Today’s music video is this melancholy mood piece from Adi Ulmansky.
For the record, HMFMH stands for Hate Myself For Hating Myself. Hey, we’ve all been there! I was there just three weeks ago! Fortunately, this week has been a marked improvement.
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Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to Texas’s own Jennifer Love Hewitt!
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Kurt Cobain would have been 57 years old today.
Come As You Are was Nirvana’s first video after the monster success of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Despite the commercial success of the previous song and video, Cobain has not enjoyed working director Samuel Bayer so, when it was time to do the Come As You Are video, photographer Kevin Kerslake was hired to direct. At the time, Cobain told Kerslake that he just wanted the video to pay homage to the cover of Nevermind and to feature a lot of “purples and reds.” Cobain and the band were happy with the way that Kerslake visually interpreted their song and he subsequently directed many more videos for the band.
This video was shot in a park in Hollywood Hills.
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Continuing our tribute to Lee Marvin on what would have been his 100th birthday, our song of the day is a reminder that Lee Marvin was not just a tough guy actor.
He was also a singer who had a number one single in the UK and Ireland with this song from 1969’s Paint Your Wagon! The same two weeks that Lee Marvin had the number one spot, The Beatles had the number two spot with Let It Be.
Today’s very atmospheric music video of the day comes to us from Spain. Watching this video, ask yourself how many movies, books, and songs have been inspired by the life and crimes of Elisabeth Bathory. She may have been executed but it appears she still achieved the macabre immortality that she craved.
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Today’s music video of the day is the moody and hypnotic offering from Bess Atwell.
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How did Milton Berle come to appear in a music video with one of the bands that epitomized 80s hair metal? It probably had something to do with Ratt being managed by his nephew, Marshall Berle. Milton was not only helping out family but letting the 80s kids know that he knew where they coming from. In this video, he appears as both the patriarch and the matriarch of a wealthy family, a call-back to his days on Texaco Star Theater. Presumably Milton’s cameo in this video led to a better result than the Saturday Night Live hosting gig that led to Milton Berle becoming one of the first people to ever be banned from appearing on the show.
The woman who goes up to the attic is played by Lisa Dean, who later appeared in Michael Jackson’s video for Dirty Diana.
This was one of Ratt’s biggest hits. The band has broken up and re-formed many times over the years but, as of now, they appear to be on an indefinite hiatus.
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Today’s music video of the day is this trippy and dream-like anthem from Jessica Pratt. Listen to it, watch it, and consider your own dream-life.
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This is a fun video and I think we need more fun in the world.
The robot in the video was provided by Boston Dynamics and was nicknamed “Nugget” by Perry. (The robot’s actual name was Spot. If I ever get a robot, I’m naming it Fritz after director Fritz Lang.) The video itself premiered on ESPN because …. well, why not? Where else was it going to premiere? Rob Dyrdek’s not in the video so it’s not like it could have premiered on MTV or any of its affiliated stations. This was the first music video to ever premiere live on ESPN and, as far as I can tell, it might also be the only one. There’s nothing wrong with being unique.
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
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