{"id":1282,"date":"2006-05-20T16:05:35","date_gmt":"2006-05-20T21:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/pjones\/wordpress\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2006-05-22T16:06:11","modified_gmt":"2006-05-22T21:06:11","slug":"lordi-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/lordi-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Lordi video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are too pure to install Flash or have seen but not quite gotten the story in <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovision.lordi.org\/main.site?action=siteupdate\/view&#038;id=6\">Lordi&#8217;s &#8220;Hard Rock Halleluja!&#8221; video<\/a>, let me explain. [<a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=6666637566522776701&#038;q=lordi\">see also the Google Video version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>First we see a MetalGoth Girl walking down the halls of her school. Everyone else is pretty much blonde, this being Finland, but she has GothBlackHair and some various GothMetal fashion touches including an mp3 player which just happens it be playing &#8220;<em>Hard Rock Halleluja!&#8221;<\/em>  which no one can hear but us and our heroine. She softly sings along as she walks. We see she has a drawing pad with pictures of Lordi and the band. We notice American-style football players in the halls. They seem not to notice our MetalGothGirl even though she has obviously stolen their anti-glare eye black and is wearing it.<\/p>\n<p>This is because:<br \/>\n<em>The saints are crippled<br \/>\nOn this sinners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 night<br \/>\nLost are the lambs with no guiding light<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As she gets to the gym door, she is pushed into the wall by onrushing cheerleaders. The cheerleader costumes are coordinated with the video and so are black and white including the pompoms. The lead cheerleader is blonder yet and is wearing a tiara. She casts a condescending look at MetalGothGirl.<\/p>\n<p>But then smoke fills the room. A taloned hand appears in the window making a MetalSign. Surprise, it&#8217;s Lordi! He and his band complete with instruments and firepots burst through the doors and even the walls. The cheerleaders are struck down (some would say dead) and writhe a little in some basic dance moves. <\/p>\n<p>This is because<br \/>\n<em>The walls come down like thunder<br \/>\nThe rocks about to roll<br \/>\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the Arockalypse<br \/>\nNow bare your soul<\/p>\n<p>All we need is lightning<br \/>\nWith power and might<br \/>\nStriking down the prophets of false<br \/>\nAs the moon is rising<br \/>\nGive us the sign<br \/>\nNow let us rise up in awe<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But soon  they are brought back to life &#8212; some would say as zombies, but they are pretty much the same as before except that they like Lordi&#8217;s music and the worship our MetalGothGirl. <\/p>\n<p>This is because<br \/>\n<em>The true believers<br \/>\nThou shall be saved<br \/>\nBrothers and sisters keep strong in the faith<br \/>\nOn the day of Rockoning<br \/>\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s who dares, wins<br \/>\nYou will see the jokers soon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be the new kings<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MetalGothGirl now marches down the hallway pumping her fist in the air singing the anthem &#8212; what else <em>&#8220;Hard Rock Halleluja!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Rock \u00e2\u20ac\u2122n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah<br \/>\nDemons and angels all in one have arrived<br \/>\nRock \u00e2\u20ac\u2122n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah<br \/>\nIn God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s creation supernatural high<\/p>\n<p>Wings on my back<br \/>\nI got horns on my head<br \/>\nMy fangs are sharp<br \/>\nAnd my eyes are red<br \/>\nNot quite an angel<br \/>\nOr the one that fell<br \/>\nNow choose to join us or go straight to Hell<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Close on cute and happy MetalGothGirl with fist raised.<\/p>\n<p>You may enjoy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurovision.tv\/english\/2469.htm\">this interview with Lordi<\/a> by Eurovision from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurovision.tv\/english\/finland.htm\">the Eurovision Lordi site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurovision.tv\/english\/2115.htm\">Lyrics (above in italic)<\/a> and music by Mr. Lordi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are too pure to install Flash or have seen but not quite gotten the story in Lordi&#8217;s &#8220;Hard Rock Halleluja!&#8221; video, let me explain. [see also the Google Video version] First we see a MetalGoth Girl walking down the halls of her school. Everyone else is pretty much blonde, this being Finland, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amusements","category-general","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}