Category Archives: music video

Music Video of the Day: Sure Know Something by KISS (1979, directed by John Goodhue)

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Like many music videos from the days before MTV, the emphasis here is on the band and the performance.  This is a “they-sure-can-play” music video.

John Goodhue also did music videos for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Juice Newton, and Hanks Williams, Jr.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: This Is Why We Ride by Body Count (2015, directed by Treach)

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Body Count never gets the respect that it deserves.  Though it may have started out as being Ice-T’s side project, it developed into an important band of its own.

This video was directed by actor and rapper Treach, who also directed three videos for his own group, Naughty by Nature.

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Music Video of the Day: Insane In The Brain by Cypress Hill (1993, directed by Josh Taft)

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It’s the 20th day of the 4th month of the year so the music video of the day could only come from Cypress Hill.

This was directed by Josh Taft, who has also done several award-winning commercials and directed music videos for Pearl Jam, Tribe Called Quest, and Stone Temple Pilots, amongst others.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: The One Thing by INXS (1982, directed by Soren Jensen)

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This was one of INXS’s first videos to go into heavy rotation on MTV.

Director Soren Jensen was an assistant director on the Australian soap opera, The Young Doctors.  (Michael Hutchence’s mother was a makeup artist on the Young Doctors.)  The actresses who appear in the music video were also on The Young Doctors.  The Young Doctors remains largely unknown in the U.S.

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Music Video of the Day: Give To Live by Sammy Hagar (1987, directed by Gil Bettman)

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This music video is one of Sammy Hagar’s best.  It shows how big deal MTV was in 1987 that Mark Goodman appeared as himself to introduce the video.  The message of the video seems to be that happy couples watch Sammy Hagar together.

Director Gill Bettman was primarily a television director but he also directed a few videos from Hagar and Chicago.

Eddie Van Halen plays bass in this song.  In fact, Eddie played bass for the entire album, I Never Said Goodbye.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: A Lil’ Ain’t Enough by David Lee Roth (1991, directed by ????)

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Love him or hate him, no one better epitomized an era than David Lee Roth.  There’s no one else like him and regardless of how he may sound or look now, he was one of the greatest frontmen in the history of rock and roll.

There’s no director credited for this video.  Peter Angelus seems like a good guess.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Headache by Frank Black (1994, directed by Adam Bernstein)

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This song of comes from Frank Black’s second solo album, Teenager of The Year.  Frank Black, of course, is better known as Black Francis, the lead singer of the Pixies.  His real name is Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV and he’s one of the most important musicians of the last 40 years.

This video was directed by Adam Bernstein, who also worked with They Might Be Giants.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Taxman, performed by George Harrison and Eric Clapton (1991, directed by ????)

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Today is Tax Day here in the States so this music video of the day feels especially appropriate.

George Harrison originally wrote this song in 1966. It appeared on Revolver. The song was inspired by the fact that, even tough the Beatles were making a huge amount of money, they were also expected to give a huge amount of that money to the government. Harrison said that the music was inspired by the theme song for the Batman TV series and once you learn that, it’s impossible to listen to this song without thinking, “Batman!”

Enjoy!