Taylor Swift gets revenge on an ex-boyfriend! The ex-boyfriend, in this case, was played by a football player named Justin Sandy was not an ex-boyfriend of Taylor’s. Taylor said that he was perfect for the part because he was a “real-life Ken” doll. Playing the role of Taylor’s friend in this video is an actual friend of Taylor’s, Abigail Anderson.
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I have to admit that I’m not really a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen or his working class posturing. (At this point, the majority of the people who he sings about will never be able to actually afford to see him in concert.) But I will acknowledge that the people who like Bruce Springsteen tend to really, really, really like him. And there’s something to be said for that.
Anyway, I picked today’s music video of the day because I watched Air last night and I was really impressed by Jason Bateman’s monologue about how few people actually listen to Born in the USA‘s rather dark lyrics. This video was directed by John Sayles, another person who has made a career out of claiming to be the voice of the working class.
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I like the Dario Argento-style color scheme.
Someday, I’m going to learn how to play pool.
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This video was filmed in Los Angeles, with the costumes coming from the Carnaval de Barranquilla. Needless to say, this is a fun song to dance to.
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This song and most of the footage in this video was taken from a Steven Seagal movie. Exit Wounds was apparently Seagal’s last big studio film. Both the song and the video make Seagal look cooler than he’s ever looked in any of his films but obviously, a lot of that is due to the power of DMX’s vocals. DMX could make anything seem powerful.
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This song, of course, features vocals from the much-missed Brittany Murphy. The music video was shot on the roof of a parking garage in downtown Los Angeles.
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Today’s music video of the day comes to us from The Chemical Brothers’s seventh studio album, Further. All eight track on Further came with their own unique video, directed by Marcus Lyall and Adam Smith. Horse Power is my personal favorite from the album. If it doesn’t make you dance, nothing will.
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I saw this on an old episode of Night Flight on Friday night and, I don’t know. It just felt appropriate for today’s music video of the day. In some ways, this video feels even stranger and more ominous than the one that Ken Russell came up with when he directed the film adaptation of Tommy.
Personally, my hope is that the next CSI show, should there ever be another one, will use Pinball Wizard as their theme song. Just imagine Nathan Fillion saying something quippy, putting on his sunglasses and …. “SURE PLAYS A MEAN PINBALL!” Opening credits! It’ll be a hit.
One final note. When The Who played Tommy at Woodstock, they were interrupted by Abbie Hoffman, who apparently wanted to give an impromptu speech. The band did the right thing and Pete Townsend literally kicked Hoffman off the stage. And, in that way, The Who saved not only Woodstock but also the 60s.
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Through the Shattered Lens 