Category Archives: Music

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!

AMV of the Day: Blinding Lights (Call of the Night)

Posted on by Arleigh

Here’s a new AMV to usher in my return (hopefully for much longer than before).

Song: Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

Anime: Call of the Night (Yofukashi no Uta)

Creator: Pyrothemusical   (As always, if you enjoyed this video, we encourage you to subscribe to the creator’s channel and give them lots of likes and nice comments)

Past AMVs of the Day

Music Video of the Day: Take My Breath Away by The Hospital (2024, dir by Marcelo de la Vega)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Right now, I have a cold so I can relate to the song’s title.  It’s a good song and a straight-forward video.  No, it’s not a cover of the song from Top Gun that played whenever Tom Cruise looked up at the sky.

Enjoy!

CHARLES BRONSON – More than a Vigilante – The Musical!

Posted on by Bradley Crain

A young man named Henry Brooks has written a musical about the life of Charles Bronson. I’m sharing this post to make sure you are aware of it. It’s a memorable take on certain key moments and movies in Bronson’s life and career. The album is produced by Stephen Glickman (Big Time Rush), with Steven Weber (Wings) and Lisa Loeb (Stay: I Missed You) contributing their immense talent to this interesting project as Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland. As a lifelong fan of Bronson’s, I love seeing a younger generation embrace his unique talent. I think my personal favorite song on the album is called “Toshiro and I,” which is Henry’s amusing take on Bronson’s film with iconic Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune, RED SUN. There are many other good songs as well, with “You Oughta be an Actor,” “There’s Never Been So Few,” “Death Wish,” and “Couldn’t Beat the Cancer” all sticking out to me. There are a total of 16 songs on the album, and the songs take Bronson from a boy working in the coal mines all the way to a man mourning the loss of his beloved wife.

I’ve linked to YouTube versions of the songs below! Take a moment to subscribe if you get the chance. You can also find the album on Spotify and Apple Music. In the next couple of months, it should be available to purchase for your collection. I for one will be buying the album on vinyl as soon as I can!

I’m including a link to the episode of the “This Week in Charles Bronson” podcast where we discuss the project with Henry Brooks. We’re so happy to help spread the word on this exciting project!

Song of the Day: Wolf Totem (by The HU)

Posted on by Arleigh

I woke up this morning and chose the beauty of combat.

Well, that would be the beauty and majesty of traditional Mongolian throat-singing and instrumentation combined with the modern styling of metal and you get The Hu.

The Hu is the popular, at least with metal and folk music fans, Mongolian folk metal band created in 2016 by members Gala, Jaya, Enkush and Temka. In addition to the requisite electric guitars and drums we find with rock and metal bands, The HU also incorporates traditional Mongolion instruments such as the Morin khuur (a two-stringed, horsehead fiddle with strings made from horsehair), Tovshuur (a three-stringed Mongolian guitar), Tsuur (Mongolian flute) and the Tumur khuur (a jaw harp) just to name a few.

Throat-singing is at the forefront of most of The HU’s songs. While The Hu is not the first Mongolian band to find success with music fans (I was first introdcued to Mongolian rock scene with the Mongolian folk rock band Altan Urag), they have been the most successful in crossing over to a somewhat mainstream success in the West.

There are other songs that are probably better musically structured, but I always go back to the song that introduced me to the band: Wolf Totem.