Category Archives: Music

Music Video of the Day: Bed of Nails by Alice Cooper (1989, directed by Nigel Dick)

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Bed of Nails is from Alice Cooper’s 11th studio album, Trash.  It was the album’s second most successful single, despite not even being released as a single in the U.S.  Maybe some of that success was due to this music video, in which Alice the singer performs over and in a bed of nails while women in leather walk through the studio and play the cello.

This video was directed by Nigel Dick, who directed videos for anyone who was anyone.  If Nigel Dick has not done a video for you, you are not really a rock star.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Lost In America by Alice Cooper (1994, directed by ????)

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Alice Cooper can’t get a girl be he doesn’t have a car and he can’t get a car because he doesn’t have a job and he can’t get a job because he doesn’t have a car.  This is one of Alice Cooper’s catchiest songs.  Whenever I watch any of Alice Cooper’s videos, I think about how interesting it is that Alice Cooper has gone from being the controversial face of shock rock to being an almost universally beloved American institution.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Ride On by Lulabox (1992, directed by ????)

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This song appears on the Pet Sematary 2 soundtrack, which might be the best soundtrack to have never been given an official release.  In the film, this is the song that plays over the end credits.  The video follows the film’s story of the dead rising back to life.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Her Black Wings by Danzig (1990, directed by Glenn Danzig and Victor Giordano)

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It’s October so I had to find room for some Danzig.  This song appeared on Danzig’s second album, Lucifuge and it features this band at their best.  In 1990, this was the type of music that caused the nation’s moral guardians to go into tizzy.  There were actual Congressional hearings!  Imagine your Congressman listening to Danzig and probably playing it backwards to look for hidden messages.

Emjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Take It Off by King Kobra (1988, directed by ????)

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I was trying to remember why I picked this standard 80s metal video for today’s music video of the day.  Was it because of all the shapely legs?  That seemed probable but that would not explain why I picked it for October.  Then I remembered that this song was featured in the horror classic Black Roses, which is a movie about teenagers driven to murder by heavy metal music.  In fact, the Satanic band itself was played by King Kobra.

As for this video, it doesn’t feature any Black Roses footage but it does feature Larry Fine and Humphrey Bogart.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Love Kills by Vinnie Vincent Invasion (1988, directed by Nigel Dick)

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After a stint as lead guitarist for KISS, Vinnie Vincent went on to form Vinnie Vincent Invasion.  Though the band was only together for four years before the members split up to pursue their own projects (two members of the band would go on to form Slaughter), Vinnie Vincent Invasion had a number of minor hits during its existence.

Love Kills was featured in Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and Freddy repaid them for the song by appearing in the music video.  This video was directed by Nigel Dick, who I think has directed at least one video for every band that has ever existed.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: See You In Hell by Grim Reaper (1982, directed by ????)

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Grim Reaper was so hardcore that they ever had Satan himself watching over their concerts!

See You In Hell is probably best remembered for Beavis and Butt-Head’s epic takedown of both the video and the singer.

Unlike certain other musicians — Oh hai, Winger — Grim Reaper was actually a good sport about Beavis and Butt-Head’s mockery.  Mike Judge once told David Letterman that one of the scariest moments of his life was when he ran into Grim Reaper’s lead guitarist while backstage at a concert.  Judge was expecting the guitarist to be angry with him but instead, he said that the band enjoyed and agreed with Beavis and Butt-Head’s critique.  He also sent Judge copies of the band’s other two videos so that the boys could take a crack at them.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Poison Heart by Ramones (1992, directed by Samuel Bayer)

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Though he had retired from the band to pursue a solo career, Dee Dee Ramone wrote Poison Heart and gave it to Ramones.  The story has always been that Dee Dee gave them the song as a way to thank the band for bailing him out of jail.  I don’t know if that story is true or not but it does have a ring of truth to it.  Print the legend, to quote The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

The song appeared on the soundtrack for Pet Semetary 2 and the video is clearly inspired by that song, with the child being forcefully dragged through the cemetery while the band performs in what appears to be an underground tunnel.

This video was directed by Samuel Bayer, who has done videos for just about everyone.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Killer Klowns by The Dickies (1988, directed by Chuck Cirino)

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You can probably guess, just from the title, which film featured this song.  Written and performed by The Dickies, Killer Klowns played over the end credits of Killer Klowns From Outer Space.  The video features scenes from that film, mixed in with the band performing the song behind bars.

The video was directed by Chuck Cirino, who also did the sound design for the film.  Killer Klowns From Outer Space has gone on to become a huge cult film, one that is discovered by new fans everyday.  Just as the film endures, so do The Dickies.  In some form or another, the Dickies have been together since 1977.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: One of Those Days by Ozzy Osbourne and Eric Clapton (2022, directed by Todd McFarlane)

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It looks like Ozzy Osbourne is having one of those days, complete with upside down crosses, trips to the graveyard, and drinks from a bottle of sin.  Luckily, he’s got Eric Clapton backing him up with some killer guitar moves.

This video features the Ozzy Osbourne that parents used to warn their kids about, the one who was thought to be in league with Satan and who happily drank from bottles of sin and bit the heads off of bats.  It all seems pretty foolish today but, then again, it seemed pretty foolish back then as well.  I have never bought into the idea that Ozzy worshipped Satan but I’ve also never bought into the other story that is often told about Ozzy, that’s he’s secretly a devout member of the Church of England.  If Ozzy worships anything, it would appear to be rock and roll and why not?  It’s been good to him.

The animated video was directed by comic book artist and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.

This feels like the right way to start October.

Enjoy!