mg: Walk The Moon

Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda:
"Galaxy Glue" - from The Incredible Shrinking Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP-iVBp4l4A

(I saw this Lilly Tomlin movie once in the theatre in 1981 and the song has been stuck in my head ever since.)

"Jughead" - Prince & The NPG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhQM05YWsYc

(he's Jughead on Riverdale. And I'm a ride or die for one of the most hated Prince songs of all time. I like it. Oh well.)

Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda
Rufus Thomas - I ain't Gettin' Older, I'm Gettin' Better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5tp7PEjedU

Why? They OLD!!!

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Cole Sprouse
Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOotsq4soug

Why? Jugghead wears a hat.

Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda

Jimi Hendrix + Band of Gypsies "We Gotta Live Together"
https://youtu.be/bt8En_gRJVw

Why: Premise of their show 'Grace and Frankie' is that they're two women who have known each other for a long time and haven't been particularly fond of one another, but are forced to live together and grow closer once they both split from their respective husbands.

Cole Sprouse

Fetty Wap "Jugg"
https://youtu.be/5igekwClGRM

Why: Jughead reference.

Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda
Lou Donaldson's "Good Gracious"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfoV5C5ULAk
REASON: They're in GRACE & FRANKIE



Cole Sprouse
Gucci Mane's "Bussin' Juggs"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W37wyVdxKZU
REASON: He is Jughead in RIVERDALE.


ALTERNATE CHOICE:
Paul Jabara's "Dance"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONZnpJztyGw
REASON: This is the theme from the classic Bill Cosby, Racquel Welch, and Harvey Keitel film MOTHER, JUGS & SPEED. Again, in reference to him being Jughead and yes, I'm aware "jugs" is slang for mas tetas.






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Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda
"Go Ladies" by Slum Village


Cole Sprouse
"Jugg" by Fetty Wap
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Jimmy Fallon mocks Trump with 'Fire and Fury' James Taylor parody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqJZxmU-iZM

mg: Caitlyn Smith

Chris Hemsworth:
"If I had A Hammer" - Pete Seger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl-yszPdRTk

Thor ref.

Carrie Brownstein:
"The Dream of the 90s Is Alive In Portland" - from Portlandia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZt-pOc3moc

Since it's the last time she'll be on for Portlandia, take-over it back to the song that started it all.

Chris Hemsworth
Ballad of the Green Berets - SSGT Barry SADLER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5WJJVSE_BE

Why? He's in a film about The Green Berets.

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Carrie Brownstein
The Stranglers - Get A Grip On Yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIX_6EVf7pI

Why? I know she loves Hugh Cornwell, that's the only reason.

Chris Hemsworth

Sly and the Family Stone "Brave and Strong"
https://youtu.be/ekQQEC1GZQc

Why: '12 Strong' is the name of the film he's starring in (and hey, those guys were also brave and strong).

Carrie Brownstein

Sango & Xavier Omar "Hipster Girl"
https://youtu.be/Fs9TkS4vlkA

Why: 'Portlandia' is all about them hipsters.

Chris Hemsworth
I was going to suggest one of my favorite songs from high school, Papsmear's "Die Killing", Blessed Death's "Incoming Wounded" or Carnivore's "Inner Conflict" but...
Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Two Tribes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-2b_3Dmxw
REASON: He's in 12 STRONG, a film about being a soldier in combat. THis too was one of my favorite songs in high school and is the first record I bought when I moved to Washington State from Honolulu when I discovered a great record store called Licorice Donut, the "black record store". I'm a huge Zang Tuum Tumb head so this is partly in honor of all the ZTT/Trevor Horn maniacs out there.



Carrie Brownstein
The Wipers' "D-7"
https://youtu.be/MRa5BWOOGZM?t=1m28s
REASON: I suggested this before for her the last time. Nirvana made this song famous but it was because Kurt Cobain was a huge Wipers fan. The Wipers were an indie rock band from Portland in the early 80's in the era of Poison Idea and Smegma and this is in honor of Carrie, since she would know the importance of this song, being from Portland. This is the chorus:
"Straight as an arrow
Defect, defect
Not straight, not so straight
Reject, reject
Towards anti-social
So dull, so dull"

In other words, the song is about not wanting to be a non-conformist and as someone who has been a fan of hers with Sleater-Kinney, I hope she will hear this as a means to honor her love and passion of Rose City (and yours too). It also honors "Old Portland", as Portland has changed drastically in the last eight years so it's meant to be a salute to old school PDX.






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"Brave and Strong" by Sly and The Family Stone
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Carrie Brownstein
"Feel It All Around" by Washed Out

mg: Louis Tomlinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCxc0Laqyqo

Savannah Gutherie & Hoda Kotb

The Isley Brothers - People of Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oFdjSs1zuA

Why? They are the people of the first 4 hours of Today.
(And still making less combined than Lauer or Megan Kelly alonee.)

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Edgar Ramirez
Migos - Versace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-hq_CHNH0

Why? Ramirez next stars on The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.

Savanna Gutherie & Hoda Kotb

The Roots "The Day"
https://youtu.be/BY3gBBf_aks

Why: 'Today Show' reference, and today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day...

Edgar Ramirez

DMX "Crime Story"
https://youtu.be/FiDLiwp0G9g

Why: He's in the Versace American Crime Story movie.

Savannah Guthrie & Hoda Kotb
Tom Scott's cover of Jefferson Airplane's "Today"
https://youtu.be/yYHa2gP7Jgc?t=1m30s
REASON: Known as the sasmple in "They Reminisce Over You", you can either focus on the lyrics or just focus on the known saxophone solo. If you guys play it at the point where I start the video here, by the time they reach the couch, the key part of that solo will happen.




Edgar Ramirez
Makiki Pete (Bruno Mars)' "Versace On The Floor"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FyjEnoIgTM
REASON: He's Gianni Versace in the new AMERICAN HORROR STORY. Gotta give one shout out to Makiki Pete.







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Savannah Gutherie & Hoda Kotb:
"Living In The World Today" - GZA ft. Method Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV80H9rScSQ

Edgar Ramirez:
"Crime Story" - MC Hammer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQGXg2Zx4M

Savannah Guthrie & Hoda Kotb
"Lovely Is Today" by Eddie Harris


Edgar Ramirez
"Who's Johnny" by El Debarge

mg: Franz Ferdinand

Jessica Chastain
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ6akiGRcL8

Why?She next stars in Molly’s Game. (And the drug Molly is played out - kids are into sniffing crushed up moon rocks now.)


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Ricky Martin

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Ricky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZlLQLFq_H4

Why? Name.
(and yes, that IS Tress McNeil as Lucy. MIND BLOWN.)

Jessica Chastain

Tyga "Molly"
https://youtu.be/vPFB0rM1Xxk

Why: 'Molly's Game' reference. Sidenote: After doing some digging, I don't think there has been a good song written about molly in the last decade.

Ricky Martin

Bruno Mars "Versace on the Floor"
https://youtu.be/3JbmE3jjCSk

Why: Promoting the 'Versace' film...guess you can also use this for Ramirez.

Jessica Chastain
The Vaselines' "Molly's Lips" (or Nirvana's well known cover of it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AXrBXzSFZ4
REASON: She is Molly in MOLLY'S GAME



Ricky Martin
Maggie's Dream's "It's A Sin"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYLPmjpX5yo
REASON: Maggie's Dream is the band featuring Martin's Menudo bandmate (and writer of "Livin' La Vida Loca") Robi Rosa so it's also a tribute to not only his good friend but their Puerto Rican background. These guys reminded me of a band from Portland who had a small bit of mainstream attention, the Dan Reed Project, and their song "Get To You" so I just want to see if Martin reaches the couch and goes "hey, that's Robi's song." It's also a way to say they've both come a long way after Menudo.




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Jessica Chastain
"Poker Face" - Lady Gaga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo

(since "Molly's Game" is about high stakes poker.)

Ricky Martin:
"Hold Me'" - Menudo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaQ3O444sDM

(classic)

Jessica Chastain
"Good Golly Miss Molly" by Little Richard
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Ricky Martin
"Versace On The Floor" by Bruno Mars
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mg: Tech Expert Marques Brownlee

Trevor Noah
U2 - Trevor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAL4VCNXGZs

Why? U2 never made a song about Noah.
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Dakota Fanning
Tommy Shaw - Girls With Guns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHW5QSLE3E

Why? She packs heat - in 1896 in the new series the Alienist.



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Trevor Noah

Murs & 9th Wonder "Trevor An' Them"
https://youtu.be/366GfDn4CbY

Why: Probably can only really play the beat as there's no hook, but one of just a few Trevor songs.

Dakota Fanning

Boogie Down Productions "Criminal Minded"
https://youtu.be/9UAa3uPKGO4

Why: She's starring in 'The Alienist.' An alienist is a criminal psychologist.

Trevor Noah
Malcolm McLaren's "Soweto"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afZ7VCIeSvQ
REASON: Another nod to Trevor Horn production, the keyboard work Thomas Dolby did and the Art Of Noise production team but basically a nod to Noah's South African upbringing. Key lyrics are:

"All the men shall boogie and bark
never be afraid of the dark

All Xhosa Zulu Sangoma, Witchdoctor
say Shangaans the Boogie Beater

All the men do the boogie
living in the road in Soweto"

The song is meant to be an anti-apartheid song ("never be afraid of the dark") so, from one Trevor to another. This is one of my favorite songs on McLaren's DUCK ROCK, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Also, that man with the ultra low voice in this song is the source of the sample in Art Of Noise's "Beat Box" and McLaren's "D'ya Like Scratchin'".






Dakota Fanning
Psychic TV's "Alienist"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMIdT1yg0p0
REASON: She's in THE ALIENIST






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Trevor Noah:
"South Africa" - Quality Control/Quavo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsRY-8qJMcg

(since he's from South Africa)

Dakota Fanning:
"Who Dunnit"" - Genesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR6QFlNfzdE

(since her new show is about a journalist and an investigative team assembled to try to solve a series of murders)

Trevor Noah
"Trevor" by U2
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Dakota Fanning
"Alienist" by Psychic TV
Her show is "The Alienist"

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