30 Seconds To Mars - "Kings and Queens"

(This Is War, featuring 'Kings and Queens.')

KINGS AND QUEENS .. 

“Kings and Queens,” Is a hit song from the album “This Is War,” by 30 Seconds to Mars.

The video clip was released about the same time as the song itself, and there was certainly no money spared.
Whilst the video clip itself doesn’t hold any particular story line, the clip has been said to contain a theme of “togetherness, or unity,” shown by the masses of crowds of varying nationalities running side by side.
To be honest, the first time I heard this song, was when it was set as the theme song to the trailer for children’s movie “The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole..”
Sad huh..

In my defence, it was only a trailer and I never actually got around to seeing the movie itself… Don’t judge me?

The clip itself is set in the deserted streets of Los Angeles, a locality thought of by 30 Seconds to Mars lead singer Jared Leto.


In an interview with a gossip magazine, Leto pointed out that he was worried the film clip wouldn’t come off, as it could’ve been difficult to completely rid the streets of Los Angeles of all places, of its inhabitants.
The film clip features two main locations of Los Angeles. The first shown when the members of the band are all riding upon insanely large bicycles, at the Santa Monica Pier. The second location was where the band played upon a cliff edge in Griffith Park.


The film clip holds a sort of ‘Pied Piper,’ theme to it, and is well worth the watch.
It was this song that actually made me go out and buy the Kings and Queens album, “This Is War,” a move you should all do, if not for your love of the band, then for the fact I told you to.


The clip on YouTube has nearly 1, 850, 000 views.






…Be one of them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMX3qv1N37s&feature=av2n



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