Music Video of the Day: Bam Bam by Camila Cabello, featuring Ed Sheeran (2022, dir by ????)

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Dance and enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Redlight by Swedish House Mafia and Sting (2022, dir by ????)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Before clicking on play, please be aware that this video features flashing lights and comes with an epilepsy warning. If you watch, enjoy!

You don’t have to put on the red light,
Those days over
You don’t have to sell your body to the night
You don’t have to wear that dress to night
Those days are over
You don’t have to put on the Redlight
Those days are over
You don’t have to put on the Redlight
Those days are over
You don’t have to put on the Redlight
Those days are over
You don’t have to put on the Redlight
Those days are over
You don’t have to put on the Redlight
Those days are over
You don’t have to put on the Redlight

Music Video of the Day: King of a Tragedy by Isak Danielson (2022, dir by Kalle Möller)

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

This is an enjoyably atmospheric music video. It makes me want to read a paperback epic about intrigue in a royal court.

Enjoy!

I wanna burn in the fire below
I wanna dance with the devil you know
take me to heaven and don’t let me go
I am the king of a tragedy

Waking up to hear the siren
you’re the poison in my blood
I could do without the violence
god knows I’m not that tough

I keep loosing all my virtues ’
i’m a magnet to your pain
Waking up to hear the siren

I wanna burn in the fire below
I wanna dance with the devil you know
take me to heaven and don’t let me go
I am the king of a tragedy
king of a tragedy

I wanna surrender and sacrifice
the fear that I feel when I look in your eyes
Please take me to heaven before I die
I am the king of a tragedy
king of a tragedy

Every word you say is fragile
It’s like a walk on broken glass
I’m like a deer, so scared of your headlights
you got your right foot hard on the gas
can we stay right here forever
you make it hard to run away
Every word you say is fragile

I wanna burn in the fire below
I wanna dance with the devil you know
Take me to heaven and don’t let me go
I am the king of a tragedy
king of a tragedy

I wanna surrender and sacrifice
the fear that I feel when I look in your eyes
Please take me to heaven before I die
I am the king of a tragedy
king of a tragedy

ooohh I wanna see what it feels like
to run into your headlights
oooh you know me I’m craving the spotlight

I wanna burn in the fire below
I wanna dance with the devil you know
Take me to heaven and don’t let me go
I am the king of a tragedy
king of a tragedy

I wanna surrender and sacrifice
the fear that I feel when I look in your eyes
Please take me to heaven before I die
I am the king of a tragedy
king of a tragedy

Music Video of the Day: Lost Track by HAIM (2022, dir by Paul Thomas Anderson)

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

At some point, in the future, it will be realized that Paul Thomas Anderson’s Haim videos constitute some of the best short films of the decade. It’s the perfect collaboration between a group of artists. This is their latest and video and you better enjoy!

[Verse 1]
Tryin’ to get on top
But it’s never easy
Mastered my own luck
But it wasn’t easy
I’m tryin’ to feel alright
Around all these people
I try, but I’m just numb
This time

[Chorus]
Deepest cut that I can’t feel
Found a grip on the steering wheel
I know a piece’s stuck
You can sit down if you don’t mind me standin’ up (Mind me standin’ up)
I know I was too good to pass (Too good to pass)
So me and you caused a chain reaction (Chain reaction)
I’ll take the smallest crumb
But I’ll never get back what I lost track of

[Verse 2]
Laugh when I’m still cryin’
Yeah, you know the deal
Burn but it’s still fine (Huh)
Yeah, you know the deal
Can’t redeem my love
That’s such a steal
But you can’t say I’m not tryin’
This time

[Outro]
I’ll never get back what I lost track
I’ll never get back what I lost track
I’ll never get back what I lost track
I’ll never get back but I’ve lost track

Music Video of the Day: Addams Groove by MC Hammer (1991, directed by Rupert Wainwright)

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Jedadiah Leland

As far as videos about Christina Ricci chopping off MC Hammer’s head are concerned, this is probably the best.

Addams Groove was the theme song for 1991’s The Addams Family. The video opens with MC Hammer losing his head but it turns out that not even decapitation can silence Hammer. Hammer eventually ends up fighting with Raul Julia over Anjelica Huston, proving that anything was possible in the 90s. It’s easy to laugh at a video like this today but, back in 1991, videos like this were a big deal and it was a rare for any film to be released with an accompanying music video. This song was MC Hammer’s last top ten hit in the United States. It also received a Razzie nomination for Worst Song of the Year.

Though the film was the directorial debut of Barry Sonnenfeld, this video was directed by Rupert Wainwright, who was responsible for directing most of MC Hammer’s videos. He also did the video for N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton. Wainwright would eventually go on to direct Stigmata and the remake of The Fog.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Tegan and Sara — Monday Monday Monday (2002, dir by Christopher Mills)

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

It is Monday, isn’t it?

Good luck!

“This week or last week
I don’t really care about it anymore
I write myself this later
I tell myself you let me go

Without me
What’s wrong with you?
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday

Your house or mine
I don’t really care about it anymore
I close my eyes
I, I make myself unhappy so you’ll go

Without me
What’s wrong with you
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday

Oh, and I
I say damn your mood swings
Damn your mood swings
Oh, and I
I say damn your mood swings
Damn your mood swings

I’m calling out
I don’t really care for your city anymore
I spend the night
I lay awake and miss you when you go

Without me
What’s wrong with you
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday
Monday Monday Monday

Oh, and I
I say damn your mood swings
Oh, and I
I say damn your mood swings
Damn your mood swings
Oh, and I
I say damn your mood swings
Damn your mood swings
Oh, and I
I say damn your mood swings
Damn your mood swings”

Music Video of the Day: Rage Beneath The Mountain: Genshin Impact, performed by Lindsey Stirling (2021, dir by Stephen Wayne Mallett and Lindsey Stirling)

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Lindsey Stirling is one of the few people in the world of whom I’m actually jealous. I wish I could play the violin.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: King by Florence + The Machine (2022, dir by Autumn de Wilde)

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Personally, I think it’s always a good day to share the latest from Florence + The Machine!

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe (1997, directed by Mark Neale)

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Jedadiah Leland

For the life of me, I cannot remember what made me think Everything Zen by Bush was the worst song of the 90s while this song exists.

I guess I forced The Freshmen out of my head, despite the fact that it was inescapable in 1997. When the song came out, everyone assumed that it was about a rape that was followed by a suicide but the The Verve Pipe’s lead singer later said that the song was inspired by his girlfriend getting an abortion when they were younger and that the lyrics about Valium were poetic license. (The amount of valium mentioned in the song would not be fatal.) Abortion is a serious subject matter and there’s been a lot of good songs written about that very topic. Of course, this derivative dirge isn’t exactly one of them.

A quick google search revealed that there are a lot of people who are under the impression that the “I can’t be held responsible” line is meant to be taken literally. Though I’m not a fan of the song, I will say that I don’t think we’re necessarily meant to agree with the all of the lyrics. I think that the “Can’t be held responsible,” is just something the song’s narrator is telling himself as a way to deal with his guilt. That this fairly obvious point was missed by both critics and fans says more about them than it does the song.

This video is pure 90s angst, from the room with the one light bulb to the band slowly appearing behind the lead singer. Angst was big in the 90s, though there was eventually enough of an angst backlash that it led to the era of the boy bands and pop queens. Still, those of us who grew up in the 90s can’t be held responsible. We won’t be held responsible. People listened in the first place.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Stina live by Okean Elzy (2013, dir by Volodymyr Shkliarevskyi and Victor Priduvalov)

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

This is Okean Elzy. They may not be a household name here in the States but in Ukraine, there are one of the country’s oldest and most popular rock bands. Today’s music video of the day is about a lot more than just honoring a band.