The Best Videos Of 1989 - 'The Last Mile'

"The Last Mile" is on Cinderella's fabulous album Long Cold Winter and it has always been one of my favorites from the band. 

The video is special because it is at once a road clip and also behind-the-scene happiness exposé. Yes, in a time when Metal bands were trying to seem both tough and beautiful, Cinderella managed to also show themselves being genuinely happy. The clip for "The Last Mile" is a bunch of live shots interspersed with the band doing normal road things like being on a bus, walking around, hanging out. There's also after-show shots of the band just plain tired. In all these scenes, the members of Cinderella have infectious smiles. You can tell these were not fake for the camera - the band members were honestly happy. They were successful musicians and having fun and making money while doing it. The smiles - layered with the anthemic and catchy riffs of "The Last Mile" - make the clip my final addition of this list of the best videos of 1989.

Also, can I just say that Long Cold Winter was criminally underrated when it came out - and now it should definitely be regarded as one of the best Glam releases of the era? Few albums stack up to its songwriting, themes, guitar solos and pure grit. I said what I said.