Category Archives: Music Review

Music Video of the Day: Big Gun by AC/DC (1993, directed by David Mallet)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

In today’s music video of the day, Arnold Schwarzenegger shows that he can keep up with AC/DC.  Or maybe it’s the other way around!

This video was released as a part of the publicity blitz around the release of Last Action Hero.  It’s too bad the film itself wasn’t as good as the soundtrack.

David Mallet should be a familiar name name be now.  He worked with just everyone who was anyone.

Enjoy!

Song of the Day: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (performed by Santa Esmeralda)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Many, many years ago, when I first heard this song on the soundtrack for Kill Bill Volume One, I immediately fell in love with it.  I have to admit, as well, that when I first heard Santa Esmeralda’s version, I assumed that the cover had been recorded specifically for the Kill Bill soundtrack.  Well, turns out I was not only wrong, I was way wrong.  This cover version was actually recorded way back in 1977.

I also thought, before I started writing this post, that the song was originally performed by the Animals.  Wrong again.  The song was first written in 1964 by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, and Sol Marcus and it was originally performed by Nina Simone.  Then, in 1965, the Animals did their famous cover.  The Animals’ version of the song is the one that used to get stuck in my head when I was in high school because it used to play constantly at the Target where I would skip school.

But the Santa Esmeralda version is my favorite and it is today’s song of the day.

Music Video of the Day: Adam in Chains by Billy Idol (1993, directed by Julien Temple)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Adam In Chains was the third single to be released from Billy Idol’s controversial Cyberpunk album.  Billy Idol predicted the future with Cyberpunk, though no one appreciated it at the time.  In interviews, Idol said he was inspired by the work of William Gibson while also admitting he had never read anything written by Gibson.

The video was directed by Julien Temple, who is best-known for his work with the Sex Pistols.