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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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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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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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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“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.
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Lost gem: Don Felder “Bad Girls”
Directed by Eliminator era ZZ Top music video director Tim Newman and bearing his trademarks — hot girls and cool cars — this underrated ex-Eagle’s […]
