Eddie Money featuring Ronnie Spector - Take Me Home Tonight
Two moments in this video fall into the list of Top 1000 things of all time according to Me:
#432: At 0:55: Eddie does the best choreographed heart thump through parachute jacket this side of Bel Biv Devoe. And the prop buildup before hand, I mean, the ladder! Throwing away those sunglasses! And don’t even get me started how Ronnie just fucking PUT OUT HER CIGARETTE IN THE CARPET. Probably because it looks likes the Rochester Bank One Auditorium staff forgot to put any food, make up or indeed anything at all in her green room.
I love that he looks like a blowsier Rod Stewart. I also love that he and Kevin James are BFF. Like, if I made a successful sitcom and reaped in over $100 million dollars for a movie about a Blart, I wouldn’t try to make buds with Matt Damon or Julianne Moore or whatever. Nah, I’d probably just beg for The Pointer Sisters and Dave Foley to come over for pesto and beer.
#880: At 2:07 WHERE THE HELL DID THAT SAXOPHONE COME FROM?????? I thought that stage was just ladder, dramatically thrown down sunglasses, hair and Money.
I had to watch this video several times and still go through old Ronnie Spector photos to make sure that is her bangin’ bod all finger snapping and shimmying past that deaf janitor. No disrespect, Ms. Veronica! Eddie doesn’t have a bad hip swivel himself.
True story: I never paid attention to this song when it came on 80s Dance Mix infomercials because I was too kewl. Fortunately, sophomore year of high school, Atom and His Package’s “Punk Rock Academy.” made me a believer in throwing dance parties and demanding that someone please, please Take Me Home Tonight. You won’t regret it, I swear. (Well, this video, yes, you might. But I need to make my point.)
I do regret that Ronnie’s dress has those white side panels though.
merry x-mas
—megglespie
PS: How can I resist these smiles? Enjoy.
