| The Story behind the video
This video was inspired by a real-life accident, in which, fortunately,
no-one was seriously hurt.
The lyrics of the chorus say it all: "Have your last drink at the
bar, get in your car and drive....to die!". The song does have a
powerful message - don't drink and drive.
The
introduction to the video shows Jake Searson playing with his band
Appropriate Agent in the Ruskin Arms in Manor Park. It was filmed
in the afternoon, when no-one was there, to give the impress ion
of the lonely drunk in an empty bar, drinking away, with a band playing
away in the background. The 'devil' alter ego keeps the
'good' side drinking, till eventually they go out and drive off, in his
blue TVR Tamora. The two sides of the character sing the song, as
you see images of real people turning into ghosts, with many graphic
injuries.
Eventually, after the main crash, the ambulance crew are trying to
resuscitate him. You see the view from his eyes.
Instead of the ambulance crew, you see the ghosts of the people that he
would have killed leaning over him, and the ghosts mouth the words.
Eventually, when they can't do anymore, it ends with a flatline.
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Concrete and Street Lamps
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Concrete and Street Lamps (MP4 -
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