Today’s song of the day comes from Pino Donaggio’s score for Nicolas Roeg‘s Don’t Look Now.
Category Archives: Music Review
Music Video of the Day: Beautiful Girl by INXS (1992, directed by Mark Pellington)
Supposedly, this song was written about a runaway that Michael Hutchence had befriended and who he wanted to protect in a platonic way. However, when the song was released in the United States, it was selected to be the theme song of an eating disorder awareness campaign and the music video, directed by Mark Pellington, reflects that.
Mark Pellington, of course, should be a familiar name. He directed music videos for just about everyone was relevant in the 90s.
Enjoy!
Bonus Song of the Day: So Familiar by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
For today’s song of the day, we have a banjo tune from musician Steve Martin.
Music Video of the Day: Beautiful Dangerous by Slash, featuring Fergie (2010, directed by Rich Lee)
Today’s music video of the day is for the third single to be release from Slash’s self-titled debut solo album. Slash told The Sun that this song began as a piece of music that he wrote as “a score for a scene in a strip club” and he decided to have Fergie provide vocals after hearing her cover Heart’s Barracuda.
The video features Fergie as an obsessed fan of Slash’s who apparently ends up killing him. Slash said that the idea for the video came from Fergie herself. The video was directed by Rich Lee, who has also done several videos for The Black-Eyed Peas, Eminem, Lana del Rey, and others.
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Opening Theme From Rebecca by Franz Waxman
Today’s song of the day is the opening theme from Franz Waxman’s score for Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca.
Music Video of the Day: Wait by White Lion (1988, directed by ????)
When hair metal gets sensitive!
It’s easy to make fun of how worked up the singer gets in this video but how many 80s kids grew up with a crush on the girl from this video?
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: End Theme From The Big Red One by Dana Kaproff
Today’s song of the day is the rousing End Theme from Dana Kaproff’s score for Sam Fuller’s 1980 war film, The Big Red One.
Music Video of the Day: Couple Days Off by Huey Lewis and the News (1991, directed by Jim Yukich)
Everyone needs a couple of days off, even Huey Lewis and the News!
This song was the final single from Huey to chart in the Billboard Top 20. For better or worse (I would say “better”), Huey Lewis and the News were the epitome of a mid 80s band. They worked hard and they made videos that celebrated having a good time. Huey Lewis and the News will always be the blue collar bar band for me.
This video was directed by Jim Yuckich, who has directed videos for everyone.
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: All I’m Looking For by the Reggie Bannister Band
Reggie Bannister wasn’t just an actor. He was also an acclaimed singer and musician. In his memory, here is today’s song of the day….
Music Video of the Day: Don’t Stand So Close To Me by The Police (1980, directed by Derek Burbidge)
Because Sting was famously a teacher before he became a rock star, it’s easy to assume that this song, about a teacher tempted to have an affair with a student, was autobiographical. Sting insists that it was not, beyond that it was somewhat inspired by the groupies who were, at that time, crazy about The Police.
This video was directed by Derek Burbidge, who also directed several videos for bands like AC/DC, Squeeze, Queen, Gary Numan, The Eurythmics, and Stray Cats. In the early 80s, if you were a successful band looking to get some extra exposure on MTV, it’s extremely probable that Burbidge would have ended up directing a video for you.
Enjoy!
