Have you ever met someone famous? The opening photo above is probably about the closest I have ever come to meeting someone famous and it happened purely by chance. We were heading back to our hotel after an afternoon of day drinking in downtown Nashville and we stumbled into the Goo Goo Cluster store right off Broadway.
Turns out the Property Brothers were there from HGTV fame and they were doing a photoshoot because they were going to be at the opry. I'm sure I have told this story before on here, but as you can see, my eyes are barely open and the whole thing was rather unexpected. I'm sure we weren't the only inebriated people they dealt with that day, but it's still moment in time that I will never forget. Partly because it was so awesome, and partly because I am a bit embarrassed I wasn't in a better state of mind.
Writing it down now, it feels like a pretty lame story. I know other folks on here have much better stories about meeting famous people. I have some HIVE friends in the UK who have went to various meet and greets for their favorite bands. There was another fellow on here who happened to meet Sade at a bar if I recall correctly and she asked for directions to somewhere.
Definitely much cooler than my interactions with famous people. My good friends son just went to a major Disc Golf event in Michigan and was sending photos back of himself interacting with some of the pros on the tour. Now that's pretty cool too. They might not be household names like other sports stars, but these guys are magic on the disc golf course.
Anyway, famous people are all over the place, even in music videos. Today for my #threetunetuesday sponsored by 
Long before Tony Stark was on your radar (unless you are a comic fan), and well after St. Elmo's Fire by John Parr was blaring out of your boombox, Elton John released the song "I Want Love" and decided to put Robert Downey Jr. in the video. I think this was right around the time Downey was getting out of rehab for the umpteenth time, I could be wrong though.
I also feel like this was right around the time he was doing a little guest stint on Ally McBeal. Which quite honestly deserves a post all its own if you ask me. Anyway, I remember when this video came out and even back then it was just as moving as it was today.
It's nice to see that Downey has been able to keep his crap together and basically reinvent himself into the celebrity and character that we all know and love today.
It's actually a really simple video when you get right down to it, but I think it works really well with the complex lyrics of the song and the poignant message that it delivers.
Well after her little stint in the Bruce Springsteen video Dancing in the Dark that sort of launched her career, Courtney Cox found herself on a little sitcom called Friends. She also found herself dating a guy named Adam Duritz who happens to be the lead singer of a band called Counting Crows.
If you have been following me for a while, you know that Counting Crows is one of my favorite bands of all time. They actually just released a new single and I will definitely be sharing it in a post soon.
Anyway, besides dating Courtney Cox, he also dated Jennifer Aniston around the same time (really dropped the ball there buddy). "A Long December" prominently features Cox which isn't surprising given their connection at the time. This was the debut single from their second album Recovering the Satellites and was a huge hit for them off the string of hits they had off their freshman album August and Everything After.
Speaking of Friends, how about a little Joey to end your day. Sure, sure, I could have shared any of the countless videos by Aerosmith that featured young female actresses, and who doesn't love to see Christopher Walken dance around to Fatboy Slim, but if you know me, you know I love Bon Jovi, so this one just seemed to fit.
Oddly enough, all of these seem to have come out in the 90's, so having famous people in your videos must have been the big thing to do back then. Oddly enough, I didn't know about this one until I was starting to do research for this post. As soon as I saw Bon Jovi I knew I had to focus on this song.
Also by some strange coincidence, Jon Bon Jovi was also a guest star on Ally McBeal for about ten episodes. Although this was from the 90's, it have to have been right before Jon Bon famously cut his hair. Trust me, it was a big deal back then.
But yeah, Matt Leblanc in a Bon Jovi video, how cool is that? What is your favorite video that features a famous person? Was it one of these? Is it a different song? Word is there is a Beastie Boys video that has about twenty famous people in it. Do you know the one I am talking about?
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