Music Video of the Day: New York City by Kylie Minogue (2019, dir by ????)


New York City has inspired many great songs and movies.  Maybe not as many as Paris, or even London for that matter, but still, out of the cities that can be visited on the North American continent, New York City is definitely one of the cultural leaders.  After all, it’s got more of a history than Los Angeles and it’s less corrupt than Chicago.  ALL HAIL NEW YORK!

Of course, I live in Texas and we tend to make a lot of jokes about New York down here.  But we do it out of love.  Or, at the very least, I do.  Of course, the main thing that I love about New York is that everyone’s in a hurry and you don’t have to waste a lot of time being polite.  I like that.  The whole avoiding eye contact thing is a part of what makes New York great, in my honest opinion.

Anyway, this video from Kyle Minogue has a 1970s New York-on-cocaine feel to it.  At least, that’s what I assume New York was like in the disco era.  I’ve only got the movies to go on and Saturday Night Fever always seems like it’s just a few seconds away from showing someone doing a line of coke while John Travolta’s on the dance floor.

What I’m saying here is that there’s a lot that I don’t know for sure.  But I do like New York and I do like dancing and I probably would have had fun in the 70s.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over (1991, dir by Jesse Dylan)


I love this song.  It’s simple but it’s profound and I think the video works for the exact same reason.  Sometimes, you don’t need to be flashy.  You don’t need to show off.  Sometimes, you just have to let the music do its thing.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Pa’ Bailar (Bailarin En El Tren) by Bajofondo (2009, dir by ????)


Today’s music video of the day comes to us from Bajofondo, a band made up of musicians from Argentina and Uruguay.  Bajofondo’s goal is to create and popularize a more contemporary version of tango and the other musical styles of the Rio de la Plata region.

This is an enjoyable video.  Watching it causes me to flash back to the summer I spent in Europe and especially riding the train into Venice.  Of course, nobody was actually dancing in the aisles on that train but it always seemed like they should have been.

Like yesterday’s music video of the day, I was introduced to this band, song, and video by twitter user @WarrenPeas64.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Stefan by Hrdza (2018, dir by ????)


Today’s music video of the day comes to us from Hrdza, a band from Slovakia.  It’s an adaptation of an old folk song and it’s a nicely energetic and fun little video, I think.  I have to admit that as I was watching it, I saw a lot that reminded me of my own family.  I think it’s kind of nice that I can relate a song and a music video from Slovakia to my own big Irish-Italian-Spanish family.  Some things are universal!

I should mention that I discovered this song through the weekly #ILikeToWatch live tweet.  This song and video was selected by twitter user @WarrenPeas64.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday) by Moby (2003, dir by Style Wars)


The story that began in the video for In This World continues in the video for Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday).  The aliens are back!  This time, they have a little bit more success getting noticed.  In fact, you could almost say that they have too much success.  Can you blame them for deciding to go back to their home?

As for the song, I’ve always thought it was one of Moby’s best.  It’s also one of his saddest songs, full of regret and melancholy.  The fact that Moby was born on September 11th, 1965 undoubtedly has something to do with that.  It’s interesting that such a sad song could inspire such an enjoyable video.

Just keep in mind that this video, featuring aliens getting their own television series, was released long before Keeping Up With The Kardashians.  So, you can consider this to be a prophetic video, if you are so inclined.

Enjoy!