Category Archives: Music Review

Music Video of the Day: Lose You Now by Lindsey Stirling and Mako (2021, dir by Lindsey Stirling and Stephen Wayne Mallett)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s music video of the days comes from one of my favorite musical artists, the great Lindsey Stirling.  This otherworldly video has a wonderfully dream-like feel to it.  Lindsey has said that the video is meant to serve as a tribute to the memory of her father.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: You Know My Name by Courtney Love (2014, dir by Maximilla Lukacs)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, I saw that Courtney Love was trending on the site formerly known as Twitter.  Assuming that the news would be bad, I clicked to find out why.

It turned out that the news was not bad at all.  Courtney gave an interview in which she said that she personally didn’t care for Beyonce’s music and that she thought Taylor Swift was boring.  Needless to say, the fandoms are in an uproar over someone daring to have a different opinion.  Personally, regardless of my feelings about any of the singers that she mentioned, I applaud Courtney Love for reminding us that we are not required to all feel the same way about every artist.  There’s nothing wrong with having your own tastes.

A lot of Swifties responded to the interview by tweeting, “Who is Courtney Love?”

She’s been around for a while.  Maybe today’s music video of the day will help.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Conquer or Die by Megadeth (2016, directed by Blair Underwood)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

This video is just Megadeth doing what Megadeth does best.

The Blair Underwood who directed this video is the same Blair Underwood who co-starred in L.A. Law and several subsequent films.  They seem like an unlikely combination, as Underwood was outspoken in his support of President Obama while Dave Mustaine was definitely not.  However, this is actually just one of several videos that Underwood did with Megadeth.  Music brings us all together.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Wild Child by W.A.S.P. (1985, directed by Rick Friedberg)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

In this video for Wild Child, Blackie Lawless follows one woman through the desert, just for her to always disappear when he gets too close.  Maybe she knows that W.A.S.P. and Blackie Lawless were among the top targets of Tipper Gore’s anti-rock campaign in the 80s.  Supposedly, at the heyday of Gore’s crusade, venues that booked W.A.S.P. would get bomb threats while the members of the band were themselves receiving death threats.  Someone even tried to shoot Blackie Lawless.

(Ironically, Blackie Lawless was raised in the church and is reportedly even more of a Christian than Tipper Gore was at the time she was accusing W.A.S.P. of corrupting America’s youth.)

This video was directed by Rick Friedberg, who went from working with W.A.S.P. to working with Leslie Nielsen on several projects.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Hot and Bothered by Cinderella (1992, directed by Nigel Dick)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Oh look, it’s another Nigel Dick-directed hair metal video.

And it’s another Cinderella video featuring the band doing their version of rocking while being watched by a bunch of hot woman who were probably hoping Bon Jovi would show up instead.

But wait?  Who’s that?  It’s Wayne and Garth!

This song appeared on the Wayne’s World soundtrack and the video was shot to promote the film.  Dana Carvey and Mike Myers show up as the duo who, at the time, were America’s favorite cable access hosts.  Wayne and Garth were Cinderella fans?  Guys, even Beavis and Butthead knew better than that!

Enjoy!