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Music Video of the Day: Half Life by Spector (2019, dir by Callum James)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I like the mix of glitz and ennui that’s present in this video.  When I first saw this video, I have to admit that I mistakenly thought the video had been filmed in several cities in the United States, one of which was I was sure was Las Vegas.  I’m really glad that I actually bothered to google “Where was Spector’s Half-Life video filmed” before I wrote up this post because it turns out that I was 100% incorrect.

(See?  Everyone complains about Google but, sometimes, it can be your best friend.)

It turns out that this video was shot in East London.  Fred Macpherson is sitting in the back of an Uber and having a minor existential crisis as he watches the world pass him by.  According to the linked article, this video was very much a bit of a do it yourself project with Fred just riding around with a camera crew who recorded whatever it was that they saw during the drive.  That takes a certain amount of courage because, seriously, what would you do if you saw absolutely nothing while you were driving around?

(Myself, I’d probably wonder how I suddenly found myself in Vermont …. I’m joking!  I swear, it’s just a joke….)

Anyway, as I said, I like the mix of glamour and insecurity that’s present in this video.  Anyone who has ever felt isolated while surrounded by hundreds of people will be able to relate to this video’s theme.  This video is for everyone who has felt like they were lost even though they knew exactly where they were.  And yet, I don’t necessarily feel that this is a pessimistic video.  As long as the journey’s continuing, there’s always something new on the horizon.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Beabadoobee — She Plays Bass (2019, dir by Bedroom)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

From the minute I saw those red curtains, I started thinking about Twin Peaks and the Black Lodge.  I don’t know if that was the video’s intention or not.  Still, I’m always happy to find David Lynch references anywhere that I look.  And, just because you’re in the Black Lodge, that doesn’t mean you can’t be entertained.

I mean, everyone loves music, right?

Myself, I always wished I could play bass.  Of course, another part of me wishes that I could play drums.  I think I’d be a kickass red-haired drummer.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: She’s Like The Wind, covered by Michael Spaulding (2013, dir by Michael Carroll)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Continuing yesterday’s Dirty Dancing theme, today’s music video of the day is for Michael Spaulding’s cover of She’s Like The Wind.  She’s Like The Wind was written and originally performed by Patrick Swayze and, while there’s official video for the original on YouTube, I think Spaulding’s cover serves as an acceptable substitute.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (1987, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I watched Dirty Dancing last week so, needless to say, I’ve had this song stuck in my head ever since.

I’m going to guess that if you’re last name is Medley, you’re kinda required by law to become a singer.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: David Bowie by Chloe MK (2019, dir by Hunter Airheart)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I miss David Bowie

I miss Prince

Today’s music video of the day is a tribute to dead artists, remembered dreams, past memories, and lost love.  That really is the way the think about music, isn’t it?  We don’t think about what a song has to say or any of that stuff.  Instead, we think about what we happening the first, second, or hundredth time that we heard it.  Music is all about emotion and that emotion is what runs through this video.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Ride My Bike by Maude Latour (2019, dir by Tess Lafia)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

To be honest, when I first heard this song, I assumed that “ride my bike” was a metaphor for something else and a part of my still suspects that it is.  I think it can be argued that a song ultimately means whatever the listener chooses it to mean.  That’s the collaboration between the artist and the consumer.  However, according to an interview that I just read, Maude Latour actually is singing about riding her bike in this song.

Well, okay.  That’s fine.  I have some issues with bicyclists, mostly because they always seem to get in front of me whenever I’m at a red light and I’m always worried that, when the light turns green, I’m going slam down on the accelerator and run them over before they have a chance to get out of the way.  That said, I do like to run and whenever I’m running, I feel the type of exhilaration that this song describes.

The music video, of course, leaves no doubt that the song is actually about a bike.  What I like about this video is that LaTour never stop riding and really, what better way is there to survive the end of the world?  Keep moving and don’t ask for directions.  Instead, draw your own map.  Create your own path.  That’s what I did and now, I’m very happy to say that it doesn’t even matter that I lost the map a few weeks ago.  I’m just going wherever.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Make It Move by Penny Police (2019, dir by Penny Police)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This song and video are so optimistic that they almost feel like they should be played at a Marianne Williamson campaign rally.

Listen, we’ve all got a difficult week ahead of us and Monday is always the worst day.  So, my hope is that this music video and this song will help you get off to a good start!

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Club Michelle by Eddie Money (1984, directed by ????)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

You have to feel for Eddie Money in this video.

Years ago, he met the girl of his dreams at the Club Michelle but now that he’s back in town, he can’t find her.  Not in the bars.  Not on the street corner.  Not anywhere.  Instead, he’s reduced to asking his cab driver if he’s seen her.  I am not sure where this music video is taking place.  If he’s in New York, he’s never going to find her.  He can’t even find the club again!

As a performer, Eddie Money’s popularity was due to being a rock star who still came across as being a total doofus.  Listeners could relate to him in a way that they couldn’t relate to some other rock stars.  If Mick Jagger said he couldn’t remember where the club was, you’d never buy it.  But Eddie Money?  You would be shocked if he didn’t get lost in New York.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Loaded by Primal Scream (1992, directed by ????)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

“Just what is it that you want to do?”

“We wanna get loaded and we wanna have a good time”

That, of course, is Peter Fonda who is heard at the start of Primal Scream’s Loaded.  This vocal sample was lifted from the 1966 biker film, The Wild Angels.  Peter Fonda played Heavenly Blues.  Nancy Sinatra was Mike.  Together, they had a very good time.  The biking legacy of Heavenly Blues is continued in the video for the song.

As a result of this song, like a lot of 90s kids, I could perfectly quote Peter Fonda’s speech even though I didn’t even know that it was taken from a movie.  (I think most of us assumed it was just a member of the band saying something cool.)  It wasn’t until years later that I would watch The Wild Angels and I would discover just exactly who it was who wanted to get loaded and where they wanted to do it.

Loaded started out as a remix of a previous Primal Scream song, I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have.  Producer Andrew Weatherall added in not only Peter Fonda’s speech from The Wild Angels but also a vocal sample from The Emotions’ I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love, a drum loop from Edie Brickell’s What I Am, and also Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie singing a line from Robert Johnson’s Terraplane Blues.  Years later, Gillespie would tell an interviewer from NME that he wasn’t sure how he managed to clear the rights for all the samples but that if he hadn’t, Primal Scream never would have become the success that it did.  Loaded would go on to become Primal Scream’s first top 10 hit in the UK and, in many ways, it remains their signature song.

All thanks to Peter Fonda.

R.I.P.