Category Archives: music video

Music Video of the Day: Because I Do by X (1982, dir by Peter Haskell)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here’s a classic music video from X.

When I was looking for a music video to share today, I discovered that the majority of the music videos had recently been uploaded to YouTube were AI.  It wasn’t just that the videos were made with AI.  It was that the singers and the songs were often AI as well!  That was disturbing, especially since most of the AI artists didn’t sound that different from their autotuned real-life counterparts.

Needless to say, I was happy to find this from Exene and X.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie (2000, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s Ash Wednesday!  Sharing this song by David Bowie is a bit of an Ash Wednesday tradition and I’m going to keep it going this year.  (Yes, I understand the song isn’t actually about Ash Wednesday but, for me, it is.)

This is from a 2000 performance in London.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Bayou Boy by Graham Barham (2024, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Happy Mardi Gras to all!

What can I say about this video other than it’s definitely authentic?  There’s a lot of people who will be able to relate to every word of this song.  This guy actually reminds me of more than a few of my cousins.  The fact that the song features more than a little Cajun French only contributes to the authenticity.

Music Video of the Day: Peaches by The Presidents of the United States of America (1996, directed by Roman Coppola)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

For Presidents Day, here’s a music video featuring a different group of Presidents singing about their love of peaches and fighting off a group of Ninjas.  How many other presidents can do that?

This video was directed by Roman Coppola, son of Francis Ford and future collaborator with Wes Anderson.  Coppola made his feature directorial debut with the excellent CQ in 2002.

The Presidents of the United States of America, one of the more refreshingly angst-free bands of the 90s, broke up in 2015.  Lead singer Chris Ballew explained the break up by saying, “We’re old people now.”  If only all presidents were as honest.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: All Time High, performed by Rita Coolidge (1983, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Today’s music video of the day is for the song that was, of course, the theme song for the 1983 James Bond film, Octopussy.  Apparently, the producers realized that there weren’t many words that comfortably rhymed with the movie’s title so they tasked John Barry and Tim Rice with coming up with a theme song that would still be radio friendly.  They came up with All Time High.  I know that some consider this to be a lesser Bond theme song but I absolutely love it.  Some of that might be because this is one of the few songs that I can actually sing all the way through without going off-key.

And it’s the perfect Valentine’s Day song!  I’ll be singing this song later tonight.  Actually, I’ll be singing a medly of James Bond theme songs tonight.  It’s kind of a Valentine’s Day tradition….

Enjoy!