Music Video of the Day: Beam Me Up by Django Django (2018, dir by John MacLean)


You’re going to have to forgive me if I don’t have much to say about this video.  I’ve been traveling a lot today and, quite frankly, I am exhausted right now.  I calculated it all in my head earlier and, with all of the time zones that I’ve crossed today, my Sunday lasted 28 hours and I was pretty much been awake for every single one of them!

(Time zones are odd, yes?  Personally, I’ve always been obsessed with the International Date Line.)

So, enjoy this video.  It’s for a song called Beam Me Up, which is performed by the British band Django Django.  It’s a good song and I love the video, largely because it never stop moving upward.  We should all try to do the same!

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: American Slang by The Gaslight Anthem (2010, dir by Kevin J. Custer)


I have to admit that one of the main reasons that I picked this video is because, assuming everything goes as scheduled, Jeff and I will be returning home on this day.  (I’m writing this on February 20th, just to provide some context for you.)  I wanted to pick a video for a song that has the word “American” in the title.

With all that in mind, though, American Slang is a good video for a good song from a good album by a good band.  The song and the video take a look at the contrast between the American dream and what, for many, is the American reality.  Myself, I just like the look of this video.  New York is beautiful in black-and-white.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: I’m Shipping Up To Boston by The Dropkick Murphys (2005)


Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

There are apparently two videos for I’m Shipping Up To Boston available.  The one above was apparently released at the same time that The Departed made the song famous.  It features the band performing and footage from the film.

The other version is below.  This version was directed by Mark Higgins and it basically involves the band, as Higgins put it on YouTube, “hanging with hooligans and runnin’ from the cops.”  Personally, I prefer the version below but they’re both good.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Sugar High by Chappell Roan (2018, dir by Ethan Seneker)


To be honest, I was hoping this song would be a cover version of the song that Coyote Shivers and Renee Zellweger perform at the end of Empire Records but no, it’s not.

It’s still a good song, though.  And I like the simplicity of the video.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: Upside Down (and I Fall) by Jakalope (2006, dir by Lisa Mann)


For today’s music video of the day, how about another video from my favorite Canadian group, Jakalope?

This video was directed by Lisa Mann, who also directed Jakalope’s previous videos, Go Away, Feel It, and Pretty Life.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Hitchock Blonde by Laeticia de Valer (2015, dir by J. Antonio)


According to TimeandDate.com, today is Alfred Hitchcock Day!

I’m not sure why March 12th would be considered Alfred Hitchcock Day, seeing as how Alfred Hitchcock was born in August of 1899 and passed away in April of 1980.  But no matter!  It’s always a good day for Hitchcock!

So, in honor of Alfred Hitchcock Day, today’s music video of the day is Laeticia de Valer’s Hitchcock Blonde!

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Happy by Robert DeLong (2013, dir by ????)


It’s a happy song but kind of a disturbing video.

What exactly is happening in this video?  I’ll leave that for you to interpret.  All I’ll say is that it reminds me of my favorite movie about cults, Ticket to Heaven.

Then again, if you can remain happy after slipping in a pool of blood then you’ve obviously achieved something.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Do or Die (remix) by Afrojack featuring 30 Seconds To Mars (2014, dir by ????)


 

Afrojack vs. Thirty Seconds to Mars?

Well, Thirty Seconds To Mars has Jared Leto.  But Afrojack is Afrojack.  My money has to be on the guy who didn’t appear in the worst movie to come out of the DCEU so far.

Anyway, enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Think of England by Bear’s Den (2015, dir by Gareth Phillips)


Apparently, “think of England” is the advice that was once given to British wives who no longer enjoyed having sex with their husband, that one should simply lie back and “think of England.”  Apparently, thinking of France would lead to divorce.

Yeah, this isn’t a particularly happy song.  But it sounds nice and I enjoy the bleakness of the video’s black-and-white cinematography.

Enjoy!