A l'origine, la chanson a été écrite suite à l'assassinat, le 6 octobre 1998, du jeune étudiant gay Matthew Shepard, à Laramie, dans le Wymoning. Il n'avait que 22 ans. Il a été tué par deux de ses collègues d'université, homophobes. La violence gratuite des actes a été telle que Matthew Shepard sera abandonné mourant et agonisant attaché à une clôture (que l'on voit dans ces extraits).
Il n'y a pas eu de clip à la base, mais les images que vous voyez là sont tirées de l'excellent film "The Laramie Project", qui date de 2002. Certaines de ces images sont difficilement soutenables, tant elles sont injustes et gratuites. Mais c'est un moment particulièrement émouvant.
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"American Triangle" can be found on the album "Songs from the West Coast" which came out in October 2001.
Originally, that song was written following the brutal murder of the young gay student Matthew Shepard, on October 6th, 1998, in Laramie, Wyoming. He was only 22 years old. He was murdered by two of his university collegues, who hated gay people. The "easy" violence of these acts were that Matthew was abandoned dying and agonizing, tied on a high ridge fence (that fence can be seen on that video).
There was no official video for the song, but the images that you see here are from the movie "The Laramie Project", from 2002. Some of those images are hard to watch, but it's a very moving moment.