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Category Archives: Music Review
Music Video of the Day: Nimble Bastard by Incubus (2017, dir by James Larese)
Oh no! A bunch of dogs have targeted Incubus for elimination!
However, what those dogs didn’t count on was the ability of Incubus to turn into a bunch of cats!
It’s a cute video, okay? I love cats and I’m actually starting to get over my fear of dogs.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Little Of Your Love by Haim (2017, dir by Paul Thomas Anderson)
(Sorry, everyone. This is one of those videos where you going to have to click on “Watch on YouTube” to actually watch it. I know. That sucks. Didn’t we fight a revolution and write a constitution to prevent stuff like this from happening? Oh well. Anyway…)
Happy Valentine’s Day!
This fun little video from Haim features a lot of dancing and was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson! Someday, Anderson needs to direct a feature-length musical. Spielberg can produce that West Side Story remake if he wants but he needs to hire Anderson to direct it.
(Some may point out that it would have made more sense to have picked Anderson’s video for Haim’s Valentine for today’s music video of the day. They would be right, except for the fact that the Valentine video lasts 14 minutes while this one is a brisk 3 minutes and 39 seconds.)
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Mardi Gras by Gita (2013, dir by Yonni Lapin)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can hear you already.
But Lisa, just because the song is called Mardi Gras that doesn’t mean that it’s about our Mardi Gras…
Okay, you got a point. But here’s my point: today is Mardi Gras. And this song is called Mardi Gras. And I like it. It’s a fun song to listen to while you’re stuck in traffic.
Besides, if you’re complaining about stuff like that today that means that you’re totally missing the point of Mardi Gras.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: New Orleans by Former Ghosts (2010, dir by Michael Fierstein)
Seeing as how tomorrow is, depending on where you live, either Fat or Shrove Tuesday, I decided why not share a music video about New Orleans?
It probably says something about the way I view the world that, whenever I see this video, I’m always expecting that it’s going to turn out that our group of friends is trying to cover up a murder or something. The whole video gives off a “We accidentally killed a guy, let’s have a good time before we have to find a place to bury him,” vibe. Of course, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
This video was directed by Michael Fierstein. Steven Andrew Garcia was the director of photography.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the Field by Jóhann Jóhannsson (2016, dir by Máni Sigfússon)
Hvíldu í friði.
Music Video Of The Day: Louisiana Blue (2012, dir by Steven Boyle)
It’s Mardi Gras weekend so I’m going to guess right now that people are flooding into Louisiana.
I’ve always loved Louisiana. My family lived in Shreveport for nearly two years, from December of ’96 to May of ’98. It was the last state that we lived in before returning to Texas and it’s a place that I’ve visited a few times since. (Shreveport, I might add, also celebrates Mardi Gras. It’s just that it tends to be a little bit more sedate in Shreveport than in New Orleans.) Louisiana is a state that is full of atmosphere and eccentric historical oddities. If you ever think your political leaders are crazy, do a google search on “Edwin Edwards” or “Earl Long.” If you ever think there’s never been a stranger moment in history than now, read T. Harry Williams’s biography of Huey Long.
Anyway, today’s music video of the day is all about Louisiana. Radney Foster’s Louisiana Blue has a nice mellow mood to it. Consider it to be the calm before the storm.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: American Guilt by Unknown Mortal Orchestra (2018, dir by Greg Sharp)
There’s a lot of flies and a lot of trash in this video. There’s also some fireworks down at the bottom of the screen. At first, I thought that maybe they were meant to indicate that this video was taking place during the 4th of July. But then camera panned by that open briefcase and I saw all of that money. That’s when I decided that the video was probably showing us the spot where D.B. Cooper set up camp after he jumped out of that plane.
(Don’t know the story of D.B. Cooper? It’s an interesting one, check it out here!)
Then I went back and actually listened to the lyrics and I realized that probably wasn’t the case. Here they are:
American Guilt
Tape over the camera
No more utopian videos
Eyes painted on eyelids
Viva la Mexico
Oh no
Here it comes
the American Guilt
Land of the expensive
Even the nazis are crying
History’s private property
Viva la Mexico
Oh no
Here it comes
the American Guilt
Anyway, American Guilt is off of the upcoming “Sex and Guilt,” which will be released on April 6th! Here’s a link to stream/pre-order: https://unknownmortalorchestra.lnk.to/sexandfood
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: I Was A Fool by Sunflower Bean (2017, dir by Andy DeLuca)
For today’s music video of the day, we have I Was A Fool by Sunflower Bean.
While I never attended a dance quite as bad as the one presented here, this video still brings back a lot of memories for me. I’m sure I’m not alone in that. When you’re in high school, even the smallest bit of nonconformity makes you feel as if you’re challenging and changing the world. This video celebrates the intoxication of being young and rebellious.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Hungry by Winger (1988, directed by ????)
What do we have here?
00:12 — Newlyweds speeding on a curvy mountain road? What could go wrong?
00:23 — There go the brakes!
00:31 — That sharp turn will look familiar to anyone who has ever seen the Duke boys outrun old Roscoe.
00:36 — It’s true what they say. Right before you die, you hear the opening of a bad 80s song.
00:50 — I’ve gotten worst cuts from bumping my head on a low doorway.
00:57 — Dude, did you just leave your wife behind in the car?
00:59– This is Winger. Kip Winger got his start as a backup musician and was a member of Alice Cooper for two years. Until Nirvana changed the face of music, Winger was responsible for some of the most generic hits of the 1980s.
01:21 — How long until we get a shot of the man sitting alone on that same swing?
01:32 — “Look, I’m spinning around with my guitar! Just like we did in practice!”
01:50 — “I remember how much we loved this wall.”
01:59 — It took 37 seconds to go from swinging together to swinging alone.
02:08 — Nobody came to the wedding but she’s going to go ahead and throw the bouquet anyway.
02:20 — It might be easier for the first responders to do their job if Winger would get out of the way.
02:46 — GUITAR!
03:07 — “My wife’s dead. Time to learn how to play an instrument!”
03:15 — Watch out, he’s driving again.
03:22 — Did he ever figure out why his brakes out went out in the first place? This might be a case for Jim Rockford.
03:36 — They still haven’t put out the fire? Is this what my tax dollars are paying for?
03:38 — I would be pissed off too. Put out the damn fire!
03:58 — That dude cannot drive.
04:12 — How does he keep doing this shit without getting a scratch on him?
04:27 — “How am I going to get home?”
To call Winger a “hair metal” band is probably an insult to hair metal bands but they did have a few hits. They also got on the nerves of Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Mike Judge, the creator of Beavis and Butthead.
Enjoy!
