Category Archives: Music

Music Video of the Day: Hot and Bothered by Cinderella (1992, directed by Nigel Dick)

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Oh look, it’s another Nigel Dick-directed hair metal video.

And it’s another Cinderella video featuring the band doing their version of rocking while being watched by a bunch of hot woman who were probably hoping Bon Jovi would show up instead.

But wait?  Who’s that?  It’s Wayne and Garth!

This song appeared on the Wayne’s World soundtrack and the video was shot to promote the film.  Dana Carvey and Mike Myers show up as the duo who, at the time, were America’s favorite cable access hosts.  Wayne and Garth were Cinderella fans?  Guys, even Beavis and Butthead knew better than that!

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Serenity in Murder by Slayer (1994, directed by Jon Reiss)

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Serenity in Murder was the first single released off of Slayer’s 6th studio album, Diving Intervention.  Tom Araya said that the songs on the album were largely inspired by what he was watching on television at the time.  Both the song and the video for Serenity in Murder appear to have been inspired by the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer.

Director Jon Reiss also did videos for Nine Inch Nails, Type O Negative, Danzig, and Diamanda Girls.

Remember when everyone’s parents were scared to death of finding cassettes from bands like Slayer and Anthrax in their child’s music collection?  

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Here For You by FireHouse (1995, directed by Nigel Dick)

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Rest in Peace, C.J. Snare.  The lead singer of FireHouse passed away on April 5th.

FireHouse is interesting in that it was a glam metal band that hit it big right before the start of the Grunge revolution.  While a lot of other glam metal bands, many of which had been around far longer than FireHouse, tried to change their sound to compete with Nirvana and the other Seattle superstars, FireHouse stuck with its glam metal roots.

This video was directed by Nigel Dick, who has done music videos for practically everyone.

Song of the Day: Brain Damage/Eclipse by Pink Floyd

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I was torn about whether or not to listen to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon during the eclipse because — bleh! — Roger Waters. But then I remembered that the other members of the band hate Roger Waters as well and I was able to use that to justify things. I mean, seriously, some things are just made for eclipses and that’s certainly true of the somewhat silly and portentous but still effective Dark Side of the Moon.

(Silly, portentous, and effective is also a good description of Pink Floyd as a whole.)

So, with that in mind, here is today’s special Eclipse Day song of the day. Actually, I guess I should say that these are today’s songs of the day because technically, they are two separate songs. But they might as well be two.

Music Video of the Day: Eclipse by Robert Koch, featuring Julian Marchal (2016, dir by Mickael Le Goff)

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Happy Eclipse Day to all who celebrate!

The prediction down here is that it’s going to be cloudy and rainy today so we probably won’t have the best view of the eclipse.  That’s okay, though.  I’m always tempted to look straight at the sun during an eclipse and, apparently, that’s one reason why my eyesight gets worse with each passing year.  My friend Tammy says that it doesn’t matter because it will still get dark so we’ll know the eclipse is happening, even if we can’t see it.

Where as I?

Oh yeah …. enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Slip of the Lip by Ratt (1987, directed by ????)

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With this music video of the day, you can follow the adventures of Kitty Galore as she tries to get pictures of Ratt.  Not even a professional journalist doing her job can resist the sound of Ratt’s music.  If this video had come out earlier, Tawny Kitaen would have played Kitty Galore but, by the time this song was recorded, Tawny had moved onto David Coverdale and Whitesnake.

The scenes at the hotel were filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana.  The concert scenes were filmed at a show in Nashville.  For the video, the band performed the song twice during the concert.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: I Am The Walrus by Styx (2005, directed by ????)

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This is one of the better Beatles covers that I’ve heard.  Styx does the song justice by not trying to add any greater meaning to John Lennon’s lyrics.  Many people have claimed that this song was actually about the death of Paul McCartney in an auto accident and how the Beatles replaced him with a look-alike but Lennon always said that most of the lyrics were just meant to be nonsense.  Lennon went as far as to cite Lewis Carroll as being the main inspiration for the song.

The trippy music video is fun and cheesy at the same time.  Unfortunately, I have not been able to find the name of the video’s director.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Bette Davis Eyes, covered by Walkman (2020, dir by Franscisco Maestri & Julian Viel)

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116 years ago today, the great actress Bette Davis was born.  Today’s music video of the day is for her.

(Bette Davis, incidentally, loved this song and said that when the Kim Carnes version was released in the 80s, it not only made her “culturally relevant” again but it also caused her grandson to look up to her for the first time.)

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Inside Out by Anthrax (1998, directed by Marcos Siega)

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Today’s music video of the day is a take on the classic episode of The Twilight Zone where William Shatner spots something on the wing of an airplane.  This time, it’s not a goblin.  Instead, it’s John Bush-era Anthrax!

Director Marcos Siega is one of those directors who did music videos for just about everyone who was anyone.  Eventually, he moved on to directing episodic television, along with the occasional movie.  Among the shows that he’s directed for: Dexter, True Blood, The Flight Attendant, and Batwoman.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: King Nothing by Metallica (1997, directed by Matt Mahurin)

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The music video for King Nothing was shot in Park City, Utah in December of 1996.  I could not find any information on who had to pick up all those crowns after shooting ended but hopefully, they were paid well.

This video was directed by photographer Matt Mahurin.  Mahurin directed his first music video in 1986 and he’s been churning them out ever since.  Among the artists that Mahurin has worked with: Disturbed, Goo Goo Dolls, Marilyn Manson, Tom Waits, Alice in Chains, Queensryche, R.E.M., Tracy Chapman, and U2.

Enjoy!