Music Video of the Day: Magnetized (2016, dir by Scott Stuckey)


I’ve always liked Garbage as a band.  Only Happy When It Rains seems like a song that could have been written about me and, of course, Shirley Manson and I are both members of the 2% of the population who were blessed with red hair.  Having red hair means that …. well, basically it means that we’re better than everyone else in the world and that’s just the way it goes.

Magnetized appears on Garbage’s 6th studio album, Strange Little Birds.  I like this video because it’s creepy and dream-like and I’ve always wanted to have a mad scientist laboratory to hang out in.  Not that I would actually want to do anything in the laboratory because that’s not really my thing.  I’d just like to have it there as a conversation starter.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Dead Horse by Hayley Williams (2020, dir by Zac Farro)


Who among us has not beat a dead horse?

When I watch this video without the music, my immediate assumption is that it’s about someone who joined a cult and who has just discovered that the leader of the cult is either from outer space or from the future.  The video just has that sort of threatening, science fiction feel to it.  That said, the song is actually about someone looking back on a breakup that was apparently a long time coming but which she still might not have been emotionally prepared for.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Je t’aime encore (2020, dir by Loic Prigent)


This video reminds me that I need to get a haircut.  It also reminds me that a lot of cults like to dress in all white.  I’m not sure why but it really does seem to be the popular look for people who are communing with spirits or waiting for aliens.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: We Are Warriors, performed by Avril Lavigne, feat. Lindsey Stirling (2020, Tom Law, creative director)


I think this is the second video that I’ve seen that was specifically made for the COIVD-19 era.  The first was the video by the Rolling Stones that Jeff shared here a few days ago.

This video is a tribute to those who are on the front lines, battling the virus. All net proceeds of the sales and streams of We Are Warriors will be donated to help Project HOPE’s relief efforts across the world.

Here’s a full list of credits, taking from the video’s description on YouTube:

Production by: Convicts
Producer: Sarah Hawkins
Post Production Coordinator: Sarah Steinbach
Editor: Rhys Carlill
Creative Director: Tom Law

Live footage by Ryan McFadden
Lisa Blas ‘”USNS Comfort, March 30, 2020”
Digital video, 2020, Courtesy of the Artist

Special thank you to Lindsey Stirling for the beautiful violin added to this version!

Enjoy!