Oh no! A bunch of dogs have targeted Incubus for elimination!
However, what those dogs didn’t count on was the ability of Incubus to turn into a bunch of cats!
It’s a cute video, okay? I love cats and I’m actually starting to get over my fear of dogs.
Enjoy!
(Sorry, everyone. This is one of those videos where you going to have to click on “Watch on YouTube” to actually watch it. I know. That sucks. Didn’t we fight a revolution and write a constitution to prevent stuff like this from happening? Oh well. Anyway…)
Happy Valentine’s Day!
This fun little video from Haim features a lot of dancing and was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson! Someday, Anderson needs to direct a feature-length musical. Spielberg can produce that West Side Story remake if he wants but he needs to hire Anderson to direct it.
(Some may point out that it would have made more sense to have picked Anderson’s video for Haim’s Valentine for today’s music video of the day. They would be right, except for the fact that the Valentine video lasts 14 minutes while this one is a brisk 3 minutes and 39 seconds.)
Enjoy!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can hear you already.
But Lisa, just because the song is called Mardi Gras that doesn’t mean that it’s about our Mardi Gras…
Okay, you got a point. But here’s my point: today is Mardi Gras. And this song is called Mardi Gras. And I like it. It’s a fun song to listen to while you’re stuck in traffic.
Besides, if you’re complaining about stuff like that today that means that you’re totally missing the point of Mardi Gras.
Enjoy!
Seeing as how tomorrow is, depending on where you live, either Fat or Shrove Tuesday, I decided why not share a music video about New Orleans?
It probably says something about the way I view the world that, whenever I see this video, I’m always expecting that it’s going to turn out that our group of friends is trying to cover up a murder or something. The whole video gives off a “We accidentally killed a guy, let’s have a good time before we have to find a place to bury him,” vibe. Of course, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
This video was directed by Michael Fierstein. Steven Andrew Garcia was the director of photography.
Enjoy!
Hvíldu í friði.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
Through the Shattered Lens