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American Guns uses satire juxtaposed with graphic Scorsese-type footage to point out the schizophrenic and cognitive disassociative way in which Americans deal with gun violence. Thirty thousand Americans die every year from gun violence, and most mass shootings are committed by people shooting weapons of war. People have gotten numb to the violence and much of the media and some politicians treat the killings as entertainment or as political props. This has got to change because human life is the most important factor.
In the video, we see the banal way people react to violence, some people see it as a spectacle for paparazzi, others, like the model, are clueless to it all, others dance and play music while the shooting takes place, and the spectator who sees the man get shot says it’s no big deal because people are taking pictures and he is going to buy a car. At the end, the reference to winning the video game with the map of the USA and the flashing 30,000 number of dead Americans puts it all in perspective.
Kelsie Kimberlin – American Guns (Official Video) | Satire on U.S. Gun Violence Culture
Now with our ammo
are we protecting all of the world
while we are shooting
so many people with our weapons of war
with all of our ammo
we are not really protecting ourselves
killing our treasure
leaving everyone of us broken inside
American guns
shooting just for fun
got ‘em on the run
we are number one
with our imperial guns
cause it’s so much fun
hunting everyone
keeps ‘em on the run
Some of our children
now consider life as simply nothing at all
and they are shooting
‘cause they got their hands on a weapon of war
leaving the families
torn up in pieces all over the place
losing the battle
while we are also losing ourselves
American guns
shooting just for fun
got ‘em on the run
we are number one
with our imperial guns
cause it’s so much fun
hunting everyone
keeps ‘em on the run
Oh my God!
they’ll fucking kill you!
oh no, this is real!
kill you
oh no no
oh no no
oh no
We got our finger on the trigger
itching just to use our firepower
sneeze and we’ll vaporize your body
turns us on, turns us on
we really get off on our weapons
loving all the sound of big explosions
can’t wait till we can pull the trigger
execute
shoot ‘em up
America, a shining city on the hill
American guns
shooting just for fun
got ‘em on the run
we are number one
with our imperial guns
cause it’s so much fun
hunting everyone
keeps ‘em on the run
American sons
shoot American guns
American sons
we are number one
American sons
shoot American guns
American sons
shoot American guns
we are number one
Bang bang shoot shoot
© 2020 Video copyright by Kelsie Kimberlin ©
Dancers
Aliona Vlaieva
Andrii Stetskyi
Shots Zarqua
Alina Andreieva
Aleksandr Maibenko
Antonina Okhten
Irada Agaieva
Kelsie Kimberlin
Audio Production
Produced and arranged by Brett Kimberlin/Serge (Sergiy) Krutsenko
Mixed and mastered by Serge (Sergiy) Krutsenko, Max Hladetskyy
Audio Engineer Steve Sachse
Grand piano and keyboard Serge (Sergiy) Krutsenko
Drums Aleksandr Murenko
Bass Igor Zakus
Electric Guitar Vitaly Rustamov & Dmytro Babiy
Saxophone Artem Mendelenko
Radio Announcer Kyle Stewart
Radio Song “Some Fun” by Op-Critical
Voice Overs Steve Sachse, Brett Kimberlin
Background Singers Mary Johnson, Dave North
Production Director Andrii Samerkhanov
Video Production
Director Serge (Sergiy) Krutsenko
Producer Andrii Samerkhanov
Executive producer Andrii Voloshin
DOP Oleksandr Naumenko
Art director Viktor Dontsov
Designer Kelsie Kimberlin & Olena Kozhuhivska
Make up Tatyana Markova
Steadycam Volodymyr Oliynyk
Cameramen Oleksii Liebedew
Cameramen Oleksii Baranov
Color grading Volodymyr Morozov
