Category Archives: music video

Music Video of the Day: Spring Break (Birthday Song) by Ex Cops (2013, dir by Annelise Howard Phillips and Daniel Shapiro)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Since at least a few people are currently on spring break, this seemed like a good day to pick a video for a song that’s actually called “Spring Break.”

Of course, neither the song nor the video is really about spring break.  (Or, at the very least, it’s not about what we usually think of spring break being about.)  Instead, the video follows Ex-Cops as the prepare to play at the Museum of Modern Art.  It’s a bit of a documentary.  Meanwhile, a bicyclist (played by Nickolas Kimbrell, who designed the band’s costumes) rides around New York City, while wearing a variety of politically charged t-shirts and interacting with various New York characters.

Enjoy!

 

Music Video of the Day: She Said by Brie Larson (2005, dir by Chris Applebaum)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

With this being Oscar Sunday, it’s good to be reminded that everyone had to start somewhere!  Brie Larson rightly won an Oscar for Room but, before that movie, she was just another singer pretending to be a waitress and singing songs of empowerment.

Need proof?

Watch today’s music video of the day and…

ENJOY!

Music Video of the Day: Sweet Home Alabama by Caroline Says (2018, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

First off, this not a cover of the famous Lynard Skynard song.

Though it is a song about living in Alabama, there’s a bit of sarcasm to be found in the title.  The song is about Caroline Sallee’s experience growing up in Huntsville, Alabama, a town that she would eventually leave for Austin, Texas.  The lyrics aren’t going to do much for Alabama tourism, if such a thing exists.

As for the video, the claymation was done by Sallee herself.

I just like trippy videos, especially when they’re done by people who live in Texas.

Enjoy!

 

Music Video of the Day: Texas Forever by Kevin Fowler (2016, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Admittedly, I’m not really a big country music fan.  My musical tastes pretty much start with EDM and end with more EDM.  But you know what?

Today is Texas Independence State and I love my home state.  So, it just seems right that today’s music video of the day should Kevin Fowler’s Texas Forever!

Enjoy the beautiful Texas scenery!

Music Video of the Day: We Ready (Dallas) by Moses Uvere

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’ll be honest.

The main reason why I like this video is because I recognize every location where it was filmed, from the DART Station to Reunion Tower to Forrest Lane to that stairs.  I think I even recognize the elevator.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon (1977, designed by Maurice Binder)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, veteran British film director Lewis Gilbert passed away.  Gilbert directed several films, in all sorts of different genres, but he’s probably best known for directing three James Bond films, including The Spy Who Loved Me.

Since The Spy Who Loved Me is one of my favorite Bond films, I thought it would be appropriate to pick Carly Simon’s theme song, Nobody Does It Better, for today’s music video of the day.  However, the closest that I could find to an “official” video was the Maurice Binder-designed title sequence from The Spy Who Loved Me.

Written by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager, Nobody Does It Better was Carly Simon’s longest-charted hit and it’s a song that has continued to have a long life outside of the Bond franchise.  It was the second Bond theme song to be nominated for Best Original Song.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Carl Sagan vs. Zeus by NOIA (2017, dir by Erin Vassilopoulos)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Who would win in a fight between Carl Sagan and Zeus?  Personally, I’m putting my money on Zeus because he was like a God and all and I think they pretty much win every fight they get into.

That, however, has nothing to do with this wonderfully strange little video, which I personally think deserves more attention than it has gotten.  So, I’m sharing it here.  Don’t ask me to explain the video.  I just like the imagery and the overall surreal feel of it all.

Enjoy!