Ten Years Ago I Won A Car on TV Because I Know Far Too Much About Music Videos
Yes, it happened. I sold the car and paid off my student loans. Not bad for an hour’s work.
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Punk-reggae legend/Big Audio Dynamite member Don Letts on directing ROCK THE CASBAH and “that damn armadillo”
Punk-reggae legend & Big Audio Dynamite member Don Letts talks about shooting the Clash’s “Rock the Casbah” video.
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U2/Springsteen director sees Bootsy Collins references in Gaga video, wonders what David Fincher could have done with “Born This Way”
Award-winning director Meiert Avis says the “Born This Way” video channels Bootsy, the transhumanist movement and Genesis P-Orridge, and wonders what would have happened if David Fincher had directed “Born This Way” instead of “The Social Network”
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Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” video disappoints, says award-winning video director for Cyndi Lauper
In an exclusive interview for THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSIC VIDEO blog, award-winning director Edd Griles (“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”) said he is disappointed with Lauper-lauding megastar Lady Gaga and her new video for “Born This Way”.
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Michael Jackson dumped David Spade from his “Liberian Girl” video
Veteran music video director Jim Yukich said he was asked by Michael Jackson to remove David Spade from the final cut of his “Liberian Girl” video because Jackson didn’t know who David Spade was.
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RIP Gerry Rafferty, who had two videos on MTV’s first day of broadcast
Music Television first played a video for Gerry Rafferty’s wildly popular “Baker Street,” but then aired an odd animation clip for “Bring It All Home” later in the day.
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The Ten Most Awesome Christmas Rock Music Videos EVER
In no particular order, these are some holiday treasures worth revisiting every year.
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Hall & Oates “Jingle Bell Rock” – The Literal Versions
In the spirit of the season, the Literal Version team created LV versions of Hall and Oates’ unintentionally hilarious “Jingle Bell Rock” video, which Golden Age fans remember has both a Daryl-on-lead version and a John-on-lead version.
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Peter Christopherson (1955-2010)
We mourn the loss of musician, designer and music video director Peter Christopherson, a.k.a. “Sleazy”, who passed away on November 24.
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M’s “Pop Muzik” and the Cheapo White Background Music Video
Why is there a white background of so many early English new wave videos? Simple: It was cheap. A great example is the video for “Pop Muzik” by M, directed by Brian Grant.
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Nu Shooz and director Jim Blashfield talk about “I Can’t Wait”
Artisan music video director Jim Blashfield’s most visually-trippy grab bag of kitchen sink mischief is arguably his video for Nu Shooz’s “I Can’t Wait”.
