We're All Wasting Away

This video clip by Kasabian is pretty brilliant. No one reads this blog. But a certain girl with a name beginning with S and ending with E looks at it occasionally. However, she NEVER watches the video clips. S****E I implore you to watch this!

This is the song 'Empire' by Kasabian. It sends a strong anti war message and depicts the members of Kasabian as troopers of the 11th Hussars regiment during the Crimean War. The video opens with a child solider being killed by a shot to the head. It is a reference to the waste of young men or boys in conflict. The generals are seen sitting on their arses well behind the front line enjoying drinks and toast. This is how it was during the Crimean War and also the First World War, where boys were sent out to die while their superiors watched from a distance, sending orders. The band decides to remove itself from the front line and head back to the generals' station while passing their regiment which is disembarking for an attack. After the firing squad refuses to shoot the last survivor of the band, the commanding officer steps in and shoots him for refusing to enter the battlefield. The video closes with the use of the latin phrase "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" - this is part of an anti war verse written by WW1 poet William Owen.

In short, Kasabian is awesome.