Music Video of the Day: Photograph by Def Leppard (1983, directed by David Mallett)

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Jedadiah Leland

This video was controversial when it was first released with some people wondering if the video would promote violence with its story of a Marilyn Monroe look-alike being photographed while a killer tossed around a knife and newspaper headlines announced that a movie star had been murdered. Controversy sells and the video was put in heavy rotation on MTV, helping Photograph to reach number one on the charts and to stay there for several weeks.

Director David Mallet is one of those directors who has done videos for just about everyone, from AC/DC to Olivia Newton-John to Peter Gabriel.

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Music Video of the Day: Shadows Follow by Metallica (2023, directed by Tristan Zammit)

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Jedadiah Leland

In today’s music video of the day, Metallica proves themselves to be the band that is so powerful that they can bring out a solar eclipse, just by rocking out.

Animator Tristan Zammit is also credited with doing videos for Tory Lanez and XXXTentacion.

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Music Video of the Day: Killed By Death by Motorhead (1984, directed by Rod Swenson)

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Jedadiah Leland

Though it’s hard to believe now, this music video was actually banned by MTV for what the channel considered to be “senseless and excessive violence.” I guess Lemmy driving through that wall and giving everyone the finger really upset them.

Ron Swenson, the director of this controversial video, was best-known for being the manager of the Plasmatics.

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Music Video of the Day: Braineaters by The Misfits (1983, directed by ????)

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Jedadiah Leland

It’s just a normal night as Danzig’s house in the video for Braineaters. Everyone comes for dinner and the chef comes out with a pot full of brains. If nothing else, this video is about as literal an adaptation of a song’s title as you are ever likely to see.

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AMV of the Day: Don’t Let Me Down (High School of the Dead)

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

We’re halfway through October. How about a High School AMV of the Day to mark the occasion?

Song: Don’t Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers, featuring Daya

Anime: High School of the Dead

Creator: Soapy Balls

Past AMVs of the Day

Music Video of the Day: Spirit by Bauhaus (1982, directed by Christopher Collins)

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Jedadiah Leland

In this video, the Bauhaus perform their song Spirit for actual spirits. Spirit was the seventh single to released by Bauhaus. It peaked at Number 42 on the UK Singles Chart.

Director Christopher Collins is directed with overseeing three other videos, all for Bauhaus: Bela Lugosi’s Dead, Mask, and In The Flat Field.

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Music Video of the Day: The Wild and the Young by Quiet Riot (1986, directed by Jeff Stein)

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Jedadiah Leland

The music video for Quiet Riot’s The Wild and The Young takes place in a future that’s controlled by the military and the Parents Resource Music Center (PRMC), the Tipper Gore-led organization that campaigned for albums and CDs to come with warning labels. Because the PRMC was largely made up with the wives of U.S. Senators, there was actually a Senate hearing on obscene lyrics in 1985, which led to a bunch of Senators being made to look foolish by everyone from Dee Snider to Frank Zappa.

Director Jeff Stein has directed several TV shows, along with doing videos for The Who, Weezer, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, George Clinton, Cinderella, Warrant, and Wilson Phillips.

Music Video of the Day: Prime Mover by Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction (1988, directed by ????)

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Jedadiah Leland

In this music video, the members of Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction fly their mechanical airship to what appears to be a church school. It’s ever parents worst nightmare. The lyrics of the song features references to X-ray specs. Zodiac Mindwarp, as far as their lyrics were often concerned, was not necessarily meant to be taken seriously.

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Music Video of the Day: Spellbound by Siouxsie and the Banshees (1981, directed by Clive Richardson)

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Jedadiah Leland

Spellbound was the lead single off of Siouxsie and the Banshee’s fourth studio album, Juju. In later interviews, Siouxsie would describe Juju as being an accidental concept album as all of the songs dealt with dark themes and subject manner. Juju was a horror-themed album but the horror was psychological and not supernatural. As a sign of that theme, Spellbound was named after an Alfred Hitchcock film about a man who is troubled by disturbing dreams.

Clive Richardson directed several videos from Siouxsie and the Banshees. He also worked with Depeche Mode, Steve Winwood, Big Country, and Tears for Fears.

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