Let’s start November with Florence + The Machine, shall we?
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Category Archives: Music Review
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Main Theme From Halloween by John Carpenter
Was there ever any doubt?
Music Video of the Day: Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper (1990, directed by Nigel Dick)
What better way to celebrate Halloween than with the original horror rocker himself, Alice Cooper? Welcome To My Nightmare is one of Alice Cooper’s signature tunes. This video comes from the 1990 concert film, .Alice Cooper Trashes The World.
Enjoy and Happy Halloween!
Song of the Day: This Is Halloween From The Nightmare Before Christmas
From 1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, here’s the anthem of the season!
Music Video of the Day: You Could Be Mine by Guns N’ Roses (1991, directed by Andy Morahan, Stan Winston and Jeffrey Abelson)
In this video, Arnold Schwarzenegger is sent to the past to eliminate Guns N’ Roses but ultimately decides that it would be a waste of ammo. Obviously, he knew that fulfilling his mission would change history and the world would never get to hear Chinese Democracy.
This song (and this video) were used to promote Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: People Are Strange By The Doors (1967, directed by ????)
This was one of the earliest music videos, featuring a band that seemed to be destined to take advantage of the format. The song was written a time when Jim Morrison was going through a period of depression. While watching the sunset at Robby Krieger’s house, he suddenly had the realization that “If you’re strange, people are strange.”
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: One More Reason by L.A. Guns (1988, directed by Ralph Ziman)
L.A. Guns is a band that has had a long and storied history, from their initial formation in 1983 to the brief moment when they joined with Axl Rose and became known as Guns N’ Roses to Tracii Guns leaving Guns N’ Roses after conflict with Rose and then forming a second version of L.A. Guns. At the same time that Guns N’ Roses were releasing their first music videos and making their mark on MTV, L.A. Guns released their video for One More Reason, one of the most apocalyptic looks at Los Angeles ever put on film.
Director Ralph Ziman also worked with Ozzy Osbourne, Toni Braxton, and Faith No More.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Lonely In Your Nightmare by Duran Duran (1982, directed by Russell Mulcahy)
For today’s music video of the day, we have the second video for Duran Duran’s Lonely In Your Nightmare.
Both videos were directed by Highlander’s Russell Mulcahy.
Music Video of the Day: Lonely In Your Nightmare by Duran Duran (1982, directed by Russell Mulcahy)
This is one of two videos for Duran Duran’s Lonely In Your Nightmare. In this one, Simon Le Bon finds old photographs and remembers a past relationship that might have just been someone’s dream. Lonely In Your Nightmare appeared on Rio, one of the defining albums of the early 80s.
Before he made a little film called Highlander, director Russell Mulcahy was Duran Duran’s video director of choice in the early 80s and, of course, he worked with many other bands as well. His stylish music videos dominated MTV and set the template for which most subsequent videos would come.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne (1991, directed by Ralph Ziman)
This song, which Ozzy has said is actually about a serial killer, was the title track from Osbourne’s 6th solo album. The video was directed by Ralph Ziman, who also did videos for Vanessa Williams, Toni Braxton, Alice Cooper, L.A. Gun, and Faith No More.
The little girl at the end of the video is played by Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter, Kelly.
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 