The Zolas - "Ancient Mars"

Music video by The Zolas Ancient Mars. (C) 2014 Light Organ Records
Directed by Kevan Funk
iTunes link: itunes.apple.c...

[@GlenLehane]

I actually didn't know about this band, I was looking up stuff about Elisa Lam and discovered this. I think it's quite touching that the Zolas wanted to show that she was a real person living life RIP Elisa

[@j-skullz]

This is one of my favourite music videos for that reason, I often feel like when people talk about her death they forget she was also a person with a life like you or i. It's a sad thing that a lot of these unsolved mysteries the internet obsesses over often end up with the people involved being dehumanised just so some armchair detective can say their bizarre conspiracy theory is more correct than the other bizarre conspiracy theories. Don't get me wrong I wanna see these cases solved too, but so justice can be done for people like Elisa and her family not so more people can discuss whether or not she was possessed by a demon in the CCTV footage, it's just disrespectful. People really need to stop treating a young girl's tragic death as if it were some shitty creepypasta, just my two cents. RIP Elisa

[@shannonlapalm736]

I have just discovered Dark Poutine, even though I live in Langley B.C. and have been listening to their back catalogue, I had never heard of the Zolas or the podcast. I had known about the Elisa Lam disappearance and suspicious death, but both Dark Poutine, and the director for The Zolas video, have done an admirable job in their respective artforms.

[@tiavomscheidt5874]

Shout out to Dark Poutine who brought me here. All the love for this song. All the peace for Elisa Lam. Poor girl

[@Snowfoxie1]

Me too. I love their representation of her life.

[@daveagreg]

Same here...Dark Poutine did a great job and I like this music vid.

[@taliciamain]

I first listened to this song when it first came out. Still listening to it in 2024 ❤

[@Flannerhaggen]

I love how the elevator closing sets her free in the end. It's a beautiful perception.

[@Snowfoxie1]

Flannerhaggen Gergerger she seemed like such a wonderful person. This really captures that.

[@LurkKlerk]

Cool that they did this. Her memory isn’t and won’t be forgotten. So many of us can relate to her feelings of depression and isolation. She’s more than a case. I hope she’s genuinely at peace.

[@honulele]

Rest in peace, Elisa.

[@Brerenee23]

I AM SO OBSESSED WITH THIS BAND

[@TheStengah]

Then be obsessed with Elisa Lam. Check her out: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-06-17-elisa-lam-the-mystery-you-should-care-about/#.U_jIZPmwJqI

[@thiery572]

kurtywutry85 After I read the article, it seems this song is about her.

[@MrEsoj]

que una canción tan buena exista por ya más de 10 años y siga teniendo pocas views refleja el mundo en donde vivimos...

[@SavageBunnyGetMoney]

Rip to the people and pets that we can't get back today but In the past we loved them and loved every moment they were still around 💔

[@LoveShatteredPride]

Although this is a glorified, fictionalized idea of what Elisa Lam's final day was like, it's still nice to know that - even if only in the form of a posthumously filmed music video - she found some much-deserved happiness before her death. Rest in peace Elisa.

[@JT-wu2if]

except she probably didn't

[@Majic88888]

Can you explain this? I don’t know the background of the song.

[@AmIJorge]

@@Majic88888 I don't think the song itself is based on the story of Elisa Lam, but the music video certainly is. Elisa Lam was a university student visiting Los Angeles who was found deceased under extremely strange circumstances. She was found inside a water tank on top of Cecil Hotel, which sparked a lot of speculation about her death. Nobody really knows exactly what happened, and there were a lot of conspiracy theories regarding the CCTV footage of her on an elevator acting strange. This music video is meant to remind people that she was a real person and shouldn't simply be written off a mentally ill person or a drug abuser. The video shows more of what her experience on Los Angeles might have been like, basically humanizing the victim of strange circumstances. Sorry if any of this isn't written super well or if there are any inaccuracies.

[@markiewinters6750]

I've been listening to these guys for a little over a year now and you would have thought they would have more recognition.

[@ClaraRodriguez16]

Really hoping this song gets the recognition it deserves, please someone make it go viral because it's so good ♥️

[@kamilahejhej6779]

To jest piękne. Muzyka cudo. Your big fan from Poland 💛

[@Fusionade]

So good even after all these years.

[@phoebemelchor]

such a tragedy, but such a great song rest in peace, Elisa lam.

[@hallie5387]

I want to believe in time travel That one day I’ll come back for you. Find you in the campus library aisles and I’d say Oh my ancient Mars x4 When the rusty rocks were covered in groves And the pyramids foretold acidic snows All was still breathing like my hands on your toes and I said Oh my ancient Mars x4 Several billion golden years ago I lost a planet that I loved to the cold Civilization blooms and then it erodes. And that’s it Oh my ancient Mars x4 Oh my ancient mars x4

[@Vteckkkkk]

You couldn't make a love song deeper than this.

[@Darkryers]

Absolutely love the video and the song. Looking forward to an album.

[@MrSuperfly759]

Just seen these guys at sonic boom in edmonton. Never heard them before.....they were first in the whole days lineup......they were my favorite act as well as the eagles of death metal...but i cannot get enough of this whole album and this song in particular

[@revolutionaryhealing9992]

Came back to this video because it is a brilliant reminder of how something beautiful can be produced from something incredibly dark ❤️

[@ClaraRodriguez16]

Beautiful song and video 🌸 rest easy Elisa

[@rafyolivo5319]

I hope Elissa Lam is resting in a better place. She had so much life in her and curiosity for the world. She did not commit suicide

[@kareenanaik1274]

Only recently discovered them but I am already in love ❤️ they need more recognition

[@f.mazz.459]

Great song. Very nostalgic

[@alexandrahagedorn2448]

Just saw them play this in their set last night at Bluesfest. Sound phenomenal live

[@vdigit]

Singing with this is super healing, FYI🐼✨💜

[@louiem5654]

Rest in peace Elisa.

[@sandrac7193]

Shirelle!! You look stunning!!

[@886]

love it

[@ItsAwnuh]

Love this song 👍😉

[@realyasu]

Rest in peace elisa

[@samgills5703]

thanks jack saint

[@mentvltrillness]

She loved mysteries so much she became one

[@solongdaisymaee]

this.

[@886]

love it。

[@PeaceZdes]

добро!

[@FromPop2TopI]

Great!

[@launderground]

we love the zolas.

[@FlowerPower-st7uv]

It is done. Reconition is fully granted. The war is over. :)

[@WeWhoBelongtoYou]

Fantastic job on the song and video. Was the song written for Elisa?

[@catylistbeats2181]

Kiera Sofia no but the video was

[@robmatula]

this song is deep

[@CI-dh1rl]

Is this song a ballad about a Martian refugee because it is pretty brilliant idea

[@bradnowall300]

There is a 'theory' over a million years ago, there was a civilization on mars. A perfect storm of events happened which destroyed the planet. Some say a small group made it to earth. Others scattered in other dimensions… It is a pretty interesting one.

[@CI-dh1rl]

dan mac Yeah Ive heard of of it have you seen "our history is not what it seems?

[@amandaflorez2251]

it's based on a women that passed away on 2013

[@bradnowall300]

Amanda Flores Well the album came out in 2012... So did they write it for her, and she died a year later, is that what you are saying?

[@amandaflorez2251]

dan mac its possible that music video was inspired for it the song might be something else but RIP to her but im kinda sketched out considering the circumstances she was in before she passed away and that eerie video of her last seen I believe the music video is trying to paint a picture of her last moments living in LA hence why you see the women going in the water in the music video and you can see the same hotel she stayed at the Elevators too are shown at the near end

[@rw42000]

Can someone please explain the line "all was still breathing like my hands on your toes"?

[@thezolas]

that's the one line I only half get and I wrote the thing. -Zg

[@rw42000]

@@thezolas Shit, I guess if you don't even know I'll never understand haha

[@djsweeklytop20]

i like

[@amandaflorez2251]

damn rip Elisa lam 😞

[@elisawarit5396]

Amanda Florez Your heart is always beside us. Elisa Lam

[@Tixylixx]

RIP Elisa. I hope it was relatively quick, baby girl.

[@Terrorfrombeyondspace]

Tor Parsons fuck off, tosser

[@stevilknevil107]

Tor is probably not from an English speaking country. “Baby girl” might not be a common term of endearment in every country, and so he might’ve been confused, thinking she literally mean a BABY girl

[@landonhansen]

this song is fucking sick

[@1228McAvoy]

ME TOOOOOO

[@The123amz]

Omg

[@iashiahuggins8859]

this is relation to elisa lam . still a mystery.

[@jessicam707]

+Stascia Huggins I kinda scares me a bit cause someone is still writing on her blog as if its her doing it .

[@3xStelle]

Do you have the link for her blog ? Working on Elisa for a school project and I can't find it :(

[@superdemonboy]

Yeah, most likely they were queued updates, as tumblr allows you to do that. Another theory is that it may have been updated via her missing phone, which is suspected to have been stolen around her time of death. And finally, of course, somebody could just have hacked into her account.

[@TheDanAge]

It is no mystery she suffered a psychotic break and drowned herself ...

[@superdemonboy]

Right in the pit of my stomach...

[@katjerouac]

Is it just me or does it really look like the suroundings of the airport in GTA 5?

[@j-skullz]

It's set/shot in LA which is the city Los Santos is based off of

[@evoregnar5354]

the book "Red Rising"

[@catylistbeats2181]

Who else came here from dark poutine

[@mylesmydaniuk155]

I want cold feet the secret nectar of the gods.

[@kadirhancam5267]

J. M. F

[@heather4455]

Who else is here because of the "dark poutine" podcast?

[@QMWQ-ql3jz]

Me

[@daveagreg]

Ditto

[@hojsishanshhs6102]

What is this song about? And who is Elisa? Ty

[@lillunchbox]

Hojsis Hanshhs google

[@Matanumi]

what is this music video suppose to be about?

[@ianmichalski7997]

Matanumi It's about the last days of Elisa Lam. A young girl who spent several days at a hotel in Las Angeles and after suddenly disappearing she was found dead on the roof of the hotel floating in the water tank. Mystery still surrounds many aspects of the girls death. Especially considering surveillance footage of her taken Inside one of the hotels elevators. People have said Elisa Lam is acting strangely in the video and many find it very unsettling to watch. The video is widely available on KZbin. I think for this video the band wanted to show her as a young girl on a fun trip and put aside the tragic mystery.

[@twylaboogeyman_89]

Who's here because of skynd? I went from skynd to wiki to the elevator footage to here Poor Elisa 💕

[@mangoexpress8523]

I loved this whole album. I dig there whole sound. except the album tic toc lol that album was so bad

[@lyinsroar9637]

it's kind of heartbreaking that the zolas chose to humanize her.

[@jackselle4607]

lyinsroar heartbreaking but important. The media like reddit made her life a farce, there was a real girl, who before the elevator footage wanted to travel, find love and contemplate life. She was also someone who had very serious mental health issue.

[@cargage9523]

🤔 the fuck

[@gtl8435]

only one dislike

[@agnesedegiorgi2849]

I'm finally free but I still think about us when I look up the sky