Video of the Moment #1345: Manic Street Preachers
By Mary Chang on Thursday, 10th October 2013 at 6:00 pm
Welsh band Manic Street Preachers‘ latest video is for ‘Anthem for a Lost Cause’. The visual is very powerful, recalling the South Wales miners’ strike of 1984-1985 in opposition of then PM Margaret Thatcher’s job cutting policies, while also running an accompanying story of a young woman who suffers from her own ‘losses’ in life and then finds strength in the movement. Really well done, the storyline, interspersed with actual footage from the time, gave me chills. Watch it below.
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10th October 2013
Video of the Moment #1345: Manic Street Preachers @Manics’ Welsh miners’ strike video for ‘Anthem for a Lost Cause’: http://t.co/BiaFYOu66M
10th October 2013
RT @tgtf: Video of the Moment #1345: Manic Street Preachers @Manics’ Welsh miners’ strike video for ‘Anthem for a Lost Cause’: http://t.co/…
11th October 2013
Video of the moment ‘Anthem For A Lost Cause’ ” Really well done… gave me chills.” (Mary Chang: @tgtf) http://t.co/akt1Z9iCjl @kierboyo
11th October 2013
RT @manicstmania: Video of the moment ‘Anthem For A Lost Cause’ ” Really well done… gave me chills.” (Mary Chang: @tgtf) http://t.co/akt1…
11th October 2013
RT @manicstmania: Video of the moment ‘Anthem For A Lost Cause’ ” Really well done… gave me chills.” (Mary Chang: @tgtf) http://t.co/akt1…
4th August 2020
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