How many soundtracks has this classic song appeared on? Probably not enough. This video of a 1978 performance is as close to an “official” video as this song every got. If the song had been released just a few years later, it probably would have had a video that would have become an MTV mainstay.
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On August 1st, 1981, MTV premiered. Over the course of 24 hours, 116 unique music videos were played on MTV. Yes, there was a time when the M actually did stand for music.
The 94th video to premiere on MTV was this performance clip for The Cars’s Dangerous Type. Dangerous Type was never officially released as a single but that didn’t keep it from becoming one of the band’s most popular song.
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The First Videos Shown on MTV:
On August 1st, 1981, MTV premiered. Over the course of 24 hours, 166 unique music videos were played on MTV. Yes, there was a time when the M actually did stand for music.
The 85th video to premiere on MTV (and, if you count the videos that were repeated throughout the day, the 100th to appear on the station overall) was this simple but energetic clip of The Cars performing Let’s Go. Like so many of the videos made before MTV changed the face of the music industry, the emphasis here is on the band and their ability to play.
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The First Videos Shown on MTV:
On August 1st, 1980, MTV premiered. Over the course of its first broadcast day, it aired over 160 unique music videos. That’s at least 160 more than they’re going to air today. Yes, there was a time when the M in MTV truly did stand for Music.
The 21st vide that aired on that date was the performance clip from The Cars. This was the first of many Cars videos to air on MTV.
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The First Videos Shown on MTV:
On Sunday night, it was announced that Ric Ocasek, the co-lead singer and songwriter of the Cars, had died at the age of 75. First Daniel Johnston. Then Eddie Money. And now Ric Ocasek. We’ve lost some of the truly great ones this past week.
My Best Friend’s Girl is one of the many songs that Ocasek wrote and recorded as the lead singer of The Cars. Sung from the point of view of a man whose girl has left him for his best friend, it was one of the Cars’s biggest hits and it continues to endure as one of the signature songs of the 70s and 80s.
Ric Ocasek, R.I.P.
Happy Pop Art Day!
Today seems like a good day to share a music video that was directed by one of the most important pop artists, Andy Warhol!
Hello Again was the first of three music videos that Warhol would direct before his death in 1987. According to Greg Hawkes, who played keyboards on the song, “I think [Warhol] mainly did some of the conceptualizing and showed up to be an extra. And he invited his various friends to be in it. It was like any video shoot, but with a more interesting cast of characters. And you could always look over on the set and go ‘Hey that’s Andy Warhol.'”
And, of course, Warhol plays a role in the video. He appears as a bartender, one who is intently watching a special on sex, violence, and rock music. Among the patrons sitting in the bar is a young but instantly recognizable Gina Gershon.
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According to my calendar, today is Imbolc that is celebrated by Pagans and Wiccans. I know that there is some sorta music video that does exist from 1979 for The Cars’ song Dangerous Type. All I can find are live performances. I could use the cover version that Letters To Cleo did for the movie The Craft (1996). I don’t want to. Especially not when there is this one called Magic, where Ric Ocasek walks on water. I’ve been itching to spotlight this music video.
I kind of wanna just say to simply sit back and enjoy, but there are a couple of things to point out:
I know one of the people is Uncle Sam and another is probably Jesus, but if you have a guess as to who the guy with the eyepatch is, then let me know. I would have thought Patch, of Patch Kayla from Days Of Our Lives. Unfortunately, their characters wouldn’t become a thing till 1986.
The video was produced by Beth Broday. She seems to have done about 20 music videos. A notable one being True Colors for Cyndi Lauper.
With that out of the way, sit back and enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 