Category Archives: music video

Music Video of the Day: Born to Die by Lana del Rey (2011, dir by Yoann Lemoine)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

When I think about the previous decade, this is one of the songs the defines it and the music video fits along with it perfectly.  Of course, it’s a bit of a morbid video, seeing as how almost every image is connected to the impending death of Lana’s character.  Then again, I was in a rather morbid mindset back in 2011.  I guess I still am.

Lana’s boyfriend is played by Bradley Soileau.  That image of them standing in front of the American flag is iconic.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Love Ain’t No Stranger by Whitesnake (1984, directed by ????)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

After you watch enough Whitesnake videos, you can be excused for wondering if David Coverdale spent the entire 80s walking in the rain.  In this one, he’s searching for the woman that he loves.  He finds her but she pulls a fast one and manages to get away from him while he’s being driven away.

The woman in this video is NOT played by Tawny Kitaen so I’m not sure if it even qualifies as a real Whitesnake video.  The song, however, is definitely a Whitesnake song and it’s still one of their most popular.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: I Forgive It All By Mudcrutch (2016, directed by Sean Penn and Samuel Bayer)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

This was one of Tom Petty’s final songs and it’s also one of his best.  This somber song features Petty looking back on his own past and forgiving his father, with whom he had a difficult relationship while he was growing up.

The video was shot on location in Los Angeles and simply features a man driving while thinking about the past.  Of course, in the video, that man is played by Sir Anthony Hopkins, who grew up not in Los Angeles but in Wales.  However, Hopkins has spoken of having a similarly difficult childhood to Petty’s.

This video was directed by actor Sean Penn, who was a friend of Petty’s, and Samuel Bayer.  Bayer has directed several music videos but will probably always be best known for directing Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Fuel by Metallica (1997, directed by Wayne Isham)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Sometime, people like to drive too fast.  Sometimes, people like to live too fast.  For those special moments, there’s always Metallica.

This video was directed by Wayne Isham, who has directed the majority of Metallica’s videos, not to mention videos for just about everyone else in the music business as well.  The video was produced by Quentin Tarantino’s production company, A Band Apart and the use of dramatic title cards certainly does fit in with Tarantino’s aesthetic.  The video feels like a tribute to the car chase films of the 60s and 70s.  It’s Death Proof before Death Proof.

Fuel was later covered by Avirl Lavigne.  Be careful bringing that up in certain company.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Frantic by Metallica (2003, directed by Wayne Isham)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Frantic was the 2nd single off of Metallica’s controversial St. Anger.  Like a lot of the songs off of that album, it was inspired by the band’s previous battles with drugs and alcohol.  In this video, a chicken delivery driver has his life flash before his eyes after crashing his truck and he realizes that he wasted most of it.  He’s laughs when he realizes that he’s still alive but then another vehicle crashes into him.

The first time I saw this video, I thought it was an awkward concept for a Metallica video, considering the band’s own history with road accidents.  Over time, I’ve come to better appreciate the video.  The lyrics of the song are influenced by Buddhist thought and I don’t know if there’s better evidence that life is pain than getting a second chance at life that only last for 2 minutes.

Does everyone still hate St. Anger or is it okay to now admit that it wasn’t as bad as everyone said when it first came out?