The nights are indeed about to crazy around here, with October approaching. In my office, over the next 31 days, this song will be playing in the background, a reminder to keep dancing until the month comes to an end.
Category Archives: Music Review
Music Video of the Day: No New Tales To Tell by Love and Rockets (1987, directed by Tony van den Ende)
Love and Rockets is definitely one of those 80s bands that should have been bigger than they were. Basically made up of every member of Bauhaus except for Peter Murphy, Love and Rockets was responsible for some of the best songs of the decade.
No New Tales To Tell is from their third studio album, Earth, Sun, Moon. Thanks to this music video, which was put in heavy rotation on MTV, the song did manage to reach number 18 on the U.S. charts. The video was directed by the very prolific Tony van den Ende and it features a few shots of the band in their Bubblemen costumes. (The Bubblemen were a side project for several members of the band. They performed while dressed as friendly bees.)
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Chernobyl by Blanck Mass
For today’s song of the day, we have Chernobyl by Blanck Mass. This piece of music was used to haunting effect in 2014’s A Field In England.
Song of the Day: Flux of Time by Jim Williams
Music Video of the Day: Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 (1983, directed by Gavin Taylor)
This video was shot at Red Rocks in Denver, Colorado during U2’s tour supporting War. When they were a young group and before Bono’s messianic tendencies got the better of him, U2 were a rocking band who were responsible for some of the best songs of the 80s. Sunday Bloody Sunday was one of their signature songs and this video captures them at their best.
The song is meant to be a condemnation of the atrocities committed by both sides during The Troubles.
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde by Georgie Fame
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.”
Music Video of the Day: Couple Days Off by Huey Lewis and the News (1991, directed by Jim Yukich)
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.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Rock ‘N’ Roll Star by Oasis (1995, directed by Nigel Dick)
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.
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: One Headlight by The Wallflowers
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.
Music Video of the Day: Send Her My Love by Journey (1983, directed by Phil Tuckett)
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.
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 