Category Archives: Music Review

Music Video of the Day: The Valley by Bill Wyman and Terry Taylor (1985, dir by Michele Soavi)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s music video of the day is for an instrumental piece that was composed by Bill Wyman and Terry Taylor for Dario Argento’s 1985 film, Phenomena.

Put together by Michele Soavi, this music video features not only scenes from the film but also clips of Dario Argento directing both Jennifer Connelly and Fiore Argento.  Soavi, of course, went on to have a directorial career of his own, directing four classic horror films before stepping away from feature films to take care of his ailing son.  Soavi has since returned to directing, though most of his subsequent work has been for Italian television.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Bed of Nails by Alice Cooper (1989, directed by Nigel Dick)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Bed of Nails is from Alice Cooper’s 11th studio album, Trash.  It was the album’s second most successful single, despite not even being released as a single in the U.S.  Maybe some of that success was due to this music video, in which Alice the singer performs over and in a bed of nails while women in leather walk through the studio and play the cello.

This video was directed by Nigel Dick, who directed videos for anyone who was anyone.  If Nigel Dick has not done a video for you, you are not really a rock star.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: The Wild and the Young by Quiet Riot (1986, directed by Jeff Stein)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

The music video for Quiet Riot’s The Wild and The Young takes place in a future that’s controlled by the military and the Parents Resource Music Center (PRMC), the Tipper Gore-led organization that campaigned for albums and CDs to come with warning labels.  There were actually Senate hearings on obscene lyrics in 1985, with everyone from Dee Snider to Frank Zappa coming together to make the elected officials look stupid.

Director Jeff Stein has directed several TV shows, along with doing videos for The Who, Weezer, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, George Clinton, Cinderella, Warrant, and Wilson Phillips.

Horror Song of the Day: Season of the Witch by Donovan

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Since we are now halfway through October, it only seems appropriate to share what may be the most famous (and perhaps the most covered) song about witchcraft, Donavon’s Season of the Witch!

This song was originally recorded in 1966 and it’s gone on to become a Halloween mainstay.  One fan of the song was future director Martin Scorsese, who originally planned to borrow the song’s title for one of his own films.  However, George Romero beat Scorsese out the gate with a film called Season of the Witch and Scorsese ended up renaming his film, Mean Streets.

Music Video of the Day: Mirror Man by The Human League (1982, directed by Brian Duffy)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

The music video may be about a ghost (Philip Oakley) haunting a theater but Oakley has always said that this song is actually about Adam Ant.

Director Brian Duffy was best-known for his work as a fashion photographer.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Spirit by Bauhaus (1982, directed by Christopher Collins)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

In this video, the members of Bauhaus perform their song Spirit for an audience of actual spirits.

Director Christopher Collins is directed with overseeing three other videos, all for Bauhaus: Bela Lugosi’s Dead, Mask, and In The Flat Field.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Killed By Death by Motorhead (1984, directed by Rod Swenson)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Back in the day, this music video was banned by MTV for what the channel considered to be “senseless and excessive violence.” Lemmy driving and giving everyone the finger really upset them.

Director Ron Swenson was best-known for being the manager of the Plasmatics.

Enjoy!

Horror Song of the Day: Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Mike Oldfield didn’t write Tubular Bells specifically for The Exorcist but it’s a song that works perfectly for the film.  Oldfield’s song, which was rumored to have originally envisioned as being a Christmas instrumental, become an iconic horror them.