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By: No More Kings Has Me In a Nostalgia Hammerlock « Live Granades

No More Kings Has Me In a Nostalgia Hammerlock « Live Granades — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:05:04 +0000

[...] Fast-forward to 2007. For one of the Friday Night Videos I featured No More Kings’ “Sweep the Leg”. It was a fun amalgam of 1980s nostalgia. I got interested in the band, listened to their songs, and bought their album when it came out a few weeks ago. Now I can’t get one of their songs out of my head. [...]

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:24:31 +0000

Was that Ralph Macchio at the end in the car?

It was indeed!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:19:51 +0000

I loved “Sweep the Leg.” Was that Ralph Macchio at the end in the car?

Limax,
You realize that the “Love is a Battlefield” video is legendary specifically because of Benatar’s bad dancing, right?

By: Limax

Limax — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:53:40 +0000

I haven’t seen KK, although I did see KK2. I still got some of the refs, though. I also recall an interview with Pat Benatar about Love is a Battlefield. She claims that she can’t dance and that it was the hardest part of making that video.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:12:23 +0000

The video I found through the magic of Metafilter, where they also mentioned that Mr. Belding was in the video. The rest of the trivia I puzzled out. Misty and I are still arguing about whether or not guy on skates wearing a red speedo and green jacket with the boom-box is from a David Lee Roth video.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:48:57 +0000

HOW did you find the “Sweep the Leg” video & trivia? I had to stop watching it at work during lunch because I was laughing too hard….

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:39:42 +0000

Mmmmmmm, nostalgia sandwich…..