Amy Winehouse, still missed. Her music touched my life. Her death broke my heart. Fortunately, her voice can still be heard.
I used to search for excuses to sing this song. Needless to say, my vocals were not quite as effective.
Category Archives: Music
Music Video of the Day: neverletyougo by Role Model (2022, dir by Dylan Knight and Ben Goodman)
Enjoy!
AMV of the Day: A Good Song Never Dies (Black Butler)
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
- Baby One More Time (Diabolik Lovers)
- Toxic (Kuroshitsuji)
- If U Seek Amy (Shiki)
- Gimme More (Kakegurui)
- 3 (Winx Club)
- Monster (Various)
- Blood/Water (Various)
- Panic Room (Various)
- Just Gold (Corpse Party)
- Tag, You’re In (Corpse Party)
- It’s My Life (Lady Oscar)
- You’ll Be In My Heart (my roommate is a cat)
- Jingle Bell Rock (Various)
- Secret (Another)
- Madness (Various)
- Dracula (Diabolik Lovers)
- Control (Various)
- Blood in the Water (Castlevania)
- Believer (Ace Attorney)
- Shatter Me (Vampire Knight)
- I’m Not A Vampire (Blood Lad)
- I’m Not A Vampire (Soul Eater)
- Shut Me Up (Soul Eater)
- Carry A Big Fist (One Punch Man)
- You Can Be King Again (Hotarubi no Mori e)
- Serve and Protect (Space Battleship Yamato 2199)
- Hey Brother (One Piece)
- This Is Halloween (Soul Eater)
- Leave Me Alone (Ace Attorney)
- Something For You (Sekirei)
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Ace Attorney)
- Brand New Day (Ace Attorney)
- Angel With Shotgun (Fairy Tail)
- I’m Strong (Re:Creators)
- I’m A Kitty Cat (Nichijou)
- Dazzling Inferno (Little Witch Academia)
- Children of the Grave (Gakkou Gurashi)
- Homura’s Seven Devils (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
- Moonlight Requiem (Sailor Moon Crystal)
- Just Funkin’ Dandy (Space Dandy)
- Clarity (various)
- Skyfall (Cowboy Bebop, Fate/Zero)
- Chained (Princess Tutu)
- Breaking (Various)
- Another Fanny Service Video (Kemeko DX)
- Cosplay Bargain Bin (various)
- Can Can Pantsu (various)
- Warriors (Various)
- Sweet Dreams (Various)
- Carnivore (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Sweet Dreams (Another)
- Ship Happens (various)
- Evangelion 2.22 [Lights]
- Snowball Genocide (various)
- Iwatobi Weather Service (Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club and Attack On Titan)
- Otaku Paradise (various)
- The Breath of Spring (Bakemonogatari)
- Spiral Ascension (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
- Strangers Like Us (Gargantia on the Verdorous Planet)
- The Gore Never Bothered Me Anyway (Elfen Lied)
- Valor (Kill la Kill)
- Time Falls Away (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0)
- Don’t Stop (Nichijou)
- Left Us Falling (Clannad and Clannad: After Story)
- Devil’s Game 2.0 (Puella Magi Madoka Magica Series and Films)
- Animegraphy 2013 (Various)
- See Who I Am (Various)
- Demons of the Past (Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail)
- Ride or Die (Redline)
- Yurei (Another, Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, Mirai Nikki)
- Bloody Ayase (Oreimo)
- The End of My World (Clannad/Clannad: After Story)
- Life Is Fantastic (Nichijou)
- Event (Nichijou)
- Star x Crossed (Romeo x Juliet)
- Protectors of the Earth (Shingeki no Kyojin)
- Let Them Eat Rei (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Sorry for being Hercule, Sincerely Mr. Satan (Dragonball Z)
- Fidelity (Wolf Children Ame and Yuki)
- Nothing to Lose (One Piece)
- Affective Schoolgirls (Nichijou)
- RadioAkshun (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Danger Zone (Macross Plus)
- Maid to Kill (Black Lagoon)
- A Thousand Years (Clannad/Toradora!)
- Careful What You Wish (Black Lagoon)
- Ash vs Gary (Pokemon)
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Bakemonogatari)
- Our Miracle (Sword Art Online)
- Dead End (Mirai Nikki)
- Am I Not Human? (Another)
- Moves Like Jagger (NSFW)
- Mayoi Calling Araragi (Bakemonogatari)
- Troll of Hearts (The World God Only Knows)
- Written in the Spirals (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
- The Way You Are
- Means to an Endgame (Code Geass)
- Azumanga Daioh 1985
- Safety Dance (Nichijou)
- Cherry – Chronicles of PHOTOpanic
- Remember My Name
- Futuristic Lover (Bakemonogatari)
- Sexy and I Know It
- Everytime We Touch (Toradora!)
- War (Valkyria Chronicles)
- Hold On To That Feeling
- Disco Heaven
- Hands Up! (Dragonball/Z)
- A Little Late
- Sexy
- I Heart Tsundere
- The New Era (One Piece)
- Fairytale of Lies
- Calling
- Alchanum
- This Is War (One Piece)
- Move Along (One Piece)
- Party Rock (One Piece)
- Remember the Name (One Piece)
- Imagica
- Maya and Company
- Who’s That Chick?
- Just The Way You Are
- My First Kiss
- Death Romance
- Furor (Oreimo)
- Highschool of the Dead Game
- Kobato – Ring A Bell
- Devil’s Game
- Mahou Shoujo Requiem
- A Prelude to Dreams
- A Thousand Miles (Macross Frontier)
- Instinct
- Hold Me Now (Princess Tutu)
- The Beautiful People of Black Lagoon
- SugardanSen & Attack of the Otaku
- Fairy Tail Teenage Dream
- Repeat (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
- Toradora! Rough Love (Grow A Pear)
- Black Lagoon…To Be Loved
- This Is War (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Danse De Raven
- Azumanga Daioh – Little Girls
- Something Fishy
- And Now, A Word From Our Sponsors
- Against All Odds (Macross Frontier)
- A Thousand Miles (Todaradora!)
- Toradora Fireflies
- Spinning Infinity
- Have You Got It In You?
- Azumanga Daioh Portal
Music Video of the Day: Shallow, performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (2019, dir by whoever directed the Oscars that year)
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: Hell on Earth by KAS:ST (2019, dir by Louis Herbeuval)
All things considered, this seems like the right video for the day before the Oscars.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Lights On by Hatchie (2022, dir by Joe Agius)
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)
(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)
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)
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)
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!
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