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Music Video Of The Day: If I Can’t Have You by Yvonne Elliman (1978, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’m still in my disco mood from hosting last Saturday’s #ILikeToWatch live tweet so here’s Yvonne Elliman singing If I Can’t Have You.  Technically, this is less a music video and more of a guest appearance on a TV show but, in the 70s, that’s as close as many songs got to getting a music video.

Yvonne Elliman also played Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar.  If I Can’t Have You was originally written for the Bee Gees but was given to Yvonne after the band decided that they couldn’t make the song work.  She did a great job with it because this is one of those songs that you could just listen to a hundred times a day.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Rock the Boat by The Hues Corporation (1974, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

“Rock the boat!”

“Don’t rock the boat, baby!”

“Rock the boat!”

“Don’t tip the boat over!”

I have to admit that, as much as I love this song, I find myself thinking about South Park whenever I hear the lyrics.  “Kick the baby!”  “Don’t kick the baby.”

I also have to admit that the main reason why I’m sharing this video today is because, earlier on Saturday night, I hosted a Punk v Disco party.  It’s hard to say which one won.  Punk started out strong but disco rallied quite a comeback during the final 30 minutes.  In the end, I’d have to call it a draw.

Anyway, Rock The Boat was reportedly the first disco song to ever make it to number one on the charts in the United States.  It holds up pretty well, doesn’t it?  I’ve always like the fact that you’ve got that chorus demanding that the boat by rocked and there’s that one, lonely voice saying, “Hey, let’s not do that.  Let’s not tip the boat over just yet, okay?”  If I ever find myself in a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean with a bunch of other people, this is the song that I’m going to sing to cheer everyone up.

As for this video, I assume it was done for television.  Don’t ask me what show they were appearing on.  I just like the song and the dancing.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Van Horn by Saint Motel (2020, dir by A/J Jackson)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

What’s this?

It’s a great video for a great song performed by my current favorite band, Saint Motel!  The video was directed by A/J Jackson, who is also the lead singer.  (I nearly called him the “adorable lead singer” but, to be honest, the entire band is pretty damn adorable.)  Saint Motel has always been as much about the visual arts as it’s been about the music.  I saw Saint Motel live just a few weeks ago and seriously, they’re great.  It was a fun show and if you ever get a chance to see them, take it!

I should also note that this song was apparently inspired by a night that the band spent in the town of Van Horn, Texas.  I’ve actually been to Van Horn and this video does a pretty good job of capturing the place.  I get the feeling that I may like the town a little bit more than the members of Saint Motel but no matter.  It’s a good song and a good video and the dog is cute.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Leave Behind Your Ego by Junkie XL, feat. Timothy Leary (2013, dir by John Pina)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s not bad advice, leaving behind your ego.  I don’t know if it’s something I’m currently capable of doing but who knows?  Maybe when I’m in my 50s, it’ll be easier.

Timothy Leary, of course, is a well-known name in the history of America’s counter culture.  He’s often credited as being the person who brought LSD into the mainstream, or at least as close to the mainstream as LSD could get during Leary’s lifetime.  Among Leary’s accomplishments was giving LSD to Cary Grant.  Tim Leary also once ran from governor of California.  The oft-repeated story is that John Lennon wrote Come Together to serve as a campaign song for Leary’s run.  Whether that’s true or not is anyone’s guess.  Needless to say, Tim Leary was never governor of California.  In fact, because he ended up going to prison in January of 1970, he never even got to file for the primary.

Junkie XL, of course, also did the score for Mad Max: Fury Road, which is like one of the greatest scores ever.

Enjoy!

 

Music Video of the Day: I’ll Be The Death Of You by I Break Horses (2020, dir by Douglas Hart)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

“I’ll be the death of you,” is a phrase that I enjoyed using for a period of time in 2007 so it seems appropriate to make it today’s music video of the day.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Self Aware Bitch by Anna-Sofia Mörck (2020, dir by Lebni Avitia)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Is there really such a thing as dodgeball tryouts?  Do schools actually have like competitive dodgeball teams?  I don’t think my high school did but then again, I went to a school that valued art and theater above athletics.

(We didn’t even have our own football field but instead had to use another school’s field.  That’s how little athletic mattered to us.)

Anyway, the school in this video has dodgeball tryouts ad they certainly do look grueling.  It’s actually not much of a school and I can understand why Anna-Sofia Mörck is annoyed with everyone that she has to deal with.  I would have been annoyed as well.  In fact, despite the whole dodgeball angle, I think just about everyone should be able to relate to this video.  Everyone felt like an outsider in high school.  I mean, even the insiders thought they were outsiders.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Spider-Man Theme, performed by Lindsey Stirling and Lang Lang (2016, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Okay, confession time: I am exhausted.  Usually, when we have a big day like Oscar Sunday, I write out all my posts like a week ahead of time.  I did not do that this time.  So, I spent a good deal of Sunday just trying to keep up with the site and the day.

So, instead of doing my usual rambling about today’s music video of the day, I’m just going to thank all of our readers and subscribers and visitors.  Your likes and your comments are really what makes this site worthwhile.  We’ve been doing this for 10 years now and I still love writing for the TSL as much as I did my first day.  Thank you for reading.  Thank you for your indulgence.  Thank you for being there.

And now, I invite all of you to …. enjoy!