Another Way to Die
Disturbed
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A good music video
The video conveys the message really well. It accompanies the lyrics with the images and works. The only thing I would have liked to have seen is the band playing. I think that should be a given in music videos and this one would have benefited from showing the band playing in the present and the destroyed future that is shown in the video. All in all though, well done
Disgusting capitalism
Disturbed is a staple of rock radio. However, rock radio is losing out to pop radio lately, so many harder bands are looking for different ways to appeal. Disturbed is not an exception to this. On June 15, 2010, Another Way to Die was released. The song was what I would call "green rock" or "green metal" (That's quite a stretch with Disturbed), and it was an admirable effort, but what it ultimately lacked was inspiration and focus. The guitars used an almost identical tone to two albums Asylum's junior: Ten Thousand Fists. The guitar riff in the verse was almost identical to a previous song: Criminal. The song's mood ultimately conflicted, having a minute-long, alt. rock-styled intro, and then breaking into a hard-hitting, staccato verse. The bridge of the song goes back to the monotonous intro instrumental, and therein lies a soulless, boring guitar solo. Lyrically, the song wasn't about anything in particular. It basically said "This is what we're doing, and it's only dooming us." It offered up no alternative focus, ideas, anything; it was very vague, and lacked focus to make the lyrics as interesting as 2008's smash hit, Inside the Fire. Overall, Another Way to Die just lacked. It was admirable, but it was clearly an effort to use current events for promotion (BP oil spill in particular), and not an effort to make honest music. It was a sell-out song.
Well, I'm disappointed to say the music video is no different. From the very beginning of the video, there is nothing but images of pollution, disasters, glaciers melting, and poverty. These images seem to go solely for shock value in that they're absolutely disgusting to see. So, rather than trying to do something meaningful with such a cause, Disturbed decided to do exactly what any of us would do with such a song: Make a video depicting pollution. The video again lacks the same focus the song itself sorely needs, skipping between unrelated images with few to no ties between any of them. We'll go from a polluted beach to a landfill to a glacier to a slum to a gas pump. The entire video just consists of these shock images. It makes it very clear to me that Disturbed wasn't trying with this video. It seems more like an effort to promote a "Save the Earth" campaign than an album. The difference is, though, they ARE trying to promote an album, and where the aforementioned campaign would be admirable, this is revolting. Shockingly, Disturbed don't even appear in their lead single's video. This would have provided, perhaps, at least a reason to watch this music video. As it stands, there is no reason to watch the video. You'll see everything this video shows you just by watching the daily news. Save your cash, buy the Asylum music video when it is released.
Biography
Formed: 1996 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
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