Category Archives: music video
Music Video of the Day: Good Times Roll by The Cars (1978, directed by ????)
How many soundtracks has this classic song appeared on? Probably not enough. This video of a 1978 performance is as close to an “official” video as this song every got. If the song had been released just a few years later, it probably would have had a video that would have become an MTV mainstay.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Lightning Strikes by Aerosmith (1982, directed by Arnold Levine)
Lightning Strikes was one of Aerosmith’s first videos to be created for MTV. (It was also their only single to chart during the Jimmy Crespo years.) The video switches back and forth from Aerosmith performing in a club and Aerosmith in a hallway, about to go to battle with a bunch melons.
Director Arnold Levine also directed the video for Aerosmith’s Chiquita, as well as videos for Cheap Trick and REO Speedwagon.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Three Little Pigs by Green Jelly (1993, directed by Fred Stuhr)
This video was huge in 1993! The Claymation, the pot-smoking pigs, the Rambo cameo, MTV loved it. Director Fred Stuhr also directed videos for Tool and Danzig. If it seems strange to consider going from directing this video to directing the video for Prison Sex, consider that some members of Tool were also members of Green Jelly.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Don’t Get Me Wrong by The Pretenders (1986, directed by Stuart Orme)
Happy birthday to Chrissy Hynde!
Today’s music video of the day features Hynde filling in for Diana Rigg and searching for John Steed in a tribute to The Avengers. Patrick Macnee makes an appearance as Steed, courtesy of archival footage from The Avengers.
Television director Stuart Orme has also done videos for Level 42, Bonnie Tyler, Whitney Houston, Sade, Genesis, and Frida.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Up All Night by Slaughter (1990, directed by Michael Bay)
Even if I didn’t tell you, I bet you would be able to guess that this music video was directed by Michael Bay. Bay brings the same techniques that he would later bring to films about blowing up asteroids and defending Alcatraz to this music video about sleeping all day and staying up all night. This was back when music wasn’t afraid to rock and music videos were all about having a good time.
Slaughter, unfortunately, was among the many metal acts that got pushed off of MTV by the Grunge Revolution but they’re still together and they’re still playing in front of enthusiastic audiences. If Slaughter seems like an aggressive name for a band whose music was mostly about having a good time, that’s because the band is named for lead singer Mark Slaughter, who can still hit those high notes.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: I’m A Believer by Smash Mouth (2001, directed by Scott Marshall)
Rest in peace, Steve Harwell.
AMV of the Day: Work Bitch (Kakegurui)
How about an AMV for Labor Day? And how about an AMV featuring one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite singers?
Anime: Kakegurui
Song: Work Bitch by Britney Spears
Creator: Agness Shi (as always, please consider subscribing to the creator’s channel. A lot of hard work goes into making an amv!)
Past AMVs of the Day
- Wake Me Up When September Ends (Various)
- Mother (Bleach)
- The Phoenix (Ace Attorney)
- Circus (Act Attorney)
- Space Oddity (Cowboy Bebop)
- This is Halloween (RWBY)
- Another (Scary Song)
- Sunako Nakahara (You’re So Creepy)
- Sarcasm (Corpse Party)
- This Is Halloween (Blood-C)
- Horror Movies (Satsuriku no Tenshi)
- The Test (Final Fantasy X)
- The Boxer (Midori No Hibi)
- Phobia (NHK ni Youkoso!)
- Galvanize (Bleach)
- Keep Hope Alive (Initial D)
- Want To Be My Soldier? (Hakuouki)
- Teeth (Scissor Seven)
- Shake It Off (Various)
- Miss Independent (Okami-San And Her Seven Companions)
- Trouble (Kill La Kill)
- Clint Eastwood (Soul Eater)
- Dracula No Innocence (Castlevania)
- Madness (Castlevania)
- Non-Stop (Ace Attorney)
- A Good Song Never Dies (Black Butler)
- Baby One More Time (Diabolik Lovers)
- Toxic (Kuroshitsuji)
- If U Seek Amy (Shiki)
- Gimme More (Kakegurui)
- 3 (Winx Club)
- Monster (Various)
- Blood/Water (Various)
- Panic Room (Various)
- Just Gold (Corpse Party)
- Tag, You’re In (Corpse Party)
- It’s My Life (Lady Oscar)
- You’ll Be In My Heart (my roommate is a cat)
- Jingle Bell Rock (Various)
- Secret (Another)
- Madness (Various)
- Dracula (Diabolik Lovers)
- Control (Various)
- Blood in the Water (Castlevania)
- Believer (Ace Attorney)
- Shatter Me (Vampire Knight)
- I’m Not A Vampire (Blood Lad)
- I’m Not A Vampire (Soul Eater)
- Shut Me Up (Soul Eater)
- Carry A Big Fist (One Punch Man)
- You Can Be King Again (Hotarubi no Mori e)
- Serve and Protect (Space Battleship Yamato 2199)
- Hey Brother (One Piece)
- This Is Halloween (Soul Eater)
- Leave Me Alone (Ace Attorney)
- Something For You (Sekirei)
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Ace Attorney)
- Brand New Day (Ace Attorney)
- Angel With Shotgun (Fairy Tail)
- I’m Strong (Re:Creators)
- I’m A Kitty Cat (Nichijou)
- Dazzling Inferno (Little Witch Academia)
- Children of the Grave (Gakkou Gurashi)
- Homura’s Seven Devils (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
- Moonlight Requiem (Sailor Moon Crystal)
- Just Funkin’ Dandy (Space Dandy)
- Clarity (various)
- Skyfall (Cowboy Bebop, Fate/Zero)
- Chained (Princess Tutu)
- Breaking (Various)
- Another Fanny Service Video (Kemeko DX)
- Cosplay Bargain Bin (various)
- Can Can Pantsu (various)
- Warriors (Various)
- Sweet Dreams (Various)
- Carnivore (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Sweet Dreams (Another)
- Ship Happens (various)
- Evangelion 2.22 [Lights]
- Snowball Genocide (various)
- Iwatobi Weather Service (Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club and Attack On Titan)
- Otaku Paradise (various)
- The Breath of Spring (Bakemonogatari)
- Spiral Ascension (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
- Strangers Like Us (Gargantia on the Verdorous Planet)
- The Gore Never Bothered Me Anyway (Elfen Lied)
- Valor (Kill la Kill)
- Time Falls Away (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0)
- Don’t Stop (Nichijou)
- Left Us Falling (Clannad and Clannad: After Story)
- Devil’s Game 2.0 (Puella Magi Madoka Magica Series and Films)
- Animegraphy 2013 (Various)
- See Who I Am (Various)
- Demons of the Past (Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail)
- Ride or Die (Redline)
- Yurei (Another, Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, Mirai Nikki)
- Bloody Ayase (Oreimo)
- The End of My World (Clannad/Clannad: After Story)
- Life Is Fantastic (Nichijou)
- Event (Nichijou)
- Star x Crossed (Romeo x Juliet)
- Protectors of the Earth (Shingeki no Kyojin)
- Let Them Eat Rei (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Sorry for being Hercule, Sincerely Mr. Satan (Dragonball Z)
- Fidelity (Wolf Children Ame and Yuki)
- Nothing to Lose (One Piece)
- Affective Schoolgirls (Nichijou)
- RadioAkshun (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Danger Zone (Macross Plus)
- Maid to Kill (Black Lagoon)
- A Thousand Years (Clannad/Toradora!)
- Careful What You Wish (Black Lagoon)
- Ash vs Gary (Pokemon)
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Bakemonogatari)
- Our Miracle (Sword Art Online)
- Dead End (Mirai Nikki)
- Am I Not Human? (Another)
- Moves Like Jagger (NSFW)
- Mayoi Calling Araragi (Bakemonogatari)
- Troll of Hearts (The World God Only Knows)
- Written in the Spirals (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
- The Way You Are
- Means to an Endgame (Code Geass)
- Azumanga Daioh 1985
- Safety Dance (Nichijou)
- Cherry – Chronicles of PHOTOpanic
- Remember My Name
- Futuristic Lover (Bakemonogatari)
- Sexy and I Know It
- Everytime We Touch (Toradora!)
- War (Valkyria Chronicles)
- Hold On To That Feeling
- Disco Heaven
- Hands Up! (Dragonball/Z)
- A Little Late
- Sexy
- I Heart Tsundere
- The New Era (One Piece)
- Fairytale of Lies
- Calling
- Alchanum
- This Is War (One Piece)
- Move Along (One Piece)
- Party Rock (One Piece)
- Remember the Name (One Piece)
- Imagica
- Maya and Company
- Who’s That Chick?
- Just The Way You Are
- My First Kiss
- Death Romance
- Furor (Oreimo)
- Highschool of the Dead Game
- Kobato – Ring A Bell
- Devil’s Game
- Mahou Shoujo Requiem
- A Prelude to Dreams
- A Thousand Miles (Macross Frontier)
- Instinct
- Hold Me Now (Princess Tutu)
- The Beautiful People of Black Lagoon
- SugardanSen & Attack of the Otaku
- Fairy Tail Teenage Dream
- Repeat (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
- Toradora! Rough Love (Grow A Pear)
- Black Lagoon…To Be Loved
- This Is War (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Danse De Raven
- Azumanga Daioh – Little Girls
- Something Fishy
- And Now, A Word From Our Sponsors
- Against All Odds (Macross Frontier)
- A Thousand Miles (Todaradora!)
- Toradora Fireflies
- Spinning Infinity
- Have You Got It In You?
- Azumanga Daioh Portal
Music Video of the Day: Jamie’s Cryin’ by Van Halen (1978, directed by ????)
For today’s Labor Day music video of the day, we have one of the earliest videos from Van Halen.
Jamie’s Cryin’ first appeared on Van Halen’s debut album and it was the third released single to come from that album. Though it didn’t chart, it was a favorite of both Eddie Van Halen’s and David Lee Roth’s. Eddie would later say that he regretted that Jamie’s Cryin’ was not the first single to be released from their debut.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett (1978, directed by ????)
Rest in Peace, Jimmy Buffett.
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