With the final two days of 2018 coming up on us, let’s keep things simple with today’s music video of the day. Away goes 2018 and away we go to 2019!
Enjoy!
With the final two days of 2018 coming up on us, let’s keep things simple with today’s music video of the day. Away goes 2018 and away we go to 2019!
Enjoy!
I picked this video because it reminded me of middle school, high school, and St. Monica’s Catholic School, as well. Actually, it also reminded me of my first two years of college. And my last two years of college, as well. It also reminded me of my old apartment complex in Garland. Also, it made me think of a New Year’s Eve Party that I attended in 2010. And 2013, as well. The 2016 and 2017 New Year’s Parties weren’t anywhere near as fun as the ones in the past, largely because everyone got political. But, from 2001 to 2015, I attended some interesting parties.
So yeah, chalk this one up to nostalgia.
Parties are always a lot more fun in music videos. Have you noticed that? I think that’s because only really attractive, really cool people ever show up for music video parties. Whereas, in real life, there’s always like that one rando who shows up and kinda brings everyone down with their presence. It’s like that one dude who shows up at the party and no one knows who he is but he keeps standing by the fireplace and pointing at you and nodding whenever you acknowledge his stare.
Anyway, am I rambling? Well, then you better just ignore me and….
….Enjoy!
Sometimes, it’s best to keep things simple. That’s what I’ve been doing this week. It’s a new experience for me, as I usually like to keep things as complicated as exhausting as possible. That’s also what this video does, quite effectively I think.
Enjoy!
There was no bigger loss in the music world than the death of ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin at age 76. Born in Memphis and raised in Detroit, Aretha originally sang Gospel at her father Rev. C.L. Franklin’s revivals. She signed on with Columbia Records, who tried to pigeonhole her with safe Easy Listening standards. Moving over to Atlantic Records in 1966, Aretha began recording at Muscle Shoals for producer Jerry Wexler, and belted out R&B hit after hit: the raucous “Respect”, “Baby I Love You”, “Natural Woman”, “Chain of Fools”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Think”, “Spanish Harlem”, “Until You Come Back to Me”. Hitting a slump in the mid-70’s, Aretha came back strong with 80’s successes “Jump To It”, “Freeway of Love”, “Who’s Zoomin’ Who”, and duets with Eurythmics (“Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves”) and George Michael (‘I Knew You Were Waiting for Me”). The word “icon” gets…
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Too late for Christmas music?
NEVER!
As long as it’s December, there wil always be time for cats performing Christmas music.
Enjoy!
Well, do you?
Anyway, there are two things that I particularly like about this video. One of them is the long tracking shot that follows Tove Lo as she walks back to her dressing room. It reminded me a bit of the opening to Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil. I also liked the long close-up of Tove Lo sitting in her dressing room. It takes courage on the part of both the director and the performer to hold a shot for that long.
Enjoy!
Awwwwww! Gwen and Blake are so cute together.
There’s a lot of reasons why this video works but really, it all comes down to charisma and chemistry. Gwen and Blake look like they should be celebrating Christmas together and, when you watch, you want to celebrate with them. This video was directed by Sophie Muller, who has directed over 230 videos since the late 80s!
Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
If Jean Rollin had ever directed a Christmas special, it would probably look a bit like this video for GALYA’s Winter Love.
Amusez-vous bien!
Darlene Love’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) is one of my favorite Christmas song but, unfortunately, there’s not an official music video for Love’s version.
However, there is a music video for Love’s 1992 Christmas song, All Alone on Christmas. As you can tell from watching the video, this song was actually a part of the Home Alone 2 soundtrack. The video is full of footage from the movie but it does not include the scenes with Donald Trump. However, it does feature Macaulay Culkin “producing” the song. I understand that the grown-up Culkin now performs song about pizza which …. well, I mean, I like pizza so hopefully it’s not as stupid as it sounds.
In the video, Darlene Love is backed up by members of the E Street Band, who all look happy to be freed (if only momentarily) from the tyranny of Bruce Springsteen.
Enjoy!
Let’s start this holiday weekend off with another music video from Lindsey Stirling!
In Celtic Carol, Lindsey is an elf who has been locked into Santa’s workshop. Apparently, Santa is a really demanding boss, which I always kind of suspected. I mean, if you’ve ever seen Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, you now what I’m talking about.
Anyway, Elf Lindsey manages to get in the Christmas spirit despite having to work.
Enjoy!