Category Archives: Music Review

Music Video of the Day: Only by Anthrax (1993, directed by Paul Elledge)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Rocking with Anthrax!

This song is off of Anthrax’s sixth studio album, Sound of White Noise and it was one of their bigger hits from the John Bush era.  No less than James Hetfield referred to this as being a “perfect song.”  The video mixes surreal imagery with clips of the band playing.

If the man with the mirror looks familiar, that’s because he’s played by Frank Silva, who was also Killer Bob on Twin Peaks.  This was Silva’s only role outside of Twin Peaks.

Director Paul Elledge was a photographer who also directed videos  for Ministry.

Enjoy!

Song of the Day: Oops! I Did it Again, covered by Nouveau Lounge and Amanda Stewart

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’ve always liked this cover version of the classic Britney Spears song.  Plus, I actually got to see these guys perform in London a few years ago!

Here is today’s song of the day.

Music Video of the Day: I Miss The Band by Alanis Morissette (2021, dir by Victor Indrizzo)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today is Alanis Morissette’s 51st birthday.

Today’s music video of the day is for a song that she wrote about not being able to tour during the COVID lockdowns.  The song is all about how much she misses traveling with her band.  When the song was released, it was used to raise money for Morissette’s backing band, who couldn’t work because the governments across the world tried to ban mass gatherings.

Seriously, I think some people have forgotten — or have chosen to pretend to forget — just how insane things got with the COVID lockdowns.  We were all missing our friends, our family, our lives …. our band.

(Sorry, I’m not yet ready to forgive and forget.  15 Days To Slow The Spread because 48 Months To Do What You’re Told Or Else.  I just spent a week and a half watching Clint Eastwood films so I’m definitely not in a rule-following mood right now.)

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: I Talk To The Trees by Clint Eastwood (1969, dir by Joshua Logan)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Okay, it’s not so much a music video as it’s a scene from a movie but whatever.  It’s Clint Eastwood’s birthday, we’re about to post a ton of Clint Eastwood-related reviews today, and I wanted to start things out with Clint!

This scene is from 1969’s Paint Your Wagon.  You know what?  Clint’s voice wasn’t that bad in this movie.  That said, I’m glad I talked to my sister into reviewing it instead of me.  When I was in college, I took a class about musicals and there was this frat boy sitting behind me who just obsessed with Paint Your Wagon,

Happy birthday, Clint!

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: 5 Minutes Alone by Pantera (1994, directed by Wayne Isham)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Vinnie Paul explained how this song came about:

“The story behind this song is we were opening for Megadeth, and there was a guy that was flipping us off the whole show and so we stopped the show. And I was like, ‘Listen, in case you haven’t noticed there’s 18,000 people who really dig what we’re doing. You’re the only one doing that stupid shit without even having to egg the crowd on.’ Ten guys just jumped the guy and beat the shit out of him. His dad called the manager after all the lawsuits and this and that, and basically said, ‘Give me five minutes with that Phil Anselmo guy. I want to whup his ass.’ “

The music video, not surprisingly was directed by Wayne Isham.  Isham was one of those directors who worked everybody who was anybody.  Isham especially understood had to capture metal energy in video form.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: The Trooper by Iron Maiden (1983, directed by Jim Yukich)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Today’s music video of the day is for Iron Maiden’s The Trooper, which was one the band’s few songs to achieve frequent radio airplay in the United States.

The song was inspired by Tennyson’s poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade and the video features scenes taken from the 1936 film of the same name.  The BBC actually banned this video and demanded significant cuts because they felt that the footage from the film was too violent.  Obviously, back in 1983, no one at the BBC had any idea what the future would hold as far as violence in music videos was concerned.

The footage of the band performing was filmed in Brixton Academy and directed by Jim Yukich, who did videos for everyone who was anybody.

Enjoy!