Rare Music Video Post October 2, 2007

Rarely do I post a music video from a band that I like on this blog. Unless it’s something particularly newsworthy or political.

In this case, though, there’s another reason to make an exception. Serj Tankian, the vocalist from System of a Down, has released a couple videos on YouTube, promoting singles from his upcoming solo album. One of them, “Empty Walls” is transparent in its intent: to redirect our attention away from the rhetoric and towards the tragic losses of humanity in our invasion of Iraq.

Of course, it’s nothing less than the politically supercharged wake-up call we’ve come to expect from System of a Down and Serj Tankian.

This video leaves little left unsaid and bears reposting and replaying. Bring the troops home…if not immediately, then at least bring them home alive.