Here's a great one done all in one take.
Here's a great one done all in one take.
'Cause I gotta lotta bitches to plow!
"Before I conceived you, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of life." -- Maureen Hawkins
"I just can't get over how much babies cry. I really had no idea what I was getting into. To tell you the truth, I thought it would be more like getting a cat." -- Anne Lamott
Under the influence of Giants video. I love the way the girls are dancing in this video but its a good song too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5JcKUgwIKc
And did anybody mention everlong yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHdwZCVZmg8
One of the best. videos. ever.





The thing is that most of the bands that I liked when I was growing up, didn't exactly produce the most memorable of videos. The basic formula usually consisted of:
1. The band playing.
2. A hot chick or two (or twenty) baring lots of cleavage
3. Something on fire or exploding
These two stick out for some reason though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNvOPN1LoQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdDxz2bkfhE
(and they just happen to be great stripper songs...hmmm)![]()
Former SCJ now in rehab.





Strangely catchy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T86YAN2T-hs
"He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"




An oldie but a goodie...*sigh* when this was cutting edge, style wise....I feel old again
and for those who prefer the tiny-toons versions..





Donald Fagen - "New Frontier"
A Cold War era couple winds up romancing in an underground bomb shelter at the end of their date. IMO, the retro feel and youthful innocence of the couple drive this piece...





That song makes me want to buy an iPod.
A personal fave, that encapsulates seminal moments in my fashion, music, and philosophical developments: Sonic Youth, "Kool Thing"
I also enjoy the very, very funny "Bad Cover Version" by Pulp
Oh G-Real! I heart TMBG so . . .
In quid pro quo style: Particle Toons!
"Before I conceived you, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of life." -- Maureen Hawkins
"I just can't get over how much babies cry. I really had no idea what I was getting into. To tell you the truth, I thought it would be more like getting a cat." -- Anne Lamott





And this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFuUTqdpduI
"He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"
That Bad Cover Version (great stuff) made me go look for something that I look forward to hearing (and weeping at) every year. The one that started it all, at a much less cynical time, and a Britpop pantheon to boot:
Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed the World).
Thanks, Bob Geldof.
Interestingly, there was apparently a remake last year, with current UK music stars (Dido and the like), which I hadn't heard until seeing it in the related links on that page. I'm glad it raised money for the cause, but the song? There's just no comparing to the original. Even Bono singing the same line he soloed on the first time - "Well, tonight thank God it's them, insteaaaad of you . . ." *CHILLS* - it just doesn't hold a candle to the original, IMHO.
"Before I conceived you, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of life." -- Maureen Hawkins
"I just can't get over how much babies cry. I really had no idea what I was getting into. To tell you the truth, I thought it would be more like getting a cat." -- Anne Lamott

Isaac Brock Orchestra err Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Feist - My Moon My Man
Architecture in Helsinki - Hold Music
Built to Spill - Conventional Wisdom
The Decemberists - Sixteen Miltary Wives
These are my 5 from someone who mostly lurkes and rarely posts.










^I will always hate Modest Mouse because Isaac talked some horrible shit about one of my favorite bands.
Yeah, that "new" version of the Band Aid song was just crap.
Oh wait...videos... um. Coil's version of "Tainted Love" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo3TUtRnZi4
I think I posted that before, I don't feel like looking. It's from the mid 80's, one of the first videos they put into MOMA in NYC. Directed by Derek Jarman.
Also, Sweet Dreams. Annie Lennox was my first celebrity crush, based on this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OufZbzsUtIo
waffles are just pancakes with little squares on them.










Oh, Susan....Greg Dulli is far cooler than Isaac. Seriously. I was never a huge Afghan Whigs fan, but Twilight Singers are delicious.
waffles are just pancakes with little squares on them.





Skinny Puppy. In some interview, Brock said anytime he hears a shitty album he compares it to SP's ViViSectVI. No matter how bad it is "hey at least it's not fucking skinny puppy".
I played "Dashboard" one night, and my boss was "Hey, why does this song sound familiar? I know you play it but something..I dunno..the guitar sounds like..." and I went "Smiths?"
waffles are just pancakes with little squares on them.





Oh hell no, sorry, gotta disagree about the coolness and the current output. But he was hotter than Brock in his prime, as in the Gentlemen video, a most perfect slice of 1994 alternarock.
(do you like how I brought that back around to videos? hee)
edit: OMFG I just looked at a Twilight Singers video and I weep a tear for the harsh death of his looks.





^I'm not sure. I think I was..11? The whole androgynous thing, the crewcut, her voice, her perfect eyes and lips. It gave me prepubescent wood. It's not sexual, and that's probably what did it for me. I didn't know what "sexual" was, but it turned me on nonetheless.
Susan, I never really thought Greg was hot anyway, but yeah he does look pretty busted. I saw Twilight Singers a year or two ago and they were great. I'm just going to continue pretending that Isaac Brock does not exist. OH WAIT VIDEOS> UH.....let's continue the Annie thing then. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2791472/artist/176310
"Walking On Broken Glass". Period costumes, Annie, and John Malkovich with facial hair and eye shadow. Good Times.
waffles are just pancakes with little squares on them.
Well first things first..I gotta give mad props to Mrs. Wayward for her awesome avatar and just making some killer posts lately (think Replacements).
In that vein of retro coolness...I thought I would take the youngins on a trip back in time to see what our childhood was like (could explain the madness?);
My first video recollections....Wot? -
And the still underground ubercool sound of the Lords Of The New Church! -
And of course the video that started it all...for MTV anyway (yes they actually used to play music videos...who knew? -
Enjoy kiddos!





This is the one that defined music videos back when there were music videos with songs you could listen to, without the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Qvv3RdW-Q
One more cup of coffee for the road,
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below....
Slowly moseying my way to the exit.
A Blogging?
There's got to be a not-very-nice name for someone who shamelessly references her own post, and I hate to be a whatever-that-is, but after reading Mr. Christopher's Eurythmics post above, I can't help quoting myself.
Did you ever see this, Mr. C?
P.S. DJ Maimed! May I compliment YOU on YOUR avatar?! Love them so.
"Before I conceived you, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of life." -- Maureen Hawkins
"I just can't get over how much babies cry. I really had no idea what I was getting into. To tell you the truth, I thought it would be more like getting a cat." -- Anne Lamott





^I think I do remember the post, ma'am. If not, then I do remember that performance. Annie put out a new album this week, btw, and she's still beautiful.
waffles are just pancakes with little squares on them.
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