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Music Video of the Day: Goodbye to You by Michelle Branch (2006, dir by Francis Lawrence)
Today’s music video of the day is another break-up anthem. In this case, it’s Michelle Branch singing Goodbye To You while going through all of her break-up rituals. These rituals include going to a pawnshop and exchanging her ring for a guitar and taking a goldfish to the beach. Along the way to the beach, she witnesses a forest fire. The fire actually looks pretty serious and undoubtedly, many lives were lost as a result. However, this video reminds us that nothing is more important than going to the beach and singing away your troubles.
(To be honest, I’m surprised the roads weren’t closed because that forest fire looked really dangerous. I know that California gets a new wildfire every week but still, I found myself wondering if Michelle’s going to have a home to which to return once she gets finished singing on the beach.)
This video was directed by Francis Lawrence, who also did The Hunger Games sequels. If Jennifer Lawrence had been driving that car, she would have gotten out and helped to put out that fire. I mean, I like the beach too and there’s even a little downtown pawnshop that I love but even I know that there are things that are more important.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Over by Lindsay Lohan (2004, dir by Jake Nava)
Leave Lindsay alone!
Way back in 2004, both this music video and this song were favorites of mine. That said, even back then, I found myself wondering if I would still be attracted to a guy if he couldn’t stand up to his father. Lindsay and her boyfriend (Drew Fuller) have a lot of chemistry but, whenever his father shows up, the guy meekly leaves. Whenever I watch this video, I want the guy to punch out his father or, at the very least, for Lindsay to kick the old man in the groin. That’s probably not a very realistic expectation on my part, though. I mean, assault and battery? It really would be over!
Reportedly, this video was inspired by one of the worst films to ever win the Oscar for Best Picture, American Beauty. I’m holding on to hope that someday, Linsday will finally get her Oscar. Don’t scoff. Bigger comebacks have happened and, even in this somewhat overwrought video, Lindsay delivered a pretty good performance. Of course, someone’s going to have to take a chance and write a decent role for her. You’re not going to win an Oscar appearing in Netflix Christmas movies. Just ask Kurt Russell. He totally deserved the award for his performance as Santa Claus but he was snubbed not once but twice. Stupid Academy.
When this video came out, some of my friends thought Lindsay and her boyfriend were crazy for fooling around in a deserted trailer but I’m a country girl at heart so I thought it was sweet. Seriously, though, a deserted trailer can be the most romantic place on the planet under the right circumstances. I would caution everyone to just watch out for snakes because this one time, in Arkansas….
Anyway, enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: So Yesterday by Hilary Duff (2003, dir by Chris Applebaum)
For today’s music video of the day, Hilary Duff says that you’re so yesterday!
Personally, I’ve always liked Hilary Duff and I think she’s underrated as both a singer and an actress. For instance, The Haunting of Sharon Tate was a problematic film on several levels but Hilary Duff’s performance in the title role made the film several times better than it probably had any right to be. Add to that, Hilary Duff is a Texas girl, just like me! Texas girls support each other.
Texas plays a role in this video. Hilary breaks up with her boyfriend, who appears to be a Galveston surfer. When he leaves his Don’t Mess With Texas t-shirt on the beach, Hilary steals it and then takes it around the town and basically gets everyone to pose while wearing it. Good for her! This is a fun, revenge-filled video. Hilary Duff lets her ex know that he is “so yesterday,” and his t-shirt looks better on a random skater dude than it does on him. Take that!
I’ve been asked if Don’t Mess With Texas is something that is really said down here and the answer is that it is. Don’t Mess With Texas started out as an anti-littering slogan but it has since been transformed into a catch-all phrase that can be used for almost any situation. For instance, whenever we talk about all of the Yankees that have been moving down here, we always agree that they better live by the slogan. Remember why you left your old state and don’t mess with Texas.
Enjoy!
Music Video Of The Day: Ooh La La by Britney Spears (2013, dir by Marc Klasfeld)
In today’s music video of the day, Britney Spears gets to live every film lover’s dream!
Before I selected this video for today’s music video of the day, it had been a while since I had watched it and I have to admit that I had forgotten that this song was actually written for The Smurfs. When the video started, I thought Britney and her children were watching a deliberately cheesy send-up of Harry Potter and I was like, “Well, that’s clever!”
But then Britney got transported into the movie and that’s when I saw all of the little blue people around her feet. Imagine how different this video would have been if Britney had accidentally stepped on the Smurfs and left a trail of blue gore in her wake. Some in the audience would have cheered but I imagine others would have been traumatized. Myself, I don’t know how I would have reacted as I find the Smurfs to be kind of creepy but, at the same time, I wouldn’t want Britney to have a Smurf massacre on her conscience. In the end, we should just be happy that things worked out for the best.
Enjoy!
AMV Of The Day: Circus (Ace Attorney)
With Oscar Sunday coming to a close, how about an AMV of the Day? Who can resist the combination of Britney Spears and Ace Attorney?
Anime: Ace Attorney
Song: Circus (performed by Britney Spears)
Creator: xlivethemagicx (please subscribe to this creator’s channel)
Past AMVs of the Day
- Space Oddity (Cowboy Bebop)
- This is Halloween (RWBY)
- Another (Scary Song)
- Sunako Nakahara (You’re So Creepy)
- Sarcasm (Corpse Party)
- This Is Halloween (Blood-C)
- Horror Movies (Satsuriku no Tenshi)
- The Test (Final Fantasy X)
- The Boxer (Midori No Hibi)
- Phobia (NHK ni Youkoso!)
- Galvanize (Bleach)
- Keep Hope Alive (Initial D)
- Want To Be My Soldier? (Hakuouki)
- Teeth (Scissor Seven)
- Shake It Off (Various)
- Miss Independent (Okami-San And Her Seven Companions)
- Trouble (Kill La Kill)
- Clint Eastwood (Soul Eater)
- Dracula No Innocence (Castlevania)
- Madness (Castlevania)
- Non-Stop (Ace Attorney)
- A Good Song Never Dies (Black Butler)
- Baby One More Time (Diabolik Lovers)
- Toxic (Kuroshitsuji)
- If U Seek Amy (Shiki)
- Gimme More (Kakegurui)
- 3 (Winx Club)
- Monster (Various)
- Blood/Water (Various)
- Panic Room (Various)
- Just Gold (Corpse Party)
- Tag, You’re In (Corpse Party)
- It’s My Life (Lady Oscar)
- You’ll Be In My Heart (my roommate is a cat)
- Jingle Bell Rock (Various)
- Secret (Another)
- Madness (Various)
- Dracula (Diabolik Lovers)
- Control (Various)
- Blood in the Water (Castlevania)
- Believer (Ace Attorney)
- Shatter Me (Vampire Knight)
- I’m Not A Vampire (Blood Lad)
- I’m Not A Vampire (Soul Eater)
- Shut Me Up (Soul Eater)
- Carry A Big Fist (One Punch Man)
- You Can Be King Again (Hotarubi no Mori e)
- Serve and Protect (Space Battleship Yamato 2199)
- Hey Brother (One Piece)
- This Is Halloween (Soul Eater)
- Leave Me Alone (Ace Attorney)
- Something For You (Sekirei)
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Ace Attorney)
- Brand New Day (Ace Attorney)
- Angel With Shotgun (Fairy Tail)
- I’m Strong (Re:Creators)
- I’m A Kitty Cat (Nichijou)
- Dazzling Inferno (Little Witch Academia)
- Children of the Grave (Gakkou Gurashi)
- Homura’s Seven Devils (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
- Moonlight Requiem (Sailor Moon Crystal)
- Just Funkin’ Dandy (Space Dandy)
- Clarity (various)
- Skyfall (Cowboy Bebop, Fate/Zero)
- Chained (Princess Tutu)
- Breaking (Various)
- Another Fanny Service Video (Kemeko DX)
- Cosplay Bargain Bin (various)
- Can Can Pantsu (various)
- Warriors (Various)
- Sweet Dreams (Various)
- Carnivore (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Sweet Dreams (Another)
- Ship Happens (various)
- Evangelion 2.22 [Lights]
- Snowball Genocide (various)
- Iwatobi Weather Service (Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club and Attack On Titan)
- Otaku Paradise (various)
- The Breath of Spring (Bakemonogatari)
- Spiral Ascension (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
- Strangers Like Us (Gargantia on the Verdorous Planet)
- The Gore Never Bothered Me Anyway (Elfen Lied)
- Valor (Kill la Kill)
- Time Falls Away (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0)
- Don’t Stop (Nichijou)
- Left Us Falling (Clannad and Clannad: After Story)
- Devil’s Game 2.0 (Puella Magi Madoka Magica Series and Films)
- Animegraphy 2013 (Various)
- See Who I Am (Various)
- Demons of the Past (Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail)
- Ride or Die (Redline)
- Yurei (Another, Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, Mirai Nikki)
- Bloody Ayase (Oreimo)
- The End of My World (Clannad/Clannad: After Story)
- Life Is Fantastic (Nichijou)
- Event (Nichijou)
- Star x Crossed (Romeo x Juliet)
- Protectors of the Earth (Shingeki no Kyojin)
- Let Them Eat Rei (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Sorry for being Hercule, Sincerely Mr. Satan (Dragonball Z)
- Fidelity (Wolf Children Ame and Yuki)
- Nothing to Lose (One Piece)
- Affective Schoolgirls (Nichijou)
- RadioAkshun (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Danger Zone (Macross Plus)
- Maid to Kill (Black Lagoon)
- A Thousand Years (Clannad/Toradora!)
- Careful What You Wish (Black Lagoon)
- Ash vs Gary (Pokemon)
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Bakemonogatari)
- Our Miracle (Sword Art Online)
- Dead End (Mirai Nikki)
- Am I Not Human? (Another)
- Moves Like Jagger (NSFW)
- Mayoi Calling Araragi (Bakemonogatari)
- Troll of Hearts (The World God Only Knows)
- Written in the Spirals (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
- The Way You Are
- Means to an Endgame (Code Geass)
- Azumanga Daioh 1985
- Safety Dance (Nichijou)
- Cherry – Chronicles of PHOTOpanic
- Remember My Name
- Futuristic Lover (Bakemonogatari)
- Sexy and I Know It
- Everytime We Touch (Toradora!)
- War (Valkyria Chronicles)
- Hold On To That Feeling
- Disco Heaven
- Hands Up! (Dragonball/Z)
- A Little Late
- Sexy
- I Heart Tsundere
- The New Era (One Piece)
- Fairytale of Lies
- Calling
- Alchanum
- This Is War (One Piece)
- Move Along (One Piece)
- Party Rock (One Piece)
- Remember the Name (One Piece)
- Imagica
- Maya and Company
- Who’s That Chick?
- Just The Way You Are
- My First Kiss
- Death Romance
- Furor (Oreimo)
- Highschool of the Dead Game
- Kobato – Ring A Bell
- Devil’s Game
- Mahou Shoujo Requiem
- A Prelude to Dreams
- A Thousand Miles (Macross Frontier)
- Instinct
- Hold Me Now (Princess Tutu)
- The Beautiful People of Black Lagoon
- SugardanSen & Attack of the Otaku
- Fairy Tail Teenage Dream
- Repeat (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
- Toradora! Rough Love (Grow A Pear)
- Black Lagoon…To Be Loved
- This Is War (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Danse De Raven
- Azumanga Daioh – Little Girls
- Something Fishy
- And Now, A Word From Our Sponsors
- Against All Odds (Macross Frontier)
- A Thousand Miles (Todaradora!)
- Toradora Fireflies
- Spinning Infinity
- Have You Got It In You?
- Azumanga Daioh Portal
Music Video of the Day: Is Everybody Happy by David Hasselhoff (1989, dir by ????)
Seriously, we are so lucky to have the Hoff.
Is everybody happy? Well, it is Oscar Sunday so some people will be very happy but even more people are going to be bitterly disappointed that they are not going to get to go home with an Oscar. I’m not particularly enthused about sitting through the Jimmy Kimmel-hosted ceremony but I am happy that, after all the build-up, we have finally reached the Big Day!
This is going to be a big day here at TSL. I’m looking forward to it!
Set the mood, Hoff!
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Always Remember Us This Way by Lady Gaga (2018, dir by Bradley Cooper)
Awwwwww!
To be honest, I think the Oscars pretty much peaked when Bradley Cooper and Lay Gaga performed on stage together. They should have just ended the whole thing there because that was the last great Oscar moment. Instead, the Oscars continued and subsequent years so not only the COVID Oscars but also The Slap Oscars. Luckily, for the stars of A Star Is Born, we’ll always remember them this way.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Besame Mucho by Danny Aiello, feat. Hasan (2007, dir by Frankie Nasso)
“Michael Corleone says hello!”
Seriously, it’s amazing what you can come across on the YouTube when you’re searching for a music video of the day. This single appeared on an album called I Just Want To Hear The Words. Apparently, this was one of several albums that the actor Danny Aiello released during his lifetime. As a singer, Danny Aiello sounds …. well, he sounds exactly how you would expect an old school New York crooner to sound. Considering that most of his roles involved him doing a lot of bellowing, Aiello had a rather pleasant singing voice.
With the Oscars coming up, I should mention that Danny Aiello was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing. He also appeared as one of the Rosato Brothers in The Godfather Part II. Reportedly, Aiello improvised the line, “Michael Corleone says hello!”
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Crash by Gwen Stefani (2006, dir by Sophie Muller)
This is probably the most energetic song about a crash that’s ever been written. Of course, the song is actually about a relationship that’s a lot like a car crash. The important thing is that Gwen Stefani’s a natural-born star, even when she’s dressed like someone who just broke out of prison. This is a fun song to sing and dance along too. Just don’t drive while listening to it, for obvious reasons.
This song was written by Linda Perry, who writes songs for everyone. She probably wrote a song while you were reading this post. Ariana Grande will probably record it next week and everyone will describe it as being “her most personal song yet!”
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 