Conceived and performed by Andy Summers, the guitarist for the Police, 2010 was a re-imagining of Also Sprach Zarathustra and was included as part of the soundtrack of the 1984 film, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Though the song itself did not appear in the film, a music video featuring scenes from 2010 was put together for the song and was occasionally played on MTV.
Enjoy!
Today’s song of the day comes from Hans Zimmer’s score for Inception!
Today’s music video of the day is an early one from Van Halen. Coming from 1981, this video was a product of the time when videos were usually performance clips that focused on showing off the skills of the musicians.
As with all of the early Van Halen videos, this one balances the technical skills and talent of Eddie Van Halen with David Lee Roth’s sense of showmanship. David Lee Roth and Van Halen had their conflicts but they were always at their best when they were performing together.
Enjoy!
Today’s song of the day is the orchestral theme from the 1953 sci-fi classic, War of the Worlds.
Today’s music video of the day was directed by the late, great William Friedkin, who was born 91 years ago today.
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This video was directed by Martin Scorsese, who was frequently described as being one of Robbie Robertson’s best friends. (Robertson is also credited as having been the music supervisor for many of Scorsese’s films.) This was Scorsese’s second music video to direct, following Michael Jackson’s Bad.
Appearing with Robertson in the video is Maria McKee, the singer who may best known for “If Love Is A Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags),” which appeared on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.
According to Checkiday, today is Tarzan Day!
In honor of everyone’s favorite lord of the jungle, here is today’s song of the day!
Tim Curry, RIP.
When the infamous epic Caligula was first released back in 1979, a disco version of Caligula’s love theme — We Are One — was also released as a promotional gimmick.
This song is so over-the-top, so blatantly exploitive, so insidiously catchy, and so totally inappropriate for so many reasons that become clear after you watch the film it was written for that it simply cannot be ignored. To me, this song represents everything that makes the Grindhouse great.
(As well, I hope whoever was playing bass got paid extra…)
Through the Shattered Lens 