It’s really not the Christmas season if you don’t find an excuse to share a video of Santa Baby. This version features Rachel Brown singing the title tune, which was previously made famous by Eartha Kitt.
Personally, I like this song because it celebrates getting stuff. I’m all for that.
Enjoy!
In all honesty, I prefer Taylor Swift’s version of Last Christmas. However, as I shared last weekend, Taylor Swift has never released an official video for Last Christmas.
However, Alcazar did! So, here you go.
Of course, Last Christmas was originally performed by Wham! Val shared their version last Christmas.
Enjoy!
Today’s music video of the day should not be confused with the Terry Zwigoff movie of the same name. If anything this Santa seems pretty fun, even if he does charge for an autograph.
Anyway, I don’t have much to say about this video, other than it’s a fun little video and perfect for the holiday season. It was directed by Jim Lang, who, according the imvdb, has been directing music videos since 2012.
Enjoy!
Today’s music video of the day is for that timeless “classic,” Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.
I use the quotation marks because not everyone thinks that this song is a classic. Some people, like me, think the song gets kinda unbearable after you hear it six or seven times. I feel bad for people who work retail and who have to spend 8 hours listening to this. Hopefully, they’ll get paid extra for the pain and suffering…
That said, I have to admit that I’m strangely fascinated by this song. It’s generally considered to be a children’s song, though it’s actually rather dark. Grandma is apparently an old alcoholic who is beyond saving. After getting drunk and ruining Christmas Eve, she stumbles outside and nearly gets killed when she falls over. The song’s narrator is told that she was run over by a reindeer because none of the adult wants to confront the truth. Grandma’s got a problem.
At least, that’s the way I’ve always interpreted the lyrics. You may hear something else when you listen to this song. All I know is that, judging from this video, Grandpa is so used to his wife getting violently drunk that he doesn’t even notice anymore. He sleeps right through it.
It’s kinda sad.
Enjoy!
Since yesterday’s music video of the day brought visions of a holiday-themed zombie apocalypse, I decided to go a little bit more traditional for today’s music video of the day.
Please… enjoy the romance of the holidays.
Enjoy!
If the Christmas cheer is getting to be too much for you, today’s music video of the day is for you!
As this video from Kieran Strange proves, the zombie apocalypse stops for no holiday.
Enjoy!
Today’s music video is sure to get you in the holiday mood!
This video is for No Doubt’s cover of a Christmas song by the Vandals. It’s a pretty simple video, actually. No Doubt is beating some guys up when they finally get the Christmas spirit. To be honest, I’ve always imagined that this what a typical day in the life of No Doubt was like.
Anyway, this video was directed by Sophie Muller. On the IMVDB, Sophie Muller has been credited with directing 222 videos. She’s worked with almost everyone.
As for the video itself, I just like it because it’s one of those videos that manages to find the perfect balance between sincerity and satire.
Enjoy!
Right now, as I write this, there are lot of people on twitter and in the media who are bitching and whining because Taylor Swift hasn’t written any #Resistance songs. She didn’t endorse anyone in the 2016 election. She never talks politics. She even had the gall to say that she had a good 2017!
Since when did being happy become a microaggression?
See, this is one of the things that I hate about social media. Just because you can’t stop talking about Trump or Hillary or whoever, that doesn’t mean that everyone else is obligated to do the same. When I see people whining about Taylor Swift not using their favorite hashtag, I’m reminded of Joss Whedon, at this time last year, whining about people saying, “Happy holidays,” because he was upset over how the election went. Just because someone isn’t constantly bragging about how pissed off they are, that doesn’t mean they don’t care or that they’re not doing their part. It just means they, like me, have a life outside of whatever’s on CNN or Fox News.
Anyway, I was so annoyed with all the Taylor Swift hate that I spent Saturday listening to Last Christmas on repeat. So, it seemed like a perfect pick for Music Video of the Day, right?
Wrong.
Sadly, there isn’t an official music video of Taylor’s version of Last Christmas.
So, I decided to feature her video for Back To December, instead. It’s not specifically a Christmas song. In fact, it’s generally agreed that it’s a song about Taylor’s breakup with Taylor Lautner. (Taylor Swift has never specifically confirmed who it’s about, beyond saying that the song was meant to be an apology to a former lover.) But hey, it’s December and there’s snow on the ground. As far as I’m concerned, that makes it a Christmas song.
The video was directed by Yoann Lemoine, who has several credits. (He’s also directed videos for Katy Perry, Lana del Ray, and Drake.) Taylor’s love interest is played by Guntars Asmanis.
Enjoy!
This is perhaps the greatest music video of all time and it only cost $800 to make.
First a little background of how Spike Jonze came to direct this video. Apparently, Jonze unsuccessfully lobbied for the chance to direct the video of Fatboy Slim’s Rockafeller Skank. However, Jonze still made a video of himself dancing to the song and sent it to Fatboy Slim (also known as Norman Cook) as a gift/joke. Cook was so impressed that he hired Jonze to make the video for Praise You.
Here’s what you really need to know about this video:
Despite the authenticity and the passion of the amateur performance captured in this video, The Torrance Community Dance Group does not exist.
Richard Koufey does not exist. That is Spike Jonze playing Koufey. I don’t know if Jonze “performed in several B-boy posses” while growing up, as Koufey claims to have done. There’s something oddly touching about the enthusiastic way that Jonze/Koufey shouts, “B-boy.”
The bewildered audience is real and their confused reaction to Koufey’s performance was real too. This video was shot outside of a movie theater, without permission or permits. What you’re seeing in this video is technically a crime, which makes it all the more enjoyable. I’m not sure if the man who briefly turns off the music was in on it or not. If that wasn’t planned out ahead of time, Jonze was definitely taking a risk by jumping on him.
Myself, I just love the enthusiasm of it all. It takes talent to be both bad and good at the same time.
Enjoy!
To be honest, the main reason that I picked this for today’s music video of the day is because it’s rare a day passes by that I don’t describe myself as being “a 90s bitch.”
Reportedly, this song was recorded at a time when both Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt were going through difficult break-ups. From Songfacts.com:
The song doubles as a kiss-off to the Icona Pop duo’s then boyfriends. “We were going through similar stuff, with dating pigs, and things were not going our way. And when that song came along, we just felt it, and we wanted people to feel our anger,” Jawo explained to MTV News. “We felt the song was a strong song, and … we just wanted to get the song out and get the pigs to hear it. You know who you are.”
“Now, we meet them on the street when we’re back home, and you’re like ‘Hi!’ and they’re like ‘hi,'” Hjelt added. “And we’re like ‘Hahaha, thank you for the inspiration.'”
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens