6/9/11- Steve Winwood- "Valerie"

Todays video is posted mainly because, this song got stuck in my head again, and I couldn't tell you the last time I heard it. It's your typical 80s fare. Synth. Big hair, and what looks like a color rip off of A-Ha's "Take On Me."

There IS another video for this song, as it was originally released in 1982 on his album "Talking Back to the Night." It was remixed and re-released in 1987 on his compilation album "Chronicles." The remix version got this music video, and it shot up to #9 on the US Charts. 1987 was also the year Steve Winwood won the Record of the Year Grammy for his song "Higher Love." In 2004, Eric Prydz sampled "Valerie" in his house mix song "Call on Me."

Enjoy the 1987 mix of "Valerie" by Steve Winwood.

6/8/11- NeverShoutNever- "Time Travel"

It has been over two weeks since Joplin, Missouri was basically cut in half by an EF-5 Tornado. 142 people died, and thousands upon thousands lost their homes and businesses. A recent post on Facebook from one of the Joplin tornado information groups pointed out that "the media is gone, the first round of volunteers are exhausted, but the work must go on."

Just because it's not in the news anymore doesn't mean you don't have to help. A while back, I posted a video from Joplin's own NeverShoutNever. He posted a brief video of the devastation in Joplin mixed with his song "Time Travel" in hopes to raise more money for the recovery of Joplin.

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!