If something's going to kill me...

[theraven1979]

Is your hat made out of Kraft Cheese?

Jim

OK I don't lose my temper much these days, as I have calmed down, but please its not supposed to be Kraftwerk in the music, it's a nod to Kraftwerk, if anyone else says it doesn't sound like Kraftwerk I will eat my Hat as did the great Stan Laurel in the classic way out west. So please don't make me eat my Hat. Lt Kudu

[aldinblack]

OK I don't lose my temper much these days, as I have calmed down, but please its not supposed to be Kraftwerk in the music, it's a nod to Kraftwerk, if anyone else says it doesn't sound like Kraftwerk I will eat my Hat as did the great Stan Laurel in the classic way out west. So please don't make me eat my Hat. Lt Kudu

That video would be more to my taste

[droopsnoot]

If you've pre-ordered the album, the free download MP3 is on the merch site now. Sign into your account and it's in the "Downloads" section, not surprisingly.

Video's not bad, trumpet solo is perhaps a bit cheerful to come in just at that point in the video, and I'm not sure why he's got a remote control for that 50s TV. I don't really watch music videos so I don't have a comparison.

[paulinblack]

And there was me thinking, with the title and all that, that this was about Covid-19? I thought it was a reference to the risk of loved ones passing on the disease and inadvertently infecting and potentially killing older relatives. I thought the 'war' was a reference to the battle to find a cure or vaccine?

Didn't quite see how the son dying and nuclear war coming fits the theme.

[8088]

And there was me thinking, with the title and all that, that this was about Covid-19? I thought it was a reference to the risk of loved ones passing on the disease and inadvertently infecting and potentially killing older relatives. I thought the 'war' was a reference to the battle to find a cure or vaccine?

Didn't quite see how the son dying and nuclear war coming fits the theme.

I interpreted it more as people passing away (from all causes) whilst being being forcibly separated from loved ones due to Covid restrictions ie if I'm going to die I want to be close to the people I love.

[markorbit]

Glad they lost the intro for the video. The song hangs together better without it. There's enough different parts as it is and it wasn't a great segue.

Elektro Kardiogramm - great track . Yes, fair point about the rhythm. Maybe that's what Baz was getting at.

[Greatkudu]

Is your hat made out of Kraft Cheese?

Jim

OK I don't lose my temper much these days, as I have calmed down, but please its not supposed to be Kraftwerk in the music, it's a nod to Kraftwerk, if anyone else says it doesn't sound like Kraftwerk I will eat my Hat as did the great Stan Laurel in the classic way out west. So please don't make me eat my Hat. Lt Kudu

I wish it was, sadly its made out of felt. Lt Kudu.

[Greatkudu]

And there was me thinking, with the title and all that, that this was about Covid-19? I thought it was a reference to the risk of loved ones passing on the disease and inadvertently infecting and potentially killing older relatives. I thought the 'war' was a reference to the battle to find a cure or vaccine?

Didn't quite see how the son dying and nuclear war coming fits the theme.

Keep up the director of Film did his own interpretation of what the song was about, off course we know what the song is about, but it also works on different levels, as Stranglers songs used to be like that, people got from the lyrics what they wanted. Lt Kudu

[sendwarrior]

The song is a real outpouring of emotions from the band, following the loss of Dave I like it, having now heard it properly

The video - well, it's powerful, but I don't get why they had to send lots of money to america for americans to make an american video which has a thoroughly depressing ending!?!

Why would a band who have always said they support the UK and Europe (and who dislike american economic influence coming over here!) not choose a UK or European company to make their music videos? It feels like selling out

[sendwarrior]

Will be interesting to see the video, but I'm worried about how it will have been done, considering the subject matter..

Well it did say "hard hitting" so to carry on the Covid theme it might be some extra footage of Matt Hancock dry humping his "assistant"

Spew-tastic!

[8088]

The song is a real outpouring of emotions from the band, following the loss of Dave I like it, having now heard it properly

The video - well, it's powerful, but I don't get why they had to send lots of money to america for americans to make an american video which has a thoroughly depressing ending!?!

Why would a band who have always said they support the UK and Europe (and who dislike american economic influence coming over here!) not choose a UK or European company to make their music videos? It feels like selling out

Maybe it's more in the management's hands and they simply have pals over there that they're doing a favour? That's usually how things work.

As for the depressing end, well that tends to be the logical conclusion in any nuclear conflict scenario - good job really, if generals thought any different we'd probably have had many more wars.

Also - reading into it - maybe that's what JJ sees coming - a sticky end for us all given present circumstances which I'd wholly agree with.

[Cricklewood]

Heard the song a few times now. I think I love the more calmer ending than the first half but the track itself is a bit like a journey building up towards a more contemplative feel imo.

The video was stylish and it's cool to see the band investing more into that side of the business compared to the last decade or two. However I feel the song itself means more than just the war and destruction the video seems to emphasise. For me the song is in part about: Covid, war, political fallout, climate change (earthquakes may happen), fascism, Dave, and possibly an encouragement to finally tell the person of your affection how you feel about them (It might as well be love ). I don't feel the final nuclear scenes fits in well with the more contemplative, tranquil ending of the song imo and I do wish the video was a bit more open-ended than it was.

That said, we've barely seen the band dish out stylish, cinematic videos like this for a long while so I'm grateful for all these additional content they've given us lately