With today’s song of the day, we continue our Bonnie and Clyde theme!
This song is from 1968 and was inspired by Arthur Penn’s classic crime film, Bonnie and Clyde. Oddly enough, this song insists that Bonnie and Clyde were from Savannah, Georgia when everyone knows that they were from my part of the world, North Texas. Then again, “Savannah” does sound a bit better when set to music than “West Dallas.”
Huey Lewis and the News were the epitome of a mid 1980s band. They worked hard and they made videos that celebrated having a good time. They were never as obnoxious or openly hedonistic as the hair bands of era but they were also out-of-place in the angst-filled 90s. But while everyone else continues to pay thousands to see Bruce Springsteen, 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.
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This song is the epitome of Oasis.
The video was filmed at the band’s Live By The Sea gig at Southend-on-Sea while the off-stage scene were filmed at Southend Pier,. Anyone who has ever been a rock ‘n’ roll star has been directed at least once by Nigel Dick.
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We can drive it home with one headlight….
Some songs just get stuck in your head and I think this is definitely one of them. This is also a song that always used to play in the background at one of my favorite used bookstores. I associate One Headlight with searching through old books and learning about history.
Like so many of Journey’ videos (with the notable exception of Separate Ways), the video for Send Her My Love is a no-nonsense performance clip. This video was directed by Phil Tuckett, who also directed videos for Slayer, Def Leppard, Europe, The Black Crowes, and others.
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Today’s song of the day comes from Ennio Morricone’s score for Once Upon A Time In The West.
RIP, Claudia Cardinale.
This music video was directed by Jim Yukich, who is one of those directors who seems to have directed a video for everyone. If you have ever had a hit song or top-selling album, Jim Yukich probably directed a music video for you. He directed a lot of videos for both Genesis and Phil Collins as a solo act. But Yukich also directed videos for everyone from Iron Maiden to David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis, and David Hasselhoff. Going for Maiden to Hasselhoff, that’s a journey!
This song received lukewarm reviews when it was first released but, as is this case with much of Collins’s work, it has since been favorably reevaluated.
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Today’s song of the day comes from the soundtrack of Ruggeo Deodato’s The House On The Edge of the Park. Composed by Riz Ortolani and sung by Diana Corsini, Sweetly Oh Sweetly may sound like an innocent song but its use in Deodato’s controversial film is anything but that.
Today’s music video of the day was filmed at Hollywood’s famed Whisky a Go Go, while Mötley Crüe was preparing to embark on their tour promoting Dr. Feelgood. In the 80s, you knew you had made it big if Sam Kinison was your chauffeur.
This video was directed by Wayne Isham, who directed videos for practically everyone. Everyone who was anyone in the music biz worked with Wayne Isham at least once.
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Since today is John Woo’s birthday, it only feels appropriate that today’s song of the day should come from John Powell’s score for Face/Off.
Through the Shattered Lens 