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Music Video Of The Day: Louisiana Blue (2012, dir by Steven Boyle)
It’s Mardi Gras weekend so I’m going to guess right now that people are flooding into Louisiana.
I’ve always loved Louisiana. My family lived in Shreveport for nearly two years, from December of ’96 to May of ’98. It was the last state that we lived in before returning to Texas and it’s a place that I’ve visited a few times since. (Shreveport, I might add, also celebrates Mardi Gras. It’s just that it tends to be a little bit more sedate in Shreveport than in New Orleans.) Louisiana is a state that is full of atmosphere and eccentric historical oddities. If you ever think your political leaders are crazy, do a google search on “Edwin Edwards” or “Earl Long.” If you ever think there’s never been a stranger moment in history than now, read T. Harry Williams’s biography of Huey Long.
Anyway, today’s music video of the day is all about Louisiana. Radney Foster’s Louisiana Blue has a nice mellow mood to it. Consider it to be the calm before the storm.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: American Guilt by Unknown Mortal Orchestra (2018, dir by Greg Sharp)
There’s a lot of flies and a lot of trash in this video. There’s also some fireworks down at the bottom of the screen. At first, I thought that maybe they were meant to indicate that this video was taking place during the 4th of July. But then camera panned by that open briefcase and I saw all of that money. That’s when I decided that the video was probably showing us the spot where D.B. Cooper set up camp after he jumped out of that plane.
(Don’t know the story of D.B. Cooper? It’s an interesting one, check it out here!)
Then I went back and actually listened to the lyrics and I realized that probably wasn’t the case. Here they are:
American Guilt
Tape over the camera
No more utopian videos
Eyes painted on eyelids
Viva la Mexico
Oh no
Here it comes
the American Guilt
Land of the expensive
Even the nazis are crying
History’s private property
Viva la Mexico
Oh no
Here it comes
the American Guilt
Anyway, American Guilt is off of the upcoming “Sex and Guilt,” which will be released on April 6th! Here’s a link to stream/pre-order: https://unknownmortalorchestra.lnk.to/sexandfood
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: I Was A Fool by Sunflower Bean (2017, dir by Andy DeLuca)
For today’s music video of the day, we have I Was A Fool by Sunflower Bean.
While I never attended a dance quite as bad as the one presented here, this video still brings back a lot of memories for me. I’m sure I’m not alone in that. When you’re in high school, even the smallest bit of nonconformity makes you feel as if you’re challenging and changing the world. This video celebrates the intoxication of being young and rebellious.
Enjoy!
Music Video of The Day: These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (1966, dir by ????)
This song seems like a good one for Super Bowl Sunday. One team is going to win. The other team is going to have these boots walking all over them. Actually, I guess football player don’t wear boots. But maybe they’ll slip into some boots after the game is over. Who knows?
This song was written be Lee Hazlewood, who was originally planning on singing the song himself. Apparently, his version was meant to be even more aggressive than the version that was ultimately recorded by Nancy Sinatra. From Songfacts:
Hazlewood often drew inspiration for his songs from regular people. In a Blender magazine interview, he said he was in a Texas bar when some patrons started razzing an older guy about his younger girlfriend and how she controlled him. The man responded by putting his feet on a barstool and saying, “I know what you think – that she might be the boss. But I am the boss of my house, and these boots will walk all over her the day that I’m not.”
Lee had written the song for himself: “It was a party song I had written two or three years before that. It was a joke to begin with. I had written a beautiful song for her, ‘The City Never Sleeps At Night,’ and she wondered if it would sell. I replied, ‘Three times more than ‘So Long Babe,’ and that did 60,000. We’re building up your career.’ I changed my mind and put it on the back of ‘Boots’ and that sold 6 million.”
Nancy Sinatra recalled in the documentary The Wrecking Crew that Lee Hazlewood was going to record the song himself, but she talked him out of it. Said Sinatra, “When a guy sings it, the song sounds harsh and abusive, but it’s perfect for a little girl.”
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Riot Rhythm by Sleigh Bells (2010, dir by Bo Mirosseni)
With the Super Bowl coming up tomorrow and everyone in this country currently obsessed with competition and victory, today seems like a good time to share this music video for Sleigh Bells!
The world of computer chess?
It’s a brutal!
Enjoy!
Music Video of The Day: Musings Of The Tide by Pageants (2018, dir by Ryan Ford)
I have to admit that when this video started, I assumed that everyone would eventually turn out to be a vampire. I’ve seen enough horror movies to know that vampires always dance in clubs where the lights are tinted red.
Well, regardless of whether the video directly confirmed my suspicions or not, I still believe everyone in this video is meant to be undead. That’s my interpretation and when have I ever been willing to change my mind about anything?
On a serious note, I like this video. It has a dream-like feel to it. As far as I can tell, this is first video that Ryan Ford is credited with directing and visually, it’s very impressive. I look forward to more work from this director.
Enjoy!
Music Video Of The Day: If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead by James Blake (2018, dir by Alexander Brown)
There’s a lot of driving in this video, which is just fine with me. I love to drive, though a lot of that is because I get car sick if I had to sit in the passenger’s seat while someone else gets to determine how fast the car’s going to go. Usually, if the car beside me starts to move ahead, I’ll speed up. It’s hard not to view something like that as being a challenge.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Thank You Hater! by Clever Pie and Isabel Fay (2012, dir by Chris Lincé)
It’s been nearly six years since this song and video first came out and it’s just as true as ever!
I’ve been writing for this site for a while now and, of course, I’m fairly active on twitter. I’ve had to deal with my share of haters and trolls. It just goes with the territory. For a while there, I used to let trolls get under my skin. I would snap back and tell them to fuck off and insult their parents and wish death upon them. If you go back far enough, you’ll find a few of the less-than-polite responses that I used to leave people.
However, over the past year or so, I’ve gotten to the point where I no longer worry about the haters. Some of it is because I’m more mature now than when I first started writing for this site. Some of it is because I’ve finally dealt with a lot of the anger that I used to carry with me and, for whatever reason, my outlook is now a lot more positive in general. A lot of it is just experience. Quite frankly, I’ve seen a lot of people come and go, enough to know that most trolls only have a two-year shelf life before they give up and move on to something else. As well, after you deal with enough trolls, you come to realize that 1) they’re pathetic human beings and 2) they’re going to attack no matter how you respond so it’s pointless to give them the satisfaction. For the most part, people who attack others online are very unhappy people. Once you realize that anytime a troll says, “LOL,” they’re actually saying, “God, I wish I was dead,” they become a lot easier to ignore.
Anyway, enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Destroyer by Saint Motel (2017, dir by Alan Smithee)
Much as I do with the video for their song My Type, I love the retro feel of this video for Saint Motel’s Destroyer.
The credited director is Alan Smithee. Mr. Smithee has had quite a career in the world of music videos. He has been credited with directing 73 videos and editing 19 more. He also has 8 cinematography credits and 2 writing credits. That’s quite prolific!
Of course, Alan Smithee doesn’t actually exist. Historically, the Smithee named was used by film directors who felt that their creative vision had been fatally compromised by philistine producers. Though it’s been a while since Alan Smithee directed a film, it appears that he’s found a second life in the music industry.
Good for him!
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 