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Music Video Of The Day: Want You In My Room by Carly Rae Jepsen (2019, dir by Andrew Donoho)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s music video of the day is a fun and energetic little video from Carly Rae Jepsen.  Want You In My Room captures the giddy feel of preparing for a date.  This is classic Carly Rae Jepsen, in that it’s sexy, fun, and kind of innocent all at the same time.  Carly Rae’s from Canada and, based on the video and several episodes of Degrassi, I’m convinced that Canadians have a unique understanding of the joy of dancing on the beach.

This video was directed by Andrew Donoho, who has also done videos for twenty-one pilot, Jai Wolf, Zedd, and Skrillex.  The cute guy at the end is played by producer Jimmy Loweree, who also appeared in Carly’s video for Now That I Found You.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Cozy Little Christmas by Katy Perry (2019, directed by WATTS)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Tis the season and all that.

Is Katy Perry married to Santa Claus?  I guess I could see the appeal of that.  I mean, Santa seems like he would at least always give you the perfect gift.  For instance, Santa would never give you a Peloton for Christmas.  He knows better.  Actually, though, if I was Mrs. Claus, I might get a Peloton for Santa because I do sometimes suspect that Santa might not be getting much exercise up at the North Pole.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Heal by Jax Anderson (2019, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This is a cute video and I enjoyed it so I’m going to share it.  I encourage everyone to watch and to read along.  Seriously, make sure you read the whole thing.   Jax appears to be doing better in her life, so good for her!

Myself, there were bits of this video that I related to and bits that I didn’t.  That’s the way things go.  We’re all individuals and we’re all going to have different experiences and different reactions.  For instance, I agree with Jax about Long Island ice teas but I don’t drink coffee, either.  Seriously, I have never been a coffee person and I guess that makes me unique among my circle of friends.  Everyone else is like, “Let’s get a coffee and discuss it,” and I’m like, “Let’s do neither.”  Or else they’re like, “Let’s have a glass of wine and talk about how much we love it when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host an awards show.” and I’m like, “Yeah, how about not?”  But, the important thing is not what we drink or what we watch but the fact that I agree with Jax’s overall conclusion.  Chill the fuck out and enjoy life.  Stop worrying about the stuff that doesn’t really matter.  Find yourself.  Host your own awards show and give yourself every trophy.  You’ve earned them.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: The Foundation by Nicolas Godin featuring Cola Boyy (2019, dir by Greg Barnes)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

For today’s music video of the day, we have an interstellar epic of sorts.  The astronaut is played by Anna Sari while the scientist is played by Rick Kiesewetter.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Let’s Make Love and Listen To Death From Above by CSS (2006, dir by Cat Solen)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Now, before anyone starts in with, “Oh, Lisa’s going to talk about the end of the world, again,” I most definitely am not.  The “Death From Above” that’s referenced in this song is literally the band Death From Above.  In this video, the members of CSS even wear elephant masks as an homage from Death From Above, which is a nice gesture, I think.  So, no, this song is not about a comet or a gigantic meteor smashing down on the Earth while the members of the band make love.  Unless, of course, that’s how you really want to interpret it.  As you know, I’m a big supporter of freedom of interpretation.

This was CSS’s first international single.  It was taken off of their debut studio album, Cansei de Ser Sexy.  Sadly, the song was a hit only in the UK.  So, once again, the British got it right.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Black Friday by Stray From The Path (2014, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today is Black Friday!  This is the day when, all across the United States, people storm into stores and fight each other over …. well, everything.

Every year, there’s like a hundred think pieces decrying the commercialism of Black Friday and complaining that corporations are exploiting human weakness and that it’s a sad state of affairs and blah blah blah.  Listen — I love Black Friday.  Black Friday is where you prove what your worth and show just how far you’re willing to go to make sure that everyone you love has a merry Christmas.  My sisters and I are expert Black Friday shoppers and yes, we still go out and hit the stores.  We take the risk.  We don’t hide behind online shopping.  Not on Black Friday.

So, let’s hope that the Bowman sisters can summon half as much energy this Black Friday as Stray From The Path summons up in this video.  Of course, I should point out that this song is very much against the madness of Black Friday.  It attacks “American Greed” and basically taunts those of us who hit the sales.  Well, that’s their right.  I mean, I don’t think anyone can be shocked to discover that Stray From The Path is skeptical of capitalism run amok.

(Myself, I love capitalism.  It’s fun.)

Anyway, stay safe out there and enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Drinking Alone by Carrie Underwood (2019, dir by Randee St. Nicholas)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I have to say that I kind of got worried for Carrie while I was watching this video.

“You don’t know that man, Carrie!” I shouted, “Be careful!”

I’m not particularly a fan of country music but I’ve always liked Carrie Underwood, largely because she seems to be unpretentious and, all things considered, rather down-to-Earth.  That said, when she was on American Idol, I was planning on voting for Bo Bice.  But then Bo started singing songs acapella and I was like, “Uh, I don’t want to encourage that type of behavior.”  I was legitimately torn between Carrie and Bo.  In the end, if I remember correctly, I compromised by voting for Gary Johnson, instead.

Anyway, on a serious note, I don’t think Carrie Underwood could have pulled this song off 10 years ago.  There’s a kind of sad “I’ve suffered real pain” feel to this song and it’s the type of thing that I imagine only comes with getting older and experiencing some real disillusion.  That melancholy feel is there in the video, too.  I mean, there’s a lot of quiet desperation going on here and it’s going to take more than a live performance of The Sound of Music to make everything okay again.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Yellow Is The Color Of Her Eyes by Soccer Mommy (2019, dir by Alex Ross Perry)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I like this video.  It’s a little bit long, or at least it is for me.  (You should keep in mind that I have an 88-second attention span.)  But it’s a lovely song and there’s a haunting strain of melancholy running through this entire video.  Hopefully, she returned to shore.

Enjoy!