Category Archives: Music Review

Music Video of the Day: Mediate by INXS (1987, directed by Richard Lowenstein)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

INXS plays tribute to Bob Dylan in today’s music video of the day!

Some members of the band did a better job than other when it came to keeping up with the cards but they all still did a pretty good job considering that this is a 2 and a half minute music video with no visible edits. This video was originally included on the backend of the video for Need You Tonight. Richard Lowenstein directed both videos and it was a definitely a canny move to combine the two and basically get MTV to promote two songs for the price of one.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Need You Tonight by INXS (1987, directed by Richard Lowenstein)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Need You Tonight was the first single released off of INXS’s sixth studio album, Kick. The video, which made use of several different types of animation, was extremely popular with MTV’s audience and, as a result, the song went on to become one of INXS’s biggest hits. The video went on to win 5 awards at the MTV Music Video Awards. This was back when those actually meant something.

Director Richard Lowenstein directed a total of 16 videos for INXS, including this one. He also directed a film called Dogs in Space, which was not about actual dogs in space but which was instead about the Australian post-punk scene. INXS’s lead singer Michael Hutchence played Sam, the leader of a band called Dogs in Space.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Jump Around by House of Pain (1992, directed by David “Shadi” Perez)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Ever since it was first released and this video first aired on MTV, Jump Around has been one of the unofficial anthems of St. Patrick’s Day.  The video was so popular that many people continue to associate both the song and House of Pain with Boston’s Irish community, despite the fact that the band was from Los Angeles and only two members were of Irish descent.

All together now: “I came to get down, I came to get down, jump around!”

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Talk About Love by Kate Hudson (2024, dir by Kimberly Stuckwisch)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s music video of the day features two-time Oscar nominee, Kate Hudson!  A lot of people have been a little snarky about Kate’s nomination for Song Sung Blue.  Personally, I think her performance was great and the nomination was more than deserved.  I wish her all the best of luck tonight!

Enjoy!

Song of the Day: Cleopatra Enters Rome by Alex North

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Usually, we would celebrate the Ides of March tomorrow.  But, this year, Oscar Sunday falls on March 15th.  So, we’re going to pay honor to fall of the Roman Republic a day earlier than usual.  From the soundtrack of 1963’s Cleopatra,, here is Cleopatra Enters Rome, composed by Alex North!

Music Video of the Day: Close (to the Edit) by Art of Noise (1985, dir by Zbigniew Rybczyński)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This video was directed by the man who edited the controversial 1983 film, Angst.  This video was also controversial and was banned in New Zealand for being too violent.  Compared to what I see whenever I scroll through my twitter timeline, this video seems incredibly tame (albeit entertaining) today.

Enjoy!

Yay! You survived Friday the 13th!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Congratulations!

Depending on where you live, Friday the 13th is either over or nearly over!  And, if you’re reading this, you survived!!!!!

Obviously, you listened to Crazy Ralph and you did not have sex, smoke weed, skinny dip, go out at night, take a boat trip to Manhattan, go into space, go to sleep, go out for firewood, ask any strange people if they needed help, go looking for your friends, strip down to your underwear so you could go run around in the rain, or have any fun whatsoever!

In other words, today was a boring day for you!  But you survived!

In honor of your survival, here’s the end theme from Friday the 13th.  This was composed by Harry Manfredini and, believe it or not, it’s actually a rather beautiful piece of music.  So, celebrate your survival by listening.

And be prepared to make up for lost time on Saturday the 14th!  Be bad…be very bad….