Music Video of the Day: But Not Tonight by Depeche Mode (1986, directed by Tamra Davis)

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Jedadiah Leland

But Not Tonight is a good example of the type of music video that used to dominate MTV, the movie soundtrack video. Depeche Mode recorded But Not Tonight for the film Modern Girls. The video cuts between scenes of the band performing and scenes taken from the movie, which is why Virginia Madsen, Daphne Zuniga, and Clayton Rohner are so prominently featured. The video did well on MTV, which didn’t translate into the movie becoming a hit.

While the movie was directed by Jerry Kramer, the video was directed by Tamra Davis. Davis was a prolific video director before moving into feature film and television directing.

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Music Video of the Day: Burning Heart by Survivor (1985, directed by Jerry Kramer)

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Jedadiah Leland

This song was written for Rocky IV. Survivor also did Eye of the Tiger, which was the anthem for Rocky III so it only made sense to approach them to contribute a training song for Rocky IV. Burning Heart may not be as classic of a song as Eye of the Tiger but there’s no way Rocky could have defeated Ivan Drago without it. And if Rocky hadn’t defeated Drago, the Berlin Wall would never have fallen, America would never have won the Cold War, and Adonis Creed would have had to find a different mentor. Without this song, the world would be a very different place.

The video is a performance clip. There’s another version out there that features clips from Rocky IV.

Enjoy!