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Music Video of the Day: We’ve Got It Goin’ On by Backstreet Boys (1995, dir. by Lionel C. Martin)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Today’s music video day is not just a Backstreet Boys video.  It’s also the very first video that the Backstreet Boys ever made and it’s for their very first single!  Just look at how young everyone used to be.

The main theme of this video seems to be that the Backstreet Boys are terrible boyfriends but it doesn’t matter because they have got it going on!  Their real girlfriends play their video girlfriends in this video and Lou Pearlman, the creepy man behind all the good times, is in the video too.  My favorite Backstreet Boy was Brian.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: We’ve Got It Goin’ On by Backstreet Boys (1995, dir. by Lionel C. Martin)

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Today’s music video day is not just a Backstreet Boys video.  It’s also the very first video that the Backstreet Boys ever made and it’s for their very first single!  Just look at how young everyone used to be.

The main theme of this video seems to be that the Backstreet Boys are terrible boyfriends but it doesn’t matter because they have got it going on!  Their real girlfriends play their video girlfriends in this video and Lou Pearlman, the shady puppet master who never understood that just because we liked his band didn’t mean that we wanted to know about him, is in the video too.  My favorite Backstreet Boy was Brian.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Just A Friend by Biz Markie (1989, directed by Lionel C. Martin)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Just A Friend is a song anda video that, for years, has inspired people to ask, “Is Biz Markie okay?  Why is dressed up like Mozart?”

The song’s piano medley, as well as the phrasing of “You got what I need,” is lifted from Freddie’s Scott’s (You) Got What I Need.  Biz Markie tells the story of meeting a girl at a show, being told that the man in her life is “just a friend,” and then later discovering her kissing that same friend.  It’s a universal tale that everyone can relate to.  However, what most people remember about this song isn’t the story of a bad relationship but instead the sound of Biz Markie’s increasingly crazed cry of, “Oh Baby — You!  You got what I need!  But you say he’s just a friend!”

And, of course, Biz Markie wearing a powdered wig.

With the help of this popular music video, Just A Friend proved to be Biz Markie’s biggest hit to date, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.