Grim Reaper may be in jail but they are still going to rock you to Hell!
Let’s see what our friends Beavis and Butt-Head had to say about this one.
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Category Archives: music video
Music Video of the Day: Hey Stoopid by Alice Cooper (1991, directed by ????)
Hey Stoopid is the title track off of Alice Cooper’s 12th solo studio album. The song is about drug abuse and suicide, with Alice telling his listeners to stay off drugs, to “put the gun down,” and that rock and roll isn’t about being self-destructive. Alice Cooper even sings, “You ain’t living in a video.” (Thought he did struggle with alcohol and it would probably shock many of the people who criticized him during his 70s heyday, Alice Cooper has always been anti-drug.) Slash plays guitar on the track while Ozzy Osbourne provided backing vocals.
The music videos is a mix of live action, animations, and Alice Cooper performing with a skull. I wouldn’t mind spending a day in Alice Cooper Land.
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Music Video of the Day: You Could Be Mine by Guns N’ Roses (1991, directed by Andy Morahan, Stan Winston and Jeffrey Abelson)
In this video, Arnold Schwarzenegger is sent to the past to eliminate Guns N’ Roses but ultimately decides that it would be a waste of ammo. Obviously, he knew that fulfilling his mission would change history and the world would never get to hear Chinese Democracy.
This song (and this video) were used to promote Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
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Music Video of the Day: Numb by Pet Shop Boys (2006, directed by Julian Gibbs and Chris Sayer)
According to the band, the music video for Numb was meant to be an homage to Russian constructivist cinema and the video does have the look of the old propaganda films that were put into production during the early days of the Soviet Union. The video also begins with what appears to be the sinking of the Titanic before moving onto all of the other tragedies that occurred around the same time. It may not be a “Halloween song” but the video does have a horror aesthetic.
Numb, itself, is a song that was often played whenever the UK was dealing with a tragedy, like being eliminated from the World Cup.
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Music Video of the Day: Until You Call On The Dark by Danzig (1994, directed by ????)
Is that Danzig, encouraging listeners to call on the dark? That does sound like something that he would do.
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Music Video of the Day: Locked In by Judas Priest (1986, directed by Wayne Isham)
Is it Mad Max or is it Judas Priest?
This video was directed by Wayne Isham, who was another one of directors who did videos for almost everyone. You weren’t a real rock star unless both Wayne Isham and Nigel Dick directed a video for you.
This song appeared on Judas Priest’s 1986 album, Turbo. The album was full of songs designed to annoy Tipper Gore.
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Music Video of The Day: The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg by Iron Maiden (2006, directed by ????)
When Iron Maiden released this song, they knew that their fans would try to find out who Benjamin Breeg was so they created a website about Breeg. According to the site, Breeg was a painter of disturbing images who later found work in a cemetery and then as a paranormal investigator. He disappeared in 1978. Of course, this was all fictional. There was no Benjamin Breeg. The “Breeg” painting that was displayed on the site was actually a painting of Eddie, the band’s mascot.
The video features footage of Iron Maiden performing mixed in with a montage of early band pictures.
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Music Video of the Day: Fear No Evil by Grim Reaper (1985, directed by ????)
This was the second Grim Reaper video to be watched and commented upon by Beavis and Butt-Head. The only difference was that, opposed to See You In Hell, the band actually requested that Mike Judge roast this video. They were definitely good sports about that whole thing, unlike a certain singer named Kip Winger.
Here are Beavis and Butt-Head, with their thoughts:
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Music Video of the Day: Bed of Nails by Alice Cooper (1989, directed by Nigel Dick)
Bed of Nails is from Alice Cooper’s 11th studio album, Trash. It was the album’s second most successful single, despite not even being released as a single in the U.S. Maybe some of that success was due to this music video, in which Alice the singer performs over and in a bed of nails while women in leather walk through the studio and play the cello.
This video was directed by Nigel Dick, who directed videos for anyone who was anyone. If Nigel Dick has not done a video for you, you are not really a rock star.
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Music Video of the Day: Lost In America by Alice Cooper (1994, directed by ????)
Alice Cooper can’t get a girl be he doesn’t have a car and he can’t get a car because he doesn’t have a job and he can’t get a job because he doesn’t have a car. This is one of Alice Cooper’s catchiest songs. Whenever I watch any of Alice Cooper’s videos, I think about how interesting it is that Alice Cooper has gone from being the controversial face of shock rock to being an almost universally beloved American institution.
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Through the Shattered Lens 