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”.
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Over 41 million YouTube hits for AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”
We spoke with director David Mallet, director of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” video, which has over 41 million hits on YouTube. Not bad for a song from 1990.
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Lost gem: Ian Hunter “All of the Good Ones Are Taken”
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again — this is the most underrated video of all time, the Lost Ark of GAMV clips […]
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Rick Springfield: Shattered glass, $3 salad bowls and David Fincher
With this month’s release of Rick Springfield’s autobiography “Late, Late at Night”, Rick touches on some of his experiences making music videos in the Golden Age, including working with a young music video director named David Fincher.
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Ten Cringeworthy Music Videos From Film Soundtracks
In the Golden Age of Music Video, Hollywood often came knocking, sometimes to embarrassing effect. For every “Danger Zone” or “Footloose” from Kenny Loggins that we embraced, there’s a “Meet Me Half Way” (from Stallone’s arm-wrestling aria “Over The Top”) we had to endure. Join us as we witness the walk of shame that resulted from some truly wince-inducing hookups between film soundtrack songs and their music video partners.
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Heidi Klum gets her “Wicked Game” moment
Seal’s new video for “Secret” from Seal 6: Commitment features model wife Heidi Klum and the Scarred One naked in bed. Director Nabil Elderkin seems […]
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“Going Back” indeed: Phil Collins’ original Motown remake from 1982
The album celebrates Phil’s longstanding love of Motown et al, which fans remember from his 1982 remake of the Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love.
