In today’s music video of the day, Arnold Schwarzenegger shows that he can keep up with AC/DC. Or maybe it’s the other way around!
This video was released as a part of the publicity blitz around the release of Last Action Hero. It’s too bad the film itself wasn’t as good as the soundtrack.
David Mallet should be a familiar name name be now. He worked with just everyone who was anyone.
Enjoy!
Many, many years ago, when I first heard this song on the soundtrack for Kill Bill Volume One, I immediately fell in love with it. I have to admit, as well, that when I first heard Santa Esmeralda’s version, I assumed that the cover had been recorded specifically for the Kill Bill soundtrack. Well, turns out I was not only wrong, I was way wrong. This cover version was actually recorded way back in 1977.
I also thought, before I started writing this post, that the song was originally performed by the Animals. Wrong again. The song was first written in 1964 by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, and Sol Marcus and it was originally performed by Nina Simone. Then, in 1965, the Animals did their famous cover. The Animals’ version of the song is the one that used to get stuck in my head when I was in high school because it used to play constantly at the Target where I would skip school.
But the Santa Esmeralda version is my favorite and it is today’s song of the day.
Adam In Chains was the third single to be released from Billy Idol’s controversial Cyberpunk album. Billy Idol predicted the future with Cyberpunk, though no one appreciated it at the time. In interviews, Idol said he was inspired by the work of William Gibson while also admitting he had never read anything written by Gibson.
The video was directed by Julien Temple, who is best-known for his work with the Sex Pistols.
Deep Purple — yes, the Deep Purple — has a new album coming out and this is the first single and video off of it. You have to to have respect for these guys. They’ve still got what it takes, even after all these years.
Enjoy!
In honor of Albert Pyun’s birthday, today’s song of the day comes from the soundtrack of his greatest film, The Sword and the Sorcerer.
Today is Pete Townshend’s 79th birthday and today’s scene that I love features Pete Townshend (as a member of The Who) performing at Woodstock in 1969.
Roger Daltrey later said that this was the worst gig that they ever played and The Who did end up going on stage early in the morning, with the sun rising as they performed See Me, Feel Me. The majority of The Who’s performance was not included in the initial release of the Woodstock documentary but the noticeably grainy footage would later be included in various rereleases.
Unfortunately, no cameras recorded the moment when Pete Townshend became the hero that 1969 needed by kicking a ranting Abbie Hoffman off of the stage. But, audio of the incident survived.
Here is The Who at Woodstock:
Start your day with a journey.
Enjoy!
Today’s song of the day comes from the soundtrack of Wim Wenders’s 1991 film, Until The End of the World.
Before there was Johnny Depp, there was Joe Le Taxi.
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 