NO! LIST Tom Petty M J Zeppelin Springsteen Neil Young Eagles Ray Charles Madonna Chuck Berry South Park TV Songs Justin Timberlake "Food Glorious Food" "Twilight Zone" theme "A Boy Named Sue" "Night Moves" "The Situation" "Superbowl Shuffle"
1. "Mon: Simon Baker/Senator John McCain" In response to Reply # 0
mg: The Dismemberment Plan
NO! LIST Tom Petty M J Zeppelin Springsteen Neil Young Eagles Ray Charles Madonna Chuck Berry South Park TV Songs Justin Timberlake "Food Glorious Food" "Twilight Zone" theme "A Boy Named Sue" "Night Moves" "The Situation" "Superbowl Shuffle"
Simon Baker Mothers Of Invention's "What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZjHswsK6S4 REASON: Baker is in THE MENTALIST, and the answer to the question in the title is, "I think it's your mind".
Senator John McCain I was going to say Madonna's "Where's The Party" but noted that Madonna is on the "no go" list, so... The Rolling Stones' "Sweet Virginia" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvpMeq_4BPM REASON: He and his family settled in Virginia, thus the chorus: "I want you to come on, come on down Sweet Virginia I want you come on, honey child, I beg of you I want you come on, come on down, you got it in you Got to scrape the shit right off you shoes"
ALTERNATE PICK: Foo Fighters' "Virginia Moon" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGL-ojxKkTo REASON: Same as above. Also, in honor of Diddly Squat/Christ On A Crutch/Sunny Deal Real Estate/Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel, a Hanford High School graduate near here in Richland, Washington (and former employee of Burger Ranch). The lyric fits: "Virginia moon, I wait for you tonight And now our shapes become shadows in your light In the morning when we're through, and tomorrow rescues you I will say Goodnight"
7. "Senator John McCain" In response to Reply # 1 Sat Nov-02-13 07:38 PM by handle
Mines - and let's remember what happened last time, I know I do. So NONE of these contain the word bitch, any curse words, or any ad hominem attacks. All are based at his direct actions - except the very last one which is my non-controversial suggestion.
Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrONIb9gQ-k Why?Another Fishbone song - but nothing bad. Just saying that the (Republican) party is almost over.
--- So my non controversial choice thoughts: Let’s not get bitten by the victim machine that is the modern Republican Party, Play something that is so generic that there would be no way it could be considered controversial for any reason.
For this reason for his "walk-on music" I suggest "Walk On" by Isaac Hayes.
And I'll even suggest a particular arrangement, from one of America's favorite family friendly groups - The Jackson 5.
Play just the words “Walk On” and a bit of the beat. It would to respectful, approratite AND factual. This version is up-tempo, and has a great beat.
Baker's on the MENTALIST, which shares the same synopsis as the USA tv show PSYCH. PSYCH even gave a little ribbing in an episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAarpqbRHhs). "I Know You Know" is the theme to PSYCH. I think it'd be pretty playful if you threw that out there.
Look, I know there's no way they're letting you pick any song for McCain this time around. lol So I go with the guitar driven theme to TOP GUN, since he was known as being a "Maverick."
2. "Tue: Lucy Liu/Zachary Quinto" In response to Reply # 0
chef: Giada De Laurentiis
NO! LIST Tom Petty M J Zeppelin Springsteen Neil Young Eagles Ray Charles Madonna Chuck Berry South Park TV Songs Justin Timberlake "Food Glorious Food" "Twilight Zone" theme "A Boy Named Sue" "Night Moves" "The Situation" "Superbowl Shuffle"
Lucy Liu Oaktown 3.5.7's "Juicy Gotcha Crazy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a8Zu8I8yT0 REASON: Her name is Lucy, switch the lyric in the song so it becomes "L-L-L-L Lucy".
Zachary Quinto Sesame Street's "Number Five" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fzCnTg3kkA REASON: From one of my favorite albums as a kid, THE SESAME STREET BOOK & RECORD on Columbia. Written by Jerry Raposo and Jim Henson, I picked this because his last name is Quinto, which translates to the number 5. Also used in the song "Monkey Bars" (beginning at 2:04) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mHoJeI8d5Q
3. "wed: Jason Statham/Tom Green" In response to Reply # 0
mg: Emeli Sande
NO! LIST Tom Petty M J Zeppelin Springsteen Neil Young Eagles Ray Charles Madonna Chuck Berry South Park TV Songs Justin Timberlake "Food Glorious Food" "Twilight Zone" theme "A Boy Named Sue" "Night Moves" "The Situation" "Superbowl Shuffle"
Jason Statham Black Moon's "I Got Cha Opin" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dceorz43MwY REASON: Suggested a week or so ago, and for the same reason. Statham will star in HOMEFRONT, so change the lyric to "home front, I know I got cha opin".
Tom Green The Tubes' "TV Is King" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up0_z448pkc REASON: Suggested twice before, I'll try it again for this. Green has a new late night talk show and it refers to that.
4. "thur: Rachel Maddow/MIA" In response to Reply # 0
mg: MIA
NO! LIST Tom Petty M J Zeppelin Springsteen Neil Young Eagles Ray Charles Madonna Chuck Berry South Park TV Songs Justin Timberlake "Food Glorious Food" "Twilight Zone" theme "A Boy Named Sue" "Night Moves" "The Situation" "Superbowl Shuffle"
Rachel Maddow Bright Eyes' "Hot Knives" (emphasis at 1:53) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYsuP0B4cL8 REASON: Maddow appeared in THE SIMPSONS, so... "I'm a cartoon you're a full moon let's stay up"
M.I.A. Thomas Dolby's "One Of Our Submarines" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OsZTJ5vfUs REASON: Radio in Honolulu played this song a lot when I was growing up, along with his song "Radio Silence", and I chose this because of the lyric "one of our submarines is missing tonight/seems she ran aground on maneuvers", which relates to the M in her name. Also, most people will only know Dolby for "She Blinded Me With Science", maybe "Hyperactive" or "Europe And The Pirate Twins", and maybe for writing, playing, and singing in Lene Lovich's "New Toy", and rarely "One Of Our Submarines". Obviously, I'm a Dolby fan.
(M.I.A. = "Maya". There's a part of "Lovin You" where Ripperton sings "Maya, maya, maya, maya" [@ 3:11 in the above Soul train clip) in tribute to her daughter, the imitable Maya Rudolph)
5. "Fri: Natalie Portman/Taye Diggs" In response to Reply # 0
comedian: Nate Bargatze
NO! LIST Tom Petty M J Zeppelin Springsteen Neil Young Eagles Ray Charles Madonna Chuck Berry South Park TV Songs Justin Timberlake "Food Glorious Food" "Twilight Zone" theme "A Boy Named Sue" "Night Moves" "The Situation" "Superbowl Shuffle"
Natalie Portman Wu-Tang Clan's "Method Man" REASON: Her name is the "N-A-T P-O-R-T MAN"
Taye Diggs A Tribe Called Quest's "Oh My God" REASON: Change the lyric to "Oh my God, Taye, Oh my God"
TRUE REASON: November 9th is the 20th anniversary of both ENTER THE WU-TANG (36 CHAMBERS) and MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS, along with Black Moon's ENTA DA STAGE, and thought it would be cool to honor the guests in that manner.
Or... if I do not get the suggestions for the walk-ons, at least play the source of some of the primary samples during commercial breaks, so...: Ronnie Laws' "Tidal Wave" Ronnie Foster's "Mystic Brew" The Charmels' "As Long As I've Got You" Weldon Irvine's "We Gettin' Down" Grover Washington Jr.'s "Hydra" The New Birth's "Honeybee" Ramsey Lewis' "Dreams"
and of course, many other records that we've no doubt collected over the years, or had and realized "oh, Evil Dee used this too?"
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