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1. "m: Hugh Jackman/Nick Offerman" In response to Reply # 0 Sat May-09-15 02:40 AM by 15
mg: Janelle Monae
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6. "my picks" In response to Reply # 1 Sat May-09-15 09:55 PM by johnbook
Hugh Jackman The Dickies' "It's Huge" https://youtu.be/1IZi-b_z-5k REASON: The chorus is simple, because the title sounds like "Hugh", thus: "it's huge my love for you is huge my love for you is huge"
Nick Offerman Evelyn 'Champagne' King's "Shame" https://youtu.be/OMbty5vEBGU REASON: He recently shaved, although by the time he hits the show, he may have grown his mustache and beard back but I'll take a chance, so you guys can change the lyric to "shaved".
30. "Different Offerman" In response to Reply # 15
(Now that the website has been updated) The full title of his books is: Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
2. "t: Jamie Foxx/Carla Gugino" In response to Reply # 0
mg: Jamie Foxx
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Jamie Foxx Beck's "Hollywood Freaks" https://youtu.be/fYtF30ipZZ0 REASON: His new album is called HOLLYWOOD and while "Hollywood Swingin'" may be more apt, I rarely ever go "apt" so it's a chance for the horn section to rap this, I'll go for it.
Carla Gugino The Allies' "Emma Peel" https://youtu.be/iXvewKrgvUs REASON: Cugino stars in SAN ANDREAS as "Emma", thus name recognition. Long before Nirvana became the "it" band for Seattle, a lot of people up here loved bands like The Allies, especially a song that was a huge hit in 1983 and 1984.
The fault in question will affect many of us up here in the Pacific Northwest, since the fault is also connected with the Cascadia subduction zone. In other words, if there is a "big one", the entire west coast may feel it so... if it's a way to make some Seattle connection to my suggestion, then there we go.
Why: Fun little call-back to a moment from his TV show (I've been seeing in some interviews lately he's kind of been looking back at his career and how he transitioned from actor to musician).
23. "t: Carla Gugino" In response to Reply # 2 Sat May-16-15 06:39 PM by ceeq9
ELO: evil woman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei5u7G8oMlg) reason: she has a presence about her, welcoming and mysterial, that could cause a 'wayward pining' in a relationship ==================================== ah: I found her gift of gab..odd im: ..and from where did she get it? sa: Some said Geb and now say God
She's there for double duty promoting I'd assume, SAN ANDREAS and WAYWARD PINES. It might be overkill on the lyric change but "San Andreas Wayward Pines" oddly fits syllablic-ly.
Traditional - Up In A Balloon (Boys) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK8g8a2xewU (From 4:31) - Here, she performs it with her castmates from 'The Buccaneers' (1995) - Her character in "San Andreas" could probably use one
3. "w: David Duchony/Jeff Foxworthy" In response to Reply # 0
mg: Pitbull sit in: Kevin Eubanks
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10. "RE: w: David Duchony/Jeff Foxworthy" In response to Reply # 3
David Duchony Sweet's "Funk It Up (David's Song)" https://youtu.be/zXCLa7vBYi0 REASON: His name is David, thus it would be his song.
Jeff Foxworthy Latimore's "There's A Red-Neck In The Soul Band" https://youtu.be/pWL5GHfCQ_c REASON: Perfect for Foxworthy, since he is a self-admitted redneck.
4. "th: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson/Meghan Trainor" In response to Reply # 0
mg:Meghan Trainor
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance" https://youtu.be/cj9_yW8tZxs REASON: For one of the best lyrics of 1990: "Samoans, do the Humpty Hump, do the Humpty Hump"
ALTERNATE CHOICE Whodini's "Funky Beat" https://youtu.be/oV_j3Wenzdw REASON: Reference to TITLE: "So to all you emcees, that's lookin for a idol Jalil is my name, master rapper's my **ti-ti-ti-title**"
5. "f: Sting/Kevin Connolly" In response to Reply # 0
scientist: Kevin Delaney
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8. "my picks" In response to Reply # 5 Sat May-09-15 10:30 PM by johnbook
Sting Ohio Players' "Honey" https://youtu.be/Uo10yzdxbh4 REASON: Okay, if I am able to win another week for suggestions, I hope to suggest the Ohio Players for one week, so I want to start things early. The reference "Honey" is of course because Sting's name refers to a bee, how he used to dress in the early days of The Police. Extra points if you recreate the gesture from the inside of the HONEY cover. Not of Ester Cordet but...
Kevin Connolly Ohio Player's "Ecstasy" https://youtu.be/JPxg3G1pxQs REASON: He plays Eric in ENTOURAGE, his nickname is "E", and "E" is the late 80's/early 90's for ecstasy. So while "Honey" represents the Mercury era, I figured I better suggest one from the Westbound era, partly because suggesting anything from the Arista or Boardwalk eras is pointless. Which of course means you might say "hey, why not I use "Take De Funk Off, Fly"? Anyway, "Ecstasy" it is from me.
29. "new pick (for wrestler Sting)" In response to Reply # 8
Black Crowes' "Sting Me" https://youtu.be/7GTRqG62Q_E REASON: From my favorite Black Crowes album, it's about name recognition. Simple chorus: "But can you sting me can you sting me can you sting me can you sting me... right to my rotten bones"
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Kinda sucks as an song to play, but it's his WWE entrance song, as you usually play those. If you're not married to playing that, but still wanna hit him with a (WWE owned) entrance song.... hit em with "Man Called Sting" (https://youtu.be/O9hw-NDnft8), which actually has lyrics.
we two weeks behind because of BB King and Louis Johnson
do we still honor the winner? or death overrides the winner?
i'll let y'all discuss.
who won the week after "The Monkees"?
i got Saddiq on lock but i wanna know do i do
previous week then Saddiq then Devo?
cause once 50 die in 5 years time the winner will be waiting months for me to catchup y'all decide the rules
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54. "I kinda feel like death has gotta come first " In response to Reply # 52
Not to make it too convoluted, but maybe cap the wait-list at three? In other words, if you have the next 3 artists lined up and then someone dies, the oldest one in the cue gets dropped? I mean, it's only like ten of us actively playing the game so if someone gets really upset that their winning pick got dropped, they can always resubmit it next time they win?
I just feel like an iconic musician's death trumps all.
55. "Well, death ultimately has to trump" In response to Reply # 52
It's respectful and timely. As for how to handle the winner selections, how about just calling that week a wash and moving on instead of stock piling? Just staying up to date. Because if you are already getting lost on what all was suggested for it with the backlog you got now, why make it harder on yourself to stack more one that? I mean, they're suggestions. In the end, don't make more work for yourself where it's not needed, y'know?
Though if you are backlogging, I had the Clash in there one week somewhere lol
Do we have a list of who was done already and when? Is that on the site, Tom?
ps - I post in a few Monkees groups on FB and when you guys did them, I got all of these messages from my fellow nerds like, "Dude... do you know why the Roots are playing the Monkees this week on Fallon!?" Cracked me up.
58. "What are the rules?" In response to Reply # 52 Tue May-26-15 03:57 PM by handle
I see the music for a single show generally (excluding free-styling/intro music to bits/miscellaneous grab-ass-ery) like this:
Intro/show number (area code patrol) Desk Walk Into commercial 1 Out of commercial 1 Into commercial 2 Out of commercial 2 Into commercial 3 Out of commercial 3 Into commercial 4 Out of commercial 4 Outro
Desk walk has had several different functions. 1)Themed weekly artist (ie, what we're talking about here.) 2)Sit-in guests feature (Jimmy says "That was of course the incredible Darrel Abbot and Darrel has a new album out titled "Screw Vincent.") 3)Death tribute musics (B.B.King) 4)Topical and/or random (The "Hollywood" themed songs for L.A. week.)
For sit-ins we occasionally get music in/out of commercials that is related to them. Steven Tyler singing Aerosmith songs, etc.
So there is a possibility of having themed music (or music with associated publishing costs) played at times other than desk music.
For the "Death music" could it be more effective to load them up into a single day and play them for desk walk AND in/out of commercials? That way the twitter verse/social media has a concentrated event to talk about.
Or logistically do all members of The Roots get a list of songs to learn for the following week, and that's why moving to a week of desk walk music was chosen? (I'll bet it's getting asymptotically harder to create new sandwiches.)
In any event honoring the dead trumps making Tom or Sean or Jon or Nate or Augusto or Randy and/or The Rest giggle
59. "glad you brought this up" In response to Reply # 58 Mon Jun-01-15 05:12 AM by 15
rates do vary
the cheapest rate is guest walk out music that you guys suggest for.
actually no, the cheapest is "mid show spurts"
so if jimmy were to talk about how "eye of the tiger" scared him as a 10 year old and he goes into song. as long as the song is under 30 seconds, we have a cheap flat rate.
suggestion songs for guest are 2nd cheapest.
"walk over" songs are 3rd cheapest (the song after jimmys monologue and he says "ladies and gents THE ROOTS!"
-the best payoff songs are when musical guests perform their song in full and songs that go into and out of commercials.
totally different rates.
i have no clue why but it just is.
and therefore a cat like Prince is now cool with some of his music being used for guests, but wants WAAAAAY more if we go into "i wanna be your lover" going to commercial.
so thus NBC is like "only do prince for guest walk ons. NOT fir commercials.
so to answer your questions, these suggestions can ONLY be for "jimmy desk walk music"
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57. "Desk Walk Winners and Players" In response to Reply # 0
Here's my best guess at who won, what was played, and what is
still outstanding.
I'm unclear sometimes what is being played because of deaths,
guests, or special occasions. Sometimes I jsut don't know what
was played.)
Please give me corrections here and I'll update the
spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TBoHvByDv_exGg3qYJsXJQ60VS5C0DQ7L7NPUFt2Wfs/edit?usp=sharing
I think we have 3 queued up now:
The Clash - Captnish (from season 2 week 10)
Raphael Saadiq - Seandammit (from season2 week 11)
Devo- Tom Hayes (from season2 week 12)
60. "3 weeks isnt "that bad" " In response to Reply # 57
im just afraid when we will be 17 weeks backed up.
imma still honor the winner.
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