This is the video for my favourite song of the season. It's The Pogues but Kirsty MacColl makes it work. For many, Christmas kind of sucks. This tune doesn't sugar coat that fact. Yes, that is Matt Dillon as a cop in the opening scene. Here are the other videos
If I had to pick one video that represented Christmas time on MuchMusic back in the day when they actually played music videos, this would be it. It's a great song, a great message and totally seasonal. Band Aid was made up of these guys and the money raised went
I was pretty young when John Lennon was murdered. I shared my memories of that day last year. I remember sort of understanding what it all meant and realizing that many of the adults around me were upset about this loss. In survey after survey "Imagine" is honoured as one
Remember when rock went wussy in the late 80s before the grunge revolution saved the day? During that period of time, I discovered Public Enemy. My brothers will vouch for my love of this band. I listened to them every day, learnt every word to every song and prayed at
We're actually leaving the 80s for this one. Maestro Fresh Wes' breakthrough hit "Let Your Backbone Slide" hit the radio in 1990 and remains the best-selling hip hop single in Canadian music history. I just loved this track, buying the 12 inch and CD and catching this great video whenever
A great song and an instant video classic collided in an explosive frenzy with Dire Strait's "Money For Nothing". At the time, these computer generated images were pretty cutting edge. In grade seven, my classmate Marc brought in this song to play for the class. It was all part of
Whenever MuchMusic would count down "all-time best video" lists in the late 80s, Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" would always crack the top five, often finishing first. It was groundbreaking, that stop action stuff kicked ass. This was one of those videos that was always on high rotation. They're probably still playing
I just searched my blog for instances of the word Mitsou and I was shocked there are none. How is it I've never dropped the word "Mitsou" once? Her video for "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy" had me day dreaming as a fourteen year old. It was an instant crush. The
When I look back at the early days of MuchMusic, there are certain videos that immediately spring to mind. One such video is for Gowan's "A Criminal Mind". But first, let's review where we've been. Michael Jackson's "Thriller"Godley & Creme's "Cry"Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"A-Ha's
Today is Halloween. Since I'm sharing great videos from the hey day of MuchMusic and MTV, I thought this would be an appropriate day to revisit a classic video that scared the bejeezus out of my brother Steve. But first, here's where we've been thus far. Godley & Creme's "Cry"
Yep, I'm sharing great videos from back in the day. Music videos came of age in the 1980s and that's when they first won me over. If you're just joining us, here's where I've been thus far. A-Ha's "Take On Me"Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"Today I'm
The other day I decided to share great videos from my youth. Thanks to GooTube, it's easy. First up was A-Ha's "Take On Me" and today I'm sharing Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough". "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" isn't a particularly good song, but as a kid I
I used to be all about the music video. Before MuchMusic came down to our level of cable I would watch Toronto Rocks and Video Hits after school. On weekends, there was the CHUM 30 countdown. When MuchMusic started delivering videos 24x7, I was in heaven. I rarely see videos
