This is a really lazy post!

Aha – Take on me

Take on Me was groundbreaking in its combination of live action with hand drawn pencil sketch animation. It tells a heck of a good story too.

Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams are Made of This

This song is about our search for fulfillment and some of the strange twists that road can take. Written after her original group, The Tourists, had broken up and she was also breaking up with her musical partner Dave Stewart. It stemmed from nihilistic feelings at the time but included the “Hold your head” up line in the middle as a touch of optimism.

Dire Straits – Money for Nothing

This song was written by Mark Knopfler after he overheard a conversation by a couple of delivery people in a New York appliance shop. They didn’t have a clue about the insane amount of work and talent it takes to become and stay a top music performer and imagined everything was all groupies and crazy antics on stage.

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

Freddie Mercury specifically refused to tell the public what the song is all about. He wanted us to all insert our own meaning. The surviving members of Queen are keeping the secret. My personal belief is that it is about existential despair.

Michael Jackson – Thriller

This paeon to the old horror movies of the 50s and earlier achieves greatness with the concluding voice-over of the late Vincent Price. At the time he was one of the last surviving classic movie horror stars.

Johnny Cash – Hurt

Johnny Cash is no stranger to addiction and irresponsible and abusive behavior. He credited his marriage to June Carter as what saved him from self destruction.

Belinda Carlyle – Mad About You

The male in this anime is actually her husband, Morgan Mason, who stuck with her through addiction and anorexia and helped her come out the other side. The drug abuse and eating disorder were brought on by industry people and the public dissing her curvaceous figure when she was in the Go-Gos. The song is about her relationship with him.

Taylor Swift – Blank Space

This is a wild, sexy, and funny ride with one of the world’s most beautiful women.

Fountains of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom

It is a personal favorite because of all the crushes I had as a teenager over older women. It was a pattern that persisted through young adulthood with some success.

ANNA inspi’ NANA(BLACK STONES) – Rose

What can I say? This is my favorite anime song and Anna is the perfect Nana!

Olivia inspi’ Reira (Trapnest) – WISH

Same thing here. The music is incredible and I don’t think it is possible for a woman to be more attractive than Olivia here.