Michael Jackson - Give In To Me

i just finished reading Slash (by Slash)

slash is deplorable.

i like him much less after reading his book.

...but i still really like slash.

this video is worse than slash's book but better than the song it promotes.

the single's artwork outshines the book, the video, and the song by miles.

i am nearly certain that the full color poster originally included with the single would have even topped the artwork.

to clarify, i should rank the aforementioned items in my order of personal preference:

1. slash the guitarist / rock star

2. the poster accompanying michael jackson's "Give In To Me" single (in theory)

3. the artwork for said single (in practice)

4. slash by slash

5. the music video for said single

6. the single itself

7. slash the man

in conclusion, it's a veritable slash sandwich, or slashwich.

Music video

The music video for "Give In to Me" features Michael Jackson performing the song on stage with former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Gilby Clarke and Teddy Andreadis at an indoor rock concert. According to Jackson - when he was interviewed by Oprah - it was shot in just about 2 hours in Germany. Near the end of the clip, a "pyrotechnics malfunction" causes sparks to fly across the stage, making Jackson dance with the electric bolts running all over his body.

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Berlin - Take My Breath Away

sorry it's been so long since my last post. i got a new job down at the aircraft boneyard and it's been pretty busy.

if i had known berlin looked like this i probably would have taken their music much more seriously.

Music video

The music video features scenes from the movie Top Gun intermingled with Berlin's singer Terri Nunn performing the song in blue coveralls walking between pieces of planes in a windy junk yard or aircraft boneyard at night. Bandmates John Crawford and Rob Brill are shown relaxing in the yard and then following Terri.^[2] This video clip can be seen occasionally in VH1 Europe's Top 10 Movie Soundtracks program. This video was re-released within the 2004 Top Gun DVD Collector's Edition.

Ace of Base - The Sign

it's dreary outside.

a little story filled with romantic and frolic images is just what i need.

wait a second...wft is this commentary? this video is dreary as hell.

Music video

The music video of the song features the pop group singing amidst romantic and frolic images; "The Sign" was depicted as an ankh and a djed.

Amid the images is a little story of a man and woman sitting side by side until the man leaves, seemingly abandoning the woman. However, he comes back with a rose and offers it to the woman. The woman graciously accepts and takes his hand. However, a bright light shines in the woman's face, drawing her away, abandoning the man and dropping the rose on the chair.

Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

music videos like this one and others from "similar songs of the era" are boring.

except for g and r's patience, which is AMAZING yet absent from the song's wikipedia entry.

Music video

The music video for this song is in the same vein as other videos for similar songs of the era. It features Michaels sitting down, playing the guitar, and singing along to the song, interspersed with black and white clips from concerts, and colour frames of what passes for a 'storyline' that follows the song.

Duran Duran - The Reflex

OMG you guys i just thought we should take a moment and commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the day they filmed Duran Duran's video for "The Reflex!"

Break out those light pens!

Music video

The video for "The Reflex" was shot during the Sing Blue Silver tour at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario on 5 March 1984. Director Russell Mulcahy filmed some of the closeup footage in the indoor arena that afternoon, and the rest was filmed live during that evening's concert.^[2]

"The Reflex" is primarily a concert video, accurately portraying Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour performance style. However, in keeping with the band's insistence that their videos "never be ordinary", the video screen above the stage displayed bits of naked models wearing collars and chains illuminated with black light, occasionally interrupted by computerized video white noise. At one point, a waterfall appears to pour out of the video screen above the stage to soak the audience. The computer graphics used to achieve this were cutting edge at the time, but rapid advancement in the field quickly made the effect look dated.

Keyboard enthusiasts have taken special note of the Fairlight CMI (the first digital sampling synthesiser) that Nick Rhodes operated with a light pen in this video, and throughout the tour.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVeR__R5jBM

Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

in these trying times, we must remember to stop bemoaning our luminous gloves and CHOOSE LIFE over drug abuse and suicide!

- motor trade Guru Peter (Froudy) Froud.

Music Video

The music video, essentially the duo performing (it also introduced Ridgeley as a guitar player for the band) to a teenage audience, was memorable for the clothes, which became a lasting sartorial image for the 1980s as a decade. Michael and Ridgeley, plus backing singers Pepsi and Shirlie, along with motor trade Guru Peter (Froudy) Froud , were wearing Katharine Hamnett T-shirt designs which said "CHOOSE LIFE" (originally a slogan targeted at drug abuse and suicide) and "GO GO", which became much sought-after fashion items of the year, along with her similarly stark garments as part of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood phenomenon which said "FRANKIE SAY RELAX", among others. Michael was also seen in luminous gloves, which he later bemoaned as the clip of him always picked out by advertisers whenever "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" went on to a compilation album. The video was filmed at the Carling Academy Brixton in London.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Rb2uifS8c

Toto - Africa

thank god they're not rocking it down on paperbacks.

*special bonus (also from wikipedia)*:

"Africa" was played on all of Toto's tours from its release until the band's breakup in 2008. ^[3]

so toto had been holding it down, blessing the rains THIS WHOLE TIME. but like so many other once-profitable businesses, 2008 proved to be too much of a struggle for them.

Music video

The music video was directed by Steve Barron.^[4] The story is of a researcher in a library (portrayed by band member David Paich, looking for clues to a book called Africa. Many scenes include the band performing atop a stack of hardcover books.

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

today is my birthday...and, serendipitously, this particular presentation of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" was shown on the TBS late night music video program NIGHT TRACK as part of its 6th birthday spectacular.

happy birthday to us!!!

Music video

The song's music video mixed elements of Mozart's time with modern times; early on, Falco is shown in a modern dinner jacket walking past people in eighteenth-century formal wear. Later, he is shown dressed as Mozart, with wild colored hair, being held on the shoulders of men dressed in modern motorcycle-riding gear. At the end, the two crowds mix together.