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Music Video Du Jour ... EMF - Unbelievable (Live)

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EMF - Unbelievable (Live) - 1991 

 RANDOM THOUGHTS ... This video is great on so many levels. First of all, EMF's "Unbelievable" was my favorite song for a good solid two years after it was released. Even after all of my friends had moved on to newer, cooler stuff like Kriss Kross and Sir Mix-a-Lot, I was still claiming "Unbelievable" as my number one. (Although I'll admit Kriss Kross's "Jump" challenged it there for a while. Looking back, I probably said the words 'miggity miggity miggity miggity mac daddy' waaay more than any rural Midwestern child ever should have.) 

 Second of all, these guys rock the house in this performance. The drum beat kicks ass. The bass player is rocking and so is the bass line he's laying down. I love the loud wah-infused outro guitar solo (3:30) in this song -- which is on my list of Top 5 Outro Guitar Solos, along with Ozzy's "Bark at the Moon" and Pat Benetar's "Heartbreaker" -- and guitarist Ian Dench nails it here. All that and I haven't even mentioned the MVP performance of keyboardist Derry Brownson yet (more on him later). These guys know how to ring in the new year! As far as performances go, this is an A-plus. 

 ... It should probably come as no surprise when I say I owned Schubert Dip and liked it. "Long Summer Days" was my second-favorite song on that album. I didn't really like the song "Lies", and I don't remember much else about it. Hey, it went platinum. So there's my 10-second album review.  

 ... As was the case with the original music video, the star of the show here is the keyboardist. Every guy in the band is rocking out, but Derry Brownson's high-energy moves take things up a notch. This video is infinitely re-watchable just to see what this guy is up to. He's doing karate kicks (1:57), rocking out (2:04), going crazy (2:11), and flat-out standing on the keyboard at one point (0:22). He also launches the keyboard skyward multiple times. Whatever this guy is on, I'll take some! No, seriously, I'll take some. Just a great performance all around.    
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