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Music Video of the Day: In This World by Moby (2002, dir by Style Wars)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

In case you’ve ever wondered what it will be like when the aliens finally arrive on Earth, it’ll probably be a lot like this video.  You do have to give the aliens credit for trying though.  They made signs and everything.  Maybe they’re mistake was landing in New York.  New York is a very busy city and most people don’t really have time to look for tiny aliens.  That said, you have to love their refusal to give in.  They’re not going to surrender to despair.  They’re just going to make a bigger sign.

One thing I always enjoy about the videos that Moby made in the early aughts is that the songs were often somber and tinged with sadness but the videos frequently weren’t.

The aliens, by the way, will be back tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: HandClap by Fitz and the Tantrums (2016, dir by Marc Klasfeld)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here’s something energetic to start your day with!

This is yet another video directed by Marc Klasfeld.  Over on the imvdb, Klasfeld is credited with directing 107 videos, for everyone from Britney Spears to Katy Perry to Big Time Rush.  Basically, if you’re going to make music, you have to have at least one of your videos directed by Marc Klasfeld.  That appears to be the law of the land.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Connection by OneRepublic (2018, dir by Joel Pront)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This is a pretty good song but it’s impossible for me to hear it without thinking about those damn jeep commercials that were pretty much on all the channels all the time last year.  Obviously, having your song (or a part of your song) heard several times a day is a good thing and it certainly explains why so many bands are willing to have their music used to sell unrelated products.  Still, hearing a song in commercial always seems to dilute its power.

(It’s kind of like when I see that commercial for WGU that features that terrible, overwrought cover of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A Changin‘.  And I’m just like, “I hope Bob Dylan’s making some money off of this.”)

Anyway, this video was directed by Joel Pront while the choreography was done by Matthew Peacock.  Both the song and the video deal with the difficulty that comes with trying to maintain any sort of real, human connection in a world that seems to be designed to turn us all into social media-obsessed recluses.  Of course, the jeep commercials left out most of the downbeat parts of the song and just focused on the chorus, as if the point of the song was that the best way to connect with people is to drive them around in a new jeep.  The video, however, is more to the point.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Everloving by Moby (2000, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Everloving is one of my favorite songs but, unfortunately, there’s never been an “official” music video for it.  However, we do have this footage of Moby performing the song on British TV and, for me, that’s close enough!

This song always gets to me on an emotional level.  I guess that’s probably true for a lot of people.  I can still remember one night, up at Lake Texoma night.  I was listening to this song and staring at the reflection of the moon on the water.  And, for a few minutes, I felt like I could walk out on the water and if I just kept walking, I would eventually find myself standing on the moon.  It’s hard to explain but it was a transcendent moment.

We’re starting a new month and, for me, a new month is always a chance for renewal.  The struggles of the previous month are over with.  Whatever issues were present in April are gone.  Now, it’s May and it’s time to leave behind everything that came before.  For me, this song is all about that promise of renewal.

For instance, after spending most of April feeling like I was falling behind, I wrote two pretty good reviews on Tuesday — Avengers: Endgame and The Curse of La Llorona.  And, for May Day, I’m going to celebrate the conquering of my writer’s block by buying a lot of stuff that I don’t really need, spending a lot of money on myself, and supporting capitalism in every possible way.  And I’ll probably have this song playing in my head while I do it.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Stranger Danger by The Coathangers (2019, dir by Matt Odom)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This video is kind of weird and disturbing, which is why I liked it.  I think if you’re going to do a music video, you have to do one of two things.  You either have to make the viewer feel good or you have to give the viewer nightmares.  If you can do both, then you will have truly succeeded.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Take It Back by Marshmello (2017, dir by Daniel Burke)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Awwwwwwww!  What an incredibly sweet video!  Not only do we get to meet Marshmello’s family but we also see what a happy and friendly family that he comes from.  There’s nothing more nerve-wracking than meeting your significant other’s family for the first time.  When they welcome you with open arms and let you know that they accept you and that you belong, it’s such a great feeling.

As Marshmello put it:  “This video is a reminder that no matter where you’re from, there is always room for acceptance. ❤”

That’s a good message, don’t you think?  If nothing else, it’s good to see that humans and marshmallows can treat each other as equals.  This, despite the long and sordid history of humans burning them over camp fires.  I mean, if that can be forgiven then it seems like anything’s possible.

For those curious, in the real world, Marshmello is not actually a marshmallow.  Instead, he’s a DJ named Chris.  His distinctive look was inspired by Deadmau5.  As well, if you’re really into Marshmello, you can go on YouTube and watch Cooking with Marshmello.

For instance, here Marshemllo shows us how to make Friend cookies:

And here, you can watch Marshmello play Fortnite blindfolded:

Enjoy!

Music Video of The Day: This Feeling by The Chainsmokers, featuring Kelsea Bellerini (2018, dir by Similar But Different)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Welcome to the world of Motorcross, which is apparently the most fun you can have when you combine motorcycles and drunk people.  (Of course, the majority of the drunk people are in the stands, watching.  Or, at least, that’s the way things tend to be down here in Texas, where people are responsible drivers but irresponsible observes.  Unless, of course, the driver has presidential ambitions and is the son of an extremely wealthy local politician.  Then, he can pretty much do whatever the Hell he wants behind the wheel of a car….)

Anyway, I like this video because not only does it capture the blue collar swagger of a local sporting event but it also ends with a hint that everyone’s dead.  At least, that’s what I assume the final image means.  Did they die during the race or before?  It’s totally possible that they could in Purgatory and maybe we’re just watching them pass the time while they wait for a final judgment.

I appreciate the dusty atmosphere of this video.  I like the suggestion of a melodrama that we can observe but perhaps not quite understand.  It’s a deceptively simple video.  What looks like a simple race might actually be a journey to something else.  It’s up to the viewer to decide just where exactly that journey is going.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Morgan Page (ft. Lissie) — The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix) (2008, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’m a Texas girl so I guess it’s kind of inevitable that I would love this video (not to mention the song!).  I’ve spent some time in the desert though I haven’t spent as much time on the back of a horse as some members of my family.  Some of that’s because, one of the few times that I did ride a horse, we ended up running straight through a giant spider web.  Fortunately, the spider wasn’t home at the time but that still didn’t keep me from screaming all the way from Benavides to San Antonio.

I know that non-Texans tend to assume that everyone down here owns a horse and wears a cowboy hat but that’s not really true.  That said, a Texas horse is still better than every other horse in every other state of the union.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: I Don’t Even Know What I’m Saying by Yaeger (2019, dir by The Marshall Darlings)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This music video of the day reminds me of a recurring dream of mine.  I’m always in the back seat of a car.  I’m always talking.  And it’s always a struggle to be heard.  Several of my friends have told me that they’ve had the same dream so it appears to be a universal theme of sorts.

Of course, in real life, I usually insist on either doing the driving or, at the very least, being up front in the passenger’s seat.  I like to be in control of my own destiny.

Enjoy!