Category Archives: Music

AMV of the Day: Gods (Solo Leveling)

Posted on by Arleigh

Latest AMV of the Day comes courtesy of AMV creator ABOKAI and its all about Jin-woo of the anime series Solo Leveling. I know some anime purists don’t like watching anime adaptations of Korean manwha (South Korean version of Japanese manga). I can take it or leave it since there’s not many examples of such adaptations though I have read quite a few Korean webtoons that were expanded into more official manwha.

Solo Leveling is one of the better Korean manwha and its follows the long-standing and well-utilized power fantasy of Japanese shonen manga. Jin-woo is one such MC whose rise from lowly nobody to OP main character was best shown in the one of the main fight sequences in the first season of Solo Leveling.

ABOKAI does a great job of editing the fight sequences to match the energy of the song by South Korean kpop girl group NewJeans. The song itself, titled GODS, was the anthem for the League of Legends World 2023.

Solo Leveling just premiered its second season and this AMV just a good way to remember just how action-packed this series is.

Song: GODS by NewJeans (뉴진스)

Anime: Solo Leveling

Creator: ABOKAI

Past AMVs of the Day

Song of the Day: To Sir With Love, covered by Tina Arena

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’ve always liked this song.  It’s one of the few songs that I can kind of decently sing and it describes my feelings towards a lot of people who were important to me in years past.  It also describes the way I feel about certain people now.  This song was originally recorded and made famous by Lulu but my favorite version is this cover by Tina Arena.

Those schoolgirl days
Of telling tales and biting nails are gone
But in my mind
I know they will still live on and on

But how do you thank someone
Who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
It isn’t easy, but I’ll try

If you wanted the sky
I would write across the sky in letters
That would soar a thousand feet high
“To sir, with love”

The time has come
For closing books and long last looks must end
And as I leave
I know that I am leaving my best friend

A friend who taught me right from wrong
And weak from strong
That’s a lot to learn
What, what can I give you in return?

If you wanted the moon
I would try to make a start
But I would rather you let me give my heart
“To sir, with love”

Songwriters: Don Black / Mark London

Music Video of the Day: The Answers To The Questions by Chrystabell & David Lynch (2024, dir by David Lynch)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

When Twin Peaks: The Return initially aired, Agent Tamara Preston was the character to whom I instantly related, for all sorts of reasons.  One of those reasons, of course, is that Agent Preston is the one who got to do all the research and write the book on life in Twin Peaks.  Another reason is because Agent Preston was both a competent professional and a self-amused femme fatale.  And finally, Agent Preston’s relationship with Gordon Cole reminded me of some of my most valued relationships.  Agent Preston was just one of the many pieces to the puzzle that was Twin Peaks: The Return but she was the one who I felt was standing in for me.

This wonderfully enigmatic music video would turn out to be one of David Lynch’s final short films.  Both the video and the song were made in collaboration with Crystabell, the Texan whose collaboration with Lynch began in 1999 and who, of course, played Agent Preston.

Enjoy!

 

Music Video of the Day: Sublime Eternal Love by Chrystabell and David Lynch (2024, dir by David Lynch)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

For today’s music video of the day, we have one of David Lynch’s final short films.  From his collaboration with Chrystabell, here is the haunting Sublime Eternal Love.

Enjoy!

Song of the Day: These Boots Are Made For Walkin’, covered by Jessica Simpson

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The other night, I was watching Class of 1984 with a group of friends (including three TSL writers), and I we started discussing what our high schools were known for.  When I was a student there, my high school was probably best known for the fact that Jessica Simpson attended the school in the 90s.  She didn’t graduate because she left Texas for Hollywood but that was still our claim to fame.  It’s interesting because people didn’t care that was my school was also named one of the best high schools in America and that it had an acclaimed drama department.  But they definitely cared that Jessica Simpson dropped out before I was even old enough to attend.

(Is it a good thing when your school is best known for a student who dropped out and went on to become a success with G.E.D.?)

Today’s song of the day was inspired by that conversation.  Here’s Jessica Simpson, covering These Boots Are Made For Walkin’.

(Yes, I know that no cover can compare to Nancy Sinatra’s other but I didn’t go to Nancy Sinatra’s high school.  Plus, I’m a Southern girl with a closet full of boots.  I relate to this version.)

You keep sayin’ you’ve got somethin’ for me
Somethin’ you call love but confess
You’ve been a’messin’ where you shouldn’t ‘ve been a’messin’
And now someone else is getting all your best

These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
Ya

You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’
And you keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin’ when you oughta be a’changin’
Now what’s right is right but you ain’t been right yet

These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’
And you keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burnt (ha)
I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah
And what he knows you ain’t had time to learn

These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

Are you ready, boots? Start walkin’

(Lyrics by Lee Hazlewood)

Music Video of the Day: Delta 88 Nightmare by X (2019, dir by Henry Mortensen)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

How about starting the long weekend with X?

This video stars and was directed by Exene’s son, Henry Mortensen and co-stars her niece, Carolyn Allen.  The video was shot in Cannery Row in Monterey, California.

Enjoy!