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Music Video of the Day: Picture To Burn by Taylor Swift (2006, dir by Trey Fanjoy)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Taylor Swift gets revenge on an ex-boyfriend!  The ex-boyfriend, in this case, was played by a football player named Justin Sandy was not an ex-boyfriend of Taylor’s.  Taylor said that he was perfect for the part because he was a “real-life Ken” doll.  Playing the role of Taylor’s friend in this video is an actual friend of Taylor’s, Abigail Anderson.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen (1984, dir by John Sayles)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I have to admit that I’m not really a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen or his working class posturing.  (At this point, the majority of the people who he sings about will never be able to actually afford to see him in concert.)  But I will acknowledge that the people who like Bruce Springsteen tend to really, really, really like him.  And there’s something to be said for that.

Anyway, I picked today’s music video of the day because I watched Air last night and I was really impressed by Jason Bateman’s monologue about how few people actually listen to Born in the USA‘s rather dark lyrics.  This video was directed by John Sayles, another person who has made a career out of claiming to be the voice of the working class.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Ain’t No Sunshine, covered by DMX (2001, dir by Hype Williams)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This song and most of the footage in this video was taken from a Steven Seagal movie.  Exit Wounds was apparently Seagal’s last big studio film.  Both the song and the video make Seagal look cooler than he’s ever looked in any of his films but obviously, a lot of that is due to the power of DMX’s vocals.  DMX could make anything seem powerful.

Enjoy!