Twist and Shout is a song that has been a hit for a lot of artists. Rodney Dangerfield took a swing at it 1987, performing the song for the Back to School soundtrack. The video is largely made up of scenes from Back to School and introduced a whole generation of MTV viewers to not only Rodney Dangerfield but also Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, and Ned Beatty. They probably already knew Sam Kinison.
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Today’s song of the day is the main theme from Peter Weir’s 1986 film, The Mosquito Coast, composed by Maurice Jarre.
One of the first rap/metal songs, I’m The Man was originally meant to be a collaboration between Beastie Boys and Anthrax. However, because the two bands could never work out their schedules, Anthrax ended up just doing the song on their own, with Frank Bello, Charlie Benante, and Scott Ian tying to do their best Beastie Boy impersonation. Even though the band viewed the song as just being a joke between friends, it went on to become one of Anthrax’s most unexpected hits.
Most listeners will recognize a sample of Sam Kinison as the source of the song’s primal screams.
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Isaac Hayes would have been 84 years old today. Today’s song of the day is an instrumental track that Hayes wrote for the Tough Guys soundtrack. Quentin Tarantino later reused the track in Kill Bill.
With today’s music video of the day, the Dutch band Earth and Fire kept things simple as they performed a catchy song about Love of Life.
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Rest in peace, Frank Beard.
Today, in celebration of the birthday of Patrick Swayze, our song of the day is one that he wrote for Dirty Dancing. Enjoy She’s Like The Wind.
Seeing as how today is Robert De Niro’s birthday, this 1984 tune seems like an obvious pick for song of the day!
For today’s song of the day, we have Chernobyl by Blanck Mass. This piece of music was used to haunting effect in 2014’s A Field In England.
This song, which Ozzy said was 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 Kelly Osbourne.
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