If you were ever wondering how INXS composed their songs, this video probably doesn’t show you how it actually happened. I guess it’s possible that there was a cameraman and a sound crew present at exactly the right moment but doubt it.
It was still one of INXS’s more popular songs, peaking at 17 on the U.S. Charts.
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Happy birthday to musician and composer Giorgio Moroder. Today’s song of the day comes from his score for 1982’s Cat People. Here is Irena’s Theme!
Cheryl Ladd, singer?
I had no idea but it’s true. This song was Cheryl Ladd’s most popular song, peaking at #34 on the U.S. charts. This was during her second season on Charlie’s Angels.
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Why not? It is Al Pacino’s birthday, after all!
With songs with titles like Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, who would have guessed parents would have gotten the wrong idea about Iron Maiden? That really is the appeal of the band, though. Underneath the occult imagery and controversial song titles, they really were just a bunch of hard-working English blokes who played well together.
This video features scenes from the horror film, Horror Hotel. This video was directed by founding member, Steve Harris.
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Watch as Metallica prepares to do what they do best.
This video was directed by Wayne Isham, the man who worked with everybody who was anybody.
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Like many music videos from the days before MTV, the emphasis here is on the band and the performance. This is a “they-sure-can-play” music video.
John Goodhue also did music videos for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Juice Newton, and Hanks Williams, Jr.
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The Shining (1980, dir by Stanley Kubrick, DP: John Alcott)
For today’s song of the day, we have the title tune to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The Shining is a classic horror film and features one of Jack Nicholson’s most iconic performances.
Enjoy the greatest road trip music ever recorded.
Body Count never gets the respect that it deserves. Though it may have started out as being Ice-T’s side project, it developed into an important band of its own.
This video was directed by actor and rapper Treach, who also directed three videos for his own group, Naughty by Nature.
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Through the Shattered Lens 