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

Posted on October 18, 2025 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.

Music Video of the Day: Into The Night by Frehley’s Comet (1987, directed by David Rathbod)

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Jedadiah Leland

Ace Frehley, RIP.

The director for this video also directed the classic video for I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis and the News.

Enjoy!

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

Posted on October 16, 2025 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 October 16, 2025 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 October 15, 2025 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 October 14, 2025 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 October 13, 2025 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.

Music Video of the Day: Devil Woman by Cliff Richard (1976, directed by ????)

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Jedadiah Leland

Cliff Richard sings about how he became cursed after seeing a black cat with yellow eyes. Cliff went to a fortune teller, asking her to lift the curse but it turned out that the fortune teller was the one who cursed him in the first place!

The message? If it can happen to Cliff Richard, it can happen to anyone.

Enjoy!

Horror Song of the Day: Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Lisa Marie Bowman

by Erin Nicole

Today’s song of the day is one that was used so memorably in An American Werewolf In London. From Creedence Clearwater Revival, here is Bad Moon Rising.