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Music Video of the Day: Can’t Get Enough by Jennifer Lopez (2024, dir by Dave Meyers)
Today’s music video of the day is the latest from Jennifer Lopez. Supposedly, this video was inspired by her wedding to Ben Affleck and her previous marriages. I like the idea of getting married in the rain. Rain makes everything better. Also, even if a bouquet is cursed, you should make every effort to catch it. Curses are temporary but celebrity bouquets are forever.
The divorce better get a music video of its own.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: I Am The Shaman by Donovan (2021, dir by David Lynch)
Today, the Shattered Lens wish a very happy birthday to American filmmaker David Lynch! Today’s music video of the day was directed by David Lynch and originally released on the 75th birthday of singer Donovan.
Lynch and Donovan are both practitioners of transcendental meditation and, along with celebrating Donovan’s birthday, this video does end with an appeal for donations. Personally, I’m not really into meditation. I find my peace through making to do lists and then striking through each item listed throughout the day. My combination of attention deficit and hyperactivity pretty much makes it impossible for me to clear my mind. (That’s also why I can’t be hypnotized.) But to each their own, I suppose. David Lynch is certainly a strong advocate for TM.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Come Back To Earth by Mac Miller (2018, dir by Anthony Gaddis and Eric Tilford)
Today would have been Mac Miller’s 32nd birthday so today’s music video of the day is the final one that he released in his lifetime.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Voices Carry by ‘Til Tuesday (1985, dir by D.J. Webster)
This song is a favorite of mine and I’m a little bit surprised that it’s music video hasn’t already been featured on the Shattered Lens.
This video received a lot of acclaim when it was first released because of the way it incorporated scenes of dialogue with the music and the way it built a compelling story about a woman and her abusive lover around the song. It’s not just an promo video for a song. It’s also a story about a toxic relationship and finding the strength to stand up for yourself.
The abusive boyfriend was played by an actor named Cully Holland, who died 6 years after this video was released. Though the video tells a classic New York story, it was actually filmed at at Dorchester’s Strand Theater, Davio’s Restaurant, and W. Brookline St in Boston. (Thank you, Wikipedia!)
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Right Side of Wrong by Mick Mars (2023, directed by Norwood Cheek)
Today’s video is for the second single to be released from Mick Mars’s upcoming solo debut, The Other Side of Mars. The Other Side of Mars is scheduled to be released in February.
The video was directed by Norwood Cheek, who has also done music videos for Ben Folds Five, She & Him, The Connells, and Soul Coughing.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Distant Dream by John Carpenter (2016, dir by John Carpenter)
Happy birthday to the master of American horror, John Carpenter!
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: The Return of the Los Palmas 7 (1981, directed by Dave Robinson?)
At the both the imvdb and imdb, no director is listed for this music video but Dave Robinson directed the majority of Madness’s early music videos and it would not surprise me if he directed this one as well.
This video was put together just two weeks before it was released and the majority of the video is made up of clips featuring then-recent political and pop cultural events. (Keep an eye out for Han Solo and Jane Fonda, among others.) The scenes with the band were filmed at Kenwood Park and at the Venus Café, both in London.
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Lo and Behold, covered by Marjoe Gortner
It’s Marjoe Gortner’s birthday!
Marjoe is a former child evangelist who, in 1972, appeared in the candid documentary, Marjoe. The Oscar-winning film featured a look behind the scenes of the religious revival industry, with Marjoe as an amoral tour guide who discussed how he didn’t believe what he was preaching and who had basically been forced into the business by his parents. Marjoe described how every word he preached was calculated to inspire people to donate more money to his ministry. Marjoe described himself as being “bad but not evil.”
Marjoe Gortner would go on to have a long career as an actor in films, usually playing sinister characters. His most-seen film was probably Earthquake. My favorite Marjoe film is Starcrash.
In 1972, Marjoe recorded an album called, after his famous documentary quote, Bad But Not Evil. Today’s song of the day is Marjoe Gortner covering Bob Dylan’s Lo and Behold on that album.
Happy birthday, Marjoe Gortner!
I pulled out for San Anton’I never felt so goodMy woman said she’d meet me thereAnd of course, I knew she would
The coachman, he hit me for my hookAnd he asked me my nameI give it to him right awayThen I hung my head in shame
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!Looking for my lo and beholdGet me outta here, my dear man
I come into PittsburghAt 6:30 flatI found myself a vacant seatAnd I put down my hat
“What’s the matter, Molly, dear?What’s the matter with your mound?”“What’s it to ya, Moby Dick?This is chicken town!”
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!Looking for my lo and beholdGet me outta here, my dear man
I bought myself a herd of mooseOne she could call her ownWell, she came out the very next dayTo see where they had flown
I’m going down to TennesseeGet me a truck or somethingGonna save my money and rip it up
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!Looking for my lo and beholdGet me outta here, my dear man
Now, I come in on a Ferris wheelAnd boys, I sure was slickI come in like a ton of bricksLaid a few tricks on them
Going back to PittsburghCount up to 30Round that horn and ride that herdGonna thread up
Lo and behold! Lo and behold!Looking for my lo and beholdGet me outta here, my dear man
Music Video of the Day: 6 Minutes of Pleasure by LL Cool J (1991, directed by Marcus Nispel)
Today is LL Cool J’s birthday and our music video of the day comes from his fourth studio album, Mama Said Knock You Out.
This video was directed by Marcus Nispel, who would later go on to redirect reboots of several classic films, including Friday the 13th and Conan The Barbarian.
Enjoy!
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