Category Archives: Music Review

Music Video of The Day: Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? by Paula Cole (1997, dir. by Caitlin Fenton)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

If you’re wondering where all the cowboys have gone, you’re not alone.  I wonder that too whenever I see a video of some vegan freaking out over having to kill a spider.  Where have all the cowboys gone?  They’re probably working on a ranch and too busy to get on social media.  The world may be changing but men who ride bulls are still way more appealing than men who beg for retweets.

This song is actually about a break-up.  The singer has broken up with her boyfriend and now she’s wondering where all the cowboys have gone.  In the video, she’s singing about it in a dead forest.  Maybe that’s the problem.  She’s looking for cowboys but she’s hanging out on the set of a horror movie.  You’re not going to find many cowboys there.  Stop hanging out in the forest and get down to Fort Worth for the stock show.

I’m glad the Dallas Cowboys never tried to make this their official song.

Music Video Of The Day: Cry by Mandy Moore (2001, dir. by Chris Applebaum)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

This song is from A Walk To Remember, which was Mandy Moore’s biggest starring role until she got cast on This Is Us.  If you haven’t seen A Walk To Remember, Mandy Moore plays a girl who marries Shane West but then dies a year later.

I guess this video is a sequel because now Mandy Moore is singing to Shane West from Heaven while Shane watches old home movies of him and Mandy goofing off between filming their scenes.  Shane uses a telescope and discovers that he can see Mandy in Heaven and Mandy looks really happy.  Then Shane goes into the city and is reminded that his romance with Mandy was just a part of a movie.  I don’t know if that’s a happy ending or not.

Music Video of the Day: All or Nothing by O-Town (2001, dir. by Marcus Raboy)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Does everyone remember O-Town?  They were the band that was created on a reality show and we all thought that their name meant Orgasm Town but it was actually because they were from Orlando?  O-Town was the boy band that existed to make other boy bands look tough and dangerous by comparison.

All or Nothing is a typical boy band song and this is a typical boy band video.  The song is about the lead singer of O-Town realizing that his girlfriend is still hung up on Justin Timberlake.  He sings that he can tell by the distant look in her eyes and he just doesn’t think they can be together as long as she’s dreaming about Justin.  He wants it all or he’ll settle for nothing.  There’s no such thing as a compromise when you’re from the O.

Music Video of the Day: The Hardest Thing by 98° (2000, dir. by Wayne Isham)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

The Hardest Thing is a skeevy boy band song about how the hardest thing is saying goodbye to your mistress.  That’s what the song is about.  That’s the hardest thing.  The hardest thing for some people is to figure out how to put food on the table and to make sure their children make it home safely.  The hardest thing for 98º is having to choose between being loyal to your significant other or hooking up with Becky and Tiffany and Sandy and everyone else on the strip.  Even though the band knows that the hardest thing they’ll ever have to do is say goodbye to the woman that they’re cheating with, they also know that they’ll meet up again someday and maybe the time will be right for them to continue their affair.  What?  How does that make sense?  I can’t cheat with you now but maybe in three months.  OK, guys.

According to the video, Nick Lachey is a boxer so maybe that’s why this song seems to be punch drunk.  His mistress is a showgirl.  I can’t imagine Nick every winning a fight, can you?  Ladies and gentleman, with a record of 1 win and 30 losses by knockout, it’s Nick Lachey!  His mistress can probably do better.  Are the Backstreet Boys in town?

Music Video of the Day: Take A Picture by Chelsea Dash (2015, director unknown)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

You know that the reason I picked this music video was because of the title.  It’s the same reason I picked yesterday’s music video of the day.  Take A Picture makes it sound like a song about photography and photography is my thing.

But no, this video is just about having your picture taken in a photo booth while acting like a ho.  Everyone’s done that but not many people have turned into a music video.  This video is five years old.  Are photo booths  even a thing anymore?  If you want to flash the camera now, you can do it in the privacy of your own home.

Technology’s a good thing.

Music Video of the Day: Take A Picture by Filter (1999, dir. by Dave Meyers)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

I like this song because photography has always been my thing so when I hear “Take a picture,” that’s the same thought that I usually have in my head.

When I first saw this video, I thought that all the things that happened in it were things that the singer wished he could take a picture of.  Plus, because the band was called Filter, I really did think that this entire song was about someone who loved taking pictures.  Later I found out that the song was actually about getting drunk and needing someone to take a picture so you would be able to remember what you did in the morning.  I like my version better.

Music Video Of The Day: I Belong To Me by Jessica Simpson (2006, dir by Matthew Rolston)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I went to the same high school as Jessica Simpson!

Of course, I didn’t go there at the same time that Jessica did.  Jessica was long gone by the time I started the 9th grade.  As well, I actually graduated while Jessica dropped out so she could become a super-rich celebrity instead.  That said, I did take a few classes that were taught by Jessica’s former teachers, who all agreed that Jessica was a sweet person.  To be honest, most of my classmates made a big deal about being kind of cynical about going to the same high school as Jessica Simpson.  You’re never more jaded than you are between the ages of 13 and 18.  Myself, I’ve always liked Jessica Simpson because we’re both from Texas and we both occasionally play dumb for the laughs.

Anyway, this song was written when Jessica was going through a very public divorce from Nick Lachey.  It’s an empowerment song that also happens to be really depressing, which is really the best type of song there is.  There’s something to be said for a good depressing song and a good depressing video.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll, covered by Britney Spears (2001, dir by Chris Applebaum)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s Britney!

This video was filmed at the Inn, which is a bar in Long Island.  The video features Britney performing with her then-backing band.  It also features a speaker that appears to be on the verge of exploding and a motorcycle.  To be honest, if I was performing this song, I would probably want a motorcycle on stage with me too.  This is a song that just makes you want to ride a motorcycle.

(Seriously, I’ve always had like a major weakness for motorcycles.  It’s not so much that I like to ride them as much as I just like to lean up against them.)

I can remember that, when this cover was first released, a lot of people complained that it wasn’t as good as the previous versions and Britney also got a lot of criticism for saying that she had been inspired by Pat Benatar’s cover when the cover was actually performed by Joan Jett.  Myself, I like Britney’s cover.  It’s fun to dance too and Britney always seemed like she was happy when she was performing it.  So, the haters can just shut up as far as I’m concerned.

Free Britney!

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: The End of Everything by Noah Cyrus (2020, dir by John Boswell)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Don’t worry, everyone.  We’ve got another few trillion years to go before the universe ends.  We’ll all be dead by the time the sun goes supernova but hopefully, this site and all of my film reviews will still be here to provide future readers with some sort of solace before they’re vaporized into nothingness.

Enjoy!