These 4.5 minutes we have here are the music video for the song "Here I Go Again" by the British hard rock band Whitesnake. This became a huge hit in 1985, so it is over 35 years old now, maybe over 40 if you get here a little later to read this review of mine. The song itself is in fact over 40 years old already because the original version by Saints & Sinners is from 1982 and David Coverdale was also the lead singer for this band, not just for Whitesnake that are certainly way more famous. Also because of this song. A bit ironic that his name is Coverdale when his most famous song perhaps is a number where he covered himself pretty much. Anyway, the music video director here was Marty Callner who was in his mid30s at that point and stayed a prolific music video director for decades to come. He may very well be retired now in his 70s. Apparently his last directorial credit (according to imdb) was a comedy stand-up special featuring Dane Cook. He mostly focused on stage performances in the new millennium or at least the 2010s. This is kinda fitting too given this music video here because most of it is really just Whitesnake performing the song mentioned in the title on a stage. This is mixed with scenes that involve a car. Some of them feature Coverdale and there the car is driving on the road and he has actress Tawny Kitaen next to him. In other scenes, we see only Kitaen and there she is basically performing while the car stands still. Different times. I am sure today many people would have found this sexist. Or actually do because surely many people are still watching this video nowadays. It has way over 100 million clicks on Youtube, so you can find it easily if you want to.
I would say the song is nothing too special, but still a bit on the catchy side. Probably the best thing about the music video and a good number to listen to in order to raise you up after a breakup happened, not only referred to romantic breakup. Sadly, the music video did not do a lot for me. I thought it was mostly forgettable, not really creative or interesting. This is also the main reason and pretty much the only reason why I cannot give the outcome here a positive recommendation all in all. I would still say that I hope Kitaen, who was by the way also Coverdale's wife, rests in peace and that it is sad she died early. At least Coverdale is still there in 2024. Same seems to be true for all the other and members here. Good for them. I will not mention all the names, but you can easily find them on this music video's imdb page for example. Or on a thousand other locations online. If you want to. Maybe no real need to. Gotta admit I was not really familiar with Whitesnake before listening to this song and watching this music video and all in all I would say that I did not miss out on a lot. What I heard here, I am also a bit hesitant to categorize them as hard rock, but oh well. Speaking only about this music video, I give it a thumbs-down overall, even if it is obviously not completely awful, but rather on the "not good enough" side. The 80s have some awesome music, but this one is not right up there with the best. Not even the better, the extended list, especially not if we look at the music video the way we should on a website that focuses on motion pictures.
I would say the song is nothing too special, but still a bit on the catchy side. Probably the best thing about the music video and a good number to listen to in order to raise you up after a breakup happened, not only referred to romantic breakup. Sadly, the music video did not do a lot for me. I thought it was mostly forgettable, not really creative or interesting. This is also the main reason and pretty much the only reason why I cannot give the outcome here a positive recommendation all in all. I would still say that I hope Kitaen, who was by the way also Coverdale's wife, rests in peace and that it is sad she died early. At least Coverdale is still there in 2024. Same seems to be true for all the other and members here. Good for them. I will not mention all the names, but you can easily find them on this music video's imdb page for example. Or on a thousand other locations online. If you want to. Maybe no real need to. Gotta admit I was not really familiar with Whitesnake before listening to this song and watching this music video and all in all I would say that I did not miss out on a lot. What I heard here, I am also a bit hesitant to categorize them as hard rock, but oh well. Speaking only about this music video, I give it a thumbs-down overall, even if it is obviously not completely awful, but rather on the "not good enough" side. The 80s have some awesome music, but this one is not right up there with the best. Not even the better, the extended list, especially not if we look at the music video the way we should on a website that focuses on motion pictures.
