{"id":750,"date":"2007-03-09T13:26:40","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T19:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2007\/03\/09\/friday-night-videos-overwrought\/"},"modified":"2007-03-09T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T19:26:40","slug":"friday-night-videos-overwrought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Videos: Overwrought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Darkness: I Believe in a Thing Called Love (2002)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6-4VOLeKBOw\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6-4VOLeKBOw\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The moment the mists begin to clear from the heart-shaped pool, you know you&#8217;re in for a treat. But the video doesn&#8217;t reach its pinnacle of awesomeness until the band defeats the space squid with the electric power of rock. Watch closely as the drummer&#8217;s sticks spark like a Jacob&#8217;s ladder!<\/p>\n<p><b>Guns N&#8217; Roses: November Rain (1992)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rPYkn82nz18\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rPYkn82nz18\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>For a time this was the most requested video on MTV, proving that we were all dumb once. I never understood why the sight and sound of a hair band singing a ballad that Meatloaf would reject as being &#8220;too over-the-top&#8221; was so popular. Looking at this thing fifteen years later proves one thing: I blame Axl and the boys for the video for My Chemical Romance&#8217;s &#8220;Helena&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, let&#8217;s have another bonus video! This one is The Lion King in 5 Seconds.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/X9BN--aHYi8\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/X9BN--aHYi8\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The creator of the above has done <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/profile?user=guywiththeglasses\">a lot of 5-second versions of movies<\/a>. I recommend his take on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5zsnRoH9KTc&#038;NR\">Fargo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7hF8reBTejw\">Bill and Ted&#8217;s Excellent Adventure<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Darkness: I Believe in a Thing Called Love (2002) The moment the mists begin to clear from the heart-shaped pool, you know you&#8217;re in for a treat. But the video doesn&#8217;t reach its pinnacle of awesomeness until the band defeats the space squid with the electric power of rock. Watch closely as the drummer&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=750\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday Night Videos: Overwrought<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}