullshit!! You sir are a dumbass!!

I know not every song is perfect but the critics who always have negative things to say, just stop being a critic and make something of yourself, because you suck at what your doing.

Sounds to me someone needs to go back to the finger paints and drooling in his captain crunch. Take a step outside of your mums basement and actually look for a job. Then you will know what we are in together. Until then go back to listening to a talentless “thing” and a band that’s so bad it makes any form of crotch rot sound welcoming.

Here’s a few suggestions buddy: Lose myspace, and use something more modern. Stop droolong into your oatmeal, remove the crayolas from your ear and actually listen to the song. Also… stop relying on fox media to direct your opinion. Grow a pair, and stop picking your nose with the same finger you pick your ass with. Whoever gave you a job doing music reviews needs to resign, because obviously you couldn’t pick good music even if it “face-fucked you with a rolling stones rubber dildo.

Now.. how does that feel you dolt? Not liking it huh?
Now to be serious, you’re right in essentially saying that you don’t get it. But instead of ripping it cause you don’t like it, try to understand what others like about it. You obviously have never had a stuggle while getting a free ride in the basement your whole life

I am a Soldier. I fight for my children every day. I show them who and what heroes are. I have bled for them, I’ve fought for my brothers. I’ll bleed for anyone who deserves it. I stand shoulder to shoulder with not only my family, but every other person out there on this planet that want better. Better Lives for future generations, Better tomorrows and brighter today’s. I live by a code I have followed my entire life. That makes me a soldier. I support the men and women in uniform…..any uniform. Firefighter,Police,Army,Marine, anyone who has dedicated their profession to me and mine deserves my respect. But because I don’t share the same uniform, doesn’t make me any less dedicated to my Code or fight for the best life I can make for myself. I think you are entitled to your opinion, and have an amazing amount of confidence to not only criticize, but to do so in the negative aspect, something you didn’t fully understand. I advise you to listen again to Otherwise, not just their Soldiers, but the entire True Love Album…… and to rethink future critiques……you might keep more of a following of readers if your comments were original…instead of an embarrassing attempt to compare different bands from two different genres of rock…(there are by the way more than 3 rock genres). Have a wonderful day
Best
Colleen

Did you seriously just use a Star Trek analogy then make fun of Transformers? WOW if you were trying to make yourself sound like your NOT a nerd, you failed horribly. Secondly, obviously you’ve spent your entire life living in Mummy’s basement and haven’t actually fought to survive in society like each and every one of the people in that video and most of the people who read this joke. What gives you the right to say that normal everyday people aren’t soldiers? Just because there isn’t bullets flying passed our heads doesn’t mean that we aren’t fighting some type of battle. If you feel like you such an outsider, get off your stupid ass, go out and interact with some real life hard working people who fight to keep shelter over their heads and food in their stomachs. Not everyone gets life handed to them on a silver platter. We fight diseases, addictions, poverty, natural disasters and so much more that your sad mind will never understand. Every day I fight a panic disorder, my husband’s ADHD, a severed shoulder and I fight to keep food in daughter’s mouth and a roof over her head. That is fighting. My husband fights the blistering heat all summer and freezing cold all winter, a bad back and torn ankle ligaments just to build cement walls to support his family.

” Transformers movie, i.e., the biggest, dumbest target audience possible.”.. You do realize that you just called hundreds of doctors, firefighters, police, construction workers, teachers and probably a bunch of MENSA members dumb right? How dumb are they when they safely build your your home, heal you, save you from a burning building or stop your stupid ass from bleeding to death? Aren’t fucking stupid then are they? The only people that shouldn’t be listening to this song is jokes like you.

And your comments about MySpace. If you were listening to other bands and didn’t realize it, then you have horrible sense of hearing which has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not Soldiers is a good song. You say Otherwise is a good band, yet your online bitching about their music. Way to show your support… Igit.

It is a shame that a person who makes a written and a critique of
something … not the task of deepening beyond what the eye can see …
Today we are all soldiers fighting for what we believe and to have a
decent place to live ..Soldiers is more than a word. It is about
standing up for yourself, for your family, for what you believe in….

Otherwise is great and what they are doing for all the soldiers is awesome. Your stupid critic can suck it as he’s obviously an idiot and you should find another.

Soliders aren’t just military. Soliders fight everyday for different reasons. You should be ashamed of yourself with your high and mighty UK ass. You could only wish to rock as hard as these men and have as many people love you as they do. They are very talented very humble indivduals who work hard. They too are soliders. This is shameful. To get your kicks downing the best band in I can’t say how many years. Maybe if you were american you would understand…but you’re not so you don’t. You don’t know how many people in the video are or are not military soliders. Your opinion is stupid. Yes AMERICANS love this…you don’t have to, but you also don’t have to down the only good band in years. #hater #jealous because you don’t have their fame.