Music Video of the Day: Bag It Up by Geri Halliwell (2000, Dir. by Dawn Shadforth)


Today’s music video of the day is heaven in a box!

Geri Halliwell’s boyfriend doesn’t appreciate her so she drugs him and then brainwashes him.  Whatever works!  Her boyfriend is played by Aiden Turner, who also played Aiden Devane on All My Children.  Aiden left the show in 2009 and it was canceled two years later.  Coincidence?  I think not.

Back in the day, Lisa and I would annoy the rest of our family by singing this song at the top of our lungs.  The only part that we really knew was the part about bagging it up.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Underneath Your Clothes by Shakira (2002, Dir. by Herb Ritts)


Back in 2002, I thought there was nothing cooler than Shakira replying to a question about crossing over to English-language music in Spanish.  I still think it’s pretty cool.  Shakira was one of the singers that Lisa and I always used to sing along with whenever we went on a road trip.  We used to drive everyone crazy.

This was the last music video to be directed by the legendary photographer, Herb Ritts.  He died of Pneumonia on December 2nd, 2002.

This song and video were both banned in Argentina because Shakira’s boyfriend (who appears as himself) was the son of a former president of Argentina who was not popular at the time.

Enjoy!

Brad’s Song of the Day – “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus!


Just in case some of you may have forgotten, “Achy Breaky Heart” was a big hit. As a matter of fact, it was the number one song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on this day, June 27th, of 1992. It was so big that it became the first country single to be certified platinum since “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton in 1983. Whether you loved it or hated it, you could not avoid it.

Take a trip down memory lane with me, Billy Ray, and Achy Breaky Heart!

Music Video of the Day: Better Broken by Sarah McLachlan (2025, Dir. by Lauren Wade)


After all these years, Sarah McLachlan is still making beautiful music.  Here is her latest music video for the title track of her upcoming album.

Enjoy!

Maybe if I catch my breath
Maybe if I wait a little
I’d remember how it hurts and stop before I fall
I’d forget to come apart
I’d catch myself and hold on tightly
Let memory wash over me, forgive but don’t forget

So you come back to me begging
“Why’d you leave? Tell me why, how you could you let this go?”
Let it be all it is
Small and still a memory like a stone
A jagged edge made smooth by time
Let it be all it is
Small and still and better left alone

Some things are better broken
Some things are better broken

Illusions come the venom stings
Swirling visions, soft and perfect
They blur all the edges ‘til everything looks fine
So I’ll pretend I didn’t cry and you pretend that you’re my savior
We both remember what we want – to get us through the night

So don’t come back to me begging
“Why’d you leave? Tell me why, how could you let this go?”
Let it be all it is
Small and still a memory like a stone
A jagged edge made smooth by time
Let it be all it is
Small and still and better left alone

Some things are better broken
Some things are better broken

Let it be all it is
Small and still a memory like a stone
A jagged edge made smooth by time
Let it be all it is
Small and still and better left alone

Some things are better broken
Some things are better broken

Brad’s Song of the Night – “Feels So Right” by Alabama!


I’ve shared before that Alabama was the group that my family listened to the most when I was growing up. Alabama could do it all. They knew how to put out fun country songs like “Tennessee River,” “Mountain Music” and “Dixieland Delight.” They put out some good workin’ man songs like “Roll On” and “40 Hour Week.” They took care of their redneck roots with songs like “Song of the South,” “Born Country,” and “Hometown Honeymoon.” But they seemed to really excel at love songs. I’m guessing that there was a lot of slow dancing and baby conceptions taking place during the 80’s to Alabama love songs. Songs like “Take Me Down,” “When We Make Love,” “There’s No Way,” and “You’ve Got the Touch” were all number one hits that went a long way towards the group being named “Artist of the Decade” for the 1980’s by the Academy of Country Music.

For my song of the night, I’m going to share one of my favorite Alabama love songs, “Feels So Right.” This song is a vibe, and if we’ve been lucky enough to experience the feelings expressed by these lyrics, it will take us back to some wonderful times. Enjoy my friends:

Music Video Of The Day: Cry by Mandy Moore (2001, dir. by Chris Applebaum)


This song is from A Walk To Remember, which was Mandy Moore’s first big starring role.  If you haven’t seen A Walk To Remember, Mandy Moore plays a girl who marries Shane West but then dies a year later.

I guess this video is a sequel because now Mandy Moore is singing to Shane West from Heaven while Shane watches old home movies of him and Mandy goofing off between filming their scenes.  Shane uses a telescope and discovers that he can see Mandy in Heaven and Mandy looks really happy.  Then Shane goes into the city and is reminded that his romance with Mandy was just a part of a movie.  I don’t know if that’s a happy ending or not.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Is It Now? by Automatic (2025, Dir. by Nicola and Juliana Giraffe)


This video celebrate all of the hard work that goes into running your own business and owning a giant landline phone.  This video deserves a lot of credit for its production design.  Everything from the boxes to the phone to color scheme to the outfits worn by the band works.

This song is the title track from Automatic’s forthcoming new album.

Enjoy!

Cut your hair
With kitchen scissors
New look
A different image
Secondhand
Not television
Shopping malls
They make you vicious

Yuppy farm
Bread in the kitchen
Pissing on your dreams and wishes
Sabotage
The banking business
Capital makes
Big decisions

I wanna be like
Going out alone
They wanna be like
Copy or clone
I wanna be like
What do you stand for
They wanna be like
Bet on a dead horse

And it’s there (da da da da da)
If you dare (da da da da da)
No divide (da da da da da)
You and I (da da da da da)

I wanna be like
Going out alone
They wanna be like
Copy or clone
I wanna be like
Give me the answer
They wanna be like
Still moving backwards

Falling hit the ground I’m running
Towards the edge of something
Tired of only watching
And I can’t stop wanting
When the walls are closed in
On the way to nothing
Well the earth still pulls me
Back into myself