6/7/11- Fall Out Boy- "Beat It"

I'm not political at all, and I rarely follow news that involve politics, but my brother-in-law suggested today's video, and it was too good to pass up.

The Anthony Weiner scandal is all over the news, so why not jump on board and poke a little fun, with "Beat It"?

My brother in law suggested the Michael Jackson version, but I decided to dig up the pretty-good cover Fall Out Boy released in 2008, chock full of some fun cameos.

Enjoy!

6/6/11- Chalk Farm- "Lie on Lie"

Had this one randomly come up on my iPod a while back. The band from L.A. got their major label break in 1996 with "Notwithstanding." It spawned the Top 20 rock hit "Lie on Lie", but really didn't do much else. The band plodded on until 2000. They were the band playing at the end of the movie "Coyote Ugly" then broke up later in the year. On the band's MySpace and Youtube channel, they announced they are back together and working on new material for a possible new album, which would be their first since 2000's "Three 2's"

Enjoy the one music video they got out of Columbia Records. It's "Lie on Lie"

6/3/11- The Gaslight Anthem- "Bring it On"

Jersey's The Gaslight Anthem released their latest album "American Slang" almost a year ago, but they're still promoting it like it's new. They recently released a music video for the track "Bring it On" which chronicles the story of divorce from the eyes of the man in the relationship, when it's the female who is being unfaithful. The video hits the nail squarely on the head, and features Dave Hause, of the Loved Ones as the husband.

Enjoy this well done video. "Bring it On" by the Gaslight Anthem.

6/2/11- Toto- "Africa"

Everyone gets a song randomly stuck in their head for no reason. This is the song currently stuck in my head.

The song hit #1 in 1983, and has been described as "... a white boy is trying to write a song on Africa, but since he's never been there, he can only tell what he's seen on TV or remembers in the past."

The music video is a typical Early-80s video. Done on a soundstage and looking NOTHING like Africa. Either way, for its time, it wasn't a bad video.

Enjoy "Africa" by Toto!

6/1/11- Junior Senior- "Move Your Feet"

How do you make a video awesome? Make it in 8-Bit Graphics.

That's what Junior Senior did in 2003. Their debut album "D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat" hit stores, and the danc-y lead single "Move Your Feet" was shipped with this trippy, 8-Bit video, chock full of innuendo. Check it out for yourself. And enjoy having the song stuck in your head for the rest of the day!

5/31/11- Estelle- "American Boy" (featuring Kanye West)

Memorial Day Weekend was a busy weekend for me, as I ran around hit up some awesome parties, and oh yeah. Bought a new car. My friends, of course, decided it was THEIR task to name my car, so, in an effort to make it sound like an old lady, they attempted to name it "Estelle" and tried to get it to stick.

In an effort to prove Estelle isn't an old lady name, let's dig up this black and white video (for effect, not because it's old.) Estelle in 2008 scored a top 10 hit in several countries, including the USA with her song "American Boy."

Enjoy! But you'll have to CLICK HERE to view it, because of Warner Brothers Records' idiotic policy of not letting you embed videos.

5/27/11- Bryan Adams- "Summer of '69"

Today is the unofficial kick off of summer 2011, and mother nature is making it feel like summer in Philly with temps hovering around 90. So let's start summer with a summer song.

Since I already used "Boys of Summer" for the start of baseball season, how about a different classic? Bryan Adams, reliving the Summer of '69?