Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight!
by John Walker on Aug.04, 2006, under The Rest
Tim told Kieron, and Kieron told me.
The internet’s latest, and certainly greatest meme: Miming to Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart.
There’s little question that this is what the internet was made for. And this one is definitely the best. And everyone’s in love with the girl.
I do want to make special mention of the scene in Bandits, where Cate Blanchett’s character does the very same thing in her kitchen, which doesn’t seem to be getting the credit it deserves for starting all this.
But then there’s this one:
Give it time – get past the boring bag-on-head scenes, and suddenly it’s WRIST SLASHING FALLING DOWN STAIRS excellence.
There’s a billion of these, and as Kieron points out, the brilliant bit is that it justifies listening to Steinman’s ridiculous rock opera over and over again.
And that eventually leads to this:
I don’t know who Hurra Torpedo are, but I do know this: ALL songs should be performed by smashing ovens with table legs.
August 5th, 2006 on 02:10
Man!
August 5th, 2006 on 14:28
I like it. I would love it if it was I would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) by Meat Loaf, but then there’s always next meme.
August 6th, 2006 on 01:15
ArgH! Look what you made me go and do!
MY FACE IS ON THE INTERWEBS!!
August 6th, 2006 on 01:15
*ahem*
forgot the linkage:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8612646230802160810
August 7th, 2006 on 09:29
Masked Dave I want to touch you. But I want it too much.
*votes Poison by Alice Cooper for next meme*
August 7th, 2006 on 09:34
SingstarRocks (I think) has Poision on it, which means with a simple game purchase you can encourage others to sing along to it live in your living room.
yikes, Total Eclipse of the Heart urgently needs to be on Singstar! They could call it “Singstar Cheese”, or something.
August 7th, 2006 on 12:25
Need someone to do some Pink Floyd next. Comfortably numb’d work great.
“When AAAAAIII was a child! I had a fleeting glimpse! Out of the corner of my EYE! [points frantically at eye!]”
Or Supertramp. Asylum maybe. “SAILBOAT RIDE! HE AIN’T EVER LIKELY TO!”
August 7th, 2006 on 13:29
Of course, the original video deserves respect of its own.
Brilliant
At 1.15 the ninjas appear. They are dancing ninjas and are never seen again.