Sweep the Leg! I have a new workout song and then some
I think it’s common knowledge that I’m always on the lookout for a new workout song. Sometimes I ask around and sometimes the song falls into my lap. On Saturday I hit the mother lode.*
Not only did I find a new song that is bitchin’ to the tenth degree but the title doubles as an incredible catch phrase. This treasure trove of goodness all came together over at StrugglingWriter’s pad.
Incidentally, your RapStar name is DJ-T, strugglingwriter.** I ran across that fun little ditty when I was trying to figure out if I spelled mother lode correctly.* I’d say that’s an accurate handle, wouldn’t you? Mine’s Too Soul. Bo-ring.
Quick addendum: I just tried my real name as a man and I have a handle I love! It’s Easy Killa. Damn straight, baby. I’ll be using Easy Killa on all of my return comments today. Booyah!
Okay, so DJ-T posted a video from No More Kings. The song is called Sweep the Leg and it rocks the casbah, baby. It has a hook that will not let go and I’ve been humming it non-stop since I found it. I’ve also been playing it incessantly on the computer and you know it’s on repeat on my mp3 player.
Awesome as that is, it’s not the best part. The best part is that I now have a catch phrase that can be used in a few different scenarios. The tone of voice and the circumstances will dictate the definition. Now let’s go over the definitions.
Definition One: Used when things are not going to go your way; an instance when you must suck it up and take it like a man.
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Katie: “Can I get my ears pierced?”
Me: “No.”
Katie: “Why not?!”
Me: “You’re not responsible enough and you’re going to lose your earrings.”
Katie: “Please?”
Me: “No.”
Katie: “Pretty please? I swear I won’t lose the earrings. Please!”
Me: “No.”
Katie: “You’re so mean!”
Me: “I know. Sweep the Leg, buddy.”
Definition Two: Used to express intense dismay or disgust; can be used in place of effing A or, alternately, F*ck.
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The scene takes place in the middle of winter on a Wednesday morning. I have a raging sinus infection and am looking forward to all three kids being at school. It has been snowing non-stop since noon the day before.
I boot up the computer and check to make sure school is open. As the computer is coming to life I offer up a silent prayer.
‘God, please don’t let today be a snow day. I’ll give (mulls it over for a minute) $10 for the poor at church if it’s not a snow day. Please, I really feel like shit today. I’m begging you.’
Clicks the website and finds out it’s a snow day — school is canceled.
“Sweep the leg! I knew I should have offered $20 for the poor.”
Definition Three: Used to express joy and good fortune; can be used in place of Hallelujah or Praise be!
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When I discovered the first day of school is at the end of August instead of the Wednesday after Labor Day I was very, very excited.
(jumps up and down as she approaches Mr. C) “Sweep the leg, dude! The first day of school is August 31! Sweep. The. Leg!”
Wouldn’t that be awesome if, for one Sunday, instead of reciting, “Praise be to you, Lord” we all said, “Sweep the leg, Lord.” Yes. Yes indeed, that would be awesome.
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* When I run into a spelling that does not jive in my brain I feel the need to give you my source. I thought this word should be spelled mother load — as in a whole bunch, many, a load of goodness. But then I searched around and discovered the name applied to a gold-mining region of California.
That makes sense but I imagine it has been bastardized over the years and went from mother lode to mother load, the way I wanted to write it. So you can see my quandary.
And that, my friend, is why you are now reading this addendum.
** Please indulge me and sign your comment with your RapStar name. Then I can guess who you really are. Won’t that be fun?!
okay when i first read your titles, i do try to guess what the post will be about. i’m wrong all of the time, but i enjoy the games i play with myself.
sweep the leg? i remember that phrase from the karate kid, the movie. danny was on his, uh last leg, excuse the pun, and the other guy needed a point, basically. bad guy’s instructor told him to sweep the leg (sweep the bad leg, knock him off his feet so he would not be able to continue in sudden death).
but this post is not about karate.
i like the definitions above and people already don’t know what i’m talking about, so a new phrase added to my repertoire won’t matter then.
that’s a great exit phrase actually. i can see me in conversation with nothing left to say. i stare at my opponent and then say, oh yeah, sweep the leg. then i turn and leave them wondering WTH.
great exit phrase. thank you.
or my job might call me in and tell me i’m fired. oh yeah, sweep the leg. then i leave. no further discussions. i’m loving it, girlfriend. i’m using it today.
yo jeeves, don’t bother cg while she’s having coffee, but i refreshed too much and now i can’t edit. sweep the leg. sweep the floor. mop the kitchen. and when you are done, please fix my typos.
“Sweep the leg! I knew I should have offered $20 for the poor.” LOL. Funny woman.
darn now you tell me about signing with my rap star name. sweep the leg! okay change everything. nobody knows who i am yet.
i’m busted, right?
@Cherri Thang Yes! Very good Sensei.
The phrase does reference The Karate Kid and the video over at DJ-T’s place is a seven-minute movie — an ode to The Karate Kid — with the music video in the middle.
It’s a story about Johnny all these years later training to fight the lead singer. At the end he realizes it was just a fantasy sequence in his head and then he gets hit by a car driven by … anyone? Anyone?
Yes, Ralph Macchio.
@Coco You’re not busted, Coco. No one will know who you are but I still wish my name was cool like yours. And I love Jeeves sweeping the floor, mopping it, etc. Awesome, as usual!
Too Soul out.
p.s. My other handle with my real name is Fresh K. Still boring.
However!
If you use my real name and say I’m a guy my name becomes Easy Killa and I really like that. So I’m replacing Too Soul with Easy Killa.
Yeah baby! Sweep the Leg!
I hate my RapStar name.
But I love this post. Thank you for making my morning. I, too, now have a new favorite workout song AND favorite video.
I’m off to my core strength class, where I plan to Sweep the Leg and tell that stinky woman who always gets to close too me to “Sweep the Leg . . . somewhere else.”
Okay, I swear I have not hovered over your name to find out who you are. Initially, I thought you were Wendy of the Domestiquette but when I saw the stinky woman I decided you were Homeslice.
Final answer. Now I’m going to hover so I can check.
Sweep the Leg! Dammit. Wrong. Grr. It is an awesome video, isn’t it? Sort of like cinematic art.
HA! If I choose “male,” my name becomes “Easy B.” That’s slightly better than Fresh Angel. At least I’m not STANK Angel, lady in my core strength class.
I have to agree, not a fan of Fresh Angel but I could get used to Stank Angel. Easy B is okay, though. That one’s workable.
You forgot to mention I’m also an acclaimed Karate Kid historian. I think my blog is gonna break from all the extra comments I get today from your link. *hint hint everybody*
The only thing that could’ve made the video better is if they could’ve gotten one of those old cars Daniel fixed up for Ralph Macchio to drive in at the end. That would’ve been the icing on the cake.
I have been calling the baby T-Mike for a while now, which is either his rapper name or sports nickname (like A-Rod).
PS No More Kings also have a song about Michael Knight of Knight Rider fame:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp6o5I99Idw
Listened to Michael (Jump In) and loved it! I used to love Knight Rider!!
Sorry Easy Killa but I think I like Michael (Jump In) even more than Sweep the Leg although both are great. I think I might have to get both songs!
@DJ-T I had no idea you were a Karate Kid historian! The things you learn. Perhaps your boy will be a double threat — an acclaimed rapper and sports sensation.
I’ve been listening to No More Kings’ play list on myspace and heard and loved that song Michael (Jump In). I had no idea it was about Knight Rider! My kids and I love the youtube video — the cartoon is really cute.
@MC XL Bitchin’ name, love that. I always enjoyed Kitt’s voice, so calm, so logical. And I agree both songs are great and have been purchased. (Thanks for playing with the rapper name and I didn’t guess it was you!)
i’m totally using that phrase from now on.
Isn’t it great? Unfortunately I recognize you because I know your toaster. And it’s a wonderful toaster, but it gave you away, Chanel.
It is my new mantra, although I feel compelled to also include other housekeeping duties paired with other body parts. Vacuum the pancreas! Mop the clavicle! Spit polish the elbow! However these expressions don’t quite rock the casbah like S to the T to the L. Oh and I find it hysterical that the gods of rap would give me my monicker, obsessing as I do about spelling and grammar. Sweep the leg, they knew!
How fun! Extacy, yeah! But it is hard to get past the spelling.
I do like going further with S to the T to the L. That might have to become code for me and Mr. C who’s rapper name is Dr. Z! Easy Killa and Dr. Z in da house!
I could definitely work out to that tune!
Madame Nasty? That’s an awesome rapper name!
Oh I love Madame Nasty! That’s great! This is so much fun! You guys are really the best. Thanks for playing with me.
I want to go to a house party where DJ-T is spinning some tunes from Madame Nasty.
We’ll have to make that happen, at least virtually :)
This has the makings of an awesome (virtual) Halloween party complete with costumes and new handles!
Bitchin’ to the tenth degree? Rock the casbah? The gen gap is wide open today.
Make a compromise, booster seat or pierced ears. I had mine pierced when I was nine, no problems. Well, they got infected once but that was remedied once we learned I could only wear 14k gold earrings until puberty.
Hey, I think your Rap name is Missy Velvet — that is, if I got your last name correct. C’mon, Missy. Play along! Yes, that gap is getting wider by the minute, isn’t it? Coincidentally, or not, I found a gray hair in my bangs this morning.
Oy, 14K gold earrings! I think she might be waiting until she’s 15.
Oh I don’t like my rap star name. Not a fan of the cherry, no sir.
Your addendum at the bottom cracked me up. I hate when I have an idea of how something should be spelled, and it’s spelled completely differently.
I think I’ll have to use Sweep the Leg in my own life now. Thanks for all the definitions!!
Your name reminds me of Neneh Cherry, remember her and her Buffalo Stance? Please don’t tell me you are too young to remember.
I just could not let that mother lode/load go. I swear no one (except maybe Extacy Finesse) would have noticed or cared. But it did make me feel so much better.
I LOVED Buffalo Stance. And now I am going to sing it for the rest of the day.
Ok, I will give you that “Sweep The Leg” is kind a cool substitute for dismay or disgust, but when we were out Saturday we heard a really cool song that would be an awesome workout song. “That’s Not My Name” by the Ting Tings. (If you look it up on youtube, play the Sony BMG version, not the live version.) We totally rocked out when we heard it in the car. Which is weird, because the station we listened to usually plays boring top 40 pop snot. Also check out their “Great DJ” and “Shut Up And Let Me Go.”
I love the Ting Tings!
That’s a fun name — the Ting Tings. I might have to buy it just because of the bands’ name. It did have a pretty good beat.
I should have known Easy B. would know about the Ting Tings. She’s very edgy, that Easy B.
Good grief, I sound like a porn star. Or a stripper. “…And here she is, give it up for…Miss Tasti!” (My husband will love it)
I’m going to insist he refer to me by this moniker from now on. Should make for some interesting phone calls at the proverbial office.
Sweep the leg, baby!
First I’m so glad I checked my spam folder because that is where you ended up Miss Tasti.
This is difficult. Hmm. I’m waffling between Wendy from http://ofbooksandboys.blogspot.com/ (who is not to be confused with Queen Delite) and Liz.
Overall I’m feeling Liz. Final answer. (Highly doubts herself) Liz? Is that you?
Bzzt. Wrong answer!
It’s me, Soonerchick. :)
But I seem to remember Liz being from around these parts as well, so I’ll give you half credit for hitting the same regional target.
…and now I’m off to mail my husband’s shoes, that he left here while home on R&R last week, halfway around the world to him. SHOES? How do you forget shoes, for crying out loud? *shakes head*
Damnation, I have Liz on the brain. I also thought Faith was Liz. Get out of here.
He forgot his shoes? I bet it costs and arm and a leg to mail those halfway around the world — no pun intended, honestly.
This was a great way to kick off a rainy Monday! Again, you are nuts! Thank you for a smiles and laughs. I needed that!
Hey Wonder Woman — I’m so glad I could make you laugh! Now go get your Lasso of Truth and take on the day!
Sweep the leg as both a cuss and an honorific? Hmm.
ps, bet you can’t guess who this is.
Steve? I have no idea why I’m hearing your voice, but it jumped right out at me so that’s what I’m going with.
p.s. For some reason you and Miss Tasti ended up in my spam folder. Isn’t that funny?
Maybe Akismet thought you and your girl Miss Tasti brought the bammer and some dro so he virtually put a cap in yo’ ass.
Nope. Try again. :D
DAMNATION!
I’m totally blank, but I feel I must continue to guess until I get it right. Wendy from Ofbooksand boys, is that you?
Okay, I just thought of this. If you are never-commented-before person you must give up your name immediately. If you are a semi-regularly visitor to the Lounge I want to keep on guessing.
Ugh. Ghetto Joint if you don’t come back to give another clue I shall languish on the pavement. Please give me a hint.
Susan, is that you?
Nope, I’m male. :)
SWEEP THE LEG!! This is maddening. Grr.
Whoa, whoa GINGAH! Is this Joe-a-saurus Rex?! I’m positive it’s you Ghetto Joint.
Is that you Joe? And if so, where the hell have you been?
Wait, wait! Is this REH from Ramblings of a Madman?
Nope, neither. :D
My competitive nature will not let me give up. You need to give me another clue. Besides this exchange, have we ever had a conversation in the VIP Lounge? And leaving one comment a year ago does not count.
Have we had enough conversations that I should know you or was this a slam dunk in the first place? Also, I don’t think you’re a US citizen and that doesn’t really help me narrow it down either. But you can’t use that as a clue, if that’s the case.
(mumbles) Sweep the mother effing Leg!
What up! Mercedes Rose and Godfather Scratch checkin in wit ya! Love the catch phrase and the RapStar names. I **require** an email from you, better still a phone call!
Hands. Down. The best rapping duo name I have ever heard and will ever hear.
Mercedes Rose and Godfather Scratch. I LOVE THAT!!
Oh yeah, I will make contact very soon.
Oops!
I know I should delete this, but I love that name combination so much it shall stand as it so I can love it twice as much.
LOL Easy Killa I like that. Definitely much better than your other choice!
Ok sorry to be a pain, but don’t the icons for your regular VIP’ers not change despite the name they use? Well I’m going to try to be super sneaky. I’m not listing my “real” info. (Sweep the leg!!! I’ve been thwarted by Jeeves! He wouldn’t let me publish without an email. So to continue in my super sneaky ways, I’m using an email I rarely use. (Although, when you look at it, it’s pretty obvious who’s it is. So no peaking Easy Killa!)
AHA Success!!! I got a different icon using a different email.
Like you I ended up using the rap star name for the opposite sex version of my name. The other one was lame.
One more point, I don’t think a rap star name Easy Killa would use the phrase “Rock the Casbah!”. Just seems like two different worlds colliding. :)
Yes, that’s a glitch. The icons are attached to your email address and you have to give an email address to leave a comment. Hmm. I wonder if you could have given a fake email like MCXL@comcast.net.
Anyway, you are indeed super sneaky and I didn’t catch you based on your comment. Of course, in the admin panel, all was revealed.
I need to brush up on my rap lexicon. Can you help me out with some gangsta adjectives?
(jumps up and down) I found a rap dictionary! It’s heezy and it left me feeling twizzy, bro.
p.s. Look how hard the computer tries to work. It gave a blue link to my fake email address.
Down girl, you’re going to blow a mother board. That’s not a real address.
Um, the above picture is NOT me (very much at all), so you can guess who it is. DUH. Vacuum the pancreas, it is Monday!!!
Uh, word! (Trying to come up with some rap adjectives. Hey! Do you know any?)
Why oh why did I not turn to the internet? Found a rap dictionary and it is crank! So I amend my statement in the beginning of the post to say the song has a phat beat, gingah.
Hola Easy Killa,
I dig a multi purpose catch phrase (as she slowly puts this into her bag o’ tricks). One wonders how this will go over with my ultra religious family in church….the jury is still out. I will get back to you after the weekend.
On another note when I read Sweep the Leg I automatically thought about Reggae in particular Pon De River, which has it’s own dance to go with it. Alas it wasn’t Reggae but I can totally see a great workout happening while this lovely plays in the background.
Here’s the youtube link to one of my fave workout diddies (small note the actual song starts about 30 seconds in) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hd-uklv-5g
I had to read your comment a few times and was stumped as to your identity, Sass. I was going to guess Liz because she has mentioned growing up in and living in the Bible Belt, but she didn’t give a rapper name up there.
I did follow your link and I love John Legend’s voice. What a fun find! So I came back here after I watched the video and was ready to go with Liz as my final answer.
But I read the comment one more time (obsess much, Easy Killa?) and I realized I missed the salutation at the beginning. Faith, right? You always start with Hola CG. Now it’s possible that someone else is that good to impersonate you, but I’m going Faith, final answer.
Am I right?
Who is this Liz person you compare me to? She must be full of awesome fantabulousness!!! Ha ha yes your final answer is spot on, it’s Faith. Now I didn’t grow up in the bible belt but pretty much everyone on my mother’s side is touched by the lawd!!!!
I decided I really wanted to play the game realizing that the image is linked to my e-mail address I had to use one for work to disguise. Oh this reminded me of hide and seek, pretty fun actually because it interrupted a hellacious work day.
She shoots, she scores! YES!
I love the idea of being touched by the lawd! Hey, to make a huge stretch here (that’s not really connected, but what the hey) it looks like we were both touched by the blogging lawd of fun yesterday, no?
Thanks for playing. You were this close to stumping me.
I am now changing my name to Queen Delite. I no longer answer to that other name.
(laughs) As you should, Queen Delite.
That is a really good name. Can I call you Queen Delite when we go back to those Christian names?
I am, as usual, of two minds. Therefore, I get two names. S’cool… I be sweepin’ the leg…
Ooh, I like that Fiona, but I’m surprised you are the only one who got a real first name on both of them!
What the hell shetbag? Are you special or something?
Duh…! YEAH!
(laughs and then puts her open palm in front of her chest and gestures up and down while she says, “Yo, yo, boyz.”)
Sweep the Leg! I have a new workout song and then some [...]
You kept guessing it might be me. This must be because I rarely take such a long vacation from your VIP lounge. We went out of town Monday. Sorry I missed out on all this fun, first hand. I will merely have to bring up the rear. I appreciated my female moniker much better than the one it provided if I entered male: Lil’ Pain (although that is probably what my husband would call me).
I’ll have to try the new CG phrase out while I am gone at camp (we leave tomorrow and will be gone until Aug. 2nd). It will be interesting to document the reactions. I’m not sure I’ll be able to get on the computer after all, despite hubby graciously purchasing me a netbook for my b-day. It turns out they are putting my oldest son in the Teen track, which means he will sleep in a teen cabin and not be in my cabin, nor will he then be available to stay with the two little boys while I trek off to where the wifi is accessible (I’m sure it won’t be from my cabin, since I chose the cheapest option). Still, I might try to see if I can get access while I am in classes (shhh- don’t tell the teachers, maybe I can pull it off if I pretend I am taking notes on my mini-laptop).
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