Florida rockers The Royal Guardsmen soared up the charts like a Sopwith Camel with their 1966 hit “Snoopy Vs The Red Baron”. A year later, the band released ‘Snoopy’s Christmas”, a holiday follow-up featuring everyone’s favorite WWI flying ace and his arch enemy The Red Baron calling a yuletide truce on Christmas Eve. The song went to #1 on Billboard’s Christmas specialty charts, and still gets airplay around this time of year! Enjoy “Snoopy’s Christmas”!:
This video was filmed backstage at Earl’s Court in London. It was directed by Mick Rock, who is credited with directing four videos for David Bowie.
When asked, Bowie described this song as being “a sensitive young girl’s reaction to the media. I think she finds herself disappointed with reality… that although she’s living in the doldrums of reality, she’s being told that there’s a far greater life somewhere, and she’s bitterly disappointed that she doesn’t have access to it.” I imagine most people have felt that way at some point during their life. Admittedly, I haven’t but then again, who knows what the future might hold?
Is there Life on Mars? I think Santa would definitely say that there is. Not to mention…
That said, it’s an interesting question. On the one hand, I’m a natural-born skeptic when it comes to aliens and UFOs. On the other hand, the universe is really, really big. Is it possible that we’re all alone? For the sake of ennui, I want to say yes. But realistically, it seems like there has to be something out there. I guess what disappoints me is that, whenever we do find signs of life in space, it’s always little pieces of fungus or a one-celled amoeba. What’s the use of discovering extraterrestrial life if it’s just going to be the type of stuff that usually ends up on the bottom of someone’s shoe?
Then again, I guess that’s preferable to the alternative:
Enjoy!
[Chorus]
I don’t wanna live like it’s the last night of my life
‘Cause I don’t wanna face, no, the day I die
[Verse 1]
There’s something in the way
Something in the ways that keeps me grounded
There’s something in the change
Don’t wanna leave the world the way I found it
There’s something in this place
As long as my heart keeps pounding
‘Cause everything I know
Turns out I know nothing about it
[Pre-Chorus]
All these moments
May seem hopeless
But I won’t run away
[Chorus]
I don’t wanna live like it’s the last night of my life
‘Cause I don’t wanna face, no, the day I die
I don’t wanna live like it’s the last night of my life
‘Cause I don’t wanna face, no, the day I die
[Post-Chorus]
The day I die
The day I die
The day I die
The day I die
[Verse 2]
It’s not that I’m afraid
It’s just that I don’t wanna take my chances
There’s only so much time
So I need to stay and advantage
It’s not about the fame
It’s not about the money or the mansions
The more I try to plan
The less [?] seem to understand it
[Pre-Chorus]
All these moments
May seem hopeless
But I won’t run away
[Chorus]
I don’t wanna live like it’s the last night of my life
‘Cause I don’t wanna face, no, the day I die
I don’t wanna live like it’s the last night of my life
‘Cause I don’t wanna face, no, the day I die
[Bridge]
The day I, day I, day I, day I die
Day I, day I, day I die
Day I, day I, day I die (I’m not ready to go)
Day I, day I, day I (I’m not ready to go, go, go)
Beautiful song. Atmospheric video. What more needs to be said?
Enjoy!
In memory of Carl Grimes…
Well, kinda. After what happened on the latest episode of the Walking Dead, I knew that today’s music video of the day would either have to be about 1) a bite or 2) losing an eye. I nearly went with One Headlight by the Wallflowers but I didn’t know if everyone would associate one headlight with only having one eye. Then I nearly picked a truly bland 80s song called Once Bitten Twice Shy but oh my God, that song was so boring.
Then I remembered Wolf Bite. Even more importantly, I remembered this wonderfully weird little video. Of course, it doesn’t have much to do with getting bitten by a zombie or losing an eye but I still like it. Dance, wolf, dance!
Enjoy!
I just realized that it is December 10th and we have yet to share any Christmas videos here at the Shattered Lens. That may be because there’s not really that many good Christmas music videos out there….
However, there is this video of Bob Dylan performing Must Be Santa!
Is Dylan celebrating the holiday or making fun of it in this video? Personally, I choose to believe that he’s doing both. If anything, Bob Dylan’s reached a point where he can pretty much do anything he wants and if that means he wants to do a polka Christmas song, we’re all the better for it!
As for the song itself, it was originally written back in 1960 and has been performed by several different singers. The polka version was first performed by the pride of Denton, Texas, Brave Combo. Dylan’s version can basically be considered a cover version of the Brave Combo version. Even if you don’t like polka music (and I certainly wouldn’t consider myself to be a fan of it but then again, my personal taste in music pretty much runs the gamut from EDM to More EDM), you should always take advantage of the chance to see Brave Combo play live. They put on a quite a show.
Anyway, enjoy!
Hi there, everyone!
Today’s music video of the day is the video for the 2nd track off of The Chemical Brothers’s Further. Things pick up exactly where Snow ended, with the woman swimming under water. (The woman is played by Jenny Godding when she’s swimming and by Romola Garai when she’s not.) When the woman emerges from the water, she is treated to a light show that should be familiar to anyone who has been lucky enough to see The Chemical Brothers perform live.
I know, I know. This is the type of music that drives some people crazy. I happen to love it. It’s all about the way it makes you feel and it makes me feel like dancing.
Enjoy!
As I sit here writing up today’s music video of the day, the temperature outside is plunging. When I woke up this morning, it was 40 degrees outside. Tonight, it’s 33 degrees and getting colder. This weather may not be good for my asthma but at least it finally feels like Christmas around here! Best of all, it might snow tonight. My plan is not to sleep tonight. Instead, I’m going to sit in front of a window, write, and look for snow.
Living in Texas, I’m lucky if I get to see snow twice in one year. It snowed back in January. Didn’t last for long. It looked something like this:
Photograph taken on January 8th, 2017 by Erin Nicole. This is what we consider to be a lot of snow in Texas. Stop laughing at us, Canada.
Anyway, Snow is not only what’s on my mind but it’s also the title of today’s music video of the day! Snow was the first track off of The Chemical Brothers’ seventh studio album, Further. All 8 of the tracks featured a video directed by Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall. Snow‘s dreamlike video features Jenny Godding swimming. Intentionally or not, it reminds me a good deal of Irene Miracle’s surrealistic swim in Dario Argento’s Inferno.
Jenny Godding is also featured on the cover of Further.
Enjoy!
Hi there! Lisa here with today’s music video of the day!
Welcome to life on the Bayou!
This video is for a song by Jake Bugg. It’s called There’s A Beast and We All Feed It. One reason I like this song is because it’s only 99 seconds long, which is perfect for my miniscule attention span. Despite the short running time, this video manages to include just about everything that you might expect to find living on the bayou. Alligators. Shoplifting. Guns. Drugs. Dogs. Bizarre religious rituals. They’re all here.
I have admit that one reason why I like this video is because I “know” all of these people. When I was growing up, my family lived all over the country. We spent time in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, and, of course, Texas. Even though I’m happy to have escaped it, I still know the world in which this video is set.
The song itself is a Dylanesque attack on conformity. Check out the lyrics:
Anyway, enjoy!
Watching this video makes me want to learn how to play the violin.
My favorite credit for this video reads: “Thanks to the Dyer Family for letting me use their driveway for the water scene.”
Enjoy!
There’s no big reason behind why I picked this video for today’s music video of the day. This song just makes me happy and it’s a fun video. If you don’t like the music, you can concentrate on the dancing. If you don’t like the dancing, you can look at the mountains. If you don’t care about mountains, you can try to read all the graffiti behind Lindsey. Seriously, this video has something for everyone.
Enjoy!
