Music Video of the Day: Not Giving Up On Love by Armin van Buuren, featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor (2010, dir by Sophie Muller)


With the temperature projected to be very, very cold for the next few weeks, I figured now would be the best time to share a bit of sunshine.  I like this video’s sleek, retro feel.  Watching it, I was reminded of the films of Alain Resnais.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Can’t Catch Me Now by Olivia Rodrigo (2023, dir by Leonn Ward)


This video was made to promote The Hunger Games prequel but who cares about that?  Seriously, as much as I liked the first two Hunger Games movies, the third and the fourth one bored me to tears and pretty much left me totally burned out on dystopian YA adaptations.

For me, this song brings back some memories of living and visiting the country.  Of course, I didn’t spend much time in any barns because barns are extremely creepy.  But I did use to enjoy running through the tall grass.  There’s a real sense of freedom when you’re running and the world seems to stretch on forever, without a building, road, or street sign standing in your way.  This video does a good job of capturing that feeling.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: When We Were Young (The Logical Song) by David Guetta and Kim Petras (2023, dir by Hannah Lux Davis)


Needless to say, there is nothing that will make you feel older than realizing that you’re entire house has been flood and you didn’t even notice because you were too busy singing.

I am definitely not feeling young right now, though I guess I still am.  Seriously, I’ve spent most of November in a daze.  Maybe this song will help me wake up!

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic (1973, dir by George Clinton)


Supposedly, LSD was consumed before this video was shot in Central Park and Times Square.

This was one of the few singles to be released by Funkadelic.  Though it stalled at 103 on the charts when it was first released, it’s still went on to become a live-performance favorite and one of the group’s most enduring songs.  Cosmic Slop was written by George Clinton and Bernie Worrell and it’s actually meant to be the prayer of a mother who will do anything to take care of her children.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Eat It by Weird Al Yankovic (1984, directed by Jay Levey)


Reportedly, Michael Jackson really liked the video for Weird Al Yankovic’s Eat It and why shouldn’t he?  The video so closely followed the video for Beat It, duplicating it scene-for-scene, that Jackson was actually paid royalties from it.

Another fan of this song and also of Fat was Kurt Cobian who was flattered when Weird Al asked to parody Smells Like Teen Spirit but who also specifically asked, “Is it going to be about food?”  (Al assured Kurt it would be about how no one could understand his lyrics.)

This is the song and the video that put Weird Al on the map.

Enjoy!