By Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Mar 02, 2011 at 7:15 AM

Remember when video was an exciting, vital part of the music industry?

Yeah, I'd just about forgotten, too.

For many of us, MTV fell off the radar about 10 versions of "The Real World" ago. There was a time, though, when a well-made video could expose you to a new song and maybe convince you to check out a band.

I honestly can't remember the last time I saw a music video. That changed, though, last weekend. I was lucky enough to spend some time with Ken Casey, founding member of Dropkick Murphys, before the band played a postgame concert at the Admirals-Wolves hockey game.

Ken showed us the video for the song "Going Out in Style," the title track of the CD that dropped on Tuesday. The song is written from the point of view of a man envisioning his own funeral.

You can take my urn to Fenway and spread my ashes all around
Or you can bring me down to Wally Beach and dump the sucker out
Burn me to a rotten crisp and toast me for a while
I could really give a s@#% - I'm going out in style!

The video is shot in and around the band's hometown of Boston and includes cameos from a handful of Boston icons, including former Bruins legend Bobby Orr and Red Sox slugger Kevin Youkilis. Ken's children make an appearance, too.

I enjoyed the video a great deal and it got me thinking. If you were to make a video with Milwaukee "celebs," who would you put in it? What landmarks would you feature?

Take a look at the video for inspiration and use the Talkback feature to share your suggestions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Host of “The Drew Olson Show,” which airs 1-3 p.m. weekdays on The Big 902. Sidekick on “The Mike Heller Show,” airing weekdays on The Big 920 and a statewide network including stations in Madison, Appleton and Wausau. Co-author of Bill Schroeder’s “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers” on Triumph Books. Co-host of “Big 12 Sports Saturday,” which airs Saturdays during football season on WISN-12. Former senior editor at OnMilwaukee.com. Former reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.