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. "Cardi Monday: Cardi B co hosts/John Mulaney" In response to Reply # 0
mg: Cardi B
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"
Why? Her name end with a "B" and I'm sure at some point he went to a fair in Kentucky? (Might not be good because the b's in the song are kind of a diss, could change them??)
2. "t. Jon Hamm/Emily Ratajkowski" In response to Reply # 0
mg: Khalid & Normani
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"
Jon Hamm Ezekiel Parchment & The Jaytees's "West Beruit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxaqRucxJYE REASON: New project is called BEIRUT. One wouldn't think of a reggae song in reference to Beirut but the lyrics are fitting, thus my suggestion.
3. "w: Kerry Washington/Gad Elmaleh" In response to Reply # 0
mg: 5 Seconds Of Summer
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"
Gad Elmaleh Gad Elmaleh's "It's Kiz My Life" https://youtu.be/ZUpvPUxvhhU?t=1m17s REASON: He did a song 16 years ago and this is it. Chorus: "Its kys my life Oh my life, life is life La la la Its kys my life Oh my life, life is life La la la Its kys my life, Its kys my life"
Gad Elmaleh: "American Dream" - Danielle Ate The Sandwich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDVr5dQBwjc (chorus starts at 3:15, but at 4:43 it really kicks in with the chorus and "this is what they call the American dream" sung in a round.)
(It's one of my fave songs of hers and is, of course, impossibly obscure a song to be playing on The TonightShow, which as we all know is the point of this operation)
4. "th. Jack White/Grace Jones" In response to Reply # 0
mg: Tinashe ft Offset
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"
Jack White Pearl Jam's "Spin The Black Circle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8v09-wlFiM REASON: As you know, White is a vinyl junkie and runs his own label. If you want to go extra, do a version before he shows up and press it as an acetate/dub plate. Then when he shows up that night, instead of performing, play the record, the "black circle". Have Jimmy play it on a portable turntable on his desk. I'd like to think Jack would look at you, very impressed.
Grace Jones Grace Jones' "My Jamaican Guy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjxm5XHwwg REASON: As the voice says on her SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM album, when people first saw her, she was "a woman looking like a man singing "I Need A Man" to a bunch of men." She always played with perceptions. She has so many good songs that you could go anywhere, I originally chose "Don't Cry, It's Only The Rhythm" but I'm going for this due to her Jamaican roots.
Why: A nod to her name (change to Ms. Jones) and also the fact that she shouted her out in her recent NYTimes interview as one of the few artists from the last decade that she was a fan of.
5. "f. Jeff Daniels/Joe Manganiello" In response to Reply # 0
comedian: Brian Regan
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"
Jeff Daniels Magic Disco Machine's "Control Tower" https://youtu.be/Sx2CQwCkNZc?t=19s REASON: He's in THE LOOMING TOWER, from a semi-forgotten Motown record by the session musicians.
Joe Manganiello Eddy Grant's "Killer On The Rampage" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMLMRWONZMU REASON: He's in THE RAMPAGE. This is from the Eddy Grant album that gave us "Electric Avenue" and "I Don't Wanna Dance", it's the title track.
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