At the both the imvdb and imdb, no director is listed for this music video but Dave Robinson directed the majority of Madness’s early music videos and it would not surprise me if he directed this one as well.
This video was put together just two weeks before it was released and the majority of the video is made up of clips featuring then-recent political and pop cultural events. (Keep an eye out for Han Solo and Jane Fonda, among others.) The scenes with the band were filmed at Kenwood Park and at the Venus Café, both in London.
Marjoe is a former child evangelist who, in 1972, appeared in the candid documentary, Marjoe. The Oscar-winning film featured a look behind the scenes of the religious revival industry, with Marjoe as an amoral tour guide who discussed how he didn’t believe what he was preaching and who had basically been forced into the business by his parents. Marjoe described how every word he preached was calculated to inspire people to donate more money to his ministry. Marjoe described himself as being “bad but not evil.”
Marjoe Gortner would go on to have a long career as an actor in films, usually playing sinister characters. His most-seen film was probably Earthquake. My favorite Marjoe film is Starcrash.
In 1972, Marjoe recorded an album called, after his famous documentary quote, Bad But Not Evil. Today’s song of the day is Marjoe Gortner covering Bob Dylan’s Lo and Behold on that album.
Happy birthday, Marjoe Gortner!
I pulled out for San Anton’ I never felt so good My woman said she’d meet me there And of course, I knew she would
The coachman, he hit me for my hook And he asked me my name I give it to him right away Then I hung my head in shame
Lo and behold! Lo and behold! Looking for my lo and behold Get me outta here, my dear man
I come into Pittsburgh At 6:30 flat I found myself a vacant seat And I put down my hat
“What’s the matter, Molly, dear? What’s the matter with your mound?” “What’s it to ya, Moby Dick? This is chicken town!”
Lo and behold! Lo and behold! Looking for my lo and behold Get me outta here, my dear man
I bought myself a herd of moose One she could call her own Well, she came out the very next day To see where they had flown
I’m going down to Tennessee Get me a truck or something Gonna save my money and rip it up
Lo and behold! Lo and behold! Looking for my lo and behold Get me outta here, my dear man
Now, I come in on a Ferris wheel And boys, I sure was slick I come in like a ton of bricks Laid a few tricks on them
Going back to Pittsburgh Count up to 30 Round that horn and ride that herd Gonna thread up
Lo and behold! Lo and behold! Looking for my lo and behold Get me outta here, my dear man
Today is LL Cool J’s birthday and our music video of the day comes from his fourth studio album, Mama Said Knock You Out.
This video was directed by Marcus Nispel, who would later go on to redirect reboots of several classic films, including Friday the 13th and Conan The Barbarian.
After 60 years, The Rolling Stones are still at it, making music and filming music videos.
Their latest music video stars Nicholas Hoult and was directed by Calmatic, who has also done videos for Lil Nas X, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, and Zayn Malik.
In today’s music video of the day, Billy Joel lives the dream of every 1980s auto mechanic and works on Christie Brinkley’s car. Just as in real life, this video ends with Joel and Brinkley together. While it is often speculated that the song was written about Brinkley, Joel has said that it was actually inspired more by his earlier relationship with Elle Macpherson.
Billy Joel has also said that he didn’t enjoy making this video because a large group of bystanders kept yelling “Hey, Christie!” during shooting.
Director Jay Dubin also did music videos for John Mellencamp and REO Speedwagon.
Today is Rod Stewart’s 79th birthday and today’s music video of the day is One More Time, taken from his 32nd studio album, The Tears of Hercules. Appearing with Stewart in this video are his actual backup singers, Amanda Miller, Holly Brewer, and Becca Kotte.
Rod Stewart, incidentally, holds the record for being the artist featured most frequently during MTV’s first day of broadcast. On August 1st, 1981, MTV featured eleven of his videos.
Today is David Johansen’s birthday and our music video of the day features Johansen in the role of his alter ego, Buster Poindexter.
Johansen/Poindexter did this cover of Ray Charles’s classic song for a film called The Dream Team. The Dream Team may not be remembered for much today but it did feature an impressive cast — Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Christopher Lloyd, and Michael Keaton, all of whom are featured in this video.
Today’s music video of the day is early one from Madness.
The song was inspired by Madness’s manager, Jon Hasler, who would reportedly show up at the residences of the band’s members and eat whatever leftovers they had for breakfast. The video was directed by Dave Robinson, who was responsible for many of Madness’s videos.
I just recently discovered this video, despite the fact that it’s been around for a while. I like the song, I like the music, and I love the fact that watching the video reminds me of my favorite (and sadly, now closed) restaurant/bar in Denton. Sweetwater had a wonderful outdoor patio, where my friends and I would spend many a night having the most wonderful conversations ever.
This place also reminds me of a few of the clubs in Deep Ellum where I would attempt to flirt my way pastthe doorman go whenever I snuck out ofmy house I happened to be in the neighborhood.
Through the Shattered Lens