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.
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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.
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Rest in peace, Steve Harwell.
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
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.
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Rest in Peace, Jimmy Buffett.
As a group, Animotion is destined to be most remembered for Obsession but they did record other songs. I Want You appeared on Animotion’s second studio album and was one of the first single releases from it. Despite a good beat and a video that was very MTV-friendly, it only reached the 84th position on the U.S. charts. It was, however, considerably more popular in Germany, reaching the 24th position.
Nick Morris, the prolific director of this video, also did videos for Big Country, Cliff Richard, Europe, Cheap Trick, and Mister Mister. He also directed a production of The Toxic Avenger: The Musical, which was released in 2018.
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Let’s welcome the month of September with an AMV of the Day. Personally, I can’t wait for September to end because we’ve got our annual October horrorthon coming up! Unfortunately, I can’t sleep through September because I’m going to be busy getting everything ready for the best time of the year!
Anime: 5cm per second – Tokyo Magnitude – Angel Beats – K-on!! – Romeo x Juliet – Special-A
Song: Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day
Creator: Kotonex3 (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
If you are crying so much that you flood the room, it might be a good idea to take the song’s title to heart. The little girl at the end of the video is played by Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter, Kelly.
This song, which Ozzy has said is actually about a serial killer, was the title track from Osbourne’s 6th solo album. The video was directed by Ralph Ziman, who also did videos for Vanessa Williams, Toni Braxton, Alice Cooper, L.A. Gun, and Faith No More.
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Today’s music video of the day was filmed at Hollywood’s famed Whisky a Go Go, while Mötley Crüe was preparing to embark on their tour promoting Dr. Feelgood. Did Sam Kinison really drive the band to their performance? It wouldn’t surprise me if I did. More than any other stand-up, Sam Kinison was the comedic voice of heavy metal.
This video was directed by Wayne Isham, who directed videos for practically everyone.
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Through the Shattered Lens 