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Music Video of the Day: Sexual Vibe by Stephen Puth (2018, dir by Ally Pankiw)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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!

Music Video of the Day: Stay by Cat Power (2018, dir by Greg Hunt)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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!

Music Video of the Day: hey you got drugs? by Tove Lo (2018, dir by Brewer)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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!

Music Video of the Day: All Alone on Christmas by Darlene Love (1992, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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!

Music Video of the Day: Celtic Carol by Lindsey Stirling (2011, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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!

Music Video of the Day: Snow by ADI (2017, dir by Shir Rosenthal)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’ve got snow on the mind.

To anyone who knows me, that should not come as a surprise.  In fact, I put my friends and family through this every year.  Once December rolls around, I start obsessively talking about how much I hope that it will snow.  It always starts out as a cute but, around the 15th, I always start to curse the lack of snow in the forecast.  By the time the 24th hits, I’m usually stamping my foot and making demands.

(Of course, I live in Texas so it’s rare that my snow wish is ever fulfilled.  If it does snow here, it’ll probably be in late January or maybe Febuary.  A few years ago, it did actually snow in Texas on Christmas Day but, even so, it was really more of a light dusting than a real blizzard.)

This year …. well, it’s not even supposed to get down to freeing on Christmas Day.  That’s a shame because we are supposed to get hit by some rainstorms.  So, we’ll get flooded but we wont get any ice or snow.  Oh well.  As long as the sun isn’t shining, I guess I’ll be happy.

Anyway, you may be wondering what all of this has to do with today’s music video of the day and the answer is not much.  The song is called Snow but it’s not actually about snow.  Instead, it uses snow as a metaphor for an intense relationship.  The video itself doesn’t feature a blizzard, either.  Still, I’ve got snow on the mind and this song and video may be as close as I’m going to get before this year ends.

Don’t get me wrong.  Even if it’s not about real snow, I still like the video and the song because Adi Ulmansky is one of my favorite artists.  (Again, I have to thank my BFF Evelyn for introducing me to her music.)  This video was directed Shir Rosenthal, who is also credited with directing the video for Adi’s Dreamin‘.

Enjoy!

(And keep your hopes up for snow in Texas!)