Friday night videos – episode 73

I understand tonight is Friday the 13th, but I’m not going to bust out a hockey mask and go all Jason on you. (That is the correct pop culture reference, isn’t it? I’m no slasher film buff.)

Instead, I’m going to toss out some stuff you may not have seen, and, as I alluded to last week, feature my three most watched music videos on my YouTube channel. They’re some of the many I’ve recorded and uploaded since 2009.

But first I wanted to feature a good new band, with a song that put them on the map with me. This is Red Angel.

Another band I heard first through the Local Produce show was bigtimeshipwreck. I chose this song because to me it represents the hard work that goes into making a live show so special. Maybe they weren’t looking for it to be seen but I saw it anyway.

I’m not a huge fan of covers, but sometimes there’s one which catches my ear. So it was with this version of ‘Addicted’ by local favorites Vivid Season.

Another, less conventional cover was done by a band which is no longer among us, as Order 6D-6 apparently went their separate ways. I think I have this song as one of my videos as well, but this version of ‘London Dungeon’ is probably better quality.

Another band I miss, one that was active in the area around the middle of the last decade, is Philadelphia-based Not Alone. This is an acoustic version of one of their more popular songs, ‘In Angel’s Arms’.

As I promised last week, there are some quite popular and well-watched videos from my YouTube page. Because I featured #4 last Friday, I’m going to do the top three in reverse order here, beginning with number 3 from Petting Hendrix. It was recorded at the same 2009 Save the BreastFest show I recorded Chrome Donut at.

In at number 2 are local favorites Lower Class Citizens, which I recorded as they wrapped up the inaugural Good Beer Festival in Salisbury back in October, 2010.

And now my most popular music video, also recorded outdoors but at a different venue. From the 2010 Pork in the Park festivities, Smokin’ Gunnz reprises the Lynard Skynard classic ‘I Ain’t The One.’ But it is the one with the most views.

Next week I think I’m going to meander along the path I established with Not Alone and see what else I can dig up from bands which are no longer with us but in video form. Hey, it’s my series.

Until next Friday night, have a great week and rock the summer!