Category Archives: Music

AMV of the Day: A Good Song Never Dies (Black Butler)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

As Oscar Sunday comes to a close, let’s just remember that, like a good song, a good movie never dies.  Here’s an AMV of the Day to remind us of that.

Anime: Black Butler

Song: A Good Song Never Dies (Saint Motel)

Creator: AMV World

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Past AMVs of the Day

Music Video of the Day: Shallow, performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (2019, dir by whoever directed the Oscars that year)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Who knows what tonight’s Oscar telecast will be like but I’m pretty sure it won’t come anywhere close to providing a moment as powerful as this.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Lights On by Hatchie (2022, dir by Joe Agius)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Welcome to the future!

Enjoy!

Don’t fall too fast
I’ve got this feeling that won’t ever last
I never wanted to fall
Caught in your trap
Heart hits the ceiling, let’s go, don’t look back
I’ve never wanted you more
But I never wanted to fall

I never felt so good with the lights on
I never understood you were the right one
Cos I can’t stop thinking about your touch
Don’t stop, it could never be too much
Fall down, we could get back up

Slips through my hands
A love so fleeting, I don’t understand
I should have answered the call
I never wanted to fall

We could keep this under the covers
We could keep this all to ourselves
But is that all that you wanted?
Just us and nobody else
You can’t tell me it’s not a problem
When you’re stuck inside your head
If you wanna keep on running
I won’t be the one to bring you down

Music Video of the Day: For My Friends by King Princess (2022, dir by Nick Harwood)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

(For Evelyn, Emma, Amy, Shay, Katrina, Jenny, Ellie, Regina, Jackie, and all the rest of you)

Enjoy!

We go too far back
You wouldn’t leave me now
To find someone like that
It wouldn’t be easy now

Cuz I been thinking bout getting drunk again
at the same house where it all started
and i love you so much that i didn’t care when you stained the carpet
finding your clothes cuz you know I stole them
you know I own them now

It’s how it’s gonna be
Face it, loving me takes patience

When I think about us just leaving
I think about us just coming home
You hate it, but loving me takes patience
We lose touch when I’m faded
And it can get dark but still I know
You’re waiting and loving me takes patience

We’ve had every fight
There is no score to keep
Chase down every sidewalk
You’re walking home with me
Talkin bout honesty

I been thinkin ’bout getting drunk again
at the same house where it all started
and i love you so much going up the stairs at your new apartment

It’s how it’s gonna be
Face it, loving me takes patience

When I think about us just leaving
I think about us just coming home
You hate it, but loving me takes patience
We lose touch when I’m faded
And it can get dark but still I know
You’re waiting and loving me takes patience

No one else could care
It’s a waste of time
To pretend I’d find someone out there
I wouldn’t scare, cuz loving me takes patience

When I think about us just leaving
I think about us just coming home
You hate it, but loving me takes patience
We lose touch when I’m faded
And it can get dark but still I know
You’re waiting and loving me takes patience

You wouldn’t leave me now

Music Video of the Day: Aurora Sogna by Subsonica (2018, dir by FOREVER DATA)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This music video has kind of an end of the world feel to it.  I found myself suspecting that a comet probably crashed into Earth after filming stopped.

Enjoy!

Si sveglia che fa buio ormai d’abitudine
La notte le regala un’aria più complice

Detesta il vuoto dei rumori della realtà (Aurora sogna)
Ma col volume a stecca può sopravvivere (Aurora sogna)
Sogna una carne sintetica
Nuovi attributi e un microchip emozionale
Sogna di un bisturi amico che faccia di lei
Qualcosa fuori dal normale
Qualche gelato al giorno forse la nutrirà
Non crede nell’amore in cio’ è molto semplice
Come si chiama questa voglia di vivere (Aurora sogna)
Che nel suo corpo ha bisogno di espandere (Aurora sogna)
Sogna una carne sintetica
Nuovi attributi e un microchip emozionale
Occhi bionici più adrenalina
Sensori e cibernetica neurale
Sogna una carne sintetica
Nuovi attributi e un microchip emozionale
Labbra cromate ricordi seriali
Emozioni e un nuovo impianto sessuale

Senza più mangiare, senza più dormire
Senza più mangiare, senza più dormire

Sogna una carne sintetica
Nuovi attributi e un microchip emozionale
Sogna di un bisturi amico
Che faccia di lei qualcosa fuori dal normale
Sogna una carne sintetica
Nuovi attributi e un microchip emozionale
Occhi bionici più adrenalina
Sensori e cibernetica neurale
Le stesse facce che ogni giorno fanno male
Le stesse voci recitanti giudicare
Posa l’orecchio sul bicchiere e sente il mare
Ma non il suono della musica che piace a lei
La solitudine che indossa è più normale
Di una prudente saggia e isterica morale
Aurora sogna e nei suoi sogni sa cercare
Senza paura un’esclusiva felicità

Sogna una carne sintetica
Nuovi attributi e un microchip emozionale
Sogna di un bisturi amico che faccia di lei
Qualcosa fuori dal normale
Sogna una carne sintetica
Nuovi attributi e un microchip emozionale
Occhi bionici più adrenalina
Sensori e cibernetica neurale
Sogna una carne sintetica
Nuovi attributi e un microchip emozionale
Labbra cromate ricordi seriali
Emozioni e un nuovo impianto sessuale
Sogna una carne sintetica

Scene That I Love: The Opening of Mulholland Drive (Happy Birthday, Angelo Badalamenti)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Happy birthday, Angelo Badalamenti!

This great composer is probably best known for his dream-like and haunting work for the films of David Lynch.  Among the many songs and musical pieces that he’s done for Lynch, he composed the jitterbug music that opened David Lynch’s 2001 film, Mulholland Drive.  The scene below features the perfect mix of Lynch’s visual vision and Badalamenti’s musical ear.  What I especially like about this scene is that the music starts out as a very cheerful and vaguely generic but then it grows steadily more ominous as the scene plays out.

Here it is.  The haunting opening of one of the best films of the current century:

Music Video of the Day: Somehow You Do, performed by William Shatner (2021, dir by John Ottman)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 91st birthday to William Shatner!  Not only is William Shatner an actor, a director, a writer, a famed wit, and a legendary Canadian but he’s also a singer!

Here is William Shatner performing Somehow You Do.  This song was written by Diane Warren and the video was directed by John Ottman.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: It Gets Dark by Sigrid (2022, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Enjoy!

Lyrics:
VERSE 1:
high, there’s a reason for my high, there’s a whole world outside
I saw it last night
yeah they’re saying I’m insane, ‘cause I wanna go to space
and leave it all behind
and leave it all behind
I’m leaving

CHORUS:
I, I’ve never ever been this far away from home
and all alone
it gets dark, yeah it gets dark
and I, I’m moving at the speed of light, I had to go, but now I know
it gets dark so I can see the stars

VERSE 2:
yeah my feet came off the ground, gravity won’t hold me down
no, not this time
I’m not who I used to be
‘cus I came out here to see, the universe inside

I’m leaving them behind
I’m leaving them

CHORUS:
I, I’ve never ever been this far away from home
and all alone
it gets dark, yeah it gets dark
and I, I’m moving at the speed of light, I had to go, but now I know
it gets dark so I can see the stars