tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78702268064998273902011-12-27T04:54:00.337-08:00Daenenoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870226806499827390.post-17451548322857962152007-05-20T07:06:00.001-07:002007-05-20T08:14:59.627-07:00<center><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cqbPi8YhBII"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cqbPi8YhBII" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><div style="font-family: verdana;" class="js-kit-rating" starcolor="Golden" path="/2007/05/1979-smashing-pumpkins.html"><b>RATE THIS VIDEO</b></div><br /></center> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"1979" </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >[<a href="http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=170">lyrics</a>|<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F1979-Smashing-Pumpkins%2Fdp%2FB0000073W4%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1179673495%26sr%3D8-1&amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=popcullov-20&linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&creative=9325">buy CD single</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=popcullov-20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;l=ur2&o=1" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" />|<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_%28song%29">article</a>]<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >The Smashing Pumpkins <span style="font-size:85%;">[<a href="http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/">official site</a>]<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness <span style="font-size:85%;">[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMellon-Infinite-Sadness-Smashing-Pumpkins%2Fdp%2FB000000WA4%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1179673495%26sr%3D8-2&amp;amp;amp;tag=popcullov-20&linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&creative=9325">buy album</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=popcullov-20&amp;amp;amp;amp;l=ur2&o=1" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" />]</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">There's nothing like the so-called life of a teenager - and both the lyrics and the video to "1979" illustrate the apparent nothingness of the lives of disaffected youth in suburbia.</span><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Said to be based on Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan's "idealized version of teenagehood", the video reflects the careless freedom and audacity of youth which, tied in with the song's lyrics (</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >we don't even care / to shake these zipper blues / and we don't know / just where our bones will rest / to dust i guess / forgotten and absorbed into the earth below</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">), make for the perfect teen anthem.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video in 1996, and Corgan deems it has been "the closest we've ever come to realizing everything we wanted".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Trivia: Smashing Pumpkins band members can be spotted playing small roles on various scenes of the video.<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Want your favorite video featured?</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Send in your video requests at 100bestmusicvideos@gmail.com.<br /><br /></span></span></div><br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7870226806499827390-1745154832285796215?l=100bestmusicvideos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daenenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870226806499827390.post-60277868566418262502007-05-18T04:37:00.001-07:002007-05-19T02:45:44.598-07:00<object height="350" width="425"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XWtHEmVjVw8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><center><div class="js-kit-rating" starcolor="Golden" path="/2007/05/coming-soon.html"><b>RATE THIS VIDEO</b></div><br /></center><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Video Killed The Radio Star" <span style="font-size:85%;">[<a href="http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=12638">lyrics</a>|<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FVideo-Killed-Radio-Star-Buggles%2Fdp%2FB00003CX1A%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1179543619%26sr%3D8-3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=popcullov-20&linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&creative=9325">buy single!</a>|<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Killed_The_Radio_Star">article</a>]</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Buggles <span style="font-size:85%;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buggles">bio</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>]</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Age of Plastic <span style="font-size:85%;">[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAge-Plastic-Buggles%2Fdp%2FB000001FVL%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1179543619%26sr%3D8-1&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=popcullov-20&linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&creative=9325">buy album!</a>]</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We jumpstart the 100 Best Music Videos blog with the first video ever aired on MTV, ironically titled "Video Killed the Radio Star".<br /><br />First shown on MTV when the channel debuted on August 01, 1981, the song's catchy melody and the video's quirky and "futuristic" elements make for a memorable music video and a fitting forefather to all music videos aired thereafter.<br /><br />Trivia: When it was aired on February 27, 2000, "Video Killed The Radio Star" also became the millionth video to be shown on MTV.<br /><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Want your favorite video featured?<br />Send in your video requests at 100bestmusicvideos@gmail.com!</span></span><br /></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7870226806499827390-6027786856641826250?l=100bestmusicvideos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daenenoreply@blogger.com0