Category Archives: music video

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

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

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)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

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

Music Video Of The Day: Somewhere Over Lardeo by Lainey Wilson (2025, Dir. by TK McKamey)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Lainey Wilson may be heading out west to Southern California in this video but her heart, her mind, and her imagination still rest with that one rodeo rider in Laredo.  The song’s a short story and the video is a visually stunning interpretation of love and regret.

I liked this video.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Half the Truth by Royal Court of China (1989, directed by Sam Raimi)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

The best rock band to ever come out of Nashville, Tennessee, Royal Court of China was named after a “supergroup” that Jimmy Page tried to put together after the end of Led Zeppelin.  Page may never have formed his band but Joe Blanton used the name for his own group, which started out as a hard country band before moving to heavy metal.

This video was directed by Sam Raimi.  The song was produced by none other than “Groovy” Bruce Campbell, who is celebrating his 67th birthday on this day.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) by 98º (2000, Dir. by Wayne Isham)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Would you give 98 Degrees just one night?

98 Degrees was a part of the whole boy band era but, unlike NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, and O-Town, the members of 98 Degrees actually formed the band on their own.  They weren’t put together by a producer or a record company.  That’s one of the many reasons was 98 Degrees was better than the typical boy band.  They also wrote and produced most of their own songs instead of relying on a record company to hire someone to do it for them.

As for this video, it was filmed in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico and it features 98 Degrees performing amongst Mayan ruins.

Enjoy!

 

Music Video of the Day: We’ve Got It Goin’ On by Backstreet Boys (1995, dir. by Lionel C. Martin)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Today’s music video day is not just a Backstreet Boys video.  It’s also the very first video that the Backstreet Boys ever made and it’s for their very first single!  Just look at how young everyone used to be.

The main theme of this video seems to be that the Backstreet Boys are terrible boyfriends but it doesn’t matter because they have got it going on!  Their real girlfriends play their video girlfriends in this video and Lou Pearlman, the creepy man behind all the good times, is in the video too.  My favorite Backstreet Boy was Brian.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Lines & Circles by O-Town (2016, Dir. by ????)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Do you remember O-Town?  They were the boy band that was formed for a reality television series.  Back in the day, Lisa and I watched every episode and we still thought the name stood for Orgasm Town until we realized the band was from Orlando.  Even thought they could actually sing, O-Town was still the boy band that made other boy bands seem tough.

O-Town may have been featured on Making The Band but they had nothing to do with Diddy.  (O-Town was the first season, before Diddy was a part of the program.)  The mastermind behind O-Town was Lou Pearlman, which isn’t much better but I don’t think Pearlman’s ever been accused of putting a hit out on anyone.

This music video was from O-Town’s 2016 comeback.  Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Ugly Heart by G.R.L. (2014, Dir. by Chris Marrs Piliero)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Do you remember G.R.L.?  They were the girl group that Robin Antin put together that was not the Pussycat Dolls.

This song is about a man who is beautiful on the outside but ugly on the inside.  The members of G.R.L. tattoo “ugly” all over his face as way to let the world know.  They get arrested but they regret nothing, which they prove by turning the police station into a dance party.

Do not try this at home.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Coming Of Age by Cassandra Coleman (2025, Dir. by Miles Murphy)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

At first, I didn’t think I was going to like this video because, at first, the song sounded like every other song that’s been released nowadays.  Sometimes, I feel like every up-and-coming female singer works with same committee of songwriters and every song ends up sounding the same as a result.  Luckily, around the two-minute mark, the song finally got interesting and it won me over.

The video was filmed in the country and it’s pretty to look at.  These are the type of locations that I love to visit with my camera to see if maybe I can capture some of that rural beauty before it goes away.  Going for a nice walk is something that I suggest to anyone who finds themselves away from the city.  Sometimes, you really do find some strikingly beautiful locations if you’re willing to look for them.  Here’s one of my favorite pictures, which I took at a country cemetery in Arkansas.  I was lucky enough to turn around just in time to see a deer making a visit.

by Erin Nicole

Enjoy!