According to the band, the music video for Numb was meant to be an homage to Russian constructivist cinema and the video does have the look of the old propaganda films that were put into production during the early days of the Soviet Union. The video also begins with what appears to be the sinking of the Titanic before moving onto all of the other tragedies that occurred around the same time. It may not be a “Halloween song” but the video does have a horror aesthetic.
Numb, itself, is a song that was often played whenever the UK was dealing with a tragedy, like being eliminated from the World Cup.
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