Category Archives: music video

Music Video Of The Day: I Hate Kissing You Goodbye by Tuff (1991, directed by ????)

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You have to feel bad for Tuff, an American glam metal band that was formed in 1985, featured in the seminal documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II, and who were signed by Atlantic Records in 1990.  They released their first studio album, What Comes Around Go Around, in 1991.  The video for I Hate Kissing You Goodbye received heavy rotation on MTV.  And then, just a few months later, a band named Nirvana came along and changed the entire musical landscape.

Despite the Grunge Revolution, Tuff is still together.  Lead singer Steve Rachelle has also had a solo career and has fronted a few other bands as well.  Tuff survived.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: I Won’t Forget You by Poison (1987, directed by John Jopson)

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It’s the sensitive side of Poison.

I’ve been reading Nothin’ But A Good Time, an oral history of the 80s “hair metal” scene.  Poison emerges as unlikely heroes in the narrative, a band that worked hard to put on a good show and managed to avoid a lot of the excesses that plagued other bands of the era.  Before he landed his spot with Guns ‘N’ Roses, Slash reluctantly auditioned out for Poison.  Bret Michaels wanted to hire him but the rest of the band preferred CC Deville.  It turned out to be the right choice for both the band and Slash.

This video was directed by John Jopson, who also directed videos for The Hooters, Icehouse, and everyone’s favorite, Air Supply.

Music Video of the Day: Bang (Starting Over) by Corey Hart (1990, directed by Meiert Avis)

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Corey Hart is best known for defining the 80s with Sunglasses At Night but, as the saying goes, he did have other songs.

Bang (Starting Over) is the title track from Hart’s fifth album, Bang.  Unfortunately, Bang only produced one moderate hit and it wasn’t this song.  I say unfortunately because Bang (Starting Over) is actually a pretty good song and it just had the misfortune to be released at a time when musical tastes were changing.  Both the song and Hart are better appreciated now than they were in 1990.

This video was directed by Meier Avis, who has directed videos for just about everyone.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Cover You In Oil by AC/DC (1995, directed by David Mallet)

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This video is for the third single from AC/DC’s 13th studio album, Ballbreaker.  This video features AC/DC rocking out on stage while oil-covered women keep the fans running backstage and end up getting covered in oil.  Back in 1995, this is how we all assumed AC/DC made sure sure the show never ended.

This video was directed by the band’s usual director, David Mallet.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Hey baby by Maggie Estep (1994, directed by Mark Pellington)

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It’s easy to forget now but, in the mid-90s, slam poetry and spoken word performances were trendy for a brief time.  As with anything that was trendy, MTV had to jump on the bandwagon and ruin it through overexposure.  For a while, in 1995, every commercial break on MTV seemed to feature Maggie Estep performing.  Estep wasn’t the only performer featured, of course.  There was another poet whose name that I cannot remember.  He would do pieces about sports and how the announcers would never just tell you what the score was.  It’s funny because it’s true, right?

This video received moderate airplay on MTV and it was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butthead.  Director Mark Pellington was one of those video directors who worked with everyone.  He later went on to have a middling feature film career.

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Music Video of the Day: March of the Pigs by Nine Inch Nails (1994, directed by Peter Christopherson)

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Reportedly, this video was eventually meant to be far more elaborate but, when those plans fell through, the band went for a more minimalist version that was directed by Peter Christopherson.  Take after take was filmed until Reznor was properly exhausted and punch-drunk.

Peter Christopherson has also directed videos for Filter, Soft Cell, Stabbing Westward, and the Ben Folds Five, amongst others.

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Music Video of the Day: Baby I Love Your Way by Big Mountain (1994, directed by Matti Leshem)

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This cover of the Peter Frampton hit was featured on the soundtrack for one of the seminal films of Generation X, Reality Bites.  Back in the day, MTV advertised the Hell out of Reality Bites, even though the movie portrayed MTV as being intellectually vapid and a net negative for the culture.

(As opposed to Ethan Hawke and his band, Hey, That’s My Bike!)

Enjoy!